2002 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	2002
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Qualcomm Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	John Moores
General Managers:	Kevin Towers
Managers:	Bruce Bochy
Television:	KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe)
Radio:	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)

The 2002 San Diego Padres season was the 34th season in franchise history.

Offseason

• December 27, 2001: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[1]
• February 24, 2002: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[2]
• March 16, 2002: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• D'Angelo Jiménez – 2B
• Mark Kotsay – CF
• Ron Gant – LF
• Phil Nevin – 1B
• Bubba Trammell – RF
• Deivi Cruz – SS
• Wiki González – C
• Ramon Vazquez – 3B
• Kevin Jarvis – SP^[4]

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• June 26, 2002: Alan Embree was traded by the San Diego Padres with Andy Shibilo (minors) to the Boston Red Sox for Dan Giese and Brad Baker (minors).
• July 15, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the San Diego Padres.^[3]
• July 31, 2002: Jason Bay was traded by the New York Mets with Josh Reynolds (minors) and Bobby Jones to the San Diego Padres for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook.^[5]
• August 13, 2002: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[3]
• August 16, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the San Diego Padres.^[3]
• September 4, 2002: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the San Diego Padres.^[2]

Roster

2002 San Diego Padres
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		104	281	61	.217	10	37
1B		146	540	162	.300	29	95
2B		128	423	116	.274	2	32
SS		151	514	135	.263	7	47
3B		107	407	116	.285	12	57
LF		102	309	81	.262	18	59
CF		153	578	169	.292	17	61
RF		133	403	98	.243	17	56

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
	87	321	77	.240	3	33
	89	216	60	.278	2	28
	81	205	46	.224	6	26
	63	192	52	.271	1	11
	76	185	44	.238	2	19
	56	164	36	.220	1	20
	89	129	27	.209	1	7
	48	92	27	.293	6	13
	28	72	13	.181	0	3
	48	65	11	.169	1	4
	15	39	4	.103	0	2
	25	29	5	.172	0	0
	7	19	3	.158	0	0
	12	11	1	.091	0	0
	3	8	2	.250	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
	35	210.0	12	12	3.69	149
	32	204.1	10	10	4.49	126
	19	108.0	7	8	5.50	60
	17	97.2	6	7	4.52	90
	16	90.0	4	5	3.50	94
	12	61.2	1	5	6.13	33
	7	35.0	2	4	4.37	24
	6	33.1	1	1	5.40	25

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
	17	51.1	1	4	8.06	39
	12	35.1	1	3	5.09	28
	16	30.0	0	2	6.00	18
	14	27.1	1	0	5.27	17
	9	26.2	1	2	1.69	16
	3	10.2	0	1	9.28	10
	4	9.2	0	0	6.52	7

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
	61	2	5	38	2.73	69
	65	4	7	0	5.35	66
	40	2	4	1	1.98	36
	36	3	4	0	1.26	38
	33	2	2	0	4.71	19
	31	1	2	1	1.41	25
	23	1	0	0	7.94	18
	19	1	0	0	5.57	21
	16	1	2	0	4.11	21
	15	0	1	0	5.79	11
	14	1	1	0	5.91	11
	11	0	1	0	5.63	11
	10	1	0	0	8.49	7
	5	0	1	0	1.23	5
	5	0	1	0	10.50	4
	4	0	0	0	7.50	3
	4	0	1	0	10.13	3
	3	0	0	0	16.88	0
	3	0	0	0	27.00		1
	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Trevor Hoffman

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 2002 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 2002 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/embreal01.shtml Alan Embree Statistics
2. Web site: Trent Hubbard Stats.
3. Web site: Mark Sweeney Stats.
4. Web site: San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 1, 2002.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bayja01.shtml Jason Bay Statistics
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007