# 2002 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 2002 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 120th season in the history of the franchise. The team failed to improve upon their 86–76 record from the previous season. However, this would be their last losing season until 2013.
On June 2, 2002, starting pitcher Robert Person hit two home runs, a grand slam and a 3-run home run in an 18–3 victory over the Montreal Expos.

## Offseason

* November 9, 2001: Omar Daal was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Eric Junge and Jesus Cordero (minors).
* January 28, 2002: John Mabry was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* January 29, 2002: Ricky Ledée signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Jimmy Rollins – SS
* Doug Glanville – CF
* Bobby Abreu – RF
* Scott Rolen – 3B
* Mike Lieberthal – C
* Travis Lee – 1B
* Pat Burrell – LF
* Marlon Anderson – 2B
* Robert Person – SP

### 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 | 3–3–1 | 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 | 3–3–1 | 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

* May 22, 2002: John Mabry was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Oakland Athletics for Jeremy Giambi.
* May 26, 2002: Dan Plesac was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cliff Politte.
* June 25, 2002: Bruce Aven was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff D'Amico.
* July 29, 2002: Scott Rolen was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Doug Nickle and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Plácido Polanco, Mike Timlin, and Bud Smith.

#### Draft picks

* June 4, 2002: Cole Hamels was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 28, 2002.

### 2002 game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
2002 game log Overall Record: 80–81 :
April (9–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Braves2–7Tom Glavine (1–0)Robert Person (0–1)None51,6380–1
2April 3@ Braves3–1Vicente Padilla (1–0)Kevin Millwood (0–1)José Mesa (1)23,8651–1
3April 4@ Braves2–11Jason Marquis (1–0)Terry Adams (0–1)None24,6401–2
4April 5Marlins6–2Brandon Duckworth (1–0)Julián Tavárez (0–1)José Mesa (2)50,9582–2
5April 6Marlins3–7Vladimir Núñez (1–0)José Santiago (0–1)None18,5912–3
6April 7Marlins3–2 (11)Cliff Politte (1–0)Braden Looper (0–2)None18,0733–3
7April 8Braves1–2Kevin Millwood (1–1)Vicente Padilla (1–1)John Smoltz (1)14,5023–4
8April 9Braves7–4José Santiago (1–1)Jason Marquis (1–1)José Mesa (3)13,0204–4
9April 10Braves7–5 (11)Cliff Politte (2–0)Kerry Ligtenberg (0–1)None14,5425–4
10April 11Braves2–6Tom Glavine (2–0)David Coggin (0–1)Darren Holmes (1)14,1115–5
11April 12Reds5–8Jim Brower (1–0)Rhéal Cormier (0–1)Danny Graves (4)13,3665–6
12April 13Reds2–5Joey Hamilton (1–0)Robert Person (0–2)Danny Graves (5)15,6065–7
13April 14Reds3–1Vicente Padilla (2–1)Elmer Dessens (0–3)José Mesa (4)19,1956–7
14April 16@ Marlins6–7Gary Knotts (2–0)José Mesa (0–1)None6,1076–8
15April 17@ Marlins7–5Rhéal Cormier (1–1)Braden Looper (0–3)José Mesa (5)6,4787–8
16April 18@ Marlins7–8Vladimir Núñez (2–0)Ricky Bottalico (0–1)None6,8987–9
17April 19@ Pirates4–7Sean Lowe (1–0)Vicente Padilla (2–2)Mike Williams (7)23,3217–10
18April 20@ Pirates5–6Ron Villone (2–2)Terry Adams (0–2)Mike Williams (8)18,0327–11
19April 21@ Pirates3–9Kip Wells (3–1)Brandon Duckworth (1–1)None18,7497–12
20April 23Padres8–5Randy Wolf (1–0)Matt DeWitt (0–1)José Mesa (6)12,1388–12
21April 24Padres2–7Brian Lawrence (3–1)Robert Person (0–3)None12,2508–13
22April 25Padres4–6Bobby J. Jones (2–1)Rhéal Cormier (1–2)Trevor Hoffman (7)12,2498–14
23April 26@ Rockies1–4John Thomson (3–2)Terry Adams (0–3)José Jiménez (5)37,5518–15
24April 27@ Rockies6–8Shawn Chacón (2–3)Brandon Duckworth (1–2)José Jiménez (6)38,0648–16
25April 28@ Rockies2–4Jason Jennings (2–2)Randy Wolf (1–1)José Jiménez (7)40,3578–17
26April 29@ Giants5–8Tim Worrell (2–0)Rhéal Cormier (1–3)Robb Nen (7)35,1368–18
27April 30@ Giants8–2Vicente Padilla (3–2)Liván Hernández (4–2)None34,9189–18 :
May (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Giants1–2Félix Rodríguez (1–2)Ricky Bottalico (0–2)Robb Nen (8)36,3049–19
29May 3Rockies3–2Brandon Duckworth (2–2)Shawn Chacón (2–4)José Mesa (7)15,25710–19
30May 4Rockies6–5Héctor Mercado (1–0)Rick White (0–3)José Mesa (8)16,20511–19
31May 5Rockies7–4Vicente Padilla (4–2)Mike Hampton (1–4)José Mesa (9)32,41112–19
32May 7Astros7–4Carlos Silva (1–0)Hipólito Pichardo (0–1)José Mesa (10)12,32113–19
33May 8Astros5–3José Mesa (1–1)Nelson Cruz (0–3)None13,21614–19
34May 9Astros3–1Randy Wolf (2–1)Dave Mlicki (3–4)José Mesa (11)12,47615–19
35May 10Diamondbacks4–0Vicente Padilla (5–2)Rick Helling (3–4)None20,50416–19
36May 11Diamondbacks5–6 (10)Byung-hyun Kim (1–0)José Mesa (1–2)None32,63416–20
37May 12Diamondbacks3–1Terry Adams (1–3)Miguel Batista (2–2)José Mesa (12)21,11417–20
38May 13@ Astros3–17Tim Redding (2–2)Brandon Duckworth (2–3)None27,32417–21
39May 14@ Astros1–5Octavio Dotel (1–1)Randy Wolf (2–2)Billy Wagner (5)26,53617–22
40May 15@ Astros2–6Carlos Hernández (4–1)Vicente Padilla (5–3)None27,70717–23
41May 16@ Diamondbacks2–4Randy Johnson (7–1)José Santiago (1–2)Byung-hyun Kim (11)32,34817–24
42May 17@ Diamondbacks9–12Eddie Oropesa (2–0)Rhéal Cormier (1–4)Byung-hyun Kim (12)35,87717–25
43May 18@ Diamondbacks4–5Mike Myers (3–1)José Mesa (1–3)None47,35717–26
44May 19@ Diamondbacks4–3Randy Wolf (3–2)José Parra (0–1)José Mesa (13)43,70418–26
45May 21Mets4–0Vicente Padilla (6–3)Jeff D'Amico (3–4)None21,09019–26
46May 22Mets5–2Terry Adams (2–3)Al Leiter (5–3)José Mesa (14)22,64020–26
47May 23Mets0–1Scott Strickland (3–2)José Mesa (1–4)Armando Benítez (9)26,40520–27
48May 24@ Expos1–4Tomo Ohka (4–3)Randy Wolf (3–3)Scott Stewart (1)6,09120–28
49May 25@ Expos9–13 (10)T. J. Tucker (3–0)Héctor Mercado (1–1)None8,37020–29
50May 26@ Expos5–6Graeme Lloyd (2–2)Vicente Padilla (6–4)Scott Stewart (2)19,01520–30
51May 28@ Mets5–3Rhéal Cormier (2–4)Steve Trachsel (3–5)José Mesa (15)25,93921–30
52May 29@ Mets3–4Scott Strickland (5–2)José Santiago (1–3)Armando Benítez (10)37,41721–31
53May 31Expos7–8Javier Vázquez (3–2)Brandon Duckworth (2–4)Scott Stewart (4)15,45521–32 :
June (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Expos8–4Vicente Padilla (7–4)Tony Armas Jr. (5–7)None16,60122–32
55June 2Expos18–3Robert Person (1–3)Britt Reames (0–2)None19,22323–32
56June 4Marlins0–5Hansel Izquierdo (2–0)Terry Adams (2–4)None14,94223–33
57June 5Marlins1–2A. J. Burnett (6–5)Randy Wolf (3–4)None13,03923–34
–June 6MarlinsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 10 as a traditional double-header
58June 7@ Tigers11–1Vicente Padilla (8–4)Jeff Weaver (4–8)None25,90824–34
59June 8@ Tigers2–1Robert Person (2–3)Danny Patterson (0–2)José Mesa (16)32,29525–34
60June 9@ Tigers7–5Brandon Duckworth (3–4)Steve Sparks (3–6)José Mesa (17)21,71426–34
61June 10@ Indians3–1Terry Adams (3–4)CC Sabathia (5–5)José Mesa (18)28,44027–34
62June 11@ Indians1–5Bartolo Colón (8–4)Randy Wolf (3–5)Bob Wickman (14)30,23827–35
63June 12@ Indians7–3Vicente Padilla (9–4)Chad Paronto (0–1)None35,78328–35
64June 14Orioles3–7B. J. Ryan (1–0)Ricky Bottalico (0–3)None16,88828–36
65June 15Orioles4–3 (10)Rhéal Cormier (3–4)Buddy Groom (2–2)None20,63429–36
66June 16Orioles2–4Travis Driskill (4–0)Terry Adams (3–5)Jorge Julio (13)41,07929–37
67June 18White Sox3–6 (12)Antonio Osuna (4–1)David Coggin (0–2)Rocky Biddle (1)17,42429–38
68June 19White Sox4–3Dan Plesac (2–2)Rocky Biddle (1–1)None21,90530–38
69June 20White Sox1–6Mark Buehrle (10–5)Robert Person (2–4)None22,13230–39
70June 21Twins3–0Brandon Duckworth (4–4)Kyle Lohse (6–5)José Mesa (19)17,03931–39
71June 22Twins1–4 (11)LaTroy Hawkins (2–0)Dan Plesac (2–3)Eddie Guardado (21)18,75931–40
72June 23Twins1–5Tony Fiore (6–2)Randy Wolf (3–6)None38,15831–41
73June 24@ Marlins15–4Vicente Padilla (10–4)Julián Tavárez (5–4)None5,46532–41
74June 25@ Marlins7–6 (11)José Mesa (2–4)Vic Darensbourg (1–2)Dan Plesac (1)5,35533–41
75June 26@ Marlins2–6Michael Tejera (3–1)Brandon Duckworth (4–5)None6,50333–42
76June 27@ Marlins7–3Terry Adams (4–5)Kevin Olsen (0–5)None6,07934–42
77June 28@ Orioles6–2Randy Wolf (4–6)Travis Driskill (5–1)None48,93735–42
78June 29@ Orioles1–11Jason Johnson (3–5)Vicente Padilla (10–5)None48,69235–43
79June 30@ Orioles8–5Robert Person (3–4)Rick Bauer (3–4)José Mesa (20)43,42936–43 :
July (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Mets6–3Brandon Duckworth (5–5)Shawn Estes (3–6)José Mesa (21)18,42237–43
81July 2Mets6–12Pedro Astacio (8–3)Terry Adams (4–6)None20,82637–44
82July 3Mets8–7Dan Plesac (3–3)Scott Strickland (6–5)José Mesa (22)50,39638–44
83July 4Expos1–2Joey Eischen (2–1)José Mesa (2–5)Scott Stewart (11)12,30338–45
84July 5Expos3–8Tomo Ohka (8–4)Robert Person (3–5)None44,14338–46
85July 6Expos3–5Javier Vázquez (6–5)Brandon Duckworth (5–6)Scott Stewart (12)15,22838–47
86July 7Expos10–8Rhéal Cormier (4–4)Matt Herges (2–3)José Mesa (23)17,39339–47
–July 92002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Miller Park in Milwaukee
87July 11@ Mets1–9Mark Guthrie (3–0)Rhéal Cormier (4–5)None32,02639–48
88July 12@ Mets9–8Robert Person (4–5)Jeff D'Amico (4–8)None49,42440–48
89July 13@ Mets7–6 (12)Héctor Mercado (2–1)Scott Strickland (6–6)Carlos Silva (1)51,47041–48
90July 14@ Mets2–4Pedro Astacio (9–3)Brandon Duckworth (5–7)Armando Benítez (21)40,46341–49
91July 15@ Expos11–8David Coggin (1–2)Matt Herges (2–4)José Mesa (24)11,57642–49
92July 16@ Expos6–3Randy Wolf (5–6)Tony Armas Jr. (8–9)José Mesa (25)10,32543–49
93July 17Cubs4–3 (10)José Mesa (3–5)Jeff Fassero (3–6)None23,54144–49
94July 18Cubs4–6Matt Clement (8–6)Vicente Padilla (10–6)None27,67244–50
95July 19Braves1–4Damian Moss (5–4)Brandon Duckworth (5–8)John Smoltz (35)20,42244–51
96July 20Braves3–4Jason Marquis (7–5)Terry Adams (4–7)John Smoltz (36)23,57044–52
97July 21Braves1–2Kevin Millwood (9–5)Randy Wolf (5–7)Tim Spooneybarger (1)25,01244–53
98July 22@ Cubs6–7Kyle Farnsworth (3–1)José Mesa (3–6)None29,61844–54
99July 23@ Cubs7–4David Coggin (2–2)Matt Clement (8–7)José Mesa (26)32,77045–54
100July 24@ Cubs4–2Brett Myers (1–0)Mark Prior (4–3)José Mesa (27)32,69746–54
101July 25@ Cubs6–2Carlos Silva (2–0)Kyle Farnsworth (3–2)None34,56547–54
102July 26@ Braves3–2Randy Wolf (6–7)Kevin Millwood (9–6)José Mesa (28)44,74448–54
103July 27@ Braves3–5Greg Maddux (10–3)Joe Roa (0–1)John Smoltz (38)43,21448–55
104July 28@ Braves7–1Vicente Padilla (11–6)Tom Glavine (13–6)None31,76449–55
105July 30Giants3–10Kirk Rueter (9–6)Brett Myers (1–1)None27,33049–56
106July 31Giants8–6Mike Timlin (2–3)Troy Brohawn (0–1)José Mesa (29)22,59550–56 :
August (18–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Giants2–1Randy Wolf (7–7)Russ Ortiz (7–8)José Mesa (30)20,38051–56
108August 2Dodgers3–1Carlos Silva (3–0)Paul Quantrill (2–4)José Mesa (31)17,07652–56
109August 3Dodgers6–8 (12)Éric Gagné (1–0)David Coggin (2–3)Paul Quantrill (1)23,50652–57
110August 4Dodgers3–4Omar Daal (9–6)Brett Myers (1–2)Éric Gagné (36)28,18652–58
111August 5Dodgers7–5Mike Timlin (3–3)Paul Shuey (3–1)José Mesa (32)20,25953–58
112August 6@ Padres5–4 (16)Rhéal Cormier (5–5)Bobby J. Jones (7–6)None17,51954–58
113August 7@ Padres2–5Jake Peavy (3–4)Vicente Padilla (11–7)Trevor Hoffman (28)18,58354–59
114August 8@ Padres4–7Tom Davey (1–0)Terry Adams (4–8)None22,07654–60
115August 9@ Dodgers6–7Paul Shuey (4–1)Mike Timlin (3–4)Éric Gagné (38)40,68854–61
116August 10@ Dodgers8–10Paul Quantrill (3–4)Rhéal Cormier (5–6)Éric Gagné (39)48,32154–62
117August 11@ Dodgers6–3Mike Timlin (4–4)Paul Shuey (4–2)José Mesa (33)38,51755–62
118August 13Brewers3–1Vicente Padilla (12–7)Glendon Rusch (6–12)José Mesa (34)14,04656–62
119August 14Brewers4–1Brett Myers (2–2)Jamey Wright (4–12)None14,50957–62
120August 15Brewers5–1Joe Roa (1–1)Rubén Quevedo (6–11)None14,28858–62
121August 16Cardinals4–0Randy Wolf (8–7)Chuck Finley (7–14)None31,11759–62
122August 17Cardinals1–5Jason Simontacchi (9–4)David Coggin (2–4)None20,24259–63
123August 18Cardinals1–5Matt Morris (15–7)Vicente Padilla (12–8)None58,49359–64
124August 20@ Brewers1–2Jamey Wright (5–12)Brett Myers (2–3)Mike DeJean (20)24,08259–65
125August 21@ Brewers13–3Joe Roa (2–1)Ben Sheets (7–15)None21,25060–65
126August 22@ Brewers7–0Randy Wolf (9–7)Jimmy Osting (0–1)None18,15061–65
127August 23@ Cardinals5–4 (14)Terry Adams (5–8)Kevin Joseph (0–1)None35,72462–65
128August 24@ Cardinals4–0Vicente Padilla (13–8)Andy Benes (3–4)José Mesa (35)41,03363–65
129August 25@ Cardinals5–3Carlos Silva (4–0)Jason Isringhausen (2–2)José Mesa (36)31,85064–65
130August 27Expos4–2Joe Roa (3–1)Masato Yoshii (4–6)José Mesa (37)16,12665–65
131August 28Expos3–6Tomo Ohka (12–6)David Coggin (2–5)None13,82165–66
132August 29Expos2–1Brandon Duckworth (6–8)Bartolo Colón (17–7)José Mesa (38)14,26866–66
133August 30@ Mets7–5Vicente Padilla (14–8)Pedro Astacio (11–8)José Mesa (39)30,97667–66
134August 31@ Mets1–0Randy Wolf (10–7)Steve Trachsel (8–10)None30,73368–66 :
September (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Mets9–5Brett Myers (3–3)Al Leiter (11–11)None28,78169–66
136September 2@ Expos1–5Tomo Ohka (13–6)Joe Roa (3–2)None5,72369–67
137September 3@ Expos6–7 (10)Joey Eischen (4–1)Terry Adams (5–9)None5,72369–68
138September 4@ Expos5–8Tony Armas Jr. (9–12)Vicente Padilla (14–9)Joey Eischen (2)5,72369–69
139September 5@ Expos4–1Randy Wolf (11–7)Javier Vázquez (8–13)None2,13470–69
140September 6Mets2–7Al Leiter (12–11)Brett Myers (3–4)None16,33570–70
141September 7Mets4–5Tyler Walker (1–0)Joe Roa (3–3)Armando Benítez (31)21,74770–71
142September 8Mets3–11John Thomson (9–11)Brandon Duckworth (6–9)None20,04770–72
143September 9Mets4–6Jeff D'Amico (6–10)Mike Timlin (4–5)Armando Benítez (32)13,51470–73
144September 10 (1)Marlins4–6Graeme Lloyd (4–4)Randy Wolf (11–8)Armando Almanza (2)see 2nd game70–74
145September 10 (2)Marlins1–2Justin Wayne (1–1)Vicente Padilla (14–10)Braden Looper (10)14,34570–75
146September 11Marlins9–2Brett Myers (4–4)Brad Penny (6–6)None12,27471–75
147September 12Marlins6–1Joe Roa (4–3)Michael Tejera (8–8)None13,16772–75
148September 13Pirates3–5Joe Beimel (2–5)Mike Timlin (4–6)Mike Williams (42)13,71872–76
149September 14Pirates4–1Eric Junge (1–0)Brian Meadows (1–6)José Mesa (40)16,62173–76
150September 15Pirates1–0 (10)José Mesa (4–6)Scott Sauerbeck (3–3)None23,05474–76
151September 17@ Braves1–2Greg Maddux (14–6)Vicente Padilla (14–11)John Smoltz (52)23,08274–77
152September 18@ Braves6–5Carlos Silva (5–0)Kerry Ligtenberg (3–4)José Mesa (41)20,35675–77
153September 19@ Braves0–6Tom Glavine (18–10)Joe Roa (4–4)None23,48275–78
–September 20@ RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 21 as a day-night double-header
154September 21 (1)@ Reds5–3 (10)Terry Adams (6–9)Scott Williamson (3–4)José Mesa (42)36,94076–78
155September 21 (2)@ Reds5–4 (11)Terry Adams (7–9)Joey Hamilton (4–10)José Mesa (43)40,80477–78
156September 22@ Reds4–3Brandon Duckworth (7–9)José Rijo (5–4)José Mesa (44)40,96478–78
157September 24Braves5–3Eric Junge (2–0)Tom Glavine (18–11)José Mesa (45)15,80779–78
158September 25Braves1–7Damian Moss (12–6)Brett Myers (4–5)None14,51679–79
–September 26BravesCancelled (rain; Hurricane Isidore); Was not rescheduled
159September 27@ Marlins2–5Gary Knotts (3–1)Randy Wolf (11–9)Braden Looper (13)8,68979–80
160September 28@ Marlins9–3Brandon Duckworth (8–9)Justin Wayne (2–3)None11,74680–80
161September 29@ Marlins3–4 (10)Braden Looper (2–5)Héctor Mercado (2–2)None28,59980–81 :

### 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 | Mike Lieberthal | 130 | 476 | 133 | .279 | 15 | 52 |
| 1B | Travis Lee | 153 | 536 | 142 | .265 | 13 | 70 |
| 2B | Marlon Anderson | 145 | 539 | 139 | .258 | 8 | 48 |
| 3B | Scott Rolen | 100 | 375 | 52 | .259 | 17 | 66 |
| SS | Jimmy Rollins | 154 | 637 | 156 | .245 | 11 | 60 |
| LF | Pat Burrell | 157 | 586 | 165 | .282 | 37 | 116 |
| CF | Doug Glanville | 138 | 422 | 105 | .249 | 6 | 29 |
| RF | Bobby Abreu | 157 | 572 | 176 | .308 | 20 | 85 |

#### 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 |
| Marlon Byrd | 10 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Estrada | 10 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Giambi | 82 | 156 | 38 | .244 | 12 | 28 |
| Dave Hollins | 14 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Ledée | 96 | 203 | 46 | .227 | 8 | 23 |
| John Mabry | 21 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 3 |
| Jason Michaels | 81 | 105 | 28 | .267 | 2 | 11 |
| Tomás Pérez | 92 | 212 | 53 | .250 | 5 | 20 |
| Plácido Polanco | 53 | 206 | 61 | .296 | 4 | 22 |
| Todd Pratt | 39 | 106 | 33 | .311 | 3 | 16 |
| Nick Punto | 9 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Valent | 7 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

### 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 |
| Randy Wolf | 31 | 210.2 | 11 | 9 | 3.20 | 172 |
| Vicente Padilla | 32 | 206.0 | 14 | 11 | 3.28 | 128 |
| Brandon Duckworth | 30 | 163.0 | 8 | 9 | 5.41 | 167 |
| Robert Person | 16 | 87.2 | 4 | 5 | 5.44 | 61 |
| Brett Myers | 12 | 72.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.25 | 34 |
| Joe Roa | 14 | 71.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Terry Adams | 46 | 136.2 | 7 | 9 | 4.35 | 96 |
| Dave Coggin | 38 | 77.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.68 | 64 |
| Eric Junge | 4 | 12.2 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| José Mesa | 74 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 2.97 | 64 |
| Carlos Silva | 68 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.21 | 41 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 54 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5.25 | 49 |
| José Santiago | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.70 | 30 |
| Dan Plesac | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 27 |
| Héctor Mercado | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.62 | 40 |
| Mike Timlin | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.79 | 15 |
| Ricky Bottalico | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.61 | 24 |
| Cliff Politte | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 15 |
| Doug Nickle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 |
| Tomás Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Jimmy Rollins, shortstop, starter
* Scott Rolen, third base, starter
* Vicente Padilla, pitcher, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | International League | Marc Bombard |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Greg Legg |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | John Morris and Roly de Armas |
| A | Lakewood BlueClaws | South Atlantic League | Jeff Manto |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Muckdogs | New York–Penn League | Ronnie Ortegon |
| Rookie | GCL Phillies | Gulf Coast League | Rubén Amaro, Sr. |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Phillies