2002 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	2002
League:	American League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Kauffman Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners:	David Glass
General Managers:	Allard Baird
Managers:	Tony Muser, John Mizerock, Tony Peña
Television:	KMBC-TV KCWE FSN Rocky Mountain (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Radio:	KMBZ (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)

The 2002 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fourth in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses, their first 100 loss season in franchise history.

Offseason

• December 18, 2001: Chuck Knoblauch was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[1]
• December 19, 2001: Traded a PTBNL to the Chicago Cubs for Michael Tucker. The Royals sent Shawn Sonnier to Chicago on March 15, 2002, to complete the trade.^[2]
• January 10, 2002: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[3]
• March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned to the Kansas City Royals by the Cleveland Indians.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: Zack Greinke was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2002.^[5]

Roster

2002 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (third base) (first base) (hitting) (bullpen) (pitching) (bench)

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		101	326	77	.236	4	30
1B		126	471	160	.340	24	86
2B		119	351	86	.245	4	26
SS		145	554	131	.236	3	37
3B		151	549	155	.282	11	80
LF		80	300	63	.210	6	22
CF		162	637	174	.273	29	105
RF		144	475	118	.248	12	56
DH		137	497	146	.294	24	103

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
	70	240	56	.233	4	38
	94	237	54	.228	1	23
	72	197	49	.249	7	27
	51	134	27	.201	6	17
	33	94	21	.223	0	4
	23	76	18	.237	2	11
	20	75	17	.227	0	5
	35	68	13	.191	0	5
	29	63	15	.238	1	5
	16	51	12	.235	1	7
	13	32	3	.094	1	2
	9	23	7	.304	0	1
	10	22	4	.182	0	1
	12	20	2	.100	0	0
	5	11	1	.091	0	3
	5	10	2	.200	0	0
	3	5	3	.600	0	1

Pitching

Starting 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
	33	228.1	17	11	3.90	129
	33	208.0	9	16	5.32	109
	16	84.1	3	5	6.72	52
	12	74.1	4	4	4.36	45
	6	27.1	0	4	5.60	13
	2	8.1	0	1	11.88	5
	2	7.2	0	2	11.74	5
	2	7.0	0	2	15.43	2

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
	30	131.1	4	10	5.35	95
	31	123.1	4	7	5.11	58
	34	77.2	3	4	4.64	67
	30	66.0	3	5	5.32	36
	7	21.0	0	2	9.00	15

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
	53	1	3	26	4.33	39
	70	4	7	1	3.91	59
	44	4	5	0	3.15	21
	37	3	4	1	4.11	24
	27	0	4	1	7.91	42
	26	1	0	0	6.12	20
	23	0	0	0	6.14	11
	22	0	2	1	6.51	26
	12	2	0	0	8.20	10
	10	0	0	0	4.91	6
	10	0	1	0	3.86	7
	6	0	1	0	5.00	10
	5	0	0	0	9.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 2002 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knoblch01.shtml Chuck Knoblauch Statistics
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tuckemi01.shtml Michael Tucker Baseball Reference page
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrdpa01.shtml Paul Byrd Statistics
4. Web site: Donzell McDonald Stats.
5. Web site: Zack Greinke Stats.
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007