2002 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 2002 season was the tenth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79-83, 4th in the NL East.

2002 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Jeffrey Loria[1]
General manager(s)Larry Beinfest
Manager(s)Jeff Torborg
Local televisionFSN Florida
WPXM
(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
Local radioWQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez)
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Offseason
  • February 18, 2002: Tim Raines signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.[2] He was the last batter to wear a flapless helmet, which has been illegal for new batters since the 1983 season.
  • March 27, 2002: Dontrelle Willis was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, and Julián Tavárez to the Florida Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10159 0.631 — 52–28 49–31
Montreal Expos 8379 0.512 19 49–32 34–47
Philadelphia Phillies 8081 0.497 21½ 40–40 40–41
Florida Marlins 7983 0.488 23 46–35 33–48
New York Mets 7586 0.466 26½ 38–43 37–43

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

Citrus series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4-2.

Date Winning Team Losing Team Score Venue
June 14Devil RaysMarlins4-3 (14 innings)[4]Pro Player Stadium
June 15MarlinsDevil Rays3-0[5]Pro Player Stadium
June 16Devil RaysMarlins4-1[6]Pro Player Stadium
June 28Devil RaysMarlins4-0[7]Tropicana Field
June 29MarlinsDevil Rays3-2 [8]Tropicana Field
June 30Devil RaysMarlins6-5 (12 innings)[9]Tropicana Field

Notable transactions
  • June 4, 2002: Jeremy Hermida was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2002.[10]
  • July 11, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Florida Marlins with Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.[11]

Roster
2002 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  1 Luis Castillo
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

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
Álex González4215134.225218

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

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

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Dean Treanor
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Eric Fox
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Steve Phillips
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Johnny Rodriguez
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jesus Campos

[12]

References
  1. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/loria-fires-60-marlins-employees-1.352682
  2. Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willido03.shtml
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206140FLO
  5. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206150FLO
  6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206160FLO
  7. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206280TBA
  8. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206290TBA
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206300TBA
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hermije01.shtml
  11. Cliff Floyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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