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2002 Anaheim Angels
World Series champions
American League champions
American League Wild Card winners
The cap insignia of the Anaheim Angels. They also hit nothing but Homeruns in game 7 of the World Series.their 2002 campaign
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkEdison International Field of Anaheim
CityAnaheim, California
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersThe Walt Disney Company
General managersBill Stoneman
ManagersMike Scioscia
TelevisionKCAL-9
Fox Sports Net West
•Steve Physioc, Rex Hudler
RadioKLAC (AM 570—Primary)
KPLS (AM 830—Backup)
•Rory Markas, Terry Smith
KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish)
•Ivan Lara, José Mota
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2002 Anaheim Angels season was the franchise's 42nd, and it ended with the team's first American League pennant and World Series championship.

The Angels finished the regular season with a record of 99–63, 4 games behind the Oakland Athletics in the American League West standings, but qualified for the franchise's first ever wild card playoff berth to return to the postseason for the first time since 1986. Outfielder Garret Anderson led the team with 123 runs batted in and a .539 slugging percentage, was selected for the AL All-Star team, and won the Silver Slugger Award. Jarrod Washburn went 18–6 with a 3.15 earned run average to anchor a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league.

In the postseason, the Angels defeated the New York Yankees 3–1 in the ALDS, then defeated the Minnesota Twins 4–1 in the ALCS to win the AL pennant. The Angels then won the World Series in dramatic fashion when, with a 3–2 series deficit to the San Francisco Giants, they overcame a 5 run deficit in the late innings of Game 6 to force a winner-take-all Game 7, which they won to clinch the series 4–3. The morning after the win, The Orange County Register celebrated the Angels' win with the headline "7th Heaven,"[1] referring to the popular television series and fact that it took seven games for the Angels to win the World Series, and in doing so, it sent them to seventh heaven.[2] Another highlight came in Game 2 when the Angels did not strike out at all, becoming the first team since both the 1960 Pirates and 1960 Yankees to avoid striking out in a postseason game (both teams avoided striking out in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series). This feat wouldn't be repeated until the 2024 Mets did so in Game 5 of the 2024 NLCS against the Dodgers.

2002 was also notable as the season in which the Angels debuted their present-day uniforms, colors, and halo insignia, which replaced the widely ridiculed "periwinkle" uniforms and "winged" insignia they had worn since 1997. It was also the last season the team was owned by The Walt Disney Company, which sold its controlling interest in the team to present-day owner Arte Moreno in 2003.

Off season

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The Anaheim Angels focus in the off season leading up to the 2002 season was on how to improve the Angels from the 2001 season when they finished 41 games behind the Seattle Mariners (who won a Major League Baseball record 116 games) in the AL West.

Off season transactions

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  • January 4, 2002: Aaron Sele was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[3]
  • January 31, 2002: Donne Wall was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[4]
  • February 4, 2002: Erick Aybar was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[5]
  • February 7, 2002: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[6]

Spring training

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The Anaheim Angels' 2002 spring training took place at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Angels spring training record was 17–15.

Spring training transactions

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  • March 16, 2002: Julio Ramirez was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[7]

Standings

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359 .636 — 54‍–‍27 49‍–‍32
Anaheim Angels 9963 .611 4 54‍–‍27 45‍–‍36
Seattle Mariners 9369 .574 10 48‍–‍33 45‍–‍36
Texas Rangers 7290 .444 31 42‍–‍39 30‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 .640
Minnesota Twins 9467 .584
Oakland Athletics 10359 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 9369 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 9369 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 8181 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 7488 .457 25
Texas Rangers 7290 .444 27
Baltimore Orioles 6795 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

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2002 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

2002 draft

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The 2002 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 4–5.

Regular season

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Game log

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2002 Game Log: 99–63 (Home: 54–27; Road: 45–36)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 31Indians0–6Colón (1–0)Washburn (0–1)—42,6970–1L1
April: 11–13 (Home: 6–8; Road: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
2April 2Indians7–5Weber (1–0)Riske (0–1)Percival (1)20,0551–1W1
3April 3Indians5–6Drese (1–0)Sele (0–1)Wickman (1)18,1941–2L1
4April 5@ Rangers3–1Schoeneweis (1–0)Valdez (0–1)Levine (1)49,6172–2W1
5April 6@ Rangers6–3Ortiz (1–0)Irabu (0–1)Levine (2)35,0063–2W2
—April 7@ RangersPostponed (rain) rescheduled for June 24
6April 8Mariners4–5Hasegawa (1–0)Weber (1–1)Sasaki (2)16,9083–3L1
7April 9Mariners1–5Halama (1–0)Appier (0–1)—17,2103–4L2
8April 10Mariners1–8Baldwin (2–0)Sele (0–2)—17,7843–5L3
9April 11Mariners4–8García (1–2)Schoeneweis (1–1)—18,8063–6L4
10April 12Athletics1–5Hudson (2–0)Ortiz (1–1)—31,8153–7L5
11April 13Athletics2–7Hiljus (1–1)Washburn (0–2)—33,5543–8L6
12April 14Athletics4–1Appier (1–1)Zito (0–1)Levine (3)32,8814–8W1
13April 16Rangers6–5 (10)Levine (1–0)Rocker (0–1)—15,3855–8W2
14April 17Rangers1–4Valdez (1–2)Schoeneweis (1–2)Irabu (1)15,6325–9L1
15April 18@ Athletics2–4Hiljus (2–1)Ortiz (1–2)Koch (3)9,1455–10L2
16April 19@ Athletics9–7Washburn (1–2)Fyhrie (0–1)Percival (2)12,4686–10W1
17April 20@ Athletics7–8Bradford (1–0)Levine (1–1)Koch (4)20,2536–11L1
18April 21@ Athletics5–6Venafro (1–0)Percival (0–1)—20,0886–12L2
19April 22@ Mariners5–16Moyer (3–1)Schoeneweis (1–3)—33,1196–13L3
20April 23@ Mariners0–1Franklin (2–0)Ortiz (1–3)Sasaki (6)32,1276–14L4
21April 24@ Mariners10–6Washburn (2–2)Abbott (1–2)—37,2127–14W1
22April 26Blue Jays4–0Appier (2–1)Smith (0–1)Percival (3)25,2968–14W2
23April 27Blue Jays11–4Sele (1–2)Borbón (1–1)—29,1129–14W3
24April 28Blue Jays8-5 (14)Lukasiewicz (1–0)Borbón (1–2)—25,07310–14W4
25April 30@ Indians21–2