2002 Atlanta Braves season

The 2002 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 37th season in Atlanta and 132nd overall. The Braves won their eighth consecutive division title, finishing 19 games ahead of the second-place Montreal Expos. The Braves lost the 2002 Divisional Series to the eventual NL Champion San Francisco Giants, 3–2. This would be the first of four consecutive NLDS losses in as many years, and the first of three consecutive years to do so by losing the deciding Game 5 at Turner Field.

2002 Atlanta Braves
National League East champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	101–59 (.631)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	AOL Time Warner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	TBS Superstation Turner South (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
Radio	WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) WWWE (Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
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2002 marked the final year that pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz played on the same team ending the reign of what has been considered by many the greatest pitching trio of all-time. All three would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame a decade later. Smoltz set the Braves' single season record for saves (55). Chipper Jones moved to the outfield in left field to allow for Vinny Castilla to be signed and added to the lineup at third base. Julio Franco became a regular player in the second stint of his Major League career and Gary Sheffield was acquired to the Braves in 2002, playing at right field.

Offseason

• October 26, 2001: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[1]
• December 4, 2001: John Smoltz was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.^[2]
• December 11, 2001: Vinny Castilla signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[3]
• December 17, 2001: Julio Franco was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.^[4]
• January 15, 2002: Gary Sheffield was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Andrew Brown, Brian Jordan and Odalis Pérez.^[5]
• January 16, 2002: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[6]
• March 20, 2002: Henry Blanco was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Paul Bako and Jose Cabrera.^[7]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Vinny Castilla
• Rafael Furcal
• Marcus Giles
• Tom Glavine
• Andruw Jones
• Chipper Jones
• Javy López
• Gary Sheffield
• B. J. Surhoff^[8]

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	101	59	.631	—	52‍–‍28	49‍–‍31
Montreal Expos	83	79	.512	19	49‍–‍32	34‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies	80	81	.497	21½	40‍–‍40	40‍–‍41
Florida Marlins	79	83	.488	23	46‍–‍35	33‍–‍48
New York Mets	75	86	.466	26½	38‍–‍43	37‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002
Team	AZ	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	3–3–1	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	3–3–1	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

Transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeff Francoeur was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2002.^[9]
• September 30, 2002: Aaron Small was released by the Atlanta Braves.^[1]

Roster

2002 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 30 Jung Bong 33 Joey Dawley 56 John Ennis 48 John Foster 47 Tom Glavine 49 Kevin Gryboski 36 Chris Hammond 45 Trey Hodges 40 Darren Holmes 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 32 Albie Lopez 31 Greg Maddux 38 Jason Marquis 34 Kevin Millwood 27 Damian Moss 26 Andy Pratt 37 Mike Remlinger 30 Aaron Small 29 John Smoltz 43 Tim Spooneybarger		Catchers 20 Henry Blanco  8 Javy López 50 Steve Torrealba Infielders 19 Vinny Castilla 16 Mark DeRosa 4,23 Julio Franco  4 Matt Franco  1 Rafael Furcal  2 Jesse Garcia 22 Marcus Giles 18 Wes Helms  7 Keith Lockhart 15 B. J. Surhoff		Outfielders 28 Darren Bragg 25 Andruw Jones 10 Chipper Jones 72 Ryan Langerhans 11 Gary Sheffield		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 52 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 17 Glenn Hubbard (1st base) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (hitting)  5 Ned Yost (3rd base)

Game log

2002 Game Log: 101–59 (Home: 52–28; Away: 49–31)
April: 12–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 Phillies 7–2 Glavine (1–0) Person (0–1) — 51,638 1–0 2 April 3 Phillies 1–3 Padilla (1–0) Millwood (0–1) Mesa (1) 23,865 1–1 3 April 4 Phillies 11–2 Marquis (1–0) Adams (0–1) — 24,640 2–1 4 April 5 Mets 3–9 Astacio (1–0) Lopez (0–1) — 35,347 2–2 5 April 6 Mets 2–11 Weathers (1–0) Smoltz (0–1) — 41,124 2–3 6 April 7 Mets 5–2 (14) Lopez (1–1) Komiyama (0–1) — 34,210 3–3 7 April 8 @ Phillies 2–1 Millwood (1–1) Padilla (1–1) Smoltz (1) 14,502 4–3 8 April 9 @ Phillies 4–7 Santiago (1–1) Marquis (1–1) Mesa (3) 13,020 4–4 9 April 10 @ Phillies 5–7 (11) Politte (2–0) Ligtenberg (0–1) — 14,542 4–5 10 April 11 @ Phillies 6–2 Glavine (2–0) Coggin (0–1) Holmes (1) 14,111 5–5 11 April 12 @ Marlins 2–0 Maddux (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Smoltz (2) 12,066 6–5 12 April 13 @ Marlins 4–5 (14) Knotts (1–0) Gryboski (0–1) — 18,784 6–6 13 April 14 @ Marlins 0–7 Burnett (2–1) Marquis (1–2) — 11,506 6–7 14 April 15 @ Mets 6–7 (12) Strickland (1–1) Hammond (0–1) — 28,843 6–8 15 April 16 @ Mets 1–3 Astacio (3–0) Glavine (2–1) — 31,472 6–9 16 April 17 @ Mets 2–1 Millwood (2–1) D'Amico (1–1) Smoltz (3) 30,702 7–9 17 April 19 Marlins 3–2 Holmes (1–0) Dempster (0–1) Smoltz (4) 27,256 8–9 18 April 20 Marlins 3–1 Maddux (2–0) Burnett (2–2) Smoltz (5) 33,649 9–9 19 April 21 Marlins 4–2 Glavine (3–1) Olsen (0–1) Smoltz (6) 27,425 10–9 20 April 22 Marlins 3–8 Penny (2–1) Millwood (2–2) — 21,461 10–10 21 April 23 Diamondbacks 2–5 Schilling (4–1) Bong (0–1) Kim (3) 30,674 10–11 22 April 24 Diamondbacks 4–3 Foster (1–0) Prinz (0–1) Smoltz (7) 21,122 11–11 23 April 25 Diamondbacks 5–11 Helling (3–2) Maddux (2–1) — 27,632 11–12 24 April 26 Astros 9–0 Glavine (4–1) Redding (0–2) — 25,249 12–12 25 April 27 Astros 3–6 Mlicki (3–2) Millwood (2–3) Wagner (3) 33,006 12–13 26 April 28 Astros 1–7 Hernandez (2–0) Lopez (1–2) — 31,018 12–14 27 April 30 @ Brewers 3–4 Figueroa (1–1) Maddux (2–2) DeJean (5) 16,067 12–15
May: 18–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 10–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 @ Brewers 3–1 Glavine (5–1) Quevedo (1–3) Smoltz (8) 17,084 13–15 29 May 2 @ Brewers 3–2 (10) Holmes (2–0) DeJean (0–1) Smoltz (9) 18,113 14–15 30 May 3 @ Cardinals 2–1 (11) Hammond (1–1) Stechschulte (2–1) Smoltz (10) 40,758 15–15 31 May 4 @ Cardinals 2–3 Simontacchi (1–0) Lopez (1–3) Isringhausen (5) 42,455 15–16 32 May 5 @ Cardinals 4–2 Maddux (3–2) Kile (1–2) Smoltz (11) 39,509 16–16 33 May 7 Dodgers 5–6 (16) Carrara (2–0) Ligtenberg (0–2) Orosco (1) 26,914 16–17 34 May 8 Dodgers 1–3 Perez (4–1) Millwood (2–4) Gagne (11) 22,163 16–18 35 May 9 Dodgers 6–2 Moss (1–0) Ashby (2–3) — 23,930 17–18 36 May 10 Padres 7–3 Remlinger (1–0) Fikac (3–2) — 29,075 18–18 37 May 11 Padres 6–1 Marquis (2–2) Lawrence (4–2) — 36,273 19–18 38 May 12 Padres 5–6 Boyd (1–0) Glavine (5–2) Hoffman (12) 25,636 19–19 39 May 13 @ Giants 6–7 (11) Worrell (3–0) Hammond (1–2) — 36,331 19–20 40 May 14 @ Giants 0–2 Jensen (4–2) Moss (1–1) Nen (12) 36,972 19–21 41 May 15 @ Giants 6–1 Maddux (4–2) Hernandez (4–4) — 38,164 20–21 42 May 16 @ Giants 5–4 Marquis (3–2) Schmidt (0–1) — 40,236 21–21 43 May 17 @ Rockies 4–2 Glavine (6–2) Thomson (5–3) Smoltz (12) 40,357 22–21 44 May 18 @ Rockies 3–7 Stark (2–0) Millwood (2–5) — 42,780 22–22 45 May 19 @ Rockies 2–1 Remlinger (2–0) Nichting (0–1) Smoltz (13) 43,151 23–22 46 May 21 @ Expos 4–5 (10) Tucker (2–0) Holmes (2–1) — 5,442 23–23 47 May 22 @ Expos 2–0 Glavine (7–2) Armas (5–5) — 5,504 24–23 48 May 24 Reds 11–2 Millwood (3–5) Hamilton (2–2) — 29,307 25–23 49 May 25 Reds 4–6 Haynes (4–5) Marquis (3–3) Graves (16) 44,026 25–24 50 May 26 Reds 7–5 Maddux (5–2) Reitsma (3–1) — 40,142 26–24 51 May 27 Expos 5–1 Glavine (8–2) Armas (5–6) — 30,187 27–24 52 May 28 Expos 5–2 Moss (2–1) Yoshii (2–2) Smoltz (14) 22,278 28–24 53 May 29 Expos 3–4 Tucker (4–0) Smoltz (0–2) Stewart (3) 20,162 28–25 54 May 30 Expos 5–2 Marquis (4–3) Pavano (3–6) — 24,025 29–25 55 May 31 @ Reds 7–0 Maddux (6–2) Reitsma (3–2) — 38,777 30–25
June: 21–5 (Home: 10–2; Away: 11–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 1 @ Reds 7–1 Glavine (9–2) Rijo (4–3) — 27,080 31–25 57 June 2 @ Reds 1–5 Dessens (4–3) Moss (2–2) — 26,470 31–26 58 June 3 Mets 5–4 Hammond (2–2) Trachsel (3–6) Smoltz (15) 31,704 32–26 – June 4 Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 11 59 June 5 Mets 6–4 Hammond (3–2) Strickland (5–3) Smoltz (16) 30,986 33–26 60 June 6 Mets 3–2 Glavine (10–2) Weathers (2–2) Smoltz (17) 41,286 34–26 61 June 7 @ Rangers 13–7 Hammond (4–2) Park (2–3) — 42,765 35–26 62 June 8 @ Rangers 6–3 (10) Remlinger (3–0) Irabu (2–6) Smoltz (18) 48,776 36–26 63 June 9 @ Rangers 9–3 Marquis (5–3) Burba (3–4) — 35,436 37–26 64 June 10 @ Twins 5–6 (15) Fiore (4–1) Ligtenberg (0–3) — 24,534 37–27 65 June 11 @ Twins 11–0 Glavine (11–2) Lohse (6–4) — 23,256 39–27 66 June 12 @ Twins 3–2 Moss (3–2) Santana (1–1) Smoltz (19) 21,485 39–27 67 June 14 Red Sox 2–1 Hammond (5–2) Martínez (7–2) Smoltz (20) 48,922 40–27 68 June 15 Red Sox 4–2 Maddux (7–2) Burkett (7–2) Smoltz (21) 50,764 41–27 69 June 16 Red Sox 1–6 Lowe (11–2) Glavine (11–3) — 45,666 41–28 70 June 18 Tigers 0–6 Weaver (5–8) Marquis (5–4) — 28,173 41–29 71 June 19 Tigers 4–1 Millwood (4–5) Maroth (1–1) Smoltz (22) 25,118 42–29 72 June 20 Tigers 3–2 Ligtenberg (1–3) Acevedo (1–3) — 28,843 43–29 73 June 21 White Sox 3–2 Gryboski (1–1) Ritchie (4–9) Smoltz (23) 35,102 44–29 74 June 22 White Sox 15–2 Moss (4–2) Glover (2–3) — 47,276 45–29 75 June 23 White Sox 9–1 Marquis (6–4) Wright (5–8) — 30,883 46–29 76 June 24 @ Mets 3–2 Gryboski (2–1) Strickland (6–4) Smoltz (24) 34,708 47–29 77 June 25 @ Mets 4–7 Trachsel (6–6) Lopez (1–4) Benitez (19) 31,607 47–30 78 June 26 @ Mets 6–3 Hammond (6–2) Weathers (2–3) Smoltz (25) 30,974 48–30 – June 27 @ Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27 79 June 28 @ Red Sox 4–2 Remlinger (4–0) Wakefield (2–3) Smoltz (26) 33,137 49–30 80 June 29 @ Red Sox 2–1 Millwood (5–5) Lowe (11–4) Smoltz (27) 32,651 50–30 81 June 30 @ Red Sox 7–3 (10) Remlinger (5–0) Urbina (0–3) — 32,348 51–30
July: 18–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 Expos 7–5 Ligtenberg (2–3) Vazquez (5–5) Smoltz (28) 26,053 52–30 83 July 2 Expos 2–5 Colon (11–4) Moss (4–3) Stewart (10) 25,581 52–31 84 July 3 Expos 6–5 Smoltz (1–2) Brower (3–1) — 23,439 53–31 85 July 4 Cubs 5–1 Remlinger (6–0) Prior (2–2) Smoltz (29) 49,967 54–31 86 July 5 Cubs 4–3 Millwood (6–5) Clement (6–6) Smoltz (30) 48,784 55–31 87 July 6 Cubs 3–7 Zambrano (1–1) Glavine (11–4) — 49,961 55–32 88 July 7 Cubs 2–0 Maddux (8–2) Lieber (6–6) Smoltz (31) 34,140 56–32 73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 89 July 11 @ Expos 8–5 Millwood (7–5) Armas (8–8) Smoltz (32) 11,855 57–32 90 July 12 @ Expos 8–3 Remlinger (7–0) Tucker (4–1) — 14,256 58–32 91 July 13 @ Expos 3–6 Colon (12–4) Glavine (11–5) — 17,335 58–33 92 July 14 @ Expos 3–10 Vazquez (7–5) Moss (4–4) — 25,109 58–34 93 July 15 @ Cubs 2–3 Zambrano (2–1) Marquis (6–5) Alfonseca (12) 40,206 58–35 94 July 16 @ Cubs 2–0 Millwood (8–5) Lieber (6–7) Smoltz (33) 39,118 59–35 95 July 17 Marlins 10–0 Maddux (9–2) Burnett (8–7) — 40,292 60–35 96 July 18 Marlins 3–1 Glavine (12–5) Tavarez (7–6) Smoltz (34) 34,805 61–35 97 July 19 @ Phillies 4–1 Moss (5–4) Duckworth (5–8) Smoltz (35) 20,422 62–35 98 July 20 @ Phillies 4–3 Marquis (7–5) Adams (4–7) Smoltz (36) 23,570 63–35 99 July 21 @ Phillies 2–1 Millwood (9–5) Wolf (5–7) Spooneybarger (1) 25,012 64–35 100 July 22 @ Marlins 1–2 Burnett (9–7) Maddux (9–3) Looper (2) 10,125 64–36 101 July 23 @ Marlins 5–3 Glavine (13–5) Tavarez (7–7) Smoltz (37) 12,210 65–36 102 July 24 @ Marlins 10–0 Moss (6–4) Tejera (6–3) — 10,375 66–36 103 July 26 Phillies 2–3 Wolf (6–7) Millwood (9–6) Mesa (28) 44,744 66–37 104 July 27 Phillies 5–3 Maddux (10–3) Roa (0–1) Smoltz (38) 43,214 67–37 105 July 28 Phillies 1–7 Padilla (11–6) Glavine (13–6) — 31,764 67–38 106 July 30 Brewers 3–2 Moss (7–4) Quevedo (6–8) Smoltz (39) 30,802 68–38 107 July 31 Brewers 9–1 Millwood (10–6) Sheets (5–13) — 25,874 69–38
August: 16–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 Brewers 4–0 Maddux (11–3) Rusch (5–11) — 29,168 70–38 109 August 2 Cardinals 11–5 Glavine (14–6) Simontacchi (7–3) — 45,512 71–38 110 August 3 Cardinals 6–1 Marquis (8–5) Morris (12–7) — 46,356 72–38 111 August 4 Cardinals 2–1 Smoltz (2–2) Veres (4–7) — 33,686 73–38 112 August 6 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 (13) Ligtenberg (3–3) Koplove (3–1) — 46,676 74–38 113 August 7 @ Diamondbacks 3–6 Mantei (2–1) Remlinger (7–1) Kim (28) 44,948 74–39 114 August 8 @ Diamondbacks 4–1 Glavine (15–6) Anderson (5–8) Smoltz (40) 40,115 75–39 115 August 9 @ Astros 6–5 (13) Spooneybarger (1–0) Cruz (1–6) Smoltz (41) 41,416 76–39 116 August 10 @ Astros 5–8 Saarloos (5–2) Marquis (8–6) Wagner (25) 43,332 76–40 117 August 11 @ Astros 13–3 Millwood (11–6) Mlicki (4–8) — 41,092 77–40 118 August 13 Giants 2–7 Ortiz (8–8) Maddux (11–4) — 39,794 77–41 119 August 14 Giants 1–0 Glavine (16–6) Hernandez (7–13) Smoltz (42) 31,039 78–41 120 August 15 Giants 3–3 (10) Game called (rain) (game was not made up, tie does not count in record) 35,340 78–41 121 August 16 Rockies 4–1 Millwood (12–6) Chacon (5–10) Smoltz (43) 30,504 79–41 122 August 17 Rockies 3–10 Stark (8–3) Marquis (8–7) — 46,104 79–42 123 August 18 Rockies 3–6 Jennings (14–5) Maddux (11–5) Jimenez (33) 30,399 79–43 124 August 19 Rockies 7–6 Smoltz (3–2) Jimenez (2–8) — 24,568 80–43 125 August 20 @ Padres 2–6 Tomko (7–8) Moss (7–5) — 21,440 80–44 126 August 21 @ Padres 6–3 Millwood (13–6) Tankersley (1–3) Smoltz (44) 22,471 81–44 127 August 22 @ Padres 2–9 Bynum (1–0) Marquis (8–8) — 23,569 81–45 128 August 23 @ Dodgers 3–4 Gagne (2–1) Holmes (2–2) — 50,341 81–46 129 August 24 @ Dodgers 3–4 Shuey (6–2) Glavine (16–7) Gagne (44) 54,212 81–47 130 August 25 @ Dodgers 7–5 Moss (8–5) Ishii (13–9) Smoltz (45) 50,306 82–47 131 August 27 @ Pirates 5–4 Millwood (14–6) Fogg (11–10) Smoltz (46) 20,542 83–47 132 August 28 @ Pirates 0–1 (10) Williams (2–5) Remlinger (7–2) — 20,136 83–48 133 August 29 @ Pirates 1–4 Arroyo (2–1) Glavine (16–8) Williams (38) 17,312 83–49 134 August 30 @ Expos 4–2 Moss (9–5) Armas (8–12) Smoltz (47) 7,659 84–49 135 August 31 @ Expos 5–3 Hammond (7–2) Vazquez (8–12) Smoltz (48) 8,528 85–49
September: 16–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 @ Expos 6–4 Millwood (15–6) Yoshii (4–7) Smoltz (49) 10,581 86–49 137 September 2 Pirates 5–1 Maddux (12–5) Meadows (1–4) — 30,803 87–49 138 September 3 Pirates 0–3 Torres (1–0) Glavine (16–9) Williams (39) 18,931 87–50 139 September 4 Pirates 6–0 Moss (10–5) Wells (12–13) — 19,525 88–50 140 September 6 Expos 5–0 Millwood (16–6) Yoshii (4–8) — 24,361 89–50 141 September 7 Expos 4–0 Maddux (13–5) Ohka (13–7) — 34,424 90–50 142 September 8 Expos 0–7 Colon (18–7) Glavine (16–10) — 25,551 90–51 143 September 10 Mets 12–6 Hodges (1–0) Astacio (12–9) — 28,214 91–51 144 September 11 (1) Mets 8–5 Millwood (17–6) Trachsel (9–11) Smoltz (50) 19,802 92–51 145 September 11 (2) Mets 0–5 Leiter (13–11) Marquis (8–9) — 26,734 92–52 146 September 13 @ Marlins 3–13 Pavano (5–10) Maddux (13–6) — 10,436 92–53 147 September 14 @ Marlins 10–5 Glavine (17–10) Beckett (5–7) — 13,527 93–53 148 September 15 @ Marlins 6–4 Moss (11–5) Wayne (1–2) Smoltz (51) 7,844 94–53 149 September 16 @ Marlins 1–5 Penny (7–6) Millwood (17–7) — 6,103 94–54 150 September 17 Phillies 2–1 Maddux (14–6) Padilla (11–11) Smoltz (52) 23,082 95–54 151 September 18 Phillies 5–6 Silva (5–0) Ligtenberg (3–4) Mesa (41) 20,356 95–55 152 September 19 Phillies 6–0 Glavine (18–10) Roa (4–4) — 23,482 96–55 153 September 20 Marlins 2–6 Wayne (2–2) Moss (11–6) — 28,869 96–56 154 September 21 Marlins 4–6 Penny (8–6) Millwood (17–8) Looper (11) 37,131 96–57 155 September 22 Marlins 4–1 Maddux (15–6) Tavarez (10–12) Smoltz (53) 32,172 97–57 156 September 24 @ Phillies 3–5 Junge (2–0) Glavine (18–11) Mesa (45) 15,807 97–58 157 September 25 @ Phillies 7–1 Moss (12–6) Myers (4–5) — 14,516 98–58 – September 26 @ Phillies Cancelled (rain) 158 September 27 (1) @ Mets 3–1 Maddux (16–6) Thomson (9–14) Smoltz (54) N/A 99–58 159 September 27 (2) @ Mets 7–4 Millwood (18–8) Astacio (12–11) — 33,527 100–58 160 September 28 @ Mets 5–2 Hodges (2–0) Leiter (13–13) Smoltz (55) 38,988 101–58 161 September 29 @ Mets 1–6 Trachsel (11–11) Remlinger (7–3) — 37,721 101–59
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Braves team member

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	Javy López	109	347	81	.233	11	52
1B	Julio Franco	125	338	96	.284	6	30
2B	Keith Lockhart	128	296	64	.216	5	32
SS	Rafael Furcal	154	636	175	.275	8	47
3B	Vinny Castilla	143	543	126	.232	12	61
LF	Chipper Jones	158	548	179	.327	26	100
CF	Andruw Jones	154	560	148	.264	35	94
RF	Gary Sheffield	135	492	151	.307	25	84

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
Henry Blanco	81	221	45	.204	6	22
Marcus Giles	68	213	49	.230	8	23
Darren Bragg	109	212	57	.269	3	15
Mark DeRosa	72	212	63	.297	5	23
Wes Helms	85	210	51	.243	6	22
Matt Franco	81	205	65	.317	6	30
B.J. Surhoff	25	75	22	.293	0	9
Jesse Garcia	39	61	12	.197	0	5
Steve Torrealba	13	17	1	.059	0	1
Ryan Langerhans	1	1	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
Tom Glavine	36	224.2	18	11	2.96	127
Kevin Millwood	35	217.0	18	8	3.24	178
Greg Maddux	34	199.1	16	6	2.62	118
Damian Moss	33	179.0	12	6	3.42	111
Jason Marquis	22	114.1	8	9	5.04	84
Jung Bong	1	6.0	0	1	7.50	4
John Ennis	1	4.0	0	0	4.50	1

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
Albie Lopez	30	55.2	1	4	4.37	39

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
John Smoltz	75	3	2	55	3.25	85
Mike Remlinger	73	7	3	0	1.99	69
Chris Hammond	63	7	2	0	0.95	63
Kevin Gryboski	57	2	1	0	3.48	33
Darren Holmes	55	2	2	1	1.81	47
Kerry Ligtenberg	52	3	4	0	2.97	51
Tim Spooneybarger	51	1	0	1	2.63	33
John Foster	5	1	0	0	10.80	6
Trey Hodges	4	2	0	0	5.40	6
Andy Pratt	1	0	0	0	6.75	1
Joey Dawley	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Aaron Small	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Postseason

Game log

2002 Postseason Game Log

National League Division Series: 2–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 2 Giants 5–8 Ortiz (1–0) Glavine (0–1) Nen (1) 41,903 0–1 2 October 3 Giants 7–3 Millwood (1–0) Rueter (0–1) — 47,167 1–1 3 October 5 @ Giants 10–2 Maddux (1–0) Schmidt (0–1) — 43,043 2–1 4 October 6 @ Giants 3–8 Hernandez (1–0) Glavine (0–2) — 43,070 2–2 5 October 7 Giants 1–3 Ortiz (2–0) Millwood (1–1) Nen (2) 45,203 2–3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

National League League Division Series Pitchers: 47 Tom Glavine 49 Kevin Gryboski 36 Chris Hammond 40 Darren Holmes 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Greg Maddux 34 Kevin Millwood 27 Damian Moss 37 Mike Remlinger 29 John Smoltz Catchers: 20 Henry Blanco 8 Javy López Infielders: 19 Vinny Castilla 16 Mark DeRosa 23 Julio Franco 4 Matt Franco 1 Rafael Furcal 22 Marcus Giles 18 Wes Helms 7 Keith Lockhart Outfielders: 28 Darren Bragg 25 Andruw Jones 10 Chipper Jones 11 Gary Sheffield

Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball season Braves' team pitching led the league with a 3.13 ERA. John Smoltz was National League Relief Man of the Year, as he led the league with 55 saves, which was a National League record at the time (since broken by Éric Gagné in 2003). Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were chosen for Gold Glove awards.

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Representing the Braves on the 2002 National League All-Star team were pitchers Tom Glavine, Mike Remlinger and John Smoltz. Andruw Jones was elected to receive the final roster spot on the 2002 National League All-Star team.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Fredi González
AA	Greenville Braves	Southern League	Brian Snitker
A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League	Randy Ingle
A	Macon Braves	South Atlantic League	Lynn Jones
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Ralph Henriquez
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Jim Saul

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