2002 Florida Marlins season

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2002  Florida Marlins
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Pro Player Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
Owners Jeffrey Loria [1]
General managers Larry Beinfest
Managers Jeff Torborg
Television FSN Florida
WPXM
(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
Radio WQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez)
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The Florida Marlins' 2002 season was the tenth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–83, fourth in the National League East.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101590.631—52–2849–31
Montreal Expos 83790.5121949–3234–47
Philadelphia Phillies 80810.49721½40–4040–41
Florida Marlins 79830.4882346–3533–48
New York Mets 75860.46626½38–4337–43

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

Citrus series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4–2.

DateWinning TeamLosing TeamScoreVenue
June 14Devil RaysMarlins4-3 (14 innings) [4] Pro Player Stadium
June 15MarlinsDevil Rays3-0 [5] Pro Player Stadium
June 16Devil RaysMarlins4-1 [6] Pro Player Stadium
June 28Devil RaysMarlins4-0 [7] Tropicana Field
June 29MarlinsDevil Rays3-2 [8] Tropicana Field
June 30Devil RaysMarlins6-5 (12 innings) [9] Tropicana Field

Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Florida Marlins
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 Charles Johnson 8324453.217636
1B Derrek Lee 162581157.2702786
2B Luis Castillo 146606185.305239
SS Andy Fox 133435109.251441
3B Mike Lowell 160597165.2762492
LF Kevin Millar 126438134.3061657
CF Preston Wilson 141510124.2432365
RF Cliff Floyd 8429685.2871857

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Eric Owens 131385104.270437
Juan Encarnación 6926369.262834
Mike Redmond 8825678.305228
Álex González 4215134.225218
Ramón Castro 5410124.238618
Tim Raines 988917.19117
Mike Mordecai 387722.28607
Homer Bush 405412.22205
Pablo Ozuna 344713.27703
Brian Banks 20289.32114
Marty Malloy 24253.12001
Abraham Núñez 19172.11801

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
A.J. Burnett 31204.11293.30203
Julián Tavárez 29153.210125.3967
Brad Penny 24129.1874.6693
Ryan Dempster 18120.1584.7987
Josh Beckett 23107.2674.10113
Justin Wayne 523.2235.3216

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Michael Tejera 47139.2884.4595
Carl Pavano 2261.2323.7941
Kevin Olsen 1755.2054.5338
Nate Robertson 68.10111.883
Nate Teut 27.1019.824

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Vladimir Núñez 7765203.4173
Braden Looper 7825133.1455
Armando Almanza 513224.3457
Vic Darensbourg 421206.1433
Blaine Neal 323002.7333
Oswaldo Mairena 312305.3521
Gary Knotts 283104.4021
Graeme Lloyd 252204.4420
Hansel Izquierdo 202004.5520
Toby Borland 151005.2711

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Dean Treanor
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Eric Fox
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Steve Phillips
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Johnny Rodriguez
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jesus Campos

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References

  1. ↑ "Loria fires 60 Marlins employees". CBC. February 17, 2002.
  2. ↑ Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Dontrelle Willis Stats".
  4. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 14, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  5. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  6. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  7. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 28, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  8. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  9. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  10. ↑ "Jeremy Hermida Stats".
  11. ↑ Cliff Floyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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