2002 Colorado Rockies season explained

Colorado Rockies
Season:	2002
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Coors Field
City:	Denver, Colorado
Record:	73–89 (.451)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Jerry McMorris
General Managers:	Dan O'Dowd
Managers:	Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
Television:	KWGN-TV Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jack Corrigan)
Radio:	KOA (AM) (Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery, Wayne Hagin) KCUV (Antonio Guevara)

The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the tenth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired 22 games into the season. Hurdle won 67 out of 140 games and was kept on as manager for the following season. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73–89, fourth in the NL West.

Offseason

• December 16, 2001: Jeff Cirillo was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Seattle Mariners for Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, and José Paniagua.^[1]
• January 7, 2002: Mike Myers was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.^[2]
• January 11, 2002: Todd Jones was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
• January 21, 2002: Ross Gload was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Craig House to the New York Mets for Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani, and cash.^[4]
• January 26, 2002: Ross Gload was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.^[5]
• February 7, 2002: Kent Mercker was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[6]
• March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeff Francis was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.^[8]
• July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).^[9]
• July 31, 2002: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Dennys Reyes to the Texas Rangers for Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash.^[10]
• July 31, 2002: John Thomson was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to the New York Mets for Jay Payton, Mark Corey, and Robert Stratton (minors).^[11]

Major League debuts

• Pitchers:
  • Aaron Cook (Aug 10)
  • Cory Vance (Sep 21) ^[12]

Roster

2002 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (hitting) (third base) (third base) (asst. coach) (bench) (hitting) (bullpen) (first base) (pitching)

Game log

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 1 || April 1 || @ Cardinals || 10 - 2 || Morris (1 - 0) || Hampton (0 - 1) || || 48,397 || 0 - 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 2 || April 3 || @ Cardinals || 6 - 3 || Neagle (1 - 0) || Stephenson (0 - 1) || Jiménez (1) || 26,557 || 1 - 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 3 || April 4 || @ Cardinals || 6 - 1 || Thomson (1 - 0) || Benes (0 - 1) || || 27,691 || 2 - 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 4 || April 5 || @ Dodgers || 9 - 0 || Ashby (1 - 0) || Chacón (0 - 1) || || 25,091 || 2 - 2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 5 || April 6 || @ Dodgers || 9 - 2 || Ishii (1 - 0) || Jennings (0 - 1) || || 38,693 || 2 - 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 6 || April 7 || @ Dodgers || 6 - 4 || Brown (1 - 1) || Hampton (0 - 2) || Gagné (1) || 28,452 || 2 - 4|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 7 || April 8 || Astros || 8 - 4 || Oswalt (2 - 0) || Neagle (1 - 1) || || 50,392 || 2 - 5|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 8 || April 9 || Astros || 10 - 5 || Thomson (2 - 0) || Reynolds (1 - 1) || || 30,153 || 3 - 5|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 9 || April 10 || Astros || 4 - 1 || Chacón (1 - 1) || Mlicki (0 - 2) || Jiménez (2) || 29,552 || 4 - 5|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 10 || April 11 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 4 || Johnson (3 - 0) || Reyes (0 - 1) || || 31,714 || 4 - 6|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 11 || April 12 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 3 || Schilling (3 - 0) || Hampton (0 - 3) || || 40,832 || 4 - 7|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 12 || April 13 || Diamondbacks || 7 - 5 (10) || Myers (1 - 1) || Jiménez (0 - 1) || || 42,596 || 4 - 8|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 13 || April 14 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 3 || Batista (1 - 0) || Thomson (2 - 1) || Kim (2) || 42,298 || 4 - 9|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 14 || April 15 || Dodgers || 5 - 2 || Pérez (1 - 1) || Chacón (1 - 2) || || 29,763 || 4 - 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 15 || April 16 || Dodgers || 6 - 4 || Jennings (1 - 1) || Ashby (1 - 1) || Jiménez (3) || 30,354 || 5 - 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 16 || April 17 || Dodgers || 6 - 3 || Ishii (3 - 0) || White (0 - 1) || Gagné (5) || 32,878 || 5 - 11|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 17 || April 19 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 6 || Neagle (2 - 1) || Anderson (0 - 2) || Jiménez (4) || 37,443 || 6 - 11|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 18 || April 20 || @ Diamondbacks || 9 - 8 || Helling (2 - 2) || Thomson (2 - 2) || Myers (2) || 47,627 || 6 - 12|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 19 || April 21 || @ Diamondbacks || 7 - 1 || Johnson (5 - 0) || Chacón (1 - 3) || || 43,891 || 6 - 13|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 20 || April 23 || @ Reds || 3 - 2 || Haynes (2 - 2) || Jennings (1 - 2) || Graves (7) || 14,518 || 6 - 14|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 21 || April 24 || @ Reds || 4 - 3 || Williamson (1 - 0) || Jiménez (0 - 2) || || 13,004 || 6 - 15|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 22 || April 25 || @ Reds || 4 - 3 || Sullivan (2 - 0) || White (0 - 2) || Graves (8) || 14,416 || 6 - 16|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 23 || April 26 || Phillies || 4 - 1 || Thomson (3 - 2) || Adams (0 - 3) || Jiménez (5) || 37,551 || 7 - 16|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 24 || April 27 || Phillies || 8 - 6 || Chacón (2 - 3) || Duckworth (1 - 2) || Jiménez (6) || 38,064 || 8 - 16|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 25 || April 28 || Phillies || 4 - 2 || Jennings (2 - 2) || Wolf (1 - 1) || Jiménez (7) || 40,357 || 9 - 16|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 26 || April 30 || Pirates || 10 - 0 || Hampton (1 - 3) || Williams (2 - 3) || || 30,759 || 10 - 16|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 27 || May 1 || Pirates || 6 - 0 || Neagle (3 - 1) || Fogg (3 - 1) || || 29,529 || 11 - 16|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 28 || May 2 || Pirates || 7 - 2 || Thomson (4 - 2) || Villone (2 - 4) || || 30,134 || 12 - 16|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 29 || May 3 || @ Phillies || 3 - 2 || Duckworth (2 - 2) || Chacón (2 - 4) || Mesa (7) || 15,257 || 12 - 17|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 30 || May 4 || @ Phillies || 6 - 5 || Mercado (1 - 0) || White (0 - 3) || Mesa (8) || 16,205 || 12 - 18|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 31 || May 5 || @ Phillies || 7 - 4 || Padilla (4 - 2) || Hampton (1 - 4) || Mesa (9) || 32,411 || 12 - 19|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 32 || May 7 || @ Expos || 5 - 3 || Thomson (5 - 2) || Armas (4 - 3) || Jiménez (8) || 3,780 || 13 - 19|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 33 || May 8 || @ Expos || 5 - 0 || Chacón (3 - 4) || Pavano (2 - 4) || || 5,220 || 14 - 19|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 34 || May 9 || @ Expos || 6 - 5 (12) || Lloyd (1 - 2) || White (0 - 4) || || 3,183 || 14 - 20|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbfbbb;"| 35 || May 10 || @ Mets || 9 - 5 || Jennings (3 - 2) || D'Amico (2 - 3) || || 37,484 || 15 - 20|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 36 || May 11 || @ Mets || 4 - 3 || Leiter (4 - 2) || Hampton (1 - 5) || Strickland (1) || 41,605 || 15 - 21|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 37 || May 12 || @ Mets || 4 - 3 (13) || White (1 - 4) || Davis (1 - 1) || Jiménez (9) || 33,578 || 16 - 21|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 38 || May 13 || Marlins || 7 - 3 || Stark (1 - 0) || Penny (3 - 2) || || 29,971 || 17 - 21|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 39 || May 14 || Marlins || 6 - 2 || Beckett (1 - 2) || Neagle (3 - 2) || Núñez (8) || 28,651 || 17 - 22|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 40 || May 15 || Marlins || 7 - 2 || Jennings (4 - 2) || Burnett (5 - 3) || || 27,898 || 18 - 22|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 41 || May 16 || Marlins || 10 - 3 || Hampton (2 - 5) || Tavárez (1 - 3) || || 28,197 || 19 - 22|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 42 || May 17 || Braves || 4 - 2 || Glavine (6 - 2) || Thomson (5 - 3) || Smoltz (12) || 40,357 || 19 - 23|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 43 || May 18 || Braves || 7 - 3 || Stark (2 - 0) || Millwood (2 - 5) || || 42,780 || 20 - 23|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 44 || May 19 || Braves || 2 - 1 || Remlinger (2 - 0) || Nichting (0 - 1) || Smoltz (13) || 43,151 || 20 - 24|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 45 || May 21 || Padres || 7 - 6 || Speier (1 - 0) || Embree (3 - 2) || Jiménez (10) || 30,616 || 21 - 24|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 46 || May 22 || Padres || 5 - 3 || Mercker (1 - 0) || Fikac (3 - 3) || Jiménez (11) || 29,204 || 22 - 24|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 47 || May 23 || Padres || 16 - 3 || Thomson (6 - 3) || Tomko (3 - 4) || || 30,701 || 23 - 24|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 48 || May 24 || Giants || 8 - 5 || Stark (3 - 0) || Ortiz (4 - 3) || Jiménez (12) || 37,627 || 24 - 24|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 49 || May 25 || Giants || 6 - 3 || Nichting (1 - 1) || Rueter (6 - 2) || Jiménez (13) || 41,957 || 25 - 24|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 50 || May 26 || Giants || 10 - 6 || Jennings (5 - 2) || Jensen (4 - 4) || || 48,073 || 26 - 24|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 51 || May 27 || @ Padres || 8 - 5 || Lawrence (5 - 3) || Hampton (2 - 6) || Hoffman (14) || 15,666 || 26 - 25|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 52 || May 28 || @ Padres || 3 - 2 (12) || Jiménez (1 - 2) || Fikac (3 - 4) || Speier (1) || 13,998 || 27 - 25|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 53 || May 29 || @ Padres || 11 - 3 || Middlebrook (1 - 1) || Stark (3 - 1) || || 13,421 || 27 - 26|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 54 || May 30 || @ Padres || 4 - 2 || Neagle (4 - 2) || Jones (3 - 3) || Jiménez (14) || 18,755 || 28 - 26|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 55 || May 31 || @ Giants || 6 - 2 || Jennings (6 - 2) || Jensen (4 - 5) || Jones (1) || 38,337 || 29 - 26|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 56 || June 1 || @ Giants || 5 - 4 || Hampton (3 - 6) || Hernández (5 - 5) || Jiménez (15) || 40,893 || 30 - 26|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 57 || June 2 || @ Giants || 9 - 2 || Schmidt (1 - 1) || Thomson (6 - 4) || || 40,651 || 30 - 27|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 58 || June 3 || Dodgers || 11 - 5 || Mota (1 - 0) || Jiménez (1 - 3) || || 30,150 || 30 - 28|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 59 || June 4 || Dodgers || 10 - 4 || Orosco (1 - 1) || Jones (0 - 1) || || 30,195 || 30 - 29|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 60 || June 5 || Dodgers || 8 - 6 || Jennings (7 - 2) || Daal (4 - 2) || Jiménez (16) || 31,793 || 31 - 29|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 61 || June 7 || @ Blue Jays || 8 - 0 || Halladay (7 - 2) || Hampton (3 - 7) || || 20,032 || 31 - 30|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 62 || June 8 || @ Blue Jays || 3 - 1 || Walker (2 - 0) || Thomson (6 - 5) || Escobar (12) || 21,298 || 31 - 31|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 63 || June 9 || @ Blue Jays || 3 - 2 || Escobar (3 - 2) || Jiménez (1 - 4) || || 20,328 || 31 - 32|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 64 || June 10 || @ Red Sox || 7 - 3 || Lowe (10 - 2) || Neagle (4 - 3) || Wakefield (3) || 33,508 || 31 - 33|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 65 || June 11 || @ Red Sox || 3 - 1 || Jennings (8 - 2) || Fossum (2 - 1) || Jiménez (17) || 32,340 || 32 - 33|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 66 || June 12 || @ Red Sox || 7 - 5 || Castillo (5 - 6) || Hampton (3 - 8) || Urbina (19) || 31,583 || 32 - 34|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 67 || June 14 || Indians || 5 - 3 || Drese (7 - 4) || Thomson (6 - 6) || Wickman (15) || 40,156 || 32 - 35|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 68 || June 15 || Indians || 7 - 4 || Jones (1 - 1) || Paronto (0 - 2) || Jiménez (18) || 41,870 || 33 - 35|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 69 || June 16 || Indians || 5 - 4 || Colón (9 - 4) || Neagle (4 - 4) || Wickman (16) || 40,792 || 33 - 36|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 70 || June 18 || Yankees || 10 - 5 || Mussina (10 - 3) || Jennings (8 - 3) || Stanton (1) || 48,738 || 33 - 37|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 71 || June 19 || Yankees || 20 - 10 || Mendoza (4 - 2) || White (1 - 5) || || 48,821 || 33 - 38|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 72 || June 20 || Yankees || 14 - 11 (10) || Stark (4 - 1) || Karsay (3 - 3) || || 48,916 || 34 - 38|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 73 || June 21 || Devil Rays || 8 - 7 (10) || Speier (2 - 0) || Yan (3 - 3) || || 30,284 || 35 - 38|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 74 || June 22 || Devil Rays || 6 - 5 (11) || Jiménez (2 - 4) || Kent (0 - 2) || || 31,190 || 36 - 38|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 75 || June 23 || Devil Rays || 6 - 5 || White (2 - 5) || Kennedy (5 - 6) || Jiménez (19) || 31,043 || 37 - 38|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 76 || June 24 || @ Dodgers || 4 - 1 || Hampton (4 - 8) || Ishii (11 - 3) || Jiménez (20) || 34,641 || 38 - 38|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 77 || June 25 || @ Dodgers || 4 - 0 || Pérez (9 - 3) || Thomson (6 - 7) || || 23,635 || 38 - 39|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 78 || June 26 || @ Dodgers || 5 - 3 || Nomo (8 - 5) || Chacón (3 - 5) || Gagné (28) || 25,083 || 38 - 40|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 79 || June 27 || @ Dodgers || 7 - 1 || Daal (6 - 3) || Neagle (4 - 5) || || 41,279 || 38 - 41|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 80 || June 28 || @ Mariners || 6 - 2 || Piñeiro (8 - 3) || Jennings (8 - 4) || || 45,118 || 38 - 42|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 81 || June 29 || @ Mariners || 8 - 1 || García (11 - 5) || Hampton (4 - 9) || || 45,790 || 38 - 43|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 82 || June 30 || @ Mariners || 4 - 3 || Speier (3 - 0) || Sasaki (2 - 2) || Jiménez (21) || 45,928 || 39 - 43|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 83 || July 1 || Giants || 8 - 6 || Rodríguez (3 - 4) || Jiménez (2 - 5) || Nen (22) || 31,115 || 39 - 44|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 84 || July 2 || Giants || 18 - 5 || Jensen (8 - 6) || Neagle (4 - 6) || || 30,838 || 39 - 45|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 85 || July 3 || Giants || 14 - 4 || Jennings (9 - 4) || Hernández (6 - 10) || || 48,504 || 40 - 45|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 86 || July 5 || Padres || 9 - 6 || Hampton (5 - 9) || Tomko (4 - 6) || Jiménez (22) || 48,540 || 41 - 45|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 87 || July 6 || Padres || 3 - 2 || Thomson (7 - 7) || Peavy (0 - 3) || Jiménez (23) || 36,866 || 42 - 45|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 88 || July 7 || Padres || 7 - 1 || Pérez (3 - 1) || Chacón (3 - 6) || || 30,707 || 42 - 46|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 89 || July 11 || @ Giants || 3 - 2 || Worrell (6 - 0) || Jiménez (2 - 6) || || 39,644 || 42 - 47|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 90 || July 12 || @ Giants || 9 - 0 || Hernández (7 - 10) || Hampton (5 - 10) || || 40,963 || 42 - 48|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 91 || July 13 || @ Giants || 6 - 1 || Schmidt (5 - 3) || Thomson (7 - 8) || || 41,434 || 42 - 49|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 92 || July 14 || @ Giants || 5 - 3 || Chacón (4 - 6) || Rueter (7 - 6) || || 41,980 || 43 - 49|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 93 || July 15 || @ Padres || 5 - 0 || Stark (5 - 1) || Pérez (3 - 2) || || 37,827 || 44 - 49|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 94 || July 16 || @ Padres || 5 - 1 || Peavy (1 - 3) || Jennings (9 - 5) || Reed (1) || 22,150 || 44 - 50|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 95 || July 17 || Diamondbacks || 12 - 3 || Schilling (16 - 3) || Hampton (5 - 11) || || 39,023 || 44 - 51|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 96 || July 18 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 4 || Speier (4 - 0) || Swindell (0 - 1) || Jiménez (24) || 35,799 || 45 - 51|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 97 || July 19 || Brewers || 9 - 5 || Chacón (5 - 6) || Quevedo (5 - 7) || || 34,347 || 46 - 51|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 98 || July 20 || Brewers || 6 - 5 || Stark (6 - 1) || Cabrera (4 - 7) || Jiménez (25) || 37,009 || 47 - 51|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 99 || July 21 || Brewers || 6 - 4 || Jennings (10 - 5) || Sheets (4 - 12) || Jiménez (26) || 31,597 || 48 - 51|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 100 || July 22 || @ Diamondbacks || 5 - 1 || Schilling (17 - 3) || Hampton (5 - 12) || || 34,516 || 48 - 52|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 101 || July 23 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 5 || Kim (4 - 1) || Jones (1 - 2) || || 37,837 || 48 - 53|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 102 || July 24 || @ Diamondbacks || 7 - 1 || Batista (5 - 7) || Chacón (5 - 7) || || 34,743 || 48 - 54|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 103 || July 26 || @ Brewers || 10 - 3 || Sheets (5 - 12) || Stark (6 - 2) || Vizcaíno (3) || 29,270 || 48 - 55|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 104 || July 27 || @ Brewers || 6 - 5 (10) || DeJean (1 - 4) || Jiménez (2 - 7) || || 33,497 || 48 - 56|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 105 || July 28 || @ Brewers || 5 - 3 || Wright (3 - 10) || Hampton (5 - 13) || DeJean (17) || 26,535 || 48 - 57|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 106 || July 30 || @ Pirates || 4 - 1 || Benson (4 - 5) || Neagle (4 - 7) || Williams (31) || 23,749 || 48 - 58|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 107 || July 31 || @ Pirates || 7 - 6 || Boehringer (3 - 3) || White (2 - 6) || Williams (32) || 18,106 || 48 - 59|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 108 || August 1 || @ Pirates || 3 - 0 || Jennings (11 - 5) || Meadows (0 - 1) || Jiménez (27) || 19,075 || 49 - 59|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 109 || August 2 || @ Cubs || 6 - 4 (12) || Borowski (3 - 4) || Santos (0 - 1) || || 38,493 || 49 - 60|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 110 || August 3 || @ Cubs || 2 - 1 || Neagle (5 - 7) || Clement (8 - 8) || Jiménez (28) || 39,385 || 50 - 60|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 111 || August 4 || @ Cubs || 4 - 1 || Prior (5 - 3) || Chacón (5 - 8) || || 38,474 || 50 - 61|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 112 || August 6 || Reds || 7 - 6 || Stark (7 - 2) || Moehler (2 - 3) || Jiménez (29) || 32,780 || 51 - 61|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 113 || August 7 || Reds || 7 - 2 || Jennings (12 - 5) || Hamilton (3 - 7) || || 32,483 || 52 - 61|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 114 || August 8 || Reds || 10 - 3 || Hampton (6 - 13) || Haynes (12 - 7) || || 30,218 || 53 - 61|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 115 || August 9 || Cubs || 2 - 0 || Neagle (6 - 7) || Zambrano (2 - 3) || Jiménez (30) || 41,131 || 54 - 61|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 116 || August 10 || Cubs || 15 - 1 || Prior (6 - 3) || Chacón (5 - 9) || || 45,474 || 54 - 62|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 117 || August 11 || Cubs || 12 - 9 || Smyth (1 - 0) || Stark (7 - 3) || || 37,016 || 54 - 63|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 118 || August 12 || @ Marlins || 1 - 0 || Jennings (13 - 5) || Burnett (11 - 9) || Jiménez (31) || 5,090 || 55 - 63|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 119 || August 13 || @ Marlins || 5 - 4 || Hampton (7 - 13) || Núñez (5 - 5) || Jiménez (32) || 4,729 || 56 - 63|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 120 || August 14 || @ Marlins || 1 - 0 || Lloyd (3 - 3) || Santos (0 - 2) || || 4,746 || 56 - 64|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 121 || August 16 || @ Braves || 4 - 1 || Millwood (12 - 6) || Chacón (5 - 10) || Smoltz (43) || 30,504 || 56 - 65|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 122 || August 17 || @ Braves || 10 - 3 || Stark (8 - 3) || Marquis (8 - 7) || || 46,104 || 57 - 65|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 123 || August 18 || @ Braves || 6 - 3 || Jennings (14 - 5) || Maddux (11 - 5) || Jiménez (33) || 30,399 || 58 - 65|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 124 || August 19 || @ Braves || 7 - 6 || Smoltz (3 - 2) || Jiménez (2 - 8) || || 24,568 || 58 - 66|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 125 || August 20 || Expos || 8 - 6 || Neagle (7 - 7) || Vázquez (8 - 10) || Jiménez (34) || 28,278 || 59 - 66|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 126 || August 21 || Expos || 13 - 5 || Yoshii (4 - 5) || Chacón (5 - 11) || || 27,916 || 59 - 67|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 127 || August 22 || Expos || 14 - 6 || Stark (9 - 3) || Armas (8 - 11) || || 27,231 || 60 - 67|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 128 || August 23 || Mets || 10 - 4 || Jennings (15 - 5) || Astacio (11 - 7) || || 29,110 || 61 - 67|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 129 || August 24 || Mets || 5 - 2 || Weathers (5 - 3) || Jiménez (2 - 9) || Benítez (28) || 35,178 || 61 - 68|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 130 || August 25 || Mets || 7 - 4 || Leiter (11 - 10) || Neagle (7 - 8) || Benítez (29) || 27,386 || 61 - 69|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 131 || August 26 || Giants || 4 - 3 || Rodríguez (4 - 6) || Jones (1 - 3) || Nen (32) || 26,877 || 61 - 70|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 132 || August 27 || Giants || 7 - 4 || Rodríguez (5 - 6) || Jones (1 - 4) || Nen (33) || 26,592 || 61 - 71|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 133 || August 28 || Giants || 9 - 1 || Ortiz (9 - 10) || Jennings (15 - 6) || || 27,080 || 61 - 72|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 134 || August 29 || Giants || 10 - 6 || Hernández (9 - 14) || Hampton (7 - 14) || || 26,330 || 61 - 73|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 135 || August 30 || @ Padres || 2 - 0 || Tomko (8 - 8) || Neagle (7 - 9) || Hoffman (33) || 15,987 || 61 - 74|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 136 || August 31 || @ Padres || 3 - 0 || Condrey (1 - 0) || Cook (0 - 1) || Hoffman (34) || 31,043 || 61 - 75|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 137 || September 1 || @ Padres || 9 - 5 || Nickle (1 - 0) || Santos (0 - 3) || Hoffman (35) || 21,190 || 61 - 76|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 138 || September 2 || @ Padres || 5 - 2 || Jennings (16 - 6) || Jones (7 - 8) || Jiménez (35) || 31,837 || 62 - 76|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 139 || September 3 || @ Giants || 4 - 2 || Ortiz (10 - 10) || Hampton (7 - 15) || Nen (35) || 33,483 || 62 - 77|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 140 || September 4 || @ Giants || 2 - 1 || Neagle (8 - 9) || Hernández (9 - 15) || Jiménez (36) || 34,342 || 63 - 77|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 141 || September 6 || Padres || 7 - 3 || Cook (1 - 1) || Eaton (0 - 1) || || 26,243 || 64 - 77|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 142 || September 7 || Padres || 5 - 3 || Mercker (2 - 0) || Holtz (2 - 2) || Jiménez (37) || 26,444 || 65 - 77|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 143 || September 8 || Padres || 9 - 4 || Lawrence (12 - 10) || Jennings (16 - 7) || Hoffman (36) || 25,706 || 65 - 78|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 144 || September 9 || @ Astros || 6 - 5 (10) || Lidge (1 - 0) || Flores (0 - 1) || || 28,330 || 65 - 79|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 145 || September 10 || @ Astros || 11 - 4 || Miller (13 - 3) || Neagle (8 - 10) || || 24,812 || 65 - 80|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 146 || September 11 || @ Astros || 8 - 6 || Cook (2 - 1) || Saarloos (6 - 5) || Jiménez (38) || 29,185 || 66 - 80|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 147 || September 12 || Dodgers || 7 - 1 || Stark (10 - 3) || Daal (11 - 8) || || 25,593 || 67 - 80|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 148 || September 13 || Dodgers || 5 - 4 || Mercker (3 - 0) || Mota (1 - 3) || Jiménez (39) || 26,441 || 68 - 80|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 149 || September 14 || Dodgers || 16 - 3 || Pérez (14 - 9) || Santos (0 - 4) || || 28,118 || 68 - 81|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 150 || September 15 || Dodgers || 5 - 4 || Speier (5 - 0) || Ashby (9 - 12) || Jiménez (40) || 26,011 || 69 - 81|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 151 || September 17 || Cardinals || 11 - 4 || Fassero (8 - 6) || Mercker (3 - 1) || || 25,833 || 69 - 82|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 152 || September 18 || Cardinals || 8 - 5 || White (4 - 6) || Speier (5 - 1) || Kline (6) || 25,330 || 69 - 83|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 153 || September 19 || Cardinals || 12 - 6 || Simontacchi (11 - 5) || Jennings (16 - 8) || || 25,567 || 69 - 84|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 154 || September 20 || Diamondbacks || 9 - 4 || Lowe (5 - 2) || Schilling (23 - 6) || || 37,842 || 70 - 84|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 155 || September 21 || Diamondbacks || 15 - 8 || Fuentes (1 - 0) || Fetters (3 - 2) || || 29,484 || 71 - 84|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 156 || September 22 || Diamondbacks || 11 - 7 || Fuentes (2 - 0) || Swindell (0 - 2) || || 26,520 || 72 - 84|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 157 || September 24 || @ Dodgers || 1 - 0 || Stark (11 - 3) || Pérez (15 - 10) || Jiménez (41) || 30,332 || 73 - 84|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 158 || September 25 || @ Dodgers || 3 - 2 || Gagné (3 - 1) || Jiménez (2 - 10) || || 28,189 || 73 - 85|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 159 || September 26 || @ Diamondbacks || 4 - 2 || Johnson (24 - 5) || Flores (0 - 2) || || 33,605 || 73 - 86|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 160 || September 27 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 6 || Batista (8 - 9) || Neagle (8 - 11) || Kim (35) || 39,693 || 73 - 87|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 161 || September 28 || @ Diamondbacks || 17 - 8 || Helling (10 - 12) || Lowe (5 - 3) || || 45,052 || 73 - 88|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 162 || September 29 || @ Diamondbacks || 11 - 8 || Patterson (2 - 0) || Stark (11 - 4) || Kim (36) || 45,553 || 73 - 89|-

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Gary Bennett	90	291	77	.265	4	26
1B	Todd Helton	156	553	182	.329	30	109
2B	Brent Butler	113	344	89	.259	9	42
SS	Juan Uribe	155	566	136	.240	6	49
3B	Todd Zeile	144	506	138	.273	18	87
LF	Todd Hollandsworth	95	298	88	.295	11	48
CF	Juan Pierre	152	592	170	.287	1	35
RF		136	477	161	.338	26	104

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
	106	234	55	.235	6	21
	65	192	48	.250	1	12
	47	170	57	.335	8	28
	113	168	37	.220	7	37
	40	119	37	.311	2	17
	48	117	24	.205	4	19
	38	116	31	.267	0	12
	38	112	23	.205	8	25
	61	105	21	.200	0	5
	38	95	20	.211	5	11
	35	65	11	.169	1	8
	18	37	12	.324	0	1
	26	31	8	.258	1	4
	5	13	4	.308	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
	32	185.1	16	8	bgcolor='#FFCC00"	4.52	127
	30	178.2	7	15	6.15	74
	35	164.1	8	11	5.26	111
	21	127.1	7	8	4.88	76
	21	119.1	5	11	5.73	67

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	128.1	11	4	4.00	64
	9	35.2	2	1	4.54	14
	8	17.0	0	2	9.53	7
	2	4.0	0	0	6.75	1

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
	74	2	10	41	3.56	47
	79	1	4	1	4.70	73
	63	5	1	1	4.33	47
	58	3	1	0	6.14	37
	43	0	1	0	4.24	30
	41	2	6	0	6.20	27
	31	2	0	0	4.73	38
	29	1	1	0	4.46	25
	24	0	4	0	10.38	25
	14	0	0	0	12.00	12
	13	0	0	0	5.56	10
	8	1	1	0	8.71	7
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 2002 Colorado Rockies at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fuentbr01.shtml Brian Fuentes page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clossjd01.shtml JD Closser page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesto02.shtml Todd Jones page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeileto01.shtml Todd Zeile page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gloadro01.shtml Ross Gload page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/merckke01.shtml Kent Mercker page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/estalbo02.shtml Bobby Estalella page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francje01.shtml Jeff Francis page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml Sandy Alomar, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaplega01.shtml Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paytoja01.shtml Jay Payton page at Baseball Reference
12. Web site: 2002 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac.
13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007