The 2002 Boston Red Sox season was the 102nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses, games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Anaheim Angels, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 99–63.
Offseason October 9, 2001: Craig Grebeck was released by the Boston Red Sox.Craig Grebeck Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com December 21, 2001: Johnny Damon signed a four-year, $31 million contract to join the Boston Red Sox. February 13, 2002: Rickey Henderson signed with the Boston Red Sox.
Regular season In May 2002, former Red Sox clubhouse staffer Donald James Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty to charges that he sexually abused several young boys at the team's spring training facility in Winter Haven, Florida. Martínez pitched the first immaculate inning in franchise history, striking out all three Seattle Mariners batters on a total of nine pitches in the first inning on May 18. Seven Red Sox players were voted on to the American League roster for the 2002 MLB All-Star Game played in Milwaukee at Miller Park. Pitcher Derek Lowe, left fielder Manny Ramirez and third baseman Shea Hillenbrand started the game, while pitchers Pedro Martínez and Ugueth Urbina joined shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and outfielder Johnny Damon as reserves. Pedro Martínez became the first major league player to win 20 games in one season but pitch less than 200 innings.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Season standings
American League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents
+Red Sox vs. National LeagueTeamNL West ARICOLLADSDPSFGATLBoston0–32–10–32–1—1–5
Transactions April 27, 2002: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.Wayne Gomes Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com June 26, 2002: Alan Embree was traded by the San Diego Padres with Andy Shibilo (minors) to the Boston Red Sox for Dan Giese and Brad Baker (minors).Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com July 30, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Sun-Woo Kim and Seung Song (minors).Cliff Floyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Opening Day lineup 18 Johnny Damon CF30 José Offerman DH 5 Nomar Garciaparra SS24 Manny Ramírez LF22 Tony Clark 1B 7 Trot Nixon RF29 Shea Hillenbrand 3B33 Jason Varitek C 13 Rey Sánchez 2B45 Pedro Martínez P
Roster 2002 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Designated hitters Manager
Coaches (Pitching) (Third Base) (Hitting) (First Base) (Bullpen) (Bullpen catcher) (Bench)
Player stats
Batting Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Starters by position Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB C Jason Varitek 132 467 124 .266 10 61 4 1B Tony Clark 90 275 57 .207 3 29 0 2B Rey Sánchez 107 357 102 .286 1 38 2 3B Shea Hillenbrand 156 634 186 .293 18 83 4 SS Nomar Garciaparra 156 635 197 .310 24 120 5 LF Manny Ramírez 120 436 152 .349 33 107 0 CF Johnny Damon 154 623 178 .286 14 63 31 RF Trot Nixon 152 532 136 .256 24 94 4 DH Carlos Baerga 73 182 52 .286 2 19 6
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB Brian Daubach 137 444 118 .266 20 78 2 José Offerman 72 237 55 .232 4 27 8 Lou Merloni 84 194 48 .247 4 18 1 Rickey Henderson 72 179 40 .223 5 16 8 Cliff Floyd 47 171 54 .316 7 18 4 Doug Mirabelli 57 151 34 .225 7 25 0 Benny Agbayani 13 37 11 .297 0 8 0 Bry Nelson 25 34 9 .265 0 2 1 Freddy Sanchez 12 16 3 .188 0 2 0 Shane Andrews 7 13 1 .077 0 0 0 Juan Díaz 4 7 2 .286 1 2 0 Kevin Brown 2 1 0 .000 0 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Derek Lowe 32 32 219.2 21 8 2.58 127 Pedro Martinez 30 30 199.1 20 4 2.26 239 John Burkett 29 29 173.0 13 8 4.53 124
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO Tim Wakefield 45 15 163.1 11 5 3 2.81 134 Frank Castillo 36 23 163.1 6 15 1 5.07 112 Casey Fossum 41 12 106.2 5 4 1 3.46 101 Rolando Arrojo 29 8 81.1 4 3 1 4.98 51 Darren Oliver 14 9 58.0 4 5 0 4.66 32 Josh Hancock 3 1 7.1 0 1 0 3.68 6
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO Ugueth Urbina 61 0 60.0 1 6 40 3.00 71 Willie Banks 29 0 39.0 2 1 1 3.23 26 Alan Embree 32 0 33.1 1 2 2 2.97 43 Chris Haney 24 0 30.0 0 0 1 4.20 15 Sun-woo Kim 15 2 29.0 2 0 0 7.45 18 Dustin Hermanson 12 1 22.0 1 1 0 7.97 13 Wayne Gomes 20 0 21.1 1 2 1 4.64 15 Rich Garcés 26 0 21.1 0 1 0 6.59 16 Bob Howry 20 0 18.0 1 3 0 5.00 14
Game log Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game postponed
|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 1 || April 1 || Blue Jays || 11–12 || Escobar (1–0) || Urbina (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 33,520 || 0–1 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" | — || April 3 || Blue Jays || colspan=8|Postponed (rain). Makeup date July 2. |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 2 || April 5 || @ Orioles || 3–0 || Lowe (1–0) || Towers (0–1) || Urbina (1) || Camden Yards || 31,261 || 1–1 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 3 || April 6 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || Fossum (1–0) || Erickson (1–1) || Urbina (2) || Camden Yards || 34,978 || 2–1 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 4 || April 7 || @ Orioles || 4–1 || Martínez (1–0) || Maduro (0–1) || Urbina (3) || Camden Yards || 33,790 || 3–1 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 5 || April 9 || Royals || 8–4 || Wakefield (1–0) || Reichert (0–2) || — || Fenway Park || 31,115 || 4–1 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 6 || April 10 || Royals || 2–6 || Byrd (2–0) || Lowe (1–1) || Bailey (1) || Fenway Park || 33,376 || 4–2 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 7 || April 11 || Royals || 5–8 || Grimsley (1–0) || Urbina (0–2) || — || Fenway Park || 32,953 || 4–3 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 8 || April 12 || Yankees || 3–2 || Oliver (1–0) || Hernández (1–1) || Urbina (4) || Fenway Park || 32,812 || 5–3 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 9 || April 13 || Yankees || 7–6 || Arrojo (1–0) || Rivera (0–1) || Urbina (5) || Fenway Park || 33,756 || 6–3 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 10 || April 14 || Yankees || 2–6 || Mussina (3–0) || Wakefield (1–1) || Rivera (5) || Fenway Park || 33,742 || 6–4 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 11 || April 15 || Yankees || 4–3 || Lowe (2–1) || Pettitte (1–1) || Urbina (6) || Fenway Park || 33,864 || 7–4 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 12 || April 16 || @ Blue Jays || 14–3 || Castillo (1–0) || Lyon (0–2) || Arrojo (1) || SkyDome || 16,069 || 8–4 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 13 || April 17 || @ Blue Jays || 10–4 || Oliver (2–0) || Eyre (1–2) || — || SkyDome || 16,572 || 9–4 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 14 || April 19 || @ Royals || 4–0 || Martínez (2–0) || George (0–1) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 24,456 || 10–4 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" | — || April 20 || @ Royals || colspan=8|Postponed (rain). Makeup date April 21. |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 15 || April 21 (1)|| @ Royals || 12–2 || Burkett (1–0) || Reichert (0–3) || Wakefield (1) || Kauffman Stadium || — || 11–4 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 16 || April 21 (2)|| @ Royals || 8–7 || Lowe (3–1) || Rekar (0–1) || Urbina (7) || Kauffman Stadium || 17,289 || 12–4 || W6 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 17 || April 23 || @ Orioles || 5–7 || Erickson (2–2) || Castillo (1–1) || Julio (2) || Camden Yards || 26,301 || 12–5 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 18 || April 24 || @ Orioles || 3–5 || López (2–0) || Oliver (2–1) || Julio (3) || Camden Yards || 29,004 || 12–6 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 19 || April 25 || @ Orioles || 7–0 || Martínez (3–0) || Maduro (1–2) || — || Camden Yards || 31,353 || 13–6 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 20 || April 26 || Devil Rays || 4–2 || Burkett (2–0) || Wilson (1–2) || Urbina (8) || Fenway Park || 32,292 || 14–6 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 21 || April 27 || Devil Rays || 10–0 || Lowe (4–1) || James (0–2) || — || Fenway Park || 32,387 || 15–6 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" | — || April 28 || Devil Rays || colspan=8|Postponed (rain). Makeup date July 23. |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 22 || April 29 || Orioles || 3–5 || López (3–0) || Castillo (1–2) || Julio (4) || Fenway Park || 31,177 || 15–7 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 23 || April 30 || Orioles || 4–0 || Oliver (3–1) || Maduro (1–3) || — || Fenway Park || 31,571 || 16–7 || W1
|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 24 || May 1 || Orioles || 15–3 || Martínez (4–0) || Douglass (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 33,274 || 17–7 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 25 || May 3 || @ Devil Rays || 3–2 || Fossum (2–0) || Colomé (1–3) || Urbina (9) || Tropicana Field || 12,583 || 18–7 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 26 || May 4 || @ Devil Rays || 7–5 || Kim (1–0) || Zambrano (1–2) || Urbina (10) || Tropicana Field || 17,972 || 19–7 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 27 || May 5 || @ Devil Rays || 2–0 || Castillo (2–2) || Rupe (3–3) || Urbina (11) || Tropicana Field || 15,920 || 20–7 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 28 || May 6 || @ Devil Rays || 5–3 || Oliver (4–1) || Sturtze (0–4) || Wakefield (2) || Tropicana Field || 11,564 || 21–7 || W6 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 29 || May 7 || @ Athletics || 9–7 || Arrojo (2–0) || Mecir (1–1) || Urbina (12) || Network Associates Coliseum || 19,715 || 22–7 || W7 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 30 || May 8 || @ Athletics || 12–6 || Burkett (3–0) || Hiljus (3–2) || — || Network Associates Coliseum || 40,155 || 23–7 || W8 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 31 || May 9 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Lowe (5–1) || Hudson (3–4) || — || Network Associates Coliseum || 18,477 || 24–7 || W9 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 32 || May 10 || @ Mariners || 2–7 || Piñeiro (3–0) || Castillo (2–3) || Soriano (1) || Safeco Field || 45,833 || 24–8 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 33 || May 11 || @ Mariners || 1–3 || Halama (2–0) || Oliver (4–2) || Sasaki (8) || Safeco Field || 45,887 || 24–9 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 34 || May 12 || @ Mariners || 10–4 ||Martínez (5–0) || Baldwin (3–3) || — || Safeco Field || 45,862 || 25–9 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 35 || May 14 || Athletics || 6–2 || Burkett (4–0) || Hudson (3–5) || — || Fenway Park || 31,404 || 26–9 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 36 || May 15 || Athletics || 8–2 || Lowe (6–1) || Hiljus (3–3) || — || Fenway Park || 32,346 || 27–9 || W3