2002 Cincinnati Reds season

2002 Cincinnati Reds
2002 Cincinnati Reds
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Cinergy Field
City	Cincinnati
Record	78–84 (.481)
Owners	Carl Lindner
Managers	Bob Boone
Television	FSN Ohio ; (George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio	WLW; (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

The Cincinnati Reds' 2002 season consisted of the Reds finishing with a 78-84 record to finish in third place in the National League Central, 19 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone. The 2002 Reds season was their final in Cinergy Field.

Offseason

January 7, 2002: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

v t e 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

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e Source: [1]
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 7, 2002: Ben Broussard was traded by the Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Russell Branyan.^[2]

Roster

2002 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

9 Bob Boone

Coaches

2 José Cardenal (first base)
25 Ray Knight (bench)
10 Tim Foli (third base)
35 Don Gullett (pitching)
47 Tom Hume (bullpen)
4 Jim Lefebvre (hitting)

Game log

2002 regular season game log: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

April: 0–0(Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	2002 Chicago Cubs season	5–4
2	April 3	2002 Chicago Cubs season	3–10
3	April 4	2002 Chicago Cubs season	3–1
4	Apr 5	Montreal Expos	7–8	Yoshii	Haynes	Lloy d	17,123 -
5	April 6	Montreal Expos	2 –5	Ohka	Pineda	Lloyd	18,176
6	April 7	Montreal Expos	6–5	Sullivan	Lloyd		17,549
7	\| Philadelphia	0 –1	Villone	Dessens	Williams		36,402
8	Apr 10	2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season	8 –5	Acevedo	Wells	Graves		36,048
9	April 11	2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season	3 –2	Haynes	Anderson	Graves	12,795
10	Apr 12	2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season	8–5	Brower	Cormier	Graves	13,366
12	April 14	2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season	1-3	Padilla	Dessen	Mesa	19,195
13	Apr 16	HOU	3-8	Mlicki	Acevedo	15,853
14	April 17	Housston Rockets	2-7	Hernandez	Haynes	14,527
15	Housston Rockets	5-4	White	Cruz	15,848
16	April 19	2002 Chicago Cubs season	2-5	Clement	Hamilton	Alfonseca	33,949
17	April 20	2002 Chicago Cubs season	6-1	Dessens	Wood		36,476
18	April 21	2002 Chicago Cubs season	5-3	Rijo	Cruz	Graves	29,458
19	April 23	Colorado Rockies	W	3-2	Haynes	Jennings	Graves	14,518
20	April 24	Colorado Rockies		4-3	Williamson	Jimenez	13,004
21	April 25	Colorado Rockies season	4- 3	Sullivan	White	Graves	14,416
22	April 26	San Francisco Giants season	4-3	Sullivan	Rodriguez	Graves	28,341
23	April 27	San Francisco	8- 4	Rijo	Jensen	22,616
24	April 28	San Francisco Giants	4- 5	Rueter	Haynes	Nen	23,426
25	Apr 30

May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
26	May 1	@Los Angeles Dodgers	4-0	Hamilton	Nomo	23,346
27	May 2	@Los Angeles Dodgers	2-3	Carrara	Pineda	27,224 -
28	May 3	@San Francisco Giants	1-6	Rueter	Rijo	39,845
29	May 4	@San Francisco Giants	0-3	Jensen	Haynes	Nen	40,959
30	May 5	@San Francisco Giants	5-6	NeN	Pineda	41,263
31	May 6	Milwaukee Brewers	8-5	Brower	Quevedo	Graves	12,867
32	May 7	Milwaukee Brewers	8-2	Dessens	Rusch	16,167
33	Wednesday, May 8	2002 Milwaukee Brewers season	14-5	Acevedo	Neugebauer	15,691
34	May 10	St. Louis Cardinals season	2-4	Stechschulte	White	Isringhausen	29,008
35	May 11	St. Louis Cardinals season	8-1	Reitsm	Kile		25,006
36	May 12	St. Louis Cardinals season	8-10	Stechschulte	Graves	Isringhausen	20,622
37	May 13	@Milwaukee Brewers	5-0	Rijo	Cabrera	14,844 +
38	May 14	@Milwaukee Brewers	Acevedo	Quevedo	Graves	15,546
39	May 15	Milwaukee Brewers\|7-4	Haynes	Stull	Graves	15,561
40	May 16	Milwaukee Brewers	2-1	White	DeJean	Graves		18,456
41	May 17	@St. Louis Cardinals season	1-3	Kile	Sullivan	Isringhausen	36,103
42	May 18	St. Louis Cardinals season	7-3	Rijo	Morris	40,483
43	May 19	@ St. Louis Cardinals season1-10	Stephenson	Acevedo	42,992
44	May 20	St. Louis Cardinals season	3-7	Williams	Haynes	35,560
45	May 21	Florida Gators	6-1	Reitsma	Burnett Graves	16,841
46	May 22	Florida Gators	6-2	Dessens	Dempster	20,314
47	May 23	Florida Gators	4-8	Tavarez	Rijo	Nunez	23,134 -
48	May 24	@Atlanta Braves	2-11	Millwood	Hamilton	29,307
49	May 25	@ Atlanta Braves	6-4	Marquis	Graves	44,026
50	May 26	Atlanta Braves	5-7 Maddux	Reitsma	40,142 -
51	May 28	@ Florida Marlinss	6-5	Graves	Nunez	7,386
52	May 29	@ Florida Marlins	8-2	Hamilton	Beckett	6,836
53	May 30	Florida Marlins	W-4-1	Haynes	Olsen	Graves	6,140
54	May 31	Atlanta Braves	0-7	Maddux	Reitsma	38,777 -

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

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	Jason LaRue	113	353	88	.249	12	52
LF	Adam Dunn	158	535	133	.249	26	71

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ken Griffey, Jr.	70	197	52	.264	8	23

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Elmer Dessens	30	178	7	8	3.03	93

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	International League	Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Phillip Wellman
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Jayhawk Owens
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Donnie Scott
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Edgar Caceres
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Rick Burleson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton^[3]

References

^ José Rijo page at Baseball Reference
^ Ben Broussard page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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[1] José Rijo page at Baseball Reference

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[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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