2002 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 2002
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League Central
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = U.S. Cellular Field
y4 = 1991
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Jerry Reinsdorf
managers = Jerry Manuel
television = WGN-TV/WCIU-TV
FSN Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
radio =WMVP
(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)|

The 2002 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 103rd season. They finished with a record 81-81, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 13.5 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

February 1, 2002: Kenny Lofton signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

Regular Season

*On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron of the Mariners hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

*On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the Home Runs is as follows:
** Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on).
** Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Lima 0 on). [ [http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200207020CHA Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II ] ]

2002 Opening Day Lineup

*Kenny Lofton, cf
*Ray Durham, 2b
*Frank Thomas, dh
*Magglio Ordóñez, rf
*Paul Konerko, 1b
*José Valentín, 3b
*Carlos Lee, lf
*Sandy Alomar Jr., c
*Royce Clayton, ss
*Mark Buehrle, P

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