2002 Detroit Tigers season

The 2002 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 102nd season and its third at Comerica Park. Their win total regressed for the second consecutive year, finishing 11 games worse than their 66-win total in 2001. They finished last in the American League Central, 39 games out of first place, and missed the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season. The.342 win percentage was the third-worst in Tigers history at the time, better than only 1952 and 1996 ; it has since been further surpassed by 2003 and 2019.

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 ; Fick ; Lombard ; Magee ; Easley.Chicago Lofton ; Ordonez 2 ; Valentin ; Alomar 2.

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 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.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Brandon Inge	95	321	65	.202	7	24
1B	Carlos Peña	75	273	69	.253	12	36
2B	Damion Easley	85	304	68	.224	8	30
3B	Chris Truby	89	277	55	.199	2	15
SS	Shane Halter	122	410	98	.239	10	39
LF	Bobby Higginson	119	444	125	.282	10	63
CF	Wendell Magee	97	347	94	.271	6	35
RF	Robert Fick	148	556	150	.270	17	63
DH	Randall Simon	130	482	145	.301	19	82

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Craig Paquette	72	252	49	.194	4	20
Damian Jackson	81	245	63	.320	1	25
George Lombard	72	241	58	.241	5	13
Ramón Santiago	65	222	54	.243	4	20
Dmitri Young	54	201	57	.284	7	27
Mike Rivera	39	132	30	.227	1	11
José Macías	33	107	25	.234	0	6
Hiram Bocachica	34	103	23	.223	4	8
Jacob Cruz	35	88	24	.273	2	6
Matt Walbeck	27	85	20	.273	0	3
Omar Infante	18	72	24	.235	0	3
Andrés Torres	19	70	14	.200	0	3
Eric Munson	18	59	11	.186	2	5
Mitch Meluskey	8	27	6	.222	0	0
Craig Monroe	13	25	3	.120	1	1
Oscar Salazar	8	21	4	.190	1	3
Dean Palmer	4	12	0	.000	0	0
Ryan Jackson	4	6	2	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mark Redman	30	203.0	8	15	4.21	109
Steve Sparks	32	189.0	8	16	5.52	98
Mike Maroth	21	128.2	6	10	4.41	58
Jeff Weaver	17	121.2	6	8	3.18	75
Adam Bernero	28	101.2	4	7	6.20	69
José Lima	20	68.1	4	6	7.77	33
Brian Powell	13	57.2	1	5	4.84	30
Nate Cornejo	9	50.0	1	5	5.04	23
Seth Greisinger	8	37.2	2	2	6.21	14
Andy Van Hekken	5	30.0	1	3	3.00	5
Brian Moehler	3	19.2	1	1	2.29	13
Shane Loux	3	14.0	0	3	9.00	7
Jason Beverlin	3	12.1	0	3	9.49	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Juan Acevedo	65	1	5	28	2.65	43
Jamie Walker	57	1	1	1	3.71	40
Jeff Farnsworth	44	2	3	0	5.79	28
José Paniagua	41	0	1	1	5.83	34
Julio Santana	38	3	5	0	2.84	38
Óscar Henríquez	30	1	1	2	4.50	23
Fernando Rodney	20	1	3	0	6.00	10
Matt Anderson	12	2	1	0	9.00	8
Eric Eckenstahler	7	1	0	0	5.63	13
Franklyn Germán	7	1	0	1	0.00	6
Danny Patterson	6	0	2	0	15.00	1
Matt Perisho	5	0	0	0	8.71	3
Terry Pearson	4	0	0	0	10.50	4
Matt Miller	2	0	0	0	13.50	1
Kris Keller	1	0	0	0	27.00	1
Jason Jiménez	1	0	0	0	27.00	0
Erik Sabel	1	0	0	0	inf	0

Awards and records

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