2002 Anaheim Angels season

2002 Anaheim Angels
2002 AL Wild Card 2002 AL Champions 2002 World Series Champions

Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Edison International Field of Anaheim (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	The Walt Disney Company
General manager(s)	Bill Stoneman
Manager(s)	Mike Scioscia
Local television	KCAL-9 Fox Sports Net West •Steve Physioc, Rex Hudler
Local radio	KLAC (AM 570—Primary) KBIG (FM 104.3—Backup) •Rory Markas, Terry Smith KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish) •Ivan Lara, José Mota
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The Anaheim Angels' 2002 season was the franchise's 42nd, and it ended with the team's first American League pennant and World Series championship.

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 American League Division Series, then defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-1 in the American League Championship Series 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 full 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 May 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 an incredible 41 games behind the Seattle Mariners (who won an American League record 116 games) in the AL West.

Off Season transactions

January 4, 2002: Aaron Sele was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[3]
January 31, 2002: Donne Wall was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[4]
February 4, 2002: Erick Aybar was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[5]
February 7, 2002: Clay Bellinger was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[6]

Spring training

The Anaheim Angels' 2002 Spring training was Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona and held a Spring training record of 17-15.

Spring training transactions

March 16, 2002: Julio Ramirez was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[7]

Standings

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	103	59	0.636	—	54–27	49–32
Anaheim Angels	99	63	0.611	4	54–27	45–36
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574	10	48–33	45–36
Texas Rangers	72	90	0.444	31	42–39	30–51

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	103	58	0.640
Minnesota Twins	94	67	0.584
Oakland Athletics	103	59	0.636

	W	L	Pct.
Anaheim Angels	99	63	0.611
Boston Red Sox	93	69	0.574
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574
Chicago White Sox	81	81	0.500
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	0.481
Cleveland Indians	74	88	0.457
Texas Rangers	72	90	0.444
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	0.414
Kansas City Royals	62	100	0.383
Detroit Tigers	55	106	0.342
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	0.342

Record vs. opponents

	Record			Games Left
Opponent	Home	Road	Total	Home	Road	Total

AL East
Baltimore Orioles	4–2	3–0	7–2	–	–	–
Boston Red Sox	1–2	2–2	3–4	–	–	–
New York Yankees	2–2	1–2	3–4	–	–	–
Tampa Bay Devils Rays	5–1	3–0	8–1	–	–	–
Toronto Blue Jays	3–0	4–2	7–2	–	–	–
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	3–0	3–3	6–3	–	–	–
Cleveland Indians	3–3	3–0	6–3	–	–	–
Detroit Tigers	5–1	3–0	8–1	–	–	–
Kansas City Royals	3–0	3–3	6–3	–	–	–
Minnesota Twins	3–3	1–2	4–5	–	–	–
AL West
Oakland Athletics	6–5	3–6	9–11	–	–	–
Seattle Mariners	5–5	4–5	9–10	–	–	–
Texas Rangers	7–2	5–5	12–7	–	–	–
National League
Cincinnati Reds	2–1	–	2–1	–	–	–
Los Angeles Dodgers	2–1	1–2	3–3	–	–	–
Milwaukee Brewers	–	3–0	3–0	–	–	–
Pittsburgh Pirates	2–1	–	2–1	–	–	–
St. Louis Cardinals	–	1–2	1–2	–	–	–
Grand Totals	54–27	45–36	99–63	–	–	–

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Pct.

March	1	0	1	.000
April	24	11	13	.458
May	26	19	7	.731
June	29	17	12	.586
July	26	16	10	.615
August	29	18	11	.621
September	27	18	9	.667
Totals	162	99	63	.611

2002 American League Records Sources:
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

2002 draft

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

Regular season

Game log

2002 Regular Season Game Log: 99–63 (Home: 54–27; Road: 45–36)

March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Stadium	Boxscore	GB	Game Time	Over-the-air TV	Cable TV	National TV	Local Radio	National Radio
1	March 31	Indians	0–6	Colón (1–0)	Washburn (0–1)		42,697	0–1	Edison International Field	L1	–½	5:05 PM PDT			ESPN2	KBIG	ESPN

April: 11–13 (Home: 6–8; Road: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Stadium	Boxscore	GB	Game Time	Over-the-air TV	Cable TV	National TV	Local Radio	National Radio
2	April 2	Indians	7–5	Weber (1–0)	Riske (0–1)	Percival (1)	20,055	1–1	Edison International Field	W1	–1	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
3	April 3	Indians	5–6	Drese (1–0)	Sele (0–1)	Wickman (1)	18,194	1–2	Edison International Field	L1	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KBIG
4	April 5	@ Rangers	3–1	Schoeneweis (1–0)	Valdez (0–1)	Levine (1)	49,617	2–2	The Ballpark in Arlington	W1	–1	12:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
5	April 6	@ Rangers	6–3	Ortiz (1–0)	Irabu (0–1)	Levine (2)	35,006	3–2	The Ballpark in Arlington	W2	–½	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
	April 7	@ Rangers	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 24					3–2	The Ballpark in Arlington		–1
6	April 8	Mariners	4–5	Hasegawa (1–0)	Weber (1–1)	Sasaki (2)	16,908	3–3	Edison International Field	L1	–1½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
7	April 9	Mariners	1–5	Halama (1–0)	Appier (0–1)		17,210	3–4	Edison International Field	L2	–2½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
8	April 10	Mariners	1–8	Baldwin (2–0)	Sele (0–2)		17,784	3–5	Edison International Field	L3	–2½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
9	April 11	Mariners	4–8	García (1–2)	Schoeneweis (1–1)		18,806	3–6	Edison International Field	L4	–3½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
10	April 12	Athletics	1–5	Hudson (2–0)	Ortiz (1–1)		31,815	3–7	Edison International Field	L5	–4½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
11	April 13	Athletics	2–7	Hiljus (1–1)	Washburn (0–2)		33,554	3–8	Edison International Field	L6	–5½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
12	April 14	Athletics	4–1	Appier (1–1)	Zito (0–1)	Levine (3)	32,881	4–8	Edison International Field	W1	–5½	1:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
13	April 16	Rangers	6–5 (10 inn.)	Levine (1–0)	Rocker (0–1)		15,385	5–8	Edison International Field	W2	–6	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
14	April 17	Rangers	1–4	Valdez (1–2)	Schoeneweis (1–2)	Irabu (1)	15,632	5–9	Edison International Field	L1	–7	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
15	April 18	@ Athletics	2–4	Hiljus (2–1)	Ortiz (1–2)	Koch (3)	9,145	5–10	Network Associates Coliseum	L2	–7½	1:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
16	April 19	@ Athletics	9–7	Washburn (1–2)	Fyhrie (0–1)	Percival (2)	12,468	6–10	Network Associates Coliseum	W1	–6½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
17	April 20	@ Athletics	7–8	Bradford (1–0)	Levine (1–1)	Koch (4)	20,253	6–11	Network Associates Coliseum	L1	–7½	1:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
18	April 21	@ Athletics	5–6	Venafro (1–0)	Percival (0–1)		20,088	6–12	Network Associates Coliseum	L2	–8½	5:05 PM PDT			ESPN	KBIG	ESPN
19	April 22	@ Mariners	5–16	Moyer (3–1)	Schoeneweis (1–3)		33,119	6–13	Safeco Field	L3	–9½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
20	April 23	@ Mariners	0–1	Franklin (2–0)	Ortiz (1–3)	Sasaki (6)	32,127	6–14	Safeco Field	L4	–10½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
21	April 24	@ Mariners	10–6	Washburn (2–2)	Abbott (1–2)		37,212	7–14	Safeco Field	W1	–9½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN	KLAC
22	April 26	Blue Jays	4–0	Appier (2–1)	Smith (0–1)	Percival (3)	25,296	8–14	Edison International Field	W2	–8½	7:05 PM PDT				KLAC
23	April 27	Blue Jays	11–4	Sele (1–2)	Borbón (1–1)		29,112	9–14	Edison International Field	W3	–8½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
24	April 28	Blue Jays	8-5 (14 inn.)	Lukasiewicz (1–0)	Borbón (1–2)		25,073	10–14	Edison International Field	W4	–7½	1:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
25	April 30	@ Indians	21–2	Ortiz (2–3)	Sabathia (2–3)		24,286	11–14	Jacobs Field	W5	–6½	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC

May: 19–7 (Home: 9–3; Road: 10–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Stadium	Boxscore	GB	Game Time	Over-the-air TV	Cable TV	National TV	Local Radio
26	May 1	@ Indians	7–2	Washburn (3–2)	Drese (2–3)		23,536	12–14	Jacobs Field	W6	–5½	4:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN	KLAC
27	May 2	@ Indians	8–0	Appier (3–1)	Finley (2–3)		26,068	13–14	Jacobs Field	W7	–5½	4:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
28	May 3	@ Blue Jays	6–4	Sele (2–2)	Lyon (1–3)	Percival (4)	13,183	14–14	SkyDome	W8	–5½	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
29	May 4	@ Blue Jays	1–4	Miller (2–0)	Schoeneweis (1–4)	Escobar (4)	20,558	14–15	SkyDome	L1	–6½	10:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
30	May 5	@ Blue Jays	8–2	Ortiz (3–3)	Prokopec (1–4)		24,046	15–15	SkyDome	W1	–6½	10:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
31	May 7	Tigers	0–3	Greisinger (1–0)	Weber (1–2)	Acevedo (3)	15,315	15–16	Edison International Field	L1	–6½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
32	May 8	Tigers	3–2	Percival (1–1)	Rodney (0–2)		14,722	16–16	Edison International Field	W1	–6½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
33	May 9	Tigers	7–6	Sele (3–2)	Redman (0–4)	Percival (5)	15,003	17–16	Edison International Field	W2	–6½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
34	May 10	White Sox	19–0	Schoeneweis (2–4)	Wright (3–4)		36,715	18–16	Edison International Field	W3	–6½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KBIG
35	May 11	White Sox	6–3	Ortiz (4–3)	Garland (4–2)	Percival (6)	40,535	19–16	Edison International Field	W4	–6½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
36	May 12	White Sox	5–4	Percival (2–1)	Foulke (0–2)		19,251	20–16	Edison International Field	W5	–5½	1:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
37	May 14	@ Tigers	9–2	Appier (4–1)	Cornejo (1–4)		12,745	21–16	Comerica Park	W6	–4½	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
38	May 15	@ Tigers	10–1	Sele (4–2)	Redman (0–5)		12,314	22–16	Comerica Park	W7	–4½	4:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
	May 16	@ Tigers	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 5					22–16	Comerica Park		–5
39	May 17	@ White Sox	8–4	Schoeneweis (3–4)	Garland (4–3)	Levine (4)	12,736	23–16	U.S. Cellular Field	W8	–5	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
40	May 18	@ White Sox	4–10	Glover (0–1)	Ortiz (4–4)		21,122	23–17	U.S. Cellular Field	L1	–5	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
41	May 19	@ White Sox	6–1	Washburn (4–2)	Buehrle (7–3)		19,869	24–17	U.S. Cellular Field	W1	–4	11:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
42	May 20	Royals	6–3	Appier (5–1)	Stein (0–2)	Percival (7)	14,035	25–17	Edison International Field	W2	–3½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KBIG
43	May 21	Royals	5–1	Cook (1–0)	Reichert (2–5)		15,593	26–17	Edison International Field	W3	–2½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
44	May 22	Royals	7–6	Weber (2–2)	May (0–2)	Percival (8)	16,163	27–17	Edison International Field	W4	–1½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
45	May 24	Twins	1–5	Reed (5–2)	Ortiz (4–5)		27,494	27–18	Edison International Field	L1	–3	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KBIG
46	May 25	Twins	4–3 (13 inn.)	Levine (2–1)	Cressend (0–1)		31,820	28–18	Edison International Field	W1	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
47	May 26	Twins	2–5	Milton (7–3)	Appier (5–2)	Guardado (15)	22,854	28–19	Edison International Field	L1	–3	1:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
48	May 28	@ Royals	4–7	Byrd (8–2)	Sele (4–3)	Hernández (8)	11,773	28–20	Kaufmann Stadium	L2	–3	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
49	May 29	@ Royals	12–2	Ortiz (5–5)	Affeldt (1–2)		13,662	29–20	Kaufmann Stadium	W1	–3	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
50	May 30	@ Twins	6–7 (10 inn.)	Guardado (1–1)	Pote (0–1)		14,521	29–21	HHH Metrodome	L1	–4	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
51	May 31	@ Twins	11–3	Washburn (5–2)	Milton (7–4)		17,101	30–21	HHH Metrodome	W1	–3	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG

June: 17–12 (Home: 9–4; Road: 8–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Stadium	Boxscore	GB	Game Time	Over-the-air TV	Cable TV	National TV	Local Radio
52	June 1	@ Twins	2–4	Lohse (5–3)	Appier (5–3)	Guardado (17)	17,480	30–22	HHH Metrodome	L1	–3	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
53	June 2	@ Twins	5–4	Sele (5–3)	Kinney (1–5)	Percival (9)	18,657	31–22	HHH Metrodome	W1	–3	11:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
54	June 3	Rangers	5–2	Ortiz (6–5)	Bell (2–2)	Percival (10)	15,619	32–22	Edison International Field	W2	–3	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
55	June 4	Rangers	3–0	Schoeneweis (4–4)	Burba (3–3)	Percival (11)	16,810	33–22	Edison International Field	W3	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
56	June 5	Rangers	7–5 (10 inn.)	Levine (3–1)	Irabu (2–5)		15,301	34–22	Edison International Field	W4	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KBIG
57	June 6	Rangers	8–9	Rogers (7–3)	Appier (5–4)	Telford (1)	17,948	34–23	Edison International Field	L1	–2	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
58	June 7	Reds	4–3	Sele (6–3)	Reitsma (3–3)	Percival (12)	35,341	35–23	Edison International Field	W1	–1	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KBIG
59	June 8	Reds	3–4	White (3–1)	Cook (1–1)	Graves (19)	29,881	35–24	Edison International Field	L1	–2	1:05 PM PDT			Fox	KLAC
60	June 9	Reds	7–4	Schoeneweis (5–4)	Hamilton (3–4)	Percival (13)	35,501	36–24	Edison International Field	W1	–1	1:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KBIG
61	June 10	Pirates	4–3	Washburn (6–2)	Anderson (5–8)	Percival (14)	16,861	37–24	Edison International Field	W2	–1	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
62	June 11	Pirates	3–7	Fogg (7–4)	Appier (5–5)		17,755	37–25	Edison International Field	L1	–1	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
63	June 12	Pirates	8–5	Weber (3–2)	Boehringer (1–2)	Percival (15)	17,096	38–25	Edison International Field	W1	–1	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KBIG
64	June 14	@ Dodgers	8–4	Ortiz (7–5)	Ishii (10–2)		51,722	39–25	Dodger Stadium	W2	–1	7:10 PM PDT				KLAC
65	June 15	@ Dodgers	5–10	Pérez (7–3)	Schoeneweis (5–5)		52,165	39–26	Dodger Stadium	L1	–1	7:10 PM PDT				KLAC
66	June 16	@ Dodgers	4–5	Carrara (4–2)	Levine (3–2)	Gagné (23)	52,183	39–27	Dodger Stadium	L2	–1	1:10 PM PDT				KLAC
67	June 18	@ Cardinals	2–7	Kile (5–4)	Appier (5–6)		39,386	39–28	Busch Memorial Stadium	L3	–2	5:10 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
68	June 19	@ Cardinals	2–6	Morris (10–4)	Sele (6–4)		35,432	39–29	Busch Memorial Stadium	L4	–3	5:10 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN	KLAC
69	June 20	@ Cardinals	3–2	Schoeneweis (6–5)	Smith (0–5)	Percival (16)	36,385	40–29	Busch Memorial Stadium	W1	–3	10:40 AM PDT			ESPN	KLAC
70	June 21	@ Brewers	11–4	Ortiz (8–5)	Quevedo (3–6)		20,289	41–29	Miller Park	W2	–3	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
71	June 22	@ Brewers	8–2	Washburn (7–2)	Cabrera (3–5)		28,765	42–29	Miller Park	W3	–2	4:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
72	June 23	@ Brewers	5–2	Appier (6–6)	Sheets (4–8)	Percival (17)	23,751	43–29	Miller Park	W4	–2	11:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
73	June 24	@ Rangers	5–8	Benoit (2–0)	Sele (6–5)		0	43–30	The Ballpark in Arlington	L1	–2	3:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
74	June 24	@ Rangers	2–3	Burba (4–4)	Lackey (0–1)		23,103	43–31	The Ballpark in Arlington	L2	–2½	6:57 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
75	June 25	@ Rangers	5–11	Valdez (5–6)	Schoeneweis (6–6)		20,089	43–32	The Ballpark in Arlington	L3	–3½	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
76	June 26	@ Rangers	7–6	Weber (4–2)	Irabu (3–7)	Percival (18)	29,726	44–32	The Ballpark in Arlington	W1	–3½	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
77	June 27	@ Rangers	6–3	Washburn (8–2)	Bell (3–3)	Percival (19)	22,077	45–32	The Ballpark in Arlington	W2	–3½	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
78	June 28	Dodgers	5–7	Carrara (5–2)	Shields (0–1)	Gagné (29)	43,690	46–32	Edison International Field	L1	–4½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
79	June 29	Dodgers	7–0	Sele (7–5)	Ishii (11–4)		43,502	46–33	Edison International Field	W1	–4½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
80	June 30	Dodgers	5–1	Lackey (1–1)	Pérez (9–4)	Weber (1)	43,059	47–33	Edison International Field	W2	–3½	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC

July: 16–10 (Home: 10–5; Road: 6–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Stadium	Boxscore	GB	Game Time	Over-the-air TV	Cable TV	National TV	Local Radio	National Radio
81	July 2	Orioles	0–3	Lopez (7–3)	Ortiz (8–6)	Julio (17)	18,521	47–34	Edison International Field	L1	–4	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
82	July 3	Orioles	1–0	Washburn (9–2)	Erickson (3–8)	Percival (20)	17,477	47–35	Edison International Field	W1	–4	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
83	July 4	Orioles	2–7	Driskill (6–1)	Appier (6–7)		43,342	47–36	Edison International Field	L1	–5	6:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
84	July 5	Devil Rays	6–5 (10 inn.)	Shields (1–1)	Yan (4–4)		23,648	48–36	Edison International Field	W1	–4	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
85	July 6	Devil Rays	4–3	Schoeneweis (7–6)	Colome (1–5)	Percival (21)	29,513	49–36	Edison International Field	W2	–3	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
86	July 7	Devil Rays	2–1 (10 inn.)	Percival (3–1)	Harper (3–5)		26,446	50–36	Edison International Field	W3	–3	5:05 PM PDT				KLAC
July 9: All-Star Game (TIE-)			7–7 (11 inn.)				41,871		Miller Park	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
87	July 11	@ Royals	1–0	Washburn (10–2)	May (2–6)	Percival (22)	13,031	51–36	Kaufmann Stadium	W4	–3	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
88	July 12	@ Royals	11–3	Appier (7–7)	Suppan (7–7)		24,824	52–36	Kaufmann Stadium	W5	–3	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
89	July 13	@ Royals	0–4	Byrd (12–6)	Sele (7–6)		19,504	53–36	Kaufmann Stadium	L1	–3	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
90	July 14	@ Royals	3–12	Asencio (2–2)	Ortiz (8–7)		12,457	53–37	Kaufmann Stadium	L2	–4	11:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
91	July 15	@ Twins	8–10	Hawkins (4–0)	Schoeneweis (7–7)	Guardado (29)	19,189	53–38	HHH Metrodome	L3	–4	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
92	July 16	@ Twins	4–2	Washburn (11–2)	Milton (11–7)	Weber (2)	26,258	54–38	HHH Metrodome	W1	–3	10:05 AM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
93	July 17	@ Athletics	10–4	Appier (8–7)	Hudson (7–8)		38,547	55–38	Network Associates Coliseum	W2	–3	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
94	July 18	@ Athletics	0–2	Zito (13–3)	Sele (7–7)	Koch (24)	15,733	55–39	Network Associates Coliseum	L1	–4	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
95	July 19	Mariners	15–3	Ortiz (9–7)	García (11–6)		43,407	56–39	Edison International Field	W1	–3	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
96	July 20	Mariners	7–6	Shields (2–1)	Rhodes (5–2)	Weber (3)	43,109	57–39	Edison International Field	W2	–2	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
97	July 21	Mariners	7–5	Washburn (12–2)	Nelson (1–2)	Weber (4)	34,945	58–39	Edison International Field	W3	–1	5:05 PM PDT			ESPN	KLAC	ESPN
98	July 23	Athletics	1–2	Zito (14–3)	Appier (8–8)	Koch (25)	25,370	58–40	Edison International Field	L1	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
99	July 24	Athletics	5–1	Sele (8–7)	Hudson (7–9)		25,240	59–40	Edison International Field	W1	–1	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
100	July 25	Athletics	5–4	Shields (3–1)	Mecir (3–3)	Weber (3)	31,653	60–40	Edison International Field	W2	–1	1:05 PM PDT				KLAC
101	July 26	@ Mariners	8–0	Lackey (2–1)	Baldwin (6–7)		45,559	61–40	Safeco Field	W3	Tied	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
102	July 27	@ Mariners	1–3	Piñeiro (11–4)	Washburn (12–3)	Sasaki (26)	45,974	61–41	Safeco Field	L1	–1	1:05 PM PDT			Fox	KLAC
103	July 28	@ Mariners	1–0	Appier (9–8)	Sasaki (2–4)	Percival (23)	45,634	62–41	Safeco Field	W1	Tied	1:35 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
104	July 29	Red Sox	5–4	Schoeneweis (8–7)	Embree (0–1)	Percival (24)	27,929	63–41	Edison International Field	W2	Tied	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
105	July 30	Red Sox	0–6	Martínez (14–2)	Ortiz (9–8)		32,812	63–42	Edison International Field	L1	–1	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
106	July 31	Red Sox	1–2	Wakefield (5–3)	Lackey (2–2)	Urbina (25)	28,227	63–43	Edison International Field	L2	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN2	KLAC

August: 18–11 (Home: 11–4; Road: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Stadium	Boxscore	GB	Game Time	Over-the-air TV	Cable TV	National TV	Local Radio
107	August 1	Yankees	2–1	Washburn (13–3)	Weaver (7–10)	Percival (25)	42,897	64–43	Edison International Field	W1	–2	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
108	August 2	Yankees	0–4	Pettitte (6–4)	Appier (9–9)	Mendoza (3)	43,668	64–44	Edison International Field	L1	–3	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
109	August 3	Yankees	5–4	Percival (4–1)	Mendoza (7–3)		43,619	65–44	Edison International Field	W1	–3	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
110	August 4	Yankees	5–7 (12 inn.)	Stanton (5–1)	Shields (3–2)	Mendoza (4)	43,455	65–45	Edison International Field	L1	–3	1:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
111	August 5	@ Tigers	6–3	Lackey (3–2)	Powell (1–2)	Percival (26)	18,546	66–45	Comerica Park	W1	–2½	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
112	August 6	@ White Sox	11–2	Washburn (14–3)	Wright (7–10)	Levine (5)	17,706	67–45	U.S. Cellular Field	W2	–1½	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
113	August 7	@ White Sox	6–7	Osuna (6–2)	Donnelly (0–1)		14,253	67–46	U.S. Cellular Field	L1	–2½	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
114	August 8	@ White Sox	2–3	Parque (1–1)	Sele (8–8)	Marte (5)	18,165	67–47	U.S. Cellular Field	L2	–3½	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
115	August 9	@ Blue Jays	4–5	Walker (5–2)	Ortiz (9–9)	Escobar (23)	18,728	67–48	SkyDome	L3	–3½	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
116	August 10	@ Blue Jays	11–4	Lackey (4–2)	Parris (5–3)		25,118	68–48	SkyDome	W1	–3½	1:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
117	August 11	@ Blue Jays	1–0	Washburn (15–3)	Halladay (14–5)	Percival (27)	34,013	69–48	SkyDome	W2	–2½	10:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
118	August 12	Tigers	7–0	Appier (10–9)	Redman (7–10)		19,709	70–48	Edison International Field	W3	–2	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
119	August 13	Tigers	7–6 (12 inn.)	Levine (4–2)	Bernero (2–7)		19,694	71–48	Edison International Field	W4	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
120	August 14	Tigers	5–4	Ortiz (10–9)	Maroth (4–5)	Percival (28)	23,391	72–48	Edison International Field	W5	–1	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
121	August 16	Indians	5–4	Lackey (5–2)	Drese (9–9)	Percival (29)	41,356	73–48	Edison International Field	W6	–½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
122	August 17	Indians	4–9	Sadler (1–0)	Washburn (15–4)		39,866	73–49	Edison International Field	L1	–½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
123	August 18	Indians	4–1	Appier (11–9)	Sabathia (8–10)	Percival (30)	41,059	74–49	Edison International Field	W1	–½	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
124	August 20	@ Yankees	5–7	Pettitte (8–4)	Sele (8–9)	Stanton (2)	41,619	74–50	Yankee Stadium	L1	Tied	4:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
125	August 21	@ Yankees	5–1 (11 inn.)	Weber (5–2)	Weaver (7–11)		46,423	75-50	Yankee Stadium	W1	Tied	10:05 AM PDT			ESPN2	KLAC
126	August 22	@ Yankees	2–4	Wells (14–6)	Lackey (5–3)	Karsay (6)	43,222	75–51	Yankee Stadium	L1	–1	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
127	August 23	@ Red Sox	1–4	Martínez (17–3)	Washburn (15–5)	Urbina (30)	33,221	75–52	Fenway Park	L2	–2	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
128	August 24	@ Red Sox	2–0	Appier (12–9)	Wakefield (7–5)	Percival (31)	32,510	76–52	Fenway Park	W1	–2	10:15 AM PDT			Fox	KLAC
129	August 25	@ Red Sox	8–3	Schoeneweis (9–7)	Lowe (17–6)		32,059	77–52	Fenway Park	W2	–2	10:05 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
130	August 26	@ Red Sox	9–10 (10 inn.)	Urbina (1–6)	Shields (3–3)		32,869	77–53	Fenway Park	L1	–3	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
131	August 27	Devil Rays	7–3	Lackey (6–3)	Zambrano (5–6)	Weber (4)	19,869	78–53	Edison International Field	W1	–3	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
132	August 28	Devil Rays	5–8 (10 inn.)	Yan (6–7)	Levine (4–3)		17,740	78–54	Edison International Field	L1	–4	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
133	August 29	Devil Rays	6–1	Appier (13–9)	Sturtze (3–14)		18,820	79–54	Edison International Field	W1	–3½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
134	August 30	Orioles	6–2	Callaway (1–0)	Johnson (4–11)	Schoeneweis (1)	29,959	80–54	Edison International Field	W2	–3½	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
135	August 31	Orioles	9–0	Ortiz (11–9)	Erickson (5–12)		38,563	81–54	Edison International Field	W3	–3½	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC

September: 18–9 (Home: 9–2; Road: 9–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Stadium	Boxscore	GB	Game Time	Over-the-air TV	Cable TV	National TV	Local Radio	National Radio
136	September 1	Orioles	9–3	Lackey (7–3)	Lopez (14–7)	Percival (32)	24,592	82–54	Edison International Field	W4	–3½	5:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
137	September 3	@ Devil Rays	10–2	Washburn (16–5)	Sosa (1–7)		10,146	83–54	Tropicana Field	W5	–3½	4:15 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
138	September 4	@ Devil Rays	4–2	Appier (14–9)	Sturtze (3–15)	Percival (33)	10,161	84–54	Tropicana Field	W6	–3½	4:15 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN	KLAC
139	September 5	@ Devil Rays	10–1	Ortiz (12–9)	Kennedy (7–10)		10,135	85–54	Tropicana Field	W7	–3	4:15 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
140	September 6	@ Orioles	6–3	Lackey (8–3)	Douglass (0–2)	Percival (34)	24,045	86–54	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	W8	–2	4:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
141	September 7	@ Orioles	4–2 (10 inn.)	Weber (6–2)	Julio (5–6)	Percival (35)	30,714	87–54	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	W9	–2	10:15 AM PDT			Fox	KLAC
142	September 8	@ Orioles	6–2	Washburn (17–5)	Hentgen (0–1)	Weber (5)	27,665	88–54	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	W10	–2	10:35 AM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
143	September 9	Athletics	1–2	Hudson (13–9)	Appier (14–10)	Koch (39)	28,145	89–54	Edison International Field	L1	–3	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
144	September 10	Athletics	5–2	Ortiz (13–9)	Lilly (4–7)	Percival (36)	35,323	89–55	Edison International Field	W1	–2	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
145	September 11	Athletics	6–5	Shields (4–3)	Tam (0–1)	Percival (37)	34,302	90–55	Edison International Field	W2	–1	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN2	KLAC
146	September 12	Athletics	7–6	Donnelly (1–1)	Koch (9–3)		31,304	91–55	Edison International Field	W3	Tied	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
147	September 13	Rangers	3–2	Washburn (18–5)	Benoit (3–4)	Percival (38)	35,345	92–55	Edison International Field	W4	Tied	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
148	September 14	Rangers	8–6	Shields (5–3)	Van Poppel (3–2)	Percival (39)	39,909	93–55	Edison International Field	W5	Tied	1:05 PM PDT			Fox	KLAC
149	September 15	Rangers	13–4	Ortiz (14–9)	Rogers (13–8)		33,445	94–55	Edison International Field	W6	+1	5:05 PM PDT			ESPN2	KLAC	ESPN
150	September 16	@ Athletics	3–4	Koch (10–3)	Levine (4–3)		22,326	94–56	Network Associates Coliseum	L1	Tied	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
151	September 17	@ Athletics	1–0 (10 inn.)	Weber (7–2)	Koch (10–4)	Percival (40)	25,894	95–56	Network Associates Coliseum	W1	+1	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
152	September 18	@ Athletics	4–7	Zito (22–5)	Callaway (1–1)	Koch (40)	50,734	95–57	Network Associates Coliseum	L1	Tied	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN2	KLAC
153	September 19	@ Athletics	3–5	Hudson (15–9)	Appier (14–11)	Koch (41)	27,435	95–58	Network Associates Coliseum	L2	–1	1:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
154	September 20	@ Mariners	8–1	Ortiz (15–9)	Piñeiro (14–7)		45,663	96–58	Safeco Field	W1	–1	7:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
155	September 21	@ Mariners	4–6	García (16–10)	Lackey (8–4)	Sasaki (36)	45,784	96–59	Safeco Field	L1	–2	1:05 PM PDT			Fox	KLAC
156	September 22	@ Mariners	2–3	Franklin (7–4)	Washburn (18–6)	Nelson (2)	45,693	96–60	Safeco Field	L2	–3	1:35 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
157	September 24	@ Rangers	1–2	Benoit (4–4)	Appier (14–12)	Cordero (9)	21,869	96–61	The Ballpark in Arlington	L3	–3	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
158	September 25	@ Rangers	3–4	Seánez (1–3)	Schoeneweis (9–8)	Cordero (10)	20,976	96–62	The Ballpark in Arlington	L4	–3	5:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West		KLAC
159	September 26	@ Rangers	10–5	Lackey (9–4)	Lewis (1–3)		21,774	97–62	The Ballpark in Arlington	W1	–3	12:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC
160	September 27	Mariners	6–7 (12 inn.)	Halama (6–5)	Pote (0–2)		43,452	97–63	Edison International Field	L1	–4	7:05 PM PDT		Fox Sports Net West	ESPN	KLAC
161	September 28	Mariners	8–4	Callaway (2–1)	Franklin (7–5)		43,202	98–63	Edison International Field	W1	–4	1:05 PM PDT			Fox	KLAC
162	September 29	Mariners	7–6	Lukasiewicz (2–0)	Valdez (8–12)	Donnelly (1)	42,878	99–63	Edison International Field	W2	–4	4:05 PM PDT	KCAL 9			KLAC

Legend
Angels Win	Angels Loss	All-Star Game	Game Postponed	Clinched

"GB" legend
1st (AL West)	Not in playoff berth	1st (AL Wild Card)	Tied for 1st (AL West)

all times are PACIFIC time

Roster

2002 Anaheim Angels

Roster

Pitchers

27 Kevin Appier

51 Mickey Callaway

21 Dennis Cook

53 Brendan Donnelly

41 John Lackey

43 Al Levine

47 Mark Lukasiewicz

36 Ramón Ortiz

40 Troy Percival

58 Lou Pote

57 Francisco Rodríguez

60 Scott Schoeneweis

34 Aaron Sele

62 Scot Shields

18 Donne Wall

56 Jarrod Washburn

77 Ben Weber

32 Matt Wise

Catchers

6 Jorge Fábregas

9 Sal Fasano

1 Bengie Molina

28 José Molina

Infielders

5 Alfredo Amezaga

35 Clay Bellinger

22 David Eckstein

6 Chone Figgins

20 Brad Fullmer

10 Benji Gil

25 Troy Glaus

2 Adam Kennedy

8 José Nieves

23 Scott Spiezio

44 Shawn Wooten

Outfielders

16 Garret Anderson

33 Jeff DaVanon

17 Darin Erstad

18 Alex Ochoa

3 Orlando Palmeiro

39 Julio Ramírez

15 Tim Salmon

Manager

14 Mike Scioscia

Coaches

24 Bud Black (pitching)

4 Alfredo Griffin (first base)

7 Mickey Hatcher (hitting)

70 Joe Maddon (bench)

13 Bobby Ramos (bullpen)

12 Ron Roenicke (third base)

Regular Season Transactions

July 31, 2002: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Sal Fasano to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later and Jorge Fábregas. The Anaheim Angels sent Johnny Raburn (minors) (August 14, 2002) and Pedro Liriano (September 20, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.^[8]

Player stats

Batting

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

Player	Pos.	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Garret Anderson	LF	158	638	195	.306	29	123
David Eckstein	SS	152	608	178	.293	8	63
Darin Erstad	CF	150	625	177	.283	10	73
Brad Fullmer	DH	130	429	124	.289	19	59
Troy Glaus	3B	156	569	142	.250	30	111
Adam Kennedy	2B	144	474	148	.312	7	52
Bengie Molina	C	122	800	105	.245	5	47
Tim Salmon	RF	138	483	138	.286	22	88
Scott Spiezio	1B	153	491	140	.285	12	82

Other batters

Player	Pos.	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jorge Fábregas	C	35	88	17	.193	0	8
José Molina	C	29	70	19	.271	0	5
Shawn Wooten	1B/DH	49	113	33	.292	3	19
Julio Ramirez	CF/RF	29	32	9	.281	1	7
Orlando Palmeiro	LF/RF	110	263	79	.300	0	31
Alex Ochoa	RF	37	65	18	.277	2	10
Jeff DaVanon	OF	16	30	5	.167	1	4
José Nieves	2B/3B	45	97	28	.289	0	6
Benji Gil	1B/2B/SS	61	130	37	.285	3	20
Chone Figgins	2B	15	12	2	.167	0	1
Alfredo Amezaga	SS	12	13	7	.538	0	2

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kevin Appier	19	188.1	7	7	3.92	132
John Lackey	18	108.1	9	4	3.66	69
Ramón Ortiz	32	271.1	15	9	3.77	162
Aaron Sele	26	160	8	9	4.89	82
Jarrod Washburn	32	206	18	6	3.15	139

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mickey Callaway	6	34.1	2	1	4.19	23
Mark Lukasiewicz	17	14	2	0	3.86	15
Donne Wall	17	21	0	0	6.43	13
Matt Wise	7	8.1	0	0	3.24	6

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dennis Cook	37	24	1	1	0	3.38	13
Brendan Donnelly	46	49.2	1	1	1	2.17	54
Al Levine	52	63.2	4	4	5	4.24	40
Troy Percival	58	56.1	4	1	40	1.92	68
Lou Pote	31	50.1	0	2	0	3.22	32
Scott Schoeneweis	54	118	9	8	0	4.88	65
Scot Shields	29	49	5	3	0	2.20	30
Ben Weber	63	78	7	2	7	2.54	43

Postseason

With their win on Mon. September 26, 2002, the Angels clinched their first (and only to date as of 2015) Wildcard berth. At this time, the Angels would be in the postseason for the first time since the 1986 season.

American League Division Series

Main article: 2002 American League Division Series

The 2002 American League Division Series featured the Wildcard 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.

American League Championship Series

Main article: 2002 American League Championship Series

The 2002 American League Championship Series featured the Wildcard 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.

World series

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

Main article: 2002 World Series

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


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	6	0
Anaheim	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	0
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 Three

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


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Anaheim	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	10	16	0
San Francisco	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	6	2
WP: Ramón Ortiz (1–0) LP: Liván Hernández (0–1) Home runs: ANA: None SF: Rich Aurilia (1), Barry Bonds (3)

Game Five

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


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Anaheim	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	10	2
San Francisco	3	3	0	0	0	2	4	4	X	16	16	0
WP: Chad Zerbe (1–0) LP: Jarrod Washburn (0–2) Home runs: ANA: None SF: Jeff Kent 2 (3), Rich Aurilia (2)

Game Seven

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


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Anaheim	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	5	0
WP: John Lackey (1–0) LP: Liván Hernández (0–2) Sv: Troy Percival (3)

Game Two

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


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	4	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	10	12	1
Anaheim	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	X	11	16	1
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 Four

October 23, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Anaheim	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	4	12	1
WP: Tim Worrell (1–0) LP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–1) Sv: Robb Nen (2) Home runs: ANA: Troy Glaus (3) SF: None

Game Six

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


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	5	8	1
Anaheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	X	6	10	1
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 Log

2002 Post Season Game Log

American League Division Series vs. New York Yankees – Anaheim Angels win series 3–1

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series	Stadium	Boxscore	Game Time	National TV	Local Radio	National Radio
1	October 1	@ Yankees	5–8	Karsay (1–0)	Weber (0–1)	Rivera (1)	56,710	0–1	Yankee Stadium	L1	5:17 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
2	October 2	@ Yankees	8–6	Rodríguez (1–0)	Hernández (0–1)	Percival (1)	56,695	1–1	Yankee Stadium	W1	5:17 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
3	October 4	Yankees	9–6	Rodríguez (2–0)	Stanton (0–1)	Percival (2)	45,072	2–1	Edison International Field	W2	5:06 PM PDT	ABC Family	KLAC	ESPN
4	October 5	Yankees	9–5	Washburn (1–0)	Wells (0–1)		45,067	3–1	Edison International Field	W3	1:20 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN

American League Championship Series vs. Minnesota Twins – Anaheim Angels win series 4–1

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series	Stadium	Boxscore	Game Time	National TV	Local Radio	National Radio
1	October 8	@ Twins	1–2	Mays (1–0)	Appier (0–1)	Guardado (1)	55,562	0–1	HHH Metrodome	L1	5:19 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
2	October 9	@ Twins	6–3	Ortiz (1–0)	Reed (0–1)	Percival (1)	55,990	1–1	HHH Metrodome	W1	5:19 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
3	October 11	Twins	2–1	Rodríguez (1–0)	Romero (0–1)	Percival (2)	44,234	2–1	Edison International Field	W2	5:19 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
4	October 12	Twins	7–1	Lackey (1–0)	Radke (0–1)		44,830	3–1	Edison International Field	W3	4:50 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
5	October 13	Twins	13–5	Rodríguez (2–0)	Santana (0–1)		44,835	4–1	Edison International Field	W4	1:50 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN

World Series vs. San Francisco Giants – Anaheim Angels win series 4–3

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series	Stadium	Boxscore	Game Time	National TV	Local Radio	National Radio
1	October 19	Giants	3–4	Schmidt (1–0)	Washburn (0–1)	Nen (1)	44,603	0–1	Edison International Field	L1	5:04 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
2	October 20	Giants	11–10	Rodríguez (1–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)	Percival (1)	44,584	1–1	Edison International Field	W1	5:04 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
3	October 22	@ Giants	10–4	Ortiz (1–0)	Hernández (0–1)		42,707	2–1	Pacific Bell Park	W2	5:27 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
4	October 23	@ Giants	3–4	Worrell (1–0)	Rodríguez (1–1)	Nen (2)	42,703	2–2	Pacific Bell Park	L1	5:35 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
5	October 24	@ Giants	4–16	Zerbe (1–0)	Washburn (0–2)		42,713	2–3	Pacific Bell Park	L2	5:22 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
6	October 26	Giants	6–5	Donnelly (1–0)	Worrell (1–1)	Percival (2)	44,506	3–3	Edison International Field	W1	4:58 PM PDT	Fox	KLAC	ESPN
7	October 27	Giants	4–1	Lackey (1–0)	Hernández (0–2)	Percival (3)	44,598	4–3	Edison International Field	W2	5:02 PM PST	Fox	KLAC	ESPN

Legend
Angels Win	Angels Loss

all times are PACIFIC time

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

Troy Glaus

World Series MVP

Adam Kennedy

ALCS MVP

Tim Salmon

Hutch Award^[9]

Garret Anderson

All-Star
Silver Slugger Award
#4 in AL in RBI (123)

Darin Erstad

Gold Glove Award

Bengie Molina

Gold Glove Award

Mike Scioscia

AL Manager of the Year Award

73rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Main article: 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Outfielders

Pos	#	Player	League	AB	H	RBI
LF	16	Anderson, GarretGarret Anderson	American League	4	0	1

Coaches

#	Coach	League	Position
14	Scioscia, MikeMike Scioscia	American League	Coach

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

Local Media

Local TV

Local TV Channel	Play–by–play	Color Commentator	Studio Host
KCAL–TV 9	Steve Physioc	Rex Hudler

Local Cable TV

Local Cable TV Channel	Play–by–play	Color Commentator	Studio Host
Fox Sports Net West	Steve Physioc	Rex Hudler

Local Radio

Flagship Station	Play–by–play #1	Play–by–play #2	Color Commentator	Studio Host
KLAC–AM 570 (primary) KBIG–FM 104.3 (backup)	Rory Markas (innings 1–3, 7–9 and odd numbered innings)	Terry Smith (innings 4–6 and even numbered innings)	Terry Smith (innings 1–3, 7–9 and odd numbered innings) Rory Markas (innings 4–6 and even numbered innings)

Some radio games carried on KBIG–FM 104.3 because of broadcast conflict with the Los Angeles Lakers of the (NBA).

Flagship Station	Play–by–play	Color Commentator	Studio Host
KTNQ–AM 1020 (Spanish)	Ivan Lara	José Mota

References

Notes

↑ "Baseball's Angels on High". CNN. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
↑ "Angels on Cloud Nine". CNN. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seleaa01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walldo01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aybarer01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellicl01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirjul02.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
↑ Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America

Sources

2002 Anaheim Angels team at Baseball-Reference
2002 Anaheim Angels team at baseball-almanac.com

World Series champions

American League champions

American League Wild Card teams

1995: New York Yankees
1996: Baltimore Orioles
1997: New York Yankees
1998: Boston Red Sox
1999: Boston Red Sox
2000: Seattle Mariners
2001: Oakland Athletics
2002: Anaheim Angels
2003: Boston Red Sox
2004: Boston Red Sox
2005: Boston Red Sox
2006: Detroit Tigers
2007: New York Yankees
2008: Boston Red Sox
2009: Boston Red Sox
2010: New York Yankees
2011: Tampa Bay Rays
2012: Baltimore Orioles & Texas Rangers
2013: Cleveland Indians & Tampa Bay Rays
2014: Kansas City Royals & Oakland Athletics
2015: Houston Astros & New York Yankees

2002 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Anaheim Angels 2002 World Series Champions

1 Bengie Molina 2 Adam Kennedy (ALCS MVP) 3 Orlando Palmeiro 6 Chone Figgins 10 Benji Gil 15 Tim Salmon 16 Garret Anderson 17 Darin Erstad 18 Alex Ochoa 20 Brad Fullmer 22 David Eckstein 23 Scott Spiezio 25 Troy Glaus (World Series MVP) 27 Kevin Appier 28 José Molina 36 Ramón Ortiz 40 Troy Percival 41 John Lackey 44 Shawn Wooten 53 Brendan Donnelly 56 Jarrod Washburn 57 Francisco Rodríguez 60 Scott Schoeneweis 62 Scot Shields 77 Ben Weber

Manager 14 Mike Scioscia Coaches First Base Coach 4 Alfredo Griffin Hitting Coach 7 Mickey Hatcher Third Base Coach 12 Ron Roenicke Bullpen Coach 13 Bobby Ramos Pitching Coach 24 Bud Black Bench Coach 70 Joe Maddon

Regular season American League Division Series American League Championship Series

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Arkansas Travelers
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (54)

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1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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