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2002 Anaheim Angels
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League Wild Card Winners
The cap insignia of the Anaheim Angels. They also hit nothing but Homeruns in game 7 of the World Series.their 2002 campaign
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkEdison International Field of Anaheim
CityAnaheim, California
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersThe Walt Disney Company
General managersBill Stoneman
ManagersMike Scioscia
TelevisionKCAL-9
Fox Sports Net West
•Steve Physioc, Rex Hudler
RadioKLAC (AM 570—Primary)
KPLS (AM 830—Backup)
•Rory Markas, Terry Smith
KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish)
•Ivan Lara, José Mota
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2002 Anaheim Angels season was the franchise's 42nd, and it ended with the team's first American League pennant and World Series championship.

The Angels finished the regular season with a record of 99–63, 4 games behind the Oakland Athletics in the American League West standings, but qualified for the franchise's first ever wild card playoff berth to return to the postseason for the first time since 1986. Outfielder Garret Anderson led the team with 123 runs batted in and a .539 slugging percentage, was selected for the AL All-Star team, and won the Silver Slugger Award. Jarrod Washburn went 18-6 with a 3.15 earned run average to anchor a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league.

In the postseason, the Angels defeated the New York Yankees 3–1 in the ALDS, then defeated the Minnesota Twins 4–1 in the ALCS to win the AL pennant. The Angels then won the World Series in dramatic fashion when, with a 3–2 series deficit to the San Francisco Giants, they overcame a 5 run deficit in the late innings of Game 6 to force a winner-take-all Game 7, which they won to clinch the series 4–3. The morning after the win, The Orange County Register celebrated the Angels' win with the headline "7th Heaven,"[1] referring to the popular television series and fact that it took seven games for the Angels to win the World Series, and in doing so, it sent them to seventh heaven.[2] Another highlight came in Game 2 when the Angels did not strike out at all, becoming the first team since both the 1960 Pirates and 1960 Yankees to avoid striking out in a postseason game (both teams avoided striking out in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series). This feat wouldn't be repeated until the 2024 Mets did so in Game 5 of the 2024 NLCS against the Dodgers.

2002 was also notable as the season in which the Angels debuted their present-day uniforms, colors, and halo insignia, which replaced the widely ridiculed "periwinkle" uniforms and "winged" insignia they had worn since 1997. It was also the last season the team was owned by The Walt Disney Company, which sold its controlling interest in the team to present-day owner Arte Moreno in 2003.

Off season

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The Anaheim Angels focus in the off season leading up to the 2002 season was on how to improve the Angels from the 2001 season when they finished 41 games behind the Seattle Mariners (who won a Major League Baseball record 116 games) in the AL West.

Off season transactions

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  • January 4, 2002: Aaron Sele was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[3]
  • January 31, 2002: Donne Wall was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[4]
  • February 4, 2002: Erick Aybar was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[5]
  • February 7, 2002: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[6]

Spring training

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The Anaheim Angels' 2002 spring training took place at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Angels spring training record was 17-15.

Spring training transactions

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  • March 16, 2002: Julio Ramirez was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[7]

Standings

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636 — 54‍–‍27 49‍–‍32
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 4 54‍–‍27 45‍–‍36
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 10 48‍–‍33 45‍–‍36
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 31 42‍–‍39 30‍–‍51


American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 .640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 25
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 27
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

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2002 American League record

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


2002 draft

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The 2002 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 4–5.

Regular season

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Game log

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2002 Game Log: 99–63 (Home: 54–27; Road: 45–36)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 March 31 Indians 0–6 Colón (1–0) Washburn (0–1) — 42,697 0–1 L1
April: 11–13 (Home: 6–8; Road: 5–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
2 April 2 Indians 7–5 Weber (1–0) Riske (0–1) Percival (1) 20,055 1–1 W1
3 April 3 Indians 5–6 Drese (1–0) Sele (0–1) Wickman (1) 18,194 1–2 L1
4 April 5 @ Rangers 3–1 Schoeneweis (1–0) Valdez (0–1) Levine (1) 49,617 2–2 W1
5 April 6 @ Rangers 6–3 Ortiz (1–0) Irabu (0–1) Levine (2) 35,006 3–2 W2
— April 7 @ Rangers Postponed (rain) rescheduled for June 24
6 April 8 Mariners 4–5 Hasegawa (1–0) Weber (1–1) Sasaki (2) 16,908 3–3 L1
7 April 9 Mariners 1–5 Halama (1–0) Appier (0–1) — 17,210 3–4 L2
8 April 10 Mariners 1–8 Baldwin (2–0) Sele (0–2) — 17,784 3–5 L3
9 April 11 Mariners 4–8 García (1–2) Schoeneweis (1–1) — 18,806 3–6 L4
10 April 12 Athletics 1–5 Hudson (2–0) Ortiz (1–1) — 31,815 3–7 L5
11 April 13 Athletics 2–7 Hiljus (1–1) Washburn (0–2) — 33,554 3–8 L6
12 April 14 Athletics 4–1 Appier (1–1) Zito (0–1) Levine (3) 32,881 4–8 W1
13 April 16 Rangers 6–5 (10) Levine (1–0) Rocker (0–1) — 15,385 5–8 W2
14 April 17 Rangers 1–4 Valdez (1–2) Schoeneweis (1–2) Irabu (1) 15,632 5–9 L1
15 April 18 @ Athletics 2–4 Hiljus (2–1) Ortiz (1–2) Koch (3) 9,145 5–10 L2
16 April 19 @ Athletics 9–7 Washburn (1–2) Fyhrie (0–1) Percival (2) 12,468 6–10 W1
17 April 20 @ Athletics 7–8 Bradford (1–0) Levine (1–1) Koch (4) 20,253 6–11 L1
18 April 21 @ Athletics 5–6 Venafro (1–0) Percival (0–1) — 20,088 6–12 L2
19 April 22 @ Mariners 5–16 Moyer (3–1) Schoeneweis (1–3) — 33,119 6–13 L3
20 April 23 @ Mariners 0–1 Franklin (2–0) Ortiz (1–3) Sasaki (6) 32,127 6–14 L4
21 April 24 @ Mariners 10–6 Washburn (2–2) Abbott (1–2) — 37,212 7–14 W1
22 April 26 Blue Jays 4–0 Appier (2–1) Smith (0–1) Percival (3) 25,296 8–14 W2
23 April 27 Blue Jays 11–4 Sele (1–2) Borbón (1–1) — 29,112 9–14 W3
24 April 28 Blue Jays 8-5 (14) Lukasiewicz (1–0) Borbón (1–2) — 25,073 10–14 W4
25 April 30 @ Indians 21–2 Ortiz (2–3) Sabathia (2–3) — 24,286 11–14 W5
May: 19–7 (Home: 9–3; Road: 10–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
26 May 1 @ Indians 7–2 Washburn (3–2) Drese (2–3) — 23,536 12–14 W6
27 May 2 @ Indians 8–0 Appier (3–1) Finley (2–3) — 26,068 13–14 W7
28 May 3 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Sele (2–2) Lyon (1–3) Percival (4) 13,183 14–14 W8
29 May 4 @ Blue Jays 1–4 Miller (2–0) Schoeneweis (1–4) Escobar (4) 20,558 14–15 L1
30 May 5 @ Blue Jays 8–2 Ortiz (3–3) Prokopec (1–4) — 24,046 15–15 W1
31 May 7 Tigers 0–3 Greisinger (1–0) Weber (1–2) Acevedo (3) 15,315 15–16 L1
32 May 8 Tigers 3–2 Percival (1–1) Rodney (0–2) — 14,722 16–16 W1
33 May 9 Tigers 7–6 Sele (3–2) Redman (0–4) Percival (5) 15,003 17–16 W2
34 May 10 White Sox 19–0 Schoeneweis (2–4) Wright (3–4) 36,715 18–16 W3
35 May 11 White Sox 6–3 Ortiz (4–3) Garland (4–2) Percival (6) 40,535 19–16 W4
36 May 12 White Sox 5–4 Percival (2–1) Foulke (0–2) — 19,251 20–16 W5
37 May 14 @ Tigers 9–2 Appier (4–1) Cornejo (1–4) — 12,745 21–16 W6
38 May 15 @ Tigers 10–1 Sele (4–2) Redman (0–5) — 12,314 22–16 W7
— May 16 @ Tigers Postponed (rain) rescheduled for August 5
39 May 17 @ White Sox 8–4 Schoeneweis (3–4) Garland (4–3) Levine (4) 12,736 23–16 W8
40 May 18 @ White Sox 4–10 Glover (0–1) Ortiz (4–4) — 21,122 23–17 L1
41 May 19 @ White Sox 6–1 Washburn (4–2) Buehrle (7–3) 19,869 24–17 W1
42 May 20 Royals 6–3 Appier (5–1) Stein (0–2) Percival (7) 14,035 25–17 W2
43 May 21 Royals 5–1 Cook (1–0) Reichert (2–5) — 15,593 26–17 W3
44 May 22 Royals 7–6 Weber (2–2) May (0–2) Percival (8) 16,163 27–17 W4
45 May 24 Twins 1–5 Reed (5–2) Ortiz (4–5) — 27,494 27–18 L1
46 May 25 Twins 4–3 (13) Levine (2–1) Cressend (0–1) — 31,820 28–18 W1
47 May 26 Twins 2–5 Milton (7–3) Appier (5–2) Guardado (15) 22,854 28–19 L1
48 May 28 @ Royals 4–7 Byrd (8–2) Sele (4–3) Hernández (8) 11,773 28–20 L2
49 May 29 @ Royals 12–2 Ortiz (5–5) Affeldt (1–2) — 13,662 29–20 W1
50 May 30 @ Twins 6–7 (10) Guardado (1–1) Pote (0–1) 14,521 29–21 L1
51 May 31 @ Twins 11–3 Washburn (5–2) Milton (7–4) — 17,101 30–21 W1
June: 17–12 (Home: 9–4; Road: 8–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
52 June 1 @ Twins 2–4 Lohse (5–3) Appier (5–3) Guardado (17) 17,480 30–22 L1
53 June 2 @ Twins 5–4 Sele (5–3) Kinney (1–5) Percival (9) 18,657 31–22 W1
54 June 3 Rangers 5–2 Ortiz (6–5) Bell (2–2) Percival (10) 15,619 32–22 W2
55 June 4 Rangers 3–0 Schoeneweis (4–4) Burba (3–3) Percival (11) 16,810 33–22 W3
56 June 5 Rangers 7–5 (10) Levine (3–1) Irabu (2–5) — 15,301 34–22 W4
57 June 6 Rangers 8–9 Rogers (7–3) Appier (5–4) Telford (1) 17,948 34–23 L1
58 June 7 Reds 4–3 Sele (6–3) Reitsma (3–3) Percival (12) 35,341 35–23 W1
59 June 8 Reds 3–4 White (3–1) Cook (1–1) Graves (19) 29,881 35–24 L1
60 June 9 Reds 7–4 Schoeneweis (5–4) Hamilton (3–4) Percival (13) 35,501 36–24 W1
61 June 10 Pirates 4–3 Washburn (6–2) Anderson (5–8) Percival (14) 16,861 37–24 W2
62 June 11 Pirates 3–7 Fogg (7–4) Appier (5–5) — 17,755 37–25 L1
63 June 12 Pirates 8–5 Weber (3–2) Boehringer (1–2) Percival (15) 17,096 38–25 W1
64 June 14 @ Dodgers 8–4 Ortiz (7–5) Ishii (10–2) — 51,722 39–25 W2
65 June 15 @ Dodgers 5–10 Pérez (7–3) Schoeneweis (5–5) — 52,165 39–26 L1
66 June 16 @ Dodgers 4–5 Carrara (4–2) Levine (3–2) Gagné (23) 52,183 39–27 L2
67 June 18 @ Cardinals 2–7 Kile (5–4) Appier (5–6) — 39,386 39–28 L3
68 June 19 @ Cardinals 2–6 Morris (10–4) Sele (6–4) — 35,432 39–29 L4
69 June 20 @ Cardinals 3–2 Schoeneweis (6–5) Smith (0–5) Percival (16) 36,385 40–29 W1
70 June 21 @ Brewers 11–4 Ortiz (8–5) Quevedo (3–6) — 20,289 41–29 W2
71 June 22 @ Brewers 8–2 Washburn (7–2) Cabrera (3–5) — 28,765 42–29 W3
72 June 23 @ Brewers 5–2 Appier (6–6) Sheets (4–8) Percival (17) 23,751 43–29 W4
73 June 24 @ Rangers 5–8 Benoit (2–0) Sele (6–5) — 0 43–30 L1
74 June 24 @ Rangers 2–3 Burba (4–4) Lackey (0–1) — 23,103 43–31 L2
75 June 25 @ Rangers 5–11 Valdez (5–6) Schoeneweis (6–6) — 20,089 43–32 L3
76 June 26 @ Rangers 7–6 Weber (4–2) Irabu (3–7) Percival (18) 29,726 44–32 W1
77 June 27 @ Rangers 6–3 Washburn (8–2) Bell (3–3) Percival (19) 22,077 45–32 W2
78 June 28 Dodgers 5–7 Carrara (5–2) Shields (0–1) Gagné (29) 43,690 45–33 L1
79 June 29 Dodgers 7–0 Sele (7–5) Ishii (11–4) — 43,502 46–33 W1
80 June 30 Dodgers 5–1 Lackey (1–1) Pérez (9–4) Weber (1) 43,059 47–33 W2
July: 16–10 (Home: 10–5; Road: 6–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
81 July 2 Orioles 0–3 Lopez (7–3) Ortiz (8–6) Julio (17) 18,521 47–34 L1
82 July 3 Orioles 1–0 Washburn (9–2) Erickson (3–8) Percival (20) 17,477 48–34 W1
83 July 4 Orioles 2–7 Driskill (6–1) Appier (6–7) — 43,342 48–35 L1
84 July 5 Devil Rays 6–5 (10) Shields (1–1) Yan (4–4) — 23,648 49–35 W1
85 July 6 Devil Rays 4–3 Schoeneweis (7–6) Colome (1–5) Percival (21) 29,513 50–35 W2
86 July 7 Devil Rays 2–1 (10) Percival (3–1) Harper (3–5) — 26,446 51–35 W3
73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
87 July 11 @ Royals 1–0 Washburn (10–2) May (2–6) Percival (22) 13,031 52–35 W4
88 July 12 @ Royals 11–3 Appier (7–7) Suppan (7–7) — 24,824 53–35 W5
89 July 13 @ Royals 0–4 Byrd (12–6) Sele (7–6) — 19,504 53–36 L1
90 July 14 @ Royals 3–12 Asencio (2–2) Ortiz (8–7) — 12,457 53–37 L2
91 July 15 @ Twins 8–10 Hawkins (4–0) Schoeneweis (7–7) Guardado (29) 19,189 53–38 L3
92 July 16 @ Twins 4–2 Washburn (11–2) Milton (11–7) Weber (2) 26,258 54–38 W1
93 July 17 @ Athletics 10–4 Appier (8–7) Hudson (7–8) — 38,547 55–38 W2
94 July 18 @ Athletics 0–2 Zito (13–3) Sele (7–7) Koch (24) 15,733 55–39 L1
95 July 19 Mariners 15–3 Ortiz (9–7) García (11–6) — 43,407 56–39 W1
96 July 20 Mariners 7–6 Shields (2–1) Rhodes (5–2) Weber (3) 43,109 57–39 W2
97 July 21 Mariners 7–5 Washburn (12–2) Nelson (1–2) Weber (4) 34,945 58–39 W3
98 July 23 Athletics 1–2 Zito (14–3) Appier (8–8) Koch (25) 25,370 58–40 L1
99 July 24 Athletics 5–1 Sele (8–7) Hudson (7–9) — 25,240 59–40 W1
100 July 25 Athletics 5–4 Shields (3–1) Mecir (3–3) Weber (3) 31,653 60–40 W2
101 July 26 @ Mariners 8–0 Lackey (2–1) Baldwin (6–7) — 45,559 61–40 W3
102 July 27 @ Mariners 1–3 Piñeiro (11–4) Washburn (12–3) Sasaki (26) 45,974 61–41 L1—
103 July 28 @ Mariners 1–0 Appier (9–8) Sasaki (2–4) Percival (23) 45,634 62–41 W1
104 July 29 Red Sox 5–4 Schoeneweis (8–7) Embree (0–1) Percival (24) 27,929 63–41 W2
105 July 30 Red Sox 0–6 Martínez (14–2) Ortiz (9–8) — 32,812 63–42 L1
106 July 31 Red Sox 1–2 Wakefield (5–3) Lackey (2–2) Urbina (25) 28,227 63–43 L2
August: 18–11 (Home: 11–4; Road: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
107 August 1 Yankees 2–1 Washburn (13–3) Weaver (7–10) Percival (25) 42,897 64–43 W1
108 August 2 Yankees 0–4 Pettitte (6–4) Appier (9–9) Mendoza (3) 43,668 64–44 L1
109 August 3 Yankees 5–4 Percival (4–1) Mendoza (7–3) — 43,619 65–44 W1
110 August 4 Yankees 5–7 (12) Stanton (5–1) Shields (3–2) Mendoza (4) 43,455 65–45 L1
111 August 5 @ Tigers 6–3 Lackey (3–2) Powell (1–2) Percival (26) 18,546 66–45 W1
112 August 6 @ White Sox 11–2 Washburn (14–3) Wright (7–10) Levine (5) 17,706 67–45 W2
113 August 7 @ White Sox 6–7 Osuna (6–2) Donnelly (0–1) — 14,253 67–46 L1
114 August 8 @ White Sox 2–3 Parque (1–1) Sele (8–8) Marte (5) 18,165 67–47 L2
115 August 9 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Walker (5–2) Ortiz (9–9) Escobar (23) 18,728 67–48 L3
116 August 10 @ Blue Jays 11–4 Lackey (4–2) Parris (5–3) — 25,118 68–48 W1
117 August 11 @ Blue Jays 1–0 Washburn (15–3) Halladay (14–5) Percival (27) 34,013 69–48 W2
118 August 12 Tigers 7–0 Appier (10–9) Redman (7–10) — 19,709 70–48 W3
119 August 13 Tigers 7–6 (12) Levine (4–2) Bernero (2–7) 19,694 71–48 W4
120 August 14 Tigers 5–4 Ortiz (10–9) Maroth (4–5) Percival (28) 23,391 72–48 W5
121 August 16 Indians 5–4 Lackey (5–2) Drese (9–9) Percival (29) 41,356 73–48 W6
122 August 17 Indians 4–9 Sadler (1–0) Washburn (15–4) — 39,866 73–49 L1
123 August 18 Indians 4–1 Appier (11–9) Sabathia (8–10) Percival (30) 41,059 74–49 W1
124 August 20 @ Yankees 5–7 Pettitte (8–4) Sele (8–9) Stanton (2) 41,619 74–50 L1
125 August 21 @ Yankees 5–1 (11) Weber (5–2) Weaver (7–11) — 46,423 75-50 W1
126 August 22 @ Yankees 2–4 Wells (14–6) Lackey (5–3) Karsay (6) 43,222 75–51 L1
127 August 23 @ Red Sox 1–4 Martínez (17–3) Washburn (15–5) Urbina (30) 33,221 75–52 L2
128 August 24 @ Red Sox 2–0 Appier (12–9) Wakefield (7–5) Percival (31) 32,510 76–52 W1
129 August 25 @ Red Sox 8–3 Schoeneweis (9–7) Lowe (17–6) — 32,059 77–52 W2
130 August 26 @ Red Sox 9–10 (10) Urbina (1–6) Shields (3–3) — 32,869 77–53 L1
131 August 27 Devil Rays 7–3 Lackey (6–3) Zambrano (5–6) Weber (4) 19,869 78–53 W1
132 August 28 Devil Rays 5–8 (10) Yan (6–7) Levine (4–3) — 17,740 78–54 L1
133 August 29 Devil Rays 6–1 Appier (13–9) Sturtze (3–14) — 18,820 79–54 W1
134 August 30 Orioles 6–2 Callaway (1–0) Johnson (4–11) Schoeneweis (1) 29,959 80–54 W2
135 August 31 Orioles 9–0 Ortiz (11–9) Erickson (5–12) — 38,563 81–54 W3
September: 18–9 (Home: 9–2; Road: 9–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
136 September 1 Orioles 9–3 Lackey (7–3) Lopez (14–7) Percival (32) 24,592 82–54 W4
137 September 3 @ Devil Rays 10–2 Washburn (16–5) Sosa (1–7) — 10,146 83–54 W5
138 September 4 @ Devil Rays 4–2 Appier (14–9) Sturtze (3–15) Percival (33) 10,161 84–54 W6
139 September 5 @ Devil Rays 10–1 Ortiz (12–9) Kennedy (7–10) — 10,135 85–54 W7
140 September 6 @ Orioles 6–3 Lackey (8–3) Douglass (0–2) Percival (34) 24,045 86–54 W8
141 September 7 @ Orioles 4–2 (10) Weber (6–2) Julio (5–6) Percival (35) 30,714 87–54 W9
142 September 8 @ Orioles 6–2 Washburn (17–5) Hentgen (0–1) Weber (5) 27,665 88–54 W10
143 September 9 Athletics 1–2 Hudson (13–9) Appier (14–10) Koch (39) 28,145 89–54 L1
144 September 10 Athletics 5–2 Ortiz (13–9) Lilly (4–7) Percival (36) 35,323 89–55 W1
145 September 11 Athletics 6–5 Shields (4–3) Tam (0–1) Percival (37) 34,302 90–55 W2
146 September 12 Athletics 7–6 Donnelly (1–1) Koch (9–3) — 31,304 91–55 W3
147 September 13 Rangers 3–2 Washburn (18–5) Benoit (3–4) Percival (38) 35,345 92–55 W4
148 September 14 Rangers 8–6 Shields (5–3) Van Poppel (3–2) Percival (39) 39,909 93–55 W5
149 September 15 Rangers 13–4 Ortiz (14–9) Rogers (13–8) — 33,445 94–55 W6
150 September 16 @ Athletics 3–4 Koch (10–3) Levine (4–3) — 22,326 94–56 L1
151 September 17 @ Athletics 1–0 (10) Weber (7–2) Koch (10–4) Percival (40) 25,894 95–56 W1
152 September 18 @ Athletics 4–7 Zito (22–5) Callaway (1–1) Koch (40) 50,734 95–57 L1
153 September 19 @ Athletics 3–5 Hudson (15–9) Appier (14–11) Koch (41) 27,435 95–58 L2
154 September 20 @ Mariners 8–1 Ortiz (15–9) Piñeiro (14–7) — 45,663 96–58 W1
155 September 21 @ Mariners 4–6 García (16–10) Lackey (8–4) Sasaki (36) 45,784 96–59 L1
156 September 22 @ Mariners 2–3 Franklin (7–4) Washburn (18–6) Nelson (2) 45,693 96–60 L2
157 September 24 @ Rangers 1–2 Benoit (4–4) Appier (14–12) Cordero (9) 21,869 96–61 L3
158 September 25 @ Rangers 3–4 Seánez (1–3) Schoeneweis (9–8) Cordero (10) 20,976 96–62 L4
159 September 26 @ Rangers 10–5 Lackey (9–4) Lewis (1–3) — 21,774 97–62 W1
160 September 27 Mariners 6–7 (12) Halama (6–5) Pote (0–2) — 43,452 97–63 L1
161 September 28 Mariners 8–4 Callaway (2–1) Franklin (7–5) — 43,202 98–63 W1
162 September 29 Mariners 7–6 Lukasiewicz (2–0) Valdez (8–12) Donnelly (1) 42,878 99–63 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Roster

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2002 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Regular season transactions

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  • July 31, 2002: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Sal Fasano to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later and Jorge Fábregas. The Anaheim Angels sent Johnny Raburn (minors) (August 14, 2002) and Pedro Liriano (September 20, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.[8]

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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

Player Pos G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Garret Anderson LF 158 638 195 .306 29 123
David Eckstein SS 152 608 178 .293 8 63
Darin Erstad CF 150 625 177 .283 10 73
Brad Fullmer DH 130 429 124 .289 19 59
Troy Glaus 3B 156 569 142 .250 30 111
Adam Kennedy 2B 144 474 148 .312 7 52
Bengie Molina C 122 428 105 .245 5 47
Tim Salmon RF 138 483 138 .286 22 88
Scott Spiezio 1B 153 491 140 .285 12 82

Other batters

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

Player Pos G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jorge Fábregas C 35 88 17 .193 0 8
José Molina C 29 70 19 .271 0 5
Shawn Wooten 1B/DH 49 113 33 .292 3 19
Julio Ramirez CF/RF 29 32 9 .281 1 7
Orlando Palmeiro LF/RF 110 263 79 .300 0 31
Alex Ochoa RF 37 65 18 .277 2 10
Jeff DaVanon OF 16 30 5 .167 1 4
José Nieves 2B/3B 45 97 28 .289 0 6
Benji Gil 1B/2B/SS 61 130 37 .285 3 20
Chone Figgins 2B 15 12 2 .167 0 1
Alfredo Amézaga SS 12 13 7 .538 0 2
Clay Bellinger 1B 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Sal Fasano C 2 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ramón Ortiz 32 217.1 15 9 3.77 162
Jarrod Washburn 32 206.0 18 6 3.15 139
Kevin Appier 32 188.1 7 7 3.92 132
Aaron Sele 26 160.0 8 9 4.89 82
John Lackey 18 108.1 9 4 3.66 69
Mickey Callaway 6 34.1 2 1 4.19 23

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Scott Schoeneweis 54 118.0 9 8 0 4.88 65
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Troy Percival 58 56.1 4 1 40 1.92 68
Ben Weber 63 78.0 7 2 7 2.54 43
Al Levine 52 63.2 4 4 5 4.24 40
Lou Pote 31 50.1 0 2 0 3.22 32
Brendan Donnelly 46 49.2 1 1 1 2.17 54
Scot Shields 29 49.0 5 3 0 2.20 30
Dennis Cook 37 24.0 1 1 0 3.38 13
Donne Wall 17 21.0 0 0 0 6.43 13
Mark Lukasiewicz 17 14.0 2 0 0 3.86 15
Matt Wise 7 8.1 0 0 0 3.24 6
Francisco Rodriguez 5 5.2 0 0 0 0.00 13

Postseason

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With their 10-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday, September 26, 2002, the Angels clinched their first (and only to date as of 2022) Wildcard berth. At this time, the Angels would be in the postseason for the first time since the 1986 season.

American League Division Series

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Main article: 2002 American League Division Series

The 2002 American League Division Series featured the Wild Card winner Anaheim Angels and the AL East champion New York Yankees. The series began on October 1, 2002 with the Angels splitting the first two games at Yankee Stadium. The Angels then proceeded to win the next two games, earning their ticket to the ALCS and winning their first postseason series in franchise history, ending New York's bid for a fifth consecutive World Series appearance.

Game One

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October 1, 2002 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, NY

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Anaheim 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 12 0
New York 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 X 8 8 1
WP: Steve Karsay (1–0)   LP: Ben Weber (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
ANA: Troy Glaus 2 (2)
NYY: Derek Jeter (1), Jason Giambi (1), Rondell White (1), Bernie Williams (1)

Game Two

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October 2, 2002 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, NY

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Anaheim 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 17 1
New York 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 6 12 1
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–0)   LP: Orlando Hernández (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (1)
Home runs:
ANA: Tim Salmon (1), Scott Spiezio (1), Garret Anderson (1), Troy Glaus (3)
NYY: Derek Jeter (2), Alfonso Soriano (1)

Game Three

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October 4, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
Anaheim 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 X 9 12 0
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (2–0)   LP: Mike Stanton (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (2)
Home runs:
NYY: None
ANA: Adam Kennedy (1), Tim Salmon (2)

Game Four

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October 5, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 12 2
Anaheim 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 X 9 15 1
WP: Jarrod Washburn (1–0)   LP: David Wells (0–1)
Home runs:
NYY: Jorge Posada (1)
ANA: Shawn Wooten (1)

American League Championship Series

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Main article: 2002 American League Championship Series

The 2002 American League Championship Series featured the Wild Card winner Anaheim Angels and the AL Central champion Minnesota Twins. The series began on October 8, 2002 with the Angels splitting the first two games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Angels then went home where they won three straight at Edison Field to earn a spot in the 2002 World Series. Infielder Adam Kennedy was the ALCS MVP.

Game One

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October 8, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Anaheim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Minnesota 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 5 1
WP: Joe Mays (1–0)   LP: Kevin Appier (0–1)   Sv: Eddie Guardado (1)

Game Two

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October 9, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Anaheim 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 10 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 11 1
WP: Ramón Ortiz (1–0)   LP: Rick Reed (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (1)
Home runs:
ANA: Darin Erstad (1), Brad Fullmer (1)
MIN: None

Game Three

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October 11, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
Anaheim 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 7 2
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–0)   LP: J. C. Romero (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (2)
Home runs:
MIN: None
ANA: Garret Anderson (1), Troy Glaus (1)

Game Four

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October 12, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2
Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 X 7 10 0
WP: John Lackey (1–0)   LP: Brad Radke (0–1)

Game Five

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October 13, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 9 0
Anaheim 0 0 1 0 2 0 10 0 X 13 18 0
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (2–0)   LP: Johan Santana (0–1)
Home runs:
MIN: None
ANA: Adam Kennedy 3 (3), Scott Spiezio (1)

World Series

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President George W. Bush greets the Angels after their World Series victory
Main article: 2002 World Series

The 2002 World Series was the 98th edition of the Fall Classic, held from October 19–27, 2002. The series featured the American League champion Anaheim Angels defeating the National League champion San Francisco Giants, 4–3, to win the franchise's first ever World Series.

The series was notable as being the first time since the 1995 inception of the wild card in Major League Baseball that two wild card teams would vie for the title. It was also the fourth World Series played between two teams from California (after 1974, 1988, and 1989, when the Giants last went to the World Series), and the first such series to not include the Oakland Athletics. It was also the last Series to be played in a full seven games until 2011.

The series was played as a best-of-seven playoff with a 2–3–2 site format (standard in Major League Baseball). Barry Bonds of the Giants was almost elected World Series MVP before the Angels began their Game 6 comeback; the award would be presented the following night to Troy Glaus of the Angels for his role in that comeback. (Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees remains the only World Series MVP from a losing team.)

Game One

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October 19, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 0
Anaheim 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 9 0
WP: Jason Schmidt (1–0)   LP: Jarrod Washburn (0–1)   Sv: Robb Nen (1)
Home runs:
SF: Barry Bonds (1), Reggie Sanders (1), J. T. Snow (1)
ANA: Troy Glaus 2 (2)

Game Two

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October 20, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 10 12 1
Anaheim 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 11 16 1
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–0)   LP: Félix Rodríguez (0–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (1)
Home runs:
SF: Reggie Sanders (2), David Bell (1), Jeff Kent (1), Barry Bonds (2)
ANA: Tim Salmon 2 (2)

Game Three

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Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Anaheim 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 10 16 0
San Francisco 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 6 2
WP: Ramón Ortiz (1–0)   LP: Liván Hernández (0–1)
Home runs:
ANA: None
SF: Rich Aurilia (1), Barry Bonds (3)

Game Four

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October 23, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Anaheim 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 1
San Francisco 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 4 12 1
WP: Tim Worrell (1–0)   LP: Francisco Rodríguez (1–1)   Sv: Robb Nen (2)
Home runs:
ANA: Troy Glaus (3)
SF: None

Game Five

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Thursday, October 24, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Anaheim 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 10 2
San Francisco 3 3 0 0 0 2 4 4 X 16 16 0
WP: Chad Zerbe (1–0)   LP: Jarrod Washburn (0–2)
Home runs:
ANA: None
SF: Jeff Kent 2 (3), Rich Aurilia (2)

Game Six

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October 26, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 8 1
Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 X 6 10 1
WP: Brendan Donnelly (1–0)   LP: Tim Worrell (1–1)   Sv: Troy Percival (2)
Home runs:
SF: Shawon Dunston (1), Barry Bonds (4)
ANA: Scott Spiezio (1), Darin Erstad (1)

Game Seven

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October 27, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Anaheim 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 0
WP: John Lackey (1–0)   LP: Liván Hernández (0–2)   Sv: Troy Percival (3)

Game log

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2002 Post Season Game Log (11–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Series
1 October 1 @ Yankees 5–8 Karsay (1–0) Weber (0–1) Rivera (1) 56,710 0–1 L1
2 October 2 @ Yankees 8–6 Rodríguez (1–0) Hernández (0–1) Percival (1) 56,695 1–1 W1
3 October 4 Yankees 9–6 Rodríguez (2–0) Stanton (0–1) Percival (2) 45,072 2–1 W2
4 October 5 Yankees 9–5 Washburn (1–0) Wells (0–1) — 45,067 3–1 W3
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Series
1 October 8 @ Twins 1–2 Mays (1–0) Appier (0–1) Guardado (1) 55,562 0–1 L1
2 October 9 @ Twins 6–3 Ortiz (1–0) Reed (0–1) Percival (1) 55,990 1–1 W1
3 October 11 Twins 2–1 Rodríguez (1–0) Romero (0–1) Percival (2) 44,234 2–1 W2
4 October 12 Twins 7–1 Lackey (1–0) Radke (0–1) — 44,830 3–1 W3
5 October 13 Twins 13–5 Rodríguez (2–0) Santana (0–1) — 44,835 4–1 W4
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Series
1 October 19 Giants 3–4 Schmidt (1–0) Washburn (0–1) Nen (1) 44,603 0–1 L1
2 October 20 Giants 11–10 Rodríguez (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Percival (1) 44,584 1–1 W1
3 October 22 @ Giants 10–4 Ortiz (1–0) Hernández (0–1) — 42,707 2–1 W2
4 October 23 @ Giants 3–4 Worrell (1–0) Rodríguez (1–1) Nen (2) 42,703 2–2 L1
5 October 24 @ Giants 4–16 Zerbe (1–0) Washburn (0–2) — 42,713 2–3 L2
6 October 26 Giants 6–5 Donnelly (1–0) Worrell (1–1) Percival (2) 44,506 3–3 W1
7 October 27 Giants 4–1 Lackey (1–0) Hernández (0–2) Percival (3) 44,598 4–3 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member


Bracket

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Division Series
TV: ESPN/Fox 		League Championship Series
TV: Fox 		World Series
TV: Fox
         
1 New York Yankees 1
4 Anaheim Angels 3
4 Anaheim Angels 4
American League
3 Minnesota Twins 1
2 Oakland Athletics 2
3 Minnesota Twins 3
AL4 Anaheim Angels 4
NL4 San Francisco Giants 3
1 Atlanta Braves 2
4 San Francisco Giants 3
4 San Francisco Giants 4
National League
3 St. Louis Cardinals 1
2 Arizona Diamondbacks 0
3 St. Louis Cardinals 3

The American League champion had home field advantage during the World Series.
Note: Major League Baseball's playoff format automatically seeds the Wild Card team 4th. Normally, the No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed in the Division Series. However, MLB does not allow the No. 1 seed to play the 4th seed/Wild Card winner in the Division Series if they are from the same division, instead having the No. 1 seed play the next lowest seed, the No. 3 seed.

Awards and honors

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2002 Anaheim Angels

Troy Glaus

Adam Kennedy

Tim Salmon

Garret Anderson

  • All-Star
  • Silver Slugger Award
  • #4 in AL in RBI (123)

Darin Erstad

  • Gold Glove Award

Bengie Molina

  • Gold Glove Award

Mike Scioscia

  • AL Manager of the Year Award

73rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Main article: 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Outfielders

Pos # Player League AB H RBI
LF 16 Garret Anderson American League 4 0 1

Coaches

# Coach League Position
14 Mike Scioscia American League Coach

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Stingers Pacific Coast League Mike Brumley
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Doug Sisson
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Bobby Meacham
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Todd Claus
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Brian Harper
Rookie Provo Angels Pioneer League Tom Kotchman

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Local media

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Local television

Local TV Channel Play–by–play Color Commentator Studio Host
KCAL–TV 9 Steve Physioc Rex Hudler

Local cable television

Local Cable TV Channel Play–by–play Color Commentator Studio Host
Fox Sports Net West Steve Physioc Rex Hudler

Local radio

Flagship Station Play–by–play #1 Play–by–play #2 Color Commentator Studio Host
KLAC–AM 570 (primary)
KPLS–AM 830 (backup)		 Rory Markas (innings 1–3, 7–9 and odd numbered innings) Terry Smith (innings 4–6 and even numbered innings) Terry Smith (innings 1–3, 7–9 and odd numbered innings)
Rory Markas (innings 4–6 and even numbered innings)

Some radio games carried on KPLS–AM 830 because of broadcast conflict with the Los Angeles Lakers of the (NBA).

Flagship Station Play–by–play Color Commentator Studio Host
KTNQ–AM 1020 (Spanish) Ivan Lara José Mota

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball's Angels on High". CNN. October 28, 2002. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Angels on Cloud Nine". CNN. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
  3. ^ "Aaron Sele Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Donne Wall Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  5. ^ "Erick Aybar Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Clay Bellinger Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  7. ^ "Julio Ramírez Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  8. ^ "Alex Ochoa Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  9. ^ "Hutch Award". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-93-239117-6.
  11. ^ Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America
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