2002 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to repeat as World Series champions. They looked to contend in what was once again a strong National League West Division. They finished the season with a record of 98-64, good enough for the division title. However, they were unable to defend their World Series title as they were swept in the NLDS by the St. Louis Cardinals in three games. Randy Johnson would finish the season as the NL Cy Young Award winner for the fourth consecutive year and become the second pitcher in history to win five Cy Young Awards after Roger Clemens.[1]

2002 Arizona Diamondbacks
National League West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Ken Kendrick
Jerry Colangelo
General manager(s)Joe Garagiola Jr.
Manager(s)Bob Brenly
Local televisionFSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola)
Local radioKTAR (620 AM)
(Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Jim Traber, Victor Rojas Jeff Munn)
KSUN (Spanish)
(Richard Saenz, Oscar Soria, Miguel Quintana)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • October 29, 2001: Ken Huckaby was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2]
  • January 9, 2002: Quinton McCracken was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[3]
  • March 24, 2002: Ernie Young was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.[4]

Regular season

Luis Gonzalez

During the 2002 season, Luis Gonzalez received publicity as a piece of gum chewed by Gonzalez during a spring training game was sold for $10,000 on April 15, 2002.[5] The buyer was Curt Mueller, owner of Mueller Sports Medicine Inc., manufacturer of the gum, Quench.[6]

Opening Day starters
  • Danny Bautista
  • Craig Counsell
  • Steve Finley
  • Luis Gonzalez
  • Mark Grace
  • Randy Johnson
  • Damian Miller
  • Junior Spivey
  • Tony Womack [7]

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9864 0.605 — 55–26 43–38
San Francisco Giants 9566 0.590 2½ 50–31 45–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568 6 46–35 46–35
Colorado Rockies 7389 0.451 25 47–34 26–55
San Diego Padres 6696 0.407 32 41–40 25–56

Record vs. opponents
2002 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago2–42–4—5–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati0–62–412–5—3–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–3—5–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida1–58–112–41–52–5—3–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston3–33–311–811–63–33–3—3–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–3—5–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–5—2–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–2—11–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–11—9–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–9—2–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–2—2–42–46–113–9
San Diego7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–2—5–141–58–10
San Francisco11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Roster
2002 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Transactions
  • June 3, 2002: Ernie Young was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[4]
  • September 4, 2002: Felix Jose was purchased by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Mexico City Reds (Mexican).[8]

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average

Pos. Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
C Damian Miller 101 297 74 11 42 .249
1B Mark Grace 124 298 75 7 48 .252
2B Junior Spivey 143 538 162 16 78 .301
SS Tony Womack 153 590 160 5 57 .271
3B Craig Counsell 112 436 123 2 51 .282
LF Luis Gonzalez 148 524 151 28 103 .288
CF Steve Finley 150 505 145 25 89 .287
RF Quinton McCracken 123 349 108 3 40 .309

Other batters

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average

Pos. Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
RFDavid Dellucci9722956729.245
1BErubiel Durazo76222581648.261
3BMatt Williams60215561240.260
1BGreg Colbrunn72171571027.333
CRod Barajas7015436323.234
RFDanny Bautista4015450623.325
RFJosé Guillén5413130415.229
CChad Moeller3710530216.286
3BChris Donnels748019316.238
MIAlex Cintrón38751604.213
IFJay Bell32498211.163
OFMark Little1522602.273
RFFélix José1319524.263
PHLyle Overbay1010101.100
IFDanny Klassen43100.333

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson 35 260.0 24 5 2.32 334
Curt Schilling 36 259.1 23 7 3.23 316
Miguel Batista 36 184.2 8 9 4.29 112
Rick Helling 30 175.2 10 12 4.51 120
Brian Anderson 35 156.0 6 11 4.79 81

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Patterson730.2203.2331
Todd Stottlemyre520.1027.5212
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Byung-hyun Kim 72 84.0 8 3 36 2.04 92
Mike Koplove 55 61.2 6 1 0 3.36 46
Mike Myers 69 37.0 4 3 4 4.38 31
Mike Morgan 29 34.0 1 1 0 5.29 13
Greg Swindell 34 33.0 0 2 0 6.27 23
Matt Mantei 31 26.2 2 2 0 4.73 26
Eddie Oropesa 32 25.1 2 0 0 10.30 18
Mike Fetters 33 24.2 2 3 0 5.11 24
José Parra 16 14.0 0 1 0 3.21 8
Bret Prinz 20 13.1 0 2 0 9.45 10
Duaner Sánchez 6 3.2 0 0 0 4.91 4
Armando Reynoso 2 1.2 0 0 0 10.80 2
Mark Grace 1 1.0 0 0 0 9.00 0

NLDS
Main article: 2002 National League Division Series

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Stadium Series
1Arizona2St. Louis12October 1BankOne Ballpark1-0 (STL)
2Arizona1St. Louis2October 3BankOne Ballpark2-0 (STL)
3St. Louis6Arizona3October 5Busch Stadium3-0 (STL)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Sidewinders Pacific Coast League Al Pedrique
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Chip Hale
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Steve Scarsone and Bill Plummer
A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Dick Schofield
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Mike Aldrete
Rookie Missoula Osprey Pioneer League Jack Howell

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References
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
  5. ESPN.com: SPORTSBUSINESS – Gonzo's gum going, going, gone for 10 grand
  6. Entrepreneur pays a wad for the wads|work=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |via=Encyclopedia.com
  7. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=ARI
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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