2002_St._Louis_Cardinals_season

2002 St. Louis Cardinals
2002 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central Champions
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)

2002 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball team 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 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.

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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]

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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

2002 National League record v t e Source:
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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

2002_St._Louis_Cardinals_season

2002 St. Louis Cardinals season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

NLDS

NLCS

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Farm system

References

External links

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Stadium	Series
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)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

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