2002 Texas Rangers season

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2002  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
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)
  2001 Seasons 2003  

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

Contents

Preseason

Regular season

Opening day starters

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Gabe Kapler

Season Summary

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359.63654274932
Anaheim Angels 9963.611454274536
Seattle Mariners 9369.5741048334536
Texas Rangers 7290.4443142393051

American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358.640
Minnesota Twins 9467.584
Oakland Athletics 10359.636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963.611
Boston Red Sox 9369.5746
Seattle Mariners 9369.5746
Chicago White Sox 8181.50018
Toronto Blue Jays 7884.48121
Cleveland Indians 7488.45725
Texas Rangers 7290.44427
Baltimore Orioles 6795.41432
Kansas City Royals 62100.38337
Detroit Tigers 55106.34243½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106.34243½

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

Transactions

Roster

2002 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Iván Rodríguez 108408128.3141960
1B Rafael Palmeiro 155546149.27343105
2B Michael Young 156573150.262962
3B Herbert Perry 132450124.2762277
SS Alex Rodriguez 162624187.30057142
LF Kevin Mench 11036695.2601560
CF Rubén Rivera 6915833.209414
RF Juan González 7027778.282835
DH Rusty Greer 5119959.296117

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Carl Everett 105374100.2671662
Mike Lamb 11531489.283933
Frank Catalanotto 6821257.269323
Gabe Kapler 7219651.260017
Bill Haselman 6917944.246318
Hank Blalock 4914731.211317
Todd Hollandsworth 3913234.258519
Todd Greene 4211230.2681019
Ryan Ludwick 238119.23519
Calvin Murray 377713.16901
Travis Hafner 236215.24216
Jason Romano 295411.20404
Donnie Sadler 38303.10002
Jason Hart 10154.26700
Héctor Ortiz 7143.21412

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kenny Rogers 33210.21383.84107
Ismael Valdéz 23146.2693.9375
Chan-Ho Park 25145.2985.75121
Dave Burba 23111.1455.4270
Rob Bell 1794.0436.2270
Joaquín Benoit 1784.2455.3159
Doug Davis 1059.2354.9828
Ben Kozlowski 210.0006.306

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Aaron Myette 1548.12510.0648
Dennys Reyes 1542.1436.3829
Colby Lewis 1534.1136.2928

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Hideki Irabu 3847.038165.7430
Todd Van Poppel 5072.23215.4585
Jay Powell 5149.23203.4435
Francisco Cordero 3945.120101.7941
Juan Alvarez 5239.20404.7630
Rudy Seánez 3333.01305.7340
Danny Kolb 3432.03614.2220
John Rocker 3024.12316.6630
Anthony Telford 2023.22116.4619
Steve Woodard 1417.20006.6214
Rich Rodriguez 3616.23215.4012
Chris Michalak 1314.10204.405
C.J. Nitkowski 1213.20102.6314
Randy Flores 2012.00014.507
Dan Miceli 98.10208.645
Reynaldo Garcia 32.000031.502

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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