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)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

  • 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

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584 — 54–27 40–40
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457 20½ 39–42 35–46
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383 32½ 37–44 25–56
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342 39 33–47 22–59

American League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611 —
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 6
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574 6
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 21
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457 25
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444 27
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 32
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383 37
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

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.[5]

Roster

2002 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CBrent Mayne10132677.236430
1BMike Sweeney126471160.3402486
2BCarlos Febles11935186.245426
SSNeifi Pérez145554131.236337
3BJoe Randa151549155.2821180
LFChuck Knoblauch8030063.210622
CFCarlos Beltrán162637174.27329105
RFMichael Tucker144475118.2481256
DHRaúl Ibañez137497146.29424103

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 Guiel7024056.233438
Luis Alicea9423754.228123
A. J. Hinch7219749.249727
Brandon Berger5113427.201617
Luis Ordaz339421.22304
Mark Quinn237618.237211
Ángel Berroa207517.22705
Donnie Sadler356813.19105
Kit Pellow296315.23815
Dee Brown165112.23517
David McCarty13323.09412
Juan Brito9237.30401
Donzell McDonald10224.18201
Mike Caruso12202.10000
Chan Perry5111.09103
Alexis Gómez5102.20000
Dusty Wathan353.60001

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 Byrd33228.117113.90129
Jeff Suppan33208.09165.32109
Shawn Sedlacek1684.1356.7252
Runelvys Hernández1274.1444.3645
Chris George627.1045.6013
Chad Durbin28.10111.885
Wes Obermueller27.20211.745
Bryan Rekar27.00215.432

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 May30131.14105.3595
Miguel Asencio31123.1475.1158
Jeremy Affeldt3477.2344.6467
Dan Reichert3066.0355.3236
Mac Suzuki721.0029.0015

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 Hernández5313264.3339
Jason Grimsley704713.9159
Scott Mullen444503.1521
Cory Bailey373414.1124
Blake Stein270417.9142
Ryan Bukvich261006.1220
Brian Shouse230006.1411
Brad Voyles220216.5126
Kris Wilson122008.2010
Jeff Austin100004.916
Jeremy Hill100103.867
Mike MacDougal60105.0010
Nate Field50009.003

Farm system

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

[6]

Notes

  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

References


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