completed the trade by sending Jeremy Bonderman to the Tigers on August 22, 2002. July 25, 2002: Ray Durham was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Oakland Athletics with cash for Jon Adkins. July 30, 2002: Ricardo Rincón was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Marshall McDougall. Roster Postseason The Athletics clinched the American League West with a regular season record of 103–59, advancing to the first round of the postseason. They were defeated in the 2002 American League Division Series three games to two by the American League Central champion Minnesota Twins. The Twins would later be defeated in the 2002 American League Championship Series by the eventual World Series champion Anaheim Angels. Postseason game log |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#ffbbbb;" | 1 || October 1 || Twins || 5–7 || Radke (1–0) || Lilly (0–1) || Guardado (1) || 34,853 || MIN 1–0 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 2 || Twins || 9–1 || Mulder (1–0) || Mays (0–1) || — || 31,953 || Tied 1–1 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" | 3 || October 4 || @ Twins || 6–3 || Zito (1–0) || Reed (0–1) || Koch (1) || 55,932 || OAK 2–1 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#ffbbbb;" | 4 || October 5 || @ Twins || 2–11 || Milton (1–0) || Hudson (0–1) || — || 55,960 || Tied 2–2 |- style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#ffbbbb;" | 5 || October 6 || Twins || 4–5 || Radke (2–0) || Mulder (1–1) || — || 32,146 || MIN 3–2 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend: = Win = Loss = PostponementBold = Athletics team member Source: baseball-reference.com Player statistics Pitching Note: POS = Position; G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Batting Note: POS = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: Only players with at least one at-bat are listed. Farm system References General references: 2002 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference 2002 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac Oakland Athletics Season Oakland Athletics Season Oakland Athletics American League West champion seasons Oakland Athletics seasons