# 2002 San Diego Padres season

The 2002 San Diego Padres season was the 34th season in franchise history.

## Offseason

* December 27, 2001: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* February 24, 2002: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* March 16, 2002: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* D'Angelo Jiménez – 2B
* Mark Kotsay – CF
* Ron Gant – LF
* Phil Nevin – 1B
* Bubba Trammell – RF
* Deivi Cruz – SS
* Wiki González – C
* Ramon Vazquez – 3B
* Kevin Jarvis – SP

### Season standings
#### National League West

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 43‍–‍38 |
| San Francisco Giants | 95 | 66 | .590 | 2½ | 50‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍35 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 70 | .568 | 6 | 46‍–‍35 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Colorado Rockies | 73 | 89 | .451 | 25 | 47‍–‍34 | 26‍–‍55 |
| San Diego Padres | 66 | 96 | .407 | 32 | 41‍–‍40 | 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

* June 26, 2002: Alan Embree was traded by the San Diego Padres with Andy Shibilo (minors) to the Boston Red Sox for Dan Giese and Brad Baker (minors).
* July 15, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the San Diego Padres.
* July 31, 2002: Jason Bay was traded by the New York Mets with Josh Reynolds (minors) and Bobby Jones to the San Diego Padres for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook.
* August 13, 2002: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* August 16, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the San Diego Padres.
* September 4, 2002: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the San Diego Padres.

### 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 | Tom Lampkin | 104 | 281 | 61 | .217 | 10 | 37 |
| 1B | Ryan Klesko | 146 | 540 | 162 | .300 | 29 | 95 |
| 2B | Ramón Vázquez | 128 | 423 | 116 | .274 | 2 | 32 |
| SS | Deivi Cruz | 151 | 514 | 135 | .263 | 7 | 47 |
| 3B | Phil Nevin | 107 | 407 | 116 | .285 | 12 | 57 |
| LF | Ron Gant | 102 | 309 | 81 | .262 | 18 | 59 |
| CF | Mark Kotsay | 153 | 578 | 169 | .292 | 17 | 61 |
| RF | Bubba Trammell | 133 | 403 | 98 | .243 | 17 | 56 |

#### 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 |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 87 | 321 | 77 | .240 | 3 | 33 |
| Gene Kingsale | 89 | 216 | 60 | .278 | 2 | 28 |
| Ray Lankford | 81 | 205 | 46 | .224 | 6 | 26 |
| Sean Burroughs | 63 | 192 | 52 | .271 | 1 | 11 |
| Julius Matos | 76 | 185 | 44 | .238 | 2 | 19 |
| Wiki González | 56 | 164 | 36 | .220 | 1 | 20 |
| Trent Hubbard | 89 | 129 | 27 | .209 | 1 | 7 |
| Brian Buchanan | 48 | 92 | 27 | .293 | 6 | 13 |
| Wil Nieves | 28 | 72 | 13 | .181 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Sweeney | 48 | 65 | 11 | .169 | 1 | 4 |
| Javier Cardona | 15 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 0 | 2 |
| César Crespo | 25 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Barker | 7 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
| Kory DeHaan | 12 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Pelaez | 3 | 8 | 2 | .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 |
| Brian Lawrence | 35 | 210.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.69 | 149 |
| Brett Tomko | 32 | 204.1 | 10 | 10 | 4.49 | 126 |
| Booby Jones | 19 | 108.0 | 7 | 8 | 5.50 | 60 |
| Jake Peavy | 17 | 97.2 | 6 | 7 | 4.52 | 90 |
| Óliver Pérez | 16 | 90.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.50 | 94 |
| Brian Tollberg | 12 | 61.2 | 1 | 5 | 6.13 | 33 |
| Kevin Jarvis | 7 | 35.0 | 2 | 4 | 4.37 | 24 |
| Adam Eaton | 6 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Dennis Tankersley | 17 | 51.1 | 1 | 4 | 8.06 | 39 |
| Jason Middlebrook | 12 | 35.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.09 | 28 |
| Kevin Pickford | 16 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 18 |
| Mike Bynum | 14 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.27 | 17 |
| Clay Condrey | 9 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 1.69 | 16 |
| Ben Howard | 3 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.28 | 10 |
| Bobby Jones | 4 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 61 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 2.73 | 69 |
| Jeremy Fikac | 65 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5.35 | 66 |
| Steve Reed | 40 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1.98 | 36 |
| Alan Embree | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.26 | 38 |
| Mike Holtz | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.71 | 19 |
| Brandon Villafuerte | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.41 | 25 |
| Jason Boyd | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 18 |
| Tom Davey | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.57 | 21 |
| Jonathan Johnson | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.11 | 21 |
| Jason Kershner | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 11 |
| Rodney Myers | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.91 | 11 |
| Kevin Walker | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 11 |
| Doug Nickle | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.49 | 7 |
| Matt DeWitt | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.23 | 5 |
| Eric Cyr | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.50 | 4 |
| Juan Moreno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 |
| J.J. Trujillo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 3 |
| David Lundquist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 0 |
| Jason Shiell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
| Jason Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| José Núñez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Trevor Hoffman

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Rick Sweet |
| AA | Mobile BayBears | Southern League | Craig Colbert |
| A | Lake Elsinore Storm | California League | George Hendrick |
| A | Fort Wayne Wizards | Midwest League | Tracy Woodson |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Jeff Gardner |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Padres | Pioneer League | Don Werner |