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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Olympic Stadium | |
City | Montreal | |
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Major League Baseball | |
General managers | Omar Minaya | |
Managers | Frank Robinson | |
Television | Réseau des sports (Rodger Brulotte, Denis Casavant) | |
Radio | CKGM (AM) (Terry Haig, Elliott Price) CKAC (AM) (Jacques Doucet, Marc Griffin) | |
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The 2002 Montreal Expos season was the 34th season in franchise history, and their first winning season since 1996.
In 2002, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida – a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals – for the fifth and final season. The following year, they moved to Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, for spring training.
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 101 | 59 | .631 | — | 52–28 | 49–31 |
Montreal Expos | 83 | 79 | .512 | 19 | 49–32 | 34–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 80 | 81 | .497 | 21½ | 40–40 | 40–41 |
Florida Marlins | 79 | 83 | .488 | 23 | 46–35 | 33–48 |
New York Mets | 75 | 86 | .466 | 26½ | 38–43 | 37–43 |
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
Arizona | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 11–7 |
Atlanta | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 15–3 |
Chicago | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 5–12 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 6–6 |
Cincinnati | 0–6 | 2–4 | 12–5 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 2–10 |
Colorado | 5–14 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 8–12 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
Florida | 1–5 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–8 |
Houston | 3–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 11–6 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–6 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 6–13 | 5–7 |
Los Angeles | 10–9 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 12–6 |
Milwaukee | 2–4 | 1–5 | 10–7 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–15 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 7–10 | 2–10 |
Montreal | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 11–8 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
New York | 2–5 | 7–12 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 8–11 | — | 9–10 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 10–8 |
Philadelphia | 3–4 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 10–9 | — | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–8 |
Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–11 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–11 | 3–9 |
San Diego | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 8–10 |
San Francisco | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 14–5 | — | 2–4 | 8–10 |
St. Louis | 4–2 | 1–5 | 12–6 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 10–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 11–6 | 5–1 | 4–2 | — | 8–4 |
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Montreal | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 4–2 |
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The Expos drew 812,045 fans during the 2002 season, and were 16th in attendance among the 16 National League teams. [9] Their highest attendance for the season was for the Opening Day game on April 2 against the Florida Marlins, which drew 34,351 fans, while their lowest was for a game on September 5 against the Philadelphia Phillies, which drew only 2,134 fans. [9]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Complete offensive statistics are available here.
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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C | Michael Barrett | 117 | 376 | 41 | 99 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 49 | .263 | 6 |
1B | Andrés Galarraga | 104 | 292 | 30 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 40 | .260 | 2 |
2B | José Vidro | 152 | 604 | 103 | 190 | 43 | 3 | 19 | 96 | .315 | 2 |
SS | Orlando Cabrera | 153 | 563 | 64 | 148 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 56 | .263 | 25 |
3B | Fernando Tatís | 114 | 381 | 43 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 55 | .228 | 2 |
LF | Troy O'Leary | 97 | 273 | 27 | 78 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 37 | .286 | 1 |
CF | Brad Wilkerson | 153 | 507 | 92 | 135 | 27 | 8 | 20 | 59 | .266 | 7 |
RF | Vladimir Guerrero | 161 | 614 | 106 | 206 | 37 | 2 | 39 | 111 | .336 | 40 |
UT | José Macías | 90 | 231 | 33 | 59 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 33 | .255 | 5 |
1B | Lee Stevens | 63 | 205 | 28 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 31 | .190 | 1 |
C | Brian Schneider | 73 | 207 | 21 | 57 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 29 | .275 | 1 |
LF | Wil Cordero | 66 | 143 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .273 | 2 |
LF | Peter Bergeron | 31 | 123 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .187 | 10 |
CF | Endy Chávez | 36 | 125 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .296 | 3 |
3B | Chris Truby | 35 | 105 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .257 | 1 |
IF | Mike Mordecai | 55 | 74 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .203 | 1 |
3B | Jamey Carroll | 16 | 71 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .310 | 1 |
LF | Matt Cepicky | 32 | 74 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .216 | 0 |
UT | Wilton Guerrero | 44 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .194 | 5 |
LF | Cliff Floyd | 15 | 53 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | 1 |
OF | Henry Rodríguez | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .050 | 0 |
MI | Henry Mateo | 22 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | 2 |
OF | Lou Collier | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | .091 | 0 |
P | Javier Vázquez | 33 | 73 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .178 | 0 |
P | Tomo Ohka | 30 | 55 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .127 | 0 |
P | Tony Armas Jr. | 26 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .100 | 0 |
P | Masato Yoshii | 29 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 | 0 |
P | Bartolo Colón | 17 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .128 | 0 |
P | Carl Pavano | 14 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 | 0 |
P | Bruce Chen | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .417 | 0 |
P | Britt Reames | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | 0 |
P | Zach Day | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
P | Joey Eischen | 56 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | 0 |
P | Sun-woo Kim | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
P | Jim Brower | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Graeme Lloyd | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | T. J. Tucker | 53 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | 0 |
P | Tim Drew | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Dan Smith | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Matt Herges | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Scott Stewart | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Scott Strickland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Ed Vosberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5479 | 735 | 1432 | 300 | 36 | 162 | 695 | .261 | 118 |
Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Complete pitching statistics are available here.
Pos | Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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SP | Javier Vázquez | 10 | 13 | 3.91 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 230.1 | 243 | 111 | 100 | 49 | 179 |
SP | Tomo Ohka | 13 | 8 | 3.18 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 192.2 | 194 | 83 | 68 | 45 | 118 |
SP | Tony Armas Jr. | 12 | 12 | 4.44 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 164.1 | 149 | 87 | 81 | 78 | 131 |
SP | Masato Yoshii | 4 | 9 | 4.11 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 131.1 | 143 | 66 | 60 | 32 | 74 |
SP | Bartolo Colón | 10 | 4 | 3.31 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 117.0 | 115 | 48 | 43 | 39 | 74 |
SP | Carl Pavano | 3 | 8 | 6.30 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 74.1 | 98 | 55 | 52 | 31 | 51 |
CL | Scott Stewart | 4 | 2 | 3.09 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 64.0 | 49 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 67 |
RP | Britt Reames | 1 | 4 | 5.03 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 68.0 | 70 | 42 | 38 | 38 | 76 |
RP | Matt Herges | 2 | 5 | 4.04 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 64.2 | 80 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 50 |
RP | T. J. Tucker | 6 | 3 | 4.11 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 61.1 | 69 | 32 | 28 | 31 | 42 |
RP | Joey Eischen | 6 | 1 | 1.34 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 53.2 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 51 |
Dan Smith | 1 | 1 | 3.47 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 46.2 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 34 | |
Jim Brower | 1 | 2 | 4.83 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 33 | |
Zach Day | 4 | 1 | 3.62 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 37.1 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 25 | |
Bruce Chen | 2 | 3 | 6.99 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 37.1 | 47 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 43 | |
Graeme Lloyd | 2 | 3 | 5.87 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 30.2 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 17 | |
Sun-woo Kim | 1 | 0 | 0.89 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 20.1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
Tim Drew | 1 | 0 | 2.81 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16.0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
Scott Strickland | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Ed Vosberg | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 83 | 79 | 3.97 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1453.0 | 1475 | 718 | 641 | 508 | 1088 |
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