2002 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2002 season was the team's 121st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 111th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season and won the National League Central division by 13 games over the Houston Astros. In the playoffs, the Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 1 in the NLCS.

2002 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionFox Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin)
KPLR
(Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky
Free TV
Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton)
Local radioKMOX
(Mike Shannon, Joel Meyers)
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Second baseman Fernando Viña, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds each won Gold Gloves this year.

On June 18, long-time broadcaster Jack Buck died at the age of 77,[1] while four days later, pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in a Chicago hotel room, at age 33.[2]

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 13 47–34 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 7884 0.481 19 38–43 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 7289 0.447 24½ 38–42 34–47
Chicago Cubs 6795 0.414 30 36–45 31–50
Milwaukee Brewers 56106 0.346 41 31–50 25–56

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

Game Log
2002 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (97–65)[4]
April: (12–14)
May: (18–10)
June: (12–12)
July: (17–9)
August: (17–14)
September: (21–6)

Transactions

Roster
2002 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers
  • 58 José Rodríguez
 Catchers

Infielders

 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
CMike Matheny11031577.244335
1BTino Martinez150511134.2622175
2BFernando Viña150622168.270154
SSÉdgar Rentería152544166.3051183
3BPlácido Polanco9434297.284527
LFAlbert Pujols157590185.31434127
CFJim Edmonds144476148.3112883
RFJ.D. Drew135424107.2521856

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Eli Marrero131397104.2621866
Scott Rolen5520557.2781444
Miguel Cairo10818446.250223
Kerry Robinson12418147.260115
Mike DiFelice7017440.230419
Eduardo Pérez9615431.2011026
Wilson Delgado12204.20025
So Taguchi19156.40002
Iván Cruz17145.35713
Mike Coolbaugh5121.08300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Matt Morris32210.11793.42171
Jason Simontacchi24143.11154.0272
Woody Williams17103.1942.5376
Andy Benes1897542.7864
Chuck Finley1485.1743.8083
Darryl Kile1484.2543.7250
Josh Pearce313007.621

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Luther Hackman4381544.1146
Travis Smith1254427.1732
Bud Smith1148156.9422
Garrett Stephenson1245255.4034
Jamey Wright415204.808

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Veres715843.4868
Steve Kline662163.3941
Jason Isringhausen6032322.4868
Mike Crudale493001.8847
Mike Matthews432103.3932
Mike Timlin421302.5135
Gene Stechschulte296204.7821
Rick White203100.8214
Jeff Fassero163003.0012
Gabe Molina121001.594
Kevin Joseph110104.912
Matt Duff70004.764
Nerio Rodríguez20004.152
José Rodríguez200054.000

NLDS
Main article: 2002 National League Division Series

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Stadium Series
1Arizona2St. Louis12October 1Bank One Ballpark1-0 (STL)
2Arizona1St. Louis2October 3Bank One Ballpark2-0 (STL)
3St. Louis6Arizona3October 5Busch Stadium3-0 (STL)

NLCS
Main article: 2002 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team123456789RHE
San Francisco1410120009110
St. Louis0100220106110
WP: Kirk Rueter (1-0)   LP: Matt Morris (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (1)
Home runs:
SFG: Kenny Lofton (1), David Bell (1), Benito Santiago (1)
STL: Albert Pujols (1), Miguel Cairo (1), J. D. Drew (1)

Game 2

October 10: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team123456789RHE
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WP: Jason Schmidt (1-0)   LP: Woody Williams (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (2)
Home runs:
SFG: Rich Aurilia 2 (2)
STL: Eduardo Pérez (1)

Game 3

October 12: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
St. Louis002111000561
San Francisco0100300004100
WP: Chuck Finley (1-0)   LP: Jay Witasick (0-1)   Sv: Jason Isringhausen (1)
Home runs:
STL: Mike Matheny (1), Jim Edmonds (1), Eli Marrero (1)
SFG: Barry Bonds (1)

Game 4

October 13: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
St. Louis2000000013120
San Francisco00000202X441
WP: Tim Worrell (1-0)   LP: Rick White (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (3)
Home runs:
STL: None
SFG: Benito Santiago (2)

Game 5

October 14: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
St. Louis000001000190
San Francisco000000011270
WP: Tim Worrell (2-0)   LP: Matt Morris (0-2)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Gaylen Pitts
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Mark DeJohn
A Potomac Cannons Carolina League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Danny Sheaffer
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Tommy Shields
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Brian Rupp

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peoria[7][8]

References
  1. Caesar, Dan (October 28, 2011). "Joe Buck honors father in Series call". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  2. "BASEBALL; Coroner Verifies the Cause Of Kile's Death as Natural". New York Times. July 17, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  3. Jason Isringhausen at Baseball-Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/2002-schedule-scores.shtml
  5. José Rodríguez at Baseball-Reference
  6. Scott Rolen at Baseball-Reference
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  8. Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory
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