2002 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 2002 National League Central Wrigley Field Chicago 67–95 (.414) 5th Tribune Company Andy MacPhail, Jim Hendry Don Baylor, Rene Lachemann, Bruce Kimm WGN-TV/Superstation WGN(Chip Caray, Joe Carter)FSN Chicago(Chip Caray, Dave Otto) WGN(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo) chc CHC The 2002 Chicago Cubs season was the 131st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 127th in the National League and the 87th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95. Offseason November 2, 2001: Mark Bellhorn was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Adam Morrissey (minors).https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellhma01.shtml Mark Bellhorn Stats January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml Alan Benes Stats 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 Central Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions September 4, 2002: Bill Mueller was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Verplancke (minors).https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muellbi02.shtml Bill Mueller Stats Roster 2002 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 53 Francis Beltrán 35 Alan Benes 46 Jason Bere 48 Joe Borowski 37 Scott Chiasson 30 Matt Clement 51 Juan Cruz 49 Will Cunnane 55 Courtney Duncan 44 Kyle Farnsworth 13 Jeff Fassero 45 Tom Gordon 32 Jon Lieber 54 Ron Mahay 52 Pat Mahomes 31 Donovan Osborne 22 Mark Prior 41 Jesus Sánchez 39 Steve Smyth 34 Kerry Wood 38 Carlos Zambrano Catchers 27 Joe Girardi  9 Todd Hundley 72 Robert Machado 58 Mike Mahoney Infielders 28 Mark Bellhorn 19 Hee-Seop Choi  8 Alex Gonzalez 17 Bobby Hill 29 Fred McGriff 33 Bill Mueller  1 Augie Ojeda 15 Kevin Orie 11 Chris Stynes Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 24 Roosevelt Brown 16 Delino DeShields 12 Angel Echevarria 15 Mario Encarnación  3 Chad Hermansen  6 Darren Lewis 20 Corey Patterson 21 Sammy Sosa Manager 25 Don Baylor 10 Bruce Kimm Coaches  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (first base) 43 Dave Bialas (third base)  3 Gene Glynn (former third base) 36 Rick Kranitz (bullpen) 5 Rene Lachemann (bench)  4 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 47 Larry Rothschild (pitching) 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 inhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2002.shtml 2002 Chicago Cubs Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com en 2018-04-12 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBICJoe Girardi9023453.2261131BFred McGriff146523143.273301032BMark Bellhorn146445115.2582756SSAlex Gonzalez142513127.24818613BBill Mueller10335394.266737LFMoisés Alou132484133.2751561CFCorey Patterson153592150.2531454RFSammy Sosa150556160.28849108 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 Todd Hundley 92 266 56 .211 16 35 Roosevelt Brown 111 204 43 .211 3 23 Chris Stynes 98 195 47 .241 5 26 Bobby Hill 59 190 48 .253 4 20 Delino DeShields 67 146 28 .192 3 10 Angel Echevarria 50 98 30 .306 3 21 Darren Lewis 58 79 19 .241 0 7 Augie Ojeda 30 70 13 .186 0 4 Robert Machado 22 58 16 .276 1 5 Hee-Seop Choi 24 50 9 .180 2 4 Chad Hermansen 35 43 9 .209 1 3 Kevin Orie 13 32 9 .281 0 5 Mike Mahoney 16 29 6 .207 0 3 Mario Encarnación 3 7 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 Kerry Wood 33 213.2 12 11 3.66 217 Matt Clement 32 205.0 12 11 3.60 215 Jon Lieber 21 141.0 6 8 3.70 87 Mark Prior 19 116.2 6 6 3.32 147 Jason Bere 16 85.2 1 10 5.67 65 Alan Benes 7 39.1 2 2 4.35 32 Steve Smyth Steve Smyth (baseball) 8 26.0 1 3 9.35 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 Carlos Zambrano 32 108.1 4 8 3.66 93 Juan Cruz 45 97.1 3 11 3.98 81 Pat Mahomes 16 32.2 1 1 3.86 23 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 Antonio Alfonseca 66 2 5 19 4.00 61 Joe Borowski 73 4 4 2 2.73 97 Jeff Fassero 57 5 6 0 6.18 44 Kyle Farnsworth 45 4 6 1 7.33 46 Tom Gordon 19 1 1 0 3.42 31 Will Cunnane 16 1 1 0 5.47 30 Donovan Osborne 11 0 1 0 6.19 13 Ron Mahay 11 2 0 0 8.59 14 Francis Beltrán 11 0 0 0 7.50 11 Jesús Sánchez 8 0 0 0 12.96 6 Scott Chiasson 4 0 0 0 23.14 3 Courtney Duncan 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Bruce Kimm and Pat Listach AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Bobby Dickerson A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Dave Trembley A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Julio Garcia A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Steve McFarland Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo MartínezLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise, AZL CubsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2002 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Cub Category:2002 in Chicago Category:Long stubs with short prose