The 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 5th season in Major League Baseball and their 5th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West.
The Diamondbacks entered the 2002 season as the defending World Series champions. They looked to contend in what was once again a strong National League West. They finished the season with a record of 98–64, good enough for the division title. However, they were unable to defend their World Series title as they were swept in the NLDS by the St. Louis Cardinals in three games. Randy Johnson would finish the season as the NL Cy Young Award winner for the fourth consecutive year and become the second pitcher in history to win five Cy Young Awards after Roger Clemens.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Offseason October 29, 2001: Ken Huckaby was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 9, 2002: Quinton McCracken was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 24, 2002: Ernie Young was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.
Regular season
Luis Gonzalez During the 2002 season, Luis Gonzalez received publicity as a piece of gum chewed by Gonzalez during a spring training game was sold for $10,000 on April 15, 2002.ESPN.com: SportBusiness – Gonzo's gum going, going, gone for 10 grand The buyer was Curt Mueller, owner of Mueller Sports Medicine Inc., manufacturer of the gum, Quench.Entrepreneur pays a wad for the wads|work=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |via=Encyclopedia.com
Opening Day starters Danny Bautista Craig Counsell Steve Finley Luis Gonzalez Mark Grace Randy Johnson Damian Miller Junior Spivey Tony Womack
Season standings
National League West
Record vs. opponents
Roster 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster Pitchers Catchers
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Other batters Manager
Coaches
Transactions June 3, 2002: Ernie Young was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks. September 4, 2002: Félix José was purchased by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
Player stats
Batting Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average Pos Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. C Damian Miller 101 297 74 11 42 .249 1B Mark Grace 124 298 75 7 48 .252 2B Junior Spivey 143 538 162 16 78 .301 SS Tony Womack 153 590 160 5 57 .271 3B Craig Counsell 112 436 123 2 51 .282 LF Luis Gonzalez 148 524 151 28 103 .288 CF Steve Finley 150 505 145 25 89 .287 RF Quinton McCracken 123 349 108 3 40 .309
Other batters Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average Pos Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. RF David Dellucci 97 229 56 7 29 .245 1B Erubiel Durazo 76 222 58 16 48 .261 3B Matt Williams 60 215 56 12 40 .260 1B Greg Colbrunn 72 171 57 10 27 .333 C Rod Barajas 70 154 36 3 23 .234 RF Danny Bautista 40 154 50 6 23 .325 RF José Guillén 54 131 30 4 15 .229 C Chad Moeller 37 105 30 2 16 .286 3B Chris Donnels 74 80 19 3 16 .238 MI Alex Cintrón 38 75 16 0 4 .213 IF Jay Bell 32 49 8 2 11 .163 OF Mark Little 15 22 6 0 2 .273 RF Félix José 13 19 5 2 4 .263 PH Lyle Overbay 10 10 1 0 1 .100 IF Danny Klassen 4 3 1 0 0 .333
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Randy Johnson 35 260.0 24 5 2.32 334 Curt Schilling 36 259.1 23 7 3.23 316 Miguel Batista 36 184.2 8 9 4.29 112 Rick Helling 30 175.2 10 12 4.51 120 Brian Anderson 35 156.0 6 11 4.79 81
Other pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO John Patterson 7 30.2 2 0 3.23 31 Todd Stottlemyre 5 20.1 0 2 7.52 12
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Byung-hyun Kim 72 84.0 8 3 36 2.04 92 Mike Koplove 55 61.2 6 1 0 3.36 46 Mike Myers 69 37.0 4 3 4 4.38 31 Mike Morgan 29 34.0 1 1 0 5.29 13 Greg Swindell 34 33.0 0 2 0 6.27 23 Matt Mantei 31 26.2 2 2 0 4.73 26 Eddie Oropesa 32 25.1 2 0 0 10.30 18 Mike Fetters 33 24.2 2 3 0 5.11 24 José Parra 16 14.0 0 1 0 3.21 8 Bret Prinz 20 13.1 0 2 0 9.45 10 Duaner Sánchez 6 3.2 0 0 0 4.91 4 Armando Reynoso 2 1.2 0 0 0 10.80 2 Mark Grace 1 1.0 0 0 0 9.00 0
NLDS
St. Louis wins the series, 3–0 GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateStadiumSeries1Arizona2St. Louis12October 1BankOne Ballpark1–0 (STL)2Arizona1St. Louis2October 3BankOne Ballpark2–0 (STL)3St. Louis6Arizona3October 5Busch Stadium3–0 (STL)
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks at Baseball Reference 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com