2002 Kansas City Royals

62-100 • .383 Win% • 4th in AL C

The 2002 Kansas City Royals went 62-100 (.383) finishing 4th in the AL C division. The club scored 737 runs, allowed 891, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Carlos Beltran (29 HR, 105 RBI) and Paul Byrd (17-11, 3.90 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

62 Wins
100 Losses
.383 Win %
4th Rank
737 R 891 RA
Diff -154

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⚡ Quick Stats

737 Runs Scored
891 Runs Allowed
-154 Run Diff
1,323K Attendance

📈 vs. 2002 AL Average

Batting Avg .255 3% below the 2002 league average (.263)
OBP .323 2% below the 2002 league average (.331)
SLG .398 6% below the 2002 league average (.424)
Team ERA 5.21 17% worse than the 2002 league average (4.46)
Runs Scored 737 5% below the 2002 league average (778 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,323,036
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Avg per Game 16,333

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2002

Batting Avg

1 Mike Sweeney 0.340 2 Raul Ibanez 0.294 3 Joe Randa 0.282 4 Carlos Beltran 0.273 5 A. J. Hinch 0.249

Home Runs

1 Carlos Beltran 29 2 Raul Ibanez 24 3 Mike Sweeney 24 4 Michael Tucker 12 5 Joe Randa 11

RBI

1 Carlos Beltran 105 2 Raul Ibanez 103 3 Mike Sweeney 86 4 Joe Randa 80 5 Michael Tucker 56
2002 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Carlos Beltran 162 637 114 174 44 7 29 105 71 135 35 0.273
Neifi Perez 145 554 65 131 20 4 3 37 20 53 8 0.236
Joe Randa 151 549 63 155 36 5 11 80 46 69 2 0.282
Raul Ibanez 137 497 70 146 37 6 24 103 40 76 5 0.294
Michael Tucker 144 475 65 118 27 6 12 56 56 105 23 0.248
Mike Sweeney 126 471 81 160 31 1 24 86 61 46 9 0.340
Carlos Febles 119 351 44 86 16 4 4 26 41 63 16 0.245
Brent Mayne 101 326 35 77 8 2 4 30 34 54 4 0.236
Chuck Knoblauch 80 300 41 63 9 0 6 22 28 32 19 0.210
Aaron Guiel 70 240 30 56 13 0 4 38 19 61 1 0.233
Luis Alicea 94 237 28 54 8 2 1 23 32 34 2 0.228
A. J. Hinch 72 197 25 49 7 1 7 27 18 35 3 0.249
Brandon Berger 51 134 16 27 5 1 6 17 8 32 1 0.201
Luis Ordaz 33 94 11 21 2 0 0 4 12 13 2 0.223
Mark Quinn 23 76 9 18 4 0 2 11 5 15 2 0.237
Angel Berroa 20 75 8 17 7 1 0 5 7 10 3 0.227
Donnie Sadler 35 68 10 13 1 1 0 5 4 12 3 0.191
Kit Pellow 29 63 6 15 1 0 1 5 9 21 1 0.238
Dee Brown 16 51 5 12 3 1 1 7 4 20 0 0.235
Dave McCarty 13 32 3 3 1 0 1 2 2 10 0 0.094
Juan Brito 9 23 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.304
Donzell McDonald 10 22 3 4 2 0 0 1 4 5 1 0.182
Mike Caruso 12 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.100
Chan Perry 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.091
Alexis Gomez 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Shawn Sedlacek 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Dusty Wathan 3 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.600
Darrell May 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Miguel Asencio 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Byrd 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mac Suzuki 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Jeff Suppan 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jeremy Affeldt 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Austin 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cory Bailey 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Bukvich 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Durbin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nate Field 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris George 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Grimsley 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roberto Hernandez 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Runelvys Hernandez 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeremy Hill 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike MacDougal 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Mullen 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wes Obermueller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Reichert 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Rekar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Shouse 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Blake Stein 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Voyles 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kris Wilson 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2002

ERA

1 Scott Mullen 3.15 2 Paul Byrd 3.90 3 Jason Grimsley 3.91 4 Cory Bailey 4.11 5 Roberto Hernandez 4.33

Wins

1 Paul Byrd 17 2 Jeff Suppan 9 3 Miguel Asencio 4 4 Jason Grimsley 4 5 Runelvys Hernandez 4

Strikeouts

1 Paul Byrd 129 2 Jeff Suppan 109 3 Darrell May 95 4 Jeremy Affeldt 67 5 Jason Grimsley 59
2002 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Paul Byrd 17 11 3.90 33 33 0 228.1 224 99 38 129
Jeff Suppan 9 16 5.32 33 33 0 208.0 229 123 68 109
Darrell May 4 10 5.35 30 21 0 131.1 144 78 50 95
Miguel Asencio 4 7 5.11 31 21 0 123.1 136 70 64 58
Shawn Sedlacek 3 5 6.72 16 14 0 84.1 99 63 36 52
Jeremy Affeldt 3 4 4.64 34 7 0 77.2 85 40 37 67
Runelvys Hernandez 4 4 4.36 12 12 0 74.1 79 36 22 45
Jason Grimsley 4 7 3.91 70 0 1 71.1 64 31 37 59
Dan Reichert 3 5 5.32 30 6 0 66.0 77 39 25 36
Roberto Hernandez 1 3 4.33 53 0 26 52.0 62 25 12 39
Blake Stein 0 4 7.91 27 2 1 46.2 59 41 27 42
Cory Bailey 3 4 4.11 37 0 1 46.0 53 21 31 24
Scott Mullen 4 5 3.15 44 0 0 40.0 40 14 13 21
Brad Voyles 0 2 6.51 22 0 1 27.2 31 20 18 26
Chris George 0 4 5.60 6 6 0 27.1 37 17 8 13
Ryan Bukvich 1 0 6.12 26 0 0 25.0 26 17 19 20
Mac Suzuki 0 2 9.00 7 1 0 21.0 24 21 17 15
Kris Wilson 2 0 8.20 12 0 0 18.2 29 17 5 10
Brian Shouse 0 0 6.14 23 0 0 14.2 15 10 9 11
Jeff Austin 0 0 4.91 10 0 0 11.0 14 6 6 6
Jeremy Hill 0 1 3.86 10 0 0 9.1 8 4 8 7
Mike MacDougal 0 1 5.00 6 0 0 9.0 5 5 7 10
Chad Durbin 0 1 11.88 2 2 0 8.1 13 11 4 5
Wes Obermueller 0 2 11.74 2 2 0 7.2 14 10 2 5
Bryan Rekar 0 2 15.43 2 2 0 7.0 12 12 6 2
Nate Field 0 0 9.00 5 0 0 5.0 8 5 3 3

👥 Roster (52)

Jeremy Affeldt Luis Alicea Miguel Asencio Jeff Austin Cory Bailey Carlos Beltran Brandon Berger Angel Berroa Juan Brito Dee Brown Ryan Bukvich Paul Byrd +40 more

52 players

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The 2002 Kansas City Royals in brief

In 2002 the Kansas City Royals posted a 62-100 mark (.383) and finished 4th in the AL Central. The run column shows 737 for and 891 against. Against a league average of .263, the 2002 Kansas City Royals batted .255. Pitchers allowed 5.21 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.46. Measured against the 778-run league average, the offense was 5% behind.

The home park, Kauffman Stadium, recorded 1,323,036 in attendance, about 16,333 a game. For power, Carlos Beltran led the way with 29 homers. Paul Byrd was the top winner, with 17 victories. Roberto Hernandez saved 26 games. In all, the roster shows 52 players. Neighboring pages cover the 2001 season and the 2003 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2002 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2002 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2002 Kansas City Royals finished 62-100 (.383 win pct).
Who led the 2002 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Carlos Beltran led the 2002 Kansas City Royals with 29 home runs.
What was the 2002 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2002 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 5.21.
Did the 2002 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2002 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2002 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2002 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2002 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Carlos Beltran (29 HR, 105 RBI) and Paul Byrd (17-11, 3.90 ERA).
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