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.

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

Bracket

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Statistical leaders

Batting

Team

Individual

Pitching

Team

Individual

Managers

American League

National League

±hosted the MLB All Star Game

Awards

Other awards

Player of the Month

Pitcher of the Month

Rookie of the Month

Home field attendance and payroll

Television coverage

This was the second season that national TV coverage was split between ESPN and Fox Sports. ESPN and ESPN2 aired selected weeknight and Sunday night games, and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televised Saturday baseball, the All-Star Game, selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and the World Series. With the purchase of Fox Family by ESPN's parent company Disney, and its subsequent rebranding to ABC Family, the channel was allowed to continue airing selected Division Series games with ESPN-produced telecasts just for this season.