2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season

March 2026 November 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg 2002 National League Central PNC Park Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFrom 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907. 72–89 (.447) 4th Kevin McClatchy Dave Littlefield Lloyd McClendon WCWB-TVFox Sports Net Pittsburgh KDKA-AM(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk) 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service Stats January 25, 2002: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml Wayne Gomes Stats March 5, 2002: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml Curtis Pride Stats March 5, 2002: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml Josias Manzanillo Stats Regular season Season standings Pittsburgh Pirates Game log Pittsburgh Pirates 2002 Game Log (72–89)2002 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule and Results https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/2002-schedule-scores.shtml Baseball-Reference.com y Pittsburgh Pirates April (14–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 1 || @ Mets || 2–6 || Leiter (1–0) || Villone (0–1) || — || 53,734 || 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || April 3 || @ Mets || 5–3 || Wells (1–0) || Trachsel (0–1) || Williams (1) || 25,952 || 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || April 4 || @ Mets || 3–2 || Anderson (1–0) || Estes (0–1) || Williams (2) || 33,785 || 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || April 5 || @ Cubs || 2–1 || Williams (1–0) || Bere (0–1) || Williams (3) || 41,555 || 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || April 6 || @ Cubs || 6–1 || Fogg (1–0) || Clement (0–1) || — || 34,956 || 4–1 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || April 7 || @ Cubs ||colspan=6| Postponed (rain; rescheduled for May 21) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || April 8 || Reds || 1–0 || Villone (1–1) || Dessens (0–2) || Williams (4) || 36,402 || 5–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 10 || Reds || 5–8 || Acevedo (2–0) || Wells (1–1) || Graves (2) || 36,048 || 5–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 11 || Reds || 2–3 || Haynes (1–1) || Anderson (1–1) || Graves (3) || 12,795 || 5–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 12 || Cubs || 3–7 || Bere (1–1) || Williams (1–1) || — || 24,002 || 5–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 13 || Cubs || 3–2 || Fogg (2–0) || Clement (0–2) || Williams (5) || 17,971 || 6–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 14 || Cubs || 1–5 (8) || Lieber (2–0) || Villone (1–2) || Borowski (1) || 16,045 || 6–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 || April 15 || @ Brewers || 6–1 || Wells (2–1) || Rusch (1–1) || — || 14,090 || 7–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || April 16 || @ Brewers || 5–1 || Anderson (2–1) || Neugebauer (0–2) || — || 15,012 || 8–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || April 17 || @ Brewers || 3–2 || Williams (2–1) || Buddie (0–1) || Williams (6) || 17,879 || 9–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || April 19 || Phillies || 7–4 || Lowe (1–0) || Padilla (2–2) || Williams (7) || 23,321 || 10–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || April 20 || Phillies || 6–5 || Villone (2–2) || Adams (0–2) || Williams (8) || 18,032 || 11–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || April 21 || Phillies || 9–3 || Wells (3–1) || Duckworth (1–1) || — || 18,749 || 12–5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 23 || Dodgers || 6–9 || Ishii (4–0) || Anderson (2–2) || Gagne (8) || 13,235 || 12–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 24 || Dodgers || 1–5 || Daal (3–0) || Williams (2–2) || — || 14,057 || 12–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 || April 25 || Dodgers || 3–2 || Fogg (3–0) || Nomo (2–3) || Williams (9) || 16,264 || 13–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 26 || Padres || 1–10 || Tomko (2–1) || Villone (2–3) || — || 20,575 || 13–8 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || April 27 || Padres ||colspan=6| Postponed (rain; rescheduled for April 28) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || April 28 || Padres || 3–2 || Sauerbeck (1–0) || Embree (2–1) || Williams (10) || — || 14–8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 28 || Padres || 2–7 || Tollberg (1–3) || Anderson (2–3) || — || 19,621 || 14–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 24 || April 30 || @ Rockies || 0–10 || Hampton (1–3) || Williams (2–3) || — || 30,759 || 14–10 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates May (11–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || May 1 || @ Rockies || 0–6 || Neagle (3–1) || Fogg (3–1) || — || 29,529 || 14–11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || May 2 || @ Rockies || 2–7 || Thomson (4–2) || Villone (2–4) || — || 30,134 || 14–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || May 3 || @ Padres || 6–4 || Wells (4–1) || Howard (0–1) || Williams (11) || 20,312 || 15–12 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 4 || @ Padres || 0–3 || Jarvis (2–3) || Anderson (2–4) || Hoffman (10) || 36,972 || 15–13 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 29 || May 5 || @ Padres || 5–6 || Lawrence (4–1) || Lowe (1–1) || Hoffman (11) || 27,399 || 15–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || May 6 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Fogg (4–1) || Johnson (6–1) || Williams (12) || 29,171 || 16–14 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 7 || @ Diamondbacks || 6–7 || Myers (2–1) || Beimel (0–1) || Kim (9) || 32,204 || 16–15 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 32 || May 8 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–4 || Schilling (7–1) || Wells (4–2) || Kim (10) || 31,343 || 16–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || May 10 || Astros || 5–1 || Anderson (3–4) || Hernandez (3–1) || — || 19,197 || 17–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || May 11 || Astros || 4–2 || Fogg (5–1) || Oswalt (4–2) || Williams (13) || 35,834 || 18–16 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 12 || Astros || 1–5 || Reynolds (3–3) || Williams (2–4) || — || 20,202 || 18–17 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 13 || Diamondbacks || 0–11 || Schilling (8–1) || Benson (0–1) || — || 14,500 || 18–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || May 14 || Diamondbacks || 2–1 || Wells (5–2) || Anderson (0–3) || Williams (14) || 16,373 || 19–18 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 15 || Diamondbacks || 2–6 || Helling (4–4) || Anderson (3–5) || — || 18,780 || 19–19 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 16 || @ Astros || 1–3 || Oswalt (5–2) || Boehringer (0–1) || Wagner (6) || 26,277 || 19–20 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 17 || @ Astros || 4–7 || Stone (2–1) || Villone (2–5) || Dotel (1) || 28,861 || 19–21 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 18 || @ Astros || 1–2 || Dotel (2–1) || Lowe (1–2) || — || 34,921 || 19–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || May 19 || @ Astros || 5–3 || Wells (6–2) || Mlicki (3–5) || Williams (15) || 34,259 || 20–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || May 21 || @ Cubs || 12–1 || Anderson (4–5) || Bere (1–7) || — || — || 21–22 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 21 || @ Cubs || 3–4 || Cruz (1–7) || Fogg (5–2) || Alfonseca (6) || 37,175 || 21–23 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 22 || @ Cubs || 4–7 || Prior (1–0) || Williams (2–5) || Alfonseca (7) || 40,138 || 21–24 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 23 || @ Cubs || 6–11 || Clement (2–3) || Benson (0–2) || — || 37,578 || 21–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 || May 24 || Cardinals || 5–2 || Wells (7–2) || Stephenson (1–3) || — || 25,203 || 22–25 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 48 || May 25 || Cardinals || 3–6 || Williams (2–0) || Anderson (4–6) || Isringhausen (13) || 26,201 || 22–26 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 49 || May 26 || Cardinals || 3–7 || Simontacchi (3–0) || Fogg (5–3) || — || 31,989 || 22–27 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 || May 27 || Cubs || 3–2 (10) || Williams (1–0) || Alfonseca (0–1) || — || 16,215 || 23–27 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 51 || May 28 || Cubs || 0–3 || Clement (3–3) || Benson (0–3) || — || 15,060 || 23–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || May 29 || Cubs || 5–0 || Wells (8–2) || Lieber (3–4) || — || 17,116 || 24–28 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 || May 30 || Cubs || 8–9 || Wood (6–3) || Anderson (4–7) || Alfonseca (8) || 21,208 || 24–29 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 54 || May 31 || @ Cardinals || 3–1 || Fogg (6–3) || Williams (2–1) || Williams (16) || 38,148 || 25–29 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates June (11–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 55 || June 1 || @ Cardinals || 4–9 || Kile (3–3) || Arroyo (0–1) || — || 43,295 || 25–30 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 || June 2 || @ Cardinals || 5–2 || Lowe (2–2) || Morris (7–4) || Williams (17) || 37,243 || 26–30 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 3 || @ Expos || 5–7 || Ohka (5–3) || Wells (8–3) || Stewart (5) || 4,821 || 26–31 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || June 4 || @ Expos || 5–2 || Anderson (5–7) || Pavano (3–7) || Williams (18) || 4,619 || 27–31 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 5 || @ Expos || 1–3 || Vazquez (4–2) || Fogg (6–4) || — || 4,890 || 27–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 || June 7 || Brewers || 6–1 || Beimel (1–1) || Sheets (3–6) || — || 27,001 || 28–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 || June 8 || Brewers || 9–8 (11) || Boehringer (1–1) || King (1–2) || — || 38,244 || 29–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 62 || June 9 || Brewers || 5–4 || Sauerbeck (2–0) || Wright (1–3) || Williams (19) || 24,897 || 30–32 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 10 || @ Angels || 3–4 || Washburn (6–2) || Anderson (5–8) || Percival (14) || 16,861 || 30–33 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 || June 11 || @ Angels || 7–3 || Fogg (7–4) || Appier (5–5) || — || 17,755 || 31–33 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 12 || @ Angels || 5–8 || Weber (3–2) || Boehringer (1–2) || Percival (15) || 17,096 || 31–34 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 14 || @ Reds || 3–4 (11) || Williamson (2–0) || Williams (1–1) || — || 30,820 || 31–35 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 67 || June 15 || @ Reds || 3–4 || Sullivan (4–2) || Lincoln (0–1) || Graves (21) || 31,419 || 31–36 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || June 16 || @ Reds || 5–1 || Anderson (6–8) || Haynes (7–6) || — || 29,532 || 32–36 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 69 || June 18 || Athletics || 2–4 || Mulder (7–4) || Fogg (7–5) || Koch (16) || 21,943 || 32–37 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 19 || Athletics || 2–3 (10) || Bradford (3–1) || Williams (1–2) || Koch (17) || 30,562 || 32–38 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 71 || June 20 || Athletics || 3–5 || Hudson (5–6) || Benson (0–4) || Koch (18) || 22,464 || 32–39 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 21 || Rangers || 0–2 || Rogers (8–4) || Wells (8–4) || Cordero (3) || 24,475 || 32–40 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 22 || Rangers || 2–3 || Bell (3–2) || Lincoln (0–2) || Irabu (13) || 35,302 || 32–41 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 23 || Rangers || 4–10 || Park (3–3) || Fogg (7–6) || — || 26,930 || 32–42 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || June 25 || Expos || 4–1 || Benson (1–4) || Ohka (7–4) || Williams (20) || 17,543 || 33–42 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 || June 26 || Expos || 7–4 || Wells (9–4) || Vazquez (5–4) || Williams (21) || 36,966 || 34–42 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 27 || Expos || 2–7 (7) || Brower (3–0) || Villone (2–6) || — || 21,312 || 34–43 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 78 || June 28 || @ Tigers || 3–1 || Fogg (8–6) || Redman (3–8) || Williams (22) || 28,582 || 35–43 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 79 || June 29 || @ Tigers || 1–2 || Weaver (6–8) || Beimel (1–2) || Acevedo (12) || 24,449 || 35–44 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 80 || June 30 || @ Tigers || 6–2 || Benson (2–4) || Maroth (1–2) || Williams (23) || 25,966 || 36–44 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates July (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 81 || July 1 || Brewers || 0–2 || Wright (2–6) || Wells (9–5) || — || 14,634 || 36–45 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 82 || July 2 || Brewers || 6–12 || Quevedo (4–6) || Anderson (6–9) || — || 15,142 || 36–46 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 83 || July 3 || Brewers || 3–1 || Fogg (9–6) || Sheets (4–10) || Williams (24) || 32,309 || 37–46 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 84 || July 4 || Astros || 6–8 || Borbon (3–3) || Beimel (1–3) || — || 25,962 || 37–47 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 85 || July 5 || Astros || 4–3 || Fetters (1–0) || Borbon (3–4) || Williams (25) || 24,556 || 38–47 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 86 || July 6 || Astros || 2–10 || Cruz (1–4) || Wells (9–6) || — || 26,578 || 38–48 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 87 || July 7 || Astros || 1–6 || Miller (4–3) || Anderson (6–10) || — || 23,348 || 38–49 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 88 || July 11 || @ Brewers || 3–2 (10) || Boehringer (2–2) || DeJean (0–4) || Williams (26) || 21,021 || 39–49 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 89 || July 12 || @ Brewers || 9–2 || Lowe (3–2) || Rusch (5–8) || — || 26,362 || 40–49 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 90 || July 13 || @ Brewers || 5–3 || Wells (10–6) || Wright (2–8) || Williams (27) || 28,214 || 41–49 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 14 || @ Brewers || 3–5 || Quevedo (5–6) || Beimel (1–4) || DeJean (16) || 21,976 || 41–50 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 92 || July 15 || @ Astros || 5–4 || Lowe (4–2) || Wagner (2–2) || Williams (28) || 29,204 || 42–50 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 93 || July 16 || @ Astros || 7–3 || Fogg (10–6) || Oswalt (10–6) || Boehringer (1) || 27,042 || 43–50 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 94 || July 17 || Reds || 6–3 || Anderson (7–10) || Dempster (5–10) || Williams (29) || 32,864 || 44–50 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 95 || July 18 || Reds || 5–7 || Sullivan (6–3) || Boehringer (2–3) || Graves (28) || 21,625 || 44–51 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 96 || July 19 || Cardinals || 12–9 || Sauerbeck (3–0) || Veres (3–6) || — || 23,812 || 45–51 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 97 || July 20 || Cardinals || 15–6 || Benson (3–4) || Smith (3–1) || — || 35,101 || 46–51 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 98 || July 21 || Cardinals || 4–8 || Finley (5–11) || Fogg (10–7) || Kline (3) || 27,999 || 46–52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 99 || July 22 || @ Reds || 6–5 || Anderson (8–10) || Dempster (5–11) || Williams (30) || 18,398 || 47–52 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 100 || July 23 || @ Reds || 2–7 || Haynes (11–6) || Wells (10–7) || — || 19,884 || 47–53 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 101 || July 24 || @ Reds || 5–10 || Moehler (2–1) || Beimel (1–5) || — || 24,910 || 47–54 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || July 25 || @ Astros || 0–8 || Saarloos (2–2) || Benson (3–5) || — || 26,027 || 47–55 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 103 || July 26 || @ Astros || 3–4 || Wagner (3–2) || Sauerbeck (3–1) || — || 32,115 || 47–56 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 104 || July 27 || @ Astros || 0–3 || Oswalt (11–6) || Anderson (8–11) || Wagner (20) || 38,896 || 47–57 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || July 28 || @ Astros || 0–4 || Miller (8–3) || Wells (10–8) || — || 35,144 || 47–58 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 106 || July 30 || Rockies || 4–1 || Benson (4–5) || Neagle (4–7) || Williams (31) || 23,749 || 48–58 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 107 || July 31 || Rockies || 7–6 || Boehringer (3–3) || White (2–6) || Williams (32) || 18,106 || 49–58 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates August (11–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 108 || August 1 || Rockies || 0–3 || Jennings (11–5) || Meadows (0–1) || Jimenez (27) || 19,075 || 49–59 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 109 || August 2 || Giants || 6–5 || Boehringer (4–3) || Nen (4–1) || — || 28,203 || 50–59 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 110 || August 3 || Giants || 6–11 || Schmidt (7–5) || Wells (10–9) || — || 38,275 || 50–60 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 4 || Giants || 5–10 || Rueter (10–6) || Benson (4–6) || — || 31,398 || 50–61 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 112 || August 6 || @ Dodgers || 3–1 || Fogg (11–7) || Perez (10–8) || Williams (33) || 31,254 || 51–61 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 7 || @ Dodgers || 0–4 || Ashby (8–9) || Meadows (0–2) || Gagne (37) || 31,588 || 51–62 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 114 || August 8 || @ Dodgers || 5–10 || Beirne (1–0) || Anderson (8–12) || — || 31,776 || 51–63 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 115 || August 9 || @ Giants || 4–3 || Wells (11–9) || Schmidt (7–6) || Williams (34) || 41,897 || 52–63 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 10 || @ Giants || 3–8 || Aybar (1–0) || Lincoln (0–3) || — || 41,146 || 52–64 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 117 || August 11 || @ Giants || 4–5 (11) || Nen (6–1) || Williams (1–3) || — || 41,479 || 52–65 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 12 || Cardinals || 6–10 || Simontacchi (8–4) || Meadows (0–3) || — || 15,700 || 52–66 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 119 || August 13 || Cardinals || 5–9 || Morris (14–7) || Anderson (8–13) || Isringhausen (27) || 17,609 || 52–67 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 120 || August 14 || Cardinals || 3–7 || Benes (2–3) || Wells (11–10) || — || 18,791 || 52–68 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 15 || Cardinals || 5–11 || Kline (1–1) || Williams (1–4) || — || 20,503 || 52–69 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 16 || Brewers || 3–10 || Sheets (7–14) || Fogg (11–8) || — || 35,343 || 52–70 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 123 || August 17 || Brewers || 5–0 || Meadows (1–3) || Cabrera (5–9) || — || 25,277 || 53–70 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 124 || August 18 || Brewers || 3–2 || Arroyo (1–1) || Rusch (6–13) || Williams (35) || 20,170 || 54–70 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 19 || @ Cardinals || 2–7 || Benes (3–3) || Wells (11–11) || — || 31,626 || 54–71 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 126 || August 20 || @ Cardinals || 8–0 || Benson (5–6) || Hackman (3–4) || — || 34,997 || 55–71 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 21 || @ Cardinals || 1–4 || Finley (8–14) || Fogg (11–9) || Isringhausen (28) || 26,806 || 55–72 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 22 || @ Cardinals || 4–5 || Molina (1–0) || Williams (1–5) || — || 26,606 || 55–73 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 129 || August 23 || @ Brewers || 6–3 || Lincoln (1–3) || Durocher (1–1) || Williams (36) || 30,957 || 56–73 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 130 || August 24 || @ Brewers || 17–10 || Wells (12–11) || Cabrera (5–10) || — || 22,568 || 57–73 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 131 || August 25 || @ Brewers || 3–2 || Benson (6–6) || Wright (5–13) || Williams (37) || 19,443 || 58–73 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 27 || Braves || 4–5 || Millwood (14–6) || Fogg (11–10) || Smoltz (46) || 20,542 || 58–74 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 133 || August 28 || Braves || 1–0 (10) || Williams (2–5) || Remlinger (7–2) || — || 20,136 || 59–74 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 134 || August 29 || Braves || 4–1 || Arroyo (2–1) || Glavine (16–8) || Williams (38) || 17,312 || 60–74 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 135 || August 30 || @ Marlins || 3–4 || Tavarez (10–10) || Wells (12–12) || Looper (8) || 4,962 || 60–75 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 136 || August 31 || @ Marlins || 2–3 || Nunez (6–5) || Sauerbeck (3–2) || Looper (9) || 10,188 || 60–76 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates September (12–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 137 || September 1 || @ Marlins || 4–8 || Neal (3–0) || Fogg (11–11) || — || 5,588 || 60–77 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 2 || @ Braves || 1–5 || Maddux (12–5) || Meadows (1–4) || — || 30,803 || 60–78 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 139 || September 3 || @ Braves || 3–0 || Torres (1–0) || Glavine (16–9) || Williams (39) || 18,931 || 61–78 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 4 || @ Braves || 0–6 || Moss (10–5) || Wells (12–13) || — || 19,525 || 61–79 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 141 || September 6 || Marlins || 11–0 || Benson (7–6) || Tejera (8–7) || — || 33,525 || 62–79 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 142 || September 7 || Marlins || 4–1 || Fogg (12–11) || Robertson (0–1) || Williams (40) || 18,848 || 63–79 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 143 || September 8 || Marlins || 1–11 || Pavano (4–10) || Meadows (1–5) || — || 15,211 || 63–80 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 144 || September 9 || @ Reds || 8–9 || Dempster (8–13) || Torres (1–1) || Williamson (1) || 13,434 || 63–81 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 10 || @ Reds || 0–3 || Reitsma (6–10) || Wells (12–14) || Williamson (2) || 13,153 || 63–82 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 146 || September 11 || @ Reds || 4–1 || Villone (3–6) || Dessens (7–8) || Williams (41) || 14,514 || 64–82 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 147 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || Beimel (2–5) || Timlin (4–6) || Williams (42) || 13,718 || 65–82 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 148 || September 14 || @ Phillies || 1–4 || Junge (1–0) || Meadows (1–6) || Mesa (40) || 16,621 || 65–83 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 15 || @ Phillies || 0–1 (10) || Mesa (4–6) || Sauerbeck (3–3) || — || 23,054 || 65–84 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 16 || Reds || 3–4 || Silva (1–0) || Lincoln (1–4) || Williamson (5) || 10,752 || 65–85 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 151 || September 17 || Reds || 11–3 || Benson (8–6) || Reitsma (6–12) || — || 10,991 || 66–85 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 152 || September 18 || Reds || 3–2 || Lincoln (2–4) || Riedling (2–3) || Williams (43) || 11,684 || 67–85 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 19 || Reds || 4–5 || Hamilton (4–9) || Williams (2–6) || Williamson (6) || 11,338 || 67–86 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 154 || September 20 || Cubs || 5–4 || Sauerbeck (4–3) || Alfonseca (2–5) || — || 22,299 || 68–86 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 155 || September 21 || Cubs || 2–4 || Farnsworth (4–6) || Sauerbeck (4–4) || Cruz (1) || 33,653 || 68–87 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 156 || September 22 || Cubs || 5–4 || Benson (9–6) || Benes (2–2) || Williams (44) || 25,026 || 69–87 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 157 || September 24 || Mets || 6–3 || Sauerbeck (5–4) || Guthrie (5–3) || Williams (45) || 13,249 || 70–87 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 158 || September 25 || Mets || 4–3 || Villone (4–6) || Roberts (3–1) || Williams (46) || 11,641 || 71–87 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || September 26 || Mets ||colspan=6| Cancelled (rain; not rescheduled) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 159 || September 27 || @ Cubs || 13–3 || Torres (2–1) || Mahomes (1–1) || — || 27,637 || 72–87 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 28 || @ Cubs || 4–5 || Cruz (3–11) || Boehringer (4–4) || — || 38,617 || 72–88 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 161 || September 29 || @ Cubs || 3–7 || Wood (12–11) || Fogg (12–12) || — || 37,541 || 72–89 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fcc darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Pirates team member Record vs. opponents PIT Detailed records National League Opponent W L WP RS Runs scored RA Runs against NL East Atlanta Braves 3 3 3 3 y 13 17 Florida Marlins 2 4 2 4 y 25 27 Montreal Expos 3 3 3 3 y 24 24 New York Mets 4 1 4 1 y 20 17 Philadelphia Phillies 4 2 4 2 y 28 20 Total 16 13 16 13 y 110 105 NL Central Chicago Cubs 9 10 9 10 y 88 80 Cincinnati Reds 7 11 7 11 y 76 79 Houston Astros 6 11 6 11 y 49 76 Milwaukee Brewers 15 4 15 4 y 100 71 St. Louis Cardinals 6 11 6 11 y 88 103 Total 43 47 43 47 y 401 409 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 2 4 2 4 y 16 31 Colorado Rockies 2 4 2 4 y 13 33 Los Angeles Dodgers 2 4 2 4 y 18 31 San Diego Padres 2 4 2 4 y 17 32 San Francisco Giants 2 4 2 4 y 28 42 Total 10 20 10 20 y 92 169 American League Anaheim Angels 1 2 1 2 y 15 15 Detroit Tigers 2 1 2 1 y 10 5 Oakland Athletics 0 3 0 3 y 7 12 Texas Rangers 0 3 0 3 y 6 15 Total 3 9 3 9 y 38 47 Total 72 89 72 89 y 641 730 Month Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against April 24 14 10 14 10 y 85 99 May 30 11 19 11 19 y 105 133 June 26 11 15 11 15 y 102 104 July 27 13 14 13 14 y 123 142 August 29 11 18 11 18 y 121 153 September 25 12 13 12 13 y 105 99 Total 161 72 89 72 89 y 641 730 Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against Home 80 38 42 38 42 y 330 389 Away 81 34 47 34 47 y 311 341 Total 161 72 89 72 89 y 641 730 Roster 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers 55 Jimmy Anderson 69 Bronson Arroyo 53 Joe Beimel 34 Kris Benson 71 Brian Boehringer 39 Mike Fetters 27 Josh Fogg 57 Mike Lincoln 48 Sean Lowe 49 Josías Manzanillo 46 Brian Meadows 39 Al Reyes 45 Duaner Sánchez 47 Scott Sauerbeck 31 Salomón Torres 28 Ron Villone 32 Kip Wells 58 Dave Williams 43 Mike Williams Catchers 11 Humberto Cota 18 Jason Kendall 15 Keith Osik 36 Craig Wilson Infielders  6 Mike Benjamin 38 Adam Hyzdu 17 Mendy López 59 Rob Mackowiak 10 Abraham Núñez 16 Aramis Ramírez  3 Pokey Reese 12 Jack Wilson 29 Kevin Young Outfielders 56 Tony Álvarez 13 Adrian Brown 26 J. J. Davis 24 Brian Giles 31 Chad Hermansen  7 Armando Ríos Manager 23 Lloyd McClendon Coaches 35 Dave Clark (hitting) 44 Trent Jewett (third base) 37 Tommy Sandt (first base) 52 Bruce Tanner (bullpen) 19 Bill Virdon (bench) 54 Spin Williams (pitching) 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 seasonMajor League Baseball Stats http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=2002&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1401639124344 Pittsburgh Pirates November 28, 2014 October 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012104237/http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=2002&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1401639124344 dead Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in T. Álvarez El Potro Álvarez 14 26 8 0.308 1 2 J. Beimel Joe Beimel 51 10 3 0.300 0 1 B. Giles Brian Giles 153 497 148 0.298 38 103 H. Cota Humberto Cota 7 17 5 0.294 0 0 J. Kendall Jason Kendall 145 545 154 0.283 3 44 A. Ríos Armando Ríos 76 208 55 0.264 1 24 P. Reese Pokey Reese 119 421 111 0.264 4 50 J. Wilson Jack Wilson (shortstop) 131 368 97 0.264 16 57 C. Wilson Craig Wilson (first baseman) 147 527 133 0.252 4 47 R. Villone Ron Villone 44 16 4 0.250 0 1 K. Young Kevin Young (baseball) 146 468 115 0.246 16 51 R. Mackowiak Rob Mackowiak 136 385 94 0.244 16 48 A. Ramírez Aramis Ramírez 142 522 122 0.234 18 71 A. Núñez Abraham Núñez (infielder) 112 253 59 0.233 2 15 A. Hyzdu Adam Hyzdu 59 155 36 0.232 11 34 A. Brown Adrian Brown (baseball) 91 208 45 0.216 1 21 C. Hermansen Chad Hermansen 65 194 40 0.206 7 15 K. Wells Kip Wells 34 63 12 0.190 1 5 K. Benson Kris Benson 26 40 7 0.175 0 1 K. Osik Keith Osik 55 100 16 0.160 2 11 S. Torres Salomón Torres 5 13 2 0.154 0 0 M. Benjamin Mike Benjamin (baseball) 108 120 18 0.150 0 3 M. Williams Mike Williams (baseball) 10 16 2 0.125 1 3 J. Fogg Josh Fogg 32 58 7 0.121 0 1 J. Anderson Jimmy Anderson (baseball) 27 42 5 0.119 0 1 J. Davis J. J. Davis 9 10 1 0.100 0 0 S. Lowe Sean Lowe (baseball) 42 13 1 0.077 0 0 B. Arroyo Bronson Arroyo 9 6 0 0.000 0 0 M. Lincoln Mike Lincoln 53 5 0 0.000 0 0 M. López Mendy López 3 3 0 0.000 0 0 B. Meadows Brian Meadows 11 18 0 0.000 0 1 S. Sauerbeck Scott Sauerbeck 74 2 0 0.000 0 0 D. Williams Dave Williams (2000s pitcher) 57 1 0 0.000 0 0 B. Boehringer Brian Boehringer 66 0 0 — 0 0 M. Fetters Mike Fetters 30 0 0 — 0 0 J. Manzanillo Josías Manzanillo 13 0 0 — 0 0 A. Reyes Al Reyes 15 0 0 — 0 0 D. Sánchez Duaner Sánchez 3 0 0 — 0 0Team totals1615,3301,3000.244142610 Pitching Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Regular seasonMajor League Baseball Stats http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching&game_type='R'&season=2002&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=pitching&page=1&ts=1401641021764&sortColumn=era&sortOrder='asc'&extended=0 Pittsburgh Pirates November 28, 2014 October 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012104237/http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching&game_type='R'&season=2002&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=pitching&page=1&ts=1401641021764&sortColumn=era&sortOrder='asc'&extended=0 dead Player G Games IP Innings pitched W Wins L Loss ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts S. Sauerbeck Scott Sauerbeck 78 622 3 5 4 2.30 70 A. Reyes Al Reyes 15 17 0 0 2.65 21 S. Torres Salomón Torres 5 30 2 1 2.70 12 D. Williams Dave Williams (2000s pitcher) 59 611 3 2 6 2.93 43 M. Lincoln Mike Lincoln 55 721 3 2 4 3.11 50 M. Fetters Mike Fetters 32 301 3 1 0 3.26 29 B. Boehringer Brian Boehringer 70 792 3 4 4 3.39 65 K. Wells Kip Wells 33 1981 3 12 14 3.58 134 B. Meadows Brian Meadows 11 622 3 1 6 3.88 31 B. Arroyo Bronson Arroyo 9 27 2 1 4.00 22 J. Fogg Josh Fogg 33 1941 3 12 12 4.35 113 J. Beimel Joe Beimel 53 851 3 2 5 4.64 53 K. Benson Kris Benson 25 1301 3 9 6 4.70 79 M. Williams Mike Williams (baseball) 9 431 3 2 5 4.98 33 S. Lowe Sean Lowe (baseball) 43 69 4 2 5.35 57 J. Anderson Jimmy Anderson (baseball) 28 1402 3 8 13 5.44 47 R. Villone Ron Villone 45 93 4 6 5.81 55 J. Manzanillo Josías Manzanillo 13 13 0 0 7.62 4 D. Sánchez Duaner Sánchez 3 21 3 0 0 15.43 2Team totals1611,4122 372894.23920 Draft picks 2002 Major League Baseball draft 2002 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks2002 Pittsburgh Pirates Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=PIT&year_ID=2002&draft_type=junreg& Baseball-Reference Rd#PlayerPosDOB and AgeSchool 1 1 Bryan Bullington RHP 2002 06 04 1980 09 30 Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana) 2 42 Blair Johnson RHP 2002 06 04 1984 03 25 Washburn Rural HS (Topeka, Kansas) 3 73 Taber Lee SS 2002 06 04 1980 10 18 San Diego State University (San Diego, California) 4 103 Wardell Starling RHP 2002 06 04 1983 03 14 Lawrence E Elkins HS (Missouri City, Texas) 5 133 Alex Hart RHP 2002 06 04 1980 01 10 University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) 6 163 Brad Eldred 1B 2002 06 04 1980 07 12 Florida International University (Miami, Florida) 7 193 Matt Capps RHP 2002 06 04 1983 09 3 Alexander HS (Douglasville, Georgia) 8 223 Bobby Kingsbury OF 2002 06 04 1980 08 30 Fordham University (New York City) 9 253 Joe Hicks OF 2002 06 04 1984 04 22 Forest Brook HS (Houston, Texas) 10 283 David Davidson LHP 2002 06 04 1984 04 23 Denis Morris HS (St. Catharines, ON) Note Age at time of draft. Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 References 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 100% Category:Pittsburgh Pirates seasons Pittsburgh Pirates Season, 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates Season, 2002 Pitts