2002 Detroit Tigers season


The Detroit Tigers' 2002 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers making a valiant attempt to win the AL Central. However, despite their best efforts and clutch performances, their division winning goal came up far short. They finished last in the division.

Offseason

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:

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CBrandon Inge9532165.202724
1BCarlos Peña7527369.2531236
2BDamion Easley8530468.224830
3BChris Truby8927755.199215
SSShane Halter12241098.2391039
LFBobby Higginson119444125.2821063
CFWendell Magee9734794.271635
RFRobert Fick148556150.2701763
DHRandall Simon130482145.3011982

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Chris Paquette7225249.194420
Damian Jackson8124563.320125
George Lombard7224158.241513
Ramon Santiago6522254.243420
Dmitri Young5420157.284727
Mike Rivera3913230.227111
José Macías3310725.23406
Hiram Bocachica3410323.22348
Jacob Cruz358824.27326
Matt Walbeck278520.27303
Omar Infante187224.23503
Andrés Torres197014.20003
Eric Munson185911.18625
Mitch Meluskey8276.22200
Craig Monroe13253.12011
Oscar Salazar8214.19013

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and Records