2002 Atlanta Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Atlanta Braves 2002 National League East champions National League East Turner Field Atlanta 101–59 (.631) 1st AOL Time Warner John Schuerholz Bobby Cox TBS SuperstationTurner South(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)Fox Sports South(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun) WSB (AM)(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)WWWE(Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores) The 2002 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 37th season in Atlanta and 132nd overall. The Braves won their eighth consecutive division title, finishing 19 games ahead of the second-place Montreal Expos. The Braves lost the 2002 Divisional Series to the eventual NL Champion San Francisco Giants, 3–2. This would be the first of four consecutive NLDS losses in as many years, and the first of three consecutive years to do so by losing the deciding Game 5 at Turner Field. 2002 marked the final year that pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz played on the same team ending the reign of what has been considered by many the greatest pitching trio of all-time. All three would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame a decade later. Smoltz set the Braves' single season record for saves (55). Chipper Jones moved to the outfield in left field to allow for Vinny Castilla to be signed and added to the lineup at third base. Julio Franco became a regular player in the second stint of his Major League career and Gary Sheffield was acquired to the Braves in 2002, playing at right field. Offseason October 26, 2001: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml Aaron Small Stats December 4, 2001: John Smoltz was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smoltjo01.shtml John Smoltz Stats December 11, 2001: Vinny Castilla signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml#trans Vinny Castilla Stats December 17, 2001: Julio Franco was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 15, 2002: Gary Sheffield was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Andrew Brown, Brian Jordan and Odalis Pérez.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheffga01.shtml#trans Gary Sheffield Stats January 16, 2002: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml Doug Linton Stats March 20, 2002: Henry Blanco was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Paul Bako and Jose Cabrera.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blanche01.shtml#trans Henry Blanco Stats Regular season Opening Day starters Vinny Castilla Rafael Furcal Marcus Giles Tom Glavine Andruw Jones Chipper Jones Javy López Gary Sheffield B. J. Surhoffhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=ATL 2002 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac Season standings National League East Atlanta Braves Record vs. opponents ATL Transactions June 4, 2002: Jeff Francoeur was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2002.Jeff Francoeur Statistics Baseball-Reference.com September 30, 2002: Aaron Small was released by the Atlanta Braves. Roster 2002 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers 30 Jung Bong 33 Joey Dawley 56 John Ennis 48 John Foster 47 Tom Glavine 49 Kevin Gryboski 36 Chris Hammond 45 Trey Hodges 40 Darren Holmes 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 32 Albie Lopez 31 Greg Maddux 38 Jason Marquis 34 Kevin Millwood 27 Damian Moss 26 Andy Pratt 37 Mike Remlinger 30 Aaron Small 29 John Smoltz 43 Tim Spooneybarger Catchers 20 Henry Blanco  8 Javy López 50 Steve Torrealba Infielders 19 Vinny Castilla 16 Mark DeRosa 4,23 Julio Franco  4 Matt Franco  1 Rafael Furcal  2 Jesse Garcia 22 Marcus Giles 18 Wes Helms  7 Keith Lockhart 15 B. J. Surhoff Outfielders 28 Darren Bragg 25 Andruw Jones 10 Chipper Jones 72 Ryan Langerhans 11 Gary Sheffield Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 52 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 17 Glenn Hubbard (1st base) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (hitting)  5 Ned Yost (3rd base) Game log Atlanta Braves 2002 Game Log: 101–59 (Home: 52–28; Away: 49–31) y Atlanta Braves April: 12–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || April 1 || Phillies || 7–2 || Glavine (1–0) || Person (0–1) || — || 51,638 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || April 3 || Phillies || 1–3 || Padilla (1–0) || Millwood (0–1) || Mesa (1) || 23,865 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || April 4 || Phillies || 11–2 || Marquis (1–0) || Adams (0–1) || — || 24,640 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || April 5 || Mets || 3–9 || Astacio (1–0) || Lopez (0–1) || — || 35,347 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 || April 6 || Mets || 2–11 || Weathers (1–0) || Smoltz (0–1) || — || 41,124 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 || April 7 || Mets || 5–2 (14) || Lopez (1–1) || Komiyama (0–1) || — || 34,210 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 || April 8 || @ Phillies || 2–1 || Millwood (1–1) || Padilla (1–1) || Smoltz (1) || 14,502 || 4–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 || April 9 || @ Phillies || 4–7 || Santiago (1–1) || Marquis (1–1) || Mesa (3) || 13,020 || 4–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 || April 10 || @ Phillies || 5–7 (11) || Politte (2–0) || Ligtenberg (0–1) || — || 14,542 || 4–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 || April 11 || @ Phillies || 6–2 || Glavine (2–0) || Coggin (0–1) || Holmes (1) || 14,111 || 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 || April 12 || @ Marlins || 2–0 || Maddux (1–0) || Beckett (0–1) || Smoltz (2) || 12,066 || 6–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 || April 13 || @ Marlins || 4–5 (14) || Knotts (1–0) || Gryboski (0–1) || — || 18,784 || 6–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 || April 14 || @ Marlins || 0–7 || Burnett (2–1) || Marquis (1–2) || — || 11,506 || 6–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 || April 15 || @ Mets || 6–7 (12) || Strickland (1–1) || Hammond (0–1) || — || 28,843 || 6–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 || April 16 || @ Mets || 1–3 || Astacio (3–0) || Glavine (2–1) || — || 31,472 || 6–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 || April 17 || @ Mets || 2–1 || Millwood (2–1) || D'Amico (1–1) || Smoltz (3) || 30,702 || 7–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 || April 19 || Marlins || 3–2 || Holmes (1–0) || Dempster (0–1) || Smoltz (4) || 27,256 || 8–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 || April 20 || Marlins || 3–1 || Maddux (2–0) || Burnett (2–2) || Smoltz (5) || 33,649 || 9–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 || April 21 || Marlins || 4–2 || Glavine (3–1) || Olsen (0–1) || Smoltz (6) || 27,425 || 10–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 || April 22 || Marlins || 3–8 || Penny (2–1) || Millwood (2–2) || — || 21,461 || 10–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 || April 23 || Diamondbacks || 2–5 || Schilling (4–1) || Bong (0–1) || Kim (3) || 30,674 || 10–11 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 || April 24 || Diamondbacks || 4–3 || Foster (1–0) || Prinz (0–1) || Smoltz (7) || 21,122 || 11–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 || April 25 || Diamondbacks || 5–11 || Helling (3–2) || Maddux (2–1) || — || 27,632 || 11–12 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 || April 26 || Astros || 9–0 || Glavine (4–1) || Redding (0–2) || — || 25,249 || 12–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 || April 27 || Astros || 3–6 || Mlicki (3–2) || Millwood (2–3) || Wagner (3) || 33,006 || 12–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 || April 28 || Astros || 1–7 || Hernandez (2–0) || Lopez (1–2) || — || 31,018 || 12–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 || April 30 || @ Brewers || 3–4 || Figueroa (1–1) || Maddux (2–2) || DeJean (5) || 16,067 || 12–15 y Atlanta Braves May: 18–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 10–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 || May 1 || @ Brewers || 3–1 || Glavine (5–1) || Quevedo (1–3) || Smoltz (8) || 17,084 || 13–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 || May 2 || @ Brewers || 3–2 (10) || Holmes (2–0) || DeJean (0–1) || Smoltz (9) || 18,113 || 14–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 || May 3 || @ Cardinals || 2–1 (11) || Hammond (1–1) || Stechschulte (2–1) || Smoltz (10) || 40,758 || 15–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 || May 4 || @ Cardinals || 2–3 || Simontacchi (1–0) || Lopez (1–3) || Isringhausen (5) || 42,455 || 15–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 || May 5 || @ Cardinals || 4–2 || Maddux (3–2) || Kile (1–2) || Smoltz (11) || 39,509 || 16–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 33 || May 7 || Dodgers || 5–6 (16) || Carrara (2–0) || Ligtenberg (0–2) || Orosco (1) || 26,914 || 16–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 34 || May 8 || Dodgers || 1–3 || Perez (4–1) || Millwood (2–4) || Gagne (11) || 22,163 || 16–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc | 35 || May 9 || Dodgers || 6–2 || Moss (1–0) || Ashby (2–3) || — || 23,930 || 17–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 || May 10 || Padres || 7–3 || Remlinger (1–0) || Fikac (3–2) || — || 29,075 || 18–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 || May 11 || Padres || 6–1 || Marquis (2–2) || Lawrence (4–2) || — || 36,273 || 19–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 || May 12 || Padres || 5–6 || Boyd (1–0) || Glavine (5–2) || Hoffman (12) || 25,636 || 19–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 || May 13 || @ Giants || 6–7 (11) || Worrell (3–0) || Hammond (1–2) || — || 36,331 || 19–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 || May 14 || @ Giants || 0–2 || Jensen (4–2) || Moss (1–1) || Nen (12) || 36,972 || 19–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 || May 15 || @ Giants || 6–1 || Maddux (4–2) || Hernandez (4–4) || — || 38,164 || 20–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 || May 16 || @ Giants || 5–4 || Marquis (3–2) || Schmidt (0–1) || — || 40,236 || 21–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 || May 17 || @ Rockies || 4–2 || Glavine (6–2) || Thomson (5–3) || Smoltz (12) || 40,357 || 22–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 || May 18 || @ Rockies || 3–7 || Stark (2–0) || Millwood (2–5) || — || 42,780 || 22–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 || May 19 || @ Rockies || 2–1 || Remlinger (2–0) || Nichting (0–1) || Smoltz (13) || 43,151 || 23–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 || May 21 || @ Expos || 4–5 (10) || Tucker (2–0) || Holmes (2–1) || — || 5,442 || 23–23 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 || May 22 || @ Expos || 2–0 || Glavine (7–2) || Armas (5–5) || — || 5,504 || 24–23 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 || May 24 || Reds || 11–2 || Millwood (3–5) || Hamilton (2–2) || — || 29,307 || 25–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 || May 25 || Reds || 4–6 || Haynes (4–5) || Marquis (3–3) || Graves (16) || 44,026 || 25–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 || May 26 || Reds || 7–5 || Maddux (5–2) || Reitsma (3–1) || — || 40,142 || 26–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 || May 27 || Expos || 5–1 || Glavine (8–2) || Armas (5–6) || — || 30,187 || 27–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 || May 28 || Expos || 5–2 || Moss (2–1) || Yoshii (2–2) || Smoltz (14) || 22,278 || 28–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 || May 29 || Expos || 3–4 || Tucker (4–0) || Smoltz (0–2) || Stewart (3) || 20,162 || 28–25 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 || May 30 || Expos || 5–2 || Marquis (4–3) || Pavano (3–6) || — || 24,025 || 29–25 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 || May 31 || @ Reds || 7–0 || Maddux (6–2) || Reitsma (3–2) || — || 38,777 || 30–25 y Atlanta Braves June: 21–5 (Home: 10–2; Away: 11–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 || June 1 || @ Reds || 7–1 || Glavine (9–2) || Rijo (4–3) || — || 27,080 || 31–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 || June 2 || @ Reds || 1–5 || Dessens (4–3) || Moss (2–2) || — || 26,470 || 31–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 || June 3 || Mets || 5–4 || Hammond (2–2) || Trachsel (3–6) || Smoltz (15) || 31,704 || 32–26 |- bgcolor="#cccccc" | – || June 4 || Mets || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 11 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 || June 5 || Mets || 6–4 || Hammond (3–2) || Strickland (5–3) || Smoltz (16) || 30,986 || 33–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 || June 6 || Mets || 3–2 || Glavine (10–2) || Weathers (2–2) || Smoltz (17) || 41,286 || 34–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 || June 7 || @ Rangers || 13–7 || Hammond (4–2) || Park (2–3) || — || 42,765 || 35–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 || June 8 || @ Rangers || 6–3 (10) || Remlinger (3–0) || Irabu (2–6) || Smoltz (18) || 48,776 || 36–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 || June 9 || @ Rangers || 9–3 || Marquis (5–3) || Burba (3–4) || — || 35,436 || 37–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 || June 10 || @ Twins || 5–6 (15) || Fiore (4–1) || Ligtenberg (0–3) || — || 24,534 || 37–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 || June 11 || @ Twins || 11–0 || Glavine (11–2) || Lohse (6–4) || — || 23,256 || 39–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 66 || June 12 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Moss (3–2) || Santana (1–1) || Smoltz (19) || 21,485 || 39–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 || June 14 || Red Sox || 2–1 || Hammond (5–2) || Martínez (7–2) || Smoltz (20) || 48,922 || 40–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 || June 15 || Red Sox || 4–2 || Maddux (7–2) || Burkett (7–2) || Smoltz (21) || 50,764 || 41–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 || June 16 || Red Sox || 1–6 || Lowe (11–2) || Glavine (11–3) || — || 45,666 || 41–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 || June 18 || Tigers || 0–6 || Weaver (5–8) || Marquis (5–4) || — || 28,173 || 41–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 71 || June 19 || Tigers || 4–1 || Millwood (4–5) || Maroth (1–1) || Smoltz (22) || 25,118 || 42–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 || June 20 || Tigers || 3–2 || Ligtenberg (1–3) || Acevedo (1–3) || — || 28,843 || 43–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 || June 21 || White Sox || 3–2 || Gryboski (1–1) || Ritchie (4–9) || Smoltz (23) || 35,102 || 44–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 || June 22 || White Sox || 15–2 || Moss (4–2) || Glover (2–3) || — || 47,276 || 45–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 || June 23 || White Sox || 9–1 || Marquis (6–4) || Wright (5–8) || — || 30,883 || 46–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 76 || June 24 || @ Mets || 3–2 || Gryboski (2–1) || Strickland (6–4) || Smoltz (24) || 34,708 || 47–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 || June 25 || @ Mets || 4–7 || Trachsel (6–6) || Lopez (1–4) || Benitez (19) || 31,607 || 47–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 78 || June 26 || @ Mets || 6–3 || Hammond (6–2) || Weathers (2–3) || Smoltz (25) || 30,974 || 48–30 |- bgcolor="#cccccc" | – || June 27 || @ Mets || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 79 || June 28 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Remlinger (4–0) || Wakefield (2–3) || Smoltz (26) || 33,137 || 49–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 || June 29 || @ Red Sox || 2–1 || Millwood (5–5) || Lowe (11–4) || Smoltz (27) || 32,651 || 50–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 || June 30 || @ Red Sox || 7–3 (10) || Remlinger (5–0) || Urbina (0–3) || — || 32,348 || 51–30 y Atlanta Braves July: 18–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 || July 1 || Expos || 7–5 || Ligtenberg (2–3) || Vazquez (5–5) || Smoltz (28) || 26,053 || 52–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 83 || July 2 || Expos || 2–5 || Colon (11–4) || Moss (4–3) || Stewart (10) || 25,581 || 52–31 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 84 || July 3 || Expos || 6–5 || Smoltz (1–2) || Brower (3–1) || — || 23,439 || 53–31 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 85 || July 4 || Cubs || 5–1 || Remlinger (6–0) || Prior (2–2) || Smoltz (29) || 49,967 || 54–31 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 86 || July 5 || Cubs || 4–3 || Millwood (6–5) || Clement (6–6) || Smoltz (30) || 48,784 || 55–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 87 || July 6 || Cubs || 3–7 || Zambrano (1–1) || Glavine (11–4) || — || 49,961 || 55–32 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 88 || July 7 || Cubs || 2–0 || Maddux (8–2) || Lieber (6–6) || Smoltz (31) || 34,140 || 56–32 |- bgcolor="bbcaff" | colspan=9 | 73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 89 || July 11 || @ Expos || 8–5 || Millwood (7–5) || Armas (8–8) || Smoltz (32) || 11,855 || 57–32 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 90 || July 12 || @ Expos || 8–3 || Remlinger (7–0) || Tucker (4–1) || — || 14,256 || 58–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 91 || July 13 || @ Expos || 3–6 || Colon (12–4) || Glavine (11–5) || — || 17,335 || 58–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 92 || July 14 || @ Expos || 3–10 || Vazquez (7–5) || Moss (4–4) || — || 25,109 || 58–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 93 || July 15 || @ Cubs || 2–3 || Zambrano (2–1) || Marquis (6–5) || Alfonseca (12) || 40,206 || 58–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 94 || July 16 || @ Cubs || 2–0 || Millwood (8–5) || Lieber (6–7) || Smoltz (33) || 39,118 || 59–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 95 || July 17 || Marlins || 10–0 || Maddux (9–2) || Burnett (8–7) || — || 40,292 || 60–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 96 || July 18 || Marlins || 3–1 || Glavine (12–5) || Tavarez (7–6) || Smoltz (34) || 34,805 || 61–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 97 || July 19 || @ Phillies || 4–1 || Moss (5–4) || Duckworth (5–8) || Smoltz (35) || 20,422 || 62–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 98 || July 20 || @ Phillies || 4–3 || Marquis (7–5) || Adams (4–7) || Smoltz (36) || 23,570 || 63–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 99 || July 21 || @ Phillies || 2–1 || Millwood (9–5) || Wolf (5–7) || Spooneybarger (1) || 25,012 || 64–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 100 || July 22 || @ Marlins || 1–2 || Burnett (9–7) || Maddux (9–3) || Looper (2) || 10,125 || 64–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 101 || July 23 || @ Marlins || 5–3 || Glavine (13–5) || Tavarez (7–7) || Smoltz (37) || 12,210 || 65–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 102 || July 24 || @ Marlins || 10–0 || Moss (6–4) || Tejera (6–3) || — || 10,375 || 66–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 103 || July 26 || Phillies || 2–3 || Wolf (6–7) || Millwood (9–6) || Mesa (28) || 44,744 || 66–37 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 104 || July 27 || Phillies || 5–3 || Maddux (10–3) || Roa (0–1) || Smoltz (38) || 43,214 || 67–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 105 || July 28 || Phillies || 1–7 || Padilla (11–6) || Glavine (13–6) || — || 31,764 || 67–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 106 || July 30 || Brewers || 3–2 || Moss (7–4) || Quevedo (6–8) || Smoltz (39) || 30,802 || 68–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 107 || July 31 || Brewers || 9–1 || Millwood (10–6) || Sheets (5–13) || — || 25,874 || 69–38 y Atlanta Braves August: 16–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 108 || August 1 || Brewers || 4–0 || Maddux (11–3) || Rusch (5–11) || — || 29,168 || 70–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 109 || August 2 || Cardinals || 11–5 || Glavine (14–6) || Simontacchi (7–3) || — || 45,512 || 71–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 110 || August 3 || Cardinals || 6–1 || Marquis (8–5) || Morris (12–7) || — || 46,356 || 72–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 111 || August 4 || Cardinals || 2–1 || Smoltz (2–2) || Veres (4–7) || — || 33,686 || 73–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 112 || August 6 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–3 (13) || Ligtenberg (3–3) || Koplove (3–1) || — || 46,676 || 74–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 113 || August 7 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–6 || Mantei (2–1) || Remlinger (7–1) || Kim (28) || 44,948 || 74–39 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 114 || August 8 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–1 || Glavine (15–6) || Anderson (5–8) || Smoltz (40) || 40,115 || 75–39 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 115 || August 9 || @ Astros || 6–5 (13) || Spooneybarger (1–0) || Cruz (1–6) || Smoltz (41) || 41,416 || 76–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 116 || August 10 || @ Astros || 5–8 || Saarloos (5–2) || Marquis (8–6) || Wagner (25) || 43,332 || 76–40 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 117 || August 11 || @ Astros || 13–3 || Millwood (11–6) || Mlicki (4–8) || — || 41,092 || 77–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 118 || August 13 || Giants || 2–7 || Ortiz (8–8) || Maddux (11–4) || — || 39,794 || 77–41 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 119 || August 14 || Giants || 1–0 || Glavine (16–6) || Hernandez (7–13) || Smoltz (42) || 31,039 || 78–41 |- bgcolor="#D3D3D3" | 120 || August 15 || Giants || 3–3 (10) || colspan=3|Game called (rain)(game was not made up, tie does not count in record) || 35,340 || 78–41 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 121 || August 16 || Rockies || 4–1 || Millwood (12–6) || Chacon (5–10) || Smoltz (43) || 30,504 || 79–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 122 || August 17 || Rockies || 3–10 || Stark (8–3) || Marquis (8–7) || — || 46,104 || 79–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 123 || August 18 || Rockies || 3–6 || Jennings (14–5) || Maddux (11–5) || Jimenez (33) || 30,399 || 79–43 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 124 || August 19 || Rockies || 7–6 || Smoltz (3–2) || Jimenez (2–8) || — || 24,568 || 80–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 125 || August 20 || @ Padres || 2–6 || Tomko (7–8) || Moss (7–5) || — || 21,440 || 80–44 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 126 || August 21 || @ Padres || 6–3 || Millwood (13–6) || Tankersley (1–3) || Smoltz (44) || 22,471 || 81–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 127 || August 22 || @ Padres || 2–9 || Bynum (1–0) || Marquis (8–8) || — || 23,569 || 81–45 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 128 || August 23 || @ Dodgers || 3–4 || Gagne (2–1) || Holmes (2–2) || — || 50,341 || 81–46 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 129 || August 24 || @ Dodgers || 3–4 || Shuey (6–2) || Glavine (16–7) || Gagne (44) || 54,212 || 81–47 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc | 130 || August 25 || @ Dodgers || 7–5 || Moss (8–5) || Ishii (13–9) || Smoltz (45) || 50,306 || 82–47 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 131 || August 27 || @ Pirates || 5–4 || Millwood (14–6) || Fogg (11–10) || Smoltz (46) || 20,542 || 83–47 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 132 || August 28 || @ Pirates || 0–1 (10) || Williams (2–5) || Remlinger (7–2) || — || 20,136 || 83–48 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 133 || August 29 || @ Pirates || 1–4 || Arroyo (2–1) || Glavine (16–8) || Williams (38) || 17,312 || 83–49 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 134 || August 30 || @ Expos || 4–2 || Moss (9–5) || Armas (8–12) || Smoltz (47) || 7,659 || 84–49 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 135 || August 31 || @ Expos || 5–3 || Hammond (7–2) || Vazquez (8–12) || Smoltz (48) || 8,528 || 85–49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" y Atlanta Braves September: 16–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 136 || September 1 || @ Expos || 6–4 || Millwood (15–6) || Yoshii (4–7) || Smoltz (49) || 10,581 || 86–49 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 137 || September 2 || Pirates || 5–1 || Maddux (12–5) || Meadows (1–4) || — || 30,803 || 87–49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 138 || September 3 || Pirates || 0–3 || Torres (1–0) || Glavine (16–9) || Williams (39) || 18,931 || 87–50 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 139 || September 4 || Pirates || 6–0 || Moss (10–5) || Wells (12–13) || — || 19,525 || 88–50 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 140 || September 6 || Expos || 5–0 || Millwood (16–6) || Yoshii (4–8) || — || 24,361 || 89–50 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 141 || September 7 || Expos || 4–0 || Maddux (13–5) || Ohka (13–7) || — || 34,424 || 90–50 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 142 || September 8 || Expos || 0–7 || Colon (18–7) || Glavine (16–10) || — || 25,551 || 90–51 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 143 || September 10 || Mets || 12–6 || Hodges (1–0) || Astacio (12–9) || — || 28,214 || 91–51 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 144 || September 11 (1) || Mets || 8–5 || Millwood (17–6) || Trachsel (9–11) || Smoltz (50) || 19,802 || 92–51 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 145 || September 11 (2) || Mets || 0–5 || Leiter (13–11) || Marquis (8–9) || — || 26,734 || 92–52 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 146 || September 13 || @ Marlins || 3–13 || Pavano (5–10) || Maddux (13–6) || — || 10,436 || 92–53 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 147 || September 14 || @ Marlins || 10–5 || Glavine (17–10) || Beckett (5–7) || — || 13,527 || 93–53 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 148 || September 15 || @ Marlins || 6–4 || Moss (11–5) || Wayne (1–2) || Smoltz (51) || 7,844 || 94–53 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 149 || September 16 || @ Marlins || 1–5 || Penny (7–6) || Millwood (17–7) || — || 6,103 || 94–54 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 150 || September 17 || Phillies || 2–1 || Maddux (14–6) || Padilla (11–11) || Smoltz (52) || 23,082 || 95–54 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 151 || September 18 || Phillies || 5–6 || Silva (5–0) || Ligtenberg (3–4) || Mesa (41) || 20,356 || 95–55 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 152 || September 19 || Phillies || 6–0 || Glavine (18–10) || Roa (4–4) || — || 23,482 || 96–55 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 153 || September 20 || Marlins || 2–6 || Wayne (2–2) || Moss (11–6) || — || 28,869 || 96–56 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 154 || September 21 || Marlins || 4–6 || Penny (8–6) || Millwood (17–8) || Looper (11) || 37,131 || 96–57 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 155 || September 22 || Marlins || 4–1 || Maddux (15–6) || Tavarez (10–12) || Smoltz (53) || 32,172 || 97–57 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 156 || September 24 || @ Phillies || 3–5 || Junge (2–0) || Glavine (18–11) || Mesa (45) || 15,807 || 97–58 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 157 || September 25 || @ Phillies || 7–1 || Moss (12–6) || Myers (4–5) || — || 14,516 || 98–58 |- bgcolor="#cccccc" | – || September 26 || @ Phillies || colspan=7|Cancelled (rain) |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 158 || September 27 (1) || @ Mets || 3–1 || Maddux (16–6) || Thomson (9–14) || Smoltz (54) || N/A || 99–58 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 159 || September 27 (2) || @ Mets || 7–4 || Millwood (18–8) || Astacio (12–11) || — || 33,527 || 100–58 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 160 || September 28 || @ Mets || 5–2 || Hodges (2–0) || Leiter (13–13) || Smoltz (55) || 38,988 || 101–58 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 161 || September 29 || @ Mets || 1–6 || Trachsel (11–11) || Remlinger (7–3) || — || 37,721 || 101–59 |- | Legend:      #cfc = Win      #fcc = LossBold = Braves 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 Javy López 109 347 81 .233 11 52 1B Julio Franco 125 338 96 .284 6 30 2B Keith Lockhart 128 296 64 .216 5 32 SS Rafael Furcal 154 636 175 .275 8 47 3B Vinny Castilla 143 543 126 .232 12 61 LF Chipper Jones 158 548 179 .327 26 100 CF Andruw Jones 154 560 148 .264 35 94 RF Gary Sheffield 135 492 151 .307 25 84 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 Henry Blanco 81 221 45 .204 6 22 Marcus Giles 68 213 49 .230 8 23 Darren Bragg 109 212 57 .269 3 15 Mark DeRosa 72 212 63 .297 5 23 Wes Helms 85 210 51 .243 6 22 Matt Franco 81 205 65 .317 6 30 B.J. Surhoff 25 75 22 .293 0 9 Jesse Garcia 39 61 12 .197 0 5 Steve Torrealba 13 17 1 .059 0 1 Ryan Langerhans 1 1 0 .000 0 0 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 Tom Glavine 36 224.2 18 11 2.96 127 Kevin Millwood 35 217.0 18 8 3.24 178 Greg Maddux 34 199.1 16 6 2.62 118 Damian Moss 33 179.0 12 6 3.42 111 Jason Marquis 22 114.1 8 9 5.04 84 Jung Bong 1 6.0 0 1 7.50 4 John Ennis 1 4.0 0 0 4.50 1 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 Albie Lopez 30 55.2 1 4 4.37 39 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 John Smoltz 75 3 2 55 3.25 85 Mike Remlinger 73 7 3 0 1.99 69 Chris Hammond 63 7 2 0 0.95 63 Kevin Gryboski 57 2 1 0 3.48 33 Darren Holmes 55 2 2 1 1.81 47 Kerry Ligtenberg 52 3 4 0 2.97 51 Tim Spooneybarger 51 1 0 1 2.63 33 John Foster 5 1 0 0 10.80 6 Trey Hodges 4 2 0 0 5.40 6 Andy Pratt 1 0 0 0 6.75 1 Joey Dawley 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Aaron Small 1 0 0 0 27.00 1 Postseason Game log Atlanta Braves 2002 Postseason Game Log y Atlanta Braves National League Division Series: 2–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 || October 2 || Giants || 5–8 || Ortiz (1–0) || Glavine (0–1) || Nen (1) || 41,903 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 || October 3 || Giants || 7–3 || Millwood (1–0) || Rueter (0–1) || — || 47,167 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 3 || October 5 || @ Giants || 10–2 || Maddux (1–0) || Schmidt (0–1) || — || 43,043 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 4 || October 6 || @ Giants || 3–8 || Hernandez (1–0) || Glavine (0–2) || — || 43,070 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 5 || October 7 || Giants || 1–3 || Ortiz (2–0) || Millwood (1–1) || Nen (2) || 45,203 || 2–3 Postseason rosters Atlanta Braves; Playoff rosters y Atlanta Braves; National League League Division Series | style="text-align:left" | Pitchers: 47 Tom Glavine 49 Kevin Gryboski 36 Chris Hammond 40 Darren Holmes 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Greg Maddux 34 Kevin Millwood 27 Damian Moss 37 Mike Remlinger 29 John Smoltz Catchers: 20 Henry Blanco 8 Javy López Infielders: 19 Vinny Castilla 16 Mark DeRosa 23 Julio Franco 4 Matt Franco 1 Rafael Furcal 22 Marcus Giles 18 Wes Helms 7 Keith Lockhart Outfielders: 28 Darren Bragg 25 Andruw Jones 10 Chipper Jones 11 Gary Sheffield Award winners 2002 Major League Baseball season Braves' team pitching led the league with a 3.13 ERA. John Smoltz was National League Relief Man of the Year, as he led the league with 55 saves, which was a National League record at the time (since broken by Éric Gagné in 2003). Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were chosen for Gold Glove awards. 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Representing the Braves on the 2002 National League All-Star team were pitchers Tom Glavine, Mike Remlinger and John Smoltz. Andruw Jones was elected to receive the final roster spot on the 2002 National League All-Star team. Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Richmond Braves International League Fredi González AA Greenville Braves Southern League Brian Snitker A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Randy Ingle A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Lynn Jones Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Ralph Henriquez Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim SaulJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory References 2002 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference 100% Category:National League East champion seasons Category:Atlanta Braves seasons Atlanta Braves Season, 2002 Atlanta Braves Season, 2002 Atlanta Braves Category:2002 in Atlanta