2002 Atlanta Braves season

The 2002 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 37th season in Atlanta and 132nd overall. The Braves won their 8th consecutive division title, finishing 19 games ahead of the second-place Montreal Expos. The Braves lost the 2002 Divisional Series to the eventual NL Champion San Francisco Giants, 3 games to 2.

2002 Atlanta Braves
National league East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record101–59 (.631)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)AOL Time Warner
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Bobby Cox
Local televisionTBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
Local radioWSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
WWWE
(Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
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2002 marked the final year that pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz played on the same team ending the reign of what has been considered by many the greatest pitching trio of all-time. All three would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame a decade later. Smoltz set the Braves' single season record for saves (55). Chipper Jones moved to the outfield in left field to allow for Vinny Castilla to be signed and added to the lineup at third base. Julio Franco became a regular player in the second stint of his Major League career and Gary Sheffield was acquired to the Braves in 2002, playing at right field.

Offseason
  • October 26, 2001: Aaron Small was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • December 4, 2001: John Smoltz was re-signed from Free Agency back to the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • December 11, 2001: Vinny Castilla signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[3]
  • December 17, 2001: Julio Franco was re-signed from Free Agency back to the Atlanta Braves.[4]
  • January 15, 2002: Gary Sheffield was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Andrew Brown, Brian Jordan and Odalis Pérez.[5]
  • January 16, 2002: Doug Linton was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[6]
  • March 20, 2002: Henry Blanco was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Paul Bako and Jose Cabrera.[7]

Regular season

Opening Day starters
  • Vinny Castilla
  • Rafael Furcal
  • Marcus Giles
  • Tom Glavine
  • Andruw Jones
  • Chipper Jones
  • Javy Lopez
  • Gary Sheffield
  • B. J. Surhoff[8]

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10159 0.631 — 52–28 49–31
Montreal Expos 8379 0.512 19 49–32 34–47
Philadelphia Phillies 8081 0.497 21½ 40–40 40–41
Florida Marlins 7983 0.488 23 46–35 33–48
New York Mets 7586 0.466 26½ 38–43 37–43

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—3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago2–42–4—5–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati0–62–412–5—3–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–3—5–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida1–58–112–41–52–5—3–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston3–33–311–811–63–33–3—3–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–3—5–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–5—2–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–2—11–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–11—9–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–9—2–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–2—2–42–46–113–9
San Diego7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–2—5–141–58–10
San Francisco11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Transactions
  • June 4, 2002: Jeff Francoeur was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2002.[9]
  • September 30, 2002: Aaron Small was released by the Atlanta Braves.[1]

Roster
2002 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CJavy López10934781.2331152
1BJulio Franco12533896.284630
2BKeith Lockhart12829664.216532
SSRafael Furcal154636175.275847
3BVinny Castilla143543126.2321261
LFChipper Jones158548179.32726100
CFAndruw Jones154560148.2643594
RFGary Sheffield135492151.3072584

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Henry Blanco8122145.204622
Marcus Giles6821349.230823
Darren Bragg10921257.269315
Matt Franco8120565.317630
Mark DeRosa7221263.297523
Wes Helms8521051.243622
B.J. Surhoff257522.29309
Jesse Garcia396112.19705
Steve Torrealba13171.05901
Ryan Langerhans110.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Glavine36224.218112.96127
Kevin Millwood352171883.24178
Greg Maddux34199.11662.62118
Damian Moss331791263.42111
Jason Marquis22114.1895.0484
Jung Bong16017.504
John Ennis14004.501

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Albie Lopez3055.2144.3739
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Smoltz7532553.2585
Mike Remlinger737301.9969
Chris Hammond637200.9563
Kevin Gryboski572103.4833
Darren Holmes552211.8147
Kerry Ligtenberg523402.9751
Tim Spooneybarger511012.6333
John Foster510010.806
Trey Hodges42005.406
Andy Pratt10006.751
Joey Dawley10000.001
Aaron Small100027.001

2002 National League Division Series

San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves

San Francisco (eventual NL Champion) wins the series, 3-2

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Stadium Series
1Atlanta5San Francisco8October 2Turner Field1-0 (SFO)
2Atlanta7San Francisco3October 3Turner Field1-1
3San Francisco2Atlanta10October 5Pacific Bell Park2-1 (ATL)
4San Francisco8Atlanta3October 6Pacific Bell Park2-2
5Atlanta1San Francisco3October 7Turner Field3-2 (SFO)

Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball season Braves' team pitching led the league with a 3.13 ERA. John Smoltz was National League Relief Man of the Year, as he led the league with 55 saves, which was a National League record at the time (since broken by Éric Gagné in 2003). Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were chosen for Gold Glove awards.

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Representing the Braves on the 2002 National League All-Star team were pitchers Tom Glavine, Mike Remlinger and John Smoltz. Andruw Jones was elected to receive the final roster spot on the 2002 National League All-Star team.

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Fredi González
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Brian Snitker
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Randy Ingle
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Lynn Jones
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Ralph Henriquez
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Saul

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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smoltjo01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml#trans
  4. Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheffga01.shtml#trans
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blanche01.shtml#trans
  8. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=ATL
  9. Jeff Francoeur Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  11. Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory
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