25,281 || 97–57 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 155 || September 21 || Rangers || 6–3 || Tam (1–1) || Nitkowski (0–1) || Koch (42) || 24,862 || 98–57 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 156 || September 22 || Rangers || 7–5 || Mulder (18–7) || Park (9–7) || Koch (43) || 35,697 || 99–57 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#ffbbbb;" | 157 || September 24 || @ Mariners || 7–8 || Hasegawa (8–2) || Tam (1–2) || Rhodes (2) || 39,037 || 99–58 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#ffbbbb;" | 158 || September 25 || @ Mariners || 2–3 || Rhodes (10–4) || Mecir (6–4) || Sasaki (37) || 39,776 || 99–59 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 159 || September 26 || @ Mariners || 5–3 (10) || Koch (11–4) || Hasegawa (8–3) || — || 45,822 || 100–59 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 160 || September 27 || @ Rangers || 3–2 || Mulder (19–7) || Park (9–8) || Koch (44) || 31,521 || 101–59 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 161 || September 28 || @ Rangers || 10–8 || Lilly (5–7) || Kolb (3–6) || Mecir (1) || 44,442 || 102–59 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 162 || September 29 || @ Rangers || 8–7 || Zito (23–5) || Benoit (4–5) || — || 34,529 || 103–59 || W4 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend: = Win = Loss = PostponementBold = Athletics team memberSource: baseball-reference.com Season standings Record vs. opponents Draft picks (first round) The following were drafted in the first round of the 2002 MLB draft by the Athletics on June 4, 2002: Nick Swisher (16th pick, compensatory) Joe Blanton (24th pick, compensatory) John McCurdy (26th pick) Benjamin Fritz (30th pick, compensatory) Jeremy Brown (35th pick, compensatory) Mark Teahen (39th pick, compensatory) Trades May 22, 2002: John Mabry was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Oakland Athletics for Jeremy Giambi. June 21, 2002: Bob Ryan was traded to the Boston Red Sox for cash considerations. July 5, 2002: Jeff Weaver was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees, and cash was sent by the Tigers to the Oakland Athletics, as part of a 3-team trade. The Athletics sent Carlos Peña, Franklyn Germán, and a player to be named later to the Tigers. The Yankees sent Ted Lilly, John-Ford Griffin, and Jason Arnold (minors) to the Athletics. The Athletics