# 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 121st season of the franchise; the 116th in the National League. This was their second season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 72–89.
The Pirates missed the playoffs for the tenth straight season, tying a divisional era record set between 1980 and 1989.

## Offseason

* January 5, 2002: Scott Service was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* January 25, 2002: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* March 5, 2002: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* March 5, 2002: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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 |

### Game log

2002 Game Log (72–89) :
April (14–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Mets2–6Leiter (1–0)Villone (0–1)—53,7340–1
2April 3@ Mets5–3Wells (1–0)Trachsel (0–1)Williams (1)25,9521–1
3April 4@ Mets3–2Anderson (1–0)Estes (0–1)Williams (2)33,7852–1
4April 5@ Cubs2–1Williams (1–0)Bere (0–1)Williams (3)41,5553–1
5April 6@ Cubs6–1Fogg (1–0)Clement (0–1)—34,9564–1
—April 7@ CubsPostponed (rain; rescheduled for May 21)
6April 8Reds1–0Villone (1–1)Dessens (0–2)Williams (4)36,4025–1
7April 10Reds5–8Acevedo (2–0)Wells (1–1)Graves (2)36,0485–2
8April 11Reds2–3Haynes (1–1)Anderson (1–1)Graves (3)12,7955–3
9April 12Cubs3–7Bere (1–1)Williams (1–1)—24,0025–4
10April 13Cubs3–2Fogg (2–0)Clement (0–2)Williams (5)17,9716–4
11April 14Cubs1–5 (8)Lieber (2–0)Villone (1–2)Borowski (1)16,0456–5
12April 15@ Brewers6–1Wells (2–1)Rusch (1–1)—14,0907–5
13April 16@ Brewers5–1Anderson (2–1)Neugebauer (0–2)—15,0128–5
14April 17@ Brewers3–2Williams (2–1)Buddie (0–1)Williams (6)17,8799–5
15April 19Phillies7–4Lowe (1–0)Padilla (2–2)Williams (7)23,32110–5
16April 20Phillies6–5Villone (2–2)Adams (0–2)Williams (8)18,03211–5
17April 21Phillies9–3Wells (3–1)Duckworth (1–1)—18,74912–5
18April 23Dodgers6–9Ishii (4–0)Anderson (2–2)Gagne (8)13,23512–6
19April 24Dodgers1–5Daal (3–0)Williams (2–2)—14,05712–7
20April 25Dodgers3–2Fogg (3–0)Nomo (2–3)Williams (9)16,26413–7
21April 26Padres1–10Tomko (2–1)Villone (2–3)—20,57513–8
—April 27PadresPostponed (rain; rescheduled for April 28)
22April 28Padres3–2Sauerbeck (1–0)Embree (2–1)Williams (10)—14–8
23April 28Padres2–7Tollberg (1–3)Anderson (2–3)—19,62114–9
24April 30@ Rockies0–10Hampton (1–3)Williams (2–3)—30,75914–10 :
May (11–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Rockies0–6Neagle (3–1)Fogg (3–1)—29,52914–11
26May 2@ Rockies2–7Thomson (4–2)Villone (2–4)—30,13414–12
27May 3@ Padres6–4Wells (4–1)Howard (0–1)Williams (11)20,31215–12
28May 4@ Padres0–3Jarvis (2–3)Anderson (2–4)Hoffman (10)36,97215–13
29May 5@ Padres5–6Lawrence (4–1)Lowe (1–1)Hoffman (11)27,39915–14
30May 6@ Diamondbacks3–2Fogg (4–1)Johnson (6–1)Williams (12)29,17116–14
31May 7@ Diamondbacks6–7Myers (2–1)Beimel (0–1)Kim (9)32,20416–15
32May 8@ Diamondbacks3–4Schilling (7–1)Wells (4–2)Kim (10)31,34316–16
33May 10Astros5–1Anderson (3–4)Hernandez (3–1)—19,19717–16
34May 11Astros4–2Fogg (5–1)Oswalt (4–2)Williams (13)35,83418–16
35May 12Astros1–5Reynolds (3–3)Williams (2–4)—20,20218–17
36May 13Diamondbacks0–11Schilling (8–1)Benson (0–1)—14,50018–18
37May 14Diamondbacks2–1Wells (5–2)Anderson (0–3)Williams (14)16,37319–18
38May 15Diamondbacks2–6Helling (4–4)Anderson (3–5)—18,78019–19
39May 16@ Astros1–3Oswalt (5–2)Boehringer (0–1)Wagner (6)26,27719–20
40May 17@ Astros4–7Stone (2–1)Villone (2–5)Dotel (1)28,86119–21
41May 18@ Astros1–2Dotel (2–1)Lowe (1–2)—34,92119–22
42May 19@ Astros5–3Wells (6–2)Mlicki (3–5)Williams (15)34,25920–22
43May 21@ Cubs12–1Anderson (4–5)Bere (1–7)——21–22
44May 21@ Cubs3–4Cruz (1–7)Fogg (5–2)Alfonseca (6)37,17521–23
45May 22@ Cubs4–7Prior (1–0)Williams (2–5)Alfonseca (7)40,13821–24
46May 23@ Cubs6–11Clement (2–3)Benson (0–2)—37,57821–25
47May 24Cardinals5–2Wells (7–2)Stephenson (1–3)—25,20322–25
48May 25Cardinals3–6Williams (2–0)Anderson (4–6)Isringhausen (13)26,20122–26
49May 26Cardinals3–7Simontacchi (3–0)Fogg (5–3)—31,98922–27
50May 27Cubs3–2 (10)Williams (1–0)Alfonseca (0–1)—16,21523–27
51May 28Cubs0–3Clement (3–3)Benson (0–3)—15,06023–28
52May 29Cubs5–0Wells (8–2)Lieber (3–4)—17,11624–28
53May 30Cubs8–9Wood (6–3)Anderson (4–7)Alfonseca (8)21,20824–29
54May 31@ Cardinals3–1Fogg (6–3)Williams (2–1)Williams (16)38,14825–29 :
June (11–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Cardinals4–9Kile (3–3)Arroyo (0–1)—43,29525–30
56June 2@ Cardinals5–2Lowe (2–2)Morris (7–4)Williams (17)37,24326–30
57June 3@ Expos5–7Ohka (5–3)Wells (8–3)Stewart (5)4,82126–31
58June 4@ Expos5–2Anderson (5–7)Pavano (3–7)Williams (18)4,61927–31
59June 5@ Expos1–3Vazquez (4–2)Fogg (6–4)—4,89027–32
60June 7Brewers6–1Beimel (1–1)Sheets (3–6)—27,00128–32
61June 8Brewers9–8 (11)Boehringer (1–1)King (1–2)—38,24429–32
62June 9Brewers5–4Sauerbeck (2–0)Wright (1–3)Williams (19)24,89730–32
63June 10@ Angels3–4Washburn (6–2)Anderson (5–8)Percival (14)16,86130–33
64June 11@ Angels7–3Fogg (7–4)Appier (5–5)—17,75531–33
65June 12@ Angels5–8Weber (3–2)Boehringer (1–2)Percival (15)17,09631–34
66June 14@ Reds3–4 (11)Williamson (2–0)Williams (1–1)—30,82031–35
67June 15@ Reds3–4Sullivan (4–2)Lincoln (0–1)Graves (21)31,41931–36
68June 16@ Reds5–1Anderson (6–8)Haynes (7–6)—29,53232–36
69June 18Athletics2–4Mulder (7–4)Fogg (7–5)Koch (16)21,94332–37
70June 19Athletics2–3 (10)Bradford (3–1)Williams (1–2)Koch (17)30,56232–38
71June 20Athletics3–5Hudson (5–6)Benson (0–4)Koch (18)22,46432–39
72June 21Rangers0–2Rogers (8–4)Wells (8–4)Cordero (3)24,47532–40
73June 22Rangers2–3Bell (3–2)Lincoln (0–2)Irabu (13)35,30232–41
74June 23Rangers4–10Park (3–3)Fogg (7–6)—26,93032–42
75June 25Expos4–1Benson (1–4)Ohka (7–4)Williams (20)17,54333–42
76June 26Expos7–4Wells (9–4)Vazquez (5–4)Williams (21)36,96634–42
77June 27Expos2–7 (7)Brower (3–0)Villone (2–6)—21,31234–43
78June 28@ Tigers3–1Fogg (8–6)Redman (3–8)Williams (22)28,58235–43
79June 29@ Tigers1–2Weaver (6–8)Beimel (1–2)Acevedo (12)24,44935–44
80June 30@ Tigers6–2Benson (2–4)Maroth (1–2)Williams (23)25,96636–44 :
July (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Brewers0–2Wright (2–6)Wells (9–5)—14,63436–45
82July 2Brewers6–12Quevedo (4–6)Anderson (6–9)—15,14236–46
83July 3Brewers3–1Fogg (9–6)Sheets (4–10)Williams (24)32,30937–46
84July 4Astros6–8Borbon (3–3)Beimel (1–3)—25,96237–47
85July 5Astros4–3Fetters (1–0)Borbon (3–4)Williams (25)24,55638–47
86July 6Astros2–10Cruz (1–4)Wells (9–6)—26,57838–48
87July 7Astros1–6Miller (4–3)Anderson (6–10)—23,34838–49
88July 11@ Brewers3–2 (10)Boehringer (2–2)DeJean (0–4)Williams (26)21,02139–49
89July 12@ Brewers9–2Lowe (3–2)Rusch (5–8)—26,36240–49
90July 13@ Brewers5–3Wells (10–6)Wright (2–8)Williams (27)28,21441–49
91July 14@ Brewers3–5Quevedo (5–6)Beimel (1–4)DeJean (16)21,97641–50
92July 15@ Astros5–4Lowe (4–2)Wagner (2–2)Williams (28)29,20442–50
93July 16@ Astros7–3Fogg (10–6)Oswalt (10–6)Boehringer (1)27,04243–50
94July 17Reds6–3Anderson (7–10)Dempster (5–10)Williams (29)32,86444–50
95July 18Reds5–7Sullivan (6–3)Boehringer (2–3)Graves (28)21,62544–51
96July 19Cardinals12–9Sauerbeck (3–0)Veres (3–6)—23,81245–51
97July 20Cardinals15–6Benson (3–4)Smith (3–1)—35,10146–51
98July 21Cardinals4–8Finley (5–11)Fogg (10–7)Kline (3)27,99946–52
99July 22@ Reds6–5Anderson (8–10)Dempster (5–11)Williams (30)18,39847–52
100July 23@ Reds2–7Haynes (11–6)Wells (10–7)—19,88447–53
101July 24@ Reds5–10Moehler (2–1)Beimel (1–5)—24,91047–54
102July 25@ Astros0–8Saarloos (2–2)Benson (3–5)—26,02747–55
103July 26@ Astros3–4Wagner (3–2)Sauerbeck (3–1)—32,11547–56
104July 27@ Astros0–3Oswalt (11–6)Anderson (8–11)Wagner (20)38,89647–57
105July 28@ Astros0–4Miller (8–3)Wells (10–8)—35,14447–58
106July 30Rockies4–1Benson (4–5)Neagle (4–7)Williams (31)23,74948–58
107July 31Rockies7–6Boehringer (3–3)White (2–6)Williams (32)18,10649–58 :
August (11–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Rockies0–3Jennings (11–5)Meadows (0–1)Jimenez (27)19,07549–59
109August 2Giants6–5Boehringer (4–3)Nen (4–1)—28,20350–59
110August 3Giants6–11Schmidt (7–5)Wells (10–9)—38,27550–60
111August 4Giants5–10Rueter (10–6)Benson (4–6)—31,39850–61
112August 6@ Dodgers3–1Fogg (11–7)Perez (10–8)Williams (33)31,25451–61
113August 7@ Dodgers0–4Ashby (8–9)Meadows (0–2)Gagne (37)31,58851–62
114August 8@ Dodgers5–10Beirne (1–0)Anderson (8–12)—31,77651–63
115August 9@ Giants4–3Wells (11–9)Schmidt (7–6)Williams (34)41,89752–63
116August 10@ Giants3–8Aybar (1–0)Lincoln (0–3)—41,14652–64
117August 11@ Giants4–5 (11)Nen (6–1)Williams (1–3)—41,47952–65
118August 12Cardinals6–10Simontacchi (8–4)Meadows (0–3)—15,70052–66
119August 13Cardinals5–9Morris (14–7)Anderson (8–13)Isringhausen (27)17,60952–67
120August 14Cardinals3–7Benes (2–3)Wells (11–10)—18,79152–68
121August 15Cardinals5–11Kline (1–1)Williams (1–4)—20,50352–69
122August 16Brewers3–10Sheets (7–14)Fogg (11–8)—35,34352–70
123August 17Brewers5–0Meadows (1–3)Cabrera (5–9)—25,27753–70
124August 18Brewers3–2Arroyo (1–1)Rusch (6–13)Williams (35)20,17054–70
125August 19@ Cardinals2–7Benes (3–3)Wells (11–11)—31,62654–71
126August 20@ Cardinals8–0Benson (5–6)Hackman (3–4)—34,99755–71
127August 21@ Cardinals1–4Finley (8–14)Fogg (11–9)Isringhausen (28)26,80655–72
128August 22@ Cardinals4–5Molina (1–0)Williams (1–5)—26,60655–73
129August 23@ Brewers6–3Lincoln (1–3)Durocher (1–1)Williams (36)30,95756–73
130August 24@ Brewers17–10Wells (12–11)Cabrera (5–10)—22,56857–73
131August 25@ Brewers3–2Benson (6–6)Wright (5–13)Williams (37)19,44358–73
132August 27Braves4–5Millwood (14–6)Fogg (11–10)Smoltz (46)20,54258–74
133August 28Braves1–0 (10)Williams (2–5)Remlinger (7–2)—20,13659–74
134August 29Braves4–1Arroyo (2–1)Glavine (16–8)Williams (38)17,31260–74
135August 30@ Marlins3–4Tavarez (10–10)Wells (12–12)Looper (8)4,96260–75
136August 31@ Marlins2–3Nunez (6–5)Sauerbeck (3–2)Looper (9)10,18860–76 :
September (12–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Marlins4–8Neal (3–0)Fogg (11–11)—5,58860–77
138September 2@ Braves1–5Maddux (12–5)Meadows (1–4)—30,80360–78
139September 3@ Braves3–0Torres (1–0)Glavine (16–9)Williams (39)18,93161–78
140September 4@ Braves0–6Moss (10–5)Wells (12–13)—19,52561–79
141September 6Marlins11–0Benson (7–6)Tejera (8–7)—33,52562–79
142September 7Marlins4–1Fogg (12–11)Robertson (0–1)Williams (40)18,84863–79
143September 8Marlins1–11Pavano (4–10)Meadows (1–5)—15,21163–80
144September 9@ Reds8–9Dempster (8–13)Torres (1–1)Williamson (1)13,43463–81
145September 10@ Reds0–3Reitsma (6–10)Wells (12–14)Williamson (2)13,15363–82
146September 11@ Reds4–1Villone (3–6)Dessens (7–8)Williams (41)14,51464–82
147September 13@ Phillies5–3Beimel (2–5)Timlin (4–6)Williams (42)13,71865–82
148September 14@ Phillies1–4Junge (1–0)Meadows (1–6)Mesa (40)16,62165–83
149September 15@ Phillies0–1 (10)Mesa (4–6)Sauerbeck (3–3)—23,05465–84
150September 16Reds3–4Silva (1–0)Lincoln (1–4)Williamson (5)10,75265–85
151September 17Reds11–3Benson (8–6)Reitsma (6–12)—10,99166–85
152September 18Reds3–2Lincoln (2–4)Riedling (2–3)Williams (43)11,68467–85
153September 19Reds4–5Hamilton (4–9)Williams (2–6)Williamson (6)11,33867–86
154September 20Cubs5–4Sauerbeck (4–3)Alfonseca (2–5)—22,29968–86
155September 21Cubs2–4Farnsworth (4–6)Sauerbeck (4–4)Cruz (1)33,65368–87
156September 22Cubs5–4Benson (9–6)Benes (2–2)Williams (44)25,02669–87
157September 24Mets6–3Sauerbeck (5–4)Guthrie (5–3)Williams (45)13,24970–87
158September 25Mets4–3Villone (4–6)Roberts (3–1)Williams (46)11,64171–87
—September 26MetsCancelled (rain; not rescheduled)
159September 27@ Cubs13–3Torres (2–1)Mahomes (1–1)—27,63772–87
160September 28@ Cubs4–5Cruz (3–11)Boehringer (4–4)—38,61772–88
161September 29@ Cubs3–7Wood (12–11)Fogg (12–12)—37,54172–89 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member :

### 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 |

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 13 | 17 |
| Florida Marlins | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 25 | 27 |
| Montreal Expos | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 24 | 24 |
| New York Mets | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 20 | 17 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | 28 | 20 |
| Total | 16 | 13 | 0.552 | 110 | 105 |
| NL Central |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | 9 | 10 | 0.474 | 88 | 80 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 11 | 0.389 | 76 | 79 |
| Houston Astros | 6 | 11 | 0.353 | 49 | 76 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 15 | 4 | 0.789 | 100 | 71 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 11 | 0.353 | 88 | 103 |
| Total | 43 | 47 | 0.478 | 401 | 409 |
| NL West |||||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 16 | 31 |
| Colorado Rockies | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 13 | 33 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 18 | 31 |
| San Diego Padres | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 17 | 32 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 28 | 42 |
| Total | 10 | 20 | 0.333 | 92 | 169 |
| American League |||||||
| Anaheim Angels | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 15 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 10 | 5 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 7 | 12 |
| Texas Rangers | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 6 | 15 |
| Total | 3 | 9 | 0.250 | 38 | 47 |
| Total | 72 | 89 | 0.447 | 641 | 730 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0.583 | 85 | 99 |
| May | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0.367 | 105 | 133 |
| June | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0.423 | 102 | 104 |
| July | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 123 | 142 |
| August | 29 | 11 | 18 | 0.379 | 121 | 153 |
| September | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0.480 | 105 | 99 |
| Total | 161 | 72 | 89 | 0.447 | 641 | 730 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 80 | 38 | 42 | 0.475 | 330 | 389 |
| Away | 81 | 34 | 47 | 0.420 | 311 | 341 |
| Total | 161 | 72 | 89 | 0.447 | 641 | 730 |

## Roster
### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Adrian Brown | CF |
| Jason Kendall | C |
| Aramis Ramírez | 3B |
| Kevin Young | 1B |
| Armando Ríos | LF |
| Craig Wilson | RF |
| Mike Benjamin | SS |
| Pokey Reese | 2B |
| Ron Villone | SP |

## Awards and honors

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Mike Williams, P, reserve

## Statistics
### Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| T. Álvarez | 14 | 26 | 8 | 0.308 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Beimel | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0.300 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Giles | 153 | 497 | 148 | 0.298 | 38 | 103 |
| H. Cota | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0.294 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Kendall | 145 | 545 | 154 | 0.283 | 3 | 44 |
| A. Ríos | 76 | 208 | 55 | 0.264 | 1 | 24 |
| P. Reese | 119 | 421 | 111 | 0.264 | 4 | 50 |
| J. Wilson | 131 | 368 | 97 | 0.264 | 16 | 57 |
| C. Wilson | 147 | 527 | 133 | 0.252 | 4 | 47 |
| R. Villone | 44 | 16 | 4 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Young | 146 | 468 | 115 | 0.246 | 16 | 51 |
| R. Mackowiak | 136 | 385 | 94 | 0.244 | 16 | 48 |
| A. Ramírez | 142 | 522 | 122 | 0.234 | 18 | 71 |
| A. Núñez | 112 | 253 | 59 | 0.233 | 2 | 15 |
| A. Hyzdu | 59 | 155 | 36 | 0.232 | 11 | 34 |
| A. Brown | 91 | 208 | 45 | 0.216 | 1 | 21 |
| C. Hermansen | 65 | 194 | 40 | 0.206 | 7 | 15 |
| K. Wells | 34 | 63 | 12 | 0.190 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Benson | 26 | 40 | 7 | 0.175 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Osik | 55 | 100 | 16 | 0.160 | 2 | 11 |
| S. Torres | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0.154 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Benjamin | 108 | 120 | 18 | 0.150 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Williams | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0.125 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Fogg | 32 | 58 | 7 | 0.121 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Anderson | 27 | 42 | 5 | 0.119 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Davis | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0.100 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Lowe | 42 | 13 | 1 | 0.077 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Arroyo | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Lincoln | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. López | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Meadows | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Sauerbeck | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Boehringer | 66 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| M. Fetters | 30 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Manzanillo | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| A. Reyes | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| D. Sánchez | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 5,330 | 1,300 | 0.244 | 142 | 610 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| S. Sauerbeck | 78 | 622⁄3 | 5 | 4 | 2.30 | 70 |
| A. Reyes | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2.65 | 21 |
| S. Torres | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2.70 | 12 |
| D. Williams | 59 | 611⁄3 | 2 | 6 | 2.93 | 43 |
| M. Lincoln | 55 | 721⁄3 | 2 | 4 | 3.11 | 50 |
| M. Fetters | 32 | 301⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 | 29 |
| B. Boehringer | 70 | 792⁄3 | 4 | 4 | 3.39 | 65 |
| K. Wells | 33 | 1981⁄3 | 12 | 14 | 3.58 | 134 |
| B. Meadows | 11 | 622⁄3 | 1 | 6 | 3.88 | 31 |
| B. Arroyo | 9 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4.00 | 22 |
| J. Fogg | 33 | 1941⁄3 | 12 | 12 | 4.35 | 113 |
| J. Beimel | 53 | 851⁄3 | 2 | 5 | 4.64 | 53 |
| K. Benson | 25 | 1301⁄3 | 9 | 6 | 4.70 | 79 |
| M. Williams | 9 | 431⁄3 | 2 | 5 | 4.98 | 33 |
| S. Lowe | 43 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 5.35 | 57 |
| J. Anderson | 28 | 1402⁄3 | 8 | 13 | 5.44 | 47 |
| R. Villone | 45 | 93 | 4 | 6 | 5.81 | 55 |
| J. Manzanillo | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 4 |
| D. Sánchez | 3 | 21⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 1,4122⁄3 | 72 | 89 | 4.23 | 920 |

## Draft picks

2002 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks :
| Rd | # | Player | Pos | DOB and Age | School |
| 1 | 1 | Bryan Bullington | RHP | (1980-09-30)September 30, 1980 (aged 21) | Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana) |
| 2 | 42 | Blair Johnson | RHP | (1984-03-25)March 25, 1984 (aged 18) | Washburn Rural HS (Topeka, Kansas) |
| 3 | 73 | Taber Lee | SS | (1980-10-18)October 18, 1980 (aged 21) | San Diego State University (San Diego, California) |
| 4 | 103 | Wardell Starling | RHP | (1983-03-14)March 14, 1983 (aged 19) | Lawrence E Elkins HS (Missouri City, Texas) |
| 5 | 133 | Alex Hart | RHP | (1980-01-10)January 10, 1980 (aged 22) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| 6 | 163 | Brad Eldred | 1B | (1980-07-12)July 12, 1980 (aged 21) | Florida International University (Miami, Florida) |
| 7 | 193 | Matt Capps | RHP | (1983-09-03)September 3, 1983 (aged 18) | Alexander HS (Douglasville, Georgia) |
| 8 | 223 | Bobby Kingsbury | OF | (1980-08-30)August 30, 1980 (aged 21) | Fordham University (New York City) |
| 9 | 253 | Joe Hicks | OF | (1984-04-22)April 22, 1984 (aged 18) | Forest Brook HS (Houston, Texas) |
| 10 | 283 | David Davidson | LHP | (1984-04-23)April 23, 1984 (aged 18) | Denis Morris HS (St. Catharines, ON) |

### Note

* Age at time of draft.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Nashville Sounds | Pacific Coast League | Marty Brown |
| AA | Altoona Curve | Eastern League | Dale Sveum |
| A | Lynchburg Hillcats | Carolina League | Pete Mackanin |
| A | Hickory Crawdads | South Atlantic League | Tony Beasley |
| A-Short Season | Williamsport Crosscutters | New York–Penn League | Andy Stewart |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Woody Huyke |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, Hickory