2002 Colorado Rockies
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCoors Field
CityDenver, Colorado
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJerry McMorris
General managersDan O'Dowd
ManagersBuddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
TelevisionKWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jack Corrigan)
RadioKOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery, Wayne Hagin)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
Seasons

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 games 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, fourth 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

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9864 0.605 55–26 43–38
San Francisco Giants 9566 0.590 50–31 45–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568 6 46–35 46–35
Colorado Rockies 7389 0.451 25 47–34 26–55
San Diego Padres 6696 0.407 32 41–40 25–56

Record vs. opponents


Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta3–34–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago2–42–45–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati0–62–412–53–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–35–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida1–58–112–41–52–53–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston3–33–311–811–63–33–33–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–35–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–52–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–211–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–119–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–92–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–22–42–46–113–9
San Diego7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–25–141–58–10
San Francisco11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–52–48–10
St. Louis4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–28–4

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

Roster

2002 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Cardinals102Morris (10)Hampton (01)48,39701
2April 3@ Cardinals63Neagle (10)Stephenson (01)Jiménez (1)26,55711
3April 4@ Cardinals61Thomson (10)Benes (01)27,69121
4April 5@ Dodgers90Ashby (10)Chacón (01)25,09122
5April 6@ Dodgers92Ishii (10)Jennings (01)38,69323
6April 7@ Dodgers64Brown (11)Hampton (02)Gagné (1)28,45224
7April 8Astros84Oswalt (20)Neagle (11)50,39225
8April 9Astros105Thomson (20)Reynolds (11)30,15335
9April 10Astros41Chacón (11)Mlicki (02)Jiménez (2)29,55245
10April 11Diamondbacks84Johnson (30)Reyes (01)31,71446
11April 12Diamondbacks83Schilling (30)Hampton (03)40,83247
12April 13Diamondbacks75 (10)Myers (11)Jiménez (01)42,59648
13April 14Diamondbacks63Batista (10)Thomson (21)Kim (2)42,29849
14April 15Dodgers52Pérez (11)Chacón (12)29,763410
15April 16Dodgers64Jennings (11)Ashby (11)Jiménez (3)30,354510
16April 17Dodgers63Ishii (30)White (01)Gagné (5)32,878511
17April 19@ Diamondbacks86Neagle (21)Anderson (02)Jiménez (4)37,443611
18April 20@ Diamondbacks98Helling (22)Thomson (22)Myers (2)47,627612
19April 21@ Diamondbacks71Johnson (50)Chacón (13)43,891613
20April 23@ Reds32Haynes (22)Jennings (12)Graves (7)14,518614
21April 24@ Reds43Williamson (10)Jiménez (02)13,004615
22April 25@ Reds43Sullivan (20)White (02)Graves (8)14,416616
23April 26Phillies41Thomson (32)Adams (03)Jiménez (5)37,551716
24April 27Phillies86Chacón (23)Duckworth (12)Jiménez (6)38,064816
25April 28Phillies42Jennings (22)Wolf (11)Jiménez (7)40,357916
26April 30Pirates100Hampton (13)Williams (23)30,7591016
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1Pirates60Neagle (31)Fogg (31)29,5291116
28May 2Pirates72Thomson (42)Villone (24)30,1341216
29May 3@ Phillies32Duckworth (22)Chacón (24)Mesa (7)15,2571217
30May 4@ Phillies65Mercado (10)White (03)Mesa (8)16,2051218
31May 5@ Phillies74Padilla (42)Hampton (14)Mesa (9)32,4111219
32May 7@ Expos53Thomson (52)Armas (43)Jiménez (8)3,7801319
33May 8@ Expos50Chacón (34)Pavano (24)5,2201419
34May 9@ Expos65 (12)Lloyd (12)White (04)3,1831420
35May 10@ Mets95Jennings (32)D'Amico (23)37,4841520
36May 11@ Mets43Leiter (42)Hampton (15)Strickland (1)41,6051521
37May 12@ Mets43 (13)White (14)Davis (11)Jiménez (9)33,5781621
38May 13Marlins73Stark (10)Penny (32)29,9711721
39May 14Marlins62Beckett (12)Neagle (32)Núñez (8)28,6511722
40May 15Marlins72Jennings (42)Burnett (53)27,8981822
41May 16Marlins103Hampton (25)Tavárez (13)28,1971922
42May 17Braves42Glavine (62)Thomson (53)Smoltz (12)40,3571923
43May 18Braves73Stark (20)Millwood (25)42,7802023
44May 19Braves21Remlinger (20)Nichting (01)Smoltz (13)43,1512024
45May 21Padres76Speier (10)Embree (32)Jiménez (10)30,6162124
46May 22Padres53Mercker (10)Fikac (33)Jiménez (11)29,2042224
47May 23Padres163Thomson (63)Tomko (34)30,7012324
48May 24Giants85Stark (30)Ortiz (43)Jiménez (12)37,6272424
49May 25Giants63Nichting (11)Rueter (62)Jiménez (13)41,9572524
50May 26Giants106Jennings (52)Jensen (44)48,0732624
51May 27@ Padres85Lawrence (53)Hampton (26)Hoffman (14)15,6662625
52May 28@ Padres32 (12)Jiménez (12)Fikac (34)Speier (1)13,9982725
53May 29@ Padres113Middlebrook (11)Stark (31)13,4212726
54May 30@ Padres42Neagle (42)Jones (33)Jiménez (14)18,7552826
55May 31@ Giants62Jennings (62)Jensen (45)Jones (1)38,3372926
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Giants54Hampton (36)Hernández (55)Jiménez (15)40,8933026
57June 2@ Giants92Schmidt (11)Thomson (64)40,6513027
58June 3Dodgers115Mota (10)Jiménez (13)30,1503028
59June 4Dodgers104Orosco (11)Jones (01)30,1953029
60June 5Dodgers86Jennings (72)Daal (42)Jiménez (16)31,7933129
61June 7@ Blue Jays80Halladay (72)Hampton (37)20,0323130
62June 8@ Blue Jays31Walker (20)Thomson (65)Escobar (12)21,2983131
63June 9@ Blue Jays32Escobar (32)Jiménez (14)20,3283132
64June 10@ Red Sox73Lowe (102)Neagle (43)Wakefield (3)33,5083133
65June 11@ Red Sox31Jennings (82)Fossum (21)Jiménez (17)32,3403233
66June 12@ Red Sox75Castillo (56)Hampton (38)Urbina (19)31,5833234
67June 14Indians53Drese (74)Thomson (66)Wickman (15)40,1563235
68June 15Indians74Jones (11)Paronto (02)Jiménez (18)41,8703335
69June 16Indians54Colón (94)Neagle (44)Wickman (16)40,7923336
70June 18Yankees105Mussina (103)Jennings (83)Stanton (1)48,7383337
71June 19Yankees2010Mendoza (42)White (15)48,8213338
72June 20Yankees1411 (10)Stark (41)Karsay (33)48,9163438
73June 21Devil Rays87 (10)Speier (20)Yan (33)30,2843538
74June 22Devil Rays65 (11)Jiménez (24)Kent (02)31,1903638
75June 23Devil Rays65White (25)Kennedy (56)Jiménez (19)31,0433738
76June 24@ Dodgers41Hampton (48)Ishii (113)Jiménez (20)34,6413838
77June 25@ Dodgers40Pérez (93)Thomson (67)23,6353839
78June 26@ Dodgers53Nomo (85)Chacón (35)Gagné (28)25,0833840
79June 27@ Dodgers71Daal (63)Neagle (45)41,2793841
80June 28@ Mariners62Piñeiro (83)Jennings (84)45,1183842
81June 29@ Mariners81García (115)Hampton (49)45,7903843
82June 30@ Mariners43Speier (30)Sasaki (22)Jiménez (21)45,9283943
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Giants86Rodríguez (34)Jiménez (25)Nen (22)31,1153944
84July 2Giants185Jensen (86)Neagle (46)30,8383945
85July 3Giants144Jennings (94)Hernández (610)48,5044045
86July 5Padres96Hampton (59)Tomko (46)Jiménez (22)48,5404145
87July 6Padres32Thomson (77)Peavy (03)Jiménez (23)36,8664245
88July 7Padres71Pérez (31)Chacón (36)30,7074246
89July 11@ Giants32Worrell (60)Jiménez (26)39,6444247
90July 12@ Giants90Hernández (710)Hampton (510)40,9634248
91July 13@ Giants61Schmidt (53)Thomson (78)41,4344249
92July 14@ Giants53Chacón (46)Rueter (76)41,9804349
93July 15@ Padres50Stark (51)Pérez (32)37,8274449
94July 16@ Padres51Peavy (13)Jennings (95)Reed (1)22,1504450
95July 17Diamondbacks123Schilling (163)Hampton (511)39,0234451
96July 18Diamondbacks64Speier (40)Swindell (01)Jiménez (24)35,7994551
97July 19Brewers95Chacón (56)Quevedo (57)34,3474651
98July 20Brewers65Stark (61)Cabrera (47)Jiménez (25)37,0094751
99July 21Brewers64Jennings (105)Sheets (412)Jiménez (26)31,5974851
100July 22@ Diamondbacks51Schilling (173)Hampton (512)34,5164852
101July 23@ Diamondbacks85Kim (41)Jones (12)37,8374853
102July 24@ Diamondbacks71Batista (57)Chacón (57)34,7434854
103July 26@ Brewers103Sheets (512)Stark (62)Vizcaíno (3)29,2704855
104July 27@ Brewers65 (10)DeJean (14)Jiménez (27)33,4974856
105July 28@ Brewers53Wright (310)Hampton (513)DeJean (17)26,5354857
106July 30@ Pirates41Benson (45)Neagle (47)Williams (31)23,7494858
107July 31@ Pirates76Boehringer (33)White (26)Williams (32)18,1064859
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Pirates30Jennings (115)Meadows (01)Jiménez (27)19,0754959
109August 2@ Cubs64 (12)Borowski (34)Santos (01)38,4934960
110August 3@ Cubs21Neagle (57)Clement (88)Jiménez (28)39,3855060
111August 4@ Cubs41Prior (53)Chacón (58)38,4745061
112August 6Reds76Stark (72)Moehler (23)Jiménez (29)32,7805161
113August 7Reds72Jennings (125)Hamilton (37)32,4835261
114August 8Reds103Hampton (613)Haynes (127)30,2185361
115August 9Cubs20Neagle (67)Zambrano (23)Jiménez (30)41,1315461
116August 10Cubs151Prior (63)Chacón (59)45,4745462
117August 11Cubs129Smyth (10)Stark (73)37,0165463
118August 12@ Marlins10Jennings (135)Burnett (119)Jiménez (31)5,0905563
119August 13@ Marlins54Hampton (713)Núñez (55)Jiménez (32)4,7295663
120August 14@ Marlins10Lloyd (33)Santos (02)4,7465664
121August 16@ Braves41Millwood (126)Chacón (510)Smoltz (43)30,5045665
122August 17@ Braves103Stark (83)Marquis (87)46,1045765
123August 18@ Braves63Jennings (145)Maddux (115)Jiménez (33)30,3995865
124August 19@ Braves76Smoltz (32)Jiménez (28)24,5685866
125August 20Expos86Neagle (77)Vázquez (810)Jiménez (34)28,2785966
126August 21Expos135Yoshii (45)Chacón (511)27,9165967
127August 22Expos146Stark (93)Armas (811)27,2316067
128August 23Mets104Jennings (155)Astacio (117)29,1106167
129August 24Mets52Weathers (53)Jiménez (29)Benítez (28)35,1786168
130August 25Mets74Leiter (1110)Neagle (78)Benítez (29)27,3866169
131August 26Giants43Rodríguez (46)Jones (13)Nen (32)26,8776170
132August 27Giants74Rodríguez (56)Jones (14)Nen (33)26,5926171
133August 28Giants91Ortiz (910)Jennings (156)27,0806172
134August 29Giants106Hernández (914)Hampton (714)26,3306173
135August 30@ Padres20Tomko (88)Neagle (79)Hoffman (33)15,9876174
136August 31@ Padres30Condrey (10)Cook (01)Hoffman (34)31,0436175
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Padres95Nickle (10)Santos (03)Hoffman (35)21,1906176
138September 2@ Padres52Jennings (166)Jones (78)Jiménez (35)31,8376276
139September 3@ Giants42Ortiz (1010)Hampton (715)Nen (35)33,4836277
140September 4@ Giants21Neagle (89)Hernández (915)Jiménez (36)34,3426377
141September 6Padres73Cook (11)Eaton (01)26,2436477
142September 7Padres53Mercker (20)Holtz (22)Jiménez (37)26,4446577
143September 8Padres94Lawrence (1210)Jennings (167)Hoffman (36)25,7066578
144September 9@ Astros65 (10)Lidge (10)Flores (01)28,3306579
145September 10@ Astros114Miller (133)Neagle (810)24,8126580
146September 11@ Astros86Cook (21)Saarloos (65)Jiménez (38)29,1856680
147September 12Dodgers71Stark (103)Daal (118)25,5936780
148September 13Dodgers54Mercker (30)Mota (13)Jiménez (39)26,4416880
149September 14Dodgers163Pérez (149)Santos (04)28,1186881
150September 15Dodgers54Speier (50)Ashby (912)Jiménez (40)26,0116981
151September 17Cardinals114Fassero (86)Mercker (31)25,8336982
152September 18Cardinals85White (46)Speier (51)Kline (6)25,3306983
153September 19Cardinals126Simontacchi (115)Jennings (168)25,5676984
154September 20Diamondbacks94Lowe (52)Schilling (236)37,8427084
155September 21Diamondbacks158Fuentes (10)Fetters (32)29,4847184
156September 22Diamondbacks117Fuentes (20)Swindell (02)26,5207284
157September 24@ Dodgers10Stark (113)Pérez (1510)Jiménez (41)30,3327384
158September 25@ Dodgers32Gagné (31)Jiménez (210)28,1897385
159September 26@ Diamondbacks42Johnson (245)Flores (02)33,6057386
160September 27@ Diamondbacks86Batista (89)Neagle (811)Kim (35)39,6937387
161September 28@ Diamondbacks178Helling (1012)Lowe (53)45,0527388
162September 29@ Diamondbacks118Patterson (20)Stark (114)Kim (36)45,5537389

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 Shumpert10623455.235621
José Ortiz6519248.250112
Jay Payton4717057.335828
Greg Norton11316837.220737
Gabe Kapler4011937.311217
Benny Agbayani4811724.205419
Sandy Alomar Jr.3811631.267012
Bobby Estalella3811223.205825
Mark Little6110521.20005
Ben Petrick389520.211511
Jack Cust356511.16918
Jason Romano183712.32401
Ross Gload26318.25814
Walt McKeel5134.30800

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 Jennings32185.11684.52127
Mike Hampton30178.27156.1574
Denny Neagle35164.18115.26111
John Thomson21127.1784.8876
Shawn Chacón21119.15115.7367

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
Denny Stark32128.11144.0064
Aaron Cook935.2214.5414
Randy Flores817.0029.537
Cory Vance24.0006.751

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
José Jiménez74210413.5647
Todd Jones791414.7073
Justin Speier635114.3347
Kent Mercker583106.1437
Dennys Reyes430104.2430
Rick White412606.2027
Brian Fuentes312004.7338
Chris Nichting291104.4625
Víctor Santos2404010.3825
Mark Corey1400012.0012
Mike James130005.5610
Sean Lowe81108.717
Todd Zeile10000.001

Farm system

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 2011-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
  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. "2002 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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