# 2002 Chicago Cubs season

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).
* January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
* 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.

## Regular season
### Season 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 |

### Notable transactions

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

### Roster
## 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 | 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 Hundley | 92 | 266 | 56 | .211 | 16 | 35 |
| Roosevelt Brown | 111 | 204 | 43 | .211 | 3 | 23 |
| Chris Stynes | 98 | 195 | 47 | .241 | 5 | 26 |
| Bobby Hill | 59 | 190 | 48 | .253 | 4 | 20 |
| Delino DeShields | 67 | 146 | 28 | .192 | 3 | 10 |
| Angel Echevarria | 50 | 98 | 30 | .306 | 3 | 21 |
| Darren Lewis | 58 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 0 | 7 |
| Augie Ojeda | 30 | 70 | 13 | .186 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Machado | 22 | 58 | 16 | .276 | 1 | 5 |
| Hee-Seop Choi | 24 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 2 | 4 |
| Chad Hermansen | 35 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 1 | 3 |
| Kevin Orie | 13 | 32 | 9 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Mahoney | 16 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 3 |
| Mario Encarnación | 3 | 7 | 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 |
| Kerry Wood | 33 | 213.2 | 12 | 11 | 3.66 | 217 |
| Matt Clement | 32 | 205.0 | 12 | 11 | 3.60 | 215 |
| Jon Lieber | 21 | 141.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.70 | 87 |
| Mark Prior | 19 | 116.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.32 | 147 |
| Jason Bere | 16 | 85.2 | 1 | 10 | 5.67 | 65 |
| Alan Benes | 7 | 39.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.35 | 32 |
| Steve Smyth | 8 | 26.0 | 1 | 3 | 9.35 | 16 |

#### 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 Zambrano | 32 | 108.1 | 4 | 8 | 3.66 | 93 |
| Juan Cruz | 45 | 97.1 | 3 | 11 | 3.98 | 81 |
| Pat Mahomes | 16 | 32.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 23 |

#### 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 Alfonseca | 66 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 4.00 | 61 |
| Joe Borowski | 73 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2.73 | 97 |
| Jeff Fassero | 57 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6.18 | 44 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 45 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7.33 | 46 |
| Tom Gordon | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.42 | 31 |
| Will Cunnane | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.47 | 30 |
| Donovan Osborne | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.19 | 13 |
| Ron Mahay | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 14 |
| Francis Beltrán | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 11 |
| Jesús Sánchez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.96 | 6 |
| Scott Chiasson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 3 |
| Courtney Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## 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