2002 Texas Rangers season

2002 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
OwnersTom Hicks
General managersJohn Hart
ManagersJerry Narron
TelevisionKDFW
KDFI
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
RadioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
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The 2002 Texas Rangers season was the 42nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 31st in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 9th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.

Preseason

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  • 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

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Opening Day starters

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Gabe Kapler

Season Summary

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  • 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

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636 — 54‍–‍27 49‍–‍32
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 4 54‍–‍27 45‍–‍36
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 10 48‍–‍33 45‍–‍36
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 31 42‍–‍39 30‍–‍51


American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 .640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 25
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 27
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

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2002 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 7–2 3–4 6–3 6–3 8–1 6–3 4–5 3–4 9–11 9–10 8–1 12–7 7–2 11–7
Baltimore 2–7 — 6–13 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–0 5–1 6–13 4–5 5–4 10–9 3–6 4–15 9–9
Boston 4–3 13–6 — 2–4 5–4 5–4 4–2 3–3 9–10 6–3 4–5 16–3 4–3 13–6 5–13
Chicago 3–6 4–3 4–2 — 9–10 12–7 11–8 8–11 2–4 2–7 5–4 4–3 5–4 4–2 8–10
Cleveland 3–6 5–1 4–5 10–9 — 10–9 9–10 8–11 3–6 2–5 3–4 4–2 4–5 3–3 6–12
Detroit 1–8 4–2 4–5 7–12 9–10 — 9–10 4–14 1–8 1–6 2–5 2–4 5–4 0–6 6–12
Kansas City 3–6 0–7 2–4 8–11 10–9 10–9 — 5–14 1–5 1–8 3–6 4–2 7–2 3–4 5–13
Minnesota 5–4 1–5 3–3 11–8 11–8 14–4 14–5 — 0–6 3–6 5–4 5–2 6–3 6–1 10–8
New York 4–3 13–6 10–9 4–2 6–3 8–1 5–1 6–0 — 5–4 4–5 13–5 4–3 10–9 11–7
Oakland 11–9 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–2 6–1 8–1 6–3 4–5 — 8–11 8–1 13–6 3–6 16–2
Seattle 10–9 4–5 5–4 4–5 4–3 5–2 6–3 4–5 5–4 11–8 — 5–4 13–7 6–3 11–7
Tampa Bay 1–8 9–10 3–16 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–5 5–13 1–8 4–5 — 4–5 8–11 7–11
Texas 7–12 6–3 3–4 4–5 5–4 4–5 2–7 3–6 3–4 6–13 7–13 5–4 — 8–1 9–9
Toronto 2–7 15–4 6–13 2–4 3–3 6–0 4–3 1–6 9–10 6–3 3–6 11–8 1–8 — 9–9


Transactions

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Roster

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2002 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Iván Rodríguez 108 408 128 .314 19 60
1B Rafael Palmeiro 155 546 149 .273 43 105
2B Michael Young 156 573 150 .262 9 62
3B Herbert Perry 132 450 124 .276 22 77
SS Alex Rodriguez 162 624 187 .300 57 142
LF Kevin Mench 110 366 95 .260 15 60
CF Rubén Rivera 69 158 33 .209 4 14
RF Juan González 70 277 78 .282 8 35
DH Rusty Greer 51 199 59 .296 1 17

Other batters

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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
Carl Everett 105 374 100 .267 16 62
Mike Lamb 115 314 89 .283 9 33
Frank Catalanotto 68 212 57 .269 3 23
Gabe Kapler 72 196 51 .260 0 17
Bill Haselman 69 179 44 .246 3 18
Hank Blalock 49 147 31 .211 3 17
Todd Hollandsworth 39 132 34 .258 5 19
Todd Greene 42 112 30 .268 10 19
Ryan Ludwick 23 81 19 .235 1 9
Calvin Murray 37 77 13 .169 0 1
Travis Hafner 23 62 15 .242 1 6
Jason Romano 29 54 11 .204 0 4
Donnie Sadler 38 30 3 .100 0 2
Jason Hart 10 15 4 .267 0 0
Héctor Ortiz 7 14 3 .214 1 2

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kenny Rogers 33 210.2 13 8 3.84 107
Ismael Valdéz 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
Joaquín Benoit 17 84.2 4 5 5.31 59
Doug Davis 10 59.2 3 5 4.98 28
Ben Kozlowski 2 10.0 0 0 6.30 6

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Aaron Myette 15 48.1 2 5 10.06 48
Dennys Reyes 15 42.1 4 3 6.38 29
Colby Lewis 15 34.1 1 3 6.29 28

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Hideki Irabu 38 47.0 3 8 16 5.74 30
Todd Van Poppel 50 72.2 3 2 1 5.45 85
Jay Powell 51 49.2 3 2 0 3.44 35
Francisco Cordero 39 45.1 2 0 10 1.79 41
Juan Alvarez 52 39.2 0 4 0 4.76 30
Rudy Seánez 33 33.0 1 3 0 5.73 40
Danny Kolb 34 32.0 3 6 1 4.22 20
John Rocker 30 24.1 2 3 1 6.66 30
Anthony Telford 20 23.2 2 1 1 6.46 19
Steve Woodard 14 17.2 0 0 0 6.62 14
Rich Rodriguez 36 16.2 3 2 1 5.40 12
Chris Michalak 13 14.1 0 2 0 4.40 5
C.J. Nitkowski 12 13.2 0 1 0 2.63 14
Randy Flores 20 12.0 0 0 1 4.50 7
Dan Miceli 9 8.1 0 2 0 8.64 5
Reynaldo Garcia 3 2.0 0 0 0 31.50 2

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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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

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  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. ^ "Justin Duchscherer Stats".
  8. ^ "The Official Site of The Texas Rangers: History: Rangers Season Records". Archived from the original on March 9, 2007.
  9. ^ Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference
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