2002 Arizona Diamondbacks season

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2002  Arizona Diamondbacks
National League West champions
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Bank One Ballpark
City Phoenix, Arizona
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Owners Ken Kendrick
Jerry Colangelo
General managers Joe Garagiola Jr.
Managers Bob Brenly
Television FSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola)
Radio KTAR (620 AM)
(Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Jim Traber, Victor Rojas Jeff Munn)
KSUN (Spanish)
(Richard Saenz, Oscar Soria, Miguel Quintana)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 5th season in Major League Baseball and their 5th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West.

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The Diamondbacks entered the 2002 season as the defending World Series champions. They looked to contend in what was once again a strong National League West. 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]

Offseason

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

Season standings

National League West

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9864.605—55‍–‍2643‍–‍38
San Francisco Giants 9566.5902½50‍–‍3145‍–‍35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270.568646‍–‍3546‍–‍35
Colorado Rockies 7389.4512547‍–‍3426‍–‍55
San Diego Padres 6696.4073241‍–‍4025‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002

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

Roster

2002 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Transactions

Player stats

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
C Damian Miller 101297741142.249
1B Mark Grace 12429875748.252
2B Junior Spivey 1435381621678.301
SS Tony Womack 153590160557.271
3B Craig Counsell 112436123251.282
LF Luis Gonzalez 14852415128103.288
CF Steve Finley 1505051452589.287
RF Quinton McCracken 123349108340.309

Other batters

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

PosPlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
RF David Dellucci 9722956729.245
1B Erubiel Durazo 76222581648.261
3B Matt Williams 60215561240.260
1B Greg Colbrunn 72171571027.333
C Rod Barajas 7015436323.234
RF Danny Bautista 4015450623.325
RF José Guillén 5413130415.229
C Chad Moeller 3710530216.286
3B Chris Donnels 748019316.238
MI Alex Cintrón 38751604.213
IF Jay Bell 32498211.163
OF Mark Little 1522602.273
RF Félix José 1319524.263
PH Lyle Overbay 1010101.100
IF Danny Klassen 43100.333

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Randy Johnson 35260.02452.32334
Curt Schilling 36259.12373.23316
Miguel Batista 36184.2894.29112
Rick Helling 30175.210124.51120
Brian Anderson 35156.06114.7981

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Patterson 730.2203.2331
Todd Stottlemyre 520.1027.5212
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Byung-hyun Kim 7284.083362.0492
Mike Koplove 5561.26103.3646
Mike Myers 6937.04344.3831
Mike Morgan 2934.01105.2913
Greg Swindell 3433.00206.2723
Matt Mantei 3126.22204.7326
Eddie Oropesa 3225.120010.3018
Mike Fetters 3324.22305.1124
José Parra 1614.00103.218
Bret Prinz 2013.10209.4510
Duaner Sánchez 63.20004.914
Armando Reynoso 21.200010.802
Mark Grace 11.00009.000

NLDS

St. Louis wins the series, 3–0

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateStadiumSeries
1Arizona2St. Louis12October 1 BankOne Ballpark 1–0 (STL)
2Arizona1St. Louis2October 3 BankOne Ballpark 2–0 (STL)
3St. Louis6Arizona3October 5 Busch Stadium 3–0 (STL)

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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   978-0451223630
  2. ↑ Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. 1 2 "Ernie Young Stats".
  5. ↑ ESPN.com: SportBusiness – 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. ↑ "2002 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  8. ↑ "Felix Jose Stats".
  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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