2002 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers' 2002 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers making a valiant attempt to win the AL Central. However, despite their best efforts and clutch performances, their division winning goal came up far short. They finished last in the division.

2002 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)Randy Smith, Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)Phil Garner, Luis Pujols
Local televisionWKBD
(Frank Beckmann, Lance Parrish)
FSN Detroit
(Jack Morris, Mario Impemba)
Local radioWXYT (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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Offseason
  • December 19, 2001: Adam Riggs was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[1]

Regular season

On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the Home Runs is as follows:

  • Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on).
  • Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 6th inning off Lima 0 on).[2]

Notable transactions

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584 — 54–27 40–40
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457 20½ 39–42 35–46
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383 32½ 37–44 25–56
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342 39 33–47 22–59

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


W L Pct.
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342

Record vs. opponents
2002 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Roster
2002 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
RankYearWinsLossesWin %
1 2003 43 119 .265
2 1952 50 104 .325
3 1996 53 109 .327
4 2002 55 106 .342
5 1975 57 102 .358

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBrandon Inge9532165.202724
1BCarlos Peña7527369.2531236
2BDamion Easley8530468.224830
3BChris Truby8927755.199215
SSShane Halter12241098.2391039
LFBobby Higginson119444125.2821063
CFWendell Magee9734794.271635
RFRobert Fick148556150.2701763
DHRandall Simon130482145.3011982

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Chris Paquette7225249.194420
Damian Jackson8124563.320125
George Lombard7224158.241513
Ramon Santiago6522254.243420
Dmitri Young5420157.284727
Mike Rivera3913230.227111
José Macías3310725.23406
Hiram Bocachica3410323.22348
Jacob Cruz358824.27326
Matt Walbeck278520.27303
Omar Infante187224.23503
Andrés Torres197014.20003
Eric Munson185911.18625
Mitch Meluskey8276.22200
Craig Monroe13253.12011
Oscar Salazar8214.19013

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Sparks32189.08165.5298
Mark Redman30203.08154.21109
Mike Maroth21128.26104.4158
Jeff Weaver17121.2683.1875
José Lima2068.1467.7733
Brian Powell1357.2154.8430
Nate Cornejo950.0155.0423
Seth Greisinger837.2226.2114
Andy Van Hekken530.0133.005

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Adam Bernero284706.1169
Juan Acevedo6515282.6543
Jeff Farnsworth442305.7928
Julio Santana383502.8438
Jamie Walker571113.7140
José Paniagua410115.8334
Oscar Henriquez301124.5023
Fernando Rodney201306.0010
Matt Anderson122109.008
Matt Perisho50008.713

Awards and Records
  • On July 2, the White Sox and Tigers set a Major League record by hitting 12 home runs in one game.[2]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Bruce Fields
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Kevin Bradshaw
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gary Green
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Phil Regan
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Randy Ready
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Howard Bushong

[6]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riggsad01.shtml
  2. Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II
  3. Curtis Granderson at Baseball Reference
  4. Ted Lilly at Baseball Reference
  5. Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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