2002 Arizona Diamondbacks season
The 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to repeat as World Series champions. They looked to contend in what was once again a strong National League West Division. They finished the season with a record of 98-64, good enough for the division title. Randy Johnson would finish the season as the NL Cy Young Award winner and become the second pitcher to win five Cy Young Awards.[1]
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Record | 98–64 (.605) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Ken Kendrick Jerry Colangelo |
General manager(s) | Joe Garagiola Jr. |
Manager(s) | Bob Brenly |
Local television | FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola) |
Local radio | KTAR (620 AM) (Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Jim Traber, Victor Rojas Jeff Munn) KSUN (Spanish) (Richard Saenz, Oscar Soria, Miguel Quintana) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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Offseason
- October 29, 2001: Ken Huckaby was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2]
- January 9, 2002: Quinton McCracken was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[3]
- March 24, 2002: Ernie Young was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.[4]
Regular season
Luis Gonzalez
During the 2002 season, Luis Gonzalez received publicity as a piece of gum chewed by Gonzalez during a spring training game was sold for $10,000 on April 15, 2002.[5] The buyer was Curt Mueller, owner of Mueller Sports Medicine Inc., manufacturer of the gum, Quench.[6]
Opening Day starters
- Danny Bautista
- Craig Counsell
- Steve Finley
- Luis Gonzalez
- Mark Grace
- Randy Johnson
- Damian Miller
- Junior Spivey
- Tony Womack [7]
Season standings
National League West
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Arizona Diamondbacks | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 55–26 | 43–38 |
San Francisco Giants | 95 | 66 | 0.590 | 2½ | 50–31 | 45–35 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 6 | 46–35 | 46–35 |
Colorado Rockies | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 25 | 47–34 | 26–55 |
San Diego Padres | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 32 | 41–40 | 25–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | MON | 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 |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average
Pos. | Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
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C | Damian Miller | 101 | 297 | 74 | 11 | 42 | .249 |
1B | Mark Grace | 124 | 298 | 75 | 7 | 48 | .252 |
2B | Junior Spivey | 143 | 538 | 162 | 16 | 78 | .301 |
SS | Tony Womack | 153 | 590 | 160 | 5 | 57 | .271 |
3B | Craig Counsell | 112 | 436 | 123 | 2 | 51 | .282 |
LF | Luis Gonzalez | 148 | 524 | 151 | 28 | 103 | .288 |
CF | Steve Finley | 150 | 505 | 145 | 25 | 89 | .287 |
RF | Quinton McCracken | 123 | 349 | 108 | 3 | 40 | .309 |
Other batters
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average
Pos. | Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
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RF | David Dellucci | 97 | 229 | 56 | 7 | 29 | .245 |
1B | Erubiel Durazo | 76 | 222 | 58 | 16 | 48 | .261 |
3B | Matt Williams | 60 | 215 | 56 | 12 | 40 | .260 |
1B | Greg Colbrunn | 72 | 171 | 57 | 10 | 27 | .333 |
C | Rod Barajas | 70 | 154 | 36 | 3 | 23 | .234 |
RF | Danny Bautista | 40 | 154 | 50 | 6 | 23 | .325 |
RF | José Guillén | 54 | 131 | 30 | 4 | 15 | .229 |
C | Chad Moeller | 37 | 105 | 30 | 2 | 16 | .286 |
3B | Chris Donnels | 74 | 80 | 19 | 3 | 16 | .238 |
MI | Alex Cintrón | 38 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 4 | .213 |
IF | Jay Bell | 32 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 11 | .163 |
OF | Mark Little | 15 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
RF | Félix José | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .263 |
PH | Lyle Overbay | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .100 |
IF | Danny Klassen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Randy Johnson | 35 | 260.0 | 24 | 5 | 2.32 | 334 |
Curt Schilling | 36 | 259.1 | 23 | 7 | 3.23 | 316 |
Miguel Batista | 36 | 184.2 | 8 | 9 | 4.29 | 112 |
Rick Helling | 30 | 175.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.51 | 120 |
Brian Anderson | 35 | 156.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.79 | 81 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Patterson | 7 | 30.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.23 | 31 |
Todd Stottlemyre | 5 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.52 | 12 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Byung-hyun Kim | 72 | 84.0 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 2.04 | 92 |
Mike Koplove | 55 | 61.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.36 | 46 |
Mike Myers | 69 | 37.0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.38 | 31 |
Mike Morgan | 29 | 34.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.29 | 13 |
Greg Swindell | 34 | 33.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.27 | 23 |
Matt Mantei | 31 | 26.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.73 | 26 |
Eddie Oropesa | 32 | 25.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.30 | 18 |
Mike Fetters | 33 | 24.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.11 | 24 |
José Parra | 16 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.21 | 8 |
Bret Prinz | 20 | 13.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.45 | 10 |
Duaner Sánchez | 6 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 |
Armando Reynoso | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |
Mark Grace | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
NLDS
St. Louis wins the series, 3-0
Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Stadium | Series |
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1 | Arizona | 2 | St. Louis | 12 | October 1 | BankOne Ballpark | 1-0 (STL) |
2 | Arizona | 1 | St. Louis | 2 | October 3 | BankOne Ballpark | 2-0 (STL) |
3 | St. Louis | 6 | Arizona | 3 | October 5 | Busch Stadium | 3-0 (STL) |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Tucson Sidewinders | Pacific Coast League | Al Pedrique |
AA | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Chip Hale |
A | Lancaster JetHawks | California League | Steve Scarsone and Bill Plummer |
A | South Bend Silver Hawks | Midwest League | Dick Schofield |
A-Short Season | Yakima Bears | Northwest League | Mike Aldrete |
Rookie | Missoula Osprey | Pioneer League | Jack Howell |
References
- Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
- ESPN.com: SPORTSBUSINESS – Gonzo's gum going, going, gone for 10 grand
- Entrepreneur pays a wad for the wads|work=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |via=Encyclopedia.com
- http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=ARI
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007