2002 Detroit Tigers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Detroit Tigers
season = 2002
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Central Division
y2 = 1998
Uniform
ballpark = Comerica Park
y4 = 2000
city = Detroit, Michigan
y5 = 1901
owners = Mike Ilitch
managers = Phil Garner, Luis Pujols
television = WKBD
(Frank Beckmann, Lance Parrish)
FSN Detroit
(Kirk Gibson, Mario Impemba)
radio = WXYT (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)|The Detroit Tigers' 2002 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central.

Regular season

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 ] ]

Notable transactions

*February 19, 2002: Melvin Nieves was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml]
*March 28, 2002: Melvin Nieves was released by the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml]
*June 4, 2002: Curtis Granderson was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2002. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grandcu01.shtml]
*July 5, 2002: Ted Lilly was Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the New York Yankees with Jason Arnold (minors) and John-Ford Griffin to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later, Carlos Pena, and Franklyn German to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Jeff Weaver to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent cash to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Jeremy Bonderman (August 22, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lillyte01.shtml Ted Lilly Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

eason Standings

Game log