2002 Season Review -- Texas Rangers
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the Texas Rangers performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2002, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in
2002, visit the following pages:
2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March
21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 901 843
Runs allowed 830 882
Run Margin +71 -39
Wins 88 72
Pythagorean wins 87 77
Placement 3rd 4th
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .271 .275
Difference +.001 +.005
Position Players
Ivan Rodriguez, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 518 164 30 3 32 85 86 4 24 4 78 12 5 .317 .349 .571 .921 95
Prorated Tex 414 131 24 2 26 68 69 3 19 3 62 10 4 76
Actual Tex 408 128 32 2 19 67 60 2 25 2 71 5 4 .314 .353 .542 .895 73
Bill Haselman, c , bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 96 25 6 0 2 8 13 1 5 0 20 0 0 .260 .304 .385 .689 11
Prorated Tex 182 47 11 0 4 15 25 2 9 0 38 0 0 20
Actual Tex 179 44 7 0 3 16 18 2 11 1 25 0 0 .246 .297 .335 .632 17
Todd Greene, c /1b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected LA 72 16 3 0 3 8 8 1 2 0 14 0 0 .222 .253 .389 .642 7
Prorated Tex 113 25 5 0 5 13 13 2 3 0 22 0 0 11
Actual Tex 112 30 5 0 10 15 19 1 2 0 23 0 0 .268 .282 .580 .862 17
Hector Ortiz, c , bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 69 18 3 0 0 7 5 0 4 0 9 0 0 .261 .297 .304 .602 6
Prorated Tex 14 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
Actual Tex 14 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .214 .267 .500 .767 1
Rafael Palmeiro, 1b, bats left, age 37
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 535 146 29 0 39 86 109 5 88 10 75 1 1 .273 .377 .546 .923 115
Prorated Tex 559 153 30 0 41 90 114 5 92 10 78 1 1 120
Actual Tex 546 149 34 0 43 99 105 6 104 16 94 2 0 .273 .391 .571 .962 128
Mike Lamb, 1b/3b/lf/rf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 70 19 4 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 8 0 0 .271 .307 .371 .678 8
Prorated Tex 331 90 19 0 5 43 38 5 14 0 38 0 0 37
Actual Tex 314 89 13 0 9 54 33 3 33 5 48 0 0 .283 .354 .411 .765 46
Michael Young, 2b/ss, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 178 45 8 2 5 25 23 1 13 0 37 3 1 .253 .304 .404 .709 22
Prorated Tex 572 145 26 6 16 80 74 3 42 0 119 10 3 70
Actual Tex 573 150 26 8 9 77 62 0 41 1 112 6 7 .262 .308 .382 .690 65
Herbert Perry, 3b/1b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 81 22 6 0 2 11 10 2 5 0 15 0 0 .272 .326 .420 .746 11
Prorated Tex 451 123 33 0 11 61 56 11 28 0 84 0 0 59
Actual Tex 450 124 24 1 22 64 77 6 34 1 66 4 2 .276 .333 .480 .813 68
Hank Blalock, 3b, bats left, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 512 145 26 6 18 80 95 3 53 2 71 4 4 .283 .352 .463 .815 83
Prorated Tex 154 44 8 2 5 24 29 1 16 1 21 1 1 25
Actual Tex 147 31 8 0 3 16 17 1 20 1 43 0 0 .211 .306 .327 .632 16
Alex Rodriguez, ss, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 597 186 32 1 49 131 131 12 76 5 122 18 3 .312 .395 .615 1.010 149
Prorated Tex 624 194 33 1 51 137 137 13 79 5 127 19 3 155
Actual Tex 624 187 27 2 57 125 142 10 87 12 122 9 4 .300 .392 .623 1.015 153
Frank Catalanotto, lf/2b/1b, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 621 195 40 5 17 104 75 13 53 3 75 16 6 .314 .378 .477 .855 115
Prorated Tex 224 70 14 2 6 38 27 5 19 1 27 6 2 41
Actual Tex 212 57 16 6 3 42 23 8 25 0 27 9 5 .269 .364 .443 .808 36
Rusty Greer, lf/rf, bats left, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 409 111 34 2 10 63 56 3 50 2 57 2 2 .271 .350 .438 .788 63
Prorated Tex 191 52 16 1 5 29 26 1 23 1 27 1 1 30
Actual Tex 199 59 9 2 1 24 17 0 19 0 17 1 0 .296 .356 .377 .733 27
Gabe Kapler, lf/cf/rf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 496 136 30 2 18 74 70 3 56 2 73 17 6 .274 .348 .452 .799 80
Prorated Tex 188 52 11 1 7 28 27 1 21 1 28 6 2 31
Actual Tex 196 51 12 1 0 25 17 0 8 0 30 5 2 .260 .285 .332 .617 19
Prorated Col 113 31 7 0 4 17 16 1 13 0 17 4 1 18
Actual Col 119 37 4 3 2 12 17 1 8 0 23 6 2 .311 .359 .445 .805 19
Prorated Tot 301 82 18 1 11 45 42 2 34 1 44 10 4 48
Actual Tot 315 88 16 4 2 37 34 1 16 0 53 11 4 .279 .313 .375 .688 37
Todd Hollandsworth, lf/cf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 358 113 27 1 18 67 48 1 29 3 76 13 3 .316 .368 .547 .915 73
Prorated Col 302 95 23 1 15 56 40 1 24 3 64 11 3 61
Actual Col 298 88 21 1 11 39 48 1 26 4 71 7 8 .295 .352 .483 .835 47
Prorated Tex 137 43 10 0 7 26 18 0 11 1 29 5 1 27
Actual Tex 132 34 6 0 5 16 19 0 14 0 27 1 0 .258 .327 .417 .743 20
Prorated Tot 439 139 33 1 22 82 59 1 36 4 93 16 4 90
Actual Tot 430 122 27 1 16 55 67 1 40 4 98 8 8 .284 .344 .463 .807 67
Jason Romano, lf/cf/2b, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 67 17 3 0 1 10 6 0 5 0 10 2 1 .254 .301 .343 .645 7
Prorated Tex 54 14 2 0 1 8 5 0 4 0 8 2 1 6
Actual Tex 54 11 4 0 0 8 4 0 4 0 13 2 0 .204 .254 .278 .532 5
Prorated Col 37 9 2 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 5 1 1 4
Actual Col 37 12 0 1 0 9 1 0 3 0 11 4 1 .324 .375 .378 .753 6
Prorated Tot 90 23 4 0 1 13 8 0 7 0 13 3 1 9
Actual Tot 91 23 4 1 0 17 5 0 7 0 24 6 1 .253 .303 .319 .622 10
Jason Hart, lf, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 68 16 3 0 3 9 10 0 6 0 13 0 0 .235 .293 .412 .705 8
Prorated Tex 15 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 3
Actual Tex 15 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 .267 .353 .467 .820 3
Ruben Rivera, cf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 93 21 4 1 4 13 11 2 8 0 30 2 1 .226 .298 .419 .717 12
Prorated Tex 166 38 7 2 7 23 20 4 14 0 54 4 2 21
Actual Tex 158 33 4 0 4 17 14 5 17 0 45 4 2 .209 .302 .310 .612 16
Ryan Ludwick, cf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 67 14 3 0 3 11 12 1 6 0 17 1 1 .209 .280 .388 .668 7
Prorated Tex 79 16 4 0 4 13 14 1 7 0 20 1 1 9
Actual Tex 81 19 6 0 1 10 9 0 7 0 24 2 1 .235 .295 .346 .641 7
Calvin Murray, cf, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected SF 68 16 3 0 1 10 5 1 6 0 12 2 1 .235 .307 .324 .630 7
Prorated SF 12 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual SF 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .000 .077 .000 .077 0
Prorated Tex 78 18 3 0 1 11 6 1 7 0 14 2 1 8
Actual Tex 77 13 5 1 0 16 1 1 6 0 15 4 0 .169 .238 .260 .498 6
Prorated Tot 90 21 4 0 1 13 7 1 8 0 16 3 1 9
Actual Tot 89 13 5 1 0 16 1 1 7 0 17 4 0 .146 .216 .225 .441 5
Donnie Sadler, cf/ss, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 127 24 4 1 1 18 6 2 11 0 24 4 1 .189 .262 .260 .522 10
Prorated KC 64 12 2 1 1 9 3 1 6 0 12 2 1 5
Actual KC 68 13 1 1 0 10 5 0 4 0 12 3 1 .191 .233 .235 .468 4
Prorated Tex 32 6 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 6 1 0 2
Actual Tex 30 3 1 0 0 6 2 2 3 0 7 2 2 .100 .229 .133 .362 1
Prorated Tot 95 18 3 1 1 14 5 2 8 0 18 3 1 7
Actual Tot 98 16 2 1 0 16 7 2 7 0 19 5 3 .163 .231 .204 .436 5
Carl Everett, rf/cf/lf, bats switch, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 606 166 36 6 31 92 105 17 51 6 141 14 4 .274 .346 .507 .852 111
Prorated Tex 374 102 22 4 19 57 65 10 31 4 87 9 2 68
Actual Tex 374 100 16 0 16 47 62 6 33 4 77 2 3 .267 .333 .439 .772 55
Kevin Mench, rf/lf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 70 16 4 0 3 10 11 1 3 0 10 0 1 .229 .267 .414 .681 7
Prorated Tex 385 88 22 0 16 55 60 5 16 0 55 0 5 40
Actual Tex 366 95 20 2 15 52 60 8 31 0 83 0 2 .260 .327 .448 .775 55
Juan Gonzalez, rf, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 586 180 35 2 35 99 127 5 43 5 101 1 0 .307 .352 .553 .905 112
Prorated Tex 268 82 16 1 16 45 58 2 20 2 46 0 0 51
Actual Tex 277 78 21 1 8 38 35 1 17 1 56 2 0 .282 .324 .451 .776 38
Travis Hafner, dh, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 65 16 4 0 4 10 13 0 9 1 15 0 0 .246 .333 .492 .826 11
Prorated Tex 61 15 4 0 4 9 12 0 8 1 14 0 0 10
Actual Tex 62 15 4 1 1 6 6 0 8 1 15 0 1 .242 .329 .387 .716 8
Pitchers
Kenny Rogers, starter, throws left, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.19 32 32 12 12 0 203 238 22 68 121 .296 .817
Prorated Tex 32 32 12 12 0 202 237 22 68 120
Actual Tex 3.84 33 33 13 8 0 211 212 21 70 107 .261 .732
Chan Ho Park, starter, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.00 32 32 15 9 0 209 187 22 89 180 .240 .723
Prorated Tex 24 24 11 7 0 155 139 16 66 134
Actual Tex 5.75 25 25 9 8 0 146 154 20 78 121 .273 .844
Ismael Valdes, starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.94 27 27 9 9 0 162 180 24 47 103 .283 .796
Prorated Tex 23 23 8 8 0 140 156 21 41 89
Actual Tex 3.93 23 23 6 9 0 147 135 19 36 75 .242 .701
Prorated Sea 8 8 3 3 0 48 54 7 14 31
Actual Sea 4.93 8 8 2 3 0 49 59 7 11 27 .299 .805
Prorated Tot 31 31 10 10 0 189 210 28 55 120
Actual Tot 4.18 31 31 8 12 0 196 194 26 47 102 .257 .728
Dave Burba, starter/reliever, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.98 32 32 10 10 0 173 197 18 68 142 .288 .801
Prorated Tex 21 21 6 6 0 113 128 12 44 92
Actual Tex 5.42 23 18 4 5 0 111 125 13 40 70 .279 .813
Prorated Cle 6 6 2 2 0 33 38 3 13 27
Actual Cle 4.50 12 3 1 0 0 34 30 3 17 25 .236 .743
Prorated Tot 27 27 8 8 0 146 166 15 57 119
Actual Tot 5.20 35 21 5 5 0 145 155 16 57 95 .270 .797
Rob Bell, starter/reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.48 19 0 1 1 0 17 19 4 7 12 .288 .905
Prorated Tex 106 0 6 6 0 93 106 22 39 67
Actual Tex 6.22 17 15 4 3 0 94 113 16 35 70 .296 .878
Joaquin Benoit, starter/reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.29 3 3 1 1 0 17 18 3 9 15 .273 .833
Prorated Tex 16 16 5 5 0 88 93 16 47 78
Actual Tex 5.31 17 13 4 5 1 85 91 6 58 59 .272 .787
Doug Davis, starter, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.93 32 32 11 11 0 188 212 19 76 125 .286 .784
Prorated Tex 10 10 3 3 0 59 67 6 24 39
Actual Tex 4.98 10 10 3 5 0 60 67 7 22 28 .290 .827
Aaron Myette, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.48 4 4 1 1 0 21 22 3 10 17 .268 .809
Prorated Tex 10 10 3 3 0 55 57 8 26 44
Actual Tex 10.06 15 12 2 5 0 48 64 11 41 48 .325 1.062
Ben Kozlowski, starter, throws left, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tex 6.30 2 2 0 0 0 10 11 3 11 6 .289 1.039
Todd Van Poppel, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.70 40 0 3 3 0 59 59 8 27 58 .260 .782
Prorated Tex 50 0 4 4 0 74 74 10 34 73
Actual Tex 5.45 50 0 3 2 1 73 80 14 29 85 .275 .837
Jay Powell, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.05 70 0 4 3 2 73 74 6 30 48 .265 .726
Prorated Tex 50 0 3 2 1 52 53 4 21 34
Actual Tex 3.44 51 0 3 2 0 50 50 5 24 35 .253 .705
Dennys Reyes, reliever/starter, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.85 70 0 3 4 1 68 76 10 42 66 .287 .861
Prorated Col 40 0 2 2 1 39 44 6 24 38
Actual Col 4.24 43 0 0 1 0 40 43 1 24 30 .279 .807
Prorated Tex 44 0 2 2 1 42 47 6 26 41
Actual Tex 6.38 15 5 4 3 0 42 55 9 21 29 .316 .924
Prorated Tot 84 0 4 5 1 81 91 12 50 79
Actual Tot 5.33 58 5 4 4 0 83 98 10 45 59 .299 .869
Juan Alvarez, reliever, throws left, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tex 4.76 52 0 0 4 0 40 35 7 21 30 .241 .842
Colby Lewis, reliever/starter, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.18 34 4 3 4 0 51 62 9 25 42 .302 .896
Prorated Tex 24 3 2 3 0 36 44 6 18 30
Actual Tex 6.29 15 4 1 3 0 34 42 4 26 28 .304 .871
Rudy Seanez, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 3.12 53 0 4 2 0 58 44 6 26 53 .213 .632
Prorated Tex 33 0 3 1 0 36 28 4 16 33
Actual Tex 5.73 33 0 1 3 0 33 28 5 24 40 .230 .747
Danny Kolb, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.15 19 0 1 1 0 17 18 2 8 13 .273 .756
Prorated Tex 36 0 2 2 0 33 34 4 15 25
Actual Tex 4.22 34 0 3 6 1 32 27 1 22 20 .227 .650
Anthony Telford, reliever, throws right, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.82 19 0 1 1 0 17 21 2 5 13 .309 .845
Prorated Tex 29 0 2 2 0 26 32 3 8 20
Actual Tex 6.46 20 0 2 1 1 24 30 3 15 19 .316 .938
John Rocker, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 3.50 70 0 5 2 1 72 60 5 42 88 .227 .664
Prorated Tex 25 0 2 1 0 26 22 2 15 32
Actual Tex 6.66 30 0 2 3 1 24 29 5 13 30 .299 .887
Steve Woodard, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.37 21 4 3 3 0 55 70 7 9 34 .310 .830
Prorated Tex 7 1 1 1 0 19 24 2 3 12
Actual Tex 6.62 14 0 0 0 0 18 20 4 8 14 .274 .882
Rich Rodriguez, reliever, throws left, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.01 53 0 2 2 0 41 49 5 15 30 .297 .825
Prorated Tex 21 0 1 1 0 16 19 2 6 12
Actual Tex 5.40 36 0 3 2 1 17 14 1 11 12 .237 .739
Chris Michalak, reliever, throws left, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.11 10 0 1 1 0 18 21 3 7 9 .300 .867
Prorated Tex 9 0 1 1 0 16 19 3 6 8
Actual Tex 4.40 13 0 0 2 0 14 20 1 10 5 .339 .860
C.J. Nitkowski, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 4.73 70 0 4 4 1 72 71 11 30 66 .259 .782
Prorated Tex 14 0 1 1 0 14 14 2 6 13
Actual Tex 2.63 12 0 0 1 0 14 11 0 13 14 .224 .632
Randy Flores, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Col 9.53 8 2 0 2 0 17 29 5 8 7 .382 1.183
Actual Tex 4.50 20 0 0 0 1 12 11 2 8 7 .268 .812
Actual Tot 7.45 28 2 0 2 1 29 40 7 16 14 .342 1.051
Dan Miceli, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 3.90 30 0 2 1 0 32 32 4 9 27 .258 .709
Prorated Tex 9 0 1 0 0 10 10 1 3 8
Actual Tex 8.64 9 0 0 2 0 8 13 1 3 5 .333 .817
Reynaldo Garcia, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tex 31.50 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 1 2 .538 1.956
Hideki Irabu, reliever/starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.89 17 4 2 2 0 37 46 6 10 30 .309 .848
Prorated Tex 21 5 3 3 0 46 58 8 13 38
Actual Tex 5.74 38 2 3 8 16 47 51 11 16 30 .279 .867
Francisco Cordero, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.32 19 0 1 1 0 17 18 2 8 14 .277 .822
Prorated Tex 44 0 2 2 0 39 42 5 19 33
Actual Tex 1.79 39 0 2 0 10 45 33 2 13 41 .204 .555
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