2002 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 2002 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 120th season in the history of the franchise. The team failed to improve upon their 86-76 record from the previous season. However, this would be their last losing season until 2013.

2002 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record80–81 (.497)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Bill Giles
General manager(s)Ed Wade
Manager(s)Larry Bowa
Local televisionWPSG
CSN Philadelphia
Local radioWPEN
(Harry Kalas, Larry Andersen, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Scott Graham, Tom McCarthy)
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Offseason
  • November 9, 2001: Omar Daal was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Eric Junge and Jesus Cordero (minors).[1]
  • January 28, 2002: John Mabry was signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.[2]
  • January 29, 2002: Ricky Ledée signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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

Notable transactions
  • May 22, 2002: John Mabry was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Oakland Athletics for Jeremy Giambi.[2]
  • May 26, 2002: Dan Plesac was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cliff Politte.[5]
  • June 25, 2002: Bruce Aven was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff D'Amico.[6]
  • July 29, 2002: Scott Rolen was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Doug Nickle and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Plácido Polanco, Mike Timlin, and Bud Smith.[7]

Draft picks
  • June 4, 2002: Cole Hamels was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 28, 2002.[8]

2002 Game Log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
2002 Game Log[9]
Overall Record: 80–81

Roster
2002 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMike Lieberthal130476133.2791552
1BTravis Lee153536142.2651370
2BMarlon Anderson145539139.258848
3BScott Rolen10037552.2591766
SSJimmy Rollins154637156.2451160
LFPat Burrell157586165.28237116
CFDoug Glanville138422105.249629
RFBobby Abreu157572176.3082085

On June 2, 2002, starting pitcher Robert Person hit two home runs[10] in an 18–3 victory over the Montreal Expos.

Note: Complete pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

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
Marlon Byrd10358.22911
Johnny Estrada10172.11802
Jeremy Giambi8215638.2441228
Dave Hollins14172.11800
Ricky Ledée9620346.227823
John Mabry21216.28603
Jason Michaels8110528.267211
Tomás Pérez9221253.250520
Plácido Polanco5320661.296422
Todd Pratt3910633.311316
Nick Punto961.16700
Eric Valent7102.20000

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Jimmy Rollins, Shortstop, Starter
  • Scott Rolen, Third Base, Starter
  • Vicente Padilla, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Red Barons		 International League Marc Bombard
AA Reading Phillies Eastern League Greg Legg
A Clearwater Phillies Florida State League John Morris and Roly de Armas
A Lakewood BlueClaws South Atlantic League Jeff Manto
A-Short Season Batavia Muckdogs New York–Penn League Ronnie Ortegon
Rookie GCL Phillies Gulf Coast League Rubén Amaro, Sr.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Phillies[11][12]

References
  1. "Omar Daal Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  2. "John Mabry Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  3. "Ricky Ledée Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200204010.shtml
  5. "Dan Plesac Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  6. "Bruce Aven Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  7. "Scott Rolen Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  8. "Cole Hamels Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  9. "2002 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=220602122
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  12. Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory
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