2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2002 season saw Dan Evans take over as General Manager and in his first season the team won 92 games and was not eliminated from post season contention until the next-to-last day of the season, finishing third overall in the Western Division of the National League. Shawn Green hit 42 home runs to become the first L.A. Dodger to have back-to-back 40 or more homer seasons. He had four homers in one game on May 23 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 6 for 6 in that game and set a Major League mark for total bases with 19.[1] The number broke the previous record of 18 total bases set by Joe Adcock. Éric Gagné who had been a starter previously became the closer in 2002 and set a club mark with 52 saves. This is also their first season to be broadcast on KCOP (13).

2002 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Fox Entertainment Group
General manager(s)Dan Evans
Manager(s)Jim Tracy
Local televisionFox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13)
Local radioKFWB
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
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Offseason

Regular season

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9864 0.605 — 55–26 43–38
San Francisco Giants 9566 0.590 2½ 50–31 45–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568 6 46–35 46–35
Colorado Rockies 7389 0.451 25 47–34 26–55
San Diego Padres 6696 0.407 32 41–40 25–56

Record vs. opponents
2002 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago2–42–4—5–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati0–62–412–5—3–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–3—5–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida1–58–112–41–52–5—3–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston3–33–311–811–63–33–3—3–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–3—5–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–5—2–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–2—11–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–11—9–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–9—2–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–2—2–42–46–113–9
San Diego7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–2—5–141–58–10
San Francisco11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Dave RobertsCenter fielder
César IzturisShortstop
Paul Lo DucaCatcher
Shawn GreenRight fielder
Brian JordanLeft fielder
Adrián BeltréThird baseman
Eric KarrosFirst baseman
Mark GrudzielanekSecond baseman
Kevin BrownStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Hideo Nomo3434220.316-63.391011930
Odalis Pérez3232222.315-103.00381554
Andy Ashby 3030181.79-133.91651070
Kazuhisa Ishii2828154.014-104.271061430
Omar Daal 3923161.311-93.90541050
Kevin Brown171063.73-44.8123580

Relief Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Éric Gagné 77082.34-11.971611452
Paul Quantrill86076.75-42.7025531
Giovanni Carrara63090.76-33.2832561
Jesse Orosco56027.01-23.0012221
Guillermo Mota43060.71-34.1527490
Terry Mulholland21032.00-07.317170
Paul Shuey28030.75-24.4021241
Kevin Beirne12329.02-03.4117170
Víctor Alvarez4010.30-14.35270
Jeff Williams10010.00-011.707110
Robert Ellis302.70-110.13000
Dennis Springer101.30-16.75210
Bryan Corey101.00-00.00000

Batting Stats
NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Paul Lo DucaC/1B149580.2817416310643
Chad KreuterC4195.2638252121
David RossC810.20022120
Eric Karros1B142524.2715214213734
Mark Grudzielanek2B150536.271561459504
César IzturisSS135439.232431021317
Adrián Beltré3B159587.2577015121757
Alex Cora2B/SS115258.29137755287
Dave Hansen1B/3B96120.29215352171
Tyler Houston1B/3B3565.200913080
Jeff Reboulet2B/SS3848.208310020
Joe Thurston2B813.46216010
Shawn GreenRF158582.285110166421148
Dave RobertsCF/LF127422.2776311733448
Brian JordanLF/RF128471.2856513418802
Marquis GrissomCF/LF/RF111343.277579517605
Hiram BocachicaLF/CF/RF4965.2151214491
Mike KinkadeLF/1B3750.3807192111
Jolbert CabreraOF/IF1012.33334010
Wilkin RuanCF1211.273230230
Luke AllenRF67.14321000
Chin-Feng ChenLF35.00010000

2002 Awards

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Brad Mills
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Dino Ebel
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Juan Bustabad
A South Georgia Waves South Atlantic League Scott Little
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Dann Bilardello
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Luis Salazar
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2		 Dominican Summer League
Rookie San Joaquin Dodgers Venezuelan Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 2002 Major League Baseball Draft
James Loney

The Dodgers selected 52 players in this draft. Of those, nine of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They gained a supplemental first round pick and an extra second round pick as compensation for losing pitcher Chan Ho Park to the Texas Rangers as a free agent.

With their first round pick, the Dodgers selected first baseman James Loney from Lawrence E Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas. Loney would make it to the Majors in 2006 and was the Dodgers primary starting first baseman until he was traded in 2012. He hit 71 home runs and drove in 451 RBI in his seven seasons with the Dodgers, while hitting .284. The supplemental first round pick was left handed pitcher Greg Miller from Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California. Miller was a highly touted prospect and the 2003 Dodgers minor league pitcher of the year after he went 11-4 with a 2.49 ERA in 21 starts for the Vero Beach Dodgers. However, he missed the entire 2004 season with an arm injury and was never able to regain his touch. In eight minor league seasons (the last in the independent American Association) he was 24-15 with a 3.89 ERA in 221 games (53 starts).[3]

This was a fairly successful draft, after several sub-par drafts that proceeded it. Also drafted this season were relief pitcher Jonathan Broxton (second round), starting pitchers James McDonald (11th round, drafted as a first baseman) and Eric Stults (15th round) and catcher Russell Martin (17th round, drafted as a second baseman).

References
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crabtti01.shtml
  3. Gurnick, Ken (April 6, 2009). "Dodgers give up on left-hander Miller". mlb.com. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  4. 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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