2002 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Larry Dolan
General manager(s)Mark Shapiro
Manager(s)Charlie Manuel, Joel Skinner
Local televisionFSN Ohio
John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
Local radioWTAM
Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise. The 2002 Major League Baseball season began on March 31, 2002.The team finished third in the American League Central Division behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 67 0.584 — 54–27 40–40
Chicago White Sox 81 81 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Cleveland Indians 74 88 0.457 20½ 39–42 35–46
Kansas City Royals 62 100 0.383 32½ 37–44 25–56
Detroit Tigers 55 106 0.342 39 33–47 22–59

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


W L Pct.
Anaheim Angels 99 63 0.611
Boston Red Sox 93 69 0.574
Seattle Mariners 93 69 0.574
Chicago White Sox 81 81 0.500
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481
Cleveland Indians 74 88 0.457
Texas Rangers 72 90 0.444
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0.414
Kansas City Royals 62 100 0.383
Detroit Tigers 55 106 0.342
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 0.342

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League Records

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


Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
1 March 31 @ Angels 6–0 Colón (1–0) Washburn (0–1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,697 1–0 W1[permanent dead link]
April: 12–13 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
2 April 2 @ Angels 5–7 Weber (1–0) Riske (0–1) Percival (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 20,055 1–1 L1[permanent dead link]
3 April 3 @ Angels 6–5 Drese (1–0) Sele (0–1) Wickman (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 18,194 2–1 W1[permanent dead link]
26 April 30 Angels 2–21 Ortiz (2–3) Sabathia (2–3) Jacobs Field 24,286 13–13 L3
May: 13–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
27 May 1 Angels 2–7 Washburn (3–2) Drese (2–3) Jacobs Field 23,536 13–14 L4
28 May 2 Angels 0–8 Appier (3–1) Finley (2–3) Jacobs Field 26,068 13–15 L5
June: 11–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
78 June 28 Diamondbacks 8–2 Sabathia (6–6) Batista (4–5) Jacobs Field 42,586 37–41 W1
79 June 29 Diamondbacks 2–4 Anderson (3–7) Finley (4–10) Kim (20) Jacobs Field 42,466 37–42 L1
80 June 30 Diamondbacks 2–5 Schilling (13–3) Báez (6–6) Jacobs Field 42,221 37–43 L2
July: 10–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
August: 12–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 4–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
120 August 16 @ Angels 4–5 Lackey (5–2) Drese (9–9) Percival (29) Edison International Field of Anaheim 41,356 53–67 L2
121 August 17 @ Angels 9–4 Sadler (1–0) Washburn (15–4) Edison International Field of Anaheim 39,866 54–67 W1
122 August 18 @ Angels 1–4 Appier (11–9) Sabathia (8–10) Percival (30) Edison International Field of Anaheim 41,059 54–68 L1
September: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member
2002 Game Log
March
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 31 @ Angels 6–0 Colón (1–0) Washburn (0–1) 42,697 1–0
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
2 April 2 @ Angels 7–5 Weber (1–0) Riske (0–1) Percival (1) 20,055 1–1
3 April 3 @ Angels 6–5 Drese (1–0) Sele (0–1) Wickman (1) 18,194 2–1
4 April 5 @ Tigers 10–1 Báez (1–0) Redman (0–1) 41,248 3–1
5 April 6 @ Tigers 5–3 Colón (2–0) Cornejo (0–1) Wickman (2) 19,754 4–1
6 April 7 @ Tigers 5–1 Sabathia (1–0) Weaver (0–1) Wickman (3) 14,749 5–1
7 April 8 Twins 9–5 Drese (2–0) Milton (1–1) 42,441 6–1
8 April 9 Twins 5–4 Finley (1–0) Mays (0–2) Wickman (4) 23,760 7–1
9 April 10 Twins 9–3 Báez (2–0) Reed (1–1) 25,420 8–1
10 April 11 Twins 8–4 Colón (3–0) Lohse (0–1) 25,582 9–1
11 April 12 Royals 3–1 Sabathia (2–0) Suppan (1–1) Wickman (5) 29,970 10–1
12 April 13 Royals 8–7 Shuey (1–0) Bailey (0–2) 28,455 11–1
-- April 14 Royals Postponed (rain)
13 April 16 @ White Sox 10–5 Marte (1–0) Finley (1–1) 23,502 11–2
14 April 17 @ White Sox 7–2 Buehrle (4–0) Báez (2–1) 15,561 11–3
15 April 18 @ White Sox 7–1 Ritchie (1–1) Colón (3–1) 13,880 11–4
16 April 19 @ Twins 12–3 Lohse (1–1) Sabathia (2–1) 23,491 11–5
17 April 20 @ Twins 6–2 Kinney (1–0) Drese (2–1) 30,146 11–6
18 April 21 @ Twins 4–2 Reed (2–1) Finley (1–2) Guardado (8) 22,264 11–7
19 April 22 White Sox 4–2 Báez (3–1) Buehrle (4–1) Wickman (6) 24,519 12–7
20 April 23 White Sox 5–1 Ritchie (2–1) Colón (3–2) 25,284 12–8
21 April 24 White Sox 9–2 Wright (2–2) Sabathia (2–2) 25,935 12–9
22 April 25 White Sox 6–3 Garland (3–1) Drese (2–2) Foulke (6) 29,046 12–10
23 April 26 @ Rangers 7–4 Finley (2–2) Davis (2–2) 33,243 13–10
24 April 27 @ Rangers 4–2 Bell (1–0) Báez (3–2) Irabu (4) 43,353 13–11
25 April 28 @ Rangers 2–1 Valdez (2–3) Colón (3–3) Irabu (5) 24,118 13–12
26 April 30 Angels 21–2 Ortiz (2–3) Sabathia (2–3) 24,286 13–13
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27 May 1 Angels 7–2 Washburn (3–2) Drese (2–3) 23,536 13–14
28 May 2 Angels 8–0 Appier (3–1) Finley (2–3) 26,068 13–15
29 May 3 Rangers 4–2 Davis (3–2) Báez (3–3) Irabu (7) 32,846 13–16
30 May 4 Rangers 3–0 Colón (4–3) Valdez (2–4) Wickman (7) 33,788 14–16
31 May 5 Rangers 9–2 Sabathia (3–3) Rogers (3–1) 31,990 15–16
32 May 6 @ Orioles 9–4 Drese (3–3) Groom (1–1) 24,976 16–16
33 May 7 @ Orioles 4–3 (10) Julio (2–0) Wohlers (0–1) 26,455 16–17
34 May 8 @ Orioles 6–2 Báez (4–3) Erickson (3–3) 29,361 17–17
35 May 9 @ Royals 5–3 Suppan (3–4) Rincón (0–1) Hernández (2) 12,555 17–18
36 May 10 @ Royals 9–0 Reichert (1–3) Sabathia (3–4) 24,279 17–19
-- May 11 @ Royals Postponed (rain)
37 May 12 @ Royals 4–1 Byrd (6–2) Finley (2–4) Hernández (3) 10,820 17–20
38 May 14 Orioles 6–5 Shuey (2–0) Julio (2–2) 30,447 18–20
39 May 15 Orioles 3–1 Colón (5–3) Bauer (1–1) Wickman (8) 26,315 19–20
40 May 17 Royals 6–2 Byrd (7–2) Finley (2–5) 32,593 19–21
41 May 18 Royals 4–2 Reichert (2–4) Wickman (0–1) Hernández (4) 29,388 19–22
42 May 18 Royals 4–1 Drese (4–3) May (0–1) Wickman (9) 32,110 20–22
43 May 19 Royals 5–4 Grimsley (2–2) Wickman (0–2) Hernández (5) 31,105 20–23
44 May 20 @ Tigers 4–3 Santana (3–0) Rincón (0–2) Walker (1) 12,851 20–24
45 May 21 @ Tigers 5–1 Redman (1–5) Nagy (0–1) 14,442 20–25
46 May 22 @ Tigers 2–0 Weaver (4–5) Finley (2–6) 14,396 20–26
47 May 24 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Drese (5–3) Miller (3–2) Wickman (10) 16,385 21–26
48 May 25 @ Blue Jays 3–0 Sabathia (4–4) Loaiza (2–1) Wickman (11) 21,589 22–26
49 May 26 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Colón (6–3) Prokopec (2–7) 22,380 23–26
50 May 27 Tigers 4–1 Redman (2–5) Báez (4–4) 40,652 23–27
51 May 28 Tigers 4–2 Finley (3–6) Weaver (4–6) Wickman (12) 25,028 24–27
52 May 29 Tigers 9–5 Sparks (3–5) Riske (0–2) Acevedo (7) 26,156 24–28
53 May 30 Tigers 11–7 Riske (1–2) Lima (1–3) 25,689 25–28
54 May 31 White Sox 7–0 Colón (7–3) Glover (1–1) 33,756 26–28
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55 June 1 White Sox 8–4 Báez (5–4) Ritchie (3–7) 37,707 27–28
56 June 2 White Sox 4–3 Finley (4–6) Wright (5–6) Wickman (13) 37,760 28–28
57 June 4 @ Twins 23–2 Reed (6–2) Drese (5–4) 14,029 28–29
58 June 5 @ Twins 6–4 Sabathia (5–4) Milton (7–5) Riske (1) 15,617 29–29
59 June 6 @ Twins 8–3 Lohse (6–3) Colón (7–4) 15,553 29–30
60 June 7 Mets 4–3 Leiter (6–5) Báez (5–5) Benítez (12) 39,986 29–31
61 June 8 Mets 8–6 Trachsel (4–6) Finley (4–7) Benítez (13) 41,474 29–32
62 June 9 Mets 8–3 Drese (6–4) Estes (2–5) 39,436 30–32
63 June 10 Phillies 3–1 Adams (3–4) Sabathia (5–5) Mesa (18) 28,440 30–33
64 June 11 Phillies 5–1 Colón (8–4) Wolf (3–5) Wickman (14) 30,238 31–33
65 June 12 Phillies 7–3 Padilla (9–4) Paronto (0–1) 35,783 31–34
66 June 13 Orioles 2–1 (10) Riggan (1–0) Roberts (3–2) 26,745 32–34
67 June 14 @ Rockies 5–3 Drese (7–4) Thomson (6–6) Wickman (15) 40,156 33–34
68 June 15 @ Rockies 7–4 Jones (1–1) Paronto (0–2) Jimenez (18) 41,870 33–35
69 June 16 @ Rockies 5–4 Colón (9–4) Neagle (4–4) Wickman (16) 40,792 34–35
70 June 18 @ Marlins 4–0 Dempster (5–6) Finley (4–8) 9,724 34–36
71 June 19 @ Marlins 2–1 Tavárez (5–3) Riggan (1–1) Núñez (16) 9,428 34–37
72 June 20 @ Marlins 3–0 (6) Burnett (8–5) Drese (7–5) 8,045 34–38
73 June 21 @ Expos 3–1 Vázquez (5–3) Sabathia (5–6) Stewart (8) 7,494 34–39
74 June 22 @ Expos 5–4 Colón (10–4) Day (2–1) Wickman (17) 10,180 35–39
75 June 23 @ Expos 7–2 Armas, Jr. (7–7) Finley (4–9) 13,557 35–40
76 June 25 @ Red Sox 4–2 Báez (6–5) Castillo (5–8) Wickman (18) 34,064 36–40
77 June 26 @ Red Sox 7–4 Martínez (9–2) Drese (7–6) Urbina (21) 32,255 36–41
78 June 28 Diamondbacks 8–2 Sabathia (6–6) Batista (4–5) 42,586 37–41
79 June 29 Diamondbacks 4–2 Anderson (3–7) Finley (4–10) Kim (20) 42,466 37–42
80 June 30 Diamondbacks 5–2 Schilling (13–3) Báez (6–6) 42,221 37–43
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81 July 2 @ Yankees 10–5 Mendoza (6–2) Rincón (0–3) 45,589 37–44
82 July 3 @ Yankees 11–8 Wells (9–5) Sabathia (6–7) Rivera (20) 39,879 37–45
83 July 4 @ Yankees 7–1 Mussina (12–3) Finley (4–11) 42,909 37–46
84 July 5 @ White Sox 4–2 Báez (7–6) Garland (7–6) Wickman (19) 29,085 38–46
85 July 6 @ White Sox 7–3 Buehrle (12–6) Phillips (0–1) Marte (1) 25,016 38–47
86 July 7 @ White Sox 9–3 Drese (8–6) Ritchie (5–11) 22,104 39–47
87 July 11 Yankees 7–4 Pettitte (3–3) Sabathia (6–8) Rivera (22) 41,192 39–48
88 July 12 Yankees 2–1 (10) Wohlers (1–1) Karsay (3–4) 42,518 40–48
89 July 13 Yankees 14–5 Wells (10–5) Drese (8–7) 42,631 40–49
90 July 14 Yankees 10–7 Rincón (1–3) Rivera (1–4) 42,573 41–49
91 July 15 White Sox 7–1 Phillips (1–1) Glover (3–5) 30,025 42–49
92 July 16 White Sox 5–4 Osuna (5–1) Wickman (0–3) Dámaso Marte (2) 30,754 42–50
93 July 17 Twins 8–5 Reed (7–5) Báez (7–7) Guardado (30) 33,324 42–51
94 July 18 Twins 8–6 Fiore (8–2) Rincón (1–4) Guardado (31) 33,573 42–52
95 July 19 @ Royals 8–5 Mullen (2–2) Murray (0–1) Hernández (18) 20,922 42–53
96 July 20 @ Royals 7–5 Hernández (1–0) Wright (0–1) Hernández (19) 42–54
97 July 20 @ Royals 5–3 (10) Shuey (3–0) Voyles (0–2) Wickman (20) 36,277 43–54
98 July 21 @ Royals 13–12 (10) Mullen (3–2) Murray (0–2) 15,637 43–55
99 July 23 Yankees 9–3 Báez (8–7) Pettitte (4–4) 38,520 44–55
100 July 24 Yankees 14–7 Wells (11–5) Drese (8–8) 38,081 44–56
101 July 26 Tigers 8–5 Powell (1–0) Nagy (0–2) Henriquez (2) 38,738 44–57
102 July 27 Tigers 5–1 Sparks (5–10) Sabathia (6–9) 38,622 44–58
103 July 28 Tigers 9–6 DePaula (1–0) Acevedo (1–5) 35,076 45–58
104 July 29 @ Athletics 8–6 Mulholland (1–0) Magnante (0–2) Wohlers (1) 18,297 46–58
105 July 30 @ Athletics 5–4 Drese (9–8) Lidle (3–9) Wohlers (2) 14,737 47–58
106 July 31 @ Athletics 6–4 Mulder (12–6) Westbrook (0–1) Koch (26) 47,574 47–59
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
107 August 1 @ Mariners 10–6 Nelson (2–2) DePaula (1–1) 45,590 47–60
108 August 2 @ Mariners 3–1 Moyer (11–4) Báez (8–8) Sasaki (29) 45,995 47–61
109 August 3 @ Mariners 12–4 García (12–7) Wright (0–2) 46,219 47–62
110 August 4 @ Mariners 10–8 Westbrook (1–1) Sasaki (2–5) Wohlers (3) 46,120 48–62
111 August 6 Devil Rays 4–2 Nagy (1–2) Sosa (1–5) Wohlers (4) 35,302 49–62
112 August 7 Devil Rays 6–2 Sabathia (7–9) Sturtze (1–12) 37,888 50–62
113 August 8 Devil Rays 4–2 Wilson (5–7) Báez (8–9) Yan (15) 29,973 50–63
114 August 9 Rangers 3–2 Rogers (12–6) Wohlers (1–2) Cordero (4) 41,019 50–64
115 August 10 Rangers 4–3 Wickman (1–3) Kolb (2–1) 37,753 51–64
116 August 11 Rangers 11–5 Myette (1–4) Nagy (1–3) 36,789 51–65
117 August 13 @ Devil Rays 9–5 Sabathia (8–9) Sturtze (1–13) Wohlers (5) 11,779 52–65
118 August 14 @ Devil Rays 6–4 Báez (9–9) Wilson (5–8) Wohlers (6) 10,455 53–65
119 August 15 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Harper (5–6) Wohlers (1–3) 10,778 53–66
120 August 16 @ Angels 5–4 Lackey (5–2) Drese (9–9) Percival (29) 41,356 53–67
121 August 17 @ Angels 9–4 Sadler (1–0) Washburn (15–4) 39,866 54–67
122 August 18 @ Angels 4–1 Appier (11–9) Sabathia (8–10) Percival (30) 41,059 54–68
123 August 19 Athletics 8–1 Hudson (10–9) Báez (9–10) 27,696 54–69
124 August 20 Athletics 6–3 Harang (5–3) Westbrook (1–2) Koch (32) 27,527 54–70
125 August 21 Athletics 6–0 Lidle (7–9) Rodríguez (0–1) 26,916 54–71
126 August 22 Athletics 9–3 Mulder (15–7) Phillips (1–2) Bradford (2) 27,759 54–72
127 August 23 Mariners 4–2 Wohlers (2–3) Baldwin (7–10) 33,525 55–72
128 August 24 Mariners 5–3 Mulholland (2–0) Creek (2–2) 38,086 56–72
129 August 25 Mariners 12–4 García (14–9) Westbrook (1–3) 36,402 56–73
130 August 26 Tigers 8–2 Rodríguez (1–1) Sparks (8–13) 24,344 57–73
131 August 27 Tigers 8–5 Redman (8–12) Phillips (1–3) Acevedo (27) 24,375 57–74
132 August 28 Tigers 2–1 Sabathia (9–10) Powell (1–4) Báez (1) 25,158 58–74
133 August 30 Red Sox 15–5 Lowe (18–6) Wright (0–3) 31,986 58–75
134 August 31 Red Sox 8–7 Báez (10–10) Howry (3–4) 37,908 59–75
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135 September 1 Red Sox 7–1 Wakefield (8–5) Nagy (1–4) 34,799 59–76
136 September 2 @ Tigers 11–1 Sabathia (10–10) Powell (1–5) 18,722 60–76
137 September 3 @ Tigers 4–0 Van Hekken (1–0) Mulholland (2–1) 11,635 60–77
138 September 4 @ Tigers 9–3 Wright (1–3) Maroth (5–7) 12,715 61–77
139 September 5 @ White Sox 11–6 Rodríguez (2–1) Glover (7–7) 12,667 62–77
140 September 6 @ White Sox 9–7 Burba (1–0) Buehrle (17–10) Báez (2) 17,131 63–77
141 September 7 @ White Sox 4–2 Sabathia (11–10) Garland (10–11) Wohlers (7) 16,622 64–77
142 September 8 @ White Sox 7–6 Osuna (8–2) Báez (10–11) 15,067 64–78
143 September 9 Blue Jays 11–9 Bowles (1–1) Sadler (1–1) Escobar (30) 28,567 64–79
144 September 10 Blue Jays 5–4 Bowles (2–1) Wohlers (2–4) Escobar (31) 24,312 64–80
145 September 11 Blue Jays 6–5 (11) Cassidy (1–4) Elder (0–1) Kershner (1) 26,609 64–81
146 September 12 Twins 5–4 Riggan (2–1) Mays (3–7) Báez (3) 28,649 65–81
147 September 13 Twins 12–5 Mulholland (3–1) Milton (13–9) 30,421 66–81
148 September 14 Twins 3–2 Reed (15–7) Sadler (1–2) Guardado (41) 32,330 66–82
149 September 15 Twins 5–0 Lohse (13–8) Lee (0–1) 28,061 66–83
150 September 16 @ Red Sox 6–1 Martínez (19–4) Rodríguez (2–2) 30,023 66–84
151 September 16 @ Red Sox 7–1 Tallet (1–0) Castillo (5–15) 31,203 67–84
152 September 17 @ Red Sox 4–2 Wakefield (11–5) Sabathia (11–11) Urbina (36) 31,760 67–85
153 September 18 @ Red Sox 6–4 Riske (2–2) Embree (0–2) Báez (4) 31,829 68–85
154 September 20 @ Royals 6–2 Davis (1–0) Obermueller (0–1) Báez (5) 13,271 69–85
155 September 21 @ Royals 3–2 Grimsley (4–6) Mulholland (3–2) 15,448 69–86
156 September 22 @ Royals 6–5 Sabathia (12–11) Grimsley (4–7) Báez (6) 11,177 70–86
157 September 24 @ Twins 4–3 Hawkins (5–0) Elder (0–2) 21,634 70–87
158 September 25 @ Twins 7–5 (12) Romero (9–2) Maurer (0–1) 15,314 70–88
159 September 26 @ Twins 8–4 Drese (10–9) Jackson (2–3) 17,772 71–88
160 September 27 Royals 8–3 Sabathia (13–11) Obermueller (0–2) 27,706 72–88
161 September 28 Royals 6–5 (10) Wohlers (3–4) MacDougal (0–1) 31,428 73–88
162 September 29 Royals 7–3 Wright (2–3) Mullen (4–5) 32,018 74–88

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
C Einar Díaz 102 320 34 66 19 0 2 16 .206 0
1B Jim Thome 147 480 101 146 19 2 52 118 .304 1
2B Ricky Gutiérrez 94 353 38 97 13 0 4 38 .275 0
3B Travis Fryman 118 397 42 86 14 3 11 55 .217 0
SS Omar Vizquel 151 582 85 160 31 5 14 72 .275 18
LF Russell Branyan 50 161 16 33 4 0 8 17 .205 1
CF Milton Bradley 98 325 48 81 18 3 9 38 .249 6
RF Matt Lawton 114 416 71 98 19 2 15 57 .236 8
DH Ellis Burks 138 518 92 156 28 0 32 91 .301 2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Chad Allen 5 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 .100 0
Brady Anderson 34 80 4 13 4 0 1 5 .163 4
Bruce Aven 7 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 .118 1
Josh Bard 24 90 9 20 5 0 3 12 .222 0
Ben Broussard 39 112 10 27 4 0 4 9 .241 0
Jolbert Cabrera 38 72 5 8 1 0 0 7 .111 1
Wil Cordero 6 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 .222 0
Coco Crisp 32 127 16 33 9 2 1 9 .260 4
Todd Dunwoody 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Karim García 51 197 29 59 8 0 16 52 .299 0
Greg LaRocca 21 52 12 14 3 1 0 4 .269 1
Chris Magruder 87 258 34 56 15 1 6 29 .217 2
Víctor Martínez 12 32 2 9 1 0 1 5 .281 0
John McDonald 93 264 35 66 11 3 1 12 .250 3
Eddie Pérez 42 117 6 25 9 0 0 4 .214 0
Brandon Phillips 11 31 5 8 3 1 0 4 .258 0
Bill Selby 65 159 15 34 7 2 6 21 .214 0
Earl Snyder 18 55 5 11 2 0 1 4 .200 0
Lee Stevens 53 153 22 34 7 1 5 26 .222 0

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS IP BB K
CC Sabathia 13 11 4.37 33 33 210.0 88 149
Ryan Drese 10 9 6.55 26 26 137.1 62 102
Chuck Finley 4 11 4.44 18 18 105.1 48 91
Bartolo Colón 10 4 2.55 16 16 116.1 31 75
Ricardo Rodríguez 2 2 5.66 7 7 41.1 18 24
Jason Phillips 1 3 4.97 8 6 41.2 20 23
Jaret Wright 2 3 15.71 8 6 18.1 19 12
Brian Tallet 1 0 1.50 2 2 12.0 4 5
Cliff Lee 0 1 1.74 2 2 10.1 8 6

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP BB K
Danys Báez 10 11 4.41 39 26 6 165.1 82 130
Charles Nagy 1 4 8.88 19 7 0 48.2 13 22
Terry Mulholland 3 2 4.60 16 3 0 47.0 14 21
Jake Westbrook 1 3 5.83 11 4 0 41.2 12 20
Dave Burba 1 0 4.50 12 3 0 34.0 17 25
Jason Davis 1 0 1.84 3 2 0 14.2 4 11
Roy Smith 0 0 3.00 4 1 0 6.0 5 2

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G SV IP BB K
Bob Wickman 1 3 4.46 36 20 34.1 10 36
Mark Wohlers 3 4 4.79 64 7 71.1 26 46
David Riske 2 2 5.26 51 1 51.1 35 65
Ricardo Rincón 1 4 4.79 46 0 35.2 8 30
Paul Shuey 3 0 2.41 39 0 37.1 10 39
Chad Paronto 0 2 4.04 29 0 35.2 11 23
Jerrod Riggan 2 1 7.64 29 0 33.0 18 22
Dave Elder 0 2 3.13 15 0 23.0 14 23
Carl Sadler 1 2 4.43 24 0 20.1 11 23
Heath Murray 0 2 7.50 9 0 12.0 7 11
Jason Beverlin 0 0 7.36 4 0 7.1 4 9
Sean DePaula 1 1 12.79 5 0 6.1 3 8
Alex Herrera 0 0 0.00 5 0 5.1 1 5
Dave Maurer 0 1 13.50 2 0 1.1 0 0
Nerio Rodríguez 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.1 0 0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level Team League
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References

  1. ^ Chris Coste at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Donzell McDonald at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ John Rocker at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ a b "Bruce Aven Stats".
  7. ^ "Cleveland Indians Opening Day Starters".
  8. ^ Jeremy Guthrie at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Ben Broussard at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Grady Sizemore at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Paul Shuey at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ a b c d "Team notes - American League Central". USA Today. July 16, 2002. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
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