2002 San Francisco Giants season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = San Francisco Giants
season = 2002
misc = 2002 NL Wildcard Champions
2002 NL Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1883
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Pacific Bell Park
y4 = 2000
city = San Francisco, California
y5 = 1958
owners = Peter Magowan
general managers = Brian Sabean
managers = Dusty Baker
television = KTVU
(Mike Krukow, Joe Angel, Jon Miller, Lon Simmons, Duane Kuiper)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
radio = KNBR
(Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons, Tim McCarver, Jon Miller, Joe Angel)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)|

The San Francisco Giants are an American baseball team.

Offseason

*November 28, 2001: Wayne Gomes was released by the San Francisco Giants. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml]
*December 16, 2001: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was traded by the New York Mets with Desi Relaford to the San Francisco Giants for Shawn Estes. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shinjts01.shtml ]
*December 18, 2001: Jason Schmidt was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schmija01.shtml Jason Schmidt Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 25, 2002: David Bell was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the San Francisco Giants for Desi Relaford and cash. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellda01.shtml]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

*SP- Livan Hernandez
*C- Benito Santiago
*1B- J.T. Snow
*2B- Pedro Feliz
*SS - Rich Aurilia
*3B- David Bell
*LF- Barry Bonds
*CF- Tsuyoshi Shinjo
*RF- Reggie Sanders [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=SFN]

eason standings

2002 NL West standings3

Transactions

* June 4, 2002: Matt Cain was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2002. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cainma01.shtml]
* July 28, 2002: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Diaz and Ryan Meaux (minors).
*September 4, 2002: Bill Mueller was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Verplancke (minors). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muellbi02.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

National League Divisional Playoffs

an Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves

San Francisco wins the series, 3-2

Game 3

October 12: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, California

World Series

Game 1

October 19, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

San Francisco won 4-3 at Edison International Field of Anaheim (now Angel Stadium of Anaheim) to take a 1-0 lead. Barry Bonds hit a home run in his first career World Series at-bat. He was one of three Giants to homer in the game (the other two were Reggie Sanders and JT Snow). Troy Glaus hit 2 home runs for the Angels.

Game 4

October 23, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, California

San Francisco scored a 4-3 victory to tie the series. NLCS MVP Benito Santiago tied the game with a single in the 5th inning after the Angels walked Barry Bonds with a runner on second and two outs. David Bell put the Giants ahead with an RBI single in the bottom of the 8th. The run was unearned due to Anaheim catcher Bengie Molina's passed ball during the previous at-bat, allowing J.T. Snow to move to second.

Game 7

October 27, 2002 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

Game 7 proved to be somewhat anticlimactic after the drama of Game 6. The Giants scored the first run on a sacrifice, but the Angels responded with a run-scoring double from catcher Bengie Molina and a 3-run double to right field from left fielder Garret Anderson to open a 4-1 lead. Rookie starting pitcher John Lackey maintained that lead. In the 9th inning, closer Troy Percival provided some tense moments as he opened the inning by putting two Giants on base, with only one out. But Tsuyoshi Shinjo – the first Japanese player in a World Series game - struck out swinging, and Kenny Lofton, also representing the tying run, flied out to Darin Erstad in right-center field to end the Series. The Angels won Game 7, 4-1, to claim their franchise's first and so far only World Series Championship. John Lackey became the first rookie pitcher to win a World Series game 7 since 1909. [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_02ws_gm7_sfnana]

Awards and Honors

* Barry Bonds, National League Most Valuable Player
* Benito Santiago, 2002 NLCS MVP

All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2002.shtml 2002 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=SFN 2002 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac]