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2002 Detroit Tigers season

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Owner(s)
  
Mike Ilitch

General manager(s)
  
Randy Smith, Dave Dombrowski

Manager(s)
  
Phil Garner, Luis Pujols

Local television
  
WKBD (Frank Beckmann, Lance Parrish) FSN Detroit (Jack Morris, Mario Impemba)

Local radio
  
WXYT (AM) (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)

The Detroit Tigers' 2002 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 19, 2001: Adam Riggs was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

    • Regular season

    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).

    • Notable transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Curtis Granderson was drafted by the Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 28, 2002.
  • July 5, 2002: Jeff Weaver was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees, and cash was sent by the Tigers to the Oakland Athletics, as part of a 3-team trade. The Athletics sent Carlos Peña, Franklyn Germán, and a player to be named later to the Tigers. The Yankees sent Ted Lilly, John-Ford Griffin, and Jason Arnold (minors) to the Athletics. The Athletics completed the trade by sending Jeremy Bonderman to the Tigers on August 22.
  • August 16, 2002: Jason Beverlin was selected off waivers by the Tigers from the Cleveland Indians.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Awards and Records

  • On July 2, the White Sox and Tigers set a Major League record by hitting 12 home runs in one game.

    • References

    2002 Detroit Tigers season Wikipedia
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