2002 Chicago Cubs
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Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Tribune Company
General manager(s)Andy MacPhail, Jim Hendry
Manager(s)Don Baylor, Rene Lachemann, Bruce Kimm
Local televisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN
(Chip Caray, Joe Carter)
FSN Chicago
(Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
Local radioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2002 Chicago Cubs season was the 131st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 127th in the National League and the 87th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 97 65 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Houston Astros 84 78 0.519 13 47–34 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 78 84 0.481 19 38–43 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 89 0.447 24½ 38–42 34–47
Chicago Cubs 67 95 0.414 30 36–45 31–50
Milwaukee Brewers 56 106 0.346 41 31–50 25–56


Record vs. opponents

2002 National League Records

Source: [1]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 3–3 4–2 6–0 14–5 5–1 3–3 9–10 4–2 4–2 5–2 4–3 4–2 12–7 8–11 2–4 11–7
Atlanta 3–3 — 4–2 4–2 4–3 11–8 3–3 2–4 5–1 13–6 12–7 11–7 3–3 3–3 3–3 5–1 15–3
Chicago 2–4 2–4 — 5–12 4–2 4–2 8–11 2–4 7–10 3–3 1–5 2–4 10–9 2–4 3–3 6–12 6–6
Cincinnati 0–6 2–4 12–5 — 3–3 5–1 6–11 4–2 13–6 1–5 2–4 2–4 11–7 5–1 2–4 8–11 2–10
Colorado 5–14 3–4 2–4 3–3 — 5–2 3–3 7–12 3–3 4–2 3–3 3–3 4–2 11–8 8–12 2–4 7–11
Florida 1–5 8–11 2–4 1–5 2–5 — 3–3 3–3 4–2 10–9 8–11 10–9 4–2 5–1 4–3 4–2 10–8
Houston 3–3 3–3 11–8 11–6 3–3 3–3 — 3–3 10–8 3–3 4–2 3–3 11–6 4–2 1–5 6–13 5–7
Los Angeles 10–9 4–2 4–2 2–4 12–7 3–3 3–3 — 5–1 5–2 4–2 4–3 4–2 10–9 8–11 2–4 12–6
Milwaukee 2–4 1–5 10–7 6–13 3–3 2–4 8–10 1–5 — 2–4 1–5 1–5 4–15 5–1 1–5 7–10 2–10
Montreal 2–4 6–13 3–3 5–1 2–4 9–10 3–3 2–5 4–2 — 11–8 11–8 3–3 3–4 4–2 3–3 12–6
New York 2–5 7–12 5–1 4–2 3–3 11–8 2–4 2–4 5–1 8–11 — 9–10 1–4 3–4 0–6 3–3 10–8
Philadelphia 3–4 7–11 4–2 4–2 3–3 9–10 3–3 3–4 5–1 8–11 10–9 — 2–4 2–4 3–3 4–2 10–8
Pittsburgh 2–4 3–3 9–10 7–11 2–4 2–4 6–11 2–4 15–4 3–3 4–1 4–2 — 2–4 2–4 6–11 3–9
San Diego 7–12 3–3 4–2 1–5 8–11 1–5 2–4 9–10 1–5 4–3 4–3 4–2 4–2 — 5–14 1–5 8–10
San Francisco 11–8 3–3 3–3 4–2 11–8 3–4 5–1 11–8 5–1 2–4 6–0 3–3 4–2 14–5 — 2–4 8–10
St. Louis 4–2 1–5 12–6 11–8 4–2 2–4 13–6 4–2 10–7 3–3 3–3 2–4 11–6 5–1 4–2 — 8–4


Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Chicago Cubs
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[5]

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Joe Girardi 90 234 53 .226 1 13
1B Fred McGriff 146 523 143 .273 30 103
2B Mark Bellhorn 146 445 115 .258 27 56
SS Alex Gonzalez 142 513 127 .248 18 61
3B Bill Mueller 103 353 94 .266 7 37
LF Moisés Alou 132 484 133 .275 15 61
CF Corey Patterson 153 592 150 .253 14 54
RF Sammy Sosa 150 556 160 .288 49 108

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
Todd Hundley 92 266 56 .211 16 35
Roosevelt Brown 111 204 43 .211 3 23
Chris Stynes 98 195 47 .241 5 26
Bobby Hill 59 190 48 .253 4 20
Delino DeShields 67 146 28 .192 3 10
Angel Echevarria 50 98 30 .306 3 21
Darren Lewis 58 79 19 .241 0 7
Augie Ojeda 30 70 13 .186 0 4
Robert Machado 22 58 16 .276 1 5
Hee-Seop Choi 24 50 9 .180 2 4
Chad Hermansen 35 43 9 .209 1 3
Kevin Orie 13 32 9 .281 0 5
Mike Mahoney 16 29 6 .207 0 3
Mario Encarnación 3 7 0 .000 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
Kerry Wood 33 213.2 12 11 3.66 217
Matt Clement 32 205.0 12 11 3.60 215
Jon Lieber 21 141.0 6 8 3.70 87
Mark Prior 19 116.2 6 6 3.32 147
Jason Bere 16 85.2 1 10 5.67 65
Alan Benes 7 39.1 2 2 4.35 32
Steve Smyth 8 26.0 1 3 9.35 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
Carlos Zambrano 32 108.1 4 8 3.66 93
Juan Cruz 45 97.1 3 11 3.98 81
Pat Mahomes 16 32.2 1 1 3.86 23

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
Joe Borowski 73 4 4 2 2.73 97
Antonio Alfonseca 66 2 5 19 4.00 61
Jeff Fassero 57 5 6 0 6.18 44
Kyle Farnsworth 45 4 6 1 7.33 46
Tom Gordon 19 1 1 0 3.42 31
Will Cunnane 16 1 1 0 5.47 30
Donovan Osborne 11 0 1 0 6.19 13
Ron Mahay 11 2 0 0 8.59 14
Francis Beltrán 11 0 0 0 7.50 11
Jesús Sánchez 8 0 0 0 12.96 6
Scott Chiasson 4 0 0 0 23.14 3
Courtney Duncan 2 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Bruce Kimm and Pat Listach
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Bobby Dickerson
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Dave Trembley
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Julio Garcia
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Steve McFarland
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo Martínez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise, AZL Cubs[6]

References

  1. ^ "Mark Bellhorn Stats".
  2. ^ "Alan Benes Stats".
  3. ^ "Dontrelle Willis Stats".
  4. ^ "Bill Mueller Stats".
  5. ^ "2002 Chicago Cubs Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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