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The 2002 Major League Baseball season finished with two wild-card teams contesting the World Series; the Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games for the World Series championship. It was the first title in Angels team history. This was the first season for MLB.tv.
The Angels made MLB history in Game 7 as John Lackey became the first rookie pitcher to win a World Series Game 7 since 1909. Due to the Angels claiming the championship in Game 7, the Game 6 collapse entered baseball lore as part of the Curse of Coogan's Bluff superstition used to explain the Giants' championship drought after the 1954 World ...
The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 41 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any MLB team. The Dodgers and the Yankees are tied for the most losses with 14 each. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 championships, the most among NL clubs and second-most all-time behind the Yankees. [3]
April 5 – Paul Erickson, 86, pitcher who appeared in 207 games for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants between 1941 and 1948, being a contributor to the Cubs in their run for the 1945 National League championship, going 7–4 with 3.32 ERA in 28 games while compiling three complete games and three saves, then working ...
Roger Clemens won the most American League games in 1986 & 1987 for the Red Sox and 1997 & 1998 for the Blue Jays. Dave Stewart won 20 games in 1987, finishing second in AL wins the following three seasons. Josh Beckett's 20 wins in 2007 were best in the American League. Cliff Lee captured the Cy Young Award in 2008 in addition to winning 22 games.
The 2002 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s 2002 season.The 98th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Anaheim Angels and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants; the Angels defeated the Giants, four games to three, to win their first, and, to date, only World Series ...
The 2002 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the American League side in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2002 postseason, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Sunday, October 6, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2002 college baseball season (1 C, 2 P) M. ... Baseball at the 2002 Asian Games; 2002 Atlanta Braves season; B. 2002 Big League World Series; C. 2002 Caribbean Series;