2002 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the tenth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73-89, 4th in the NL West.

2002 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
Local televisionKWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jack Corrigan)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery, Wayne Hagin)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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Offseason

  • December 16, 2001: Jeff Cirillo was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Seattle Mariners for Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, and José Paniagua.[1]
  • January 7, 2002: Mike Myers was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.[2]
  • January 11, 2002: Todd Jones was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 21, 2002: Ross Gload was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Craig House to the New York Mets for Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani, and cash.[4]
  • January 26, 2002: Ross Gload was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.[5]
  • February 7, 2002: Kent Mercker was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[7]

Regular season

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 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
Arizona3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta3–34–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago2–42–45–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati0–62–412–53–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–35–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida1–58–112–41–52–53–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston3–33–311–811–63–33–33–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–35–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–52–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–211–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–119–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–92–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–22–42–46–113–9
San Diego7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–25–141–58–10
San Francisco11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–52–48–10
St. Louis4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–28–4

Notable transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Jeff Francis was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.[8]
  • July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).[9]
  • July 31, 2002: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Dennys Reyes to the Texas Rangers for Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash.[10]
  • July 31, 2002: John Thomson was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to the New York Mets for Jay Payton, Mark Corey, and Robert Stratton (minors).[11]

Major League debuts

  • Pitchers:
    • Aaron Cook (Aug 10)
    • Cory Vance (Sep 21) [12]

Roster

2002 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Gary Bennett 90 291 77 .265 4 26
1B Todd Helton 156 553 182 .329 30 109
2B Brent Butler 113 344 89 .259 9 42
SS Juan Uribe 155 566 136 .240 6 49
3B Todd Zeile 144 506 138 .273 18 87
LF Todd Hollandsworth 95 298 88 .295 11 48
CF Juan Pierre 152 592 170 .287 1 35
RF Larry Walker 136 477 161 .338 26 104

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Terry Shumpert10623455.235621
José Ortiz6519248.250112
Jay Payton4717057.335828
Greg Norton11316837.220737
Gabe Kapler4011937.311217
Benny Agbayani4811724.205419
Sandy Alomar, Jr.3811631.267012

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jason Jennings32185.11684.52127
Mike Hampton30178.27156.1574
Denny Neagle35164.18115.26111
Denny Stark32128.11144.0064
John Thomson21127.1784.8876
Shawn Chacón21119.15115.7367

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick White4140.2266.2027
Chris Nichting2936.1114.4625
Aaron Cook935.2214.5414
Brian Fuentes3126.2204.7338
Víctor Santos2426.00410.3825

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Todd Jones791414.7073
José Jiménez74210413.5647
Justin Speier635114.3347
Kent Mercker583106.1437
Dennys Reyes430104.2430

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Chris Cron
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League P. J. Carey
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League Darron Cox

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Notes

References

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