2002 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 2002 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.

2002 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Hicks
General manager(s)John Hart
Manager(s)Jerry Narron
Local televisionKDFW
KDFI
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Local radioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
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Preseason
  • October 29, 2001: Edinson Vólquez was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent.[1]
  • November 26, 2001: Todd Van Poppel was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[2]
  • December 13, 2001: John Vander Wal was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Yankees for Jay Witasick.[3]
  • December 18, 2001: Dave Elder was traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for John Rocker.[4]
  • January 8, 2002: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[5]
  • February 28, 2002: Tony Mounce was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[6]
  • March 19, 2002: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for Luis Vizcaíno.[7]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters
Gabe Kapler

Season Summary
  • Alex Rodriguez had a major league-best 57 HR, 142 RBI and 389 total bases in 2002, becoming the first player to lead the majors in all three categories since 1984. He had the 6th-most home runs in AL history, the most since Roger Maris' league record 61 in 1961, and the most ever for a shortstop for the 2nd straight year while also winning his first Gold Glove Award, awarded for outstanding defense.
  • The 109 home runs hit by Alex Rodriguez in 2001–02 are the most ever by an American League right-handed batter in consecutive seasons. However, the Rangers finished last in the AL Western division in both years, a showing that likely cost Rodriguez the MVP award in 2002 when he finished second to fellow shortstop Miguel Tejada, whose 103-win Oakland A's won the same division.
  • The Rangers set the Major League record for most consecutive games with at least one home run, with 27, which eventually was broken in 2019 by the New York Yankees.[8]

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636 — 54–27 49–32
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611 4 54–27 45–36
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574 10 48–33 45–36
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444 31 42–39 30–51

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

Transactions

Roster
2002 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers
  • 14 Ismael Valdez
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  •  1 Steve Smith (third base)

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
CIván Rodríguez108408128.3141960
1BRafael Palmeiro155546149.27343105
2BMichael Young156573150.262962
3BHerbert Perry132450124.2762277
SSAlex Rodriguez162624187.30057142
LFKevin Mench11036695.2601560
CFRubén Rivera6915833.209414
RFJuan González7027778.282835
DHRusty Greer5119959.296117

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Carl Everett105374100.2671662
Travis Hafner236215.24216

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kenny Rogers 33 210.2 13 8 3.84 107
Ismael Valdez 23 146.2 6 9 3.93 75
Chan-Ho Park 25 145.2 9 8 5.75 121
Dave Burba 23 111.1 4 5 5.42 70
Rob Bell 17 94.0 4 3 6.22 70
Joaquin Benoit 17 84.2 4 5 5.31 59

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Hideki Irabu 38 3 8 16 5.74 30
Todd Van Poppel 50 3 2 1 5.45 85
Jay Powell 51 3 2 0 3.44 35
Francisco Cordero 39 2 0 10 1.79 41
Juan Alvarez 52 0 4 0 4.76 30

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tim Ireland
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Darryl Kennedy
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Paul Carey
Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Pedro López
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Carlos Subero

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

References
  1. Edinson Vólquez page at Baseball Reference
  2. Todd Van Poppel page at Baseball Reference
  3. John Vander Wal page at Baseball Reference
  4. John Rocker page at Baseball Reference
  5. Juan González page at Baseball Reference
  6. Tony Mounce page at Baseball Reference
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/duchsju01.shtml
  8. http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/tex/history/season_records.jsp
  9. Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference
  • 2002 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
  • 2002 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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