The 2002 Kansas City Royals season was the 34th season for the franchise, and their 30th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals failed to improve on their 65–97 record from 2001, and finished fourth in the American League Central, with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses, their first 100 loss season in franchise history. The Royals missed the postseason for the 17th consecutive season.
Offseason December 18, 2001: Chuck Knoblauch was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.Chuck Knoblauch Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 19, 2001: Traded a PTBNL to the Chicago Cubs for Michael Tucker. The Royals sent Shawn Sonnier to Chicago on March 15, 2002, to complete the trade.Michael Tucker Baseball Reference page January 10, 2002: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned to the Kansas City Royals by the Cleveland Indians.
Regular season
Season standings
American League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 4, 2002: Zack Greinke was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2002.
Roster 2002 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (third base) (first base) (hitting) (bullpen) (pitching) (bench)
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 Brent Mayne 101 326 77 .236 4 30 1B Mike Sweeney 126 471 160 .340 24 86 2B Carlos Febles 119 351 86 .245 4 26 SS Neifi Pérez 145 554 131 .236 3 37 3B Joe Randa 151 549 155 .282 11 80 LF Chuck Knoblauch 80 300 63 .210 6 22 CF Carlos Beltrán 162 637 174 .273 29 105 RF Michael Tucker 144 475 118 .248 12 56 DH Raúl Ibañez 137 497 146 .294 24 103
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 Aaron Guiel 70 240 56 .233 4 38 Luis Alicea 94 237 54 .228 1 23 A. J. Hinch 72 197 49 .249 7 27 Brandon Berger 51 134 27 .201 6 17 Luis Ordaz 33 94 21 .223 0 4 Mark Quinn 23 76 18 .237 2 11 Ángel Berroa 20 75 17 .227 0 5 Donnie Sadler 35 68 13 .191 0 5 Kit Pellow 29 63 15 .238 1 5 Dee Brown 16 51 12 .235 1 7 David McCarty 13 32 3 .094 1 2 Juan Brito 9 23 7 .304 0 1 Donzell McDonald 10 22 4 .182 0 1 Mike Caruso 12 20 2 .100 0 0 Chan Perry 5 11 1 .091 0 3 Alexis Gómez 5 10 2 .200 0 0 Dusty Wathan 3 5 3 .600 0 1
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Paul Byrd 33 228.1 17 11 3.90 129 Jeff Suppan 33 208.0 9 16 5.32 109 Shawn Sedlacek 16 84.1 3 5 6.72 52 Runelvys Hernández 12 74.1 4 4 4.36 45 Chris George 6 27.1 0 4 5.60 13 Chad Durbin 2 8.1 0 1 11.88 5 Wes Obermueller 2 7.2 0 2 11.74 5 Bryan Rekar 2 7.0 0 2 15.43 2
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Darrell May 30 131.1 4 10 5.35 95 Miguel Asencio 31 123.1 4 7 5.11 58 Jeremy Affeldt 34 77.2 3 4 4.64 67 Dan Reichert 30 66.0 3 5 5.32 36 Mac Suzuki 7 21.0 0 2 9.00 15
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Roberto Hernández 53 1 3 26 4.33 39 Jason Grimsley 70 4 7 1 3.91 59 Scott Mullen 44 4 5 0 3.15 21 Cory Bailey 37 3 4 1 4.11 24 Blake Stein 27 0 4 1 7.91 42 Ryan Bukvich 26 1 0 0 6.12 20 Brian Shouse 23 0 0 0 6.14 11 Brad Voyles 22 0 2 1 6.51 26 Kris Wilson 12 2 0 0 8.20 10 Jeff Austin 10 0 0 0 4.91 6 Jeremy Hill 10 0 1 0 3.86 7 Mike MacDougal 6 0 1 0 5.00 10 Nate Field 5 0 0 0 9.00 3
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
References 2002 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference 2002 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac