2002 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkSkyDome
CityToronto
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersRogers Communications,
Interbrew
General managersJ. P. Ricciardi
ManagersBuck Martinez, Carlos Tosca
TelevisionCBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Rod Black, Pat Tabler)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, John Cerutti)
RadioCHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 26th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2002 season.[1]

October 2001

October 15 Jason Dickson granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 14, 2001).
Aaron Holbert granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a contract on January 30, 2002).
Izzy Molina granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on November 20, 2001).
October 19 Kevin Beirne granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 3, 2001).
Matt DeWitt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on December 18, 2001).
Ryan Freel granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 8, 2001).

November 2001

November 5 Tony Fernández granted free agency.
Jeff Frye granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on March 25, 2002).
November 20 Brian Simmons selected off of waivers by the Chicago White Sox.

December 2001

December 7 Acquired Eric Hinske and Justin Miller from the Oakland Athletics for Billy Koch.
December 10 Acquired Félix Heredia and a player to be named later (Jim Deschaine on December 13, 2001) from the Chicago Cubs for Alex Gonzalez.
December 12 Released Alberto Castillo.
December 13 Drafted Corey Thurman from the Kansas City Royals in the 2001 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Acquired Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts from the Los Angeles Dodgers for César Izturis and Paul Quantrill.
December 18 Signed free agent Brian Lesher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $245,000 contract.
Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract.
Signed free agent Chris Peters from the New York Yankees to a contract.
December 22 Luis Lopez selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics.

January 2002

January 2 Acquired Tom Wilson from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Kremblas.
January 17 Acquired Brian Cooper from the Anaheim Angels for Brad Fullmer.
Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.
Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $4.25 million contract.

February 2002

February 6 Signed free agent Dave Berg from the Florida Marlins to a one-year, $450,000 contract.
February 10 Signed free agent Ken Huckaby from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a contract.
February 14 Signed free agent Pedro Swann from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.

March 2002

March 27 Chris Latham selected off of waivers by the New York Mets.
March 29 Released Chris Peters.
March 30 Signed free agent Simon Pond from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.

Regular season

Summary

The Blue Jays started the 2002 season with slow progress in performance. Buck Martinez was fired about a third of the way through the season, with a 20–33 record. He was replaced by third base coach Carlos Tosca, an experienced minor league manager. They went 58–51 under Tosca to finish the season 78–84. Roy Halladay, a talented but inconsistent prospect who was no more than a fifth starter who alternated between Toronto and Triple-A during his first three seasons, was relied on as the team's ace and rose to the challenge being the team's top pitcher, finishing the season with a 19–7 record and a 2.93 ERA. The hitters were led once again by Carlos Delgado. Ricciardi was credited for dumping Raúl Mondesí in mid-season to the New York Yankees to free up his salary, which in turn was used for the off-season signing of Mike Bordick, Frank Catalanotto and Tanyon Sturtze. Promising young players were assigned to key roles, including starting third baseman Eric Hinske (who later won the Rookie of the Year Award for this year) and 23-year-old centre fielder Vernon Wells, who had his first 100 RBI season replacing Mondesi. Another bright young player was Josh Phelps, a former catcher turned designated hitter, who hit 15 home runs.

Opening Day starters

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

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2002 regular season.[2]

April 2002

April 24 Player rights of Alfredo Aceves sold to Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League.

May 2002

May 3 Selected Pete Walker off of waivers from the New York Mets.
May 10 Released Homer Bush.
May 15 Sent Pedro Borbón Jr. to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.
May 26 Acquired Cliff Politte from the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Plesac.

June 2002

June 21 Signed free agent Scott Winchester from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract.

July 2002

July 1 Acquired Scott Wiggins from the New York Yankees for Raúl Mondesí.

August 2002

August 8 Scott Eyre selected off of waivers by the San Francisco Giants.
August 30 Selected Jason Kershner off of waivers from the San Diego Padres.

September 2002

September 30 Released Brian Cooper.

2002 Draft picks

Source [3]

The 2002 MLB draft was held on June 4–5.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed
1 14 Russ Adams SS North Carolina United States 2002–06–07
2 55 Dave Bush RHP Wake Forest United States 2002–06–04
3 86 Justin Maureau LHP Wichita State United States –
4 110 Adam Peterson RHP Wichita State United States 2002–06–11
5 146 Chad Pleiness RHP Central Michigan United States –
6 176 Jason Perry OF Georgia Tech United States 2002–06–22
7 206 Brian Grant RHP C.B. Aycock High School (NC) United States –
8 236 Chris Leonard LHP Miami (FL) United States –
9 266 Russ Savickas RHP Johnston High School United States –
10 296 Eric Arnold 2B Rice United States –

Roster

2002 Toronto Blue Jays
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Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 @ Red Sox 12 – 11 Escobar (1-0) Urbina (0-1) 33,520 1-0
-- April 3 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 2
2 April 4 Twins 7 – 2 Halladay (1-0) Mays (0-1) 47,469 2-0
3 April 5 Twins 4 – 3 Reed (1-0) Lyon (0-1) Guardado (3) 15,784 2-1
4 April 6 Twins 7 – 5 Hawkins (1-0) Eyre (0-1) Guardado (4) 18,947 2-2
5 April 7 Twins 10 – 6 Radke (1-0) Cooper (0-1) 21,071 2-3
6 April 8 Yankees 16 – 3 Wells (2-0) Prokopec (0-1) 16,073 2-4
7 April 9 Yankees 5 – 2 Mussina (2-0) Plesac (0-1) Rivera (4) 18,003 2-5
8 April 10 Yankees 9 – 7 Borbón (1-0) Lilly (0-1) Escobar (1) 19,124 3-5
9 April 11 Yankees 11 – 3 Eyre (1-1) Clemens (1-2) 20,091 4-5
10 April 12 @ Devil Rays 14 – 7 Miller (1-0) Rupe (1-1) 11,058 5-5
11 April 13 @ Devil Rays 5 – 4 Prokopec (1-1) Sturtze (0-2) Escobar (2) 11,143 6-5
12 April 14 @ Devil Rays 5 – 4 (10) Yan (1-0) Coco (0-1) 11,222 6-6
13 April 16 Red Sox 14 – 3 Castillo (1-0) Lyon (0-2) Arrojo (1) 16,069 6-7
14 April 17 Red Sox 10 – 3 Oliver (2-0) Eyre (1-2) 16,572 6-8
15 April 19 @ Yankees 6 – 5 Rivera (1-1) File (0-1) 36,136 6-9
16 April 20 @ Yankees 5 – 4 (10) Plesac (1-1) Mendoza (0-2) 39,265 7-9
17 April 21 @ Yankees 9 – 2 Clemens (2-2) Carpenter (0-1) 43,309 7-10
18 April 23 @ Rangers 2 – 1 Lyon (1-2) Valdez (1-3) Escobar (3) 20,472 8-10
19 April 24 @ Rangers 3 – 2 Rogers (2-0) Prokopec (1-2) Irabu (2) 21,072 8-11
20 April 25 @ Rangers 11 – 9 Van Poppel (1-0) Plesac (1-2) Irabu (3) 24,162 8-12
21 April 26 @ Angels 4 – 0 Appier (2-1) Smith (0-1) Percival (3) 25,296 8-13
22 April 27 @ Angels 11 – 4 Sele (1-2) Borbón (1-1) 29,112 8-14
23 April 28 @ Angels 8 – 5 (14) Lukasiewicz (1-0) Borbón (1-2) 25,073 8-15
24 April 30 Rangers 10 – 3 Rogers (3-0) Prokopec (1-3) 12,571 8-16
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
25 May 1 Rangers 8 – 1 Burba (2-0) Halladay (1-1) 13,055 8-17
26 May 2 Rangers 5 – 3 Bell (2-0) Smith (0-2) Irabu (6) 13,011 8-18
27 May 3 Angels 6 – 4 Sele (2-2) Lyon (1-3) Percival (4) 13,183 8-19
28 May 4 Angels 4 – 1 Miller (2-0) Schoeneweis (1-4) Escobar (4) 20,558 9-19
29 May 5 Angels 8 – 2 Ortiz (3-3) Prokopec (1-4) 24,046 9-20
30 May 7 @ Mariners 4 – 1 Halladay (2-1) Baldwin (3-2) Escobar (5) 34,500 10-20
31 May 8 @ Mariners 5 – 4 (10) Sasaki (2-0) Eyre (1-3) 35,190 10-21
32 May 9 @ Mariners 8 – 7 (11) Franklin (3-1) Thurman (0-1) 37,734 10-22
33 May 10 @ Athletics 6 – 2 Prokopec (2-4) Mulder (2-2) 10,824 11-22
34 May 11 @ Athletics 7 – 4 Zito (3-2) Miller (2-1) 21,115 11-23
35 May 12 @ Athletics 11 – 4 Halladay (3-1) Lidle (1-5) Walker (1) 19,519 12-23
36 May 14 Mariners 6 – 3 Loaiza (1-0) García (4-3) Escobar (6) 14,308 13-23
37 May 15 Mariners 8 – 6 Rhodes (2-1) Escobar (1-1) Sasaki (9) 17,012 13-24
38 May 16 Mariners 15 – 2 Piñeiro (4-0) Prokopec (2-5) 14,280 13-25
39 May 17 Athletics 7 – 1 Halladay (4-1) Mulder (2-3) 14,061 14-25
40 May 18 Athletics 6 – 3 Miller (3-1) Fyhrie (1-3) Escobar (7) 17,846 15-25
41 May 19 Athletics 11 – 0 Loaiza (2-0) Hudson (3-6) 23,408 16-25
42 May 20 @ Yankees 6 – 3 Mendoza (1-2) Heredia (0-1) Rivera (14) 30,657 16-26
43 May 21 @ Yankees 4 – 1 Mussina (6-2) Prokopec (2-6) Karsay (1) 26,531 16-27
44 May 22 @ Yankees 8 – 3 Halladay (5-1) Hernández (0-1) 44,284 17-27
45 May 24 Indians 5 – 2 Drese (5-3) Miller (3-2) Wickman (10) 16,385 17-28
46 May 25 Indians 3 – 0 Sabathia (4-4) Loaiza (2-1) Wickman (11) 21,589 17-29
47 May 26 Indians 3 – 1 Colón (6-3) Prokopec (2-7) 22,380 17-30
48 May 27 Red Sox 8 – 6 Castillo (3-5) Halladay (5-2) Urbina (16) 14,108 17-31
49 May 28 Red Sox 6 – 4 Wakefield (2-1) Escobar (1-2) Urbina (17) 13,075 17-32
50 May 29 Red Sox 7 – 4 Burkett (6-0) Cassidy (0-1) Fossum (1) 17,875 17-33
51 May 31 @ Tigers 4 – 2 Loaiza (3-1) Bernero (1-1) Escobar (8) 28,578 18-33
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 @ Tigers 4 – 1 (11) Politte (1-0) Patterson (0-1) Escobar (9) 19,581 19-33
53 June 2 @ Tigers 7 – 6 Halladay (6-2) Weaver (4-7) Escobar (10) 21,399 20-33
54 June 3 Devil Rays 6 – 1 Walker (1-0) Sturtze (0-7) 13,002 21-33
55 June 4 Devil Rays 3 – 1 Miller (4-2) Wilson (2-4) Escobar (11) 13,162 22-33
56 June 5 Devil Rays 8 – 6 Álvarez (1-1) Loaiza (3-2) 13,643 22-34
57 June 6 Devil Rays 5 – 4 Escobar (2-2) Harper (2-3) 24,069 23-34
58 June 7 Rockies 8 – 0 Halladay (7-2) Hampton (3-7) 20,032 24-34
59 June 8 Rockies 3 – 1 Walker (2-0) Thomson (6-5) Escobar (12) 21,298 25-34
60 June 9 Rockies 3 – 2 Escobar (3-2) Jiménez (1-4) 20,328 26-34
61 June 10 Giants 6 – 5 Thurman (1-1) Rueter (7-4) Escobar (13) 18,081 27-34
62 June 11 Giants 9 – 2 Jensen (6-5) Lyon (1-4) 20,228 27-35
63 June 12 Giants 6 – 3 Hernández (6-6) Halladay (7-3) Nen (17) 21,106 27-36
64 June 14 @ Expos 8 – 2 Ohka (6-3) Miller (4-3) 7,557 27-37
65 June 15 @ Expos 9 – 3 Day (1-0) Loaiza (3-3) 12,474 27-38
66 June 16 @ Expos 6 – 5 Stewart (3-1) Escobar (3-3) 15,425 27-39
67 June 18 @ Dodgers 2 – 1 Halladay (8-3) Ashby (6-6) 24,991 28-39
68 June 19 @ Dodgers 5 – 2 Ishii (11-2) Miller (4-4) Gagné (24) 31,429 28-40
69 June 20 @ Dodgers 2 – 1 Pérez (8-3) Loaiza (3-4) Gagné (25) 24,977 28-41
70 June 21 @ Diamondbacks 4 – 3 Kim (3-0) Escobar (3-4) 34,263 28-42
71 June 22 @ Diamondbacks 6 – 3 Carpenter (1-1) Batista (4-4) 39,018 29-42
72 June 23 @ Diamondbacks 9 – 3 Halladay (9-3) Anderson (2-7) 36,247 30-42
73 June 25 @ Devil Rays 20 – 11 Walker (3-0) Sosa (0-1) 10,380 31-42
74 June 26 @ Devil Rays 4 – 2 Sturtze (1-8) Parris (0-1) Yan (10) 10,154 31-43
75 June 27 @ Devil Rays 6 – 4 Harper (3-3) Politte (1-1) Yan (11) 10,328 31-44
76 June 28 Expos 2 – 1 Armas (8-7) Halladay (9-4) Stewart (9) 20,848 31-45
77 June 29 Expos 5 – 4 (10) Escobar (4-4) Herges (2-2) 24,344 32-45
78 June 30 Expos 7 – 5 Eyre (2-3) Lloyd (2-3) Escobar (14) 24,965 33-45
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
79 July 1 @ Red Sox 4 – 0 Martínez (10-2) Parris (0-2) 33,005 33-46
80 July 2 @ Red Sox 2 – 1 Banks (2-0) Eyre (2-4) Embree (1) 32,993 33-47
81 July 2 @ Red Sox 6 – 4 Kim (2-0) Smith (0-3) Embree (2) 32,902 33-48
82 July 3 @ Red Sox 5 – 2 Gomes (1-0) Politte (1-2) Urbina (22) 31,777 33-49
83 July 4 @ Red Sox 9 – 5 Lowe (12-4) Heredia (0-2) 32,086 33-50
84 July 5 @ Yankees 6 – 3 Hernández (5-2) Loaiza (3-5) Rivera (21) 46,788 33-51
85 July 6 @ Yankees 8 – 3 Parris (1-2) Pettitte (2-3) 55,005 34-51
86 July 7 @ Yankees 10 – 6 Weaver (7-8) Thurman (1-2) 46,922 34-52
87 July 11 Red Sox 10 – 3 Burkett (8-3) Walker (3-1) 19,494 34-53
88 July 12 Red Sox 5 – 0 Halladay (10-4) Lowe (12-5) 20,185 35-53
89 July 13 Red Sox 4 – 1 Carpenter (2-1) Castillo (5-10) 28,112 36-53
90 July 14 Red Sox 6 – 5 Escobar (5-4) Urbina (0-4) 24,140 37-53
91 July 15 Yankees 8 – 5 Parris (2-2) Hernández (5-3) Escobar (15) 25,371 38-53
92 July 16 Yankees 7 – 6 Karsay (4-4) Politte (1-3) Rivera (23) 27,197 38-54
93 July 17 Orioles 7 – 1 Halladay (11-4) Johnson (3-7) 17,015 39-54
94 July 18 Orioles 5 – 4 Carpenter (3-1) Driskill (6-3) Escobar (16) 17,004 40-54
95 July 19 Devil Rays 11 – 8 Loaiza (4-5) Creek (2-1) Escobar (17) 16,985 41-54
96 July 20 Devil Rays 12 – 10 Parris (3-2) de los Santos (0-1) Escobar (18) 24,449 42-54
97 July 21 Devil Rays 7 – 5 Sosa (1-2) Walker (3-2) Yan (12) 21,442 42-55
98 July 22 @ Orioles 6 – 3 Halladay (12-4) Johnson (3-8) Escobar (19) 27,235 43-55
-- July 23 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 24
99 July 24 @ Orioles 5 – 2 Carpenter (4-1) Driskill (6-4) Politte (1) 30,961 44-55
100 July 26 @ Twins 10 – 5 Fiore (9-2) Prokopec (2-8) 25,049 44-56
101 July 27 @ Twins 5 – 4 (10) Wells (1-1) Escobar (5-5) 40,306 44-57
102 July 28 @ Twins 4 – 0 Santana (5-2) Loaiza (4-6) 30,554 44-58
103 July 29 @ Royals 4 – 1 Byrd (14-7) Carpenter (4-2) 14,759 44-59
104 July 30 @ Royals 13 – 4 Walker (4-2) Asencio (2-4) 13,066 45-59
105 July 31 @ Royals 9 – 2 Parris (4-2) Sedlacek (1-2) 13,461 46-59
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 @ Royals 3 – 2 Halladay (13-4) Hernández (1-1) Escobar (20) 12,669 47-59
107 August 2 Orioles 9 – 8 Ryan (2-0) Escobar (5-6) Julio (21) 19,052 47-60
108 August 3 Orioles 8 – 4 Driskill (7-5) Carpenter (4-3) 17,534 47-61
109 August 4 Orioles 5 – 4 Heredia (1-2) Ryan (2-1) Escobar (21) 17,637 48-61
110 August 5 Orioles 7 – 1 Parris (5-2) López (12-4) 15,245 49-61
111 August 6 Mariners 14 – 12 Halladay (14-4) Baldwin (7-8) Escobar (22) 25,392 50-61
112 August 7 Mariners 5 – 4 (10) Sasaki (3-5) Prokopec (2-9) 27,733 50-62
113 August 8 Mariners 3 – 1 Moyer (12-4) Carpenter (4-4) Nelson (1) 25,486 50-63
114 August 9 Angels 5 – 4 Walker (5-2) Ortiz (9-9) Escobar (23) 18,728 51-63
115 August 10 Angels 11 – 4 Lackey (4-2) Parris (5-3) 25,118 51-64
116 August 11 Angels 1 – 0 Washburn (15-3) Halladay (14-5) Percival (27) 34,013 51-65
117 August 12 @ Athletics 2 – 1 Loaiza (5-6) Harang (4-3) Escobar (24) 14,178 52-65
118 August 13 @ Athletics 5 – 4 Zito (16-5) Carpenter (4-5) Koch (29) 17,466 52-66
119 August 14 @ Athletics 4 – 2 Hudson (9-9) Walker (5-3) Koch (30) 40,528 52-67
120 August 16 @ Rangers 6 – 5 Kolb (3-1) Escobar (5-7) 31,194 52-68
121 August 17 @ Rangers 9 – 5 Reyes (1-0) Parris (5-4) 30,426 52-69
122 August 18 @ Rangers 10 – 7 Myette (2-4) Loaiza (5-7) 20,214 52-70
123 August 19 Royals 2 – 0 Walker (6-3) Byrd (14-9) Escobar (25) 16,218 53-70
124 August 20 Royals 6 – 5 (12) Affeldt (2-4) Cassidy (0-2) Hernández (22) 20,002 53-71
125 August 21 Royals 7 – 4 Sedlacek (3-3) Halladay (14-6) Hernández (23) 25,304 53-72
126 August 23 @ Orioles 11 – 7 Brock (2-1) Cassidy (0-3) Ryan (1) 32,955 53-73
127 August 24 @ Orioles 4 – 1 Walker (7-3) Driskill (8-7) Escobar (26) 25,880 54-73
128 August 24 @ Orioles 8 – 3 Loaiza (6-7) Bauer (6-5) 30,498 55-73
129 August 25 @ Orioles 5 – 2 Miller (5-4) Johnson (4-10) Escobar (27) 30,812 56-73
130 August 26 @ White Sox 8 – 4 Thurman (2-2) Parque (1-4) 15,760 57-73
131 August 27 @ White Sox 8 – 4 (10) Osuna (7-2) Cassidy (0-4) 12,185 57-74
132 August 28 @ White Sox 8 – 0 Garland (9-10) Parris (5-5) 12,972 57-75
133 August 29 Yankees 7 – 4 Loaiza (7-7) Clemens (11-5) 32,679 58-75
134 August 30 Yankees 9 – 7 Weaver (8-11) Walker (7-4) Karsay (8) 24,301 58-76
135 August 31 Yankees 5 – 1 Miller (6-4) Hernández (7-4) 36,021 59-76
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
136 September 1 Yankees 7 – 6 Halladay (15-6) Wells (15-7) Escobar (28) 32,577 60-76
137 September 2 White Sox 5 – 3 Garland (10-10) Thurman (2-3) Marte (8) 18,373 60-77
138 September 3 White Sox 5 – 4 Rauch (1-1) Loaiza (7-8) Marte (9) 14,427 60-78
139 September 4 White Sox 6 – 2 Walker (8-4) Wright (10-12) 21,122 61-78
140 September 5 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Miller (7-4) Hermanson (1-1) Escobar (29) 30,021 62-78
141 September 6 @ Red Sox 7 – 2 Wakefield (9-5) Halladay (15-7) 31,847 62-79
142 September 7 @ Red Sox 4 – 1 Fossum (4-3) Bowles (0-1) Urbina (31) 31,591 62-80
143 September 8 @ Red Sox 9 – 4 Loaiza (8-8) Castillo (5-14) 31,344 63-80
144 September 9 @ Indians 11 – 9 Bowles (1-1) Sadler (1-1) Escobar (30) 28,567 64-80
145 September 10 @ Indians 5 – 4 Bowles (2-1) Wohlers (2-4) Escobar (31) 24,312 65-80
146 September 11 @ Indians 6 – 5 (11) Cassidy (1-4) Elder (0-1) Kershner (1) 26,609 66-80
147 September 13 Devil Rays 5 – 2 Halladay (16-7) Brazelton (0-1) Escobar (32) 14,257 67-80
148 September 14 Devil Rays 8 – 4 Hendrickson (1-0) Sturtze (3-17) Escobar (33) 22,155 68-80
149 September 15 Devil Rays 7 – 4 Kennedy (8-11) Loaiza (8-9) Yan (18) 16,513 68-81
150 September 16 @ Orioles 2 – 0 Walker (9-4) Ponson (7-7) Escobar (34) 20,279 69-81
151 September 17 @ Orioles 10 – 4 Stephens (2-4) Miller (7-5) 20,486 69-82
152 September 18 @ Orioles 2 – 1 Halladay (17-7) Douglass (0-4) Escobar (35) 20,928 70-82
153 September 19 @ Orioles 9 – 3 Hendrickson (2-0) López (15-8) 24,162 71-82
154 September 20 @ Devil Rays 11 – 7 Sturtze (4-17) Loaiza (8-10) 12,682 71-83
155 September 21 @ Devil Rays 4 – 3 Carter (2-0) Walker (9-5) 13,351 71-84
156 September 22 @ Devil Rays 12 – 6 Miller (8-5) Wilson (6-11) 19,625 72-84
157 September 24 Orioles 11 – 1 Halladay (18-7) Douglass (0-5) 14,438 73-84
158 September 25 Orioles 3 – 2 Hendrickson (3-0) López (15-9) Escobar (36) 17,287 74-84
159 September 26 Orioles 5 – 1 Loaiza (9-10) Hentgen (0-4) 13,127 75-84
160 September 27 Tigers 5 – 2 Walker (10-5) Van Hekken (1-3) Escobar (37) 15,407 76-84
161 September 28 Tigers 10 – 2 Miller (9-5) Beverlin (0-3) 19,541 77-84
162 September 29 Tigers 1 – 0 Halladay (19-7) Maroth (6-10) Escobar (38) 30,029 78-84

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 Ken Huckaby 88 273 67 .245 3 22
1B Carlos Delgado 143 505 140 .277 33 108
2B Orlando Hudson 54 192 53 .276 4 23
SS Chris Woodward 90 312 86 .276 13 45
3B Eric Hinske 151 566 158 .279 24 84
LF Shannon Stewart 141 577 175 .303 10 45
CF Vernon Wells 159 608 167 .275 23 100
RF Raúl Mondesí 75 299 67 .224 15 45
DH Josh Phelps 74 265 82 .309 15 58

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
José Cruz Jr. 124 466 114 .245 18 70
Dave Berg 109 374 101 .270 4 39
Felipe López 85 282 64 .227 8 34
Tom Wilson 96 265 68 .257 8 37
Joe Lawrence 55 150 27 .180 2 15
Darrin Fletcher 45 127 28 .220 3 22
DeWayne Wise 42 112 20 .179 3 13
Homer Bush 23 78 18 .231 1 2
Jayson Werth 15 46 12 .261 0 6
Brian Lesher 24 38 5 .132 0 2
Kevin Cash 7 14 2 .143 0 0
Pedro Swann 13 12 1 .083 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
Roy Halladay 34 239.1 19 7 2.93 168
Esteban Loaiza 25 151.1 9 10 5.71 87
Steve Parris 14 75.1 5 5 5.97 48
Chris Carpenter 13 73.1 4 5 5.28 45
Brian Cooper 2 8.1 0 1 14.04 3

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
Pete Walker 37 139.1 10 5 4.33 80
Justin Miller 25 102.1 9 5 5.54 68
Luke Prokopec 22 71.2 2 9 6.78 41
Brandon Lyon 15 62.0 1 4 6.53 30
Mark Hendrickson 16 36.2 3 0 2.45 21
Mike Smith 14 35.1 0 3 6.62 16

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
Kelvim Escobar 76 5 7 38 4.27 85
Scott Cassidy 58 1 4 0 5.73 48
Cliff Politte 55 1 3 1 3.61 57
Félix Heredia 53 1 2 0 3.61 31
Scott Eyre 49 2 4 0 4.97 51
Corey Thurman 43 2 3 0 4.37 56
Dan Plesac 19 1 2 0 3.38 14
Brian Bowles 17 2 1 0 4.05 19
Pedro Borbón Jr. 16 1 2 0 4.97 11
Jason Kershner 10 0 0 1 1.69 7
Bob File 5 0 1 0 18.90 2
Scott Wiggins 3 0 0 0 3.38 3
Pasqual Coco 2 0 1 0 18.00 0

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Omar Malavé
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Paul Elliott
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Rolando Pino

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References

  1. ^ "2002 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "2002 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Feature: 2002 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  4. ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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