2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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2002  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Fox Entertainment Group
President Bob Graziano
General managers Dan Evans
Managers Jim Tracy
Television Fox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13)
Radio KFWB
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
  2001 Seasons 2003  

The 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 113rd for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 45th season in Los Angeles, California. The season saw Dan Evans take over as General Manager and in his first season the team won 92 games and was not eliminated from post season contention until the next-to-last day of the season, finishing third overall in the National League West. Shawn Green hit 42 home runs to become the first Dodger to have back-to-back 40 or more homer seasons. He had four homers in one game on May 23 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 6-for-6 in that game and set a Major League mark for total bases with 19. [1] The number broke the previous record of 18 total bases set by Joe Adcock. Éric Gagné, a former starter, was turned into the closer and proceeded to set a club record for saves with 52. This is also their first season to be broadcast on KCOP (13).

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 98640.60555–2643–38
San Francisco Giants 95660.59050–3145–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 92700.568646–3546–35
Colorado Rockies 73890.4512547–3426–55
San Diego Padres 66960.4073241–4025–56

Record vs. opponents


Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona 3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta 3–34–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago 2–42–45–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati 0–62–412–53–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–35–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida 1–58–112–41–52–53–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston 3–33–311–811–63–33–33–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–35–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee 2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–52–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal 2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–211–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York 2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–119–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia 3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–92–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh 2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–22–42–46–113–9
San Diego 7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–25–141–58–10
San Francisco 11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–52–48–10
St. Louis 4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–28–4

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Dave Roberts Center fielder
César Izturis Shortstop
Paul Lo Duca Catcher
Shawn Green Right fielder
Brian Jordan Left fielder
Adrián Beltré Third baseman
Eric Karros First baseman
Mark Grudzielanek Second baseman
Kevin Brown Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Odalis Pérez 3232222.115-103.00381554
Hideo Nomo 3434220.116-63.391011930
Andy Ashby 3030181.29-133.91651070
Omar Daal 3923161.111-93.90541050
Kazuhisa Ishii 2828154.014-104.271061430
Kevin Brown 171063.23-44.8123580

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Éric Gagné 77082.14-11.971611452
Paul Quantrill 86076.25-42.7025531
Giovanni Carrara 63090.26-33.2832561
Jesse Orosco 56027.01-23.0012221
Guillermo Mota 43060.21-34.1527490
Terry Mulholland 21032.00-07.317170
Paul Shuey 28030.25-24.4021241
Kevin Beirne 12329.02-03.4117170
Víctor Álvarez 4010.10-14.35270
Jeff Williams 10010.00-011.707110
Robert Ellis 302.20-110.13000
Dennis Springer 101.10-16.75210
Bryan Corey 101.00-00.00000

Batting Stats

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

NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Paul Lo Duca C/1B149580.2817416310643
Chad Kreuter C4195.2638252121
David Ross C810.20022120
Eric Karros 1B142524.2715214213734
Mark Grudzielanek 2B150536.271561459504
César Izturis SS135439.232431021317
Adrián Beltré 3B159587.2577015121757
Alex Cora 2B/SS115258.29137755287
Dave Hansen 1B/3B96120.29215352171
Tyler Houston 1B/3B3565.200913080
Jeff Reboulet 2B/SS3848.208310020
Joe Thurston 2B813.46216010
Shawn Green RF158582.285110166421148
Dave Roberts CF/LF127422.2776311733448
Brian Jordan LF/RF128471.2856513418802
Marquis Grissom CF/LF/RF111343.277579517605
Hiram Bocachica LF/CF/RF4965.2151214491
Mike Kinkade LF/1B3750.3807192111
Jolbert Cabrera OF/IF1012.33334010
Wilkin Ruan CF1211.273230230
Luke Allen RF67.14321000
Chin-Feng Chen LF35.00010000

2002 Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Brad Mills
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Dino Ebel
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Juan Bustabad
A South Georgia Waves South Atlantic League Scott Little
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Dann Bilardello
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Luis Salazar
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2
Dominican Summer League
Rookie San Joaquin Dodgers Venezuelan Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

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James Loney

The Dodgers selected 52 players in this draft. Of those, nine of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They gained a supplemental first round pick and an extra second round pick as compensation for losing pitcher Chan Ho Park to the Texas Rangers as a free agent.

With their first round pick, the Dodgers selected first baseman James Loney from Lawrence E Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas. Loney would make it to the Majors in 2006 and was the Dodgers primary starting first baseman until he was traded in 2012. He hit 71 home runs and drove in 451 RBI in his seven seasons with the Dodgers, while hitting .284. The supplemental first round pick was left handed pitcher Greg Miller from Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California. Miller was a highly touted prospect and the 2003 Dodgers minor league pitcher of the year after he went 11-4 with a 2.49 ERA in 21 starts for the Vero Beach Dodgers. However, he missed the entire 2004 season with an arm injury and was never able to regain his touch. In eight minor league seasons (the last in the independent American Association) he was 24-15 with a 3.89 ERA in 221 games (53 starts). [3]

This was a fairly successful draft, after several sub-par drafts that proceeded it. Also drafted this season were relief pitcher Jonathan Broxton (second round), starting pitchers James McDonald (11th round, drafted as a first baseman) and Eric Stults (15th round) and catcher Russell Martin (17th round, drafted as a second baseman).

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