2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2002 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fox Entertainment Group
General manager(s)	Dan Evans
Manager(s)	Jim Tracy
Local television	Fox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13)
Local radio	KFWB Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
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The 2002 season saw Dan Evans take over as General Manager and in his first season the team won 92 games and was not eliminated from post season contention until the next-to-last day of the season, finishing third overall in the Western Division of the National League. Shawn Green hit 42 home runs to become the first L.A. Dodger to have back-to-back 40 or more homer seasons. He had four homers in one game on May 23 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 6 for 6 in that game and set a Major League mark for total bases with 19.^[1] The number broke the previous record of 18 total bases set by Joe Adcock. Éric Gagné who had been a starter previously became the closer in 2002 and set a club mark with 52 saves. This is also their first season to be broadcast on KCOP (13).

Offseason

November 9, 2001: Acquired Omar Daal from the Philadelphia Phillies for Jesus Cordero and Eric Junge
December 13, 2001: Acquired César Izturis and Paul Quantrill from the Toronto Blue Jays for Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts
December 21, 2001: Acquired Dave Roberts from the Cleveland Indians for Christian Bridenbaugh and Nial Hughes
January 15, 2002: Acquired Andrew Brown, Odalis Pérez and Brian Jordan from the Atlanta Braves for Gary Sheffield
February 21, 2002: Tim Crabtree was signed as a Free Agent.^[2]
March 23, 2002: Acquired Guillermo Mota and Wilkin Ruan from the Montreal Expos for Matt Herges and Jorge Nunez

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	98	64	0.605	—	55–26	43–38
San Francisco Giants	95	66	0.590	2½	50–31	45–35
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	0.568	6	46–35	46–35
Colorado Rockies	73	89	0.451	25	47–34	26–55
San Diego Padres	66	96	0.407	32	41–40	25–56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	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

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Dave Roberts	Center fielder
César Izturis	Shortstop
Paul Lo Duca	Catcher
Shawn Green	Right fielder
Brian Jordan	Left fielder
Adrián Beltré	Third baseman
Eric Karros	First baseman
Mark Grudzielanek	Second baseman
Kevin Brown	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

July 22, 2002: Acquired Jolbert Cabrera from the Cleveland Indians for Lance Caraccioli
July 23, 2002: Acquired Tyler Houston and Brian Mallete from the Milwaukee Brewers for Ben Diggins and Shane Nance
July 25, 2002: Acquired Tom Farmer and Jason Frasor from the Detroit Tigers for Hiram Bocachica
July 28, 2002: Acquired Paul Shuey from the Cleveland Indians for Francisco Cruceta, Terry Mulholland and Ricardo Rodríguez

Roster

2002 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

57 Víctor Alvarez

43 Andy Ashby

58 Kevin Beirne

27 Kevin Brown

55 Giovanni Carrara

49 Bryan Corey

36 Omar Daal

51 Robert Ellis

38 Éric Gagné

17 Kazuhisa Ishii

59 Guillermo Mota

45 Terry Mulholland

10 Hideo Nomo

47 Jesse Orosco

45 Odalis Pérez

44 Paul Quantrill

52 Paul Shuey

56 Dennis Springer

54 Jeff Williams

Catchers

21 Chad Kreuter

16 Paul Lo Duca

40 David Ross

Infielders

29 Adrián Beltré

13 Alex Cora

8 Mark Grudzielanek

25 Dave Hansen

5 Tyler Houston

3 César Izturis

23 Eric Karros

14 Jeff Reboulet

41 Joe Thurston

Outfielders

49 Luke Allen

26 Hiram Bocachica

50 Jolbert Cabrera

52 Chin-Feng Chen

15 Shawn Green

9 Marquis Grissom

33 Brian Jordan

7 Mike Kinkade

30 Dave Roberts

26 Wilkin Ruan

Manager

12 Jim Tracy

Coaches

22 Jack Clark
(hitting)

48 Jim Colborn
(pitching)

35 Glenn Hoffman
(third base)

18 Jim Lett
(bullpen)

11 Manny Mota

5 Jim Riggleman
(bench)

31 John Shelby
(1st base)

Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Hideo Nomo	34	34	220.3	16-6	3.39	101	193	0
Odalis Pérez	32	32	222.3	15-10	3.00	38	155	4
Andy Ashby	30	30	181.7	9-13	3.91	65	107	0
Kazuhisa Ishii	28	28	154.0	14-10	4.27	106	143	0
Omar Daal	39	23	161.3	11-9	3.90	54	105	0
Kevin Brown	17	10	63.7	3-4	4.81	23	58	0

Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Éric Gagné	77	0	82.3	4-1	1.97	16	114	52
Paul Quantrill	86	0	76.7	5-4	2.70	25	53	1
Giovanni Carrara	63	0	90.7	6-3	3.28	32	56	1
Jesse Orosco	56	0	27.0	1-2	3.00	12	22	1
Guillermo Mota	43	0	60.7	1-3	4.15	27	49	0
Terry Mulholland	21	0	32.0	0-0	7.31	7	17	0
Paul Shuey	28	0	30.7	5-2	4.40	21	24	1
Kevin Beirne	12	3	29.0	2-0	3.41	17	17	0
Víctor Alvarez	4	0	10.3	0-1	4.35	2	7	0
Jeff Williams	10	0	10.0	0-0	11.70	7	11	0
Robert Ellis	3	0	2.7	0-1	10.13	0	0	0
Dennis Springer	1	0	1.3	0-1	6.75	2	1	0
Bryan Corey	1	0	1.0	0-0	0.00	0	0	0

Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Paul Lo Duca	C/1B	149	580	.281	74	163	10	64	3
Chad Kreuter	C	41	95	.263	8	25	2	12	1
David Ross	C	8	10	.200	2	2	1	2	0
Eric Karros	1B	142	524	.271	52	142	13	73	4
Mark Grudzielanek	2B	150	536	.271	56	145	9	50	4
César Izturis	SS	135	439	.232	43	102	1	31	7
Adrián Beltré	3B	159	587	.257	70	151	21	75	7
Alex Cora	2B/SS	115	258	.291	37	75	5	28	7
Dave Hansen	1B/3B	96	120	.292	15	35	2	17	1
Tyler Houston	1B/3B	35	65	.200	9	13	0	8	0
Jeff Reboulet	2B/SS	38	48	.208	3	10	0	2	0
Joe Thurston	2B	8	13	.462	1	6	0	1	0
Shawn Green	RF	158	582	.285	110	166	42	114	8
Dave Roberts	CF/LF	127	422	.277	63	117	3	34	48
Brian Jordan	LF/RF	128	471	.285	65	134	18	80	2
Marquis Grissom	CF/LF/RF	111	343	.277	57	95	17	60	5
Hiram Bocachica	LF/CF/RF	49	65	.215	12	14	4	9	1
Mike Kinkade	LF/1B	37	50	.380	7	19	2	11	1
Jolbert Cabrera	OF/IF	10	12	.333	3	4	0	1	0
Wilkin Ruan	CF	12	11	.273	2	3	0	23	0
Luke Allen	RF	6	7	.143	2	1	0	0	0
Chin-Feng Chen	LF	3	5	.000	1	0	0	0	0

2002 Awards

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Éric Gagné reserve
- Odalis Pérez reserve
NL Pitcher of the Month
- Éric Gagné (June 2002)
NL Player of the Month
- Brian Jordan (September 2002)
NL Player of the Week
- Odalis Pérez (April 15–21)
- Shawn Green (May 20–26)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Brad Mills
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Dino Ebel
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Juan Bustabad
A	South Georgia Waves	South Atlantic League	Scott Little
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Dann Bilardello
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Luis Salazar
Rookie	DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2	Dominican Summer League
Rookie	San Joaquin Dodgers	Venezuelan Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 2002 Major League Baseball Draft

James Loney

The Dodgers selected 52 players in this draft. Of those, nine of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They gained a supplemental first round pick and an extra second round pick as compensation for losing pitcher Chan Ho Park to the Texas Rangers as a free agent.

With their first round pick, the Dodgers selected first baseman James Loney from Lawrence E Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas. Loney would make it to the Majors in 2006 and was the Dodgers primary starting first baseman until he was traded in 2012. He hit 71 home runs and drove in 451 RBI in his seven seasons with the Dodgers, while hitting .284. The supplemental first round pick was left handed pitcher Greg Miller from Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California. Miller was a highly touted prospect and the 2003 Dodgers minor league pitcher of the year after he went 11-4 with a 2.49 ERA in 21 starts for the Vero Beach Dodgers. However, he missed the entire 2004 season with an arm injury and was never able to regain his touch. In eight minor league seasons (the last in the independent American Association) he was 24-15 with a 3.89 ERA in 221 games (53 starts).^[3]

This was a fairly successful draft, after several sub-par drafts that proceeded it. Also drafted this season were relief pitcher Jonathan Broxton (second round), starting pitchers James McDonald (11th round, drafted as a first baseman) and Eric Stults (15th round) and catcher Russell Martin (17th round, drafted as a second baseman).

2002 Draft Picks

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	James Loney	1B	Lawrence E Elkins High School	Yes	2002–present	MLB
1s	Greg Miller	LHP	Esperanza High School	Yes	2002–2013	AAA
2	Zach Hammes	RHP	Iowa City High School	Yes	2002–2013	AAA
2	Jonathan Broxton	RHP	Burke County High School	Yes	2002–present	MLB
3	Mike Nixon	C	Sunnyslope High School	Yes	2002–2005	AAA
4	Delwyn Young	2B	Santa Barbara City College	Yes	2002–present	MLB
5	Mike Megrew	LHP	Chariho High School	Yes	2002–2008	AAA
6	Marshal Looney	LHP	La Pine High School	Yes	2002–2005	A
7	David Bagley	3B	University of California, San Diego	Yes	2002–2004	A+
8	Jamaal Hamilton	LHP	Monterey High School	Yes	2002–2005	AA
9	Denver Kitch	SS	University of Oklahoma	No Orioles-2004	2004–2007	A
10	Ryan Williams	RHP	Old Dominion University	Yes	2002–2003	A+
11	James McDonald	1B	Polytechnic High School	Yes	2002–2013	MLB
12	Ryan Owen	C	Wichita State University	Yes	2002–2005	A
13	Julio LaSalle	RHP	Palm Beach Atlantic University	Yes	2002–2004	A
14	Karl Mejholm	RHP	Dover Bay High School	No
15	Eric Stults	LHP	Bethel College	Yes	2002–present	MLB
16	Sambu Ndungidi	OF	St. Georges High School	Yes	2003–2008	Rookie
17	Russell Martin	2B	Chipola College	Yes	2002–present	MLB
18	Curtis Hudson	C	Yuba City High School	No
19	Mike White	LHP	St. Petersburg College	Yes	2002–2005	A-
20	Andrew Walker	RHP	Cowley County Community College	No
21	Brian Tracy	RHP	Claremont High School	No
22	Brett Wayne	SS	St. Mary's College of California	Yes	2002–2007	AA
23	Joshua Bartusick	1B	Fountain Valley High School	No
24	D. J. Jackson	OF	Jesuit High School	Yes	2003–2006	AAA
25	Alvin Hayes	RHP	Alabama Southern Community College	Yes	2003–2006	A-
26	Jarod Plummer	RHP	South Garland High School	Yes	2002–2010	AAA
27	Mike Potoczny	RHP	North Marion High School	Yes	2002–2003	Rookie
28	Robert Ray	RHP	Lufkin High School	No Blue Jays-2005	2005–2012	MLB
29	Don Laurin	SS	East Oklahoma State College	Yes	2003–2006	A+
30	Edward Roberts	RHP	Key West High School	No
31	Ross Hawley	RHP	Kansas State University	Yes	2002–2003	A
32	Richie Robnett	OF	Santa Barbara City College	No Athletics-2004	2004–2010	AAA
33	Eduardo Baez	RHP	Poly High School	No
34	Doug Mathis	RHP	Show Low High School	No Rangers-2005	2005–present	MLB
35	Matt Long	RHP	Granville High School	No White Sox-2006	2006–2011	AAA
36	Bryan Goelz	OF	New York City College of Technology	Yes	2002–2012	A+
37	Jonathan Riggleman	3B	Hillsborough Community College	No
38	Daiel Forrer	LHP	Jefferson Davis High School	No Pirates-2007	2007	A-
39	Luke Hochevar	RHP	Fowler High School	No Royals-2006	2006–present	MLB
40	Eric Wolfe	1B	York Mills High School	No
41	Ryan Lennerton	P	East Oklahoma State College	No
42	Nathan Warrick	OF	Belton High School	No Astros-2005	2005–2007	A
43	David Parker	RHP	Oklahoma City University	Yes	2002–2005	Rookie
44	James Bailie	C	Kodiak High School	No
45	Justin Estrada	SS	Jesuit High School	No
46	Mickey Jordan	OF	Armstrong Atlantic State University	Yes	2002	Rookie
47	Chad Bailey	LHP	North Idaho College	Yes	2003–2006	A+
48	Andre Trahan	OF	Yuba Community College	No
49	Jeffrey Cristy	C	Lincoln Southeast High School	No
50	Jason Farrand	C	Conway High School	No

^[4]

References

↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crabtti01.shtml
↑ Gurnick, Ken (April 6, 2009). "Dodgers give up on left-hander Miller". mlb.com. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
↑ 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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2002 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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