2002 Chicago Cubs Season

2002 Chicago Cubs
2002 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Tribune Company
General managers	Andy MacPhail, Jim Hendry
Managers	Don Baylor, Rene Lachemann, Bruce Kimm
Television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN; (Chip Caray, Joe Carter); FSN Chicago; (Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
Radio	WGN; (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

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).
January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

v t e 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 record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	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).

Roster

2002 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Don Baylor
10 Bruce Kimm

Coaches

2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Joe Girardi	90	234	53	.226	1	13
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
LF	Moisés Alou	132	484	133	.275	15	61
CF	Corey Patterson	153	592	150	.253	14	54
RF	Sammy Sosa	150	556	160	.288	49	108

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
Todd Hundley	92	266	56	.211	16	35
Roosevelt Brown	111	204	43	.211	3	23
Chris Stynes	98	195	47	.241	5	26
Bobby Hill	59	190	48	.253	4	20
Delino DeShields	67	146	28	.192	3	10
Angel Echevarria	50	98	30	.306	3	21
Darren Lewis	58	79	19	.241	0	7
Augie Ojeda	30	70	13	.186	0	4
Robert Machado	22	58	16	.276	1	5
Hee-Seop Choi	24	50	9	.180	2	4
Chad Hermansen	35	43	9	.209	1	3
Kevin Orie	13	32	9	.281	0	5
Mike Mahoney	16	29	6	.207	0	3
Mario Encarnación	3	7	0	.000	0	0

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
Kerry Wood	33	213.2	12	11	3.66	217
Matt Clement	32	205.0	12	11	3.60	215
Jon Lieber	21	141.0	6	8	3.70	87
Mark Prior	19	116.2	6	6	3.32	147
Jason Bere	16	85.2	1	10	5.67	65
Alan Benes	7	39.1	2	2	4.35	32
Steve Smyth	8	26.0	1	3	9.35	16

Other pitchers