| Cincinnati Reds | |
| Season: | 2002 |
| League: | National League |
| Division: | Central |
| Ballpark: | Cinergy Field |
| City: | Cincinnati |
| Record: | 78–84 (.481) |
| Divisional Place: | 3rd |
| Owners: | Carl Lindner |
| General Managers: | Jim Bowden |
| Managers: | Bob Boone |
| Television: | FSN Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh) |
| Radio: | WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall) |
| Espntn: | cin |
| Brtn: | CIN |
The 2002 Cincinnati Reds season was the 133rd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Reds finishing with a 78-84 record to finish in third place in the National League Central, 19 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone. The 2002 Reds season was their final one in Cinergy Field.
| 2002 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | Outfielders | ManagerCoaches (first base)(bench) (third base) (pitching) (bullpen) (hitting) | ||||||
|-style="background:#cfc"|1 || April 1 || Cubs || 5–4 || Graves || Fassero || — || 41,913 || 1–0 || || W1|-style="background:#fbb" |2 || April 3 || Cubs || 3–10 || Wood || Dessens || — || 19,745 || 1–1 || || L1|-style="background:#cfc" |3 || April 4 || Cubs || 3–1 || Acevedo || Cruz || Graves || 16,448 || 2–1 || || W1|-style="background:#fbb"|4 || April 5 || Expos || 7–8 || Yoshii || Haynes || Lloyd || 17,123 || 2–2 || || L1|-style="background:#fbb"|5 || April 6 || Expos || 2–5 || Ohka || Pineda || Lloyd || 18,176 || 2–3 || || L2|-style="background:#cfc"|6 || April 7 || Expos || 6–5 || Sullivan || Lloyd || — || 17,549 || 3–3 || || W1|-style="background:#fbb"|7 || April 8 || at Pirates || 0–1 || Villone || Dessens || Williams || 36,402 || 3–4 || || L1|-style="background:#cfc"|8 || April 10 || at Pirates || 8–5 || Acevedo || Wells || Graves || 36,048 || 4–4 || || W1|-style="background:#cfc"|9 || April 11 || at Pirates || 3–2 || Haynes || Anderson || Graves || 12,795 || 5–4 || || W2|-style="background:#cfc"|10 || April 12 || at Phillies || 8–5 || Brower || Cormier || Graves || 13,366 || 6–4 || || W3|-style="background:#cfc"|11 || April 13 || at Phillies || 5–2 || Hamilton || Person || Graves || 15,606 || 7–4 || || W4|-style="background:#fbb"|12 || April 14 || at Phillies || 1–3 || Padilla || Dessens || Mesa || 19,195 || 7–5 || || L1|-style="background:#fbb"|13 || April 16 || Astros || 3–8 || Mlicki || Acevedo || — || 15,853 || 7–6 || || L2|-style="background:#fbb"|14 || April 17 || Astros || 2–7 || Hernández || Haynes || — || 14,527 || 7–7 || || L3 |-style="background:#cfc"|15 || April 18 || Astros || 5–4 || White || Cruz || — || 15,848 || 8–7 || || W1|-style="background:#fbb"|16 || April 19 || at Cubs || 2–5 || Clement || Hamilton || Alfonseca || 33,949 || 8–8 || || L1|-style="background:#cfc"|17 || April 20 || at Cubs || 6–1 || Dessens || Wood || — || 36,476 || 9–8 || || W1|-style="background:#cfc"|18 || April 21 || at Cubs || 5–3 || Rijo || Cruz || Graves || 29,458 || 10–8 || || W2|-style="background:#cfc"|19 || April 23 || Rockies || 3–2 || Haynes || Jennings || Graves || 14,518 || 11–8 || || W3|-style="background:#cfc"|20 || April 24 || Rockies || 4–3 || Williamson || Jiménez || — || 13,004 || 12–8 || || W4|-style="background:#cfc"|21 || April 25 || Rockies || 4–3 || Sullivan || White || Graves || 14,416 || 13–8 || || W5|-style="background:#cfc"|22 || April 26 || Giants || 4–3 || Sullivan || Rodríguez || Graves || 28,341 || 14–8 || || W6 |-style="background:#cfc"|23 || April 27 || Giants || 8–4 || Rijo || Jensen || — || 22,616 || 15–8 || || W7|-style="background:#fbb"|24 || April 28 || Giants || 4–5 || Rueter || Haynes || Nen || 23,426 || 15–9 || || L1|-style="background:#cfc"|25 || April 30 || at Dodgers || 3–1 || Reitsma || Brown || Graves || 25, 178 || 16–9 || || W1|-style =|-style="background:#cfc"|26 || May 1 || at Los Angeles Dodgers || 4–0 || Hamilton || Nomo || || 23,346 || 17–9 || || W2 |-style="background:#fbb"|27 || May 2 || at Los Angeles Dodgers || 2–3 || Carrara || Pineda || || 27,224 || 17–10 || L1|-style="background:#fbb"|28 || May 3 || at San Francisco Giants || 1–6 || Rueter || Rijo || || 39,845 || 17–11 || || L2|-style="background:#fbb"|29 || May 4 || at San Francisco Giants || 0–3 || Jensen || Haynes || Nen || 40,959 || 17–12 || || L3|-style="background:#fbb"|30 || May 5 || at San Francisco Giants || 5–6 || Nen || Pineda || || 41,263 || 17–13 || || L4 |-style="background:#cfc"|31 || May 6 || Milwaukee Brewers || 8–5 || Brower || Quevedo || Graves || 12,867 ||18–13 || || W1|-style="background:#cfc"|32||May 7||Milwaukee Brewers||8-2||Dessens||Rusch||16,167|-style="background:#cfc" |33||Wednesday, May 8||2002 Milwaukee Brewers season||14-5||Acevedo||Neugebauer||15,691 |-style="background:#fbb"|34||May 10||St. Louis Cardinals season ||2-4||Stechschulte||White||Isringhausen||29,008|| || |||-style="background:#cfc"|35||May 11||St. Louis Cardinals season||8-1||Reitsm||Kile|||| 25,006|-style="background:#cfc"|36||May 12||St. Louis Cardinals season||8-10||Stechschulte||Graves||Isringhausen||20,622 |-style="background:#cfc"|37|| May 13||@Milwaukee Brewers||5-0||Rijo||Cabrera||14,844 +|-style="background:#cfc"|38|| May 14||@Milwaukee Brewers||4-3|Acevedo||Quevedo||Graves||15,546 |-style="background:#cfc"|39||May 15||Milwaukee Brewers|7-4||Haynes||Stull||Graves||15,561|-style="background:#cfc" |40|| May 16||Milwaukee Brewers||2-1||White||DeJean||Graves||||18,456|-style="background:#fbb"|41||May 17||@St. Louis Cardinals season||1-3||Kile||Sullivan||Isringhausen||36,103 || || |||-style="background:#cfc" -|42||May 18||St. Louis Cardinals season|| 7-3||Rijo||Morris ||40,483|-style="background:#fbb" |43|| May 19||@ St. Louis Cardinals season1-10||Stephenson||Acevedo ||42,992|-style="background:#fbb"|44|| May 20||St. Louis Cardinals season||3-7||Williams||Haynes||35,560|-style="background:#cfc" |45|| May 21||Florida Gators||6-1||Reitsma||Burnett Graves ||16,841|-style="background:#cfc"|46||May 22||Florida Gators||6-2||Dessens||Dempster||20,314 |-style="background:#fbb"|47||May 23||Florida Gators||4-8||Tavarez||Rijo||Nunez||23,134 -|-style="background:#fbb"|48||May 24||@Atlanta Braves||2-11||Millwood||Hamilton||29,307 |-style="background:#cfc"|49||May 25||@ Atlanta Braves||6-4||Marquis||Graves||44,026|-style="background:#fbb"|50||May 26||Atlanta Braves||5-7 Maddux||Reitsma||40,142 -|-style="background:#cfc"|51||May 28||@ Florida Marlinss||6-5||Graves||Nunez|| 7,386 |-style="background:#cfc"|52 ||May 29||@ Florida Marlins||8-2||Hamilton||Beckett||6,836 |-style="background:#cfc"|53||May 30||Florida Marlins ||W-4-1||Haynes||Olsen||Graves||6,140 |-style="background:#fbb"|54||May 31||Atlanta Braves||0-7||Maddux||Reitsma||38,777 -|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member
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 | 113 | 353 | 88 | .249 | 12 | 52 | ||
| 1B | 120 | 425 | 111 | .261 | 6 | 42 | ||
| 2B | 155 | 612 | 183 | .299 | 11 | 64 | ||
| SS | 145 | 507 | 124 | .245 | 7 | 47 | ||
| 3B | 162 | 606 | 146 | .241 | 26 | 87 | ||
| LF | 158 | 535 | 133 | .249 | 26 | 71 | ||
| CF | 83 | 321 | 89 | .277 | 16 | 51 | ||
| RF | 107 | 372 | 117 | .315 | 13 | 56 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 287 | 73 | .254 | 9 | 38 | ||
| 84 | 217 | 53 | .244 | 16 | 39 | ||
| 70 | 197 | 52 | .264 | 8 | 23 | ||
| 39 | 114 | 29 | .254 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 31 | 109 | 27 | .248 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 34 | 93 | 21 | .226 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 86 | 22 | .256 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 54 | 82 | 18 | .220 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 59 | 78 | 19 | .244 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 51 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 31 | 48 | 6 | .125 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 1 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 196.2 | 15 | 10 | 4.12 | 126 | ||
| 30 | 178.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.03 | 93 | ||
| 15 | 88.2 | 5 | 5 | 6.19 | 66 | ||
| 10 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.02 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 28.0 | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 23.2 | 4 | 2 | 7.23 | 14 |
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 | 138.1 | 6 | 12 | 3.64 | 84 | ||
| 39 | 124.2 | 4 | 10 | 5.27 | 85 | ||
| 31 | 77.0 | 5 | 4 | 5.14 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 50.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.44 | 36 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 3.19 | 58 | ||
| 71 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6.06 | 78 | ||
| 63 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2.92 | 84 | ||
| 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.98 | 41 | ||
| 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.31 | 37 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.70 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.18 | 31 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.31 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 7 |
See also: Minor League Baseball.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton[3]