2002 Baltimore Orioles season

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2002  Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles wordmark 1995 to 2008.png
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place4th
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Syd Thrift
Managers Mike Hargrove
Television WJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
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In the 2002 Baltimore Orioles season, the team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Contents

The Orioles had a record of 63–63 at the conclusion of play on August 23, but then proceeded to lose 32 of their last 36 games of the season, including their final 12 in a row.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103580.640—52–2851–30
Boston Red Sox 93690.57410½42–3951–30
Toronto Blue Jays 78840.48125½42–3936–45
Baltimore Orioles 67950.41436½34–4733–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 551060.3424830–5125–55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders		 W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103580.640
Minnesota Twins 94670.584
Oakland Athletics 103590.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99630.611—
Boston Red Sox 93690.5746
Seattle Mariners 93690.5746
Chicago White Sox 81810.50018
Toronto Blue Jays 78840.48121
Cleveland Indians 74880.45725
Texas Rangers 72900.44427
Baltimore Orioles 67950.41432
Kansas City Royals 621000.38337
Detroit Tigers 551060.34243½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 551060.34243½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Transactions

Roster

2002 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gerónimo Gil 12542298.2321245
1B Jeff Conine 116451123.2731563
2B Jerry Hairston Jr. 122426114.268532
3B Tony Batista 161615150.2443187
SS Mike Bordick 11736785.232836
LF Marty Cordova 131458116.2531864
CF Chris Singleton 136466122.262950
RF Jay Gibbons 136490121.2472869
DH Chris Richard 5015536.232421

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Melvin Mora 149557130.2331964
Gary Matthews Jr. 10934495.276738
Brook Fordyce 5613030.23118
Brian Roberts 3812829.227111
Luis López 5210923.21129
David Segui 269525.263216
José León 368922.247310
Howie Clark 145316.30204
Larry Bigbie 16346.17603
Luis Matos 17314.12901
Ryan McGuire 17262.07702
Mike Moriarty 8163.18803
Izzy Molina 131.33300
Ed Rogers 530.00000
Luis García 631.33300
Raúl Casanova 210.00000
Fernando Lunar 200----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rodrigo López 33196.21593.57136
Sidney Ponson 28176.0794.09120
Scott Erickson 29160.25125.5574
Jason Johnson 22131.15144.5997
John Stephens 1265.0256.0956
Calvin Maduro 1256.2255.5629
Pat Hentgen 422.0047.7711

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Travis Driskill 29132.2884.9578
Sean Douglass 1553.1056.0844
Josh Towers 527.1037.9013
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jorge Julio 6756251.9955
Buddy Groom 703221.6048
B.J. Ryan 672114.6856
Willis Roberts 665413.3651
Rick Bauer 566713.9845
Yorkis Pérez 230013.2925
Chris Brock 222104.7021
Eric DuBose 40003.004
Steve Bechler 300013.503
Érik Bédard 200013.501

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Andy Etchebarren
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Cash and Dave Stockstill
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Jack Voigt
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Joe Ferguson
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Joe Almaraz
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Don Buford
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

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References

  1. ↑ Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Izzy Molina Stats".
  3. ↑ "Adam Loewen Stats".
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  5. ↑ Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2003


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