2002 Chicago Cubs season

2002 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago (since 1870)
Results
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General manager(s)	Andy MacPhail, Jim Hendry
Manager(s)	Don Baylor, Rene Lachemann, Bruce Kimm
Local television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Chip Caray, Joe Carter) FSN Chicago (Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
Local radio	WGN (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2002 Chicago Cubs season was the 131st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 127th in the National League and the 87th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

Offseason[]

• November 2, 2001: Mark Bellhorn was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Adam Morrissey (minors).^[1]
• January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

National League Central[]

v t NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	0.599	—	52–29	45–36
Houston Astros	84	78	0.519	13	47–34	37–44
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	0.481	19	38–43	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	0.447	24½	38–42	34–47
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	36–45	31–50
Milwaukee Brewers	56	106	0.346	41	31–50	25–56

Record vs. opponents[]

2002 National League Records v t Source: [1]
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

Notable transactions[]

• September 4, 2002: Bill Mueller was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Verplancke (minors).^[4]

Roster[]

2002 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 53 Francis Beltrán 35 Alan Benes 46 Jason Bere 48 Joe Borowski 37 Scott Chiasson 30 Matt Clement 51 Juan Cruz 49 Will Cunnane 55 Courtney Duncan 44 Kyle Farnsworth 13 Jeff Fassero 45 Tom Gordon 32 Jon Lieber 54 Ron Mahay 52 Pat Mahomes 31 Donovan Osborne 22 Mark Prior 41 Jesus Sánchez 39 Steve Smyth 34 Kerry Wood 38 Carlos Zambrano		Catchers 27 Joe Girardi  9 Todd Hundley 72 Robert Machado 58 Mike Mahoney Infielders 28 Mark Bellhorn 19 Hee-Seop Choi  8 Alex Gonzalez 17 Bobby Hill 29 Fred McGriff 33 Bill Mueller  1 Augie Ojeda 15 Kevin Orie 11 Chris Stynes		Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 24 Roosevelt Brown 16 Delino DeShields 12 Angel Echevarria 15 Mario Encarnación  3 Chad Hermansen  6 Darren Lewis 20 Corey Patterson 21 Sammy Sosa		Manager 25 Don Baylor 10 Bruce Kimm Coaches  2 Sandy Alomar (first base) 43 Dave Bialas (third base)  3 Gene Glynn (former third base) 36 Rick Kranitz (bullpen) 5 Rene Lachemann (bench)  4 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 47 Larry Rothschild (pitching)

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^[5]

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
1B	Fred McGriff	146	523	143	.273	30	103
2B	Mark Bellhorn	146	445	115	.258	27	56
SS	Alex Gonzalez	142	513	127	.248	18	61
3B	Bill Mueller	103	353	94	.266	7	37

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

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
Steve Smyth	8	26	1	3	9.35	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

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

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Bruce Kimm and Pat Listach
AA	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	Southern League	Bobby Dickerson
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Dave Trembley
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Carmelo Martínez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise, AZL Cubs^[6]

References[]

• 2002 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference