2002 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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National League Central Champions | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 97–65 (.599) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | William DeWitt, Jr. | |
General managers | Walt Jocketty | |
Managers | Tony La Russa | |
Television | Fox Sports Midwest (Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin) KPLR (Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky Free TV Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton) | |
Radio | KMOX (Mike Shannon, Joel Meyers) | |
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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 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.
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
[edit]- December 11, 2001: Signed free agent pitcher Jason Isringhausen.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]National League Central
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 52–29 | 45–36 |
Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 13 | 47–34 | 37–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 | 38–43 | 40–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 89 | .447 | 24½ | 38–42 | 34–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 | 36–45 | 31–50 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 56 | 106 | .346 | 41 | 31–50 | 25–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Game log
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April: (12–14)
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May: (18–10)
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June: (12–12)
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July: (17–9)
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August: (17–14)
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September: (21–6)
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Transactions
[edit]- June 9: Released pitcher José Rodríguez.[5]
- July 29: Traded third baseman Plácido Polanco, pitcher Mike Timlin, and pitcher Bud Smith to the Philadelphia Phillies for third baseman Scott Rolen, Doug Nickle and cash.[6]
Roster
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Mike Matheny | 110 | 315 | 77 | .244 | 3 | 35 |
1B | Tino Martinez | 150 | 511 | 134 | .262 | 21 | 75 |
2B | Fernando Viña | 150 | 622 | 168 | .270 | 1 | 54 |
SS | Édgar Rentería | 152 | 544 | 166 | .305 | 11 | 83 |
3B | Plácido Polanco | 94 | 342 | 97 | .284 | 5 | 27 |
LF | Albert Pujols | 157 | 590 | 185 | .314 | 34 | 127 |
CF | Jim Edmonds | 144 | 476 | 148 | .311 | 28 | 83 |
RF | J.D. Drew | 135 | 424 | 107 | .252 | 18 | 56 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Eli Marrero | 131 | 397 | 104 | .262 | 18 | 66 |
Scott Rolen | 55 | 205 | 57 | .278 | 14 | 44 |
Miguel Cairo | 108 | 184 | 46 | .250 | 2 | 23 |
Kerry Robinson | 124 | 181 | 47 | .260 | 1 | 15 |
Mike DiFelice | 70 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 4 | 19 |
Eduardo Pérez | 96 | 154 | 31 | .201 | 10 | 26 |
Wilson Delgado | 12 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 2 | 5 |
So Taguchi | 19 | 15 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Iván Cruz | 17 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 1 | 3 |
Mike Coolbaugh | 5 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Matt Morris | 32 | 210.1 | 17 | 9 | 3.42 | 171 |
Jason Simontacchi | 24 | 143.1 | 11 | 5 | 4.02 | 72 |
Woody Williams | 17 | 103.1 | 9 | 4 | 2.53 | 76 |
Andy Benes | 18 | 97.0 | 5 | 4 | 2.78 | 64 |
Chuck Finley | 14 | 85.1 | 7 | 4 | 3.80 | 83 |
Darryl Kile | 14 | 84.2 | 5 | 4 | 3.72 | 50 |
Josh Pearce | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 1 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Luther Hackman | 43 | 81.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.11 | 46 |
Travis Smith | 12 | 54.0 | 4 | 2 | 7.17 | 32 |
Bud Smith | 11 | 48.0 | 1 | 5 | 6.94 | 22 |
Garrett Stephenson | 12 | 45.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.40 | 34 |
Jamey Wright | 4 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.80 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jason Isringhausen | 60 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 2.48 | 68 |
Dave Veres | 71 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3.48 | 68 |
Steve Kline | 66 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.39 | 41 |
Mike Crudale | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 | 47 |
Mike Matthews | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.39 | 32 |
Mike Timlin | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.51 | 35 |
Gene Stechschulte | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4.78 | 21 |
Rick White | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.82 | 14 |
Jeff Fassero | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 12 |
Gabe Molina | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 4 |
Kevin Joseph | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
Matt Duff | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 4 |
Nerio Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 |
José Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
NLDS
[edit]St. Louis wins the series, 3-0
Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Stadium | Series |
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1 | Arizona | 2 | St. Louis | 12 | October 1 | Bank One Ballpark | 1-0 (STL) |
2 | Arizona | 1 | St. Louis | 2 | October 3 | Bank One Ballpark | 2-0 (STL) |
3 | St. Louis | 6 | Arizona | 3 | October 5 | Busch Stadium | 3-0 (STL) |
NLCS
[edit]Game 1
[edit]October 9: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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San Francisco | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]October 10: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]October 12: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]October 13: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Tim Worrell (1-0) LP: Rick White (0-1) Sv: Robb Nen (3) Home runs: STL: None SFG: Benito Santiago (2) |
Game 5
[edit]October 14: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Tim Worrell (2-0) LP: Matt Morris (0-2) |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peoria[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Caesar, Dan (October 28, 2011). "Joe Buck honors father in Series call". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "BASEBALL; Coroner Verifies the Cause Of Kile's Death as Natural". New York Times. July 17, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- ^ Jason Isringhausen at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "2002 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule".
- ^ José Rodríguez at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Scott Rolen at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory