2002 Florida Marlins season explained

Florida Marlins
Season:	2002
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Pro Player Stadium
City:	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record:	79–83 (.488)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Jeffrey Loria^[1]
General Managers:	Larry Beinfest
Managers:	Jeff Torborg
Television:	FSN Florida WPXM (Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
Radio:	WQAM (Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez)

The Florida Marlins' 2002 season was the tenth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–83, fourth in the National League East.

Offseason

• February 18, 2002: Tim Raines signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[2] He was the last batter to wear a flapless helmet, which has been illegal for new batters since the 1983 season.
• 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

Citrus series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4–2.

Date	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score	Venue
June 14	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-3 (14 innings)^[4]	Pro Player Stadium
June 15	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-0^[5]	Pro Player Stadium
June 16	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-1^[6]	Pro Player Stadium
June 28	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-0^[7]	Tropicana Field
June 29	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-2 ^[8]	Tropicana Field
June 30	Devil Rays	Marlins	6-5 (12 innings)^[9]	Tropicana Field

Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeremy Hermida was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2002.^[10]
• July 11, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Florida Marlins with Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.^[11]

Roster

2002 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (pitching) (coach) (bullpen) (third base) (first base) (bench) (hitting)

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		83	244	53	.217	6	36
1B		162	581	157	.270	27	86
2B		146	606	185	.305	2	39
SS		133	435	109	.251	4	41
3B		160	597	165	.276	24	92
LF		126	438	134	.306	16	57
CF		141	510	124	.243	23	65
RF		84	296	85	.287	18	57

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
	131	385	104	.270	4	37
	69	263	69	.262	8	34
	88	256	78	.305	2	28
	42	151	34	.225	2	18
	54	101	24	.238	6	18
	98	89	17	.191	1	7
	38	77	22	.286	0	7
	40	54	12	.222	0	5
	34	47	13	.277	0	3
	20	28	9	.321	1	4
	24	25	3	.120	0	1
	19	17	2	.118	0	1

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
	31	204.1	12	9	3.30	203
	29	153.2	10	12	5.39	67
	24	129.1	8	7	4.66	93
	18	120.1	5	8	4.79	87
	23	107.2	6	7	4.10	113
	5	23.2	2	3	5.32	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
	47	139.2	8	8	4.45	95
	22	61.2	3	2	3.79	41
	17	55.2	0	5	4.53	38
	6	8.1	0	1	11.88	3
	2	7.1	0	1	9.82	4

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
	77	6	5	20	3.41	73
	78	2	5	13	3.14	55
	51	3	2	2	4.34	57
	42	1	2	0	6.14	33
	32	3	0	0	2.73	33
	31	2	3	0	5.35	21
	28	3	1	0	4.40	21
	25	2	2	0	4.44	20
	20	2	0	0	4.55	20
	15	1	0	0	5.27	11

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[12]

References

1. News: Loria fires 60 Marlins employees. February 17, 2002. CBC.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raineti01.shtml Tim Raines Statistics
3. Web site: Dontrelle Willis Stats.
4. Web site: Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 14, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium.
5. Web site: Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium.
6. Web site: Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium.
7. Web site: Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 28, 2002 at Tropicana Field.
8. Web site: Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Tropicana Field.
9. Web site: Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at Tropicana Field.
10. Web site: Jeremy Hermida Stats.
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floydcl01.shtml Cliff Floyd Statistics
12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2002 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac