2002 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2002 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2002

World Series Champions

Anaheim Angels

Runner Up

San Francisco Giants

Most Valuable Players

AL: Miguel Tejada NL: Barry Bonds

Cy Young Winners

AL: Barry Zito NL: Randy Johnson

Rookies of the Year

AL: Eric Hinske NL: Jason Jennings

Managers of the Year

AL: Mike Scioscia NL: Tony La Russa

#1 Draft Pick

Bryan Bullington (Pittsburgh Pirates)

All-Star Game

Milwaukee,Wisconsin

Teams

Players

1217

Attendance

67,944,389

Payroll

$2,024,680,522

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2002 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	8	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	161	94	67	.584	--	768	712	56	Lost ALCS (Angels)	1,924,473	20	$ 40,225,000	12	Terry Ryan	Ron Gardenhire	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2	7	14	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	13.5	856	798	58	dnq	1,676,911	23	$ 57,052,833	9	Ken Williams	Jerry Manuel	Comiskey Park II
3	9	20	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	20.5	739	837	-98	dnq	2,616,940	12	$ 78,909,449	5	Mark Shapiro	Charlie Manuel, Joel Skinner	Jacobs Field
4	12	27	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	62	100	.383	32.5	737	891	-154	dnq	1,323,036	27	$ 47,257,000	11	Allard Baird	Tony Pena, Tony Muser, John Mizerock	Kauffman Stadium
5	14	29	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	161	55	106	.342	39.0	575	864	-289	dnq	1,503,623	26	$ 55,048,000	10	Randy Smith	Luis Pujols, Phil Garner	Comerica Park
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	161	103	58	.640	--	897	697	200	Lost in 1st Round (Angels)	3,465,807	2	$ 125,928,583	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	6	9	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	10.5	859	665	194	dnq	2,650,862	11	$ 108,366,060	2	Mike Port	Grady Little	Fenway Park
3	8	17	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	25.5	813	828	-15	dnq	1,637,900	24	$ 76,864,333	6	JP Ricciardi	Carlos Tosca, Buck Martinez	SkyDome
4	11	25	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	36.5	667	773	-106	dnq	2,682,439	10	$ 60,493,487	8	Syd Thrift	Mike Hargrove	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	13	30	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	161	55	106	.342	48.0	673	918	-245	dnq	1,065,742	28	$ 34,380,000	14	Chuck Lamar	Hal McRae	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	103	59	.636	--	800	654	146	Lost in 1st Round (Twins)	2,169,811	18	$ 40,004,167	13	Billy Beane	Art Howe	Network Associates Coliseum
2	3	4	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	99	63	.611	4.0	851	644	207	Won World Series (Giants)	2,305,547	16	$ 61,721,667	7	Bill Stoneman	Mike Scioscia	Edison International Field
3	5	10	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	10.0	814	699	115	dnq	3,542,938	1	$ 80,282,668	4	Pat Gillick	Lou Piniella	Safeco Field
4	10	23	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	31.0	843	882	-39	dnq	2,352,397	15	$ 105,726,122	3	John Hart	Jerry Narron	The Ballpark in Arlington
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	787	648	139	Lost NLCS (Giants)	3,011,756	6	$ 74,660,875	7	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
2	6	12	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	13.0	749	695	54	dnq	2,517,357	14	$ 63,448,417	8	Gerry Hunsicker	Jimy Williams	Minute Maid Park
3	10	18	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	19.0	709	774	-65	dnq	1,855,787	21	$ 45,050,390	12	Jim Bowden	Bob Boone	Cinergy Field
4	13	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	72	89	.447	24.5	641	730	-89	dnq	1,784,988	22	$ 42,323,599	13	Dave Littlefield	Lloyd McClendon	PNC Park
5	14	24	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	30.0	706	759	-53	dnq	2,693,096	9	$ 75,690,833	6	Andy MacPhail	Don Baylor, Bruce Kimm	Wrigley Field
6	16	28	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	56	106	.346	41.0	627	821	-194	dnq	1,969,153	19	$ 50,287,833	11	Dean Taylor	Jerry Royster, Dave Lopes	Miller Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	160	101	59	.631	--	708	565	143	Lost in 1st Round (Giants)	2,603,484	13	$ 93,470,367	4	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	7	13	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	19.0	735	718	17	dnq	812,045	30	$ 38,670,500	16	Omar Minaya	Frank Robinson	Olympic Stadium
3	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	161	80	81	.497	21.5	710	724	-14	dnq	1,618,467	25	$ 57,957,999	9	Ed Wade	Larry Bowa	Veterans Stadium
4	9	16	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	23.0	699	763	-64	dnq	813,118	29	$ 41,979,917	14	Larry Beinfest	Jeff Torborg	Pro Player Stadium
5	11	19	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	161	75	86	.466	26.5	690	703	-13	dnq	2,804,838	7	$ 94,633,593	3	Steve Phillips	Bobby Valentine	Shea Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	5	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	819	674	145	Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)	3,198,977	4	$ 102,819,999	1	Joe Garagiola	Bob Brenly	Bank One Ballpark
2	4	7	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	161	95	66	.590	2.5	783	616	167	Lost World Series (Angels)	3,253,203	3	$ 78,299,835	5	Brian Sabean	Dusty Baker	Pacific Bell Park
3	5	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	6.0	713	643	70	dnq	3,131,255	5	$ 94,850,953	2	Dan Evans	Jim Tracy	Dodger Stadium
4	12	21	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	25.0	778	898	-120	dnq	2,737,838	8	$ 56,851,043	10	Daniel O'Dowd	Clint Hurdle, Buddy Bell	Coors Field
5	15	26	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	32.0	662	808	-146	dnq	2,220,601	17	$ 41,425,000	15	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Qualcomm Stadium
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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