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Sports season
The2002 Major League Baseball season finished with two wild-card teams contesting the World Series; theAnaheim Angels defeated theSan Francisco Giants in seven games for theWorld Series championship. It was the first title in Angels team history. This was the first season forMLB.tv .
Statistical leaders [ edit ] Statistic American League National League Runs scored New York Yankees 897 Arizona Diamondbacks 819 Hits Anaheim Angels 1603 Colorado Rockies 1508 Home runs Texas Rangers 230 Chicago Cubs 200 Batting average Anaheim Angels .282 Colorado Rockies .274 Stolen bases Kansas City Royals 140 Florida Marlins 177
Statistic American League National League Batting average Manny Ramírez (Boston) .349 Barry Bonds (San Francisco) .370 Runs scored Alfonso Soriano (New York Yankees) 128 Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) 122 Hits Alfonso Soriano (New York Yankees) 209 Vladimir Guerrero (Montreal) 206 Home runs Alex Rodriguez (Texas) 57 Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) 49 Runs batted in Alex Rodriguez (Texas) 142 Lance Berkman (Houston) 128 Stolen bases Alfonso Soriano (New York Yankees) 41 Luis Castillo (Florida) 48
Statistic American League National League Runs allowed Anaheim Angels 644 Atlanta Braves 565 Earned run average Oakland Athletics 3.68 Atlanta Braves 3.13 Hits allowed Boston Red Sox 1339 Atlanta Braves 1302 Home runs allowed Oakland Athletics 135 San Francisco Giants 116 Strikeouts Boston Red Sox 1157 Chicago Cubs 1333
Statistic American League National League Earned run average Pedro Martínez (Boston) 2.26 Randy Johnson (Arizona) 2.32 Wins Barry Zito (Oakland) 23 Randy Johnson (Arizona) 24 Saves Eddie Guardado (Minnesota) 45 John Smoltz (Atlanta) 55 Strikeouts Pedro Martínez (Boston) 239 Randy Johnson (Arizona) 334
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Player of the Month [ edit ] Pitcher of the Month [ edit ] Rookie of the Month [ edit ] Home field attendance and payroll [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Est. payroll %± Seattle Mariners [ 1] 93 −19.8% 3,542,938 1.0% 43,740 $80,282,668 7.4% New York Yankees [ 2] 103 8.4% 3,465,807 6.2% 43,323 $125,928,583 11.7% San Francisco Giants [ 3] 95 5.6% 3,253,203 −1.8% 40,163 $78,299,835 23.7% Arizona Diamondbacks [ 4] 98 6.5% 3,198,977 16.9% 39,494 $102,819,999 20.8% Los Angeles Dodgers [ 5] 92 7.0% 3,131,255 3.8% 38,657 $94,850,953 −13.1% St. Louis Cardinals [ 6] 97 4.3% 3,011,756 −3.1% 37,182 $74,660,875 −5.9% New York Mets [ 7] 75 −8.5% 2,804,838 5.5% 34,628 $94,633,593 1.6% Colorado Rockies [ 8] 73 0.0% 2,737,838 −13.5% 33,800 $56,851,043 −20.5% Chicago Cubs [ 9] 67 −23.9% 2,693,096 −3.1% 33,248 $75,690,833 17.0% Baltimore Orioles [ 10] 67 6.3% 2,682,439 −13.3% 33,117 $64,493,487 −13.2% Boston Red Sox [ 11] 93 13.4% 2,650,862 1.0% 32,727 $108,366,060 −1.5% Cleveland Indians [ 12] 74 −18.7% 2,616,940 −17.6% 32,308 $78,909,449 −15.5% Atlanta Braves [ 13] 101 14.8% 2,603,484 −7.8% 32,142 $93,470,367 1.7% Houston Astros [ 14] 84 −9.7% 2,517,357 −13.3% 31,078 $63,448,417 4.7% Texas Rangers [ 15] 72 −1.4% 2,352,397 −16.9% 29,042 $105,726,122 19.3% Anaheim Angels [ 16] 99 32.0% 2,305,547 15.2% 28,464 $61,721,667 29.3% San Diego Padres [ 17] 66 −16.5% 2,220,601 −6.6% 27,415 $41,425,000 5.7% Oakland Athletics [ 18] 103 1.0% 2,169,811 1.7% 26,788 $40,004,167 18.3% Milwaukee Brewers [ 19] 56 −17.6% 1,969,153 −29.9% 24,311 $50,287,833 14.6% Minnesota Twins [ 20] 94 10.6% 1,924,473 7.9% 23,759 $40,425,000 67.5% Cincinnati Reds [ 21] 78 18.2% 1,855,787 −1.3% 22,911 $45,050,390 −8.0% Pittsburgh Pirates [ 22] 72 16.1% 1,784,988 −27.6% 22,312 $42,323,599 −26.7% Chicago White Sox [ 23] 81 −2.4% 1,676,911 −5.1% 20,703 $57,052,833 −13.1% Toronto Blue Jays [ 24] 78 −2.5% 1,637,900 −14.5% 20,221 $76,864,333 0.0% Philadelphia Phillies [ 25] 80 −7.0% 1,618,467 −9.2% 20,231 $57,954,999 39.1% Detroit Tigers [ 26] 55 −16.7% 1,503,623 −21.7% 18,795 $55,048,000 3.1% Kansas City Royals [ 27] 62 −4.6% 1,323,036 −13.9% 16,334 $47,257,000 33.4% Tampa Bay Devil Rays [ 28] 55 −11.3% 1,065,742 −17.9% 13,157 $34,380,000 −39.7% Florida Marlins [ 29] 79 3.9% 813,118 −35.5% 10,038 $41,979,917 17.4% Montreal Expos [ 30] 83 22.1% 812,045 26.3% 10,025 $38,670,500 10.0%
Television coverage [ edit ] This was the second season that national television coverage was split betweenESPN andFox Sports . ESPN andESPN2 aired selected weeknight andSunday night games , and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televisedSaturday baseball , theAll-Star Game , selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and theWorld Series .
The Thursday night national broadcast that had moved from Fox Sports Net to Fox Family for 2000 was discontinued afterDisney purchased Fox Family and rebranded it asABC Family . As part of the deal, ABC Family's now-corporate siblingESPN was given the broadcast rights that had previously belonged to Fox Family and FX; the postseason games that Fox Family had been airing continued to air on ABC Family for the 2002 season, after which they were moved to ESPN for the remainder of the contract.
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