2002 Colorado Rockies season

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2002 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Coors Field (since 1995)
  • Denver, Colorado (since 1993)
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
Local televisionKWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jack Corrigan)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery, Wayne Hagin)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the tenth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired 22 games into the season. Hurdle won 67 out of 140 and was kept on as manager for the following season. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73-89, 4th in the NL West.

Offseason[]

  • December 16, 2001: Jeff Cirillo was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Seattle Mariners for Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, and José Paniagua.[1]
  • January 7, 2002: Mike Myers was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.[2]
  • January 11, 2002: Todd Jones was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 21, 2002: Ross Gload was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Craig House to the New York Mets for Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani, and cash.[4]
  • January 26, 2002: Ross Gload was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.[5]
  • February 7, 2002: Kent Mercker was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[7]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

National League West[]

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  • t
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
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  • 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[]

  • June 4, 2002: Jeff Francis was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.[8]
  • July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).[9]
  • July 31, 2002: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Dennys Reyes to the Texas Rangers for Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash.[10]
  • July 31, 2002: John Thomson was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to the New York Mets for Jay Payton, Mark Corey, and Robert Stratton (minors).[11]

Major League debuts[]

  • Pitchers:
    • Aaron Cook (Aug 10)
    • Cory Vance (Sep 21) [12]

Roster[]

2002 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log[]

2002 Game Log
April
May
June
July
August
September

Player stats[]

= Indicates team leader

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 Gary Bennett 90 291 77 .265 4 26
1B Todd Helton 156 553 182 .329 30 109
2B Brent Butler 113 344 89 .259 9 42
SS Juan Uribe 155 566 136 .240 6 49
3B Todd Zeile 144 506 138 .273 18 87
LF Todd Hollandsworth 95 298 88 .295 11 48
CF Juan Pierre 152 592 170 .287 1 35
RF Larry Walker 136 477 161 .338 26 104

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
Terry Shumpert 106 234 55 .235 6 21
José Ortiz 65 192 48 .250 1 12
Jay Payton 47 170 57 .335 8 28
Greg Norton 113 168 37 .220 7 37
Gabe Kapler 40 119 37 .311 2 17
Benny Agbayani 48 117 24 .205 4 19
Sandy Alomar, Jr. 38 116 31 .267 0 12

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
Jason Jennings 32 185.1 16 8 4.52 127
Mike Hampton 30 178.2 7 15 6.15 74
Denny Neagle 35 164.1 8 11 5.26 111
Denny Stark 32 128.1 11 4 4.00 64
John Thomson 21 127.1 7 8 4.88 76
Shawn Chacón 21 119.1 5 11 5.73 67

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
Rick White 41 40.2 2 6 6.20 27
Chris Nichting 29 36.1 1 1 4.46 25
Aaron Cook 9 35.2 2 1 4.54 14
Brian Fuentes 31 26.2 2 0 4.73 38
Víctor Santos 24 26.0 0 4 10.38 25

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
Todd Jones 79 1 4 1 4.70 73
José Jiménez 74 2 10 41 3.56 47
Justin Speier 63 5 1 1 4.33 47
Kent Mercker 58 3 1 0 6.14 37
Dennys Reyes 43 0 1 0 4.24 30

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Chris Cron
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League P. J. Carey
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League Darron Cox

[13]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brian Fuentes page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ JD Closser page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Todd Jones page at Baseball Reference Archived 2010-07-03 at WebCite
  4. ^ Todd Zeile page at Baseball Reference Archived April 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Ross Gload page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Kent Mercker page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Bobby Estalella page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Jeff Francis page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Sandy Alomar, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Jay Payton page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2002&l=NL
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References[]

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