Baseball Digest articles from January 2002

Baseball Digest archives from January 2002

Baseball digest 1942-2002.
January 1, 2002... WITH THIS ISSUE, BASEBALL DIGEST ENTERS ITS 60th anniversary year, standing alone as the oldest, continuously published baseball magazine in the United States. The game on the major league level has changed in many ways since our magazine...

Letters to the editor: the fans speak out.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2002... Thank you for the well-researched November article regarding expansion of the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee. Although this "court of last resort" has indeed doubled the amount of Hall of Fame inductees, it would appear the veterans do...

Boxscore.(historic baseball game)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 1, 2002... Boxscore Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City A's September 25, 1965 Satchel Paige's Final Big League Game BOSTON RED SOX Player, Pos. AB R H RBI Jim Gosger, cf 4 1 1 0 Dalton Jones, 3b...

Player of the year Barry Bonds had a season for the ages. (Warm Up Tosses)(Cover Story).
January 1, 2002... IN A YEAR THAT PRODUCED MANY, REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES IN the major leagues, one scene of accomplishment belongs to the ages. It is the picture of Barry Bonds, smiling to the heavens, raising both arms above his head and pointing his...

The nasty dozen: ranking the top 12 starting Pitchers of 2001 season.
January 1, 2002... GOOD STARTING PITCHING IS A baseball club's most valuable asset. That statement has held true since the game began and it will remain that way for as long as it is played... at any level. After all, the pitcher is the one player who can...

Umpire confrontations: when players and managers clash with on-field officials, their battles are often more humorous than they are threatening.
January 1, 2002... NEVER MIND THE FEUD between the Hatfields and McCoys or the vendetta of the Montagues and Capulets which led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Those legendary conflicts were merely minor squabbles between mild-mannered neighbors in...

Baseball digest celebrates 60 years of baseball 1942-2002.
January 1, 2002... LIKE A LOYAL FRIEND, Baseball Digest has been at the side of many readers during the last 60 years of major league baseball's greatest events and tragedies. Beginning in the summer of 1942, the publication has covered many of the game's...

Baseball quick quiz: collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 95. (If you score 80 or better, you are a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... 1. Last season, four players collected 100 or more extra-base hits, Take ten points if you can identify three of these four players. 2. In 2001, Hideo Nomo of file Red Sox led American League pitchers with 220 strikeouts to become the fifth...

Baseball rules corner: interference by base coaches can be costly to team on offense.
January 1, 2002... THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES HOSTED the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on August 2 when Orioles' outfielder Brady Anderson ran into third base coach Tom Trebelhorn while rounding third. Umpire John Hirschbeck called Anderson out because of coach's interference...

Baseball profile.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... FULL NAME: Keith Charles Foulke AGE, HT., WT.: 29, 6-0, 210 Born: October 29, 1972 HOME: Huffman, Texas STATUS/FAMILY: Married TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the San Francisco Giants in the ninth round of the June 1994...

Final 2001 A.L. batting leaders.
January 1, 2002... HOME RUNS Player, Team HR Alex Rodriguez, Tex. 52 Jim Thome, Cle. 49 Rafael Palmeiro, Tex. 47 Manny Ramirez, Bos. 41 Troy Glaus, Ana. 41 Carlos Delgado...

Final 2001 A.L. pitching leaders.
January 1, 2002... WINS Pitcher, Team W Mark Mulder, Oak. 21 Roger Clemens, NY 20 Jamie Moyer, Sea. 20 Freddy Garcia, Sea. 18 Tim Hudson, Oak. 18 Paul Abbott, Sea. ...

Final 2001 N.L. pitching leaders.
January 1, 2002... WINS Pitcher, Team W Matt Morris, St.L. 22 Curt Schilling, Ari. 22 Randy Johnson, Ari. 21 Jon Lieber, Chi. 20 Greg Maddux, Atl. 17 Russ Ortiz, S.F. ...

Final 2001 N.L. batting leaders.
January 1, 2002... HOME RUNS Player, Team HR Barry Bonds, S.F. 73 Sammy Sosa, Chi. 64 Luis Gonzalez, Ari. 57 Todd Helton, Col. 49 Shawn Green, L.A. 49 Richie Sexson,...

Final 2001 team batting and pitching stats.(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
January 1, 2002... ANAHEIM ANGELS Batter G AB R H TB 2B Shawn Wooten 79 221 24 69 103 8 Benji Gil 104 260 33 77 124 15 Garret Anderson 161...