2002 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place4th
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersSyd Thrift
ManagersMike Hargrove
TelevisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
← 2001 Seasons 2003 →

In the 2002 Baltimore Orioles season, the team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

The Orioles had a record of 63–63 at the conclusion of play on August 23, but then proceeded to lose 32 of their last 36 games of the season, including their final 12 in a row.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 58 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 93 69 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders 		W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 0.640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 0.584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 0.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99 63 0.611 —
Boston Red Sox 93 69 0.574 6
Seattle Mariners 93 69 0.574 6
Chicago White Sox 81 81 0.500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481 21
Cleveland Indians 74 88 0.457 25
Texas Rangers 72 90 0.444 27
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0.414 32
Kansas City Royals 62 100 0.383 37
Detroit Tigers 55 106 0.342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 0.342 43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 7–2 3–4 6–3 6–3 8–1 6–3 4–5 3–4 9–11 9–10 8–1 12–7 7–2 11–7
Baltimore 2–7 — 6–13 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–0 5–1 6–13 4–5 5–4 10–9 3–6 4–15 9–9
Boston 4–3 13–6 — 2–4 5–4 5–4 4–2 3–3 9–10 6–3 4–5 16–3 4–3 13–6 5–13
Chicago 3–6 4–3 4–2 — 9–10 12–7 11–8 8–11 2–4 2–7 5–4 4–3 5–4 4–2 8–10
Cleveland 3–6 5–1 4–5 10–9 — 10–9 9–10 8–11 3–6 2–5 3–4 4–2 4–5 3–3 6–12
Detroit 1–8 4–2 4–5 7–12 9–10 — 9–10 4–14 1–8 1–6 2–5 2–4 5–4 0–6 6–12
Kansas City 3–6 0–7 2–4 8–11 10–9 10–9 — 5–14 1–5 1–8 3–6 4–2 7–2 3–4 5–13
Minnesota 5–4 1–5 3–3 11–8 11–8 14–4 14–5 — 0–6 3–6 5–4 5–2 6–3 6–1 10–8
New York 4–3 13–6 10–9 4–2 6–3 8–1 5–1 6–0 — 5–4 4–5 13–5 4–3 10–9 11–7
Oakland 11–9 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–2 6–1 8–1 6–3 4–5 — 8–11 8–1 13–6 3–6 16–2
Seattle 10–9 4–5 5–4 4–5 4–3 5–2 6–3 4–5 5–4 11–8 — 5–4 13–7 6–3 11–7
Tampa Bay 1–8 9–10 3–16 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–5 5–13 1–8 4–5 — 4–5 8–11 7–11
Texas 7–12 6–3 3–4 4–5 5–4 4–5 2–7 3–6 3–4 6–13 7–13 5–4 — 8–1 9–9
Toronto 2–7 15–4 6–13 2–4 3–3 6–0 4–3 1–6 9–10 6–3 3–6 11–8 1–8 — 9–9


Transactions

Roster

2002 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Gerónimo Gil 125 422 98 .232 12 45
1B Jeff Conine 116 451 123 .273 15 63
2B Jerry Hairston Jr. 122 426 114 .268 5 32
3B Tony Batista 161 615 150 .244 31 87
SS Mike Bordick 117 367 85 .232 8 36
LF Marty Cordova 131 458 116 .253 18 64
CF Chris Singleton 136 466 122 .262 9 50
RF Jay Gibbons 136 490 121 .247 28 69
DH Chris Richard 50 155 36 .232 4 21

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
Melvin Mora 149 557 130 .233 19 64
Gary Matthews Jr. 109 344 95 .276 7 38
Brook Fordyce 56 130 30 .231 1 8
Brian Roberts 38 128 29 .227 1 11
Luis López 52 109 23 .211 2 9
David Segui 26 95 25 .263 2 16
José León 36 89 22 .247 3 10
Howie Clark 14 53 16 .302 0 4
Larry Bigbie 16 34 6 .176 0 3
Luis Matos 17 31 4 .129 0 1
Ryan McGuire 17 26 2 .077 0 2
Mike Moriarty 8 16 3 .188 0 3
Izzy Molina 1 3 1 .333 0 0
Ed Rogers 5 3 0 .000 0 0
Luis García 6 3 1 .333 0 0
Raúl Casanova 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Fernando Lunar 2 0 0 ---- 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
Rodrigo López 33 196.2 15 9 3.57 136
Sidney Ponson 28 176.0 7 9 4.09 120
Scott Erickson 29 160.2 5 12 5.55 74
Jason Johnson 22 131.1 5 14 4.59 97
John Stephens 12 65.0 2 5 6.09 56
Calvin Maduro 12 56.2 2 5 5.56 29
Pat Hentgen 4 22.0 0 4 7.77 11

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
Travis Driskill 29 132.2 8 8 4.95 78
Sean Douglass 15 53.1 0 5 6.08 44
Josh Towers 5 27.1 0 3 7.90 13
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
Jorge Julio 67 5 6 25 1.99 55
Buddy Groom 70 3 2 2 1.60 48
B.J. Ryan 67 2 1 1 4.68 56
Willis Roberts 66 5 4 1 3.36 51
Rick Bauer 56 6 7 1 3.98 45
Yorkis Pérez 23 0 0 1 3.29 25
Chris Brock 22 2 1 0 4.70 21
Eric DuBose 4 0 0 0 3.00 4
Steve Bechler 3 0 0 0 13.50 3
Érik Bédard 2 0 0 0 13.50 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Andy Etchebarren
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Cash and Dave Stockstill
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Jack Voigt
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Joe Ferguson
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Joe Almaraz
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Don Buford
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

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References

  1. ^ Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Izzy Molina Stats".
  3. ^ "Adam Loewen Stats".
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  5. ^ Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2003


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