2002 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the tenth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired 22 games into the season. Hurdle won 67 out of 140 games and was kept on as manager for the following season. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73–89, fourth in the NL West.

Offseason December 16, 2001: Jeff Cirillo was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Seattle Mariners for Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, and José Paniagua.Brian Fuentes page at Baseball Reference January 7, 2002: Mike Myers was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.JD Closser page at Baseball Reference January 11, 2002: Todd Jones was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.Todd Jones page at Baseball Reference January 21, 2002: Ross Gload was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Craig House to the New York Mets for Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani, and cash.Todd Zeile page at Baseball Reference January 26, 2002: Ross Gload was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.Ross Gload page at Baseball Reference February 7, 2002: Kent Mercker was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.Kent Mercker page at Baseball Reference March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.Bobby Estalella page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 4, 2002: Jeff Francis was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.Jeff Francis page at Baseball Reference July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).Sandy Alomar, Jr. page at Baseball Reference July 31, 2002: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Dennys Reyes to the Texas Rangers for Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash.Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference July 31, 2002: John Thomson was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to the New York Mets for Jay Payton, Mark Corey, and Robert Stratton (minors).Jay Payton page at Baseball Reference

Major League debuts Pitchers: Aaron Cook (Aug 10) Cory Vance (Sep 21)

Roster 2002 Colorado Rockies Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (hitting) (third base) (third base) (asst. coach) (bench) (hitting) (bullpen) (first base) (pitching)

Game log

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 1 || @ Cardinals || 10–2 || Morris (1–0) || Hampton (0–1) || || 48,397 || 0–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 3 || @ Cardinals || 6–3 || Neagle (1–0) || Stephenson (0–1) || Jiménez (1) || 26,557 || 1–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 4 || @ Cardinals || 6–1 || Thomson (1–0) || Benes (0–1) || || 27,691 || 2–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 5 || @ Dodgers || 9–0 || Ashby (1–0) || Chacón (0–1) || || 25,091 || 2–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 6 || @ Dodgers || 9–2 || Ishii (1–0) || Jennings (0–1) || || 38,693 || 2–3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 7 || @ Dodgers || 6–4 || Brown (1–1) || Hampton (0–2) || Gagné (1) || 28,452 || 2–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 8 || Astros || 8–4 || Oswalt (2–0) || Neagle (1–1) || || 50,392 || 2–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 9 || Astros || 10–5 || Thomson (2–0) || Reynolds (1–1) || || 30,153 || 3–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 10 || Astros || 4–1 || Chacón (1–1) || Mlicki (0–2) || Jiménez (2) || 29,552 || 4–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 11 || Diamondbacks || 8–4 || Johnson (3–0) || Reyes (0–1) || || 31,714 || 4–6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 12 || Diamondbacks || 8–3 || Schilling (3–0) || Hampton (0–3) || || 40,832 || 4–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 13 || Diamondbacks || 7–5 (10) || Myers (1–1) || Jiménez (0–1) || || 42,596 || 4–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 14 || Diamondbacks || 6–3 || Batista (1–0) || Thomson (2–1) || Kim (2) || 42,298 || 4–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 15 || Dodgers || 5–2 || Pérez (1–1) || Chacón (1–2) || || 29,763 || 4–10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 16 || Dodgers || 6–4 || Jennings (1–1) || Ashby (1–1) || Jiménez (3) || 30,354 || 5–10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 17 || Dodgers || 6–3 || Ishii (3–0) || White (0–1) || Gagné (5) || 32,878 || 5–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 19 || @ Diamondbacks || 8–6 || Neagle (2–1) || Anderson (0–2) || Jiménez (4) || 37,443 || 6–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 20 || @ Diamondbacks || 9–8 || Helling (2–2) || Thomson (2–2) || Myers (2) || 47,627 || 6–12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 21 || @ Diamondbacks || 7–1 || Johnson (5–0) || Chacón (1–3) || || 43,891 || 6–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 23 || @ Reds || 3–2 || Haynes (2–2) || Jennings (1–2) || Graves (7) || 14,518 || 6–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 24 || @ Reds || 4–3 || Williamson (1–0) || Jiménez (0–2) || || 13,004 || 6–15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 25 || @ Reds || 4–3 || Sullivan (2–0) || White (0–2) || Graves (8) || 14,416 || 6–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 23 || April 26 || Phillies || 4–1 || Thomson (3–2) || Adams (0–3) || Jiménez (5) || 37,551 || 7–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 27 || Phillies || 8–6 || Chacón (2–3) || Duckworth (1–2) || Jiménez (6) || 38,064 || 8–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 28 || Phillies || 4–2 || Jennings (2–2) || Wolf (1–1) || Jiménez (7) || 40,357 || 9–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 26 || April 30 || Pirates || 10–0 || Hampton (1–3) || Williams (2–3) || || 30,759 || 10–16

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 27 || May 1 || Pirates || 6–0 || Neagle (3–1) || Fogg (3–1) || || 29,529 || 11–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 28 || May 2 || Pirates || 7–2 || Thomson (4–2) || Villone (2–4) || || 30,134 || 12–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 29 || May 3 || @ Phillies || 3–2 || Duckworth (2–2) || Chacón (2–4) || Mesa (7) || 15,257 || 12–17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 4 || @ Phillies || 6–5 || Mercado (1–0) || White (0–3) || Mesa (8) || 16,205 || 12–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 5 || @ Phillies || 7–4 || Padilla (4–2) || Hampton (1–4) || Mesa (9) || 32,411 || 12–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 7 || @ Expos || 5–3 || Thomson (5–2) || Armas (4–3) || Jiménez (8) || 3,780 || 13–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 8 || @ Expos || 5–0 || Chacón (3–4) || Pavano (2–4) || || 5,220 || 14–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 9 || @ Expos || 6–5 (12) || Lloyd (1–2) || White (0–4) || || 3,183 || 14–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbfbbb;" | 35 || May 10 || @ Mets || 9–5 || Jennings (3–2) || D'Amico (2–3) || || 37,484 || 15–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 11 || @ Mets || 4–3 || Leiter (4–2) || Hampton (1–5) || Strickland (1) || 41,605 || 15–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 37 || May 12 || @ Mets || 4–3 (13) || White (1–4) || Davis (1–1) || Jiménez (9) || 33,578 || 16–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 38 || May 13 || Marlins || 7–3 || Stark (1–0) || Penny (3–2) || || 29,971 || 17–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 14 || Marlins || 6–2 || Beckett (1–2) || Neagle (3–2) || Núñez (8) || 28,651 || 17–22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 40 || May 15 || Marlins || 7–2 || Jennings (4–2) || Burnett (5–3) || || 27,898 || 18–22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 41 || May 16 || Marlins || 10–3 || Hampton (2–5) || Tavárez (1–3) || || 28,197 || 19–22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 17 || Braves || 4–2 || Glavine (6–2) || Thomson (5–3) || Smoltz (12) || 40,357 || 19–23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 43 || May 18 || Braves || 7–3 || Stark (2–0) || Millwood (2–5) || || 42,780 || 20–23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 19 || Braves || 2–1 || Remlinger (2–0) || Nichting (0–1) || Smoltz (13) || 43,151 || 20–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 45 || May 21 || Padres || 7–6 || Speier (1–0) || Embree (3–2) || Jiménez (10) || 30,616 || 21–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 46 || May 22 || Padres || 5–3 || Mercker (1–0) || Fikac (3–3) || Jiménez (11) || 29,204 || 22–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 47 || May 23 || Padres || 16–3 || Thomson (6–3) || Tomko (3–4) || || 30,701 || 23–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 24 || Giants || 8–5 || Stark (3–0) || Ortiz (4–3) || Jiménez (12) || 37,627 || 24–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 25 || Giants || 6–3 || Nichting (1–1) || Rueter (6–2) || Jiménez (13) || 41,957 || 25–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 26 || Giants || 10–6 || Jennings (5–2) || Jensen (4–4) || || 48,073 || 26–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 51 || May 27 || @ Padres || 8–5 || Lawrence (5–3) || Hampton (2–6) || Hoffman (14) || 15,666 || 26–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 52 || May 28 || @ Padres || 3–2 (12) || Jiménez (1–2) || Fikac (3–4) || Speier (1) || 13,998 || 27–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 53 || May 29 || @ Padres || 11–3 || Middlebrook (1–1) || Stark (3–1) || || 13,421 || 27–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 54 || May 30 || @ Padres || 4–2 || Neagle (4–2) || Jones (3–3) || Jiménez (14) || 18,755 || 28–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 55 || May 31 || @ Giants || 6–2 || Jennings (6–2) || Jensen (4–5) || Jones (1) || 38,337 || 29–26

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 56 || June 1 || @ Giants || 5–4 || Hampton (3–6) || Hernández (5–5) || Jiménez (15) || 40,893 || 30–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 2 || @ Giants || 9–2 || Schmidt (1–1) || Thomson (6–4) || || 40,651 || 30–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 58 || June 3 || Dodgers || 11–5 || Mota (1–0) || Jiménez (1–3) || || 30,150 || 30–28 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 4 || Dodgers || 10–4 || Orosco (1–1) || Jones (0–1) || || 30,195 || 30–29 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 60 || June 5 || Dodgers || 8–6 || Jennings (7–2) || Daal (4–2) || Jiménez (16) || 31,793 || 31–29 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 61 || June 7 || @ Blue Jays || 8–0 || Halladay (7–2) || Hampton (3–7) || || 20,032 || 31–30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 8 || @ Blue Jays || 3–1 || Walker (2–0) || Thomson (6–5) || Escobar (12) || 21,298 || 31–31 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 9 || @ Blue Jays || 3–2 || Escobar (3–2) || Jiménez (1–4) || || 20,328 || 31–32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 10 || @ Red Sox || 7–3 || Lowe (10–2) || Neagle (4–3) || Wakefield (3) || 33,508 || 31–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 65 || June 11 || @ Red Sox || 3–1 || Jennings (8–2) || Fossum (2–1) || Jiménez (17) || 32,340 || 32–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"