Games Project – Page 187 – Society for American Baseball Research

April 27, 2002: Pitcher and catcher are in sync as Boston’s Derek Lowe no-hits Devil Rays

October 23, 2018

To throw a no-hitter typically takes a pitcher and catcher working…

April 30, 2002: Hell’s Angels: Anaheim blasts 22 hits, 21 runs at Cleveland

October 12, 2021

The 2002 edition of the Anaheim Angels had some top-of-the-line…

April 30, 2002: Al Leiter becomes first pitcher to beat all 30 major-league franchises

January 24, 2023

The New York Mets lost Mike Piazza to a strained left hamstring…

May 2, 2002: Mike Cameron hits four homers in one game

November 5, 2020

Mike Cameron and the Seattle Mariners hoped to salvage a win…

May 10, 2002: White Socked: Angels win 19-0 over visiting Chicago

October 12, 2021

Twice in 2002 – in an 11-day stretch –the then-Anaheim Angels…

Jason Giambi (Courtesy of Trading Card Database)

May 17, 2002: Giambi’s game-ending grand slam gives Yankees 14-inning win over Twins

October 2, 2023

With rain falling and the clock approaching 1:00 A.M., Yankees…

May 23, 2002: Shawn Green hits four home runs, sets record with 19 total bases

August 21, 2019

On May 23, 2002, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shawn Green had a…

May 26, 2002: Padres’ Dennis Tankersley records only career win and homer

August 1, 2023

Sunday, May 26, 2002, was a sunny, breezy day in Milwaukee. The…

June 4, 2002: Twins set records and send Cleveland spiraling with 23-2 win

November 8, 2021

Minnesota Twins second baseman Luis Rivas arrived at the Hubert…

June 10, 2002: Marcus Thames homers off a future Hall of Famer in his first at-bat for Yankees

October 17, 2024

Marcus Thames’s career was marked by his penchant to hit home…

June 18, 2002: Cardinals’ Darryl Kile beats Angels in his final career start

November 6, 2024

Darryl Kile was no stranger to quashing claims that his best…

June 28, 2002: SABR sees Braves continue Red Sox’s interleague misery

September 27, 2022

A boisterous crowd of 33,137 filled Fenway Park1 on Friday evening,…

July 9, 2002: All-Star Game ends in a historic tie

July 15, 2014

At a press conference on Monday, July 8 — the day before the…

August 9, 2002: Bartolo Colón records his first multi-hit game

May 24, 2019

Montreal Expos general manager Omar Minaya had shocked the baseball…

August 23, 2002: ‘Little League home run’ was just the beginning for Padres in 18-2 blowout

November 30, 2021

It was a pleasant Friday evening in San Diego. The 21,964 fans…

September 2, 2002: Losing with ‘Grace’: David Ross, Dodgers blast Diamondbacks, 19-1

October 25, 2021

The headline of the Arizona Republic on September 3, 2002 summed…

September 3, 2002: Tigers’ Andy Van Hekken shuts out Cleveland in major-league debut for only career victory

September 18, 2021

Andy Van Hekken is not listed among the who’s who of Detroit…

September 4, 2002: ‘Moneyball’ Oakland A’s win 20th game in a row on Scott Hatteberg’s walk-off homer

September 7, 2022

The Oakland Athletics reached the postseason in 2000 and 2001,…

October 8, 2002: Twins take early lead in ALCS Game 1

July 16, 2014

When asked what was working for Joe Mays in the opening game…

October 9, 2002: Angels tag Rick Reed to tie ALCS in Game 2

July 16, 2014

After taking the first game of the American League Championship…

October 26, 2002: Angels’ record-breaking comeback stuns Giants in Game 6

March 10, 2025

The 2002 World Series was the first between two wild-card teams.1…

March 31, 2003: Tampa Bay scores 5 runs in ninth inning to beat Red Sox on Opening Day

April 3, 2022

Lou Piniella was coming home. The Tampa native signed a four-year…

April 5, 2003: Marlins tie team record for hits, score 22 runs in rout of Braves