2002 Cincinnati Reds season

2002 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkCinergy Field
CityCincinnati
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersCarl Lindner
General managersJim Bowden
ManagersBob Boone
TelevisionFSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2002 Cincinnati Reds season was the 133rd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Reds finishing with a 78-84 record to finish in third place in the National League Central, 19 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone. The 2002 Reds season was their final one in Cinergy Field.

Offseason

  • January 7, 2002: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 97 65 .599 — 52‍–‍29 45‍–‍36
Houston Astros 84 78 .519 13 47‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 78 84 .481 19 38‍–‍43 40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 89 .447 24½ 38‍–‍42 34‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs 67 95 .414 30 36‍–‍45 31‍–‍50
Milwaukee Brewers 56 106 .346 41 31‍–‍50 25‍–‍56


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


Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 regular season game log: 78–84 (Home: 38–43; Away: 40–41)
April: 16–9 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box Streak
1 April 1 Cubs 5–4 Graves Fassero — 41,913 1–0 W1
2 April 3 Cubs 3–10 Wood Dessens — 19,745 1–1 L1
3 April 4 Cubs 3–1 Acevedo Cruz Graves 16,448 2–1 W1
4 April 5 Expos 7–8 Yoshii Haynes Lloyd 17,123 2–2 L1
5 April 6 Expos 2–5 Ohka Pineda Lloyd 18,176 2–3 L2
6 April 7 Expos 6–5 Sullivan Lloyd — 17,549 3–3 W1
7 April 8 at Pirates 0–1 Villone Dessens Williams 36,402 3–4 L1
8 April 10 at Pirates 8–5 Acevedo Wells Graves 36,048 4–4 W1
9 April 11 at Pirates 3–2 Haynes Anderson Graves 12,795 5–4 W2
10 April 12 at Phillies 8–5 Brower Cormier Graves 13,366 6–4 W3
11 April 13 at Phillies 5–2 Hamilton Person Graves 15,606 7–4 W4
12 April 14 at Phillies 1–3 Padilla Dessens Mesa 19,195 7–5 L1
13 April 16 Astros 3–8 Mlicki Acevedo — 15,853 7–6 L2
14 April 17 Astros 2–7 Hernández Haynes — 14,527 7–7 L3
15 April 18 Astros 5–4 White Cruz — 15,848 8–7 W1
16 April 19 at Cubs 2–5 Clement Hamilton Alfonseca 33,949 8–8 L1
17 April 20 at Cubs 6–1 Dessens Wood — 36,476 9–8 W1
18 April 21 at Cubs 5–3 Rijo Cruz Graves 29,458 10–8 W2
19 April 23 Rockies 3–2 Haynes Jennings Graves 14,518 11–8 W3
20 April 24 Rockies 4–3 Williamson Jiménez — 13,004 12–8 W4
21 April 25 Rockies 4–3 Sullivan White Graves 14,416 13–8 W5
22 April 26 Giants 4–3 Sullivan Rodríguez Graves 28,341 14–8 W6
23 April 27 Giants 8–4 Rijo Jensen — 22,616 15–8 W7
24 April 28 Giants 4–5 Rueter Haynes Nen 23,426 15–9 L1
25 April 30 at Dodgers 3–1 Reitsma Brown Graves 25, 178 16–9 W1
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box Streak
26 May 1 at Los Angeles Dodgers 4–0 Hamilton Nomo 23,346 17–9 W2
27 May 2 at Los Angeles Dodgers 2–3 Carrara Pineda 27,224 17–10 L1
28 May 3 at San Francisco Giants 1–6 Rueter Rijo 39,845 17–11 L2
29 May 4 at San Francisco Giants 0–3 Jensen Haynes Nen 40,959 17–12 L3
30 May 5 at San Francisco Giants 5–6 Nen Pineda 41,263 17–13 L4
31 May 6 Milwaukee Brewers 8–5 Brower Quevedo Graves 12,867 18–13 W1
32 May 7 Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 Dessens Rusch 16,167
33 Wednesday, May 8 2002 Milwaukee Brewers season 14-5 Acevedo Neugebauer 15,691
34 May 10 St. Louis Cardinals season 2-4 Stechschulte White Isringhausen 29,008
35 May 11 St. Louis Cardinals season 8-1 Reitsm Kile 25,006
36 May 12 St. Louis Cardinals season 8-10 Stechschulte Graves Isringhausen 20,622
37 May 13 @Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 Rijo Cabrera 14,844 +
38 May 14 @Milwaukee Brewers Acevedo Quevedo Graves 15,546
39 May 15 Milwaukee Brewers|7-4 Haynes Stull Graves 15,561
40 May 16 Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 White DeJean Graves 18,456
41 May 17 @St. Louis Cardinals season 1-3 Kile Sullivan Isringhausen 36,103
42 May 18 St. Louis Cardinals season 7-3 Rijo Morris 40,483
43 May 19 @ St. Louis Cardinals season1-10 Stephenson Acevedo 42,992
44 May 20 St. Louis Cardinals season 3-7 Williams Haynes 35,560
45 May 21 Florida Gators 6-1 Reitsma Burnett Graves 16,841
46 May 22 Florida Gators 6-2 Dessens Dempster 20,314
47 May 23 Florida Gators 4-8 Tavarez Rijo Nunez 23,134 -
48 May 24 @Atlanta Braves 2-11 Millwood Hamilton 29,307
49 May 25 @ Atlanta Braves 6-4 Marquis Graves 44,026
50 May 26 Atlanta Braves 5-7 Maddux Reitsma 40,142 -
51 May 28 @ Florida Marlinss 6-5 Graves Nunez 7,386
52 May 29 @ Florida Marlins 8-2 Hamilton Beckett 6,836
53 May 30 Florida Marlins W-4-1 Haynes Olsen Graves 6,140
54 May 31 Atlanta Braves 0-7 Maddux Reitsma 38,777 -
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Reds 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 Jason LaRue 113 353 88 .249 12 52
1B Sean Casey 120 425 111 .261 6 42
2B Todd Walker 155 612 183 .299 11 64
SS Barry Larkin 145 507 124 .245 7 47
3B Aaron Boone 162 606 146 .241 26 87
LF Adam Dunn 158 535 133 .249 26 71
CF Juan Encarnación 83 321 89 .277 16 51
RF Austin Kearns 107 372 117 .315 13 56

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
Reggie Taylor 135 287 73 .254 9 38
Russell Branyan 84 217 53 .244 16 39
Ken Griffey Jr. 70 197 52 .264 8 23
Corky Miller 39 114 29 .254 3 15
José Guillén 31 109 27 .248 4 16
Kelly Stinnett 34 93 21 .226 3 13
Rubén Mateo 46 86 22 .256 2 7
Juan Castro 54 82 18 .220 2 11
Wilton Guerrero 59 78 19 .244 0 4
Brady Clark 51 66 10 .152 0 9
Brandon Larson 23 51 14 .275 4 13
Travis Dawkins 31 48 6 .125 0 0
Raúl González 10 23 6 .261 0 1
Wily Mo Peña 13 18 4 .222 1 1

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
Jimmy Haynes 34 196.2 15 10 4.12 126
Elmer Dessens 30 178.0 7 8 3.03 93
Ryan Dempster 15 88.2 5 5 6.19 66
Brian Moehler 10 43.1 2 4 6.02 18
Shawn Estes 6 28.0 1 3 7.71 17
José Acevedo 6 23.2 4 2 7.23 14

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
Chris Reitsma 32 138.1 6 12 3.64 84
Joey Hamilton 39 124.2 4 10 5.27 85
José Rijo 31 77.0 5 4 5.14 38
Jared Fernández 14 50.2 1 3 4.44 36

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
Danny Graves 68 7 3 32 3.19 58
Scott Sullivan 71 6 5 1 6.06 78
Scott Williamson 63 3 4 8 2.92 84
Gabe White 62 6 1 0 2.98 41
Bruce Chen 39 0 2 0 4.31 37
John Riedling 33 2 4 0 2.70 30
Luis Pineda 26 1 3 0 4.18 31
Jim Brower 22 2 0 0 3.89 24
José Silva 12 1 0 0 4.24 6
Carlos Almanzar 8 0 1 0 2.31 7
Luke Hudson 3 0 0 0 4.50 7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Phillip Wellman
A Stockton Ports California League Jayhawk Owens
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Donnie Scott
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Edgar Caceres
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Rick Burleson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton[3]

References

  1. ^ José Rijo page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Ben Broussard page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007