2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2002 Pittsburgh Pirates
2002 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	72–89 (.447)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Dave Littlefield
Managers	Lloyd McClendon
Television	WCWB-TV; Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)

The 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 121st season of the franchise; the 116th in the National League. This was their second season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 72–89.

The Pirates missed the playoffs for the tenth straight season, tying a record set between 1980 and 1989.

Offseason

January 5, 2002: Scott Service was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
January 25, 2002: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]
March 5, 2002: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[4]
March 5, 2002: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	0.599	—	52–29	45–36
Houston Astros	84	78	0.519	13	47–34	37–44
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	0.481	19	38–43	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	0.447	24½	38–42	34–47
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	36–45	31–50
Milwaukee Brewers	56	106	0.346	41	31–50	25–56

Game log

2002 Game Log (72–89)^[6]

April (14–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Mets	2–6	Leiter (1–0)	Villone (0–1)	—	53,734	0–1
2	April 3	@ Mets	5–3	Wells (1–0)	Trachsel (0–1)	Williams (1)	25,952	1–1
3	April 4	@ Mets	3–2	Anderson (1–0)	Estes (0–1)	Williams (2)	33,785	2–1
4	April 5	@ Cubs	2–1	Williams (1–0)	Bere (0–1)	Williams (3)	41,555	3–1
5	April 6	@ Cubs	6–1	Fogg (1–0)	Clement (0–1)	—	34,956	4–1
—	April 7	Postponed
6	April 8	Reds	1–0	Villone (1–1)	Dessens (0–2)	Williams (4)	36,402	5–1
7	April 10	Reds	5–8	Acevedo (2–0)	Wells (1–1)	Graves (2)	36,048	5–2
8	April 11	Reds	2–3	Haynes (1–1)	Anderson (1–1)	Graves (3)	12,795	5–3
9	April 12	Cubs	3–7	Bere (1–1)	Williams (1–1)	—	24,002	5–4
10	April 13	Cubs	3–2	Fogg (2–0)	Clement (0–2)	Williams (5)	17,971	6–4
11	April 14	Cubs	1–5 (8)	Lieber (2–0)	Villone (1–2)	Borowski (1)	16,045	6–5
12	April 15	@ Brewers	6–1	Wells (2–1)	Rusch (1–1)	—	14,090	7–5
13	April 16	@ Brewers	5–1	Anderson (2–1)	Neugebauer (0–2)	—	15,012	8–5
14	April 17	@ Brewers	3–2	Williams (2–1)	Buddie (0–1)	Williams (6)	17,879	9–5
15	April 19	Phillies	7–4	Lowe (1–0)	Padilla (2–2)	Williams (7)	23,321	10–5
16	April 20	Phillies	6–5	Villone (2–2)	Adams (0–2)	Williams (8)	18,032	11–5
17	April 21	Phillies	9–3	Wells (3–1)	Duckworth (1–1)	—	18,749	12–5
18	April 23	Dodgers	6–9	Ishii (4–0)	Anderson (2–2)	Gagne (8)	13,235	12–6
19	April 24	Dodgers	1–5	Daal (3–0)	Williams (2–2)	—	14,057	12–7
20	April 25	Dodgers	3–2	Fogg (3–0)	Nomo (2–3)	Williams (9)	16,264	13–7
21	April 26	Padres	1–10	Tomko (2–1)	Villone (2–3)	—	20,575	13–8
—	April 27	Postponed
22	April 28	Padres	3–2	Sauerbeck (1–0)	Embree (2–1)	Williams (10)	—	14–8
23	April 28	Padres	2–7	Tollberg (1–3)	Anderson (2–3)	—	19,621	14–9
24	April 30	@ Rockies	0–10	Hampton (1–3)	Williams (2–3)	—	30,759	14–10

May (11–19)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 1	@ Rockies	0–6	Neagle (3–1)	Fogg (3–1)	—	29,529	14–11
26	May 2	@ Rockies	2–7	Thomson (4–2)	Villone (2–4)	—	30,134	14–12
27	May 3	@ Padres	6–4	Wells (4–1)	Howard (0–1)	Williams (11)	20,312	15–12
28	May 4	@ Padres	0–3	Jarvis (2–3)	Anderson (2–4)	Hoffman (10)	36,972	15–13
29	May 5	@ Padres	5–6	Lawrence (4–1)	Lowe (1–1)	Hoffman (11)	27,399	15–14
30	May 6	@ Diamondbacks	3–2	Fogg (4–1)	Johnson (6–1)	Williams (12)	29,171	16–14
31	May 7	@ Diamondbacks	6–7	Myers (2–1)	Beimel (0–1)	Kim (9)	32,204	16–15
32	May 8	@ Diamondbacks	3–4	Schilling (7–1)	Wells (4–2)	Kim (10)	31,343	16–16
33	May 10	Astros	5–1	Anderson (3–4)	Hernandez (3–1)	—	19,197	17–16
34	May 11	Astros	4–2	Fogg (5–1)	Oswalt (4–2)	Williams (13)	35,834	18–16
35	May 12	Astros	1–5	Reynolds (3–3)	Williams (2–4)	—	20,202	18–17
36	May 13	Diamondbacks	0–11	Schilling (8–1)	Benson (0–1)	—	14,500	18–18
37	May 14	Diamondbacks	2–1	Wells (5–2)	Anderson (0–3)	Williams (14)	16,373	19–18
38	May 15	Diamondbacks	2–6	Helling (4–4)	Anderson (3–5)	—	18,780	19–19
39	May 16	@ Astros	1–3	Oswalt (5–2)	Boehringer (0–1)	Wagner (6)	26,277	19–20
40	May 17	@ Astros	4–7	Stone (2–1)	Villone (2–5)	Dotel (1)	28,861	19–21
41	May 18	@ Astros	1–2	Dotel (2–1)	Lowe (1–2)	—	34,921	19–22
42	May 19	@ Astros	5–3	Wells (6–2)	Mlicki (3–5)	Williams (15)	34,259	20–22
43	May 21	@ Cubs	12–1	Anderson (4–5)	Bere (1–7)	—	—	21–22
44	May 21	@ Cubs	3–4	Cruz (1–7)	Fogg (5–2)	Alfonseca (6)	37,175	21–23
45	May 22	@ Cubs	4–7	Prior (1–0)	Williams (2–5)	Alfonseca (7)	40,138	21–24
46	May 23	@ Cubs	6–11	Clement (2–3)	Benson (0–2)	—	37,578	21–25
47	May 24	Cardinals	5–2	Wells (7–2)	Stephenson (1–3)	—	25,203	22–25
48	May 25	Cardinals	3–6	Williams (2–0)	Anderson (4–6)	Isringhausen (13)	26,201	22–26
49	May 26	Cardinals	3–7	Simontacchi (3–0)	Fogg (5–3)	—	31,989	22–27
50	May 27	Cubs	3–2 (10)	Williams (1–0)	Alfonseca (0–1)	—	16,215	23–27
51	May 28	Cubs	0–3	Clement (3–3)	Benson (0–3)	—	15,060	23–28
52	May 29	Cubs	5–0	Wells (8–2)	Lieber (3–4)	—	17,116	24–28
53	May 30	Cubs	8–9	Wood (6–3)	Anderson (4–7)	Alfonseca (8)	21,208	24–29
54	May 31	@ Cardinals	3–1	Fogg (6–3)	Williams (2–1)	Williams (16)	38,148	25–29

June (11–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	@ Cardinals	4–9	Kile (3–3)	Arroyo (0–1)	—	43,295	25–30
56	June 2	@ Cardinals	5–2	Lowe (2–2)	Morris (7–4)	Williams (17)	37,243	26–30
57	June 3	@ Expos	5–7	Ohka (5–3)	Wells (8–3)	Stewart (5)	4,821	26–31
58	June 4	@ Expos	5–2	Anderson (5–7)	Pavano (3–7)	Williams (18)	4,619	27–31
59	June 5	@ Expos	1–3	Vazquez (4–2)	Fogg (6–4)	—	4,890	27–32
60	June 7	Brewers	6–1	Beimel (1–1)	Sheets (3–6)	—	27,001	28–32
61	June 8	Brewers	9–8 (11)	Boehringer (1–1)	King (1–2)	—	38,244	29–32
62	June 9	Brewers	5–4	Sauerbeck (2–0)	Wright (1–3)	Williams (19)	24,897	30–32
63	June 10	@ Angels	3–4	Washburn (6–2)	Anderson (5–8)	Percival (14)	16,861	30–33
64	June 11	@ Angels	7–3	Fogg (7–4)	Appier (5–5)	—	17,755	31–33
65	June 12	@ Angels	5–8	Weber (3–2)	Boehringer (1–2)	Percival (15)	17,096	31–34
66	June 14	@ Reds	3–4 (11)	Williamson (2–0)	Williams (1–1)	—	30,820	31–35
67	June 15	@ Reds	3–4	Sullivan (4–2)	Lincoln (0–1)	Graves (21)	31,419	31–36
68	June 16	@ Reds	5–1	Anderson (6–8)	Haynes (7–6)	—	29,532	32–36
69	June 18	Athletics	2–4	Mulder (7–4)	Fogg (7–5)	Koch (16)	21,943	32–37
70	June 19	Athletics	2–3 (10)	Bradford (3–1)	Williams (1–2)	Koch (17)	30,562	32–38
71	June 20	Athletics	3–5	Hudson (5–6)	Benson (0–4)	Koch (18)	22,464	32–39
72	June 21	Rangers	0–2	Rogers (8–4)	Wells (8–4)	Cordero (3)	24,475	32–40
73	June 22	Rangers	2–3	Bell (3–2)	Lincoln (0–2)	Irabu (13)	35,302	32–41
74	June 23	Rangers	4–10	Park (3–3)	Fogg (7–6)	—	26,930	32–42
75	June 25	Expos	4–1	Benson (1–4)	Ohka (7–4)	Williams (20)	17,543	33–42
76	June 26	Expos	7–4	Wells (9–4)	Vazquez (5–4)	Williams (21)	36,966	34–42
77	June 27	Expos	2–7 (7)	Brower (3–0)	Villone (2–6)	—	21,312	34–43
78	June 28	@ Tigers	3–1	Fogg (8–6)	Redman (3–8)	Williams (22)	28,582	35–43
79	June 29	@ Tigers	1–2	Weaver (6–8)	Beimel (1–2)	Acevedo (12)	24,449	35–44
80	June 30	@ Tigers	6–2	Benson (2–4)	Maroth (1–2)	Williams (23)	25,966	36–44

July (13–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	Brewers	0–2	Wright (2–6)	Wells (9–5)	—	14,634	36–45
82	July 2	Brewers	6–12	Quevedo (4–6)	Anderson (6–9)	—	15,142	36–46
83	July 3	Brewers	3–1	Fogg (9–6)	Sheets (4–10)	Williams (24)	32,309	37–46
84	July 4	Astros	6–8	Borbon (3–3)	Beimel (1–3)	—	25,962	37–47
85	July 5	Astros	4–3	Fetters (1–0)	Borbon (3–4)	Williams (25)	24,556	38–47
86	July 6	Astros	2–10	Cruz (1–4)	Wells (9–6)	—	26,578	38–48
87	July 7	Astros	1–6	Miller (4–3)	Anderson (6–10)	—	23,348	38–49
88	July 11	@ Brewers	3–2 (10)	Boehringer (2–2)	DeJean (0–4)	Williams (26)	21,021	39–49
89	July 12	@ Brewers	9–2	Lowe (3–2)	Rusch (5–8)	—	26,362	40–49
90	July 13	@ Brewers	5–3	Wells (10–6)	Wright (2–8)	Williams (27)	28,214	41–49
91	July 14	@ Brewers	3–5	Quevedo (5–6)	Beimel (1–4)	DeJean (16)	21,976	41–50
92	July 15	@ Astros	5–4	Lowe (4–2)	Wagner (2–2)	Williams (28)	29,204	42–50
93	July 16	@ Astros	7–3	Fogg (10–6)	Oswalt (10–6)	Boehringer (1)	27,042	43–50
94	July 17	Reds	6–3	Anderson (7–10)	Dempster (5–10)	Williams (29)	32,864	44–50
95	July 18	Reds	5–7	Sullivan (6–3)	Boehringer (2–3)	Graves (28)	21,625	44–51
96	July 19	Cardinals	12–9	Sauerbeck (3–0)	Veres (3–6)	—	23,812	45–51
97	July 20	Cardinals	15–6	Benson (3–4)	Smith (3–1)	—	35,101	46–51
98	July 21	Cardinals	4–8	Finley (5–11)	Fogg (10–7)	Kline (3)	27,999	46–52
99	July 22	@ Reds	6–5	Anderson (8–10)	Dempster (5–11)	Williams (30)	18,398	47–52
100	July 23	@ Reds	2–7	Haynes (11–6)	Wells (10–7)	—	19,884	47–53
101	July 24	@ Reds	5–10	Moehler (2–1)	Beimel (1–5)	—	24,910	47–54
102	July 25	@ Astros	0–8	Saarloos (2–2)	Benson (3–5)	—	26,027	47–55
103	July 26	@ Astros	3–4	Wagner (3–2)	Sauerbeck (3–1)	—	32,115	47–56
104	July 27	@ Astros	0–3	Oswalt (11–6)	Anderson (8–11)	Wagner (20)	38,896	47–57
105	July 28	@ Astros	0–4	Miller (8–3)	Wells (10–8)	—	35,144	47–58
106	July 30	Rockies	4–1	Benson (4–5)	Neagle (4–7)	Williams (31)	23,749	48–58
107	July 31	Rockies	7–6	Boehringer (3–3)	White (2–6)	Williams (32)	18,106	49–58

August (11–18)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	Rockies	0–3	Jennings (11–5)	Meadows (0–1)	Jimenez (27)	19,075	49–59
109	August 2	Giants	6–5	Boehringer (4–3)	Nen (4–1)	—	28,203	50–59
110	August 3	Giants	6–11	Schmidt (7–5)	Wells (10–9)	—	38,275	50–60
111	August 4	Giants	5–10	Rueter (10–6)	Benson (4–6)	—	31,398	50–61
112	August 6	@ Dodgers	3–1	Fogg (11–7)	Perez (10–8)	Williams (33)	31,254	51–61
113	August 7	@ Dodgers	0–4	Ashby (8–9)	Meadows (0–2)	Gagne (37)	31,588	51–62
114	August 8	@ Dodgers	5–10	Beirne (1–0)	Anderson (8–12)	—	31,776	51–63
115	August 9	@ Giants	4–3	Wells (11–9)	Schmidt (7–6)	Williams (34)	41,897	52–63
116	August 10	@ Giants	3–8	Aybar (1–0)	Lincoln (0–3)	—	41,146	52–64
117	August 11	@ Giants	4–5 (11)	Nen (6–1)	Williams (1–3)	—	41,479	52–65
118	August 12	Cardinals	6–10	Simontacchi (8–4)	Meadows (0–3)	—	15,700	52–66
119	August 13	Cardinals	5–9	Morris (14–7)	Anderson (8–13)	Isringhausen (27)	17,609	52–67
120	August 14	Cardinals	3–7	Benes (2–3)	Wells (11–10)	—	18,791	52–68
121	August 15	Cardinals	5–11	Kline (1–1)	Williams (1–4)	—	20,503	52–69
122	August 16	Brewers	3–10	Sheets (7–14)	Fogg (11–8)	—	35,343	52–70
123	August 17	Brewers	5–0	Meadows (1–3)	Cabrera (5–9)	—	25,277	53–70
124	August 18	Brewers	3–2	Arroyo (1–1)	Rusch (6–13)	Williams (35)	20,170	54–70
125	August 19	@ Cardinals	2–7	Benes (3–3)	Wells (11–11)	—	31,626	54–71
126	August 20	@ Cardinals	8–0	Benson (5–6)	Hackman (3–4)	—	34,997	55–71
127	August 21	@ Cardinals	1–4	Finley (8–14)	Fogg (11–9)	Isringhausen (28)	26,806	55–72
128	August 22	@ Cardinals	4–5	Molina (1–0)	Williams (1–5)	—	26,606	55–73
129	August 23	@ Brewers	6–3	Lincoln (1–3)	Durocher (1–1)	Williams (36)	30,957	56–73
130	August 24	@ Brewers	17–10	Wells (12–11)	Cabrera (5–10)	—	22,568	57–73
131	August 25	@ Brewers	3–2	Benson (6–6)	Wright (5–13)	Williams (37)	19,443	58–73
132	August 27	Braves	4–5	Millwood (14–6)	Fogg (11–10)	Smoltz (46)	20,542	58–74
133	August 28	Braves	1–0 (10)	Williams (2–5)	Remlinger (7–2)	—	20,136	59–74
134	August 29	Braves	4–1	Arroyo (2–1)	Glavine (16–8)	Williams (38)	17,312	60–74
135	August 30	@ Marlins	3–4	Tavarez (10–10)	Wells (12–12)	Looper (8)	4,962	60–75
136	August 31	@ Marlins	2–3	Nunez (6–5)	Sauerbeck (3–2)	Looper (9)	10,188	60–76

September (12–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	@ Marlins	4–8	Neal (3–0)	Fogg (11–11)	—	5,588	60–77
138	September 2	@ Braves	1–5	Maddux (12–5)	Meadows (1–4)	—	30,803	60–78
139	September 3	@ Braves	3–0	Torres (1–0)	Glavine (16–9)	Williams (39)	18,931	61–78
140	September 4	@ Braves	0–6	Moss (10–5)	Wells (12–13)	—	19,525	61–79
141	September 6	Marlins	11–0	Benson (7–6)	Tejera (8–7)	—	33,525	62–79
142	September 7	Marlins	4–1	Fogg (12–11)	Robertson (0–1)	Williams (40)	18,848	63–79
143	September 8	Marlins	1–11	Pavano (4–10)	Meadows (1–5)	—	15,211	63–80
144	September 9	@ Reds	8–9	Dempster (8–13)	Torres (1–1)	Williamson (1)	13,434	63–81
145	September 10	@ Reds	0–3	Reitsma (6–10)	Wells (12–14)	Williamson (2)	13,153	63–82
146	September 11	@ Reds	4–1	Villone (3–6)	Dessens (7–8)	Williams (41)	14,514	64–82
147	September 13	@ Phillies	5–3	Beimel (2–5)	Timlin (4–6)	Williams (42)	13,718	65–82
148	September 14	@ Phillies	1–4	Junge (1–0)	Meadows (1–6)	Mesa (40)	16,621	65–83
149	September 15	@ Phillies	0–1 (10)	Mesa (4–6)	Sauerbeck (3–3)	—	23,054	65–84
150	September 16	Reds	3–4	Silva (1–0)	Lincoln (1–4)	Williamson (5)	10,752	65–85
151	September 17	Reds	11–3	Benson (8–6)	Reitsma (6–12)	—	10,991	66–85
152	September 18	Reds	3–2	Lincoln (2–4)	Riedling (2–3)	Williams (43)	11,684	67–85
153	September 19	Reds	4–5	Hamilton (4–9)	Williams (2–6)	Williamson (6)	11,338	67–86
154	September 20	Cubs	5–4	Sauerbeck (4–3)	Alfonseca (2–5)	—	22,299	68–86
155	September 21	Cubs	2–4	Farnsworth (4–6)	Sauerbeck (4–4)	Cruz (1)	33,653	68–87
156	September 22	Cubs	5–4	Benson (9–6)	Benes (2–2)	Williams (44)	25,026	69–87
157	September 24	Mets	6–3	Sauerbeck (5–4)	Guthrie (5–3)	Williams (45)	13,249	70–87
158	September 25	Mets	4–3	Villone (4–6)	Roberts (3–1)	Williams (46)	11,641	71–87
159	September 27	@ Cubs	13–3	Torres (2–1)	Mahomes (1–1)	—	27,637	72–87
160	September 28	@ Cubs	4–5	Cruz (3–11)	Boehringer (4–4)	—	38,617	72–88
161	September 29	@ Cubs	3–7	Wood (12–11)	Fogg (12–12)	—	37,541	72–89

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e Source: [1]
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

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	14	10	0.583	85	99
May	30	11	19	0.367	105	133
June	26	11	15	0.423	102	104
July	27	13	14	0.481	123	142
August	29	11	18	0.379	121	153
September	25	12	13	0.480	105	99
Total	161	72	89	0.447	641	730

Total	161	72	89	0.447	641	730
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	38	42	0.475	330	389
Away	81	34	47	0.420	311	341

Roster

2002 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

23 Lloyd McClendon

Coaches

35 Dave Clark (hitting)
44 Trent Jewett (third base)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)
52 Bruce Tanner (bullpen)
19 Bill Virdon (bench)
54 Spin Williams (pitching)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Adrian Brown	CF
Jason Kendall	C
Aramis Ramírez	3B
Kevin Young	1B
Armando Ríos	LF
Craig Wilson	RF
Mike Benjamin	SS
Pokey Reese	2B
Ron Villone	SP

Awards and honors

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Mike Williams, P, reserve

Statistics

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

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

Draft picks

2002 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks^[9]
Rd	#	Player	Pos	DOB and Age	School
1	1	Bryan Bullington	RHP	(1980-09-30)September 30, 1980 (aged 21)	Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)
2	42	Blair Johnson	RHP	(1984-03-25)March 25, 1984 (aged 18)	Washburn Rural HS (Topeka, Kansas)
3	73	Taber Lee	SS	(1980-10-18)October 18, 1980 (aged 21)	San Diego State University (San Diego, California)
4	103	Wardell Starling	RHP	(1983-03-14)March 14, 1983 (aged 19)	Lawrence E Elkins HS (Missouri City, Texas)
5	133	Alex Hart	RHP	(1980-01-10)January 10, 1980 (aged 22)	University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
6	163	Brad Eldred	1B	(1980-07-12)July 12, 1980 (aged 21)	Florida International University (Miami, Florida)
7	193	Matt Capps	RHP	(1983-09-03)September 3, 1983 (aged 18)	Alexander HS (Douglasville, Georgia)
8	223	Bobby Kingsbury	OF	(1980-08-30)August 30, 1980 (aged 21)	Fordham University (New York City)
9	253	Joe Hicks	OF	(1984-04-22)April 22, 1984 (aged 18)	Forest Brook HS (Houston, Texas)
10	283	David Davidson	LHP	(1984-04-23)April 23, 1984 (aged 18)	Denis Morris HS (St. Catharines, ON)

Note

Age at time of draft.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Marty Brown
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Dale Sveum
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Pete Mackanin
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Tony Beasley
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Andy Stewart
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, Hickory

References

2002 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
2002 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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