The 2002 Florida Marlins 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.Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

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 VenueJune 14 Devil Rays Marlins 4-3 (14 innings) Pro Player StadiumJune 15 Marlins Devil Rays 3-0 Pro Player StadiumJune 16 Devil Rays Marlins 4-1 Pro Player StadiumJune 28 Devil Rays Marlins 4-0 Tropicana FieldJune 29 Marlins Devil Rays 3-2 Tropicana FieldJune 30 Devil Rays Marlins 6-5 (12 innings) 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. 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.Cliff Floyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Roster 2002 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

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 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

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 2002 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference 2002 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac