2002 Baltimore Orioles season

2002 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place4th
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersSyd Thrift
ManagersMike Hargrove
TelevisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
Seasons

The 2002 Baltimore Orioles season was the 102nd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 49th in Baltimore, and the 11th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They slightly improved on their 63–98 (.391) record from the previous year, but missed the postseason for the 5th straight season.

The Orioles had a record of 63–63 at the conclusion of play on August 23, but then proceeded to lose 32 of their last 36 games of the season, including their final 12 in a row, and suffered their 5th straight losing season.

Offseason

  • October 3, 2001: Tim Raines was sent to the Baltimore Orioles by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.[1]
  • November 20, 2001: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]

Transactions


Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 58 .640 — 52‍–‍28 51‍–‍30
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 10½ 42‍–‍39 51‍–‍30
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 25½ 42‍–‍39 36‍–‍45
67 95 .414 36½ 34‍–‍47 33‍–‍48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 .342 48 30‍–‍51 25‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 .640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 25
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 27
67 95 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Anaheim — 7–2 3–4 6–3 6–3 8–1 6–3 4–5 3–4 9–11 9–10 8–1 12–7 7–2 11–7
2–7 — 6–13 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–0 5–1 6–13 4–5 5–4 10–9 3–6 4–15 9–9
Boston 4–3 13–6 — 2–4 5–4 5–4 4–2 3–3 9–10 6–3 4–5 16–3 4–3 13–6 5–13
Chicago 3–6 4–3 4–2 — 9–10 12–7 11–8 8–11 2–4 2–7 5–4 4–3 5–4 4–2 8–10
Cleveland 3–6 5–1 4–5 10–9 — 10–9 9–10 8–11 3–6 2–5 3–4 4–2 4–5 3–3 6–12
Detroit 1–8 4–2 4–5 7–12 9–10 — 9–10 4–14 1–8 1–6 2–5 2–4 5–4 0–6 6–12
Kansas City 3–6 0–7 2–4 8–11 10–9 10–9 — 5–14 1–5 1–8 3–6 4–2 7–2 3–4 5–13
Minnesota 5–4 1–5 3–3 11–8 11–8 14–4 14–5 — 0–6 3–6 5–4 5–2 6–3 6–1 10–8
New York 4–3 13–6 10–9 4–2 6–3 8–1 5–1 6–0 — 5–4 4–5 13–5 4–3 10–9 11–7
Oakland 11–9 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–2 6–1 8–1 6–3 4–5 — 8–11 8–1 13–6 3–6 16–2
Seattle 10–9 4–5 5–4 4–5 4–3 5–2 6–3 4–5 5–4 11–8 — 5–4 13–7 6–3 11–7
Tampa Bay 1–8 9–10 3–16 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–5 5–13 1–8 4–5 — 4–5 8–11 7–11
Texas 7–12 6–3 3–4 4–5 5–4 4–5 2–7 3–6 3–4 6–13 7–13 5–4 — 8–1 9–9
Toronto 2–7 15–4 6–13 2–4 3–3 6–0 4–3 1–6 9–10 6–3 3–6 11–8 1–8 — 9–9


Game Log

Past Games Legend
Orioles Win Orioles Loss
2002 Game Log: 67–95 (Home: 27–54; Away: 25–56)
April: 12–14 (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/
Box
1 April 1 Yankees 10–3 Erickson Clemens — 48,058 1–0 W1
2 April 3 Yankees 0–1 Wells Johnson Rivera 32,142 1–1 L1
3 April 4 Yankees 1–4 Mussina Ponson Rivera 33,317 1–2 L2
4 April 5 Boston Red Sox 0–3 Lowe Towers Urbina 31,261 1–3 L3
5 April 6 Boston Red Sox 2–4 Fossum Erickson Urbina 34,978 1–4 L4
6 April 7 Boston Red Sox 1–4 Martinez Maduro Urbina 33,790 1–5 L5
7 April 10 Devil Rays 2–3 Wilson Johnson Yan 22,781 1–6 L6
8 April 11 Devil Rays 15–6 López Colomé 24,179 2–6 W1
9 April 12 @ White Sox 2–5 Buehrle Towers Foulke 41,128 2–7 L1
10 April 13 @ White Sox 7–3 Osuna Roberts Foulke 21,760 2–8 L2
11 April 14 @ White Sox 9–5 Maduro Wright 23,951 3–8 W1
12 April 15 @ White Sox 4–13 Garland Johnson 15,794 3–9 L1
13 April 16 @ Yankees 5–4 Bauer Mendoza Julio 33,721 4–9 L2
14 April 17 @ Yankees 1–7 Hernández Towers 27,912 4–10 L1
15 April 18 @ Yankees 7–0 Wells Erickson 35,212 4–11 L2
16 April 19 @ Devil Rays 6–5 (14) Julio Colomé 11,124 5–11 W1
17 April 20 @ Devil Rays 6–3 Johnson Wilson Roberts 11,402 6–11 W2
18 April 21 @ Devil Rays 1–2 Creek Ponson Yan 13,091 6–12 L1
19 April 23 Boston Red Sox 7–5 Erickson Castillo Julio 26,301 7–12 W1
20 April 24 Red Sox 5–3 López Oliver Julio 29,004 8–12 W2
21 April 25 Red Sox 0–7 Martinez Maduro 31,353 8–13 L1
22 April 26 @ Royals 10–5 (10) Groom Grimsley 12,372 9–13 W1
23 April 27 @ Royals 9–4 Ponson Byrd 16,850 10–13 W2
24 April 28 @ Royals 13–0 Erickson Rekar 15,643 11–13 W3
25 April 29 @ Boston Red Sox 5–3 López Castillo Julio 31,177 12–13 W4
26 April 30 @ Boston Red Sox 0–4 Oliver Maduro 31,751 12–14 L1


Roster

2002 Baltimore Orioles
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
C Gerónimo Gil 125 422 98 .232 12 45
1B Jeff Conine 116 451 123 .273 15 63
2B Jerry Hairston Jr. 122 426 114 .268 5 32
3B Tony Batista 161 615 150 .244 31 87
SS Mike Bordick 117 367 85 .232 8 36
LF Marty Cordova 131 458 116 .253 18 64
CF Chris Singleton 136 466 122 .262 9 50
RF Jay Gibbons 136 490 121 .247 28 69
DH Chris Richard 50 155 36 .232 4 21

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
Melvin Mora 149 557 130 .233 19 64
Gary Matthews Jr. 109 344 95 .276 7 38
Brook Fordyce 56 130 30 .231 1 8
Brian Roberts 38 128 29 .227 1 11
Luis López 52 109 23 .211 2 9
David Segui 26 95 25 .263 2 16
José León 36 89 22 .247 3 10
Howie Clark 14 53 16 .302 0 4
Larry Bigbie 16 34 6 .176 0 3
Luis Matos 17 31 4 .129 0 1
Ryan McGuire 17 26 2 .077 0 2
Mike Moriarty 8 16 3 .188 0 3
Izzy Molina 1 3 1 .333 0 0
Ed Rogers 5 3 0 .000 0 0
Luis García 6 3 1 .333 0 0
Raúl Casanova 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Fernando Lunar 2 0 0 ---- 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
Rodrigo López 33 196.2 15 9 3.57 136
Sidney Ponson 28 176.0 7 9 4.09 120
Scott Erickson 29 160.2 5 12 5.55 74
Jason Johnson 22 131.1 5 14 4.59 97
John Stephens 12 65.0 2 5 6.09 56
Calvin Maduro 12 56.2 2 5 5.56 29
Pat Hentgen 4 22.0 0 4 7.77 11

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
Travis Driskill 29 132.2 8 8 4.95 78
Sean Douglass 15 53.1 0 5 6.08 44
Josh Towers 5 27.1 0 3 7.90 13
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
Jorge Julio 67 5 6 25 1.99 55
Buddy Groom 70 3 2 2 1.60 48
B.J. Ryan 67 2 1 1 4.68 56
Willis Roberts 66 5 4 1 3.36 51
Rick Bauer 56 6 7 1 3.98 45
Yorkis Pérez 23 0 0 1 3.29 25
Chris Brock 22 2 1 0 4.70 21
Eric DuBose 4 0 0 0 3.00 4
Steve Bechler 3 0 0 0 13.50 3
Érik Bédard 2 0 0 0 13.50 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Andy Etchebarren
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Cash and Dave Stockstill
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Jack Voigt
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Joe Ferguson
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Joe Almaraz
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Don Buford
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

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References

  1. ^ Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Izzy Molina Stats".
  3. ^ "Adam Loewen Stats".
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  5. ^ Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2003
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