2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 113th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 45th season in Los Angeles, California. The 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 National League West. Shawn Green hit 42 home runs to become the first Los Angeles Dodger to have back-to-back 40 or more homer seasons (Duke Snider had four consecutive 40+ homer seasons when the team was in Brooklyn). 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, a former starter, was turned into the closer and proceeded to set a club record for saves with 52. This is also their first season to be broadcast on KCOP (13).

2002 Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	92–70 (.568)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Fox Entertainment Group
President	Bob Graziano
General managers	Dan Evans
Managers	Jim Tracy
Television	Fox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13)
Radio	KFWB Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
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Offseason

• November 9, 2001: Acquired Omar Daal from the Philadelphia Phillies for Jesus Cordero and Eric Junge.
• December 13, 2001: Acquired César Izturis and Paul Quantrill from the Toronto Blue Jays for Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts.
• December 21, 2001: Acquired Dave Roberts from the Cleveland Indians for Christian Bridenbaugh and Nial Hughes.
• January 15, 2002: Acquired Andrew Brown, Odalis Pérez and Brian Jordan from the Atlanta Braves for Gary Sheffield.
• February 21, 2002: Tim Crabtree was signed as a free agent.^[2]
• March 23, 2002: Acquired Guillermo Mota and Wilkin Ruan from the Montreal Expos for Matt Herges and Jorge Nunez.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	98	64	.605	—	55‍–‍26	43‍–‍38
San Francisco Giants	95	66	.590	2½	50‍–‍31	45‍–‍35
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	.568	6	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Colorado Rockies	73	89	.451	25	47‍–‍34	26‍–‍55
San Diego Padres	66	96	.407	32	41‍–‍40	25‍–‍56

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

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Dave Roberts	Center fielder
César Izturis	Shortstop
Paul Lo Duca	Catcher
Shawn Green	Right fielder
Brian Jordan	Left fielder
Adrián Beltré	Third baseman
Eric Karros	First baseman
Mark Grudzielanek	Second baseman
Kevin Brown	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• July 22, 2002: Acquired Jolbert Cabrera from the Cleveland Indians for Lance Caraccioli.
• July 23, 2002: Acquired Tyler Houston and Brian Mallete from the Milwaukee Brewers for Ben Diggins and Shane Nance.
• July 25, 2002: Acquired Tom Farmer and Jason Frasor from the Detroit Tigers for Hiram Bocachica.
• July 28, 2002: Acquired Paul Shuey from the Cleveland Indians for Francisco Cruceta, Terry Mulholland and Ricardo Rodríguez.

Roster

2002 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 57 Víctor Alvarez 43 Andy Ashby 58 Kevin Beirne 27 Kevin Brown 55 Giovanni Carrara 49 Bryan Corey 36 Omar Daal 51 Robert Ellis 38 Éric Gagné 17 Kazuhisa Ishii 59 Guillermo Mota 45 Terry Mulholland 10 Hideo Nomo 47 Jesse Orosco 45 Odalis Pérez 44 Paul Quantrill 52 Paul Shuey 56 Dennis Springer 54 Jeff Williams		Catchers 21 Chad Kreuter 16 Paul Lo Duca 40 David Ross Infielders 29 Adrián Beltré 13 Alex Cora  8 Mark Grudzielanek 25 Dave Hansen  5 Tyler Houston  3 César Izturis 23 Eric Karros 14 Jeff Reboulet 41 Joe Thurston		Outfielders 49 Luke Allen 26 Hiram Bocachica 50 Jolbert Cabrera 52 Chin-Feng Chen 15 Shawn Green  9 Marquis Grissom 33 Brian Jordan  7 Mike Kinkade 30 Dave Roberts 26 Wilkin Ruan		Manager 12 Jim Tracy Coaches 22 Jack Clark (hitting) 48 Jim Colborn (pitching) 35 Glenn Hoffman (third base) 18 Jim Lett (bullpen) 11 Manny Mota  5 Jim Riggleman (bench) 31 John Shelby (1st base)

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Odalis Pérez	32	32	222.1	15-10	3.00	38	155	4
Hideo Nomo	34	34	220.1	16-6	3.39	101	193	0
Andy Ashby	30	30	181.2	9-13	3.91	65	107	0
Omar Daal	39	23	161.1	11-9	3.90	54	105	0
Kazuhisa Ishii	28	28	154.0	14-10	4.27	106	143	0
Kevin Brown	17	10	63.2	3-4	4.81	23	58	0

Relief Pitchers stats

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

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Éric Gagné	77	0	82.1	4-1	1.97	16	114	52
Paul Quantrill	86	0	76.2	5-4	2.70	25	53	1
Giovanni Carrara	63	0	90.2	6-3	3.28	32	56	1
Jesse Orosco	56	0	27.0	1-2	3.00	12	22	1
Guillermo Mota	43	0	60.2	1-3	4.15	27	49	0
Terry Mulholland	21	0	32.0	0-0	7.31	7	17	0
Paul Shuey	28	0	30.2	5-2	4.40	21	24	1
Kevin Beirne	12	3	29.0	2-0	3.41	17	17	0
Víctor Álvarez	4	0	10.1	0-1	4.35	2	7	0
Jeff Williams	10	0	10.0	0-0	11.70	7	11	0
Robert Ellis	3	0	2.2	0-1	10.13	0	0	0
Dennis Springer	1	0	1.1	0-1	6.75	2	1	0
Bryan Corey	1	0	1.0	0-0	0.00	0	0	0

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Paul Lo Duca	C/1B	149	580	.281	74	163	10	64	3
Chad Kreuter	C	41	95	.263	8	25	2	12	1
David Ross	C	8	10	.200	2	2	1	2	0
Eric Karros	1B	142	524	.271	52	142	13	73	4
Mark Grudzielanek	2B	150	536	.271	56	145	9	50	4
César Izturis	SS	135	439	.232	43	102	1	31	7
Adrián Beltré	3B	159	587	.257	70	151	21	75	7
Alex Cora	2B/SS	115	258	.291	37	75	5	28	7
Dave Hansen	1B/3B	96	120	.292	15	35	2	17	1
Tyler Houston	1B/3B	35	65	.200	9	13	0	8	0
Jeff Reboulet	2B/SS	38	48	.208	3	10	0	2	0
Joe Thurston	2B	8	13	.462	1	6	0	1	0
Shawn Green	RF	158	582	.285	110	166	42	114	8
Dave Roberts	CF/LF	127	422	.277	63	117	3	34	48
Brian Jordan	LF/RF	128	471	.285	65	134	18	80	2
Marquis Grissom	CF/LF/RF	111	343	.277	57	95	17	60	5
Hiram Bocachica	LF/CF/RF	49	65	.215	12	14	4	9	1
Mike Kinkade	LF/1B	37	50	.380	7	19	2	11	1
Jolbert Cabrera	OF/IF	10	12	.333	3	4	0	1	0
Wilkin Ruan	CF	12	11	.273	2	3	0	23	0
Luke Allen	RF	6	7	.143	2	1	0	0	0
Chin-Feng Chen	LF	3	5	.000	1	0	0	0	0

2002 Awards

• 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Éric Gagné reserve
  • Odalis Pérez reserve
• NL Pitcher of the Month
  • Éric Gagné (June 2002)
• NL Player of the Month
  • Brian Jordan (September 2002)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Odalis Pérez (April 15–21)
  • Shawn Green (May 20–26)

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).

2002 draft picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 James Loney 1B Lawrence E Elkins High School Yes 2002–2019 MLB 1s Greg Miller LHP Esperanza High School Yes 2002–2013 AAA 2 Zach Hammes RHP Iowa City High School Yes 2002–2013 AAA 2 Jonathan Broxton RHP Burke County High School Yes 2002–2017 MLB 3 Mike Nixon C Sunnyslope High School Yes 2002–2005 AAA 4 Delwyn Young 2B Santa Barbara City College Yes 2002–2016 MLB 5 Mike Megrew LHP Chariho High School Yes 2002–2008 AAA 6 Marshal Looney LHP La Pine High School Yes 2002–2005 A 7 David Bagley 3B University of California, San Diego Yes 2002–2004 A+ 8 Jamaal Hamilton LHP Monterey High School Yes 2002–2005 AA 9 Denver Kitch SS University of Oklahoma No Orioles-2004 2004–2007 A 10 Ryan Williams RHP Old Dominion University Yes 2002–2003 A+ 11 James McDonald 1B Polytechnic High School Yes 2002–2013 MLB 12 Ryan Owen C Wichita State University Yes 2002–2005 A 13 Julio LaSalle RHP Palm Beach Atlantic University Yes 2002–2004 A 14 Karl Mejholm RHP Dover Bay High School No 15 Eric Stults LHP Bethel College Yes 2002–2015 MLB 16 Sambu Ndungidi OF St. Georges High School Yes 2003–2008 Rookie 17 Russell Martin 2B Chipola College Yes 2002–2019 MLB 18 Curtis Hudson C Yuba City High School No 19 Mike White LHP St. Petersburg College Yes 2002–2005 A- 20 Andrew Walker RHP Cowley County Community College No 21 Brian Tracy RHP Claremont High School No 22 Brett Wayne SS St. Mary's College of California Yes 2002–2007 AA 23 Joshua Bartusick 1B Fountain Valley High School No 24 D. J. Jackson OF Jesuit High School Yes 2003–2006 AAA 25 Alvin Hayes RHP Alabama Southern Community College Yes 2003–2006 A- 26 Jarod Plummer RHP South Garland High School Yes 2002–2010 AAA 27 Mike Potoczny RHP North Marion High School Yes 2002–2003 Rookie 28 Robert Ray RHP Lufkin High School No Blue Jays-2005 2005–2012 MLB 29 Don Laurin SS East Oklahoma State College Yes 2003–2006 A+ 30 Edward Roberts RHP Key West High School No 31 Ross Hawley RHP Kansas State University Yes 2002–2003 A 32 Richie Robnett OF Santa Barbara City College No Athletics-2004 2004–2010 AAA 33 Eduardo Baez RHP Poly High School No 34 Doug Mathis RHP Show Low High School No Rangers-2005 2005–2014 MLB 35 Matt Long RHP Granville High School No White Sox-2006 2006–2011 AAA 36 Bryan Goelz OF New York City College of Technology Yes 2002–2012 A+ 37 Jonathan Riggleman 3B Hillsborough Community College No 38 Daiel Forrer LHP Jefferson Davis High School No Pirates-2007 2007 A- 39 Luke Hochevar RHP Fowler High School No Royals-2006 2006–2016 MLB 40 Eric Wolfe 1B York Mills High School No 41 Ryan Lennerton P East Oklahoma State College No 42 Nathan Warrick OF Belton High School No Astros-2005 2005–2007 A 43 David Parker RHP Oklahoma City University Yes 2002–2005 Rookie 44 James Bailie C Kodiak High School No 45 Justin Estrada SS Jesuit High School No 46 Mickey Jordan OF Armstrong Atlantic State University Yes 2002 Rookie 47 Chad Bailey LHP North Idaho College Yes 2003–2006 A+ 48 Andre Trahan OF Yuba Community College No 49 Jeffrey Cristy C Lincoln Southeast High School No 50 Jason Farrand C Conway High School No [4]