2002 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkPro Player Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJeffrey Loria[1]
General managersLarry Beinfest
ManagersJeff Torborg
TelevisionFSN Florida
WPXM
(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
RadioWQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez)
Seasons

The Florida Marlins' 2002 season was the tenth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–83, fourth in the National League East.

Offseason

  • February 18, 2002: Tim Raines signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[2] He was the last batter to wear a flapless helmet, which has been illegal for new batters since the 1983 season.
  • 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 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 record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL 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

Citrus series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4–2.

Date Winning Team Losing Team Score Venue
June 14Devil RaysMarlins4-3 (14 innings)[4]Pro Player Stadium
June 15MarlinsDevil Rays3-0[5]Pro Player Stadium
June 16Devil RaysMarlins4-1[6]Pro Player Stadium
June 28Devil RaysMarlins4-0[7]Tropicana Field
June 29MarlinsDevil Rays3-2 [8]Tropicana Field
June 30Devil RaysMarlins6-5 (12 innings)[9]Tropicana Field

Notable transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Jeremy Hermida was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2002.[10]
  • July 11, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Florida Marlins with Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.[11]

Roster

2002 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CCharles Johnson8324453.217636
1BDerrek Lee162581157.2702786
2BLuis Castillo146606185.305239
SSAndy Fox133435109.251441
3BMike Lowell160597165.2762492
LFKevin Millar126438134.3061657
CFPreston Wilson141510124.2432365
RFCliff Floyd8429685.2871857

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
Eric Owens131385104.270437
Juan Encarnación6926369.262834
Mike Redmond8825678.305228
Álex González4215134.225218
Ramón Castro5410124.238618
Tim Raines988917.19117
Mike Mordecai387722.28607
Homer Bush405412.22205
Pablo Ozuna344713.27703
Brian Banks20289.32114
Marty Malloy24253.12001
Abraham Núñez19172.11801

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
A.J. Burnett31204.11293.30203
Julián Tavárez29153.210125.3967
Brad Penny24129.1874.6693
Ryan Dempster18120.1584.7987
Josh Beckett23107.2674.10113
Justin Wayne523.2235.3216

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
Michael Tejera47139.2884.4595
Carl Pavano2261.2323.7941
Kevin Olsen1755.2054.5338
Nate Robertson68.10111.883
Nate Teut27.1019.824

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
Vladimir Núñez7765203.4173
Braden Looper7825133.1455
Armando Almanza513224.3457
Vic Darensbourg421206.1433
Blaine Neal323002.7333
Oswaldo Mairena312305.3521
Gary Knotts283104.4021
Graeme Lloyd252204.4420
Hansel Izquierdo202004.5520
Toby Borland151005.2711

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Dean Treanor
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Eric Fox
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Steve Phillips
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Johnny Rodriguez
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jesus Campos

[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Loria fires 60 Marlins employees". CBC. February 17, 2002.
  2. ↑ Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Dontrelle Willis Stats".
  4. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 14, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  5. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  6. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
  7. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 28, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  8. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  9. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
  10. ↑ "Jeremy Hermida Stats".
  11. ↑ Cliff Floyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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