2002 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	2002
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	67–95 (.414)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Peter Angelos
General Managers:	Syd Thrift
Managers:	Mike Hargrove
Television:	WJZ-TV WNUV Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)

In the 2002 Baltimore Orioles season, the team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

The Orioles had a record of 63–63 at the conclusion of play on August 23, but then proceeded to lose 32 of their last 36 games of the season, including their final 12 in a row.

Offseason

• October 3, 2001: Tim Raines was sent to the Baltimore Orioles by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.^[1]
• November 20, 2001: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]

Regular season

Transactions

• June 4, 2002: Adam Loewen was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed May 26, 2003.^[3]

Roster

2002 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		125	422	98	.232	12	45
1B		116	451	123	.273	15	63
2B		122	426	114	.268	5	32
3B		161	615	150	.244	31	87
SS		117	367	85	.232	8	36
LF		131	458	116	.253	18	64
CF		136	466	122	.262	9	50
RF		136	490	121	.247	28	69
DH		50	155	36	.232	4	21

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
	149	557	130	.233	19	64
	109	344	95	.276	7	38
	56	130	30	.231	1	8
	38	128	29	.227	1	11
	52	109	23	.211	2	9
	26	95	25	.263	2	16
	36	89	22	.247	3	10
	14	53	16	.302	0	4
	16	34	6	.176	0	3
	17	31	4	.129	0	1
	17	26	2	.077	0	2
	8	16	3	.188	0	3
	1	3	1	.333	0	0
	5	3	0	.000	0	0
	6	3	1	.333	0	0
	2	1	0	.000	0	0
	2	0	0	----	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
	33	196.2	15	9	3.57	136
	28	176.0	7	9	4.09	120
	29	160.2	5	12	5.55	74
	22	131.1	5	14	4.59	97
	12	65.0	2	5	6.09	56
	12	56.2	2	5	5.56	29
	4	22.0	0	4	7.77	11

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
	29	132.2	8	8	4.95	78
	15	53.1	0	5	6.08	44
	5	27.1	0	3	7.90	13

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
	67	5	6	25	1.99	55
	70	3	2	2	1.60	48
	67	2	1	1	4.68	56
	66	5	4	1	3.36	51
	56	6	7	1	3.98	45
	23	0	0	1	3.29	25
	22	2	1	0	4.70	21
	4	0	0	0	3.00	4
	3	0	0	0	13.50	3
	2	0	0	0	13.50	1

Farm system

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References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raineti01.shtml Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. Web site: Izzy Molina Stats.
3. Web site: Adam Loewen Stats.
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
5. Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2003

• 2002 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com