2002 Cleveland Indians season

2002 Cleveland Indians
2002 Cleveland Indians
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Larry Dolan
Managers	Charlie Manuel, Joel Skinner
Television	FSN Ohio ; John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
Radio	WTAM ; Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan

The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, that competes in Major League Baseball.They are organized in the Central Division of the American League.The 2002 Major League Baseball season began on March 31, 2002.The team finished third in the American League behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox.

Offseason

November 7, 2001: Chris Coste was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[1]
November 7, 2001: Jason Beverlin was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]
November 26, 2001: Donzell McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
December 11, 2001: Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples (minors) were traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan and players to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Earl Snyder and Billy Traber to the Indians on December 13.^[4]
December 18, 2001: John Rocker was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder.^[5]
February 9, 2002: Bruce Aven was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[6]
March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned by the Indians to the Kansas City Royals.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Matt Lawton – RF
Omar Vizquel – SS
Ellis Burks – DH
Jim Thome – 1B
Travis Fryman – 3B
Ricky Gutiérrez – 2B
Milton Bradley – CF
Russell Branyan – LF
Einar Díaz – C
Bartolo Colón – SP^[7]

Season standings

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AL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	94	67	.584	—	54‍–‍27	40‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	13½	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	74	88	.457	20½	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	32½	37‍–‍44	25‍–‍56
Detroit Tigers	55	106	.342	39	33‍–‍47	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–2	3–4	6–3	6–3	8–1	6–3	4–5	3–4	9–11	9–10	8–1	12–7	7–2	11–7
Baltimore	2–7	—	6–13	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–0	5–1	6–13	4–5	5–4	10–9	3–6	4–15	9–9
Boston	4–3	13–6	—	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–2	3–3	9–10	6–3	4–5	16–3	4–3	13–6	5–13
Chicago	3–6	4–3	4–2	—	9–10	12–7	11–8	8–11	2–4	2–7	5–4	4–3	5–4	4–2	8–10
Cleveland	3–6	5–1	4–5	10–9	—	10–9	9–10	8–11	3–6	2–5	3–4	4–2	4–5	3–3	6–12
Detroit	1–8	4–2	4–5	7–12	9–10	—	9–10	4–14	1–8	1–6	2–5	2–4	5–4	0–6	6–12
Kansas City	3–6	0–7	2–4	8–11	10–9	10–9	—	5–14	1–5	1–8	3–6	4–2	7–2	3–4	5–13
Minnesota	5–4	1–5	3–3	11–8	11–8	14–4	14–5	—	0–6	3–6	5–4	5–2	6–3	6–1	10–8
New York	4–3	13–6	10–9	4–2	6–3	8–1	5–1	6–0	—	5–4	4–5	13–5	4–3	10–9	11–7
Oakland	11–9	5–4	3–6	7–2	5–2	6–1	8–1	6–3	4–5	—	8–11	8–1	13–6	3–6	16–2
Seattle	10–9	4–5	5–4	4–5	4–3	5–2	6–3	4–5	5–4	11–8	—	5–4	13–7	6–3	11–7
Tampa Bay	1–8	9–10	3–16	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–5	5–13	1–8	4–5	—	4–5	8–11	7–11
Texas	7–12	6–3	3–4	4–5	5–4	4–5	2–7	3–6	3–4	6–13	7–13	5–4	—	8–1	9–9
Toronto	2–7	15–4	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–0	4–3	1–6	9–10	6–3	3–6	11–8	1–8	—	9–9

Notable transactions

June 4, 2002: Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed on October 3, 2002.^[8]
June 7, 2002: Russell Branyan was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Ben Broussard.^[9]
June 25, 2002: Bruce Aven was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff D'Amico.^[6]
June 27, 2002: Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew were traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, and Lee Stevens.^[10]
July 28, 2002: Paul Shuey was traded by the Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ricardo Rodríguez, Terry Mulholland, and Francisco Cruceta.^[11]
August 16, 2002: Jason Beverlin was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Detroit Tigers.^[2]

Roster

2002 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

32 Charlie Manuel
35 Joel Skinner

Coaches

45 Mike Brown (Pitching)
1 Al Bumbry (First Base)^[12]
29 Jeff Datz (Bench, Third Base)^[12]
4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen)
87 Dave Keller (Bullpen Catcher)
33 Eddie Murray (Hitting)
35 Joel Skinner (Third Base)^[12]
6 Robby Thompson (First Base, Bench)^[12]
43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log

2002 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)

March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)

April: 12–13 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–9)

May: 13–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–7)

June: 11–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–9)

July: 10–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–8)

August: 12–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 4–6)

September: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

2002 Game Log

March

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	@ Angels	6 – 0	Colón (1-0)	Washburn (0-1)		42,697	1-0

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
2	April 2	@ Angels	7 – 5	Weber (1-0)	Riske (0-1)	Percival (1)	20,055	1-1
3	April 3	@ Angels	6 – 5	Drese (1-0)	Sele (0-1)	Wickman (1)	18,194	2-1
4	April 5	@ Tigers	10 – 1	Báez (1-0)	Redman (0-1)		41,248	3-1
5	April 6	@ Tigers	5 – 3	Colón (2-0)	Cornejo (0-1)	Wickman (2)	19,754	4-1
6	April 7	@ Tigers	5 – 1	Sabathia (1-0)	Weaver (0-1)	Wickman (3)	14,749	5-1
7	April 8	Twins	9 – 5	Drese (2-0)	Milton (1-1)		42,441	6-1
8	April 9	Twins	5 – 4	Finley (1-0)	Mays (0-2)	Wickman (4)	23,760	7-1
9	April 10	Twins	9 – 3	Báez (2-0)	Reed (1-1)		25,420	8-1
10	April 11	Twins	8 – 4	Colón (3-0)	Lohse (0-1)		25,582	9-1
11	April 12	Royals	3 – 1	Sabathia (2-0)	Suppan (1-1)	Wickman (5)	29,970	10-1
12	April 13	Royals	8 – 7	Shuey (1-0)	Bailey (0-2)		28,455	11-1
--	April 14	Royals	Postponed (rain)
13	April 16	@ White Sox	10 – 5	Marte (1-0)	Finley (1-1)		23,502	11-2
14	April 17	@ White Sox	7 – 2	Buehrle (4-0)	Báez (2-1)		15,561	11-3
15	April 18	@ White Sox	7 – 1	Ritchie (1-1)	Colón (3-1)		13,880	11-4
16	April 19	@ Twins	12 – 3	Lohse (1-1)	Sabathia (2-1)		23,491	11-5
17	April 20	@ Twins	6 – 2	Kinney (1-0)	Drese (2-1)		30,146	11-6
18	April 21	@ Twins	4 – 2	Reed (2-1)	Finley (1-2)	Guardado (8)	22,264	11-7
19	April 22	White Sox	4 – 2	Báez (3-1)	Buehrle (4-1)	Wickman (6)	24,519	12-7
20	April 23	White Sox	5 – 1	Ritchie (2-1)	Colón (3-2)		25,284	12-8
21	April 24	White Sox	9 – 2	Wright (2-2)	Sabathia (2-2)		25,935	12-9
22	April 25	White Sox	6 – 3	Garland (3-1)	Drese (2-2)	Foulke (6)	29,046	12-10
23	April 26	@ Rangers	7 – 4	Finley (2-2)	Davis (2-2)		33,243	13-10
24	April 27	@ Rangers	4 – 2	Bell (1-0)	Báez (3-2)	Irabu (4)	43,353	13-11
25	April 28	@ Rangers	2 – 1	Valdez (2-3)	Colón (3-3)	Irabu (5)	24,118	13-12
26	April 30	Angels	21 – 2	Ortiz (2-3)	Sabathia (2-3)		24,286	13-13

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	Angels	7 – 2	Washburn (3-2)	Drese (2-3)		23,536	13-14
28	May 2	Angels	8 – 0	Appier (3-1)	Finley (2-3)		26,068	13-15
29	May 3	Rangers	4 – 2	Davis (3-2)	Báez (3-3)	Irabu (7)	32,846	13-16
30	May 4	Rangers	3 – 0	Colón (4-3)	Valdez (2-4)	Wickman (7)	33,788	14-16
31	May 5	Rangers	9 – 2	Sabathia (3-3)	Rogers (3-1)		31,990	15-16
32	May 6	@ Orioles	9 – 4	Drese (3-3)	Groom (1-1)		24,976	16-16
33	May 7	@ Orioles	4 – 3 (10)	Julio (2-0)	Wohlers (0-1)		26,455	16-17
34	May 8	@ Orioles	6 – 2	Báez (4-3)	Erickson (3-3)		29,361	17-17
35	May 9	@ Royals	5 – 3	Suppan (3-4)	Rincón (0-1)	Hernández (2)	12,555	17-18
36	May 10	@ Royals	9 – 0	Reichert (1-3)	Sabathia (3-4)		24,279	17-19
--	May 11	@ Royals	Postponed (rain)
37	May 12	@ Royals	4 – 1	Byrd (6-2)	Finley (2-4)	Hernández (3)	10,820	17-20
38	May 14	Orioles	6 – 5	Shuey (2-0)	Julio (2-2)		30,447	18-20
39	May 15	Orioles	3 – 1	Colón (5-3)	Bauer (1-1)	Wickman (8)	26,315	19-20
40	May 17	Royals	6 – 2	Byrd (7-2)	Finley (2-5)		32,593	19-21
41	May 18	Royals	4 – 2	Reichert (2-4)	Wickman (0-1)	Hernández (4)	29,388	19-22
42	May 18	Royals	4 – 1	Drese (4-3)	May (0-1)	Wickman (9)	32,110	20-22
43	May 19	Royals	5 – 4	Grimsley (2-2)	Wickman (0-2)	Hernández (5)	31,105	20-23
44	May 20	@ Tigers	4 – 3	Santana (3-0)	Rincón (0-2)	Walker (1)	12,851	20-24
45	May 21	@ Tigers	5 – 1	Redman (1-5)	Nagy (0-1)		14,442	20-25
46	May 22	@ Tigers	2 – 0	Weaver (4-5)	Finley (2-6)		14,396	20-26
47	May 24	@ Blue Jays	5 – 2	Drese (5-3)	Miller (3-2)	Wickman (10)	16,385	21-26
48	May 25	@ Blue Jays	3 – 0	Sabathia (4-4)	Loaiza (2-1)	Wickman (11)	21,589	22-26
49	May 26	@ Blue Jays	3 – 1	Colón (6-3)	Prokopec (2-7)		22,380	23-26
50	May 27	Tigers	4 – 1	Redman (2-5)	Báez (4-4)		40,652	23-27
51	May 28	Tigers	4 – 2	Finley (3-6)	Weaver (4-6)	Wickman (12)	25,028	24-27
52	May 29	Tigers	9 – 5	Sparks (3-5)	Riske (0-2)	Acevedo (7)	26,156	24-28
53	May 30	Tigers	11 – 7	Riske (1-2)	Lima (1-3)		25,689	25-28
54	May 31	White Sox	7 – 0	Colón (7-3)	Glover (1-1)		33,756	26-28

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	White Sox	8 – 4	Báez (5-4)	Ritchie (3-7)		37,707	27-28
56	June 2	White Sox	4 – 3	Finley (4-6)	Wright (5-6)	Wickman (13)	37,760	28-28
57	June 4	@ Twins	23 – 2	Reed (6-2)	Drese (5-4)		14,029	28-29
58	June 5	@ Twins	6 – 4	Sabathia (5-4)	Milton (7-5)	Riske (1)	15,617	29-29
59	June 6	@ Twins	8 – 3	Lohse (6-3)	Colón (7-4)		15,553	29-30
60	June 7	Mets	4 – 3	Leiter (6-5)	Báez (5-5)	Benítez (12)	39,986	29-31
61	June 8	Mets	8 – 6	Trachsel (4-6)	Finley (4-7)	Benítez (13)	41,474	29-32
62	June 9	Mets	8 – 3	Drese (6-4)	Estes (2-5)		39,436	30-32
63	June 10	Phillies	3 – 1	Adams (3-4)	Sabathia (5-5)	Mesa (18)	28,440	30-33
64	June 11	Phillies	5 – 1	Colón (8-4)	Wolf (3-5)	Wickman (14)	30,238	31-33
65	June 12	Phillies	7 – 3	Padilla (9-4)	Paronto (0-1)		35,783	31-34
66	June 13	Orioles	2 – 1 (10)	Riggan (1-0)	Roberts (3-2)		26,745	32-34
67	June 14	@ Rockies	5 – 3	Drese (7-4)	Thomson (6-6)	Wickman (15)	40,156	33-34
68	June 15	@ Rockies	7 – 4	Jones (1-1)	Paronto (0-2)	Jimenez (18)	41,870	33-35
69	June 16	@ Rockies	5 – 4	Colón (9-4)	Neagle (4-4)	Wickman (16)	40,792	34-35
70	June 18	@ Marlins	4 – 0	Dempster (5-6)	Finley (4-8)		9,724	34-36
71	June 19	@ Marlins	2 – 1	Tavárez (5-3)	Riggan (1-1)	Núñez (16)	9,428	34-37
72	June 20	@ Marlins	3 – 0 (6)	Burnett (8-5)	Drese (7-5)		8,045	34-38
73	June 21	@ Expos	3 – 1	Vázquez (5-3)	Sabathia (5-6)	Stewart (8)	7,494	34-39
74	June 22	@ Expos	5 – 4	Colón (10-4)	Day (2-1)	Wickman (17)	10,180	35-39
75	June 23	@ Expos	7 – 2	Armas, Jr. (7-7)	Finley (4-9)		13,557	35-40
76	June 25	@ Red Sox	4 – 2	Báez (6-5)	Castillo (5-8)	Wickman (18)	34,064	36-40
77	June 26	@ Red Sox	7 – 4	Martínez (9-2)	Drese (7-6)	Urbina (21)	32,255	36-41
78	June 28	Diamondbacks	8 – 2	Sabathia (6-6)	Batista (4-5)		42,586	37-41
79	June 29	Diamondbacks	4 – 2	Anderson (3-7)	Finley (4-10)	Kim (20)	42,466	37-42
80	June 30	Diamondbacks	5 – 2	Schilling (13-3)	Báez (6-6)		42,221	37-43

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 2	@ Yankees	10 – 5	Mendoza (6-2)	Rincón (0-3)		45,589	37-44
82	July 3	@ Yankees	11 – 8	Wells (9-5)	Sabathia (6-7)	Rivera (20)	39,879	37-45
83	July 4	@ Yankees	7 – 1	Mussina (12-3)	Finley (4-11)		42,909	37-46
84	July 5	@ White Sox	4 – 2	Báez (7-6)	Garland (7-6)	Wickman (19)	29,085	38-46
85	July 6	@ White Sox	7 – 3	Buehrle (12-6)	Phillips (0-1)	Marte (1)	25,016	38-47
86	July 7	@ White Sox	9 – 3	Drese (8-6)	Ritchie (5-11)		22,104	39-47
87	July 11	Yankees	7 – 4	Pettitte (3-3)	Sabathia (6-8)	Rivera (22)	41,192	39-48
88	July 12	Yankees	2 – 1 (10)	Wohlers (1-1)	Karsay (3-4)		42,518	40-48
89	July 13	Yankees	14 – 5	Wells (10-5)	Drese (8-7)		42,631	40-49
90	July 14	Yankees	10 – 7	Rincón (1-3)	Rivera (1-4)		42,573	41-49
91	July 15	White Sox	7 – 1	Phillips (1-1)	Glover (3-5)		30,025	42-49
92	July 16	White Sox	5 – 4	Osuna (5-1)	Wickman (0-3)	Dámaso Marte (2)	30,754	42-50
93	July 17	Twins	8 – 5	Reed (7-5)	Báez (7-7)	Guardado (30)	33,324	42-51
94	July 18	Twins	8 – 6	Fiore (8-2)	Rincón (1-4)	Guardado (31)	33,573	42-52
95	July 19	@ Royals	8 – 5	Mullen (2-2)	Murray (0-1)	Hernández (18)	20,922	42-53
96	July 20	@ Royals	7 – 5	Hernández (1-0)	Wright (0-1)	Hernández (19)		42-54
97	July 20	@ Royals	5 – 3(10)	Shuey (3-0)	Voyles (0-2)	Wickman (20)	36,277	43-54
98	July 21	@ Royals	13 – 12 (10)	Mullen (3-2)	Murray (0-2)		15,637	43-55
99	July 23	Yankees	9 – 3	Báez (8-7)	Pettitte (4-4)		38,520	44-55
100	July 24	Yankees	14 – 7	Wells (11-5)	Drese (8-8)		38,081	44-56
101	July 26	Tigers	8 – 5	Powell (1-0)	Nagy (0-2)	Henriquez (2)	38,738	44-57
102	July 27	Tigers	5 – 1	Sparks (5-10)	Sabathia (6-9)		38,622	44-58
103	July 28	Tigers	9 – 6	DePaula (1-0)	Acevedo (1-5)		35,076	45-58
104	July 29	@ Athletics	8 – 6	Mulholland (1-0)	Magnante (0-2)	Wohlers (1)	18,297	46-58
105	July 30	@ Athletics	5 – 4	Drese (9-8)	Lidle (3-9)	Wohlers (2)	14,737	47-58
106	July 31	@ Athletics	6 – 4	Mulder (12-6)	Westbrook (0-1)	Koch (26)	47,574	47-59

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	@ Mariners	10 – 6	Nelson (2-2)	DePaula (1-1)		45,590	47-60
108	August 2	@ Mariners	3 – 1	Moyer (11-4)	Báez (8-8)	Sasaki (29)	45,995	47-61
109	August 3	@ Mariners	12 – 4	García (12-7)	Wright (0-2)		46,219	47-62
110	August 4	@ Mariners	10 – 8	Westbrook (1-1)	Sasaki (2-5)	Wohlers (3)	46,120	48-62
111	August 6	Devil Rays	4 – 2	Nagy (1-2)	Sosa (1-5)	Wohlers (4)	35,302	49-62
112	August 7	Devil Rays	6 – 2	Sabathia (7-9)	Sturtze (1-12)		37,888	50-62
113	August 8	Devil Rays	4 – 2	Wilson (5-7)	Báez (8-9)	Yan (15)	29,973	50-63
114	August 9	Rangers	3 – 2	Rogers (12-6)	Wohlers (1-2)	Cordero (4)	41,019	50-64
115	August 10	Rangers	4 – 3	Wickman (1-3)	Kolb (2-1)		37,753	51-64
116	August 11	Rangers	11 – 5	Myette (1-4)	Nagy (1-3)		36,789	51-65
117	August 13	@ Devil Rays	9 – 5	Sabathia (8-9)	Sturtze (1-13)	Wohlers (5)	11,779	52-65
118	August 14	@ Devil Rays	6 – 4	Báez (9-9)	Wilson (5-8)	Wohlers (6)	10,455	53-65
119	August 15	@ Devil Rays	4 – 3	Harper (5-6)	Wohlers (1-3)		10,778	53-66
120	August 16	@ Angels	5 – 4	Lackey (5-2)	Drese (9-9)	Percival (29)	41,356	53-67
121	August 17	@ Angels	9 – 4	Sadler (1-0)	Washburn (15-4)		39,866	54-67
122	August 18	@ Angels	4 – 1	Appier (11-9)	Sabathia (8-10)	Percival (30)	41,059	54-68
123	August 19	Athletics	8 – 1	Hudson (10-9)	Báez (9-10)		27,696	54-69
124	August 20	Athletics	6 – 3	Harang (5-3)	Westbrook (1-2)	Koch (32)	27,527	54-70
125	August 21	Athletics	6 – 0	Lidle (7-9)	Rodríguez (0-1)		26,916	54-71
126	August 22	Athletics	9 – 3	Mulder (15-7)	Phillips (1-2)	Bradford (2)	27,759	54-72
127	August 23	Mariners	4 – 2	Wohlers (2-3)	Baldwin (7-10)		33,525	55-72
128	August 24	Mariners	5 – 3	Mulholland (2-0)	Creek (2-2)		38,086	56-72
129	August 25	Mariners	12 – 4	García (14-9)	Westbrook (1-3)		36,402	56-73
130	August 26	Tigers	8 – 2	Rodríguez (1-1)	Sparks (8-13)		24,344	57-73
131	August 27	Tigers	8 – 5	Redman (8-12)	Phillips (1-3)	Acevedo (27)	24,375	57-74
132	August 28	Tigers	2 – 1	Sabathia (9-10)	Powell (1-4)	Báez (1)	25,158	58-74
133	August 30	Red Sox	15 – 5	Lowe (18-6)	Wright (0-3)		31,986	58-75
134	August 31	Red Sox	8 – 7	Báez (10-10)	Howry (3-4)		37,908	59-75

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	Red Sox	7 – 1	Wakefield (8-5)	Nagy (1-4)		34,799	59-76
136	September 2	@ Tigers	11 – 1	Sabathia (10-10)	Powell (1-5)		18,722	60-76
137	September 3	@ Tigers	4 – 0	Van Hekken (1-0)	Mulholland (2-1)		11,635	60-77
138	September 4	@ Tigers	9 – 3	Wright (1-3)	Maroth (5-7)		12,715	61-77
139	September 5	@ White Sox	11 – 6	Rodríguez (2-1)	Glover (7-7)		12,667	62-77
140	September 6	@ White Sox	9 – 7	Burba (1-0)	Buehrle (17-10)	Báez (2)	17,131	63-77
141	September 7	@ White Sox	4 – 2	Sabathia (11-10)	Garland (10-11)	Wohlers (7)	16,622	64-77
142	September 8	@ White Sox	7 – 6	Osuna (8-2)	Báez (10-11)		15,067	64-78
143	September 9	Blue Jays	11 – 9	Bowles (1-1)	Sadler (1-1)	Escobar (30)	28,567	64-79
144	September 10	Blue Jays	5 – 4	Bowles (2-1)	Wohlers (2-4)	Escobar (31)	24,312	64-80
145	September 11	Blue Jays	6 – 5 (11)	Cassidy (1-4)	Elder (0-1)	Kershner (1)	26,609	64-81
146	September 12	Twins	5 – 4	Riggan (2-1)	Mays (3-7)	Báez (3)	28,649	65-81
147	September 13	Twins	12 – 5	Mulholland (3-1)	Milton (13-9)		30,421	66-81
148	September 14	Twins	3 – 2	Reed (15-7)	Sadler (1-2)	Guardado (41)	32,330	66-82
149	September 15	Twins	5 – 0	Lohse (13-8)	Lee (0-1)		28,061	66-83
150	September 16	@ Red Sox	6 – 1	Martínez (19-4)	Rodríguez (2-2)		30,023	66-84
151	September 16	@ Red Sox	7 – 1	Tallet (1-0)	Castillo (5-15)		31,203	67-84
152	September 17	@ Red Sox	4 – 2	Wakefield (11-5)	Sabathia (11-11)	Urbina (36)	31,760	67-85
153	September 18	@ Red Sox	6 – 4	Riske (2-2)	Embree (0-2)	Báez (4)	31,829	68-85
154	September 20	@ Royals	6 – 2	Davis (1-0)	Obermueller (0-1)	Báez (5)	13,271	69-85
155	September 21	@ Royals	3 – 2	Grimsley (4-6)	Mulholland (3-2)		15,448	69-86
156	September 22	@ Royals	6 – 5	Sabathia (12-11)	Grimsley (4-7)	Báez (6)	11,177	70-86
157	September 24	@ Twins	4 – 3	Hawkins (5-0)	Elder (0-2)		21,634	70-87
158	September 25	@ Twins	7 – 5 (12)	Romero (9-2)	Maurer (0-1)		15,314	70-88
159	September 26	@ Twins	8 – 4	Drese (10-9)	Jackson (2-3)		17,772	71-88
160	September 27	Royals	8 – 3	Sabathia (13-11)	Obermueller (0-2)		27,706	72-88
161	September 28	Royals	6 – 5 (10)	Wohlers (3-4)	MacDougal (0-1)		31,428	73-88
162	September 29	Royals	7 – 3	Wright (2-3)	Mullen (4-5)		32,018	74-88

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	102	320	34	66	19	0	2	16	.206	0
1B	Jim Thome	147	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	.304	1
2B	Ricky Gutiérrez	94	353	38	97	13	0	4	38	.275	0
3B	Travis Fryman	118	397	42	86	14	3	11	55	.217	0
SS	Omar Vizquel	151	582	85	160	31	5	14	72	.275	18
LF	Russell Branyan	50	161	16	33	4	0	8	17	.205	1
CF	Milton Bradley	98	325	48	81	18	3	9	38	.249	6
RF	Matt Lawton	114	416	71	98	19	2	15	57	.236	8
DH	Ellis Burks	138	518	92	156	28	0	32	91	.301	2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Chad Allen	5	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	.100	0
Brady Anderson	34	80	4	13	4	0	1	5	.163	4
Bruce Aven	7	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	.118	1
Josh Bard	24	90	9	20	5	0	3	12	.222	0
Ben Broussard	39	112	10	27	4	0	4	9	.241	0
Jolbert Cabrera	38	72	5	8	1	0	0	7	.111	1
Wil Cordero	6	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	.222	0
Coco Crisp	32	127	16	33	9	2	1	9	.260	4
Todd Dunwoody	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Karim García	51	197	29	59	8	0	16	52	.299	0
Greg LaRocca	21	52	12	14	3	1	0	4	.269	1
Chris Magruder	87	258	34	56	15	1	6	29	.217	2
Víctor Martínez	12	32	2	9	1	0	1	5	.281	0
John McDonald	93	264	35	66	11	3	1	12	.250	3
Eddie Pérez	42	117	6	25	9	0	0	4	.214	0
Brandon Phillips	11	31	5	8	3	1	0	4	.258	0
Bill Selby	65	159	15	34	7	2	6	21	.214	0
Earl Snyder	18	55	5	11	2	0	1	4	.200	0
Lee Stevens	53	153	22	34	7	1	5	26	.222	0

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	BB	K
CC Sabathia	13	11	4.37	33	33	210.0	88	149
Ryan Drese	10	9	6.55	26	26	137.1	62	102
Chuck Finley	4	11	4.44	18	18	105.1	48	91
Bartolo Colón	10	4	2.55	16	16	116.1	31	75
Ricardo Rodríguez	2	2	5.66	7	7	41.1	18	24
Jason Phillips	1	3	4.97	8	6	41.2	20	23
Jaret Wright	2	3	15.71	8	6	18.1	19	12
Brian Tallet	1	0	1.50	2	2	12.0	4	5
Cliff Lee	0	1	1.74	2	2	10.1	8	6

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	K
Danys Báez	10	11	4.41	39	26	6	165.1	82	130
Charles Nagy	1	4	8.88	19	7	0	48.2	13	22
Terry Mulholland	3	2	4.60	16	3	0	47.0	14	21
Jake Westbrook	1	3	5.83	11	4	0	41.2	12	20
Dave Burba	1	0	4.50	12	3	0	34.0	17	25
Jason Davis	1	0	1.84	3	2	0	14.2	4	11
Roy Smith	0	0	3.00	4	1	0	6.0	5	2

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	BB	K
Bob Wickman	1	3	4.46	36	20	34.1	10	36
Mark Wohlers	3	4	4.79	64	7	71.1	26	46
David Riske	2	2	5.26	51	1	51.1	35	65
Ricardo Rincón	1	4	4.79	46	0	35.2	8	30
Paul Shuey	3	0	2.41	39	0	37.1	10	39
Chad Paronto	0	2	4.04	29	0	35.2	11	23
Jerrod Riggan	2	1	7.64	29	0	33.0	18	22
Dave Elder	0	2	3.13	15	0	23.0	14	23
Carl Sadler	1	2	4.43	24	0	20.1	11	23
Heath Murray	0	2	7.50	9	0	12.0	7	11
Jason Beverlin	0	0	7.36	4	0	7.1	4	9
Sean DePaula	1	1	12.79	5	0	6.1	3	8
Alex Herrera	0	0	0.00	5	0	5.1	1	5
Dave Maurer	0	1	13.50	2	0	1.1	0	0
Nerio Rodríguez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0.1	0	0

Awards and honors

Jim Thome, Roberto Clemente Award

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

References

^ Chris Coste at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Donzell McDonald at Baseball Reference
^ Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference
^ John Rocker at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml
^ "Cleveland Indians Opening Day Starters".
^ Jeremy Guthrie at Baseball Reference
^ Ben Broussard at Baseball Reference
^ Grady Sizemore at Baseball Reference
^ Paul Shuey at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Team notes - American League Central". USA Today. July 16, 2002. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

2002 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
2002 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

[1] Chris Coste at Baseball Reference

[beverlin-2] Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference

[mcdonald-3] Donzell McDonald at Baseball Reference

[4] Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference

[5] John Rocker at Baseball Reference

[baseball-reference.com-6] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml

[7] "Cleveland Indians Opening Day Starters".

[8] Jeremy Guthrie at Baseball Reference

[9] Ben Broussard at Baseball Reference

[10] Grady Sizemore at Baseball Reference

[11] Paul Shuey at Baseball Reference

[USA-12] "Team notes - American League Central". USA Today. July 16, 2002. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

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