2002 Florida Marlins season

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2002 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkPro Player Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJeffrey Loria[1]
General managersLarry Beinfest
ManagersJeff Torborg
TelevisionFSN Florida
WPXM
(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
RadioWQAM
(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.

Offseason

  • February 18, 2002: Tim Raines signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[2] He was the last batter to wear a flapless helmet, which has been illegal for new batters since the 1983 season.
  • March 27, 2002: Dontrelle Willis was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, and Julián Tavárez to the Florida Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101 59 0.631 — 52–28 49–31
Montreal Expos 83 79 0.512 19 49–32 34–47
Philadelphia Phillies 80 81 0.497 21½ 40–40 40–41
Florida Marlins 79 83 0.488 23 46–35 33–48
New York Mets 75 86 0.466 26½ 38–43 37–43


Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

Source: [1]
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


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.

Date Winning Team Losing Team Score Venue
June 14 Devil Rays Marlins 4-3 (14 innings)[4] Pro Player Stadium
June 15 Marlins Devil Rays 3-0[5] Pro Player Stadium
June 16 Devil Rays Marlins 4-1[6] Pro Player Stadium
June 28 Devil Rays Marlins 4-0[7] Tropicana Field
June 29 Marlins Devil Rays 3-2 [8] Tropicana Field
June 30 Devil Rays Marlins 6-5 (12 innings)[9] Tropicana Field

Notable transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Jeremy Hermida was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2002.[10]
  • July 11, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Florida Marlins with Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.[11]

Roster

2002 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Charles Johnson 83 244 53 .217 6 36
1B Derrek Lee 162 581 157 .270 27 86
2B Luis Castillo 146 606 185 .305 2 39
SS Andy Fox 133 435 109 .251 4 41
3B Mike Lowell 160 597 165 .276 24 92
LF Kevin Millar 126 438 134 .306 16 57
CF Preston Wilson 141 510 124 .243 23 65
RF Cliff Floyd 84 296 85 .287 18 57

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Eric Owens 131 385 104 .270 4 37
Juan Encarnación 69 263 69 .262 8 34
Mike Redmond 88 256 78 .305 2 28
Álex González 42 151 34 .225 2 18
Ramón Castro 54 101 24 .238 6 18
Tim Raines 98 89 17 .191 1 7
Mike Mordecai 38 77 22 .286 0 7
Homer Bush 40 54 12 .222 0 5
Pablo Ozuna 34 47 13 .277 0 3
Brian Banks 20 28 9 .321 1 4
Marty Malloy 24 25 3 .120 0 1
Abraham Núñez 19 17 2 .118 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
A.J. Burnett 31 204.1 12 9 3.30 203
Julián Tavárez 29 153.2 10 12 5.39 67
Brad Penny 24 129.1 8 7 4.66 93
Ryan Dempster 18 120.1 5 8 4.79 87
Josh Beckett 23 107.2 6 7 4.10 113
Justin Wayne 5 23.2 2 3 5.32 16

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Michael Tejera 47 139.2 8 8 4.45 95
Carl Pavano 22 61.2 3 2 3.79 41
Kevin Olsen 17 55.2 0 5 4.53 38
Nate Robertson 6 8.1 0 1 11.88 3
Nate Teut 2 7.1 0 1 9.82 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Vladimir Núñez 77 6 5 20 3.41 73
Braden Looper 78 2 5 13 3.14 55
Armando Almanza 51 3 2 2 4.34 57
Vic Darensbourg 42 1 2 0 6.14 33
Blaine Neal 32 3 0 0 2.73 33
Oswaldo Mairena 31 2 3 0 5.35 21
Gary Knotts 28 3 1 0 4.40 21
Graeme Lloyd 25 2 2 0 4.44 20
Hansel Izquierdo 20 2 0 0 4.55 20
Toby Borland 15 1 0 0 5.27 11

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

[12]

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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