2002 Cincinnati Reds season

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2002  Cincinnati Reds
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Cinergy Field
City Cincinnati
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Carl Lindner
General managers Jim Bowden
Managers Bob Boone
Television FSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2002 Cincinnati Reds season was the 133rd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Reds finishing with a 78-84 record to finish in third place in the National League Central, 19 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone. The 2002 Reds season was their final one in Cinergy Field.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 97650.599—52–2945–36
Houston Astros 84780.5191347–3437–44
Cincinnati Reds 78840.4811938–4340–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 72890.44724½38–4234–47
Chicago Cubs 67950.4143036–4531–50
Milwaukee Brewers 561060.3464131–5025–56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta 3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
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 11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis 4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2002 regular season game log: 78–84 (Home: 38–43; Away: 40–41)
April: 16–9 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxStreak
1April 1 Cubs 5–4 Graves Fassero —41,9131–0W1
2April 3Cubs3–10 Wood Dessens —19,7451–1L1
3April 4Cubs3–1 Acevedo Cruz Graves 16,4482–1W1
4April 5 Expos 7–8 Yoshii Haynes Lloyd 17,1232–2L1
5April 6Expos2–5 Ohka Pineda Lloyd18,1762–3L2
6April 7Expos6–5 Sullivan Lloyd—17,5493–3W1
7April 8at Pirates 0–1 Villone Dessens Williams 36,4023–4L1
8April 10at Pirates8–5Acevedo Wells Graves36,0484–4W1
9April 11at Pirates3–2Haynes Anderson Graves12,7955–4W2
10April 12at Phillies 8–5 Brower Cormier Graves13,3666–4W3
11April 13at Phillies5–2 Hamilton Person Graves15,6067–4W4
12April 14at Phillies1–3 Padilla Dessens Mesa 19,1957–5L1
13April 16 Astros 3–8 Mlicki Acevedo—15,8537–6L2
14April 17Astros2–7 Hernández Haynes—14,5277–7L3
15April 18Astros5–4 White Cruz —15,8488–7W1
16April 19at Cubs2–5 Clement Hamilton Alfonseca 33,9498–8L1
17April 20at Cubs6–1DessensWood—36,4769–8W1
18April 21at Cubs5–3 Rijo Cruz Graves29,45810–8W2
19April 23 Rockies 3–2Haynes Jennings Graves14,51811–8W3
20April 24Rockies4–3 Williamson Jiménez —13,00412–8W4
21April 25Rockies4–3Sullivan White Graves14,41613–8W5
22April 26 Giants 4–3Sullivan Rodríguez Graves28,34114–8W6
23April 27Giants8–4Rijo Jensen —22,61615–8W7
24April 28Giants4–5 Rueter Haynes Nen 23,42615–9L1
25April 30at Dodgers 3–1 Reitsma Brown Graves25, 17816–9W1
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxStreak
26May 1at Los Angeles Dodgers4–0Hamilton Nomo 23,34617–9W2
27May 2at Los Angeles Dodgers2–3 Carrara Pineda27,22417–10L1
28May 3at San Francisco Giants1–6RueterRijo39,84517–11L2
29May 4at San Francisco Giants0–3JensenHaynesNen40,95917–12L3
30May 5at San Francisco Giants5–6NenPineda41,26317–13L4
31May 6 Milwaukee Brewers 8–5BrowerQuevedoGraves12,86718–13W1
32May 7 Milwaukee Brewers 8-2DessensRusch16,167
33Wednesday, May 8 2002 Milwaukee Brewers season 14-5AcevedoNeugebauer15,691
34May 10 St. Louis Cardinals season 2-4StechschulteWhiteIsringhausen29,008
35May 11 St. Louis Cardinals season 8-1ReitsmKile25,006
36May 12 St. Louis Cardinals season 8-10StechschulteGravesIsringhausen20,622
37May 13@Milwaukee Brewers 5-0RijoCabrera14,844 +
38May 14@Milwaukee Brewers AcevedoQuevedoGraves15,546
39May 15 Milwaukee Brewers|7-4HaynesStullGraves15,561
40May 16 Milwaukee Brewers 2-1WhiteDeJeanGraves18,456
41May 17@St. Louis Cardinals season 1-3KileSullivanIsringhausen36,103
42May 18 St. Louis Cardinals season 7-3RijoMorris40,483
43May 19@ St. Louis Cardinals season1-10StephensonAcevedo42,992
44May 20 St. Louis Cardinals season 3-7WilliamsHaynes35,560
45May 21Florida Gators6-1ReitsmaBurnett Graves16,841
46May 22Florida Gators6-2DessensDempster20,314
47May 23Florida Gators4-8TavarezRijoNunez23,134 -
48May 24@Atlanta Braves 2-11MillwoodHamilton29,307
49May 25@ Atlanta Braves 6-4MarquisGraves44,026
50May 26 Atlanta Braves 5-7 MadduxReitsma40,142 -
51May 28@ Florida Marlinss 6-5GravesNunez7,386
52May 29@ Florida Marlins 8-2HamiltonBeckett6,836
53May 30 Florida Marlins W-4-1HaynesOlsenGraves6,140
54May 31 Atlanta Braves 0-7MadduxReitsma38,777 -
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member

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 Jason LaRue 11335388.2491252
1B Sean Casey 120425111.261642
2B Todd Walker 155612183.2991164
SS Barry Larkin 145507124.245747
3B Aaron Boone 162606146.2412687
LF Adam Dunn 158535133.2492671
CF Juan Encarnación 8332189.2771651
RF Austin Kearns 107372117.3151356

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Reggie Taylor 13528773.254938
Russell Branyan 8421753.2441639
Ken Griffey Jr. 7019752.264823
Corky Miller 3911429.254315
José Guillén 3110927.248416
Kelly Stinnett 349321.226313
Rubén Mateo 468622.25627
Juan Castro 548218.220211
Wilton Guerrero 597819.24404
Brady Clark 516610.15209
Brandon Larson 235114.275413
Travis Dawkins 31486.12500
Raúl González 10236.26101
Wily Mo Peña 13184.22211

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jimmy Haynes 34196.215104.12126
Elmer Dessens 30178.0783.0393
Ryan Dempster 1588.2556.1966
Brian Moehler 1043.1246.0218
Shawn Estes 628.0137.7117
José Acevedo 623.2427.2314

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Reitsma 32138.16123.6484
Joey Hamilton 39124.24105.2785
José Rijo 3177.0545.1438
Jared Fernández 1450.2134.4436

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Danny Graves 6873323.1958
Scott Sullivan 716516.0678
Scott Williamson 633482.9284
Gabe White 626102.9841
Bruce Chen 390204.3137
John Riedling 332402.7030
Luis Pineda 261304.1831
Jim Brower 222003.8924
José Silva 121004.246
Carlos Almanzar 80102.317
Luke Hudson 30004.507

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Phillip Wellman
A Stockton Ports California League Jayhawk Owens
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Donnie Scott
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Edgar Caceres
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Rick Burleson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton [3]

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References

  1. ↑ José Rijo page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Ben Broussard page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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