2002 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 2002 season was their 26th since the franchise creation. After their record 116 wins the previous year without a World Series appearance, they attempted for a third straight postseason appearance. They ended the season 93–69 (.574), but finished third in the American League West and missed the postseason. This season began a playoff drought that lasted for 20 seasons until 2022, at which point it was the longest in all of the four North American professional sports.

2002 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	T-Mobile Park (then known as Safeco Field)
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	93–69 (.574)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Lou Piniella
Television	KSTW-TV 11 FSN Northwest
Radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Jay Buhner, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Rick Rizzs)
← 2001 Seasons 2003 →

Offseason

• December 7, 2001: Bret Boone was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[1]
• December 19, 2001: David Bell was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[2]
• January 25, 2002: David Bell was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the San Francisco Giants for Desi Relaford and cash.^[2]

Regular season

On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.^[3]

Opening Day starters

• Bret Boone
• Mike Cameron
• Jeff Cirillo
• Freddy García
• Carlos Guillén
• Edgar Martínez
• Mark McLemore
• John Olerud
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Dan Wilson^[4]

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	103	59	.636	—	54‍–‍27	49‍–‍32
Anaheim Angels	99	63	.611	4	54‍–‍27	45‍–‍36
Seattle Mariners	93	69	.574	10	48‍–‍33	45‍–‍36
Texas Rangers	72	90	.444	31	42‍–‍39	30‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	103	58	.640
Minnesota Twins	94	67	.584
Oakland Athletics	103	59	.636

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Anaheim Angels	99	63	.611	—
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	6
Seattle Mariners	93	69	.574	6
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	18
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	21
Cleveland Indians	74	88	.457	25
Texas Rangers	72	90	.444	27
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	32
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	37
Detroit Tigers	55	106	.342	43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	.342	43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002 v t e
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

Roster

2002 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 48 Paul Abbott 33 James Baldwin 36 Doug Creek 39 Brian Fitzgerald 45 Ryan Franklin 34 Freddy García 54 John Halama 17 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 36 Justin Kaye 40 Julio Mateo 50 Jamie Moyer 43 Jeff Nelson 38 Joel Piñeiro 53 Arthur Rhodes 22 Kazuhiro Sasaki 39 Rafael Soriano 52 Aaron Taylor 47 Ismael Valdez 26 Mark Watson		Catchers 10 Pat Borders 13 Ben Davis  6 Dan Wilson Infielders 29 Bret Boone  9 Jeff Cirillo  8 Carlos Guillén 30 José Offerman  5 John Olerud 25 Desi Relaford 23 Luis Ugueto		Outfielders 16 Willie Bloomquist 44 Mike Cameron  1 Charles Gipson 18 Gene Kingsale  4 Mark McLemore 20 Scott Podsednik 21 Rubén Sierra 32 Chris Snelling 51 Ichiro Suzuki Other batters 11 Edgar Martínez 26 Ron Wright		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches  7 John McLaren 12 John Moses 31 Dave Myers 27 Gerald Perry 35 Bryan Price 15 Matt Sinatro

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	Dan Wilson	115	359	106	.295	6	44
1B	John Olerud	154	553	166	.300	22	102
2B	Bret Boone	155	608	169	.278	24	107
SS	Carlos Guillén	134	475	124	.261	9	56
3B	Jeff Cirillo	146	485	121	.249	6	54
LF	Mark McLemore	104	337	91	.270	7	41
CF	Mike Cameron	158	545	130	.239	25	80
RF	Ichiro Suzuki	157	647	208	.321	8	51
DH	Edgar Martínez	97	328	91	.277	15	59

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
Rubén Sierra	122	419	113	.270	13	60
Desi Relaford	112	329	88	.267	6	43
Ben Davis	80	228	59	.259	7	43
Charles Gipson	79	72	17	.236	0	8
José Offerman	29	47	11	.234	1	4
Willie Bloomquist	12	33	15	.455	0	7
Chris Snelling	8	27	4	.148	1	3
Luis Ugueto	62	23	5	.217	1	1
Scott Podsednik	14	20	4	.200	1	5
Pat Borders	4	4	2	.500	0	1
Gene Kingsale	2	3	2	.667	0	0
Ron Wright	1	3	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
Jamie Moyer	34	230.2	13	8	3.32	147
Freddy García	34	223.2	16	10	4.39	181
Joel Piñeiro	37	194.1	14	7	3.24	136
James Baldwin	30	150.0	7	10	5.28	88
Ismael Valdéz	8	49.1	2	3	4.93	27
Rafael Soriano	10	47.1	0	3	4.56	32

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
Ryan Franklin	41	118.2	7	5	4.02	65
John Halama	31	101.0	6	5	3.56	70
Paul Abbott	7	26.1	1	3	11.96	22

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
Kazuhiro Sasaki	61	4	5	37	2.52	73
Arthur Rhodes	66	10	4	2	2.33	81
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	53	8	3	1	3.20	39
Jeff Nelson	41	3	2	2	3.94	55
Doug Creek	23	1	1	0	4.91	19
Julio Mateo	12	0	0	0	4.29	15
Brian Fitzgerald	6	0	0	0	8.53	3
Aaron Taylor	5	0	0	0	9.00	6
Mark Watson	3	1	0	0	18.00	1
Justin Kaye	3	0	0	0	12.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dan Rohn
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Dave Brundage
A	San Bernardino Stampede	California League	Daren Brown
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Gary Thurman
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Omer Muñoz and Roger Hansen
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Darrin Garner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio^[5]

Major League Baseball draft

2002 Seattle Mariners draft picks
John Mayberry, Jr. (pictured) was the Mariners first round pick in 2002.
Information
Owner	Nintendo of America
General Manager(s)	Pat Gillick
Manager(s)	Lou Piniella
First pick	John Mayberry, Jr.
Draft positions	28th
Number of selections	50
Links
Results	Baseball-Reference
Official Site	The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Years	2001 • 2002 • 2003

The following is a list of 2002 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in the June regular draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. The Mariners made 50 selections in the 2002 draft, the first being outfielder John Mayberry, Jr. in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 23 pitchers, 12 outfielders, 5 catchers, 3 second basemen, 3 shortstops, 3 third basemen, 3 second basemen, and 1 first baseman.

Draft

Gaby Sánchez was selected in the 15th round of the 2002 draft by the Mariners.

With the 700th pick of the 2002 draft the Mariners selected Travis Buck.

In the 39th round the Mariners selected Bryan LaHair.

Key

Round (Pick)	Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position	Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Bold	Indicates the player signed with the Mariners
Italics	Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners
*	Indicates the player made an appearance in Major League Baseball

Table

Round (Pick)	Name	Position	School	Source
1 (28)	John Mayberry, Jr.	Outfielder	Rockhurst High School	[6]
2 (69)	Josh Womack	Outfielder	Crawford High School	[7]
3 (100)	Eddy Martinez-Estevez	Outfielder	Westminster Christian School	[8]
4 (130)	Randall Frye	Right-handed pitcher	Lake Orion High School	[9]
5 (160)	Kendall Bergdall	Left-handed pitcher	Cimarron High School	[10]
6 (190)	Troy Cate	Left-handed pitcher	Brigham Young University–Idaho	[11]
7 (220)	Evel Bastida-Martinez	Second baseman	None	[12]
8 (250)	Brandon Perry	Left-handed pitcher	Graham High School	[13]
9 (280)	Terry Forbes	Right-handed pitcher	Auburn Drive High School	[14]
10 (310)	Brian Stitt	Right-handed pitcher	Indian River State College	[15]
11 (340)	Jared Thomas	Left-handed pitcher	Oakland University	[16]
12 (370)	Matt Hagen	Third baseman	Liberty University	[17]
13 (400)	T. A. Fulmer	Right-handed pitcher	The Citadel	[18]
14 (430)	Theiborh Almanzar	Catcher	Bronx Community College	[19]
15 (460)	Gaby Sánchez	Third baseman	Miami Brito High School	[20]
16 (490)	Ryan Leaist	Right-handed pitcher	Montreat College	[21]
17 (520)	Corey Harrington	Shortstop	New Mexico State University	[22]
18 (550)	Gary Harris	Outfielder	Georgia College & State University	[23]
19 (580)	Chris Kroski	Catcher	St. Petersburg College	[24]
20 (610)	David Viane	Right-handed pitcher	Oakland University	[25]
21 (640)	Erik Blakeley	Second baseman	Indiana University	[26]
22 (670)	Hunter Brown	Third baseman	Rice University	[27]
23 (700)	Travis Buck	Shortstop	Richland High School	[28]
24 (730)	Johnnie Bassham	Left-handed pitcher	Grayson County College	[29]
25 (760)	Cory Vanderhook	Catcher	Edison High School	[30]
26 (790)	David Bernat	Right-handed pitcher	South Miami High School	[31]
27 (820)	Royce Dickerson	Outfielder	Central High School	[32]
28 (850)	Vance Hall	Left-handed pitcher	Allderdice High School	[33]
29 (880)	Michael Nesbitt	Outfielder	Los Angeles Pierce College	[34]
30 (910)	T. J. Bohn	Outfielder	Bellevue University	[35]
31 (940)	Clayton Stewart	Right-handed pitcher	San Jacinto College	[36]
32 (970)	Dane Awana	Left-handed pitcher	Waianae High School	[37]
33 (1000)	Kile Patrick	Right-handed pitcher	Apopka High School	[38]
34 (1030)	Brady Burrill	Catcher	Michigan State University	[39]
35 (1060)	Patrick Pfeiffer	Right-handed pitcher	Brentwood School	[40]
36 (1090)	Jermaine Smith	Shortstop	King High School	[41]
37 (1120)	Brad Rose	Right-handed pitcher	Walters State Community College	[42]
38 (1150)	Deandre Green	Outfielder	Encinal High School	[43]
39 (1180)	Bryan LaHair	Outfielder	St. Petersburg College	[44]
40 (1210)	Josh Cooper	Right-handed pitcher	South High School	[45]
41 (1240)	Andrew Edwards	Right-handed pitcher	Florida International University	[46]
42 (1270)	Brandon Jones	First baseman	Grayson County College	[47]
43 (1299)	Adam Pernasilici	Outfielder	St. Anne High School	[48]
44 (1327)	Omar Borges	Outfielder	Miami Brito High School	[49]
45 (1354)	Raymond Lockhart	Outfielder	Compton High School	[50]
46 (1380)	Roberto Mena	Second baseman	Pedro Falú Orellano High School	[51]
47 (1406)	Jason Godin	Right-handed pitcher	North Stafford High School	[52]
48 (1432)	Cardoza Tucker	Right-handed pitcher	Bullard High School	[53]
49 (1457)	Justin Ruchti	Catcher	San Jacinto College	[54]
50 (1481)	Oliver Arias	Right-handed pitcher	Community College of Rhode Island	[55]