2002 Chicago Cubs season

2002 Chicago Cubs
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Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Tribune Company
Managers	Don Baylor, Rene Lachemann, Bruce Kimm
Television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Chip Caray, Joe Carter) FSN Chicago (Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
Radio	WGN (Ron Santo, Pat Hughes)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
Seasons

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 Julian Tavarez to the Florida Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	0.599	—	52–29	45–36
Houston Astros	84	78	0.519	13	47–34	37–44
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	0.481	19	38–43	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	0.447	24½	38–42	34–47
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	36–45	31–50
Milwaukee Brewers	56	106	0.346	41	31–50	25–56

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

2002 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 53 Francis Beltrán 35 Alan Benes 46 Jason Bere 48 Joe Borowski 37 Scott Chiasson 30 Matt Clement 51 Juan Cruz 49 Will Cunnane 55 Courtney Duncan 44 Kyle Farnsworth 13 Jeff Fassero 45 Tom Gordon 32 Jon Lieber 54 Ron Mahay 52 Pat Mahomes 31 Donovan Osborne 22 Mark Prior 41 Jesus Sanchez 39 Steve Smyth 34 Kerry Wood 38 Carlos Zambrano		Catchers 27 Joe Girardi  9 Todd Hundley 72 Robert Machado 58 Mike Mahoney Infielders 28 Mark Bellhorn 19 Hee-Seop Choi  8 Alex Gonzalez 17 Bobby Hill 29 Fred McGriff 33 Bill Mueller  1 Augie Ojeda 15 Kevin Orie 11 Chris Stynes		Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 24 Roosevelt Brown 16 Delino DeShields 12 Angel Echevarria 15 Mario Encarnacion  3 Chad Hermansen  6 Darren Lewis 20 Corey Patterson 21 Sammy Sosa		Manager 25 Don Baylor 10 Bruce Kimm Coaches  2 Sandy Alomar (first base) 43 Dave Bialas (third base)  3 Gene Glynn (former third base) 36 Rick Kranitz (bullpen) 5 Rene Lachemann (bench)  4 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 47 Larry Rothschild (pitching)

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

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

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
Steve Smyth	8	26	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

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

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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
Short-Season A	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Steve McFarland
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Carmelo Martínez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise, AZL Cubs

References

• 2002 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference