# 2002 Houston Astros season

The 2002 Houston Astros season was the 41st season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.

## Offseason

* December 11, 2001: Gregg Zaun was signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros.

## Regular season
### Overview

From August 10–24, first baseman Jeff Bagwell produced a season-high 15-game hitting, marking the 12th consecutive season with at least one double-digit hit streak, a club record, and second to Roberto Alomar with 14 among all then-active players. In September, he batted .343 with 11 multi-hit games.

### Standings
#### National League Central

vteNL 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 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 |

### Roster
## Players 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 | Brad Ausmus | 130 | 447 | 115 | .257 | 6 | 50 |
| 1B | Jeff Bagwell | 158 | 571 | 166 | .291 | 31 | 98 |
| 2B | Craig Biggio | 145 | 577 | 146 | .253 | 15 | 58 |
| SS | Julio Lugo | 88 | 322 | 84 | .261 | 8 | 35 |
| 3B | Geoff Blum | 130 | 368 | 104 | .283 | 10 | 52 |
| LF | Daryle Ward | 136 | 453 | 125 | .276 | 12 | 72 |
| CF | Lance Berkman | 158 | 578 | 169 | .292 | 42 | 128 |
| RF | Richard Hidalgo | 114 | 388 | 91 | .235 | 15 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| José Vizcaíno | 125 | 406 | 123 | .303 | 5 | 37 |
| Orlando Merced | 123 | 251 | 72 | .287 | 6 | 30 |
| Brian Hunter | 98 | 201 | 54 | .269 | 3 | 20 |
| Gregg Zaun | 76 | 185 | 41 | .222 | 3 | 24 |
| Morgan Ensberg | 49 | 132 | 32 | .242 | 3 | 19 |
| Adam Everett | 40 | 88 | 17 | .193 | 0 | 4 |
| Jason Lane | 44 | 69 | 20 | .290 | 4 | 10 |
| Mark Loretta | 21 | 66 | 28 | .424 | 2 | 8 |
| Alan Zinter | 39 | 44 | 6 | .136 | 2 | 3 |
| Barry Wesson | 15 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Ginter | 7 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl Chávez | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Roy Oswalt | 35 | 233.0 | 19 | 9 | 3.01 | 108 |
| Wade Miller | 26 | 164.2 | 15 | 4 | 3.28 | 144 |
| Carlos Hernández | 23 | 111.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.38 | 93 |
| Kirk Saarloos | 17 | 85.1 | 6 | 7 | 6.01 | 54 |
| Shane Reynolds | 13 | 74.0 | 3 | 6 | 4.86 | 47 |

### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitching; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Dave Mlicki | 22 | 86.0 | 4 | 10 | 5.34 | 57 |
| Peter Munro | 19 | 80.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.57 | 45 |
| Tim Redding | 18 | 73.1 | 3 | 6 | 5.40 | 63 |

### 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 |
| Billy Wagner | 70 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 2.52 | 38 |
| Octavio Dotel | 83 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1.85 | 118 |
| Ricky Stone | 78 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.61 | 63 |
| Pedro Borbón Jr. | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.50 | 39 |
| Brandon Puffer | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.43 | 48 |
| Nelson Cruz | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4.48 | 61 |
| Scott Linebrink | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 24 |
| Jim Mann | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 19 |
| Tom Gordon | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.32 | 17 |
| T.J. Mathews | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.44 | 13 |
| Jeriome Robertson | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.52 | 6 |
| Brad Lidge | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 12 |
| Hipólito Pichardo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | New Orleans Zephyrs | Pacific Coast League | Chris Maloney |
| AA | Round Rock Express | Texas League | Jackie Moore |
| A | Michigan Battle Cats | Midwest League | John Massarelli |
| A | Lexington Legends | South Atlantic League | Joe Cannon |
| A-Short Season | Tri-City ValleyCats | New York–Penn League | Iván DeJesús |
| Rookie | Martinsville Astros | Appalachian League | Jorge Orta |