2002 Houston Astros season

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2002  Houston Astros
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Astros Field
City Houston, Texas
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers Gerry Hunsicker
Managers Jimy Williams
Television KNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
Radio KTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
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The 2002 Houston Astros season was the 41st season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Overview

On April 8 second baseman Craig Biggio became the fifth Astro player to hit for the cycle. From August 10–24, first baseman Jeff Bagwell produced a season-high 15-game hitting, marking the 12th consecutive season with at least one double-digit hit streak, a club record, and second to Roberto Alomar with 14 among all then-active players. In September, he batted .343 with 11 multi-hit games. [2]

Standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9765.599—52‍–‍2945‍–‍36
Houston Astros 8478.5191347‍–‍3437‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 7884.4811938‍–‍4340‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 7289.44724½38‍–‍4234‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs 6795.4143036‍–‍4531‍–‍50
Milwaukee Brewers 56106.3464131‍–‍5025‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Players 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 Brad Ausmus 130447115.257650
1B Jeff Bagwell 158571166.2913198
2B Craig Biggio 145577146.2531558
SS Julio Lugo 8832284.261835
3B Geoff Blum 130368104.2831052
LF Daryle Ward 136453125.2761272
CF Lance Berkman 158578169.29242128
RF Richard Hidalgo 11438891.2351548

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
José Vizcaíno 125406123.303537
Orlando Merced 12325172.287630
Brian Hunter 9820154.269320
Gregg Zaun 7618541.222324
Morgan Ensberg 4913232.242319
Adam Everett 408817.19304
Jason Lane 446920.290410
Mark Loretta 216628.42428
Alan Zinter 39446.13623
Barry Wesson 15204.20001
Keith Ginter 751.20000
Raúl Chávez 241.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roy Oswalt 35233.01993.01108
Wade Miller 26164.21543.28144
Carlos Hernández 23111.0754.3893
Kirk Saarloos 1785.1676.0154
Shane Reynolds 1374.0364.8647

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Mlicki 2286.04105.3457
Peter Munro 1980.2553.5745
Tim Redding 1873.1365.4063

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Wagner 7042352.5238
Octavio Dotel 836461.85118
Ricky Stone 783313.6163
Pedro Borbón Jr. 563215.5039
Brandon Puffer 553304.4348
Nelson Cruz 432604.4861
Scott Linebrink 220007.0324
Jim Mann 170104.0919
Tom Gordon 150203.3217
T.J. Mathews 120003.4413
Jeriome Robertson 110206.526
Brad Lidge 61006.2312
Hipólito Pichardo 101081.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Chris Maloney
AA Round Rock Express Texas League Jackie Moore
A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League John Massarelli
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Joe Cannon
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Iván DeJesús
Rookie Martinsville Astros Appalachian League Jorge Orta

References

  1. ↑ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Jeff Bagwell player page bio". MLB.com . Retrieved February 28, 2016.
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