2002 Atlanta Braves season

2002 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkTurner Field
CityAtlanta
Record101–59 (.631)
Divisional place1st
OwnersAOL Time Warner
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionTBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
RadioWSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
WWWE
(Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2002 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 37th season in Atlanta and 132nd overall. The Braves won their eighth consecutive division title, finishing 19 games ahead of the second-place Montreal Expos. The Braves lost the 2002 Divisional Series to the eventual NL Champion San Francisco Giants, 3 games to 2. This would be the first of four consecutive NLDS losses in as many years, and the first of three consecutive years to do so by losing the deciding Game 5 at Turner Field.

2002 marked the final year that pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz played on the same team ending the reign of what has been considered by many the greatest pitching trio of all-time. All three would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame a decade later. Smoltz set the Braves' single season record for saves (55). Chipper Jones moved to the outfield in left field to allow for Vinny Castilla to be signed and added to the lineup at third base. Julio Franco became a regular player in the second stint of his Major League career and Gary Sheffield was acquired to the Braves in 2002, playing at right field.

Offseason

  • October 26, 2001: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • December 4, 2001: John Smoltz was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • December 11, 2001: Vinny Castilla signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[3]
  • December 17, 2001: Julio Franco was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.[4]
  • January 15, 2002: Gary Sheffield was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Andrew Brown, Brian Jordan and Odalis Pérez.[5]
  • January 16, 2002: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[6]
  • March 20, 2002: Henry Blanco was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Paul Bako and Jose Cabrera.[7]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101 59 .631 — 52‍–‍28 49‍–‍31
Montreal Expos 83 79 .512 19 49‍–‍32 34‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies 80 81 .497 21½ 40‍–‍40 40‍–‍41
Florida Marlins 79 83 .488 23 46‍–‍35 33‍–‍48
New York Mets 75 86 .466 26½ 38‍–‍43 37‍–‍43


Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

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


Transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Jeff Francoeur was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2002.[9]
  • September 30, 2002: Aaron Small was released by the Atlanta Braves.[1]

Roster

2002 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log: 101–59 (Home: 52–28; Away: 49–31)
April: 12–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 Phillies 7–2 Glavine (1–0) Person (0–1) — 51,638 1–0
2 April 3 Phillies 1–3 Padilla (1–0) Millwood (0–1) Mesa (1) 23,865 1–1
3 April 4 Phillies 11–2 Marquis (1–0) Adams (0–1) — 24,640 2–1
4 April 5 Mets 3–9 Astacio (1–0) Lopez (0–1) — 35,347 2–2
5 April 6 Mets 2–11 Weathers (1–0) Smoltz (0–1) — 41,124 2–3
6 April 7 Mets 5–2 (14) Lopez (1–1) Komiyama (0–1) — 34,210 3–3
7 April 8 @ Phillies 2–1 Millwood (1–1) Padilla (1–1) Smoltz (1) 14,502 4–3
8 April 9 @ Phillies 4–7 Santiago (1–1) Marquis (1–1) Mesa (3) 13,020 4–4
9 April 10 @ Phillies 5–7 (11) Politte (2–0) Ligtenberg (0–1) — 14,542 4–5
10 April 11 @ Phillies 6–2 Glavine (2–0) Coggin (0–1) Holmes (1) 14,111 5–5
11 April 12 @ Marlins 2–0 Maddux (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Smoltz (2) 12,066 6–5
12 April 13 @ Marlins 4–5 (14) Knotts (1–0) Gryboski (0–1) — 18,784 6–6
13 April 14 @ Marlins 0–7 Burnett (2–1) Marquis (1–2) — 11,506 6–7
14 April 15 @ Mets 6–7 (12) Strickland (1–1) Hammond (0–1) — 28,843 6–8
15 April 16 @ Mets 1–3 Astacio (3–0) Glavine (2–1) — 31,472 6–9
16 April 17 @ Mets 2–1 Millwood (2–1) D'Amico (1–1) Smoltz (3) 30,702 7–9
17 April 19 Marlins 3–2 Holmes (1–0) Dempster (0–1) Smoltz (4) 27,256 8–9
18 April 20 Marlins 3–1 Maddux (2–0) Burnett (2–2) Smoltz (5) 33,649 9–9
19 April 21 Marlins 4–2 Glavine (3–1) Olsen (0–1) Smoltz (6) 27,425 10–9
20 April 22 Marlins 3–8 Penny (2–1) Millwood (2–2) — 21,461 10–10
21 April 23 Diamondbacks 2–5 Schilling (4–1) Bong (0–1) Kim (3) 30,674 10–11
22 April 24 Diamondbacks 4–3 Foster (1–0) Prinz (0–1) Smoltz (7) 21,122 11–11
23 April 25 Diamondbacks 5–11 Helling (3–2) Maddux (2–1) — 27,632 11–12
24 April 26 Astros 9–0 Glavine (4–1) Redding (0–2) — 25,249 12–12
25 April 27 Astros 3–6 Mlicki (3–2) Millwood (2–3) Wagner (3) 33,006 12–13
26 April 28 Astros 1–7 Hernandez (2–0) Lopez (1–2) — 31,018 12–14
27 April 30 @ Brewers 3–4 Figueroa (1–1) Maddux (2–2) DeJean (5) 16,067 12–15
May: 18–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 10–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
28 May 1 @ Brewers 3–1 Glavine (5–1) Quevedo (1–3) Smoltz (8) 17,084 13–15
29 May 2 @ Brewers 3–2 (10) Holmes (2–0) DeJean (0–1) Smoltz (9) 18,113 14–15
30 May 3 @ Cardinals 2–1 (11) Hammond (1–1) Stechschulte (2–1) Smoltz (10) 40,758 15–15
31 May 4 @ Cardinals 2–3 Simontacchi (1–0) Lopez (1–3) Isringhausen (5) 42,455 15–16
32 May 5 @ Cardinals 4–2 Maddux (3–2) Kile (1–2) Smoltz (11) 39,509 16–16
33 May 7 Dodgers 5–6 (16) Carrara (2–0) Ligtenberg (0–2) Orosco (1) 26,914 16–17
34 May 8 Dodgers 1–3 Perez (4–1) Millwood (2–4) Gagne (11) 22,163 16–18
35 May 9 Dodgers 6–2 Moss (1–0) Ashby (2–3) — 23,930 17–18
36 May 10 Padres 7–3 Remlinger (1–0) Fikac (3–2) — 29,075 18–18
37 May 11 Padres 6–1 Marquis (2–2) Lawrence (4–2) — 36,273 19–18
38 May 12 Padres 5–6 Boyd (1–0) Glavine (5–2) Hoffman (12) 25,636 19–19
39 May 13 @ Giants 6–7 (11) Worrell (3–0) Hammond (1–2) — 36,331 19–20
40 May 14 @ Giants 0–2 Jensen (4–2) Moss (1–1) Nen (12) 36,972 19–21
41 May 15 @ Giants 6–1 Maddux (4–2) Hernandez (4–4) — 38,164 20–21
42 May 16 @ Giants 5–4 Marquis (3–2) Schmidt (0–1) — 40,236 21–21
43 May 17 @ Rockies 4–2 Glavine (6–2) Thomson (5–3) Smoltz (12) 40,357 22–21
44 May 18 @ Rockies 3–7 Stark (2–0) Millwood (2–5) — 42,780 22–22
45 May 19 @ Rockies 2–1 Remlinger (2–0) Nichting (0–1) Smoltz (13) 43,151 23–22
46 May 21 @ Expos 4–5 (10) Tucker (2–0) Holmes (2–1) — 5,442 23–23
47 May 22 @ Expos 2–0 Glavine (7–2) Armas (5–5) — 5,504 24–23
48 May 24 Reds 11–2 Millwood (3–5) Hamilton (2–2) — 29,307 25–23
49 May 25 Reds 4–6 Haynes (4–5) Marquis (3–3) Graves (16) 44,026 25–24
50 May 26 Reds 7–5 Maddux (5–2) Reitsma (3–1) — 40,142 26–24
51 May 27 Expos 5–1 Glavine (8–2) Armas (5–6) — 30,187 27–24
52 May 28 Expos 5–2 Moss (2–1) Yoshii (2–2) Smoltz (14) 22,278 28–24
53 May 29 Expos 3–4 Tucker (4–0) Smoltz (0–2) Stewart (3) 20,162 28–25
54 May 30 Expos 5–2 Marquis (4–3) Pavano (3–6) — 24,025 29–25
55 May 31 @ Reds 7–0 Maddux (6–2) Reitsma (3–2) — 38,777 30–25
June: 21–5 (Home: 10–2; Away: 11–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
56 June 1 @ Reds 7–1 Glavine (9–2) Rijo (4–3) — 27,080 31–25
57 June 2 @ Reds 1–5 Dessens (4–3) Moss (2–2) — 26,470 31–26
58 June 3 Mets 5–4 Hammond (2–2) Trachsel (3–6) Smoltz (15) 31,704 32–26
– June 4 Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 11
59 June 5 Mets 6–4 Hammond (3–2) Strickland (5–3) Smoltz (16) 30,986 33–26
60 June 6 Mets 3–2 Glavine (10–2) Weathers (2–2) Smoltz (17) 41,286 34–26
61 June 7 @ Rangers 13–7 Hammond (4–2) Park (2–3) — 42,765 35–26
62 June 8 @ Rangers 6–3 (10) Remlinger (3–0) Irabu (2–6) Smoltz (18) 48,776 36–26
63 June 9 @ Rangers 9–3 Marquis (5–3) Burba (3–4) — 35,436 37–26
64 June 10 @ Twins 5–6 (15) Fiore (4–1) Ligtenberg (0–3) — 24,534 37–27
65 June 11 @ Twins 11–0 Glavine (11–2) Lohse (6–4) — 23,256 39–27
66 June 12 @ Twins 3–2 Moss (3–2) Santana (1–1) Smoltz (19) 21,485 39–27
67 June 14 Red Sox 2–1 Hammond (5–2) Martínez (7–2) Smoltz (20) 48,922 40–27
68 June 15 Red Sox 4–2 Maddux (7–2) Burkett (7–2) Smoltz (21) 50,764 41–27
69 June 16 Red Sox 1–6 Lowe (11–2) Glavine (11–3) — 45,666 41–28
70 June 18 Tigers 0–6 Weaver (5–8) Marquis (5–4) — 28,173 41–29
71 June 19 Tigers 4–1 Millwood (4–5) Maroth (1–1) Smoltz (22) 25,118 42–29
72 June 20 Tigers 3–2 Ligtenberg (1–3) Acevedo (1–3) — 28,843 43–29
73 June 21 White Sox 3–2 Gryboski (1–1) Ritchie (4–9) Smoltz (23) 35,102 44–29
74 June 22 White Sox 15–2 Moss (4–2) Glover (2–3) — 47,276 45–29
75 June 23 White Sox 9–1 Marquis (6–4) Wright (5–8) — 30,883 46–29
76 June 24 @ Mets 3–2 Gryboski (2–1) Strickland (6–4) Smoltz (24) 34,708 47–29
77 June 25 @ Mets 4–7 Trachsel (6–6) Lopez (1–4) Benitez (19) 31,607 47–30
78 June 26 @ Mets 6–3 Hammond (6–2) Weathers (2–3) Smoltz (25) 30,974 48–30
– June 27 @ Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27
79 June 28 @ Red Sox 4–2 Remlinger (4–0) Wakefield (2–3) Smoltz (26) 33,137 49–30
80 June 29 @ Red Sox 2–1 Millwood (5–5) Lowe (11–4) Smoltz (27) 32,651 50–30
81 June 30 @ Red Sox 7–3 (10) Remlinger (5–0) Urbina (0–3) — 32,348 51–30
July: 18–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
82 July 1 Expos 7–5 Ligtenberg (2–3) Vazquez (5–5) Smoltz (28) 26,053 52–30
83 July 2 Expos 2–5 Colon (11–4) Moss (4–3) Stewart (10) 25,581 52–31
84 July 3 Expos 6–5 Smoltz (1–2) Brower (3–1) — 23,439 53–31
85 July 4 Cubs 5–1 Remlinger (6–0) Prior (2–2) Smoltz (29) 49,967 54–31
86 July 5 Cubs 4–3 Millwood (6–5) Clement (6–6) Smoltz (30) 48,784 55–31
87 July 6 Cubs 3–7 Zambrano (1–1) Glavine (11–4) — 49,961 55–32
88 July 7 Cubs 2–0 Maddux (8–2) Lieber (6–6) Smoltz (31) 34,140 56–32
73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
89 July 11 @ Expos 8–5 Millwood (7–5) Armas (8–8) Smoltz (32) 11,855 57–32
90 July 12 @ Expos 8–3 Remlinger (7–0) Tucker (4–1) — 14,256 58–32
91 July 13 @ Expos 3–6 Colon (12–4) Glavine (11–5) — 17,335 58–33
92 July 14 @ Expos 3–10 Vazquez (7–5) Moss (4–4) — 25,109 58–34
93 July 15 @ Cubs 2–3 Zambrano (2–1) Marquis (6–5) Alfonseca (12) 40,206 58–35
94 July 16 @ Cubs 2–0 Millwood (8–5) Lieber (6–7) Smoltz (33) 39,118 59–35
95 July 17 Marlins 10–0 Maddux (9–2) Burnett (8–7) — 40,292 60–35
96 July 18 Marlins 3–1 Glavine (12–5) Tavarez (7–6) Smoltz (34) 34,805 61–35
97 July 19 @ Phillies 4–1 Moss (5–4) Duckworth (5–8) Smoltz (35) 20,422 62–35
98 July 20 @ Phillies 4–3 Marquis (7–5) Adams (4–7) Smoltz (36) 23,570 63–35
99 July 21 @ Phillies 2–1 Millwood (9–5) Wolf (5–7) Spooneybarger (1) 25,012 64–35
100 July 22 @ Marlins 1–2 Burnett (9–7) Maddux (9–3) Looper (2) 10,125 64–36
101 July 23 @ Marlins 5–3 Glavine (13–5) Tavarez (7–7) Smoltz (37) 12,210 65–36
102 July 24 @ Marlins 10–0 Moss (6–4) Tejera (6–3) — 10,375 66–36
103 July 26 Phillies 2–3 Wolf (6–7) Millwood (9–6) Mesa (28) 44,744 66–37
104 July 27 Phillies 5–3 Maddux (10–3) Roa (0–1) Smoltz (38) 43,214 67–37
105 July 28 Phillies 1–7 Padilla (11–6) Glavine (13–6) — 31,764 67–38
106 July 30 Brewers 3–2 Moss (7–4) Quevedo (6–8) Smoltz (39) 30,802 68–38
107 July 31 Brewers 9–1 Millwood (10–6) Sheets (5–13) — 25,874 69–38
August: 16–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
108 August 1 Brewers 4–0 Maddux (11–3) Rusch (5–11) — 29,168 70–38
109 August 2 Cardinals 11–5 Glavine (14–6) Simontacchi (7–3) — 45,512 71–38
110 August 3 Cardinals 6–1 Marquis (8–5) Morris (12–7) — 46,356 72–38
111 August 4 Cardinals 2–1 Smoltz (2–2) Veres (4–7) — 33,686 73–38
112 August 6 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 (13) Ligtenberg (3–3) Koplove (3–1) — 46,676 74–38
113 August 7 @ Diamondbacks 3–6 Mantei (2–1) Remlinger (7–1) Kim (28) 44,948 74–39
114 August 8 @ Diamondbacks 4–1 Glavine (15–6) Anderson (5–8) Smoltz (40) 40,115 75–39
115 August 9 @ Astros 6–5 (13) Spooneybarger (1–0) Cruz (1–6) Smoltz (41) 41,416 76–39
116 August 10 @ Astros 5–8 Saarloos (5–2) Marquis (8–6) Wagner (25) 43,332 76–40
117 August 11 @ Astros 13–3 Millwood (11–6) Mlicki (4–8) — 41,092 77–40
118 August 13 Giants 2–7 Ortiz (8–8) Maddux (11–4) — 39,794 77–41
119 August 14 Giants 1–0 Glavine (16–6) Hernandez (7–13) Smoltz (42) 31,039 78–41
120 August 15 Giants 3–3 (10) Game called (rain)
(game was not made up, tie does not count in record)		 35,340 78–41
121 August 16 Rockies 4–1 Millwood (12–6) Chacon (5–10) Smoltz (43) 30,504 79–41
122 August 17 Rockies 3–10 Stark (8–3) Marquis (8–7) — 46,104 79–42
123 August 18 Rockies 3–6 Jennings (14–5) Maddux (11–5) Jimenez (33) 30,399 79–43
124 August 19 Rockies 7–6 Smoltz (3–2) Jimenez (2–8) — 24,568 80–43
125 August 20 @ Padres 2–6 Tomko (7–8) Moss (7–5) — 21,440 80–44
126 August 21 @ Padres 6–3 Millwood (13–6) Tankersley (1–3) Smoltz (44) 22,471 81–44
127 August 22 @ Padres 2–9 Bynum (1–0) Marquis (8–8) — 23,569 81–45
128 August 23 @ Dodgers 3–4 Gagne (2–1) Holmes (2–2) — 50,341 81–46
129 August 24 @ Dodgers 3–4 Shuey (6–2) Glavine (16–7) Gagne (44) 54,212 81–47
130 August 25 @ Dodgers 7–5 Moss (8–5) Ishii (13–9) Smoltz (45) 50,306 82–47
131 August 27 @ Pirates 5–4 Millwood (14–6) Fogg (11–10) Smoltz (46) 20,542 83–47
132 August 28 @ Pirates 0–1 (10) Williams (2–5) Remlinger (7–2) — 20,136 83–48
133 August 29 @ Pirates 1–4 Arroyo (2–1) Glavine (16–8) Williams (38) 17,312 83–49
134 August 30 @ Expos 4–2 Moss (9–5) Armas (8–12) Smoltz (47) 7,659 84–49
135 August 31 @ Expos 5–3 Hammond (7–2) Vazquez (8–12) Smoltz (48) 8,528 85–49
September: 16–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
136 September 1 @ Expos 6–4 Millwood (15–6) Yoshii (4–7) Smoltz (49) 10,581 86–49
137 September 2 Pirates 5–1 Maddux (12–5) Meadows (1–4) — 30,803 87–49
138 September 3 Pirates 0–3 Torres (1–0) Glavine (16–9) Williams (39) 18,931 87–50
139 September 4 Pirates 6–0 Moss (10–5) Wells (12–13) — 19,525 88–50
140 September 6 Expos 5–0 Millwood (16–6) Yoshii (4–8) — 24,361 89–50
141 September 7 Expos 4–0 Maddux (13–5) Ohka (13–7) — 34,424 90–50
142 September 8 Expos 0–7 Colon (18–7) Glavine (16–10) — 25,551 90–51
143 September 10 Mets 12–6 Hodges (1–0) Astacio (12–9) — 28,214 91–51
144 September 11 (1) Mets 8–5 Millwood (17–6) Trachsel (9–11) Smoltz (50) 19,802 92–51
145 September 11 (2) Mets 0–5 Leiter (13–11) Marquis (8–9) — 26,734 92–52
146 September 13 @ Marlins 3–13 Pavano (5–10) Maddux (13–6) — 10,436 92–53
147 September 14 @ Marlins 10–5 Glavine (17–10) Beckett (5–7) — 13,527 93–53
148 September 15 @ Marlins 6–4 Moss (11–5) Wayne (1–2) Smoltz (51) 7,844 94–53
149 September 16 @ Marlins 1–5 Penny (7–6) Millwood (17–7) — 6,103 94–54
150 September 17 Phillies 2–1 Maddux (14–6) Padilla (11–11) Smoltz (52) 23,082 95–54
151 September 18 Phillies 5–6 Silva (5–0) Ligtenberg (3–4) Mesa (41) 20,356 95–55
152 September 19 Phillies 6–0 Glavine (18–10) Roa (4–4) — 23,482 96–55
153 September 20 Marlins 2–6 Wayne (2–2) Moss (11–6) — 28,869 96–56
154 September 21 Marlins 4–6 Penny (8–6) Millwood (17–8) Looper (11) 37,131 96–57
155 September 22 Marlins 4–1 Maddux (15–6) Tavarez (10–12) Smoltz (53) 32,172 97–57
156 September 24 @ Phillies 3–5 Junge (2–0) Glavine (18–11) Mesa (45) 15,807 97–58
157 September 25 @ Phillies 7–1 Moss (12–6) Myers (4–5) — 14,516 98–58
– September 26 @ Phillies Cancelled (rain)
158 September 27 (1) @ Mets 3–1 Maddux (16–6) Thomson (9–14) Smoltz (54) N/A 99–58
159 September 27 (2) @ Mets 7–4 Millwood (18–8) Astacio (12–11) — 33,527 100–58
160 September 28 @ Mets 5–2 Hodges (2–0) Leiter (13–13) Smoltz (55) 38,988 101–58
161 September 29 @ Mets 1–6 Trachsel (11–11) Remlinger (7–3) — 37,721 101–59
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Braves team member

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 Javy López 109 347 81 .233 11 52
1B Julio Franco 125 338 96 .284 6 30
2B Keith Lockhart 128 296 64 .216 5 32
SS Rafael Furcal 154 636 175 .275 8 47
3B Vinny Castilla 143 543 126 .232 12 61
LF Chipper Jones 158 548 179 .327 26 100
CF Andruw Jones 154 560 148 .264 35 94
RF Gary Sheffield 135 492 151 .307 25 84

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
Henry Blanco 81 221 45 .204 6 22
Marcus Giles 68 213 49 .230 8 23
Darren Bragg 109 212 57 .269 3 15
Mark DeRosa 72 212 63 .297 5 23
Wes Helms 85 210 51 .243 6 22
Matt Franco 81 205 65 .317 6 30
B.J. Surhoff 25 75 22 .293 0 9
Jesse Garcia 39 61 12 .197 0 5
Steve Torrealba 13 17 1 .059 0 1
Ryan Langerhans 1 1 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
Tom Glavine 36 224.2 18 11 2.96 127
Kevin Millwood 35 217.0 18 8 3.24 178
Greg Maddux 34 199.1 16 6 2.62 118
Damian Moss 33 179.0 12 6 3.42 111
Jason Marquis 22 114.1 8 9 5.04 84
Jung Bong 1 6.0 0 1 7.50 4
John Ennis 1 4.0 0 0 4.50 1

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
Albie Lopez 30 55.2 1 4 4.37 39

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
John Smoltz 75 3 2 55 3.25 85
Mike Remlinger 73 7 3 0 1.99 69
Chris Hammond 63 7 2 0 0.95 63
Kevin Gryboski 57 2 1 0 3.48 33
Darren Holmes 55 2 2 1 1.81 47
Kerry Ligtenberg 52 3 4 0 2.97 51
Tim Spooneybarger 51 1 0 1 2.63 33
John Foster 5 1 0 0 10.80 6
Trey Hodges 4 2 0 0 5.40 6
Andy Pratt 1 0 0 0 6.75 1
Joey Dawley 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Aaron Small 1 0 0 0 27.00 1

Postseason

Game log

2002 Postseason Game Log
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 October 2 Giants 5–8 Ortiz (1–0) Glavine (0–1) Nen (1) 41,903 0–1
2 October 3 Giants 7–3 Millwood (1–0) Rueter (0–1) — 47,167 1–1
3 October 5 @ Giants 10–2 Maddux (1–0) Schmidt (0–1) — 43,043 2–1
4 October 6 @ Giants 3–8 Hernandez (1–0) Glavine (0–2) — 43,070 2–2
5 October 7 Giants 1–3 Ortiz (2–0) Millwood (1–1) Nen (2) 45,203 2–3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League League Division Series

Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball season Braves' team pitching led the league with a 3.13 ERA. John Smoltz was National League Relief Man of the Year, as he led the league with 55 saves, which was a National League record at the time (since broken by Éric Gagné in 2003). Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were chosen for Gold Glove awards.

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Representing the Braves on the 2002 National League All-Star team were pitchers Tom Glavine, Mike Remlinger and John Smoltz. Andruw Jones was elected to receive the final roster spot on the 2002 National League All-Star team.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Fredi González
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Brian Snitker
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Randy Ingle
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Lynn Jones
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Ralph Henriquez
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Saul

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References

  1. ^ a b "Aaron Small Stats".
  2. ^ "John Smoltz Stats".
  3. ^ "Vinny Castilla Stats".
  4. ^ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Gary Sheffield Stats".
  6. ^ "Doug Linton Stats".
  7. ^ "Henry Blanco Stats".
  8. ^ "2002 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  9. ^ Jeff Francoeur Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  11. ^ Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory