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2002 Kansas City Royals season

The 2002 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fourth in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses, their first 100 loss season in franchise history.

2002 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersAllard Baird
ManagersTony Muser, John Mizerock, Tony Peña
TelevisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
← 2001 Seasons 2003 →

Offseason

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  • December 18, 2001: Chuck Knoblauch was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • January 10, 2002: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[3]
  • March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned to the Kansas City Royals by the Cleveland Indians.[4]

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584 — 54‍–‍27 40‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 13½ 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 20½ 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 32½ 37‍–‍44 25‍–‍56
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 39 33‍–‍47 22‍–‍59

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 .640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 25
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 27
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

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2002 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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


Notable transactions

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  • 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.[5]

Roster

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2002 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals Pacific Coast League Bucky Dent
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Joe Szekely
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Lloyd Simmons

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Notes

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  1. ^ Chuck Knoblauch Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Michael Tucker Baseball Reference page
  3. ^ Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Donzell McDonald Stats".
  5. ^ "Zack Greinke Stats".
  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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