2002 Anaheim Angels season

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2002  Anaheim Angels
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League Wild Card Winners
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Insignia.svg
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Edison International Field of Anaheim
City Anaheim, California
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place2nd
Owners The Walt Disney Company
General managers Bill Stoneman
Managers Mike Scioscia
Television KCAL-9
Fox Sports Net West
Steve Physioc, Rex Hudler
Radio KLAC (AM 570—Primary)
KPLS (AM 830—Backup)
Rory Markas, Terry Smith
KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish)
Ivan Lara, José Mota
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2002 Anaheim Angels season was the franchise's 42nd, and it ended with the team's first American League pennant and World Series championship.

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The Angels finished the regular season with a record of 99–63, 4 games behind the Oakland Athletics in the American League West standings, but qualified for the franchise's first ever wild card playoff berth to return to the postseason for the first time since 1986. Outfielder Garret Anderson led the team with 123 runs batted in and a .539 slugging percentage, was selected for the AL All-Star team, and won the Silver Slugger Award. Jarrod Washburn went 18-6 with a 3.15 earned run average to anchor a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league.

In the postseason, the Angels defeated the New York Yankees 3–1 in the ALDS, then defeated the Minnesota Twins 4–1 in the ALCS to win the AL pennant. The Angels then won the World Series in dramatic fashion when, with a 3–2 series deficit to the San Francisco Giants, they overcame a 5 run deficit in the late innings of Game 6 to force a winner-take-all Game 7, which they won to clinch the series 4–3. The morning after the win, The Orange County Register celebrated the Angels' win with the headline "7th Heaven," [1] referring to the popular television series and fact that it took seven games for the Angels to win the World Series, and in doing so, it sent them to seventh heaven. [2]

2002 was also notable as the season in which the Angels debuted their present-day uniforms, colors, and halo insignia, which replaced the widely ridiculed "periwinkle" uniforms and "winged" insignia they had worn since 1997. It was also the last season the team was owned by The Walt Disney Company, which sold its controlling interest in the team to present-day owner Arte Moreno in 2003.

Off season

The Anaheim Angels focus in the off season leading up to the 2002 season was on how to improve the Angels from the 2001 season when they finished 41 games behind the Seattle Mariners (who won a Major League Baseball record 116 games) in the AL West.

Off season transactions

Spring training

The Anaheim Angels' 2002 spring training took place at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Angels spring training record was 17-15.

Spring training transactions

Standings

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 103590.63654–2749–32
Anaheim Angels 99630.611454–2745–36
Seattle Mariners 93690.5741048–3345–36
Texas Rangers 72900.4443142–3930–51

American League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103580.640
Minnesota Twins 94670.584
Oakland Athletics 103590.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99630.611
Boston Red Sox 93690.5746
Seattle Mariners 93690.5746
Chicago White Sox 81810.50018
Toronto Blue Jays 78840.48121
Cleveland Indians 74880.45725
Texas Rangers 72900.44427
Baltimore Orioles 67950.41432
Kansas City Royals 621000.38337
Detroit Tigers 551060.34243½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 551060.34243½

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim 7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–76–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–62–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–29–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–910–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–109–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–95–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–50–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–05–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–58–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–85–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–54–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–48–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–89–9

2002 draft

The 2002 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 4–5.

Regular season

Game log

2002 Game Log: 99–63 (Home: 54–27; Road: 45–36)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 31 Indians 0–6 Colón (1–0) Washburn (0–1)42,6970–1 L1
April: 11–13 (Home: 6–8; Road: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
2April 2 Indians 7–5 Weber (1–0) Riske (0–1) Percival (1)20,0551–1 W1
3April 3 Indians 5–6 Drese (1–0) Sele (0–1) Wickman (1)18,1941–2 L1
4April 5@ Rangers 3–1 Schoeneweis (1–0) Valdez (0–1) Levine (1)49,6172–2 W1
5April 6@ Rangers 6–3 Ortiz (1–0) Irabu (0–1) Levine (2)35,0063–2 W2
April 7@ Rangers Postponed (rain)rescheduled for June 24
6April 8 Mariners 4–5 Hasegawa (1–0) Weber (1–1) Sasaki (2)16,9083–3 L1
7April 9 Mariners 1–5 Halama (1–0) Appier (0–1)17,2103–4 L2
8April 10 Mariners 1–8 Baldwin (2–0) Sele (0–2)17,7843–5 L3
9April 11 Mariners 4–8 García (1–2) Schoeneweis (1–1)18,8063–6 L4
10April 12 Athletics 1–5 Hudson (2–0) Ortiz (1–1)31,8153–7 L5
11April 13 Athletics 2–7 Hiljus (1–1) Washburn (0–2)33,5543–8 L6
12April 14 Athletics 4–1 Appier (1–1) Zito (0–1) Levine (3)32,8814–8 W1
13April 16 Rangers 6–5 (10) Levine (1–0) Rocker (0–1)15,3855–8 W2
14April 17 Rangers 1–4 Valdez (1–2) Schoeneweis (1–2) Irabu (1)15,6325–9 L1
15April 18@ Athletics 2–4 Hiljus (2–1) Ortiz (1–2) Koch (3)9,1455–10 L2
16April 19@ Athletics 9–7 Washburn (1–2) Fyhrie (0–1) Percival (2)12,4686–10 W1
17April 20@ Athletics 7–8 Bradford (1–0) Levine (1–1) Koch (4)20,2536–11 L1
18April 21@ Athletics 5–6 Venafro (1–0) Percival (0–1)20,0886–12 L2
19April 22@ Mariners 5–16 Moyer (3–1) Schoeneweis (1–3)33,1196–13 L3
20April 23@ Mariners 0–1 Franklin (2–0) Ortiz (1–3) Sasaki (6)32,1276–14 L4
21April 24@ Mariners 10–6 Washburn (2–2) Abbott (1–2)37,2127–14 W1
22April 26 Blue Jays 4–0 Appier (2–1) Smith (0–1) Percival (3)25,2968–14 W2
23April 27 Blue Jays 11–4 Sele (1–2) Borbón (1–1)29,1129–14 W3
24April 28 Blue Jays 8-5 (14) Lukasiewicz (1–0) Borbón (1–2)25,07310–14 W4
25April 30@ Indians 21–2 Ortiz (2–3) Sabathia (2–3)24,28611–14 W5
May: 19–7 (Home: 9–3; Road: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
26May 1@ Indians 7–2 Washburn (3–2) Drese (2–3)23,53612–14 W6
27May 2@ Indians 8–0 Appier (3–1) Finley (2–3)26,06813–14 W7
28May 3@ Blue Jays 6–4 Sele (2–2) Lyon (1–3) Percival (4)13,18314–14 W8
29May 4@ Blue Jays 1–4 Miller (2–0) Schoeneweis (1–4) Escobar (4)20,55814–15 L1
30May 5@ Blue Jays 8–2 Ortiz (3–3) Prokopec (1–4)24,04615–15 W1
31May 7 Tigers 0–3 Greisinger (1–0) Weber (1–2) Acevedo (3)15,31515–16 L1
32May 8 Tigers 3–2 Percival (1–1) Rodney (0–2)14,72216–16 W1
33May 9 Tigers 7–6 Sele (3–2) Redman (0–4) Percival (5)15,00317–16 W2
34May 10 White Sox 19–0 Schoeneweis (2–4) Wright (3–4)36,71518–16 W3
35May 11 White Sox 6–3 Ortiz (4–3) Garland (4–2) Percival (6)40,53519–16 W4
36May 12 White Sox 5–4 Percival (2–1) Foulke (0–2)19,25120–16 W5
37May 14@ Tigers 9–2 Appier (4–1) Cornejo (1–4)12,74521–16 W6
38May 15@ Tigers 10–1 Sele (4–2) Redman (0–5)12,31422–16 W7
May 16@ Tigers Postponed (rain)rescheduled for August 5
39May 17@ White Sox 8–4 Schoeneweis (3–4) Garland (4–3) Levine (4)12,73623–16 W8
40May 18@ White Sox 4–10 Glover (0–1) Ortiz (4–4)21,12223–17 L1
41May 19@ White Sox 6–1 Washburn (4–2) Buehrle (7–3)19,86924–17 W1
42May 20 Royals 6–3 Appier (5–1) Stein (0–2) Percival (7)14,03525–17 W2
43May 21 Royals 5–1 Cook (1–0) Reichert (2–5)15,59326–17 W3
44May 22 Royals 7–6 Weber (2–2) May (0–2) Percival (8)16,16327–17 W4
45May 24 Twins 1–5 Reed (5–2) Ortiz (4–5)27,49427–18 L1
46May 25 Twins 4–3 (13) Levine (2–1) Cressend (0–1)31,82028–18 W1
47May 26 Twins 2–5 Milton (7–3) Appier (5–2) Guardado (15)22,85428–19 L1
48May 28@ Royals 4–7 Byrd (8–2) Sele (4–3) Hernández (8)11,77328–20 L2
49May 29@ Royals 12–2 Ortiz (5–5) Affeldt (1–2)13,66229–20 W1
50May 30@ Twins 6–7 (10) Guardado (1–1) Pote (0–1)14,52129–21 L1
51May 31@ Twins 11–3 Washburn (5–2) Milton (7–4)17,10130–21 W1
June: 17–12 (Home: 9–4; Road: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
52June 1@ Twins 2–4 Lohse (5–3) Appier (5–3) Guardado (17)17,48030–22 L1
53June 2@ Twins 5–4 Sele (5–3) Kinney (1–5) Percival (9)18,65731–22 W1
54June 3 Rangers 5–2 Ortiz (6–5) Bell (2–2) Percival (10)15,61932–22 W2
55June 4 Rangers 3–0 Schoeneweis (4–4) Burba (3–3) Percival (11)16,81033–22 W3
56June 5 Rangers 7–5 (10) Levine (3–1) Irabu (2–5)15,30134–22 W4
57June 6 Rangers 8–9 Rogers (7–3) Appier (5–4) Telford (1)17,94834–23 L1
58June 7 Reds 4–3 Sele (6–3) Reitsma (3–3) Percival (12)35,34135–23 W1
59June 8 Reds 3–4 White (3–1) Cook (1–1) Graves (19)29,88135–24 L1
60June 9 Reds 7–4 Schoeneweis (5–4) Hamilton (3–4) Percival (13)35,50136–24 W1
61June 10 Pirates 4–3 Washburn (6–2) Anderson (5–8) Percival (14)16,86137–24 W2
62June 11 Pirates 3–7 Fogg (7–4) Appier (5–5)17,75537–25 L1
63June 12 Pirates 8–5 Weber (3–2) Boehringer (1–2) Percival (15)17,09638–25 W1
64June 14@ Dodgers 8–4 Ortiz (7–5) Ishii (10–2)51,72239–25 W2
65June 15@ Dodgers 5–10 Pérez (7–3) Schoeneweis (5–5)52,16539–26 L1
66June 16@ Dodgers 4–5 Carrara (4–2) Levine (3–2) Gagné (23)52,18339–27 L2
67June 18@ Cardinals 2–7 Kile (5–4) Appier (5–6)39,38639–28 L3
68June 19@ Cardinals 2–6 Morris (10–4) Sele (6–4)35,43239–29 L4
69June 20@ Cardinals 3–2 Schoeneweis (6–5) Smith (0–5) Percival (16)36,38540–29 W1
70June 21@ Brewers 11–4 Ortiz (8–5) Quevedo (3–6)20,28941–29 W2
71June 22@ Brewers 8–2 Washburn (7–2) Cabrera (3–5)28,76542–29 W3
72June 23@ Brewers 5–2 Appier (6–6) Sheets (4–8) Percival (17)23,75143–29 W4
73June 24@ Rangers 5–8 Benoit (2–0) Sele (6–5)043–30 L1
74June 24@ Rangers 2–3 Burba (4–4) Lackey (0–1)23,10343–31 L2
75June 25@ Rangers 5–11 Valdez (5–6) Schoeneweis (6–6)20,08943–32 L3
76June 26@ Rangers 7–6 Weber (4–2) Irabu (3–7) Percival (18)29,72644–32 W1
77June 27@ Rangers 6–3 Washburn (8–2) Bell (3–3) Percival (19)22,07745–32 W2
78June 28 Dodgers 5–7 Carrara (5–2) Shields (0–1) Gagné (29)43,69045–33 L1
79June 29 Dodgers 7–0 Sele (7–5) Ishii (11–4)43,50246–33 W1
80June 30 Dodgers 5–1 Lackey (1–1) Pérez (9–4) Weber (1)43,05947–33 W2
July: 16–10 (Home: 10–5; Road: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
81July 2 Orioles 0–3 Lopez (7–3) Ortiz (8–6) Julio (17)18,52147–34 L1
82July 3 Orioles 1–0 Washburn (9–2) Erickson (3–8) Percival (20)17,47748–34 W1
83July 4 Orioles 2–7 Driskill (6–1) Appier (6–7)43,34248–35 L1
84July 5 Devil Rays 6–5 (10) Shields (1–1) Yan (4–4)23,64849–35 W1
85July 6 Devil Rays 4–3 Schoeneweis (7–6) Colome (1–5) Percival (21)29,51350–35 W2
86July 7 Devil Rays 2–1 (10) Percival (3–1) Harper (3–5)26,44651–35 W3
73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
87July 11@ Royals 1–0 Washburn (10–2) May (2–6) Percival (22)13,03152–35 W4
88July 12@ Royals 11–3 Appier (7–7) Suppan (7–7)24,82453–35 W5
89July 13@ Royals 0–4 Byrd (12–6) Sele (7–6)19,50453–36 L1
90July 14@ Royals 3–12 Asencio (2–2) Ortiz (8–7)12,45753–37 L2
91July 15@ Twins 8–10 Hawkins (4–0) Schoeneweis (7–7) Guardado (29)19,18953–38 L3
92July 16@ Twins 4–2 Washburn (11–2) Milton (11–7) Weber (2)26,25854–38 W1
93July 17@ Athletics 10–4 Appier (8–7) Hudson (7–8)38,54755–38 W2
94July 18@ Athletics 0–2 Zito (13–3) Sele (7–7) Koch (24)15,73355–39 L1
95July 19 Mariners 15–3 Ortiz (9–7) García (11–6)43,40756–39 W1
96July 20 Mariners 7–6 Shields (2–1) Rhodes (5–2) Weber (3)43,10957–39 W2
97July 21 Mariners 7–5 Washburn (12–2) Nelson (1–2) Weber (4)34,94558–39 W3
98July 23 Athletics 1–2 Zito (14–3) Appier (8–8) Koch (25)25,37058–40 L1
99July 24 Athletics 5–1 Sele (8–7) Hudson (7–9)25,24059–40 W1
100July 25 Athletics 5–4 Shields (3–1) Mecir (3–3) Weber (3)31,65360–40 W2
101July 26@ Mariners 8–0 Lackey (2–1) Baldwin (6–7)45,55961–40 W3
102July 27@ Mariners 1–3 Piñeiro (11–4) Washburn (12–3) Sasaki (26)45,97461–41 L1
103July 28@ Mariners 1–0 Appier (9–8) Sasaki (2–4) Percival (23)45,63462–41 W1
104July 29 Red Sox 5–4 Schoeneweis (8–7) Embree (0–1) Percival (24)27,92963–41 W2
105July 30 Red Sox 0–6 Martínez (14–2) Ortiz (9–8)32,81263–42 L1
106July 31 Red Sox 1–2 Wakefield (5–3) Lackey (2–2) Urbina (25)28,22763–43 L2
August: 18–11 (Home: 11–4; Road: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
107August 1 Yankees 2–1 Washburn (13–3) Weaver (7–10) Percival (25)42,89764–43 W1
108August 2 Yankees 0–4 Pettitte (6–4) Appier (9–9) Mendoza (3)43,66864–44 L1
109August 3 Yankees 5–4 Percival (4–1) Mendoza (7–3)43,61965–44 W1
110August 4 Yankees 5–7 (12) Stanton (5–1) Shields (3–2) Mendoza (4)43,45565–45 L1
111August 5@ Tigers 6–3 Lackey (3–2) Powell (1–2) Percival (26)18,54666–45 W1
112August 6@ White Sox 11–2 Washburn (14–3) Wright (7–10) Levine (5)17,70667–45 W2
113August 7@ White Sox 6–7 Osuna (6–2) Donnelly (0–1)14,25367–46 L1
114August 8@ White Sox 2–3 Parque (1–1) Sele (8–8) Marte (5)18,16567–47 L2
115August 9@ Blue Jays 4–5 Walker (5–2) Ortiz (9–9) Escobar (23)18,72867–48 L3
116August 10@ Blue Jays 11–4 Lackey (4–2) Parris (5–3)25,11868–48 W1
117August 11@ Blue Jays 1–0 Washburn (15–3) Halladay (14–5) Percival (27)34,01369–48 W2
118August 12 Tigers 7–0 Appier (10–9) Redman (7–10)19,70970–48 W3
119August 13 Tigers 7–6 (12) Levine (4–2) Bernero (2–7)19,69471–48 W4
120August 14 Tigers 5–4 Ortiz (10–9) Maroth (4–5) Percival (28)23,39172–48 W5
121August 16 Indians 5–4 Lackey (5–2) Drese (9–9) Percival (29)41,35673–48 W6
122August 17 Indians 4–9 Sadler (1–0) Washburn (15–4)39,86673–49 L1
123August 18 Indians 4–1 Appier (11–9) Sabathia (8–10) Percival (30)41,05974–49 W1
124August 20@ Yankees 5–7 Pettitte (8–4) Sele (8–9) Stanton (2)41,61974–50 L1
125August 21@ Yankees 5–1 (11) Weber (5–2) Weaver (7–11)46,42375-50 W1
126August 22@ Yankees 2–4 Wells (14–6) Lackey (5–3) Karsay (6)43,22275–51 L1
127August 23@ Red Sox 1–4 Martínez (17–3) Washburn (15–5) Urbina (30)33,22175–52 L2
128August 24@ Red Sox 2–0 Appier (12–9) Wakefield (7–5) Percival (31)32,51076–52 W1
129August 25@ Red Sox 8–3 Schoeneweis (9–7) Lowe (17–6)32,05977–52 W2
130August 26@ Red Sox 9–10 (10) Urbina (1–6) Shields (3–3)32,86977–53 L1
131August 27 Devil Rays 7–3 Lackey (6–3) Zambrano (5–6) Weber (4)19,86978–53 W1
132August 28 Devil Rays 5–8 (10) Yan (6–7) Levine (4–3)17,74078–54 L1
133August 29 Devil Rays 6–1 Appier (13–9) Sturtze (3–14)18,82079–54 W1
134August 30 Orioles 6–2 Callaway (1–0) Johnson (4–11) Schoeneweis (1)29,95980–54 W2
135August 31 Orioles 9–0 Ortiz (11–9) Erickson (5–12)38,56381–54 W3
September: 18–9 (Home: 9–2; Road: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
136September 1 Orioles 9–3 Lackey (7–3) Lopez (14–7) Percival (32)24,59282–54 W4
137September 3@ Devil Rays 10–2 Washburn (16–5) Sosa (1–7)10,14683–54 W5
138September 4@ Devil Rays 4–2 Appier (14–9) Sturtze (3–15) Percival (33)10,16184–54 W6
139September 5@ Devil Rays 10–1 Ortiz (12–9) Kennedy (7–10)10,13585–54 W7
140September 6@ Orioles 6–3 Lackey (8–3) Douglass (0–2) Percival (34)24,04586–54 W8
141September 7@ Orioles 4–2 (10) Weber (6–2) Julio (5–6) Percival (35)30,71487–54 W9
142September 8@ Orioles 6–2 Washburn (17–5) Hentgen (0–1) Weber (5)27,66588–54 W10
143September 9 Athletics 1–2 Hudson (13–9) Appier (14–10) Koch (39)28,14589–54 L1
144September 10 Athletics 5–2 Ortiz (13–9) Lilly (4–7) Percival (36)35,32389–55 W1
145September 11 Athletics 6–5 Shields (4–3) Tam (0–1) Percival (37)34,30290–55 W2
146September 12 Athletics 7–6 Donnelly (1–1) Koch (9–3)31,30491–55 W3
147September 13 Rangers 3–2 Washburn (18–5) Benoit (3–4) Percival (38)35,34592–55 W4
148September 14 Rangers 8–6 Shields (5–3) Van Poppel (3–2) Percival (39)39,90993–55 W5
149September 15 Rangers 13–4 Ortiz (14–9) Rogers (13–8)33,44594–55 W6
150September 16@ Athletics 3–4 Koch (10–3) Levine (4–3)22,32694–56 L1
151September 17@ Athletics 1–0 (10) Weber (7–2) Koch (10–4) Percival (40)25,89495–56 W1
152September 18@ Athletics 4–7 Zito (22–5) Callaway (1–1) Koch (40)50,73495–57 L1
153September 19@ Athletics 3–5 Hudson (15–9) Appier (14–11) Koch (41)27,43595–58 L2
154September 20@ Mariners 8–1 Ortiz (15–9) Piñeiro (14–7)45,66396–58 W1
155September 21@ Mariners 4–6 García (16–10) Lackey (8–4) Sasaki (36)45,78496–59 L1
156September 22@ Mariners 2–3 Franklin (7–4) Washburn (18–6) Nelson (2)45,69396–60 L2
157September 24@ Rangers 1–2 Benoit (4–4) Appier (14–12) Cordero (9)21,86996–61 L3
158September 25@ Rangers 3–4 Seánez (1–3) Schoeneweis (9–8) Cordero (10)20,97696–62 L4
159September 26@ Rangers 10–5 Lackey (9–4) Lewis (1–3)21,77497–62 W1
160September 27 Mariners 6–7 (12) Halama (6–5) Pote (0–2)43,45297–63 L1
161September 28 Mariners 8–4 Callaway (2–1) Franklin (7–5)43,20298–63 W1
162September 29 Mariners 7–6 Lukasiewicz (2–0) Valdez (8–12) Donnelly (1)42,87899–63 W2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Roster

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Infielders

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Regular season transactions

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

PlayerPosGABHAvg.HRRBI
Garret Anderson LF158638195.30629123
David Eckstein SS152608178.293863
Darin Erstad CF150625177.2831073
Brad Fullmer DH130429124.2891959
Troy Glaus 3B156569142.25030111
Adam Kennedy 2B144474148.312752
Bengie Molina C122428105.245547
Tim Salmon RF138483138.2862288
Scott Spiezio 1B153491140.2851282

Other batters

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

PlayerPosGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jorge Fábregas C358817.19308
José Molina C297019.27105
Shawn Wooten 1B/DH4911333.292319
Julio Ramirez CF/RF29329.28117
Orlando Palmeiro LF/RF11026379.300031
Alex Ochoa RF376518.277210
Jeff DaVanon OF16305.16714
José Nieves 2B/3B459728.28906
Benji Gil 1B/2B/SS6113037.285320
Chone Figgins 2B15122.16701
Alfredo Amézaga SS12137.53802
Clay Bellinger 1B210.00000
Sal Fasano C210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ramón Ortiz 32217.11593.77162
Jarrod Washburn 32206.01863.15139
Kevin Appier 32188.1773.92132
Aaron Sele 26160.0894.8982
John Lackey 18108.1943.6669
Mickey Callaway 634.1214.1923

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Scott Schoeneweis 54118.09804.8865
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Troy Percival 5856.141401.9268
Ben Weber 6378.07272.5443
Al Levine 5263.24454.2440
Lou Pote 3150.10203.2232
Brendan Donnelly 4649.21112.1754
Scot Shields 2949.05302.2030
Dennis Cook 3724.01103.3813
Donne Wall 1721.00006.4313
Mark Lukasiewicz 1714.02003.8615
Matt Wise 78.10003.246
Francisco Rodriguez 55.20000.0013

Postseason

With their 10-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday, September 26, 2002, the Angels clinched their first (and only to date as of 2022) Wildcard berth. At this time, the Angels would be in the postseason for the first time since the 1986 season.

American League Division Series

The 2002 American League Division Series featured the Wild Card winner Anaheim Angels and the AL East champion New York Yankees. The series began on October 1, 2002 with the Angels splitting the first two games at Yankee Stadium. The Angels then proceeded to win the next two games, earning their ticket to the ALCS and winning their first postseason series in franchise history, ending New York's bid for a fifth consecutive World Series appearance.

Game One

October 1, 2002 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, NY

Team123456789 R H E
Anaheim0010210105120
New York10021004X881
WP: Steve Karsay (1–0)   LP: Ben Weber (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
ANA: Troy Glaus 2 (2)
NYY: Derek Jeter (1), Jason Giambi (1), Rondell White (1), Bernie Williams (1)

Game Two

October 2, 2002 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, NY

Team123456789 R H E
Anaheim1210000318171
New York0012020016121
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–0)   LP: Orlando Hernández (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (1)
Home runs:
ANA: Tim Salmon (1), Scott Spiezio (1), Garret Anderson (1), Troy Glaus (3)
NYY: Derek Jeter (2), Alfonso Soriano (1)

Game Three

October 4, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team123456789 R H E
New York303000000660
Anaheim01210113X9120
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (2–0)   LP: Mike Stanton (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (2)
Home runs:
NYY: None
ANA: Adam Kennedy (1), Tim Salmon (2)

Game Four

October 5, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team123456789 R H E
New York0100111015122
Anaheim00108000X9151
WP: Jarrod Washburn (1–0)   LP: David Wells (0–1)
Home runs:
NYY: Jorge Posada (1)
ANA: Shawn Wooten (1)

American League Championship Series

The 2002 American League Championship Series featured the Wild Card winner Anaheim Angels and the AL Central champion Minnesota Twins. The series began on October 8, 2002 with the Angels splitting the first two games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Angels then went home where they won three straight at Edison Field to earn a spot in the 2002 World Series. Infielder Adam Kennedy was the ALCS MVP.

Game One

October 8, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis

Team123456789 R H E
Anaheim001000000140
Minnesota01001000X251
WP: Joe Mays (1–0)   LP: Kevin Appier (0–1)   Sv: Eddie Guardado (1)

Game Two

October 9, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis

Team123456789 R H E
Anaheim1300020006100
Minnesota0000030003111
WP: Ramón Ortiz (1–0)   LP: Rick Reed (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (1)
Home runs:
ANA: Darin Erstad (1), Brad Fullmer (1)
MIN: None

Game Three

October 11, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

Team123456789 R H E
Minnesota000000100160
Anaheim01000001X272
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–0)   LP: J. C. Romero (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (2)
Home runs:
MIN: None
ANA: Garret Anderson (1), Troy Glaus (1)

Game Four

October 12, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

Team123456789 R H E
Minnesota000000001162
Anaheim00000025X7100
WP: John Lackey (1–0)   LP: Brad Radke (0–1)

Game Five

October 13, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

Team123456789 R H E
Minnesota110000300590
Anaheim001020100X13180
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (2–0)   LP: Johan Santana (0–1)
Home runs:
MIN: None
ANA: Adam Kennedy 3 (3), Scott Spiezio (1)

World Series

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President George W. Bush greets the Angels after their World Series victory

The 2002 World Series was the 98th edition of the Fall Classic, held from October 19–27, 2002. The series featured the American League champion Anaheim Angels defeating the National League champion San Francisco Giants, 4–3, to win the franchise's first ever World Series.

The series was notable as being the first time since the 1995 inception of the wild card in Major League Baseball that two wild card teams would vie for the title. It was also the fourth World Series played between two teams from California (after 1974, 1988, and 1989, when the Giants last went to the World Series), and the first such series to not include the Oakland Athletics. It was also the last Series to be played in a full seven games until 2011.

The series was played as a best-of-seven playoff with a 2–3–2 site format (standard in Major League Baseball). Barry Bonds of the Giants was almost elected World Series MVP before the Angels began their Game 6 comeback; the award would be presented the following night to Troy Glaus of the Angels for his role in that comeback. (Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees remains the only World Series MVP from a losing team.)

Game One

October 19, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team123456789 R H E
San Francisco020002000460
Anaheim010002000390
WP: Jason Schmidt (1–0)   LP: Jarrod Washburn (0–1)   Sv: Robb Nen (1)
Home runs:
SF: Barry Bonds (1), Reggie Sanders (1), J. T. Snow (1)
ANA: Troy Glaus 2 (2)

Game Two

October 20, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team123456789 R H E
San Francisco04104000110121
Anaheim52001102X11161
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–0)   LP: Félix Rodríguez (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (1)
Home runs:
SF: Reggie Sanders (2), David Bell (1), Jeff Kent (1), Barry Bonds (2)
ANA: Tim Salmon 2 (2)

Game Three

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco

Team123456789 R H E
Anaheim00440101010160
San Francisco100030000462
WP: Ramón Ortiz (1–0)   LP: Liván Hernández (0–1)
Home runs:
ANA: None
SF: Rich Aurilia (1), Barry Bonds (3)

Game Four

October 23, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco

Team123456789 R H E
Anaheim0120000003101
San Francisco00003001X4121
WP: Tim Worrell (1–0)   LP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–1)   Sv: Robb Nen (2)
Home runs:
ANA: Troy Glaus (3)
SF: None

Game Five

Thursday, October 24, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco

Team123456789 R H E
Anaheim0000310004102
San Francisco33000244X16160
WP: Chad Zerbe (1–0)   LP: Jarrod Washburn (0–2)
Home runs:
ANA: None
SF: Jeff Kent 2 (3), Rich Aurilia (2)

Game Six

October 26, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team123456789 R H E
San Francisco000031100581
Anaheim00000033X6101
WP: Brendan Donnelly (1–0)   LP: Tim Worrell (1–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (2)
Home runs:
SF: Shawon Dunston (1), Barry Bonds (4)
ANA: Scott Spiezio (1), Darin Erstad (1)

Game Seven

October 27, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team123456789 R H E
San Francisco010000000160
Anaheim01300000X450
WP: John Lackey (1–0)   LP: Liván Hernández (0–2)   Sv: Troy Percival (3)

Game log

2002 Post Season Game Log (11–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordSeries
1October 1@ Yankees 5–8 Karsay (1–0) Weber (0–1) Rivera (1)56,7100–1 L1
2October 2@ Yankees 8–6 Rodríguez (1–0) Hernández (0–1) Percival (1)56,6951–1 W1 [ permanent dead link ]
3October 4 Yankees 9–6 Rodríguez (2–0) Stanton (0–1) Percival (2)45,0722–1 W2
4October 5 Yankees 9–5 Washburn (1–0) Wells (0–1)45,0673–1 W3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordSeries
1October 8@ Twins 1–2 Mays (1–0) Appier (0–1) Guardado (1)55,5620–1 L1
2October 9@ Twins 6–3 Ortiz (1–0) Reed (0–1) Percival (1)55,9901–1 W1
3October 11 Twins 2–1 Rodríguez (1–0) Romero (0–1) Percival (2)44,2342–1 W2
4October 12 Twins 7–1 Lackey (1–0) Radke (0–1)44,8303–1 W3
5October 13 Twins 13–5 Rodríguez (2–0) Santana (0–1)44,8354–1 W4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordSeries
1October 19 Giants 3–4 Schmidt (1–0) Washburn (0–1) Nen (1)44,6030–1 L1
2October 20 Giants 11–10 Rodríguez (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Percival (1)44,5841–1 W1
3October 22@ Giants 10–4 Ortiz (1–0) Hernández (0–1)42,7072–1 W2
4October 23@ Giants 3–4 Worrell (1–0) Rodríguez (1–1) Nen (2)42,7032–2 L1
5October 24@ Giants 4–16 Zerbe (1–0) Washburn (0–2)42,7132–3 L2
6October 26 Giants 6–5 Donnelly (1–0) Worrell (1–1) Percival (2)44,5063–3 W1
7October 27 Giants 4–1 Lackey (1–0) Hernández (0–2) Percival (3)44,5984–3 W2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Bracket

Division Series
TV: ESPN/Fox
League Championship Series
TV: Fox
World Series
TV: Fox
         
1 New York Yankees 1
4 Anaheim Angels 3
4 Anaheim Angels 4
American League
3 Minnesota Twins 1
2 Oakland Athletics 2
3 Minnesota Twins 3
AL4 Anaheim Angels 4
NL4 San Francisco Giants 3
1 Atlanta Braves 2
4 San Francisco Giants 3
4 San Francisco Giants 4
National League
3 St. Louis Cardinals 1
2 Arizona Diamondbacks 0
3 St. Louis Cardinals 3

The American League champion had home field advantage during the World Series.
Note: Major League Baseball's playoff format automatically seeds the Wild Card team 4th. Normally, the No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed in the Division Series. However, MLB does not allow the No. 1 seed to play the 4th seed/Wild Card winner in the Division Series if they are from the same division, instead having the No. 1 seed play the next lowest seed, the No. 3 seed.

Awards and honors

2002 Anaheim Angels

Troy Glaus

Adam Kennedy

Tim Salmon

Garret Anderson

Darin Erstad

Bengie Molina

Mike Scioscia

73rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Outfielders

Pos#PlayerLeagueABHRBI
LF16 Garret Anderson American League 401

Coaches

#CoachLeaguePosition
14 Mike Scioscia American League Coach

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Salt Lake Stingers Pacific Coast League Mike Brumley
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Doug Sisson
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Bobby Meacham
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Todd Claus
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Brian Harper
Rookie Provo Angels Pioneer League Tom Kotchman

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