2002 Florida Marlins season

March 2026 November 2013 Florida Marlins 2002 National League East Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 79–83 (.488) 4th Jeffrey Loriahttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/loria-fires-60-marlins-employees-1.352682 February 17, 2002 Loria fires 60 Marlins employees CBC Larry Beinfest Jeff Torborg FSN FloridaWPXM(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton) WQAM(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)WQBA (Spanish)(Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez) The 2002 Florida Marlins season was the tenth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–83, fourth in the National League East. Offseason February 18, 2002: Tim Raines signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com He was the last batter to wear a flapless helmet, which has been illegal for new batters since the 1983 season. March 27, 2002: Dontrelle Willis was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, and Julián Tavárez to the Florida Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willido03.shtml Dontrelle Willis Stats Regular season Season standings National League East Florida Marlins Record vs. opponents FLA Citrus Series The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4–2. Date Winning Team Losing Team Score VenueJune 14 Devil Rays Marlins 4-3 (14 innings)http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206140FLO Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 14, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium Pro Player StadiumJune 15 Marlins Devil Rays 3-0http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206150FLO Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium Pro Player StadiumJune 16 Devil Rays Marlins 4-1http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206160FLO Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium Pro Player StadiumJune 28 Devil Rays Marlins 4-0http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206280TBA Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 28, 2002 at Tropicana Field Tropicana FieldJune 29 Marlins Devil Rays 3-2 http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206290TBA Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Tropicana Field Tropicana FieldJune 30 Devil Rays Marlins 6-5 (12 innings)http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206300TBA Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at Tropicana Field Tropicana Field Notable transactions June 4, 2002: Jeremy Hermida was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2002.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hermije01.shtml Jeremy Hermida Stats July 11, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Florida Marlins with Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.Cliff Floyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Roster 2002 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers 55 Armando Almanza 61 Josh Beckett 33 Toby Borland 34 A. J. Burnett 22 Vic Darensbourg 46 Ryan Dempster 62 Hansel Izquierdo 35 Gary Knotts 47 Graeme Lloyd 41 Braden Looper 45,46 Oswaldo Mairena 54 Blaine Neal 27,36 Vladimir Núñez 56 Kevin Olsen 45 Carl Pavano 31 Brad Penny 32 Nate Robertson 50 Julián Tavárez 58 Michael Tejera 53 Nate Teut 48 Justin Wayne Catchers 17 Ramón Castro 23 Charles Johnson 52 Mike Redmond Infielders  4 Brian Banks  8 Homer Bush  1 Luis Castillo  6 Andy Fox 11 Álex González 25 Derrek Lee 19 Mike Lowell  2 Marty Malloy 12 Mike Mordecai  3 Pablo Ozuna Outfielders 43 Juan Encarnación 30 Cliff Floyd 15 Kevin Millar 27 Abraham Nunez 16 Eric Owens 32,30 Tim Raines 44 Preston Wilson Manager 10 Jeff Torborg Coaches 38 Brad Arnsberg (pitching) 67 Pierre Arsenault (coach) 47 Jeff Cox (bullpen) 13 Ozzie Guillén (third base)  7 Perry Hill (first base) -- Rick Renick (bench) 28 Bill Robinson (hitting) 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 Charles Johnson 83 244 53 .217 6 36 1B Derrek Lee 162 581 157 .270 27 86 2B Luis Castillo 146 606 185 .305 2 39 SS Andy Fox 133 435 109 .251 4 41 3B Mike Lowell 160 597 165 .276 24 92 LF Kevin Millar 126 438 134 .306 16 57 CF Preston Wilson 141 510 124 .243 23 65 RF Cliff Floyd 84 296 85 .287 18 57 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 Eric Owens 131 385 104 .270 4 37 Juan Encarnación 69 263 69 .262 8 34 Mike Redmond 88 256 78 .305 2 28 Álex González Álex González (shortstop, born 1977) 42 151 34 .225 2 18 Ramón Castro 54 101 24 .238 6 18 Tim Raines 98 89 17 .191 1 7 Mike Mordecai 38 77 22 .286 0 7 Homer Bush 40 54 12 .222 0 5 Pablo Ozuna 34 47 13 .277 0 3 Brian Banks 20 28 9 .321 1 4 Marty Malloy 24 25 3 .120 0 1 Abraham Núñez 19 17 2 .118 0 1 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 A.J. Burnett 31 204.1 12 9 3.30 203 Julián Tavárez 29 153.2 10 12 5.39 67 Brad Penny 24 129.1 8 7 4.66 93 Ryan Dempster 18 120.1 5 8 4.79 87 Josh Beckett 23 107.2 6 7 4.10 113 Justin Wayne 5 23.2 2 3 5.32 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 Michael Tejera 47 139.2 8 8 4.45 95 Carl Pavano 22 61.2 3 2 3.79 41 Kevin Olsen 17 55.2 0 5 4.53 38 Nate Robertson 6 8.1 0 1 11.88 3 Nate Teut 2 7.1 0 1 9.82 4 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 Vladimir Núñez 77 6 5 20 3.41 73 Braden Looper 78 2 5 13 3.14 55 Armando Almanza 51 3 2 2 4.34 57 Vic Darensbourg 42 1 2 0 6.14 33 Blaine Neal 32 3 0 0 2.73 33 Oswaldo Mairena 31 2 3 0 5.35 21 Gary Knotts 28 3 1 0 4.40 21 Graeme Lloyd 25 2 2 0 4.44 20 Hansel Izquierdo 20 2 0 0 4.55 20 Toby Borland 15 1 0 0 5.27 11 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Dean Treanor AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Eric Fox A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Steve Phillips A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Johnny Rodriguez Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jesus CamposJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 2002 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference 2002 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac Category:Miami Marlins seasons Florida Marlins season Miami