2002 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
OwnersTribune Company
General managersAndy MacPhail, Jim Hendry
ManagersDon Baylor, Rene Lachemann, Bruce Kimm
TelevisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN
(Chip Caray, Joe Carter)
FSN Chicago
(Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
RadioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 2002 Chicago Cubs season was the 131st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 127th in the National League and the 87th at Wrigley Field. 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).[1]
  • January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]
  • 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 Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 13 47–34 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 7884 0.481 19 38–43 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 7289 0.447 24½ 38–42 34–47
Chicago Cubs 6795 0.414 30 36–45 31–50
Milwaukee Brewers 56106 0.346 41 31–50 25–56

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

Notable transactions

  • September 4, 2002: Bill Mueller was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Verplancke (minors).[4]

Roster

2002 Chicago Cubs
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[5]

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 Hundley9226656.2111635
Roosevelt Brown11120443.211323
Chris Stynes9819547.241526
Bobby Hill5919048.253420
Delino DeShields6714628.192310
Angel Echevarria509830.306321
Darren Lewis587919.24107
Augie Ojeda307013.18604
Robert Machado225816.27615
Hee-Seop Choi24509.18024
Chad Hermansen35439.20913
Kevin Orie13329.28105
Mike Mahoney16296.20703
Mario Encarnación370.00000

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 Wood33213.212113.66217
Matt Clement32205.012113.60215
Jon Lieber21141.0683.7087
Mark Prior19116.2663.32147
Jason Bere1685.21105.6765
Alan Benes739.1224.3532
Steve Smyth826.0139.3516

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
Carlos Zambrano32108.1483.6693
Juan Cruz4597.13113.9881
Pat Mahomes1632.2113.8623

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
Antonio Alfonseca6625194.0061
Joe Borowski734422.7397
Jeff Fassero575606.1844
Kyle Farnsworth454617.3346
Tom Gordon191103.4231
Will Cunnane161105.4730
Donovan Osborne110106.1913
Ron Mahay112008.5914
Francis Beltrán110007.5011
Jesús Sánchez800012.966
Scott Chiasson400023.143
Courtney Duncan20000.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Bruce Kimm and Pat Listach
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Bobby Dickerson
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Dave Trembley
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Julio Garcia
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Steve McFarland
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo Martínez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise, AZL Cubs[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Bellhorn Stats".
  2. ↑ "Alan Benes Stats".
  3. ↑ "Dontrelle Willis Stats".
  4. ↑ "Bill Mueller Stats".
  5. ↑ "2002 Chicago Cubs Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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