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Season Almanac

2002 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Alex Rodriguez (HR, RBI) · Alfonso Soriano (H, R) · Randy Johnson (K, W)

Home Runs
  1. 1Alex RodriguezTEX57
  2. 2Jim ThomeCLE52
  3. 3Sammy SosaCHC49
Hits
  1. 1Alfonso SorianoNYY209
  2. 2Ichiro SuzukiSEA208
  3. 3Vladimir GuerreroWSH206
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Alex RodriguezTEX142
  2. 2Magglio OrdonezCWS135
  3. 3Miguel TejadaATH131
Runs
  1. 1Alfonso SorianoNYY128
  2. 2Alex RodriguezTEX125
  3. 3Derek JeterNYY124
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Luis CastilloMIA48
  2. 2Juan PierreCOL47
  3. 3Dave RobertsLAD45
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Randy JohnsonAZ334
  2. 2Curt SchillingAZ316
  3. 3Pedro MartínezBOS239
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Randy JohnsonAZ24
  2. 2Barry ZitoATH23
  3. 3Curt SchillingAZ23
Saves
  1. 1John SmoltzATL55
  2. 2Eric GagneLAD52
  3. 3Mike WilliamsPIT46

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Barry BondsBAT20.9
  2. 2Jim ThomeBAT20.4
  3. 3Alex RodriguezBAT20.3
  4. 4Jason GiambiBAT19.7
  5. 5Vladimir GuerreroBAT19.5
  6. 6Brian GilesBAT19.3
  7. 7Sammy SosaBAT19.1
  8. 8Magglio OrdonezBAT18.9
  9. 9Lance BerkmanBAT18.6
  10. 10Todd HeltonBAT17.7
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Francisco RodríguezP178
  2. 2Fernando RodneyP153
  3. 3Victor MartinezDH149.4
  4. 4John LackeyP134.9
  5. 5Brandon Phillips2B131.7
  6. 6Jayson WerthRF126.4
  7. 7Oliver PérezP125.3
  8. 8Jake PeavyP125.2

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Tim Raines Sr.LF201.2
  2. 2Chuck FinleyP152.3
  3. 3David JusticeRF150.1
  4. 4Greg SwindellP139.2
  5. 5Brady AndersonRF136.9
  6. 6Mike MorganP128.9
  7. 7Travis Fryman3B126.9
  8. 8Chuck Knoblauch2B123.3

Teams · 30

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees103-58292.8Jason GiambiPlayoffs
Athletics103-59246.8Miguel TejadaPlayoffs
Atlanta Braves101-59351.5Chipper JonesPlayoffs
Los Angeles Angels99-63287.1Garret AndersonPlayoffs
Arizona Diamondbacks98-64308Randy JohnsonPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals97-65288.2Albert PujolsPlayoffs
San Francisco Giants95-66333.2Barry BondsPlayoffs
Minnesota Twins94-67271.4Torii HunterPlayoffs
Boston Red Sox93-69268.5Manny Ramirez
Seattle Mariners93-69262.5John Olerud
Los Angeles Dodgers92-70307.5Shawn Green
Houston Astros84-78314.1Lance Berkman
Washington Nationals83-79286.9Vladimir Guerrero
Chicago White Sox81-81272.5Magglio Ordonez
Philadelphia Phillies80-81267.7Pat Burrell
Miami Marlins79-83264.7Derrek Lee
Cincinnati Reds78-84266.2Adam Dunn
Toronto Blue Jays78-84207.6Carlos Delgado
New York Mets75-86260Armando Benítez
Cleveland Indians74-88178.5Jim Thome
Colorado Rockies73-89237.6Todd Helton
Pittsburgh Pirates72-89260.5Brian Giles
Texas Rangers72-90246.7Alex Rodriguez
Chicago Cubs67-95268.8Sammy Sosa
Baltimore Orioles67-95230.6Buddy Groom
San Diego Padres66-96206Ryan Klesko
Kansas City Royals62-100215.5Carlos Beltrán
Milwaukee Brewers56-106248.3Richie Sexson
Tampa Bay Devil Rays55-106196.4Randy Winn
Detroit Tigers55-106169.4Juan Acevedo

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.