2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 2002 National League West Dodger Stadium Los Angeles 92–70 (.568) 3rd Fox Entertainment Group Bob Graziano Dan Evans Jim Tracy Fox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13) KFWB Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez The 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 113th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 45th season in Los Angeles, California. The season saw Dan Evans take over as General Manager and in his first season the team won 92 games and was not eliminated from post season contention until the next-to-last day of the season, finishing third overall in the National League West. Shawn Green hit 42 home runs to become the first Los Angeles Dodger to have back-to-back 40 or more homer seasons (Duke Snider had four consecutive 40+ homer seasons when the team was in Brooklyn). He had four homers in one game on May 23 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 6-for-6 in that game and set a Major League mark for total bases with 19.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 The number broke the previous record of 18 total bases set by Joe Adcock. Éric Gagné, a former starter, was turned into the closer and proceeded to set a club record for saves with 52. This is also their first season to be broadcast on KCOP (13). Offseason November 9, 2001: Acquired Omar Daal from the Philadelphia Phillies for Jesus Cordero and Eric Junge. December 13, 2001: Acquired César Izturis and Paul Quantrill from the Toronto Blue Jays for Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts. December 21, 2001: Acquired Dave Roberts from the Cleveland Indians for Christian Bridenbaugh and Nial Hughes. January 15, 2002: Acquired Andrew Brown, Odalis Pérez and Brian Jordan from the Atlanta Braves for Gary Sheffield. February 21, 2002: Tim Crabtree was signed as a free agent.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crabtti01.shtml Tim Crabtree Stats March 23, 2002: Acquired Guillermo Mota and Wilkin Ruan from the Montreal Expos for Matt Herges and Jorge Nunez. Regular season Season standings National League West Los Angeles Dodgers Record vs. opponents LA Opening Day lineup +Opening Day startersName Position Dave Roberts Center fielderCésar Izturis ShortstopPaul Lo DucaCatcherShawn Green Right fielderBrian Jordan Left fielderAdrián BeltréThird basemanEric Karros First basemanMark Grudzielanek Second basemanKevin Brown Starting pitcher Notable transactions July 22, 2002: Acquired Jolbert Cabrera from the Cleveland Indians for Lance Caraccioli. July 23, 2002: Acquired Tyler Houston and Brian Mallete from the Milwaukee Brewers for Ben Diggins and Shane Nance. July 25, 2002: Acquired Tom Farmer and Jason Frasor from the Detroit Tigers for Hiram Bocachica. July 28, 2002: Acquired Paul Shuey from the Cleveland Indians for Francisco Cruceta, Terry Mulholland and Ricardo Rodríguez. Roster 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 57 Víctor Alvarez 43 Andy Ashby 58 Kevin Beirne 27 Kevin Brown 55 Giovanni Carrara 49 Bryan Corey 36 Omar Daal 51 Robert Ellis 38 Éric Gagné 17 Kazuhisa Ishii 59 Guillermo Mota 45 Terry Mulholland 10 Hideo Nomo 47 Jesse Orosco 45 Odalis Pérez 44 Paul Quantrill 52 Paul Shuey 56 Dennis Springer 54 Jeff Williams Catchers 21 Chad Kreuter 16 Paul Lo Duca 40 David Ross Infielders 29 Adrián Beltré 13 Alex Cora  8 Mark Grudzielanek 25 Dave Hansen  5 Tyler Houston  3 César Izturis 23 Eric Karros 14 Jeff Reboulet 41 Joe Thurston Outfielders 49 Luke Allen 26 Hiram Bocachica 50 Jolbert Cabrera 52 Chin-Feng Chen 15 Shawn Green  9 Marquis Grissom 33 Brian Jordan  7 Mike Kinkade 30 Dave Roberts 26 Wilkin Ruan Manager 12 Jim Tracy Coaches 22 Jack Clark (hitting) 48 Jim Colborn (pitching) 35 Glenn Hoffman (third base) 18 Jim Lett (bullpen) 11 Manny Mota  5 Jim Riggleman (bench) 31 John Shelby (1st base) Starting Pitchers stats Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG Odalis Pérez 32 32 222.1 15-10 3.00 381554 Hideo Nomo 34 34 220.1 16-6 3.39 101 193 0 Andy Ashby 30 30 181.2 9-13 3.91 65 107 0 Omar Daal 39 23 161.1 11-9 3.90 54 105 0 Kazuhisa Ishii 28 28 154.0 14-10 4.27 106 1430 Kevin Brown 17 10 63.2 3-4 4.81 23 580 Relief Pitchers stats Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV Éric Gagné 77 0 82.1 4-1 1.97 16 114 52 Paul Quantrill 86 0 76.2 5-4 2.70 25 53 1 Giovanni Carrara 63 0 90.2 6-3 3.28 32 56 1 Jesse Orosco 56 0 27.0 1-2 3.00 12 22 1 Guillermo Mota 43 0 60.2 1-3 4.15 27 49 0 Terry Mulholland 21 0 32.0 0-0 7.31 7 17 0 Paul Shuey 28 0 30.2 5-2 4.40 21 24 1 Kevin Beirne 12 3 29.0 2-0 3.41 17 170 Víctor Álvarez 4 0 10.1 0-1 4.35 2 7 0 Jeff Williams 10 0 10.0 0-0 11.70 7 110 Robert Ellis 3 0 2.2 0-1 10.13 0 00 Dennis Springer 1 0 1.1 0-1 6.75 2 10 Bryan Corey 1 0 1.0 0-0 0.00 0 00 Batting Stats Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB Paul Lo Duca C/1B 149 580 .281 74 163 10 64 3 Chad Kreuter C 41 95 .263 8 25 2 121 David Ross C 8 10 .200 2 2 1 2 0 Eric Karros 1B 142 524 .271 52 142 13 73 4 Mark Grudzielanek 2B 150 536 .271 56145 9 50 4 César Izturis SS 135 439 .232 43 102 1 31 7 Adrián Beltré 3B 159 587 .257 70 15121 75 7 Alex Cora 2B/SS 115 258 .291 37 75 5 28 7 Dave Hansen 1B/3B 96 120.292 15 35 2 17 1 Tyler Houston 1B/3B 35 65.200 9 13 0 8 0 Jeff Reboulet 2B/SS 38 48.208 3 10 0 2 0 Joe Thurston 2B 8 13 .462 1 6 0 10 Shawn Green RF 158 582 .285 110 166 42 114 8 Dave Roberts CF/LF 127 422 .277 63 117 3 34 48 Brian Jordan LF/RF 128 471 .285 65 134 18 80 2 Marquis Grissom CF/LF/RF 111 343 .277 57 95 17 60 5 Hiram Bocachica LF/CF/RF 49 65.215 12 14 4 9 1 Mike Kinkade LF/1B 37 50 .380 7192 11 1 Jolbert Cabrera OF/IF 10 12 .333 3 4 0 1 0 Wilkin Ruan CF 12 11 .273 2 3 0 230 Luke Allen RF 6 7 .143 2 1 0 0 0 Chin-Feng Chen LF 3 5 .000 1 0 0 00 2002 Awards 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Éric Gagné reserve Odalis Pérez reserve NL Pitcher of the Month Éric Gagné (June 2002) NL Player of the Month Brian Jordan (September 2002) NL Player of the Week Odalis Pérez (April 15–21) Shawn Green (May 20–26) Farm system AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Brad Mills AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Dino Ebel High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Juan Bustabad A South Georgia Waves South Atlantic League Scott Little Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Dann Bilardello Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Luis Salazar Rookie DSL DodgersDSL Dodgers 2 Dominican Summer League Rookie San Joaquin Dodgers Venezuelan Summer League Teams in BOLD won League Championships Major League Baseball draft 2002 Major League Baseball draft 200px|right|thumb|James Loney The Dodgers selected 52 players in this draft. Of those, nine of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They gained a supplemental first round pick and an extra second round pick as compensation for losing pitcher Chan Ho Park to the Texas Rangers as a free agent. With their first round pick, the Dodgers selected first baseman James Loney from Lawrence E Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas. Loney would make it to the Majors in 2006 and was the Dodgers primary starting first baseman until he was traded in 2012. He hit 71 home runs and drove in 451 RBI in his seven seasons with the Dodgers, while hitting .284. The supplemental first round pick was left handed pitcher Greg Miller from Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California. Miller was a highly touted prospect and the 2003 Dodgers minor league pitcher of the year after he went 11–4 with a 2.49 ERA in 21 starts for the Vero Beach Dodgers. However, he missed the entire 2004 season with an arm injury and was never able to regain his touch. In eight minor league seasons (the last in the independent American Association) he was 24–15 with a 3.89 ERA in 221 games (53 starts).http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/4141148/ Dodgers give up on left-hander Miller Ken Gurnick mlb.com April 6, 2009 November 18, 2014 November 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129162232/http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/4141148/ dead This was a fairly successful draft, after several sub-par drafts that proceeded it. Also drafted this season were relief pitcher Jonathan Broxton (second round), starting pitchers James McDonald (11th round, drafted as a first baseman) and Eric Stults (15th round) and catcher Russell Martin (17th round, drafted as a second baseman). 2002 draft picksRoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1James Loney1BLawrence E Elkins High SchoolYes2002–2019MLB1sGreg MillerLHPEsperanza High SchoolYes2002–2013AAA2Zach HammesRHPIowa City High SchoolYes2002–2013AAA2Jonathan BroxtonRHPBurke County High SchoolYes2002–2017MLB3Mike NixonC Sunnyslope High SchoolYes2002–2005AAA4Delwyn Young2BSanta Barbara City CollegeYes2002–2016 MLB5Mike MegrewLHPChariho High SchoolYes2002–2008AAA6Marshal LooneyLHPLa Pine High SchoolYes2002–2005A7David Bagley3BUniversity of California, San DiegoYes2002–2004A+8Jamaal HamiltonLHPMonterey High SchoolYes2002–2005 AA9Denver KitchSSUniversity of OklahomaNoOrioles-20042004–2007A10Ryan WilliamsRHPOld Dominion UniversityYes 2002–2003 A+11James McDonald1BPolytechnic High SchoolYes2002–2013 MLB12Ryan OwenCWichita State UniversityYes2002–2005 A13Julio LaSalleRHPPalm Beach Atlantic UniversityYes 2002–2004 A14Karl MejholmRHP Dover Bay High SchoolNo 15Eric StultsLHPBethel CollegeYes 2002–2015 MLB16Sambu NdungidiOFSt. Georges High SchoolYes2003–2008 Rookie17Russell Martin2BChipola CollegeYes2002–2019MLB18Curtis HudsonC Yuba City High SchoolNo 19Mike WhiteLHPSt. Petersburg CollegeYes 2002–2005 A-20Andrew WalkerRHPCowley County Community CollegeNo 21Brian TracyRHPClaremont High SchoolNo 22Brett WayneSSSt. Mary's College of CaliforniaYes2002–2007 AA23Joshua Bartusick1BFountain Valley High SchoolNo 24D. J. JacksonOF Jesuit High SchoolYes 2003–2006 AAA25Alvin HayesRHP Alabama Southern Community CollegeYes2003–2006 A-26Jarod PlummerRHP South Garland High SchoolYes 2002–2010 AAA27Mike PotocznyRHP North Marion High SchoolYes 2002–2003 Rookie28Robert RayRHP Lufkin High SchoolNoBlue Jays-20052005–2012MLB29Don LaurinSS East Oklahoma State CollegeYes 2003–2006 A+30Edward RobertsRHP Key West High SchoolNo 31Ross HawleyRHP Kansas State UniversityYes 2002–2003 A32Richie RobnettOFSanta Barbara City CollegeNoAthletics-2004 2004–2010 AAA33Eduardo BaezRHP Poly High SchoolNo 34Doug MathisRHP Show Low High SchoolNo Rangers-2005 2005–2014 MLB35Matt LongRHP Granville High SchoolNo White Sox-2006 2006–2011 AAA36Bryan GoelzOF New York City College of TechnologyYes 2002–2012 A+37Jonathan Riggleman3B Hillsborough Community CollegeNo 38Daiel ForrerLHP Jefferson Davis High SchoolNo Pirates-2007 2007 A-39Luke HochevarRHP Fowler High SchoolNo Royals-2006 2006–2016 MLB40Eric Wolfe1B York Mills High SchoolNo 41Ryan LennertonP East Oklahoma State CollegeNo 42Nathan WarrickOF Belton High SchoolNo Astros-2005 2005–2007 A43David ParkerRHP Oklahoma City UniversityYes 2002–2005 Rookie44James BailieC Kodiak High SchoolNo 45Justin EstradaSS Jesuit High SchoolNo 46Mickey JordanOF Armstrong Atlantic State UniversityYes 2002 Rookie47Chad BaileyLHP North Idaho CollegeYes 2003–2006 A+48Andre TrahanOF Yuba Community CollegeNo 49Jeffrey CristyC Lincoln Southeast High SchoolNo 50Jason FarrandC Conway High SchoolNo 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft References External links 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers