2002 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 72–90 (.444) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Tom Hicks | |
General managers | John Hart | |
Managers | Jerry Narron | |
Television | KDFW KDFI FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin) | |
Radio | KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez) | |
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The Texas Rangers 2002 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | 0.636 | — | 54–27 | 49–32 |
Anaheim Angels | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | 4 | 54–27 | 45–36 |
Seattle Mariners | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 10 | 48–33 | 45–36 |
Texas Rangers | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 31 | 42–39 | 30–51 |
Division leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 58 | 0.640 |
Minnesota Twins | 94 | 67 | 0.584 |
Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | 0.636 |
(Top team qualifies for postseason) | Wild Card teamW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Anaheim Angels | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 6 |
Seattle Mariners | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 6 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 18 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 21 |
Cleveland Indians | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 25 |
Texas Rangers | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 27 |
Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 32 |
Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 37 |
Detroit Tigers | 55 | 106 | 0.342 | 43½ |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 55 | 106 | 0.342 | 43½ |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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