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2002 Detroit Tigers season

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2002 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComerica Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record55–106 (.342)
Divisional place5th
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersRandy Smith, Dave Dombrowski
ManagersPhil Garner, Luis Pujols
TelevisionWKBD
(Frank Beckmann, Lance Parrish)
FSN Detroit
(Jack Morris, Mario Impemba)
RadioWXYT (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
← 2001 Seasons 2003 →

The 2002 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 102nd season and its third at Comerica Park. Their win total regressed for the second consecutive year, finishing 11 games worse than their 66-win total in 2001. They finished last in the American League Central, 39 games out of first place, and missed the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season.[1] The .342 win percentage was the third-worst in Tigers history at the time, better than only 1952 (.325) and 1996 (.327); it has since been further surpassed by 2003 (.265) and 2019 (.292).

Offseason

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  • December 19, 2001: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[2]

Regular season

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On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the home runs is as follows:

  • Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on).
  • Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 6th inning off Lima 0 on).[3]

Notable transactions

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Season standings

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584 — 54‍–‍27 40‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 13½ 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 20½ 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 32½ 37‍–‍44 25‍–‍56
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 39 33‍–‍47 22‍–‍59

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
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002
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


Roster

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2002 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
Rank Year Wins Losses Win %
1 2003 43 119 .265
2 1952 50 104 .325
3 1996 53 109 .327
4 2002 55 106 .342
5 1975 57 102 .358

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 Brandon Inge 95 321 65 .202 7 24
1B Carlos Peña 75 273 69 .253 12 36
2B Damion Easley 85 304 68 .224 8 30
3B Chris Truby 89 277 55 .199 2 15
SS Shane Halter 122 410 98 .239 10 39
LF Bobby Higginson 119 444 125 .282 10 63
CF Wendell Magee 97 347 94 .271 6 35
RF Robert Fick 148 556 150 .270 17 63
DH Randall Simon 130 482 145 .301 19 82

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
Craig Paquette 72 252 49 .194 4 20
Damian Jackson 81 245 63 .320 1 25
George Lombard 72 241 58 .241 5 13
Ramón Santiago 65 222 54 .243 4 20
Dmitri Young 54 201 57 .284 7 27
Mike Rivera 39 132 30 .227 1 11
José Macías 33 107 25 .234 0 6
Hiram Bocachica 34 103 23 .223 4 8
Jacob Cruz 35 88 24 .273 2 6
Matt Walbeck 27 85 20 .273 0 3
Omar Infante 18 72 24 .235 0 3
Andrés Torres 19 70 14 .200 0 3
Eric Munson 18 59 11 .186 2 5
Mitch Meluskey 8 27 6 .222 0 0
Craig Monroe 13 25 3 .120 1 1
Oscar Salazar 8 21 4 .190 1 3
Dean Palmer 4 12 0 .000 0 0
Ryan Jackson 4 6 2 .333 0 0

Pitching

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Starting and 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
Mark Redman 30 203.0 8 15 4.21 109
Steve Sparks 32 189.0 8 16 5.52 98
Mike Maroth 21 128.2 6 10 4.41 58
Jeff Weaver 17 121.2 6 8 3.18 75
Adam Bernero 28 101.2 4 7 6.20 69
José Lima 20 68.1 4 6 7.77 33
Brian Powell 13 57.2 1 5 4.84 30
Nate Cornejo 9 50.0 1 5 5.04 23
Seth Greisinger 8 37.2 2 2 6.21 14
Andy Van Hekken 5 30.0 1 3 3.00 5
Brian Moehler 3 19.2 1 1 2.29 13
Shane Loux 3 14.0 0 3 9.00 7
Jason Beverlin 3 12.1 0 3 9.49 7

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Juan Acevedo 65 1 5 28 2.65 43
Jamie Walker 57 1 1 1 3.71 40
Jeff Farnsworth 44 2 3 0 5.79 28
José Paniagua 41 0 1 1 5.83 34
Julio Santana 38 3 5 0 2.84 38
Óscar Henríquez 30 1 1 2 4.50 23
Fernando Rodney 20 1 3 0 6.00 10
Matt Anderson 12 2 1 0 9.00 8
Eric Eckenstahler 7 1 0 0 5.63 13
Franklyn Germán 7 1 0 1 0.00 6
Danny Patterson 6 0 2 0 15.00 1
Matt Perisho 5 0 0 0 8.71 3
Terry Pearson 4 0 0 0 10.50 4
Matt Miller 2 0 0 0 13.50 1
Kris Keller 1 0 0 0 27.00 1
Jason Jiménez 1 0 0 0 27.00 0
Erik Sabel 1 0 0 0 inf 0

Awards and records

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  • On July 2, the White Sox and Tigers set a Major League record by hitting 12 home runs in one game.[3]

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Bruce Fields
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Kevin Bradshaw
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gary Green
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Phil Regan
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Randy Ready
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Howard Bushong

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References

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  1. ^ "2002 American League Standings & Expanded Standings". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Adam Riggs Stats".
  3. ^ a b Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II
  4. ^ Curtis Granderson at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Ted Lilly at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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