# 2002 Atlanta Braves season

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

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Vinny Castilla
* Rafael Furcal
* Marcus Giles
* Tom Glavine
* Andruw Jones
* Chipper Jones
* Javy López
* Gary Sheffield
* B. J. Surhoff

### Season standings
#### National League East

vteNL 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 recordvte Source: :
| 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.
* September 30, 2002: Aaron Small was released by the Atlanta Braves.

### Game log

2002 Game Log: 101–59 (Home: 52–28; Away: 49–31) :
April: 12–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Phillies7–2Glavine (1–0)Person (0–1)—51,6381–0
2April 3Phillies1–3Padilla (1–0)Millwood (0–1)Mesa (1)23,8651–1
3April 4Phillies11–2Marquis (1–0)Adams (0–1)—24,6402–1
4April 5Mets3–9Astacio (1–0)Lopez (0–1)—35,3472–2
5April 6Mets2–11Weathers (1–0)Smoltz (0–1)—41,1242–3
6April 7Mets5–2 (14)Lopez (1–1)Komiyama (0–1)—34,2103–3
7April 8@ Phillies2–1Millwood (1–1)Padilla (1–1)Smoltz (1)14,5024–3
8April 9@ Phillies4–7Santiago (1–1)Marquis (1–1)Mesa (3)13,0204–4
9April 10@ Phillies5–7 (11)Politte (2–0)Ligtenberg (0–1)—14,5424–5
10April 11@ Phillies6–2Glavine (2–0)Coggin (0–1)Holmes (1)14,1115–5
11April 12@ Marlins2–0Maddux (1–0)Beckett (0–1)Smoltz (2)12,0666–5
12April 13@ Marlins4–5 (14)Knotts (1–0)Gryboski (0–1)—18,7846–6
13April 14@ Marlins0–7Burnett (2–1)Marquis (1–2)—11,5066–7
14April 15@ Mets6–7 (12)Strickland (1–1)Hammond (0–1)—28,8436–8
15April 16@ Mets1–3Astacio (3–0)Glavine (2–1)—31,4726–9
16April 17@ Mets2–1Millwood (2–1)D'Amico (1–1)Smoltz (3)30,7027–9
17April 19Marlins3–2Holmes (1–0)Dempster (0–1)Smoltz (4)27,2568–9
18April 20Marlins3–1Maddux (2–0)Burnett (2–2)Smoltz (5)33,6499–9
19April 21Marlins4–2Glavine (3–1)Olsen (0–1)Smoltz (6)27,42510–9
20April 22Marlins3–8Penny (2–1)Millwood (2–2)—21,46110–10
21April 23Diamondbacks2–5Schilling (4–1)Bong (0–1)Kim (3)30,67410–11
22April 24Diamondbacks4–3Foster (1–0)Prinz (0–1)Smoltz (7)21,12211–11
23April 25Diamondbacks5–11Helling (3–2)Maddux (2–1)—27,63211–12
24April 26Astros9–0Glavine (4–1)Redding (0–2)—25,24912–12
25April 27Astros3–6Mlicki (3–2)Millwood (2–3)Wagner (3)33,00612–13
26April 28Astros1–7Hernandez (2–0)Lopez (1–2)—31,01812–14
27April 30@ Brewers3–4Figueroa (1–1)Maddux (2–2)DeJean (5)16,06712–15 :
May: 18–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Brewers3–1Glavine (5–1)Quevedo (1–3)Smoltz (8)17,08413–15
29May 2@ Brewers3–2 (10)Holmes (2–0)DeJean (0–1)Smoltz (9)18,11314–15
30May 3@ Cardinals2–1 (11)Hammond (1–1)Stechschulte (2–1)Smoltz (10)40,75815–15
31May 4@ Cardinals2–3Simontacchi (1–0)Lopez (1–3)Isringhausen (5)42,45515–16
32May 5@ Cardinals4–2Maddux (3–2)Kile (1–2)Smoltz (11)39,50916–16
33May 7Dodgers5–6 (16)Carrara (2–0)Ligtenberg (0–2)Orosco (1)26,91416–17
34May 8Dodgers1–3Perez (4–1)Millwood (2–4)Gagne (11)22,16316–18
35May 9Dodgers6–2Moss (1–0)Ashby (2–3)—23,93017–18
36May 10Padres7–3Remlinger (1–0)Fikac (3–2)—29,07518–18
37May 11Padres6–1Marquis (2–2)Lawrence (4–2)—36,27319–18
38May 12Padres5–6Boyd (1–0)Glavine (5–2)Hoffman (12)25,63619–19
39May 13@ Giants6–7 (11)Worrell (3–0)Hammond (1–2)—36,33119–20
40May 14@ Giants0–2Jensen (4–2)Moss (1–1)Nen (12)36,97219–21
41May 15@ Giants6–1Maddux (4–2)Hernandez (4–4)—38,16420–21
42May 16@ Giants5–4Marquis (3–2)Schmidt (0–1)—40,23621–21
43May 17@ Rockies4–2Glavine (6–2)Thomson (5–3)Smoltz (12)40,35722–21
44May 18@ Rockies3–7Stark (2–0)Millwood (2–5)—42,78022–22
45May 19@ Rockies2–1Remlinger (2–0)Nichting (0–1)Smoltz (13)43,15123–22
46May 21@ Expos4–5 (10)Tucker (2–0)Holmes (2–1)—5,44223–23
47May 22@ Expos2–0Glavine (7–2)Armas (5–5)—5,50424–23
48May 24Reds11–2Millwood (3–5)Hamilton (2–2)—29,30725–23
49May 25Reds4–6Haynes (4–5)Marquis (3–3)Graves (16)44,02625–24
50May 26Reds7–5Maddux (5–2)Reitsma (3–1)—40,14226–24
51May 27Expos5–1Glavine (8–2)Armas (5–6)—30,18727–24
52May 28Expos5–2Moss (2–1)Yoshii (2–2)Smoltz (14)22,27828–24
53May 29Expos3–4Tucker (4–0)Smoltz (0–2)Stewart (3)20,16228–25
54May 30Expos5–2Marquis (4–3)Pavano (3–6)—24,02529–25
55May 31@ Reds7–0Maddux (6–2)Reitsma (3–2)—38,77730–25 :
June: 21–5 (Home: 10–2; Away: 11–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Reds7–1Glavine (9–2)Rijo (4–3)—27,08031–25
57June 2@ Reds1–5Dessens (4–3)Moss (2–2)—26,47031–26
58June 3Mets5–4Hammond (2–2)Trachsel (3–6)Smoltz (15)31,70432–26
–June 4MetsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 11
59June 5Mets6–4Hammond (3–2)Strickland (5–3)Smoltz (16)30,98633–26
60June 6Mets3–2Glavine (10–2)Weathers (2–2)Smoltz (17)41,28634–26
61June 7@ Rangers13–7Hammond (4–2)Park (2–3)—42,76535–26
62June 8@ Rangers6–3 (10)Remlinger (3–0)Irabu (2–6)Smoltz (18)48,77636–26
63June 9@ Rangers9–3Marquis (5–3)Burba (3–4)—35,43637–26
64June 10@ Twins5–6 (15)Fiore (4–1)Ligtenberg (0–3)—24,53437–27
65June 11@ Twins11–0Glavine (11–2)Lohse (6–4)—23,25639–27
66June 12@ Twins3–2Moss (3–2)Santana (1–1)Smoltz (19)21,48539–27
67June 14Red Sox2–1Hammond (5–2)Martínez (7–2)Smoltz (20)48,92240–27
68June 15Red Sox4–2Maddux (7–2)Burkett (7–2)Smoltz (21)50,76441–27
69June 16Red Sox1–6Lowe (11–2)Glavine (11–3)—45,66641–28
70June 18Tigers0–6Weaver (5–8)Marquis (5–4)—28,17341–29
71June 19Tigers4–1Millwood (4–5)Maroth (1–1)Smoltz (22)25,11842–29
72June 20Tigers3–2Ligtenberg (1–3)Acevedo (1–3)—28,84343–29
73June 21White Sox3–2Gryboski (1–1)Ritchie (4–9)Smoltz (23)35,10244–29
74June 22White Sox15–2Moss (4–2)Glover (2–3)—47,27645–29
75June 23White Sox9–1Marquis (6–4)Wright (5–8)—30,88346–29
76June 24@ Mets3–2Gryboski (2–1)Strickland (6–4)Smoltz (24)34,70847–29
77June 25@ Mets4–7Trachsel (6–6)Lopez (1–4)Benitez (19)31,60747–30
78June 26@ Mets6–3Hammond (6–2)Weathers (2–3)Smoltz (25)30,97448–30
–June 27@ MetsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27
79June 28@ Red Sox4–2Remlinger (4–0)Wakefield (2–3)Smoltz (26)33,13749–30
80June 29@ Red Sox2–1Millwood (5–5)Lowe (11–4)Smoltz (27)32,65150–30
81June 30@ Red Sox7–3 (10)Remlinger (5–0)Urbina (0–3)—32,34851–30 :
July: 18–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Expos7–5Ligtenberg (2–3)Vazquez (5–5)Smoltz (28)26,05352–30
83July 2Expos2–5Colon (11–4)Moss (4–3)Stewart (10)25,58152–31
84July 3Expos6–5Smoltz (1–2)Brower (3–1)—23,43953–31
85July 4Cubs5–1Remlinger (6–0)Prior (2–2)Smoltz (29)49,96754–31
86July 5Cubs4–3Millwood (6–5)Clement (6–6)Smoltz (30)48,78455–31
87July 6Cubs3–7Zambrano (1–1)Glavine (11–4)—49,96155–32
88July 7Cubs2–0Maddux (8–2)Lieber (6–6)Smoltz (31)34,14056–32
73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
89July 11@ Expos8–5Millwood (7–5)Armas (8–8)Smoltz (32)11,85557–32
90July 12@ Expos8–3Remlinger (7–0)Tucker (4–1)—14,25658–32
91July 13@ Expos3–6Colon (12–4)Glavine (11–5)—17,33558–33
92July 14@ Expos3–10Vazquez (7–5)Moss (4–4)—25,10958–34
93July 15@ Cubs2–3Zambrano (2–1)Marquis (6–5)Alfonseca (12)40,20658–35
94July 16@ Cubs2–0Millwood (8–5)Lieber (6–7)Smoltz (33)39,11859–35
95July 17Marlins10–0Maddux (9–2)Burnett (8–7)—40,29260–35
96July 18Marlins3–1Glavine (12–5)Tavarez (7–6)Smoltz (34)34,80561–35
97July 19@ Phillies4–1Moss (5–4)Duckworth (5–8)Smoltz (35)20,42262–35
98July 20@ Phillies4–3Marquis (7–5)Adams (4–7)Smoltz (36)23,57063–35
99July 21@ Phillies2–1Millwood (9–5)Wolf (5–7)Spooneybarger (1)25,01264–35
100July 22@ Marlins1–2Burnett (9–7)Maddux (9–3)Looper (2)10,12564–36
101July 23@ Marlins5–3Glavine (13–5)Tavarez (7–7)Smoltz (37)12,21065–36
102July 24@ Marlins10–0Moss (6–4)Tejera (6–3)—10,37566–36
103July 26Phillies2–3Wolf (6–7)Millwood (9–6)Mesa (28)44,74466–37
104July 27Phillies5–3Maddux (10–3)Roa (0–1)Smoltz (38)43,21467–37
105July 28Phillies1–7Padilla (11–6)Glavine (13–6)—31,76467–38
106July 30Brewers3–2Moss (7–4)Quevedo (6–8)Smoltz (39)30,80268–38
107July 31Brewers9–1Millwood (10–6)Sheets (5–13)—25,87469–38 :
August: 16–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Brewers4–0Maddux (11–3)Rusch (5–11)—29,16870–38
109August 2Cardinals11–5Glavine (14–6)Simontacchi (7–3)—45,51271–38
110August 3Cardinals6–1Marquis (8–5)Morris (12–7)—46,35672–38
111August 4Cardinals2–1Smoltz (2–2)Veres (4–7)—33,68673–38
112August 6@ Diamondbacks4–3 (13)Ligtenberg (3–3)Koplove (3–1)—46,67674–38
113August 7@ Diamondbacks3–6Mantei (2–1)Remlinger (7–1)Kim (28)44,94874–39
114August 8@ Diamondbacks4–1Glavine (15–6)Anderson (5–8)Smoltz (40)40,11575–39
115August 9@ Astros6–5 (13)Spooneybarger (1–0)Cruz (1–6)Smoltz (41)41,41676–39
116August 10@ Astros5–8Saarloos (5–2)Marquis (8–6)Wagner (25)43,33276–40
117August 11@ Astros13–3Millwood (11–6)Mlicki (4–8)—41,09277–40
118August 13Giants2–7Ortiz (8–8)Maddux (11–4)—39,79477–41
119August 14Giants1–0Glavine (16–6)Hernandez (7–13)Smoltz (42)31,03978–41
120August 15Giants3–3 (10)Game called (rain) (game was not made up, tie does not count in record)35,34078–41
121August 16Rockies4–1Millwood (12–6)Chacon (5–10)Smoltz (43)30,50479–41
122August 17Rockies3–10Stark (8–3)Marquis (8–7)—46,10479–42
123August 18Rockies3–6Jennings (14–5)Maddux (11–5)Jimenez (33)30,39979–43
124August 19Rockies7–6Smoltz (3–2)Jimenez (2–8)—24,56880–43
125August 20@ Padres2–6Tomko (7–8)Moss (7–5)—21,44080–44
126August 21@ Padres6–3Millwood (13–6)Tankersley (1–3)Smoltz (44)22,47181–44
127August 22@ Padres2–9Bynum (1–0)Marquis (8–8)—23,56981–45
128August 23@ Dodgers3–4Gagne (2–1)Holmes (2–2)—50,34181–46
129August 24@ Dodgers3–4Shuey (6–2)Glavine (16–7)Gagne (44)54,21281–47
130August 25@ Dodgers7–5Moss (8–5)Ishii (13–9)Smoltz (45)50,30682–47
131August 27@ Pirates5–4Millwood (14–6)Fogg (11–10)Smoltz (46)20,54283–47
132August 28@ Pirates0–1 (10)Williams (2–5)Remlinger (7–2)—20,13683–48
133August 29@ Pirates1–4Arroyo (2–1)Glavine (16–8)Williams (38)17,31283–49
134August 30@ Expos4–2Moss (9–5)Armas (8–12)Smoltz (47)7,65984–49
135August 31@ Expos5–3Hammond (7–2)Vazquez (8–12)Smoltz (48)8,52885–49 :
September: 16–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Expos6–4Millwood (15–6)Yoshii (4–7)Smoltz (49)10,58186–49
137September 2Pirates5–1Maddux (12–5)Meadows (1–4)—30,80387–49
138September 3Pirates0–3Torres (1–0)Glavine (16–9)Williams (39)18,93187–50
139September 4Pirates6–0Moss (10–5)Wells (12–13)—19,52588–50
140September 6Expos5–0Millwood (16–6)Yoshii (4–8)—24,36189–50
141September 7Expos4–0Maddux (13–5)Ohka (13–7)—34,42490–50
142September 8Expos0–7Colon (18–7)Glavine (16–10)—25,55190–51
143September 10Mets12–6Hodges (1–0)Astacio (12–9)—28,21491–51
144September 11 (1)Mets8–5Millwood (17–6)Trachsel (9–11)Smoltz (50)19,80292–51
145September 11 (2)Mets0–5Leiter (13–11)Marquis (8–9)—26,73492–52
146September 13@ Marlins3–13Pavano (5–10)Maddux (13–6)—10,43692–53
147September 14@ Marlins10–5Glavine (17–10)Beckett (5–7)—13,52793–53
148September 15@ Marlins6–4Moss (11–5)Wayne (1–2)Smoltz (51)7,84494–53
149September 16@ Marlins1–5Penny (7–6)Millwood (17–7)—6,10394–54
150September 17Phillies2–1Maddux (14–6)Padilla (11–11)Smoltz (52)23,08295–54
151September 18Phillies5–6Silva (5–0)Ligtenberg (3–4)Mesa (41)20,35695–55
152September 19Phillies6–0Glavine (18–10)Roa (4–4)—23,48296–55
153September 20Marlins2–6Wayne (2–2)Moss (11–6)—28,86996–56
154September 21Marlins4–6Penny (8–6)Millwood (17–8)Looper (11)37,13196–57
155September 22Marlins4–1Maddux (15–6)Tavarez (10–12)Smoltz (53)32,17297–57
156September 24@ Phillies3–5Junge (2–0)Glavine (18–11)Mesa (45)15,80797–58
157September 25@ Phillies7–1Moss (12–6)Myers (4–5)—14,51698–58
–September 26@ PhilliesCancelled (rain)
158September 27 (1)@ Mets3–1Maddux (16–6)Thomson (9–14)Smoltz (54)N/A99–58
159September 27 (2)@ Mets7–4Millwood (18–8)Astacio (12–11)—33,527100–58
160September 28@ Mets5–2Hodges (2–0)Leiter (13–13)Smoltz (55)38,988101–58
161September 29@ Mets1–6Trachsel (11–11)Remlinger (7–3)—37,721101–59 :
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 :
National League Division Series: 2–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 2Giants5–8Ortiz (1–0)Glavine (0–1)Nen (1)41,9030–1
2October 3Giants7–3Millwood (1–0)Rueter (0–1)—47,1671–1
3October 5@ Giants10–2Maddux (1–0)Schmidt (0–1)—43,0432–1
4October 6@ Giants3–8Hernandez (1–0)Glavine (0–2)—43,0702–2
5October 7Giants1–3Ortiz (2–0)Millwood (1–1)Nen (2)45,2032–3 :

### Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters :
National League League Division Series
Pitchers: 47 Tom Glavine 49 Kevin Gryboski 36 Chris Hammond 40 Darren Holmes 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Greg Maddux 34 Kevin Millwood 27 Damian Moss 37 Mike Remlinger 29 John Smoltz
Catchers: 20 Henry Blanco 8 Javy López
Infielders: 19 Vinny Castilla 16 Mark DeRosa 23 Julio Franco 4 Matt Franco 1 Rafael Furcal 22 Marcus Giles 18 Wes Helms 7 Keith Lockhart
Outfielders: 28 Darren Bragg 25 Andruw Jones 10 Chipper Jones 11 Gary Sheffield :

## 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

| 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 |