2002 Colorado Rockies season

2002 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Denver, Colorado (since 1993)
Other information
Manager(s) Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
Local television KWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jack Corrigan)
Local radio KOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery, Wayne Hagin)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the 10th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73-89, 4th in the NL West.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 98 64 0.605 — 55–26 43–38
San Francisco Giants 95 66 0.590 2½ 50–31 45–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 92 70 0.568 6 46–35 46–35
Colorado Rockies 73 89 0.451 25 47–34 26–55
San Diego Padres 66 96 0.407 32 41–40 25–56

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

2002 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Gary Bennett 90 291 77 .265 4 26
1B Todd Helton 156 553 182 .329 30 109
2B Brent Butler 113 344 89 .259 9 42
SS Juan Uribe 155 566 136 .240 6 49
3B Todd Zeile 144 506 138 .273 18 87
LF Todd Hollandsworth 95 298 88 .295 11 48
CF Juan Pierre 152 592 170 .287 1 35
RF Larry Walker 136 477 161 .338 26 104

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
Shumpert, TerryTerry Shumpert 106 234 55 .235 6 21
Ortiz, JoséJosé Ortiz 65 192 48 .250 1 12
Payton, JayJay Payton 47 170 57 .335 8 28
Norton, GregGreg Norton 113 168 37 .220 7 37
Kapler, GabeGabe Kapler 40 119 37 .311 2 17
Agbayani, BennyBenny Agbayani 48 117 24 .205 4 19
Alomar, Jr., SandySandy Alomar, Jr. 38 116 31 .267 0 12

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
Jennings, JasonJason Jennings 32 185.1 16 8 4.52 127
Hampton, MikeMike Hampton 30 178.2 7 15 6.15 74
Neagle, DennyDenny Neagle 35 164.1 8 11 5.26 111
Stark, DennyDenny Stark 32 128.1 11 4 4.00 64
Thomson, JohnJohn Thomson 21 127.1 7 8 4.88 76
Chacón, ShawnShawn Chacón 21 119.1 5 11 5.73 67

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
White, RickRick White 41 40.2 2 6 6.20 27
Nichting, ChrisChris Nichting 29 36.1 1 1 4.46 25
Cook, AaronAaron Cook 9 35.2 2 1 4.54 14
Fuentes, BrianBrian Fuentes 31 26.2 2 0 4.73 38
Santos, VíctorVíctor Santos 24 26.0 0 4 10.38 25

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
Jones, ToddTodd Jones 79 1 4 1 4.70 73
Jiménez, JoséJosé Jiménez 74 2 10 41 3.56 47
Speier, JustinJustin Speier 63 5 1 1 4.33 47
Mercker, KentKent Mercker 58 3 1 0 6.14 37
Reyes, DennysDennys Reyes 43 0 1 0 4.24 30

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Chris Cron
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League P. J. Carey
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
Short-Season A Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League Darron Cox

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Notes

References