2002 Chicago White Sox season

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2002 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s) Kenny Williams
Manager(s) Jerry Manuel
Local television WGN-TV/WCIU-TV
FSN Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Local radio WMVP
(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
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The 2002 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 103rd season, and their 102nd in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 81-81, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 13.5 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

February 1, 2002: Kenny Lofton signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

  • On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron of the Mariners hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.[1]
  • 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:
    • Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on).
    • Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Lima 0 on).[2]

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 67 0.584 54–27 40–40
Chicago White Sox 81 81 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Cleveland Indians 74 88 0.457 20½ 39–42 35–46
Kansas City Royals 62 100 0.383 32½ 37–44 25–56
Detroit Tigers 55 106 0.342 39 33–47 22–59


Record vs. opponents

2002 American League Records

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


Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

  • May 16, 2002: Brooks Kieschnick was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.[3]
  • July 25, 2002: Ray Durham was traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Jon Adkins.[4]
  • July 28, 2002: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Diaz and Ryan Meaux (minors).
  • July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).[5]

Roster

2002 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 White Sox Game Log


Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Sandy Alomar, Jr., C 51 167 21 48 10 1 7 25 5 14 .287 0
Joe Borchard, OF 16 36 5 8 0 0 2 5 1 14 .222 0
Mark Buehrle, P 34 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 0
Royce Clayton, SS 112 342 51 86 14 2 7 35 20 67 .251 5
Joe Crede, 3B 53 200 28 57 10 0 12 35 8 40 .285 0
Ray Durham, 2B 96 345 71 103 20 2 9 48 49 59 .299 20
Keith Foulke, P 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jon Garland, P 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Gary Glover, P 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Tony Graffanino, 3B,2B,SS 70 229 35 60 12 4 6 31 22 38 .262 2
Willie Harris, 2B,CF 49 163 14 38 4 0 2 12 9 21 .233 8
D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B,SS 27 108 22 31 4 3 1 11 16 10 .287 2
Mark Johnson, C 86 263 31 55 8 1 4 18 30 52 .209 0
Paul Konerko, 1B 151 570 81 173 30 0 27 104 44 72 .304 0
Carlos Lee, LF 140 492 82 130 26 2 26 80 75 73 .264 1
Jeff Liefer, OF,1B,DH 76 204 28 47 8 0 7 26 19 60 .230 0
Kenny Lofton, CF 93 352 68 91 20 6 8 42 49 51 .259 22
Dámaso Marte, P 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Miguel Olivo, C 6 19 2 4 1 0 1 5 2 5 .211 0
Magglio Ordóñez, RF 153 590 116 189 47 1 38 135 53 77 .320 7
Josh Paul, C 33 104 11 25 4 0 0 11 9 22 .240 2
Todd Ritchie, P 27 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 0
Aaron Rowand, CF 126 302 41 78 16 2 7 29 12 54 .258 0
Frank Thomas, DH,1B 148 523 77 132 29 1 28 92 88 115 .252 3
José Valentín, 3B 135 474 70 118 26 4 25 75 43 99 .249 3
Dan Wright, P 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Team totals
162 5502 856 1475 289 29 217 819 555 952 .268 75

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Lorenzo Barcelo 0 1 9.00 4 0 0 6.0 9 6 6 1 1 1
Rocky Biddle 3 4 4.06 44 7 1 77.2 72 42 35 13 43 64
Mark Buehrle 19 12 3.58 34 34 0 239.0 236 102 95 25 68 134
Keith Foulke 2 4 2.90 65 0 11 77.2 65 26 25 7 15 58
Jon Garland 12 12 4.58 33 33 0 192.2 188 109 98 23 84 112
Matt Ginter 1 0 4.47 33 0 1 54.1 59 34 27 6 21 37
Gary Glover 7 8 5.20 41 22 1 138.1 136 86 80 21 53 70
Bob Howry 2 2 3.91 47 0 0 50.2 45 22 22 7 19 31
Dámaso Marte 1 1 2.83 68 0 10 60.1 44 19 19 5 20 72
Antonio Osuna 8 2 3.86 59 0 11 67.2 64 32 29 1 32 66
Jim Parque 1 4 9.95 8 4 0 25.1 34 29 28 11 16 13
Mike Porzio 2 2 4.81 32 0 0 43.0 40 25 23 10 25 33
Jon Rauch 2 1 6.59 8 6 0 28.2 28 26 21 7 16 19
Todd Ritchie 5 15 6.06 26 23 0 133.2 176 104 90 18 54 77
Dan Wright 14 12 5.18 33 33 0 196.1 200 124 113 32 72 136
Kelly Wunsch 2 1 3.41 50 0 0 31.2 26 12 12 3 20 22
Team totals
81 81 4.53 162 162 35 1423.0 1422 798 716 190 559 945

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Nick Capra
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Wally Backman
A Winston-Salem Warthogs Carolina League Razor Shines
A Kannapolis Intimidators South Atlantic League John Orton
Rookie Bristol White Sox Appalachian League Nick Leyva
Rookie AZL White Sox Arizona League Jerry Hairston, Sr.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Bristol[6]

External links

References

  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II
  3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kiescbr01.shtml
  4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/durhara01.shtml
  5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007