2002 Baltimore Orioles season

In the 2002 Baltimore Orioles season, the team finished 4th in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

2002 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersSyd Thrift
ManagersMike Hargrove
Local televisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
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The Orioles had a record of 63–63 at the conclusion of play on August 23, but then proceeded to lose 32 of their last 36 games of the season, including their final 12 in a row.

Offseason
  • October 3, 2001: Tim Raines was sent to the Baltimore Orioles by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.[1]
  • November 20, 2001: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10358 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

American League Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611 —
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 6
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574 6
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 21
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457 25
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444 27
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 32
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383 37
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 43½

Record vs. opponents
2002 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Transactions

Roster
2002 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CGerónimo Gil12542298.2321245
1BJeff Conine116451123.2731563
2BJerry Hairston Jr.122426114.268532
3BTony Batista161615150.2443187
SSMike Bordick11736785.232836
LFMarty Cordova131458116.2531864
CFChris Singleton136466122.262950
RFJay Gibbons136490121.2472869
DHChris Richard5015536.232421

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
Melvin Mora149557130.2331964
Gary Matthews Jr.10934495.276738
Brook Fordyce5613030.23118
Brian Roberts3812829.227111
Luis López5210923.21129
David Segui269525.263216
José León368922.247310
Howie Clark145316.30204
Larry Bigbie16346.17603
Luis Matos17314.12901
Ryan McGuire17262.07702
Mike Moriarty8163.18803
Izzy Molina131.33300
Ed Rogers530.00000
Luis García631.33300
Raúl Casanova210.00000
Fernando Lunar200----00

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
Rodrigo López33196.21593.57136
Sidney Ponson28176.0794.09120
Scott Erickson29160.25125.5574
Jason Johnson22131.15144.5997
John Stephens1265.0256.0956
Calvin Maduro1256.2255.5629
Pat Hentgen422.0047.7711

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
Travis Driskill29132.2884.9578
Sean Douglass1553.1056.0844
Josh Towers527.1037.9013
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
Jorge Julio6756251.9955
Buddy Groom703221.6048
B.J. Ryan672114.6856
Willis Roberts665413.3651
Rick Bauer566713.9845
Yorkis Pérez230013.2925
Chris Brock222104.7021
Eric DuBose40003.004
Steve Bechler300013.503
Érik Bédard200013.501

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Andy Etchebarren
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Cash and Dave Stockstill
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Jack Voigt
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Joe Ferguson
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Joe Almaraz
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Don Buford
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

[4][5]

References
  1. Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. "Izzy Molina Stats".
  3. "Adam Loewen Stats".
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  5. Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2003


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