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2002 MLB Season Facts

The fact sheet for the 2002 MLB Season.


The list of the top 20 players who had the highest batting average (AVG) during the 2002 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Barry Bonds
.370
2
 
Manny Ramirez
.349
3
 
Mike Sweeney
.340
4
 
Larry Walker
.338
5
 
Vladimir Guerrero
.336
6
 
Bernie Williams
.333
7
 
Todd Helton
.329
8
 
Chipper Jones
.327
9
 
Ichiro Suzuki
.322
10
 
Magglio Ordonez
.320
11
 
Jose Vidro
.315
12
 
Jason Giambi
.314
13
 
Albert Pujols
.314
14
 
Jeff Kent
.313
15
 
Jim Edmonds
.311
16
 
Nomar Garciaparra
.310
17
 
Edgardo Alfonzo
.308
18
 
Miguel Tejada
.308
19
 
Bobby Abreu
.308
20
 
Gary Sheffield
.307

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest on base percentage (OBP) during the 2002 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Barry Bonds
.582
2
 
Brian Giles
.450
3
 
Manny Ramirez
.450
4
 
Jim Thome
.445
5
 
Jason Giambi
.435
6
 
Chipper Jones
.435
7
 
Todd Helton
.429
8
 
Larry Walker
.421
9
 
Jim Edmonds
.420
10
 
Vladimir Guerrero
.418
11
 
Mike Sweeney
.417
12
 
Bernie Williams
.415
13
 
Bobby Abreu
.413
14
 
Carlos Delgado
.406
15
 
Lance Berkman
.405
16
 
Gary Sheffield
.404
17
 
John Olerud
.403
18
 
Jeff Bagwell
.401
19
 
Adam Dunn
.400
20
 
Luis Gonzalez
.400

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest slugging percentage (SLG) during the 2002 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Barry Bonds
.799
2
 
Jim Thome
.677
3
 
Manny Ramirez
.647
4
 
Alex Rodriguez
.623
5
 
Brian Giles
.622
6
 
Larry Walker
.602
7
 
Jason Giambi
.598
8
 
Magglio Ordonez
.597
9
 
Sammy Sosa
.594
10
 
Vladimir Guerrero
.593
11
 
Lance Berkman
.578
12
 
Todd Helton
.577
13
 
Rafael Palmeiro
.571
14
 
Jeff Kent
.565
15
 
Mike Sweeney
.563
16
 
Albert Pujols
.561
17
 
Jim Edmonds
.561
18
 
Shawn Green
.558
19
 
Carlos Delgado
.549
20
 
Alfonso Soriano
.547

The list of the top 20 players who had the most games played during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Aaron Boone
162
2
 
Terrence Long
162
3
 
Alex Rodriguez
162
4
 
Miguel Tejada
162
5
 
Derrek Lee
162
6
 
Carlos Beltran
162
7
 
Tony Batista
161
8
 
Vladimir Guerrero
161
9
 
Mike Lowell
160
10
 
Adrian Beltre
159
11
 
Vernon Wells
159
12
 
Lance Berkman
158
13
 
Garret Anderson
158
14
 
Mike Cameron
158
15
 
Jeff Bagwell
158
16
 
Shawn Green
158
17
 
Adam Dunn
158
18
 
Chipper Jones
158
19
 
Ichiro Suzuki
157
20
 
Richie Sexson
157

The list of the top 20 players who had the most at bats during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Alfonso Soriano
696
2
 
Miguel Tejada
662
3
 
Ichiro Suzuki
647
4
 
Derek Jeter
644
5
 
Garret Anderson
638
6
 
Carlos Beltran
637
7
 
Jimmy Rollins
637
8
 
Rafael Furcal
636
9
 
Nomar Garciaparra
635
10
 
Shea Hillenbrand
634
11
 
Darin Erstad
625
12
 
Alex Rodriguez
624
13
 
Cristian Guzman
623
14
 
Jeff Kent
623
15
 
Johnny Damon
623
16
 
Fernando Vina
622
17
 
Tony Batista
615
18
 
Vladimir Guerrero
614
19
 
Bernie Williams
612
20
 
Todd Walker
612

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs scored during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Alfonso Soriano
128
2
 
Alex Rodriguez
125
3
 
Derek Jeter
124
4
 
Sammy Sosa
122
5
 
Jason Giambi
120
6
 
Albert Pujols
118
7
 
Johnny Damon
118
8
 
Barry Bonds
117
9
 
Magglio Ordonez
116
10
 
Carlos Beltran
114
11
 
Ray Durham
114
12
 
Ichiro Suzuki
111
13
 
Shawn Green
110
14
 
Miguel Tejada
108
15
 
Todd Helton
107
16
 
David Eckstein
107
17
 
Lance Berkman
106
18
 
Vladimir Guerrero
106
19
 
Shannon Stewart
103
20
 
Carlos Delgado
103

The list of the top 20 players who had the most hits during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Alfonso Soriano
209
2
 
Ichiro Suzuki
208
3
 
Vladimir Guerrero
206
4
 
Miguel Tejada
204
5
 
Bernie Williams
204
6
 
Nomar Garciaparra
197
7
 
Jeff Kent
195
8
 
Garret Anderson
195
9
 
Derek Jeter
191
10
 
Jose Vidro
190
11
 
Magglio Ordonez
189
12
 
Alex Rodriguez
187
13
 
Shea Hillenbrand
186
14
 
Albert Pujols
185
15
 
Luis Castillo
185
16
 
Todd Walker
183
17
 
Todd Helton
182
18
 
Randy Winn
181
19
 
Chipper Jones
179
20
 
Johnny Damon
178

The list of the top 20 players who had the most doubles during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Garret Anderson
56
2
 
Nomar Garciaparra
56
3
 
Alfonso Soriano
51
4
 
Bobby Abreu
50
5
 
Magglio Ordonez
47
6
 
Mike Lowell
44
7
 
Carlos Beltran
44
8
 
Cliff Floyd
43
9
 
Shea Hillenbrand
43
10
 
Orlando Cabrera
43
11
 
Jose Vidro
43
12
 
Jeff Kent
42
13
 
Todd Walker
42
14
 
Kevin Millar
41
15
 
Jorge Posada
40
16
 
Larry Walker
40
17
 
Albert Pujols
40
18
 
Randy Winn
39
19
 
Todd Helton
39
20
 
Ryan Klesko
39

The list of the top 20 players who had the most triples during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Johnny Damon
11
2
 
Jimmy Rollins
10
3
 
Randy Winn
9
4
 
Kenny Lofton
9
5
 
Michael Young
8
6
 
Quinton McCracken
8
7
 
Scott Rolen
8
8
 
Ichiro Suzuki
8
9
 
Rafael Furcal
8
10
 
Brad Wilkerson
8
11
 
D'Angelo Jimenez
7
12
 
Jay Payton
7
13
 
Juan Uribe
7
14
 
Derrek Lee
7
15
 
Mark Kotsay
7
16
 
Carlos Beltran
7
17
 
Alex Sanchez
7
18
 
Dave Roberts
7
19
 
Cristian Guzman
6
20
 
Shannon Stewart
6

The list of the top 20 players who had the most home runs during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Alex Rodriguez
57
2
 
Jim Thome
52
3
 
Sammy Sosa
49
4
 
Barry Bonds
46
5
 
Rafael Palmeiro
43
6
 
Lance Berkman
42
7
 
Shawn Green
42
8
 
Jason Giambi
41
9
 
Alfonso Soriano
39
10
 
Vladimir Guerrero
39
11
 
Brian Giles
38
12
 
Magglio Ordonez
38
13
 
Jeff Kent
37
14
 
Pat Burrell
37
15
 
Andruw Jones
35
16
 
Miguel Tejada
34
17
 
Albert Pujols
34
18
 
Eric Chavez
34
19
 
Mike Piazza
33
20
 
Manny Ramirez
33

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs batted in (RBI) during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Alex Rodriguez
142
2
 
Magglio Ordonez
135
3
 
Miguel Tejada
131
4
 
Lance Berkman
128
5
 
Albert Pujols
127
6
 
Garret Anderson
123
7
 
Jason Giambi
122
8
 
Nomar Garciaparra
120
9
 
Jim Thome
118
10
 
Pat Burrell
116
11
 
Shawn Green
114
12
 
Troy Glaus
111
13
 
Vladimir Guerrero
111
14
 
Scott Rolen
110
15
 
Barry Bonds
110
16
 
Todd Helton
109
17
 
Eric Chavez
109
18
 
Jeff Kent
108
19
 
Carlos Delgado
108
20
 
Sammy Sosa
108

The list of the top 20 players who had the most stolen bases during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Luis Castillo
48
2
 
Juan Pierre
47
3
 
Dave Roberts
45
4
 
Alfonso Soriano
41
5
 
Vladimir Guerrero
40
6
 
Alex Sanchez
37
7
 
Carlos Beltran
35
8
 
Aaron Boone
32
9
 
Derek Jeter
32
10
 
Mike Cameron
31
11
 
Andy Fox
31
12
 
Ichiro Suzuki
31
13
 
Jimmy Rollins
31
14
 
Bobby Abreu
31
15
 
Eric Young
31
16
 
Johnny Damon
31
17
 
Tony Womack
29
18
 
Kenny Lofton
29
19
 
Randy Winn
27
20
 
Rafael Furcal
27

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (batting) during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Barry Bonds
198
2
 
Brian Giles
135
3
 
Adam Dunn
128
4
 
Jim Thome
122
5
 
Jason Giambi
109
6
 
Lance Berkman
107
7
 
Chipper Jones
107
8
 
Bobby Abreu
104
9
 
Rafael Palmeiro
104
10
 
Sammy Sosa
103
11
 
Carlos Delgado
102
12
 
Jeff Bagwell
101
13
 
Todd Helton
99
14
 
Derrek Lee
98
15
 
John Olerud
98
16
 
Luis Gonzalez
97
17
 
Shawn Green
93
18
 
Robin Ventura
90
19
 
Pat Burrell
89
20
 
Troy Glaus
88

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (batting) during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Jose Hernandez
188
2
 
Mike Cameron
176
3
 
Adam Dunn
170
4
 
Derrek Lee
164
5
 
Brad Wilkerson
161
6
 
Alfonso Soriano
157
7
 
Pat Burrell
153
8
 
Russell Branyan
151
9
 
Mo Vaughn
145
10
 
Troy Glaus
144
11
 
Mark Bellhorn
144
12
 
Sammy Sosa
144
13
 
Jorge Posada
143
14
 
Corey Patterson
142
15
 
Preston Wilson
140
16
 
Jared Sandberg
139
17
 
Jim Thome
139
18
 
Eric Hinske
138
19
 
Alex Gonzalez
136
20
 
Richie Sexson
136

The list of the top 20 players who had the most wins during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Randy Johnson
24
2
 
Barry Zito
23
3
 
Curt Schilling
23
4
 
Derek Lowe
21
5
 
Bartolo Colon
20
6
 
Pedro Martinez
20
7
 
David Wells
19
8
 
Mark Buehrle
19
9
 
Roy Oswalt
19
10
 
Roy Halladay
19
11
 
Mark Mulder
19
12
 
Kevin Millwood
18
13
 
Tom Glavine
18
14
 
Mike Mussina
18
15
 
Jarrod Washburn
18
16
 
Matt Morris
17
17
 
Paul Byrd
17
18
 
Greg Maddux
16
19
 
Freddy Garcia
16
20
 
Hideo Nomo
16

The list of the top 20 players who had the most losses during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Tanyon Sturtze
18
2
 
Glendon Rusch
16
3
 
Steve Sparks
16
4
 
Livan Hernandez
16
5
 
Jeff Suppan
16
6
 
Ben Sheets
16
7
 
Todd Ritchie
15
8
 
Chuck Finley
15
9
 
Mark Redman
15
10
 
Mike Hampton
15
11
 
Frank Castillo
15
12
 
Kip Wells
14
13
 
John Thomson
14
14
 
Jason Johnson
14
15
 
Javier Vazquez
13
16
 
Jamey Wright
13
17
 
Jimmy Anderson
13
18
 
Al Leiter
13
19
 
Andy Ashby
13
20
 
Ryan Dempster
13

The list of the top 20 players who had the most complete games during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Randy Johnson
8
2
 
Bartolo Colon
8
3
 
A. J. Burnett
7
4
 
Paul Byrd
7
5
 
Joe Kennedy
5
6
 
Mark Buehrle
5
7
 
Curt Schilling
5
8
 
Livan Hernandez
5
9
 
Jamie Moyer
4
10
 
Ramon Ortiz
4
11
 
Kerry Wood
4
12
 
Glendon Rusch
4
13
 
Tanyon Sturtze
4
14
 
Tim Hudson
4
15
 
Ryan Dempster
4
16
 
Odalis Perez
4
17
 
Randy Wolf
3
18
 
Jeff Weaver
3
19
 
Jon Lieber
3
20
 
Mark Redman
3

The list of the top 20 players who had the most shutouts during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
A. J. Burnett
5
2
 
Randy Johnson
4
3
 
Jeff Weaver
3
4
 
Bartolo Colon
3
5
 
Livan Hernandez
3
6
 
Mark Buehrle
2
7
 
Randy Wolf
2
8
 
Brian Lawrence
2
9
 
Jason Schmidt
2
10
 
Jamie Moyer
2
11
 
Al Leiter
2
12
 
Matt Clement
2
13
 
Tim Hudson
2
14
 
Paul Byrd
2
15
 
Cory Lidle
2
16
 
Mike Mussina
2
17
 
Odalis Perez
2
18
 
Brad Radke
1
19
 
David Wells
1
20
 
Joe Kennedy
1

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (pitching) during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Kazuhisa Ishii
106
2
 
Hideo Nomo
101
3
 
Kerry Wood
97
4
 
Russ Ortiz
94
5
 
Ryan Dempster
93
6
 
Mike Hampton
91
7
 
A. J. Burnett
90
8
 
Damian Moss
89
9
 
Tanyon Sturtze
89
10
 
CC Sabathia
88
11
 
Matt Clement
85
12
 
Shawn Estes
83
13
 
Jon Garland
83
14
 
Danys Baez
82
15
 
Jimmy Haynes
81
16
 
Chan Ho Park
78
17
 
Chuck Finley
78
18
 
Barry Zito
78
19
 
Tom Glavine
78
20
 
Tony Armas
78

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (pitching) during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
Randy Johnson
334
2
 
Curt Schilling
316
3
 
Pedro Martinez
239
4
 
Kerry Wood
217
5
 
Matt Clement
215
6
 
Roy Oswalt
208
7
 
A. J. Burnett
203
8
 
Jason Schmidt
196
9
 
Hideo Nomo
193
10
 
Roger Clemens
192
11
 
Barry Zito
182
12
 
Mike Mussina
182
13
 
Freddy Garcia
181
14
 
Javier Vazquez
179
15
 
Kevin Millwood
178
16
 
Chuck Finley
174
17
 
Randy Wolf
172
18
 
Al Leiter
172
19
 
Matt Morris
171
20
 
Ben Sheets
170

The list of the top 20 players who had the most saves during the 2002 MLB Season.

1
 
John Smoltz
55
2
 
Eric Gagne
52
3
 
Mike Williams
46
4
 
Eddie Guardado
45
5
 
Jose Mesa
45
6
 
Billy Koch
44
7
 
Robb Nen
43
8
 
Jose Jimenez
41
9
 
Ugueth Urbina
40
10
 
Troy Percival
40
11
 
Trevor Hoffman
38
12
 
Kelvim Escobar
38
13
 
Kazuhiro Sasaki
37
14
 
Byung-Hyun Kim
36
15
 
Billy Wagner
35
16
 
Armando Benitez
33
17
 
Jason Isringhausen
32
18
 
Danny Graves
32
19
 
Juan Acevedo
28
20
 
Mariano Rivera
28