2002 Season

Season Notes

• 2002 Season Page at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Season page at Wikipedia
• Final Record: 72-90 (.444), 4th/4 AL West, 31GB
• Interleague Home: Astros, Braves, Reds
• Interleague Away: Astros, Cubs, Pirates
• All Star Representatives (1): Alex Rodriguez
• This was Jerry Narron’s final (and only full) season as manager.
• The Interactive schedule is not available for this season – the first year MLB.com did that was 2009.

• ST1: And so it begins; Rangers lose 3-0 to Reds (3/1/2002)
• ST2: Rangers beat Reds 4-3 (3/2/2002)
• ST3: Rangers utterly destroy the Twins, 20-8 (3/3/2002)
• ST4: Rangers lose big to Toronto, 15-5 (3/4/2002)
• ST5: Rangers shut out Tampa Bay, 2-0 (3/5/2002)
• ST6: Rangers beat Yankees, 8-5 (3/5/2002)
• ST7: Rangers lose to Yankees, 6-4 (3/6/2002)
• Rangers and Reds Rained Out (3/7/2002)
• ST8: Rangers beat Blue Jays, 7-3 (3/8/2002)
• ST9: Rangers beat Tampa Bay again, 9-3 (3/8/2002)
• ST10: Rangers lose to Orioles, 6-2 (3/9/2002)
• ST11: Rangers beat Phillies, 9-5 (3/10/2002)
• ST12: Rangers and Red Sox play to 8-8 tie (3/11/2002)
• ST13: Rangers beat Buccos, 3-2 (3/12/2002)
• ST14: Rangers bomb Pirates, 14-3 (3/12/2002)
• ST15: Rangers destroy Twins again; win 15-1 (3/13/2002)
• ST16: Rangers beat Yankees, 4-3 (3/13/2002)
• ST17: Rangers win against Toronto, 6-2 (3/14/2002)
• ST18: Rangers lose to Philadelphia, 8-3 (3/15/2002)
• ST19: Rangers lose to Boston, 5-4 (3/16/2002)
• ST20: Rangers lose to Orioles, 8-1 (3/17/2002)
• ST21: Rangers lose fourth in a row, 6-4 to Buccos (3/18/2002)
• ST22: Rangers beat Tampa Bay, 5-4 (3/19/2002)
• ST23: Rangers lose to Reds, 5-3 (3/20/2002)
• ST24: Rangers lose to Minnesota, 8-4 (3/22/2002)
• ST25: Texas loses to Pittsburgh, 5-4 (3/23/2002)
• ST26: Rangers beat the Pirates, 11-2 (3/24/2002)
• ST27: Rangers beat Devil Rays again, 4-2 (3/25/2002)
• ST28: Rangers lose to Red Sox, 11-8 (3/26/2002)
• ST29: Ranges lose ugly to Minnesota, 9-8 (3/27/2002)
• ST30: Rangers blow out Boston, 17-2 (3/28/2002)
• ST31: Rangers beat the Mets in Arlington, 4-2 (3/29/2002)
• ST32: Rangers beat Mets again, 3-2 (3/30/2002)
• Exh: Rangers lose to their AAA club, 6-3 (3/31/2002)
• G1: Rangers lose season opener, 8-3 (4/1/2002)
• G2: Rangers lose again to A’s, 3-2 (4/2/2002)
• G3: Rangers lose again to A’s 9-6 (4/3/2002)
• G4: Rangers finally win, beat A’s 7-5 (4/4/2002)
• G5: Rangers lose home opener to Halos, 3-1 (4/5/2002)
• G6: Rangers lose to Angels, 6-3 (4/6/2002)
• Angels / Rangers rained out (4/7/2002)
• G7: Rangers lose to A’s 5-4 (4/9/2002)
• G8: Rangers now 2-6 after 4-2 win over A’s (4/10/2002)
• G9: Rangers shut out A’s & Mark Mulder, 7-0 (4/11/2002)
• G10: Rangers lose early to Mariners, 7-3 (4/12/2002)
• G11: Rangers lose to Mariners again, 9-4 (4/13/2002)
• G12: Rangers lose AGAIN to M’s, 9-7 (4/14/2002)
• G13: Rangers stink up the joint (13-11), get swept (4/15/2002)
• G14: Rangers lose 6-5, drop to 3-11 (4/16/2002)
• G15: Rangers finally win; 4-1 over Angels (4/17/2002)
• G16: Rangers win 2nd in a row, shut out M’s, 9-0 (4/19/2002)
• G17: Rangers lose 3-2 to Mariners (4/20/2002)
• G18: Rangers lose frustrating game, 5-3 to Mariners (4/21/2002)
• G19: Rangers lose to Jays, 2-1, drop to 5-14 (4/23/2002)
• G20: Rangers win 3-2 game over Toronto (4/24/2002)
• G21: Rangers win bizarre one over Toronto 11-9 (4/25/2002)
• G22: Rangers lose to Cleveland 7-4 (4/26/2002)
• G23: Rangers beat Indians, 4-2 (4/27/2002)
• G24: Rangers win well pitched game, 2-1 (4/28/2002)
• G25: Rangers win big against Toronto, 10-2 (4/30/2002)
• G26: Rangers beat Toronto, 8-1 (5/1/2002)
• G27: Rangers sweep Blue Jays behind 5-3 score (5/2/2002)
• G28: Rangers win 6th in a row, 4-2 (5/3/2002)
• G29: Rangers shut out by Bartolo Colon; lose 3-0 (5/4/2002)
• G30: Rangers lose ugly to Indians, 9-2 (5/5/2002)
• G31: Rangers beat White Sox 6-5 (5/6/2002)
• G32: Rangers sloppy in loss to Chicago, 11-6 (5/7/2002)
• G33: Rangers lose to Chicago again, 5-3 (5/8/2002)
• G34: Benoit and pen look great, beat White Sox, 4-1 (5/9/2002)
• G35: Tigers dominated by Kenny Rogers; Rangers win 2-0 (5/10/2002)
• G36: Rangers beat Tigers again, 10-6 (5/11/2002)
• G37: Rangers sweep Tigers behind 5-1 win (5/12/2002)
• G38: Rangers lose BIG to White Sox, 15-4 (5/14/2002)
• G39: Rangers bounce back, beat White Sox, 5-2 (5/15/2002)
• G40: Rangers shut out 4-0 (5/16/2002)
• G41: Dave Burba loses to Tigers, 6-3 (5/17/2002)
• G42: Bullpen blows it, loses 8-7 to Detroit (5/18/2002)
• G43: Offense falls asleep; Rangers lose 2-1 (5/19/2002)
• G44: Rangers lose to Twins, 8-2 (5/21/2002)
• G45: Rangers edge out win over Twins; 6-5 (5/22/2002)
• Rangers / Royals rained out (5/23/2002)
• Second rainout in a row (5/24/2002)
• G46: Rangers finally play, lose to Royals, 6-3 (5/25/2002)
• G47: Rangers lose to Royals, 7-5 (5/26/2002)
• G48: DH Game 2 is a loss too, 9-8 (5/26/2002)
• G49: Rangers lose again, this time at home to Twins 5-2 (5/27/2002)
• G50: Rangers lose big to Minnesota, 11-4 (5/28/2002)
• G51: Rangers win 9-8, but didn’t deserve it. (5/29/2002)
• G52: Rangers lose to Kansas City, 10-7 (5/31/2002)
• G53: Kenny Rogers pitches a gem, wins 3-1 (6/1/2002)
• G56: Rangers shut down by Angels, 3-0 (6/1/2002)
• G54: 5 Run 1st powers Rangers to 8-6 win (6/2/2002)
• G55: Rangers lose to Angels & Ramon Ortiz, 5-2 (6/3/2002)
• G57: Rangers lose annoying one, 7-5 to Angels (6/5/2002)
• G58: Rangers win despite themselves, 9-8 (6/6/2002)
• G59: My backyard hole digging was more fun; Rangers lose 13-7 (6/7/2002)
• G60: Rangers blow it in extra innings, 6-3 (6/8/2002)
• G61: Rangers stink it up, lose 9-3 (6/9/2002)
• G62: Rangers beat the Cincinnati Reds, 8-2 (6/10/2002)
• G63: Rangers lose to Reds, 8-5 (6/11/2002)
• G64: Rangers win on dollar hot dog night, 10-4 (6/12/2002)
• G65: Rangers beat Houston, 9-6 (6/14/2002)
• G66: Wade Miller shuts out Rangers, 4-0 (6/15/2002)
• G67: Rangers lose to Houston, 7-6 (6/16/2002)
• G68: Rangers lose in Wrigley Field, 4-3 (6/18/2002)
• G69: Rangers beat Cubs, 7-4 (6/19/2002)
• G70: Rangers take Cubs series; win 7-4 (6/20/2002)
• G71: Rangers beat Buccos in Pittsburgh, 2-0 (6/21/2002)
• G72: Rangers beat Pirates again, 3-2 (6/22/2002)
• G73: Rangers sweep Pirates by score of 10-4 (6/23/2002)
• G74: Rangers take first game of DH, 8-5 (6/24/2002)
• G75: Rangers take game two of DH, 3-2 (6/24/2002)
• G76: Rangers win 8th in a row; 11-5 over Angels (6/25/2002)
• G77: Rangers finally lose; 7-6 to Angels (6/26/2002)
• G78: Rangers lose to Angels again, 6-3 (6/27/2002)
• G79: Rangers lose third in a row, 6-5 to Astros (6/28/2002)
• G80: Rangers drop another to Houston, 8-5 (6/29/2002)
• Rangers / Astros rained out (6/30/2002)
• G81: Rangers beat Tampa Bay, 3-1 (7/2/2002)
• G82: Rangers beat Devil Rays again, 6-5 (7/3/2002)
• G83: Rangers sweep Tampa behind 11-8 slugfest (7/4/2002)
• G84: Rangers top Orioles, 7-6 (7/5/2002)
• G85: Rangers lose to Orioles, 7-5 (7/6/2002)
• G86: Rangers stink it up; lose to O’s 10-4 (7/7/2002)
• G87: Rangers lose to Twins, 4-3 (7/11/2002)
• G88: Rangers lose to Twins again, 4-3 (7/12/2002)
• G89: Rangers beat Twins, 8-1 (7/13/2002)
• G90: Rangers lose another 1 run game, 5-4 to Twins (7/14/2002)
• G91: Rangers lose first game of DH to Royals, 8-6 (7/15/2002)
• G92: Rangers lose both sides of DH, 6-4 (7/15/2002)
• G93: Someone please make it stop! (We lose 6-5) (7/16/2002)
• G94: Oh look. Rangers lose again, 6-3 (7/17/2002)
• G95: Sigh. 5-3 (7/18/2002)
• G96: Rangers drop 7th; lose to A’s, 10-0 (7/19/2002)
• G97: Please kill me. 6-5 (7/20/2002)
• G98: Rangers finally win; 7-3 over A’s (7/21/2002)
• G99: Valdes gets no run support, Rangers lose 4-1 (7/23/2002)
• G100: Rangers beat Mariners, 4-3 (7/24/2002)
• G101: Rangers lose to Seattle, 7-2 (7/25/2002)
• G102: Rangers win big; beat A’s 12-4 (7/26/2002)
• G103: Rangers score 10+ again, beat A’s 10-6 (7/27/2002)
• G104: Rangers lose to Oakland, 12-2 (7/28/2002)
• G105: Rangers lose to NY, 9-2 (7/29/2002)
• G106: Rangers lose to NY, 9-6 (7/30/2002)
• G107: Rangers bomb the bombers; beat Yanks 17-2 (7/31/2002)
• G108: Rangers bomb Bosox, 19-7 (8/1/2002)
• G109: Rangers look bad after two great nights; lose 13-0 (8/2/2002)
• G110: Rangers bounce back; beat Red Sox 8-6 (8/3/2002)
• G111: Myette stinks up the joint; Rangers lose 11-3 (8/4/2002)
• G112: Rangers disgust me; lose 11-3 (8/6/2002)
• G113: Rangers beat Tigers, 7-2 (8/7/2002)
• G114: Jose Lima.. yeah, Jose Lima beats us, 2-1 (8/8/2002)
• G115: Kenny Rogers nearly perfect, beats Tribe 3-2 (8/9/2002)
• G116: Rangers lose to Indians, 4-3 (8/10/2002)
• G117: Rangers win big; beat Cleveland 11-5 (8/11/2002)
• G118: Rangers lose big against White Sox, 12-3 (8/13/2002)
• G119: Michael Young hurt in 11-6 win over Chisox (8/14/2002)
• G120: Rangers top Blue Jays, 6-5 (8/16/2002)
• G121: Arod hits 3 bombs; Rangers win 9-5 (8/17/2002)
• G122: Rangers sweep Jays; win 10-7 (8/18/2002)
• G123: Rangers beat Red Sox on my birthday, 3-2 (8/20/2002)
• G137: Benoit gets bizarre save, Rangers win 7-1 (9/3/2002)
• G138: Rangers lose to Orioles, 8-3 (9/4/2002)
• G139: Rangers win big 11-2 over Baltimore (9/5/2002)
• G140: Rangers get the job done, beat Tampa, 9-3 (9/6/2002)
• G141: Rangers beat Tampa Bay again, 11-2 (9/7/2002)
• G142: Rangers loss (6-3) not watched by NFL fans. ;) (9/8/2002)
• G143: Rangers beat Mariners, 12-7 (9/9/2002)
• G144: Rangers win close one over M’s, 3-2 (9/10/2002)
• G145: Rangers win another close one, 4-3 over M’s (9/11/2002)
• G146: Rangers sweep M’s with 7-3 win (9/12/2002)
• G147: Rangers lose to Angels, 3-2 (9/13/2002)
• G148: Rangers lose to Angels, 8-6 (9/14/2002)
• G149: Rangers swept by Angels, behind bad 13-4 loss (9/15/2002)
• G150: Rangers lose again to Mariners, 6-5 (9/16/2002)
• G151: Rangers drop 5th in a row; 3-2 to M’s (9/17/2002)
• G152: Rangers lose to M’s AGAIN, 3-2 (9/18/2002)
• G153: Rangers beat Mariners, 12-7 (9/19/2002)
• G154: Rangers lose to A’s, 4-2 (9/20/2002)
• G155: Rangers lose to A’s, 6-3 (9/21/2002)
• G156: Rangers lose again to A’s, 7-5 (9/22/2002)
• G157: Rangers win well pitched game 2-1. Doesn’t matter. (9/24/2002)
• G158: Rangers beat Angels, 4-3 (9/25/2002)
• G159: Rangers lose to Angels, 10-5 (9/26/2002)
• G160: Rangers lose to A’s, 3-2 (9/27/2002)
• G161: Rangers lose big to A’s, 10-8 (9/28/2002)
• G162: Pudge’s Ranger finale ends with 8-7 loss (9/29/2002)