The 2002 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 102nd season and its third at Comerica Park. Their win total regressed for the second consecutive year, finishing 11 games worse than their 66-win total in 2001. They finished last in the American League Central, 39 games out of first place, and missed the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season. The .342 win percentage was the third-worst in Tigers history at the time, better than only 1952 (.325) and 1996 (.327); it has since been further surpassed by 2003 (.265) and 2019 (.292).
Offseason December 19, 2001: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
Regular season On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the home runs is as follows:
Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on). Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 6th inning off Lima 0 on).Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II
Notable transactions June 4, 2002: Curtis Granderson was drafted by the Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 28, 2002.Curtis Granderson at Baseball Reference July 5, 2002: Jeff Weaver was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees, and cash was sent by the Tigers to the Oakland Athletics, as part of a 3-team trade. The Athletics sent Carlos Peña, Franklyn Germán, and a player to be named later to the Tigers. The Yankees sent Ted Lilly, John-Ford Griffin, and Jason Arnold (minors) to the Athletics. The Athletics completed the trade by sending Jeremy Bonderman to the Tigers on August 22.Ted Lilly at Baseball Reference August 16, 2002: Jason Beverlin was selected off waivers by the Tigers from the Cleveland Indians.Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
Season standings
American League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents
Roster 2002 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History Rank Year Wins Losses Win % 1 2003 43 119 .265 2 1952 50 104 .325 3 1996 53 109 .327 4 2002 55 106 .342 5 1975 57 102 .358
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 CBrandon Inge 95 321 65 .202 7 24 1BCarlos Peña 75 273 69 .253 12 36 2BDamion Easley 85 304 68 .224 8 30 3BChris Truby 89 277 55 .199 2 15 SSShane Halter 122 410 98 .239 10 39 LFBobby Higginson 119 444 125 .282 10 63 CFWendell Magee 97 347 94 .271 6 35 RFRobert Fick 148 556 150 .270 17 63 DHRandall Simon 130 482 145 .301 19 82
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 RBICraig Paquette 72 252 49 .194 4 20Damian Jackson 81 245 63 .320 1 25George Lombard 72 241 58 .241 5 13Ramón Santiago 65 222 54 .243 4 20Dmitri Young 54 201 57 .284 7 27Mike Rivera 39 132 30 .227 1 11José Macías 33 107 25 .234 0 6Hiram Bocachica 34 103 23 .223 4 8Jacob Cruz 35 88 24 .273 2 6Matt Walbeck 27 85 20 .273 0 3Omar Infante 18 72 24 .235 0 3Andrés Torres 19 70 14 .200 0 3Eric Munson 18 59 11 .186 2 5Mitch Meluskey 8 27 6 .222 0 0Craig Monroe 13 25 3 .120 1 1Oscar Salazar 8 21 4 .190 1 3Dean Palmer 4 12 0 .000 0 0Ryan Jackson 4 6 2 .333 0 0
Pitching
Starting and 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 Mark Redman 30 203.0 8 15 4.21 109 Steve Sparks 32 189.0 8 16 5.52 98 Mike Maroth 21 128.2 6 10 4.41 58 Jeff Weaver 17 121.2 6 8 3.18 75 Adam Bernero 28 101.2 4 7 6.20 69 José Lima 20 68.1 4 6 7.77 33 Brian Powell 13 57.2 1 5 4.84 30 Nate Cornejo 9 50.0 1 5 5.04 23 Seth Greisinger 8 37.2 2 2 6.21 14 Andy Van Hekken 5 30.0 1 3 3.00 5 Brian Moehler 3 19.2 1 1 2.29 13 Shane Loux 3 14.0 0 3 9.00 7 Jason Beverlin 3 12.1 0 3 9.49 7
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOJuan Acevedo 65 1 5 28 2.65 43Jamie Walker 57 1 1 1 3.71 40Jeff Farnsworth 44 2 3 0 5.79 28José Paniagua 41 0 1 1 5.83 34Julio Santana 38 3 5 0 2.84 38Óscar Henríquez 30 1 1 2 4.50 23Fernando Rodney 20 1 3 0 6.00 10Matt Anderson 12 2 1 0 9.00 8Eric Eckenstahler 7 1 0 0 5.63 13Franklyn Germán 7 1 0 1 0.00 6Danny Patterson 6 0 2 0 15.00 1Matt Perisho 5 0 0 0 8.71 3Terry Pearson 4 0 0 0 10.50 4Matt Miller 2 0 0 0 13.50 1Kris Keller 1 0 0 0 27.00 1Jason Jiménez 1 0 0 0 27.00 0Erik Sabel 1 0 0 0 inf 0
Awards and records On July 2, the White Sox and Tigers set a Major League record by hitting 12 home runs in one game.
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links
2002 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference