2002 Boston Red Sox season

2002 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) JRY Trust, John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s) Mike Port
Manager(s) Grady Little
Local television WFXT
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radio WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WLYN
(J.P. Villaman, Juan Oscar Baez, Uri Berenguer, & Luis Tiant)
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The 2002 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Rickey Henderson with Boston in 2002

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 58 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 93 69 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

Record vs. opponents

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

Transactions

Opening Day Lineup

18 Johnny Damon CF
30 José Offerman DH
  5 Nomar Garciaparra     SS
24 Manny Ramírez LF
22 Tony Clark 1B
  7 Trot Nixon RF
29 Shea Hillenbrand 3B
33 Jason Varitek C
13 Rey Sánchez 2B
45 Pedro Martínez P

Roster

2002 Boston Red Sox
Roster

Pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated hitters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: 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 Jason Varitek 132 467 124 .266 10 61
1B Tony Clark 90 275 57 .207 3 29
2B Rey Sánchez 107 357 102 .286 1 38
3B Shea Hillenbrand 156 634 186 .293 18 83
SS Nomar Garciaparra 156 635 197 .310 24 120
LF Manny Ramírez 120 436 152 .349 33 107
CF Johnny Damon 154 623 178 .286 14 63
RF Trot Nixon 152 532 136 .256 24 94
DH Carlos Baerga 73 182 52 .286 2 19

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Buddy Bailey
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Ron Johnson
A Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Billy Gardner, Jr.
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Arnie Beyeler
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Mike Boulanger
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League John Sanders

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References

  1. ↑ Craig Grebeck Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ Wayne Gomes Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Cliff Floyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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