2002 Major League Baseball season

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.

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National League
±hosted the MLB All Star Game

Other awards

 * Outstanding Designated Hitter Award: Ellis Burks (CLE)
 * Hank Aaron Award: Alex Rodriguez (TEX), American); Barry Bonds (SF), National).
 * Roberto Clemente Award (Humanitarian): Jim Thome (CLE).
 * Rolaids Relief Man Award: Billy Koch (OAK, American); John Smoltz (ATL, National).
 * Warren Spahn Award (Best left-handed pitcher): Randy Johnson (AZ)

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.