2002 Texas Rangers
[edit] Summary
The 2002 Texas Rangers finished with a record of 72-90. They scored 843 runs and belted 230 home runs to go along with a .269 batting average. The offense was powered by Alex Rodriguez, who led the team with 57 home runs, 142 RBI, and 187 hits.
The team allowed 882 runs and had a team ERA of 5.16. Kenny Rogers led the team with 13 wins. Chan Ho Park led the team with 121 strikeouts. Hideki Irabu led the team with 16 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Hank Blalock | 3B | 49 | 147 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .306 | .327 | .633 | .211 |
| Todd Greene | 1B | 42 | 112 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 0 | .282 | .580 | .862 | .268 |
| Mike Lamb | 1B | 115 | 314 | 54 | 89 | 9 | 33 | 0 | .354 | .411 | .765 | .283 |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 1B | 155 | 546 | 99 | 149 | 43 | 105 | 2 | .391 | .571 | .962 | .273 |
| Herbert Perry | 3B | 132 | 450 | 64 | 124 | 22 | 77 | 4 | .333 | .480 | .813 | .276 |
| Alex Rodriguez | SS | 162 | 624 | 125 | 187 | 57 | 142 | 9 | .392 | .623 | 1.015 | .300 |
| Michael Young | 2B | 156 | 573 | 77 | 150 | 9 | 62 | 6 | .308 | .382 | .690 | .262 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Frank Catalanotto | OF | 68 | 212 | 42 | 57 | 3 | 23 | 9 | .364 | .443 | .807 | .269 |
| Carl Everett | OF | 105 | 374 | 47 | 100 | 16 | 62 | 2 | .333 | .439 | .772 | .267 |
| Juan Gonzalez | OF | 70 | 277 | 38 | 78 | 8 | 35 | 2 | .324 | .451 | .775 | .282 |
| Rusty Greer | OF | 51 | 199 | 24 | 59 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .356 | .377 | .733 | .296 |
| Jason Hart | OF | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .467 | .820 | .267 |
| Todd Hollandsworth | OF | 39 | 132 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .327 | .417 | .744 | .258 |
| Gabe Kapler | OF | 72 | 196 | 25 | 51 | 0 | 17 | 5 | .285 | .332 | .617 | .260 |
| Ryan Ludwick | OF | 23 | 81 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .295 | .346 | .641 | .235 |
| Kevin Mench | OF | 110 | 366 | 52 | 95 | 15 | 60 | 1 | .327 | .448 | .775 | .260 |
| Calvin Murray | OF | 37 | 77 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .238 | .260 | .498 | .169 |
| Ruben Rivera | OF | 69 | 158 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 14 | 4 | .302 | .310 | .612 | .209 |
| Jason Romano | OF | 29 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .254 | .278 | .532 | .204 |
| Donnie Sadler | OF | 38 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .229 | .133 | .362 | .100 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Bill Haselman | C | 69 | 179 | 16 | 44 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .297 | .335 | .632 | .246 |
| Hector Ortiz | C | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .500 | .767 | .214 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | C | 108 | 408 | 67 | 128 | 19 | 60 | 5 | .353 | .542 | .895 | .314 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Travis Hafner | DH | 23 | 62 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .329 | .387 | .716 | .242 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5618 | 843 | 1510 | 230 | 806 | 62 | .336 | .455 | .791 | .269 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Juan Alvarez | 52 | 0 | 39.7 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 4.76 | 1.411 | |||
| Rob Bell | 17 | 15 | 94 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 0 | 70 | 35 | 6.22 | 1.574 | |||
| Joaquin Benoit | 17 | 13 | 84.7 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 1 | 59 | 58 | 5.31 | 1.759 | |||
| Dave Burba | 23 | 18 | 111.3 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 0 | 70 | 40 | 5.42 | 1.482 | |||
| Francisco Cordero | 39 | 0 | 45.3 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 41 | 13 | 1.79 | 1.015 | |||
| Doug Davis | 10 | 10 | 59.7 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 4.98 | 1.491 | |||
| Randy Flores | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4.50 | 1.583 | |||
| Reynaldo Garcia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31.50 | 4.000 | |||
| Hideki Irabu | 38 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 5.74 | 1.426 | |||
| Danny Kolb | 34 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 4.22 | 1.531 | |||
| Ben Kozlowski | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 6.30 | 2.200 | |||
| Colby Lewis | 15 | 4 | 34.3 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 6.29 | 1.983 | |||
| Dan Miceli | 9 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8.64 | 1.928 | |||
| Chris Michalak | 13 | 0 | 14.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4.40 | 2.098 | |||
| Aaron Myette | 15 | 12 | 48.3 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 0 | 48 | 41 | 1.06 | 2.174 | |||
| C.J. Nitkowski | 12 | 0 | 13.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 2.63 | 1.752 | |||
| Chan Ho Park | 25 | 25 | 145.7 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 0 | 121 | 78 | 5.75 | 1.592 | |||
| Jay Powell | 51 | 0 | 49.7 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 35 | 24 | 3.44 | 1.489 | |||
| Dennys Reyes | 15 | 5 | 42.3 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 6.38 | 1.797 | |||
| John Rocker | 30 | 0 | 24.3 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 6.66 | 1.728 | |||
| Rich Rodriguez | 36 | 0 | 16.7 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5.40 | 1.497 | |||
| Kenny Rogers | 33 | 33 | 210.7 | 13 | 8 | .619 | 0 | 107 | 70 | 3.84 | 1.338 | |||
| Rudy Seanez | 33 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 5.73 | 1.576 | |||
| Anthony Telford | 20 | 0 | 23.7 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 6.46 | 1.899 | |||
| Ismael Valdez | 23 | 23 | 146.7 | 6 | 9 | .400 | 0 | 75 | 36 | 3.93 | 1.166 | |||
| Todd Van Poppel | 50 | 0 | 72.7 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 | 85 | 29 | 5.45 | 1.499 | |||
| Steve Woodard | 14 | 0 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6.62 | 1.582 | |||
| Team Totals | 649 | 162 | 1439.8 | 72 | 90 | .444 | 33 | 1030 | 669 | 5.16 | 1.526 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Alex Rodriguez | 162 |
| At Bats | Alex Rodriguez | 624 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Alex Rodriguez | 725 |
| Batting Average | Alex Rodriguez | .300 |
| On-Base % | Alex Rodriguez | .392 |
| Slugging % | Alex Rodriguez | .623 |
| OPS | Alex Rodriguez | 1.015 |
| Runs | Alex Rodriguez | 125 |
| Hits | Alex Rodriguez | 187 |
| Total Bases | Alex Rodriguez | 389 |
| Doubles | Rafael Palmeiro | 34 |
| Triples | Michael Young | 8 |
| Home Runs | Alex Rodriguez | 57 |
| RBI | Alex Rodriguez | 142 |
| Walks | Rafael Palmeiro | 104 |
| Strikeouts | Alex Rodriguez | 122 |
| Stolen Bases | Frank Catalanotto and Alex Rodriguez | 9 |
| Caught Stealing | Michael Young | 7 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Michael Young | 13 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Rafael Palmeiro | 7 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Herbert Perry | 17 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Kenny Rogers | 13 |
| Losses | Ismael Valdez | 9 |
| Saves | Hideki Irabu | 16 |
| Won-Loss % | Kenny Rogers | .619 |
| ERA | Kenny Rogers | 3.84 |
| WHIP | Kenny Rogers | 1.338 |
| Innings Pitched | Kenny Rogers | 210.7 |
| Games | Juan Alvarez | 52 |
| Games Started | Kenny Rogers | 33 |
| Strikeouts | Chan Ho Park | 121 |
| Complete Games | Kenny Rogers | 2 |
| Shutouts | Doug Davis and Kenny Rogers | 1 |
| Batters Faced | Kenny Rogers | 892 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Chan Ho Park | 93 |
| Hits Allowed | Kenny Rogers | 212 |
| Walks Allowed | Chan Ho Park | 78 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Kenny Rogers | 21 |
| Doubles Allowed | Kenny Rogers | 46 |
| Triples Allowed | Chan Ho Park and Kenny Rogers | 5 |
| Wild Pitches | Dave Burba and Chan Ho Park | 9 |
| Hit Batsmen | Chan Ho Park | 17 |
| Double Plays Induced | Kenny Rogers | 27 |
