2002 Detroit Tigers season

2002 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
	Central Division (since 1998);
Location
	Comerica Park (since 2000);
	Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
Manager(s)	Phil Garner, Luis Pujols
Local television	WKBD; (Frank Beckmann, Lance Parrish) ; FSN Detroit; Jack Morris, Mario Impemba)
Local radio	WXYT (AM); (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The Detroit Tigers' 2002 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central.^{[citation needed]}

Offseason

December 19, 2001: Adam Riggs was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[1]

Regular season

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).^[2]

Notable transactions

June 4, 2002: Curtis Granderson was drafted by the Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 28, 2002.^[3]
July 5, 2002: Jeff Weaver was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees, and cash was sent by the Tigers to the Oakland Athletics, as part of a 3-team trade. The Athletics sent Carlos Peña, Franklyn Germán, and a player to be named later to the Tigers. The Yankees sent Ted Lilly, John-Ford Griffin, and Jason Arnold (minors) to the Athletics. The Athletics completed the trade by sending Jeremy Bonderman to the Tigers on August 22.^[4]
August 16, 2002: Jason Beverlin was selected off waivers by the Tigers from the Cleveland Indians.^[5]

Season standings

Template:MLB standings

Roster

2002 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

33 Phil Garner
53 Luis Pujols

Coaches

? Felipe Alou (Bench)
? Jeff Jones (Bullpen)
? Rafael Landestoy (1st Base)
32 Doug Mansolino (3rd Base)
? Steve McCatty (Pitching)
56 Ed Ott (Bullpen)
53 Luis Pujols (Bench)
19 Merv Rettenmund (Hitting)
10 Juan Samuel (1st Base), (3rd Base)
31 Dan Warthen (Pitching)
00 Dennie Taft
23 Kirk Gibson (Roving)

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

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

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

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
Chris Paquette	72	252	49	.194	4	20
Damian Jackson	81	245	63	.320	1	25
George Lombard	72	241	58	.241	5	13
Ramon Santiago	65	222	54	.243	4	20
Dmitri Young	54	201	57	.284	7	27
Mike Rivera	39	132	30	.227	1	11
Jose Macias	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
Andres 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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Sparks	32	189.0	8	16	5.52	98
Mark Redman	30	203.0	8	15	4.21	109
Mike Maroth	21	128.2	6	10	4.41	58
Jeff Weaver	17	121.2	6	8	3.18	75
Jose 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

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Adam Bernero	28	4	7	0	6.11	69
Juan Acevedo	65	1	5	28	2.65	43
Jeff Farnsworth	44	2	3	0	5.79	28
Julio Santana	38	3	5	0	2.84	38
Jamie Walker	57	1	1	1	3.71	40
Jose Paniagua	41	0	1	1	5.83	34
Oscar Henriquez	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
Matt Perisho	5	0	0	0	8.71	3

Awards and Records

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

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References

^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riggsad01.shtml
^ ^a ^b Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II
^ Curtis Granderson page at Baseball Reference
^ Ted Lilly page at Baseball Reference
^ Jason Beverlin page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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2002 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

[1] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riggsad01.shtml

[baseball-almanac.com-2] Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II

[3] Curtis Granderson page at Baseball Reference

[4] Ted Lilly page at Baseball Reference

[5] Jason Beverlin page at Baseball Reference

[6] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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