2002 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	2002
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Record:	67–95 (.414)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Tribune Company
General Managers:	Andy MacPhail, Jim Hendry
Managers:	Don Baylor, Rene Lachemann, Bruce Kimm
Television:	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Chip Caray, Joe Carter) FSN Chicago (Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
Radio:	WGN (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	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).^[1]
• January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• September 4, 2002: Bill Mueller was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Verplancke (minors).^[4]

Roster

2002 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches (first base) (third base) (former third base) (bullpen) (bench) (hitting) (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 in^[5]

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Joe Girardi	90	234	53	.226	1	13
1B	Fred McGriff	146	523	143	.273	30	103
2B	Mark Bellhorn	146	445	115	.258	27	56
SS	Alex Gonzalez	142	513	127	.248	18	61
3B	Bill Mueller	103	353	94	.266	7	37
LF	Moisés Alou	132	484	133	.275	15	61
CF	Corey Patterson	153	592	150	.253	14	54
RF	Sammy Sosa	150	556	160	.288	49	108

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
	92	266	56	.211	16	35
	111	204	43	.211	3	23
	98	195	47	.241	5	26
	59	190	48	.253	4	20
	67	146	28	.192	3	10
	50	98	30	.306	3	21
	58	79	19	.241	0	7
	30	70	13	.186	0	4
	22	58	16	.276	1	5
	24	50	9	.180	2	4
	35	43	9	.209	1	3
	13	32	9	.281	0	5
	16	29	6	.207	0	3
	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
	33	213.2	12	11	3.66	217
	32	205.0	12	11	3.60	215
	21	141.0	6	8	3.70	87
	19	116.2	6	6	3.32	147
	16	85.2	1	10	5.67	65
	7	39.1	2	2	4.35	32
	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
	32	108.1	4	8	3.66	93
	45	97.1	3	11	3.98	81
	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
	66	2	5	19	4.00	61
	73	4	4	2	2.73	97
	57	5	6	0	6.18	44
	45	4	6	1	7.33	46
	19	1	1	0	3.42	31
	16	1	1	0	5.47	30
	11	0	1	0	6.19	13
	11	2	0	0	8.59	14
	11	0	0	0	7.50	11
	8	0	0	0	12.96	6
	4	0	0	0	23.14	3
	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise, AZL Cubs^[6]

References

• 2002 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark Bellhorn Stats.
2. Web site: Alan Benes Stats.
3. Web site: Dontrelle Willis Stats.
4. Web site: Bill Mueller Stats.
5. Web site: 2002 Chicago Cubs Statistics Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. en. 2018-04-12.
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007