2002 Texas Rangers

72-90 • .444 Win% • 4th in AL W

The 2002 Texas Rangers went 72-90 (.444) finishing 4th in the AL W division. The club scored 843 runs, allowed 882, and played home games at The Ballpark at Arlington. Team leaders included Alex Rodriguez (57 HR, 142 RBI) and Kenny Rogers (13-8, 3.84 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

72 Wins
90 Losses
.444 Win %
4th Rank
843 R 882 RA
Diff -39

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843 Runs Scored
882 Runs Allowed
-39 Run Diff
2,352K Attendance

📈 vs. 2002 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 2% above the 2002 league average (.263)
OBP .338 2% above the 2002 league average (.331)
SLG .455 7% above the 2002 league average (.424)
Team ERA 5.15 15% worse than the 2002 league average (4.46)
Runs Scored 843 8% above the 2002 league average (778 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThe Ballpark at Arlington
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,352,397
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Avg per Game 29,041

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2002

Batting Avg

1 Ivan Rodriguez 0.314 2 Alex Rodriguez 0.300 3 Rusty Greer 0.296 4 Mike Lamb 0.283 5 Juan Gonzalez 0.282

Home Runs

1 Alex Rodriguez 57 2 Rafael Palmeiro 43 3 Herbert Perry 22 4 Ivan Rodriguez 19 5 Carl Everett 16

RBI

1 Alex Rodriguez 142 2 Rafael Palmeiro 105 3 Herbert Perry 77 4 Carl Everett 62 5 Michael Young 62
2002 Texas Rangers — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Alex Rodriguez 162 624 125 187 27 2 57 142 87 122 9 0.300
Michael Young 156 573 77 150 26 8 9 62 41 112 6 0.262
Rafael Palmeiro 155 546 99 149 34 0 43 105 104 94 2 0.273
Herbert Perry 132 450 64 124 24 1 22 77 34 66 4 0.276
Ivan Rodriguez 108 408 67 128 32 2 19 60 25 71 5 0.314
Carl Everett 105 374 47 100 16 0 16 62 33 77 2 0.267
Kevin Mench 110 366 52 95 20 2 15 60 31 83 1 0.260
Mike Lamb 115 314 54 89 13 0 9 33 33 48 0 0.283
Juan Gonzalez 70 277 38 78 21 1 8 35 17 56 2 0.282
Frank Catalanotto 68 212 42 57 16 6 3 23 25 27 9 0.269
Rusty Greer 51 199 24 59 9 2 1 17 19 17 1 0.296
Gabe Kapler 72 196 25 51 12 1 0 17 8 30 5 0.260
Bill Haselman 69 179 16 44 7 0 3 18 11 25 0 0.246
Ruben Rivera 69 158 17 33 4 0 4 14 17 45 4 0.209
Hank Blalock 49 147 16 31 8 0 3 17 20 43 0 0.211
Todd Hollandsworth 39 132 16 34 6 0 5 19 14 27 1 0.258
Todd Greene 42 112 15 30 5 0 10 19 2 23 0 0.268
Ryan Ludwick 23 81 10 19 6 0 1 9 7 24 2 0.235
Calvin Murray 37 77 16 13 5 1 0 1 6 15 4 0.169
Travis Hafner 23 62 6 15 4 1 1 6 8 15 0 0.242
Jason Romano 29 54 8 11 4 0 0 4 4 13 2 0.204
Donnie Sadler 38 30 6 3 1 0 0 2 3 7 2 0.100
Jason Hart 10 15 2 4 3 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.267
Hector Ortiz 7 14 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0.214
Dave Burba 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Chan Ho Park 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kenny Rogers 34 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.667
Ismael Valdez 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Rob Bell 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Francisco Cordero 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Todd Van Poppel 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Juan Alvarez 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joaquin Benoit 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Davis 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Flores 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Reynaldo Garcia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hideki Irabu 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Kolb 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben Kozlowski 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Colby Lewis 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Miceli 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Michalak 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Myette 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
C. J. Nitkowski 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jay Powell 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennys Reyes 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Rocker 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Rodriguez 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rudy Seanez 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Anthony Telford 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Woodard 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2002

ERA

1 Francisco Cordero 1.79 2 Jay Powell 3.44 3 Kenny Rogers 3.84 4 Ismael Valdez 3.93 5 Danny Kolb 4.22

Wins

1 Kenny Rogers 13 2 Chan Ho Park 9 3 Ismael Valdez 6 4 Rob Bell 4 5 Joaquin Benoit 4

Strikeouts

1 Chan Ho Park 121 2 Kenny Rogers 107 3 Todd Van Poppel 85 4 Ismael Valdez 75 5 Rob Bell 70
2002 Texas Rangers — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kenny Rogers 13 8 3.84 33 33 0 210.2 212 90 70 107
Ismael Valdez 6 9 3.93 23 23 0 146.2 135 64 36 75
Chan Ho Park 9 8 5.75 25 25 0 145.2 154 93 78 121
Dave Burba 4 5 5.42 23 18 0 111.1 125 67 40 70
Rob Bell 4 3 6.22 17 15 0 94.0 113 65 35 70
Joaquin Benoit 4 5 5.31 17 13 1 84.2 91 50 58 59
Todd Van Poppel 3 2 5.45 50 0 1 72.2 80 44 29 85
Doug Davis 3 5 4.98 10 10 0 59.2 67 33 22 28
Jay Powell 3 2 3.44 51 0 0 49.2 50 19 24 35
Aaron Myette 2 5 10.06 15 12 0 48.1 64 54 41 48
Hideki Irabu 3 8 5.74 38 2 16 47.0 51 30 16 30
Francisco Cordero 2 0 1.79 39 0 10 45.1 33 9 13 41
Dennys Reyes 4 3 6.38 15 5 0 42.1 55 30 21 29
Juan Alvarez 0 4 4.76 52 0 0 39.2 35 21 21 30
Colby Lewis 1 3 6.29 15 4 0 34.1 42 24 26 28
Rudy Seanez 1 3 5.73 33 0 0 33.0 28 21 24 40
Danny Kolb 3 6 4.22 34 0 1 32.0 27 15 22 20
John Rocker 2 3 6.66 30 0 1 24.1 29 18 13 30
Anthony Telford 2 1 6.46 20 0 1 23.2 30 17 15 19
Steve Woodard 0 0 6.62 14 0 0 17.2 20 13 8 14
Rich Rodriguez 3 2 5.40 36 0 1 16.2 14 10 11 12
Chris Michalak 0 2 4.40 13 0 0 14.1 20 7 10 5
C. J. Nitkowski 0 1 2.63 12 0 0 13.2 11 4 13 14
Randy Flores 0 0 4.50 20 0 1 12.0 11 6 8 7
Ben Kozlowski 0 0 6.30 2 2 0 10.0 11 7 11 6
Dan Miceli 0 2 8.64 9 0 0 8.1 13 8 3 5
Reynaldo Garcia 0 0 31.50 3 0 0 2.0 7 7 1 2

👥 Roster (51)

Juan Alvarez Rob Bell Joaquin Benoit Hank Blalock Dave Burba Frank Catalanotto Francisco Cordero Doug Davis Carl Everett Randy Flores Reynaldo Garcia Juan Gonzalez +39 more

51 players

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The 2002 Texas Rangers in brief

A 72-90 record (.444) put the 2002 Texas Rangers 4th in the AL West. The run column shows 843 for and 882 against. Against a league average of .263, the 2002 Texas Rangers batted .268. The staff ERA of 5.15 was 15% worse than the league average of 4.46. League clubs averaged 778 runs that year, so the Texas Rangers scored 8% more.

The home park, The Ballpark at Arlington, recorded 2,352,397 in attendance, about 29,041 a game. For power, Alex Rodriguez led the way with 57 homers. The pitching staff's wins leader was Kenny Rogers (13). Chan Ho Park struck out 121, the most on the club. Hideki Irabu closed out 16 saves. The roster section lists 51 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2002 Texas Rangers

What was the 2002 Texas Rangers record?
The 2002 Texas Rangers finished 72-90 (.444 win pct).
Who led the 2002 Texas Rangers in home runs?
Alex Rodriguez led the 2002 Texas Rangers with 57 home runs.
What was the 2002 Texas Rangers team ERA?
The 2002 Texas Rangers posted a team ERA of 5.15.
Did the 2002 Texas Rangers win the World Series?
No. The 2002 Texas Rangers did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2002 Texas Rangers play?
The 2002 Texas Rangers played home games at The Ballpark at Arlington.
Who led the 2002 Texas Rangers in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Alex Rodriguez (57 HR, 142 RBI) and Kenny Rogers (13-8, 3.84 ERA).
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