Oakland Athletics: Best Seasons At Shortstop in Franchise History
By Phil Watson
3. Miguel Tejada, 2002
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 28 | 162 | 715 | 108 | 204 | 30 | 0 | 34 | 131 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 84 | .308 | .354 | .508 | .861 | 128 |
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Generated 2/9/2014.
Tejada earned Most Valuable Player honors as well as his first All-Star berth while leading Oakland to the AL West title.
Tejada was seventh in the AL in WAR among position players at 5.6 and was fifth in Offensive WAR at 6.2.
He was also third in the league with 204 hits and 131 RBI, fifth with 336 total bases, seventh with 34 home runs, ninth with a .308 average and 11 times being hit by a pitch and 10th with 108 runs.
After the All-Star break, Tejada was unstoppable, hitting .325/.377/.550 with 19 homers and 72 RBI in just 74 games, scoring 52 runs.
But in the ALDS against the Twins, Tejada was just 3-for-21 in five games, although he did have three runs, a double, a homer and four RBI. But they came with seven strikeouts as the A’s lost in five games to Minnesota, their third consecutive Game 5 exit in the ALDS.