2002 Colorado Rockies season

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

• December 16, 2001: Jeff Cirillo was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Seattle Mariners for Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, and José Paniagua.^[1]
• January 7, 2002: Mike Myers was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.^[2]
• January 11, 2002: Todd Jones was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
• January 21, 2002: Ross Gload was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Craig House to the New York Mets for Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani, and cash.^[4]
• January 26, 2002: Ross Gload was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.^[5]
• February 7, 2002: Kent Mercker was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[6]
• March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeff Francis was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.^[8]
• July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).^[9]
• July 31, 2002: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Dennys Reyes to the Texas Rangers for Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash.^[10]
• July 31, 2002: John Thomson was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to the New York Mets for Jay Payton, Mark Corey, and Robert Stratton (minors).^[11]

Major League debuts

• Pitchers:
  • Aaron Cook (Aug 10)
  • Cory Vance (Sep 21) ^[12]

Roster

Game log

2002 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Cardinals 10–2 Morris (1–0) Hampton (0–1) 48,397 0–1 2 April 3 @ Cardinals 6–3 Neagle (1–0) Stephenson (0–1) Jiménez (1) 26,557 1–1 3 April 4 @ Cardinals 6–1 Thomson (1–0) Benes (0–1) 27,691 2–1 4 April 5 @ Dodgers 9–0 Ashby (1–0) Chacón (0–1) 25,091 2–2 5 April 6 @ Dodgers 9–2 Ishii (1–0) Jennings (0–1) 38,693 2–3 6 April 7 @ Dodgers 6–4 Brown (1–1) Hampton (0–2) Gagné (1) 28,452 2–4 7 April 8 Astros 8–4 Oswalt (2–0) Neagle (1–1) 50,392 2–5 8 April 9 Astros 10–5 Thomson (2–0) Reynolds (1–1) 30,153 3–5 9 April 10 Astros 4–1 Chacón (1–1) Mlicki (0–2) Jiménez (2) 29,552 4–5 10 April 11 Diamondbacks 8–4 Johnson (3–0) Reyes (0–1) 31,714 4–6 11 April 12 Diamondbacks 8–3 Schilling (3–0) Hampton (0–3) 40,832 4–7 12 April 13 Diamondbacks 7–5 (10) Myers (1–1) Jiménez (0–1) 42,596 4–8 13 April 14 Diamondbacks 6–3 Batista (1–0) Thomson (2–1) Kim (2) 42,298 4–9 14 April 15 Dodgers 5–2 Pérez (1–1) Chacón (1–2) 29,763 4–10 15 April 16 Dodgers 6–4 Jennings (1–1) Ashby (1–1) Jiménez (3) 30,354 5–10 16 April 17 Dodgers 6–3 Ishii (3–0) White (0–1) Gagné (5) 32,878 5–11 17 April 19 @ Diamondbacks 8–6 Neagle (2–1) Anderson (0–2) Jiménez (4) 37,443 6–11 18 April 20 @ Diamondbacks 9–8 Helling (2–2) Thomson (2–2) Myers (2) 47,627 6–12 19 April 21 @ Diamondbacks 7–1 Johnson (5–0) Chacón (1–3) 43,891 6–13 20 April 23 @ Reds 3–2 Haynes (2–2) Jennings (1–2) Graves (7) 14,518 6–14 21 April 24 @ Reds 4–3 Williamson (1–0) Jiménez (0–2) 13,004 6–15 22 April 25 @ Reds 4–3 Sullivan (2–0) White (0–2) Graves (8) 14,416 6–16 23 April 26 Phillies 4–1 Thomson (3–2) Adams (0–3) Jiménez (5) 37,551 7–16 24 April 27 Phillies 8–6 Chacón (2–3) Duckworth (1–2) Jiménez (6) 38,064 8–16 25 April 28 Phillies 4–2 Jennings (2–2) Wolf (1–1) Jiménez (7) 40,357 9–16 26 April 30 Pirates 10–0 Hampton (1–3) Williams (2–3) 30,759 10–16
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 Pirates 6–0 Neagle (3–1) Fogg (3–1) 29,529 11–16 28 May 2 Pirates 7–2 Thomson (4–2) Villone (2–4) 30,134 12–16 29 May 3 @ Phillies 3–2 Duckworth (2–2) Chacón (2–4) Mesa (7) 15,257 12–17 30 May 4 @ Phillies 6–5 Mercado (1–0) White (0–3) Mesa (8) 16,205 12–18 31 May 5 @ Phillies 7–4 Padilla (4–2) Hampton (1–4) Mesa (9) 32,411 12–19 32 May 7 @ Expos 5–3 Thomson (5–2) Armas (4–3) Jiménez (8) 3,780 13–19 33 May 8 @ Expos 5–0 Chacón (3–4) Pavano (2–4) 5,220 14–19 34 May 9 @ Expos 6–5 (12) Lloyd (1–2) White (0–4) 3,183 14–20 35 May 10 @ Mets 9–5 Jennings (3–2) D'Amico (2–3) 37,484 15–20 36 May 11 @ Mets 4–3 Leiter (4–2) Hampton (1–5) Strickland (1) 41,605 15–21 37 May 12 @ Mets 4–3 (13) White (1–4) Davis (1–1) Jiménez (9) 33,578 16–21 38 May 13 Marlins 7–3 Stark (1–0) Penny (3–2) 29,971 17–21 39 May 14 Marlins 6–2 Beckett (1–2) Neagle (3–2) Núñez (8) 28,651 17–22 40 May 15 Marlins 7–2 Jennings (4–2) Burnett (5–3) 27,898 18–22 41 May 16 Marlins 10–3 Hampton (2–5) Tavárez (1–3) 28,197 19–22 42 May 17 Braves 4–2 Glavine (6–2) Thomson (5–3) Smoltz (12) 40,357 19–23 43 May 18 Braves 7–3 Stark (2–0) Millwood (2–5) 42,780 20–23 44 May 19 Braves 2–1 Remlinger (2–0) Nichting (0–1) Smoltz (13) 43,151 20–24 45 May 21 Padres 7–6 Speier (1–0) Embree (3–2) Jiménez (10) 30,616 21–24 46 May 22 Padres 5–3 Mercker (1–0) Fikac (3–3) Jiménez (11) 29,204 22–24 47 May 23 Padres 16–3 Thomson (6–3) Tomko (3–4) 30,701 23–24 48 May 24 Giants 8–5 Stark (3–0) Ortiz (4–3) Jiménez (12) 37,627 24–24 49 May 25 Giants 6–3 Nichting (1–1) Rueter (6–2) Jiménez (13) 41,957 25–24 50 May 26 Giants 10–6 Jennings (5–2) Jensen (4–4) 48,073 26–24 51 May 27 @ Padres 8–5 Lawrence (5–3) Hampton (2–6) Hoffman (14) 15,666 26–25 52 May 28 @ Padres 3–2 (12) Jiménez (1–2) Fikac (3–4) Speier (1) 13,998 27–25 53 May 29 @ Padres 11–3 Middlebrook (1–1) Stark (3–1) 13,421 27–26 54 May 30 @ Padres 4–2 Neagle (4–2) Jones (3–3) Jiménez (14) 18,755 28–26 55 May 31 @ Giants 6–2 Jennings (6–2) Jensen (4–5) Jones (1) 38,337 29–26
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 1 @ Giants 5–4 Hampton (3–6) Hernández (5–5) Jiménez (15) 40,893 30–26 57 June 2 @ Giants 9–2 Schmidt (1–1) Thomson (6–4) 40,651 30–27 58 June 3 Dodgers 11–5 Mota (1–0) Jiménez (1–3) 30,150 30–28 59 June 4 Dodgers 10–4 Orosco (1–1) Jones (0–1) 30,195 30–29 60 June 5 Dodgers 8–6 Jennings (7–2) Daal (4–2) Jiménez (16) 31,793 31–29 61 June 7 @ Blue Jays 8–0 Halladay (7–2) Hampton (3–7) 20,032 31–30 62 June 8 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Walker (2–0) Thomson (6–5) Escobar (12) 21,298 31–31 63 June 9 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Escobar (3–2) Jiménez (1–4) 20,328 31–32 64 June 10 @ Red Sox 7–3 Lowe (10–2) Neagle (4–3) Wakefield (3) 33,508 31–33 65 June 11 @ Red Sox 3–1 Jennings (8–2) Fossum (2–1) Jiménez (17) 32,340 32–33 66 June 12 @ Red Sox 7–5 Castillo (5–6) Hampton (3–8) Urbina (19) 31,583 32–34 67 June 14 Indians 5–3 Drese (7–4) Thomson (6–6) Wickman (15) 40,156 32–35 68 June 15 Indians 7–4 Jones (1–1) Paronto (0–2) Jiménez (18) 41,870 33–35 69 June 16 Indians 5–4 Colón (9–4) Neagle (4–4) Wickman (16) 40,792 33–36 70 June 18 Yankees 10–5 Mussina (10–3) Jennings (8–3) Stanton (1) 48,738 33–37 71 June 19 Yankees 20–10 Mendoza (4–2) White (1–5) 48,821 33–38 72 June 20 Yankees 14–11 (10) Stark (4–1) Karsay (3–3) 48,916 34–38 73 June 21 Devil Rays 8–7 (10) Speier (2–0) Yan (3–3) 30,284 35–38 74 June 22 Devil Rays 6–5 (11) Jiménez (2–4) Kent (0–2) 31,190 36–38 75 June 23 Devil Rays 6–5 White (2–5) Kennedy (5–6) Jiménez (19) 31,043 37–38 76 June 24 @ Dodgers 4–1 Hampton (4–8) Ishii (11–3) Jiménez (20) 34,641 38–38 77 June 25 @ Dodgers 4–0 Pérez (9–3) Thomson (6–7) 23,635 38–39 78 June 26 @ Dodgers 5–3 Nomo (8–5) Chacón (3–5) Gagné (28) 25,083 38–40 79 June 27 @ Dodgers 7–1 Daal (6–3) Neagle (4–5) 41,279 38–41 80 June 28 @ Mariners 6–2 Piñeiro (8–3) Jennings (8–4) 45,118 38–42 81 June 29 @ Mariners 8–1 García (11–5) Hampton (4–9) 45,790 38–43 82 June 30 @ Mariners 4–3 Speier (3–0) Sasaki (2–2) Jiménez (21) 45,928 39–43
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 Giants 8–6 Rodríguez (3–4) Jiménez (2–5) Nen (22) 31,115 39–44 84 July 2 Giants 18–5 Jensen (8–6) Neagle (4–6) 30,838 39–45 85 July 3 Giants 14–4 Jennings (9–4) Hernández (6–10) 48,504 40–45 86 July 5 Padres 9–6 Hampton (5–9) Tomko (4–6) Jiménez (22) 48,540 41–45 87 July 6 Padres 3–2 Thomson (7–7) Peavy (0–3) Jiménez (23) 36,866 42–45 88 July 7 Padres 7–1 Pérez (3–1) Chacón (3–6) 30,707 42–46 89 July 11 @ Giants 3–2 Worrell (6–0) Jiménez (2–6) 39,644 42–47 90 July 12 @ Giants 9–0 Hernández (7–10) Hampton (5–10) 40,963 42–48 91 July 13 @ Giants 6–1 Schmidt (5–3) Thomson (7–8) 41,434 42–49 92 July 14 @ Giants 5–3 Chacón (4–6) Rueter (7–6) 41,980 43–49 93 July 15 @ Padres 5–0 Stark (5–1) Pérez (3–2) 37,827 44–49 94 July 16 @ Padres 5–1 Peavy (1–3) Jennings (9–5) Reed (1) 22,150 44–50 95 July 17 Diamondbacks 12–3 Schilling (16–3) Hampton (5–11) 39,023 44–51 96 July 18 Diamondbacks 6–4 Speier (4–0) Swindell (0–1) Jiménez (24) 35,799 45–51 97 July 19 Brewers 9–5 Chacón (5–6) Quevedo (5–7) 34,347 46–51 98 July 20 Brewers 6–5 Stark (6–1) Cabrera (4–7) Jiménez (25) 37,009 47–51 99 July 21 Brewers 6–4 Jennings (10–5) Sheets (4–12) Jiménez (26) 31,597 48–51 100 July 22 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Schilling (17–3) Hampton (5–12) 34,516 48–52 101 July 23 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 Kim (4–1) Jones (1–2) 37,837 48–53 102 July 24 @ Diamondbacks 7–1 Batista (5–7) Chacón (5–7) 34,743 48–54 103 July 26 @ Brewers 10–3 Sheets (5–12) Stark (6–2) Vizcaíno (3) 29,270 48–55 104 July 27 @ Brewers 6–5 (10) DeJean (1–4) Jiménez (2–7) 33,497 48–56 105 July 28 @ Brewers 5–3 Wright (3–10) Hampton (5–13) DeJean (17) 26,535 48–57 106 July 30 @ Pirates 4–1 Benson (4–5) Neagle (4–7) Williams (31) 23,749 48–58 107 July 31 @ Pirates 7–6 Boehringer (3–3) White (2–6) Williams (32) 18,106 48–59
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Pirates 3–0 Jennings (11–5) Meadows (0–1) Jiménez (27) 19,075 49–59 109 August 2 @ Cubs 6–4 (12) Borowski (3–4) Santos (0–1) 38,493 49–60 110 August 3 @ Cubs 2–1 Neagle (5–7) Clement (8–8) Jiménez (28) 39,385 50–60 111 August 4 @ Cubs 4–1 Prior (5–3) Chacón (5–8) 38,474 50–61 112 August 6 Reds 7–6 Stark (7–2) Moehler (2–3) Jiménez (29) 32,780 51–61 113 August 7 Reds 7–2 Jennings (12–5) Hamilton (3–7) 32,483 52–61 114 August 8 Reds 10–3 Hampton (6–13) Haynes (12–7) 30,218 53–61 115 August 9 Cubs 2–0 Neagle (6–7) Zambrano (2–3) Jiménez (30) 41,131 54–61 116 August 10 Cubs 15–1 Prior (6–3) Chacón (5–9) 45,474 54–62 117 August 11 Cubs 12–9 Smyth (1–0) Stark (7–3) 37,016 54–63 118 August 12 @ Marlins 1–0 Jennings (13–5) Burnett (11–9) Jiménez (31) 5,090 55–63 119 August 13 @ Marlins 5–4 Hampton (7–13) Núñez (5–5) Jiménez (32) 4,729 56–63 120 August 14 @ Marlins 1–0 Lloyd (3–3) Santos (0–2) 4,746 56–64 121 August 16 @ Braves 4–1 Millwood (12–6) Chacón (5–10) Smoltz (43) 30,504 56–65 122 August 17 @ Braves 10–3 Stark (8–3) Marquis (8–7) 46,104 57–65 123 August 18 @ Braves 6–3 Jennings (14–5) Maddux (11–5) Jiménez (33) 30,399 58–65 124 August 19 @ Braves 7–6 Smoltz (3–2) Jiménez (2–8) 24,568 58–66 125 August 20 Expos 8–6 Neagle (7–7) Vázquez (8–10) Jiménez (34) 28,278 59–66 126 August 21 Expos 13–5 Yoshii (4–5) Chacón (5–11) 27,916 59–67 127 August 22 Expos 14–6 Stark (9–3) Armas (8–11) 27,231 60–67 128 August 23 Mets 10–4 Jennings (15–5) Astacio (11–7) 29,110 61–67 129 August 24 Mets 5–2 Weathers (5–3) Jiménez (2–9) Benítez (28) 35,178 61–68 130 August 25 Mets 7–4 Leiter (11–10) Neagle (7–8) Benítez (29) 27,386 61–69 131 August 26 Giants 4–3 Rodríguez (4–6) Jones (1–3) Nen (32) 26,877 61–70 132 August 27 Giants 7–4 Rodríguez (5–6) Jones (1–4) Nen (33) 26,592 61–71 133 August 28 Giants 9–1 Ortiz (9–10) Jennings (15–6) 27,080 61–72 134 August 29 Giants 10–6 Hernández (9–14) Hampton (7–14) 26,330 61–73 135 August 30 @ Padres 2–0 Tomko (8–8) Neagle (7–9) Hoffman (33) 15,987 61–74 136 August 31 @ Padres 3–0 Condrey (1–0) Cook (0–1) Hoffman (34) 31,043 61–75
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 @ Padres 9–5 Nickle (1–0) Santos (0–3) Hoffman (35) 21,190 61–76 138 September 2 @ Padres 5–2 Jennings (16–6) Jones (7–8) Jiménez (35) 31,837 62–76 139 September 3 @ Giants 4–2 Ortiz (10–10) Hampton (7–15) Nen (35) 33,483 62–77 140 September 4 @ Giants 2–1 Neagle (8–9) Hernández (9–15) Jiménez (36) 34,342 63–77 141 September 6 Padres 7–3 Cook (1–1) Eaton (0–1) 26,243 64–77 142 September 7 Padres 5–3 Mercker (2–0) Holtz (2–2) Jiménez (37) 26,444 65–77 143 September 8 Padres 9–4 Lawrence (12–10) Jennings (16–7) Hoffman (36) 25,706 65–78 144 September 9 @ Astros 6–5 (10) Lidge (1–0) Flores (0–1) 28,330 65–79 145 September 10 @ Astros 11–4 Miller (13–3) Neagle (8–10) 24,812 65–80 146 September 11 @ Astros 8–6 Cook (2–1) Saarloos (6–5) Jiménez (38) 29,185 66–80 147 September 12 Dodgers 7–1 Stark (10–3) Daal (11–8) 25,593 67–80 148 September 13 Dodgers 5–4 Mercker (3–0) Mota (1–3) Jiménez (39) 26,441 68–80 149 September 14 Dodgers 16–3 Pérez (14–9) Santos (0–4) 28,118 68–81 150 September 15 Dodgers 5–4 Speier (5–0) Ashby (9–12) Jiménez (40) 26,011 69–81 151 September 17 Cardinals 11–4 Fassero (8–6) Mercker (3–1) 25,833 69–82 152 September 18 Cardinals 8–5 White (4–6) Speier (5–1) Kline (6) 25,330 69–83 153 September 19 Cardinals 12–6 Simontacchi (11–5) Jennings (16–8) 25,567 69–84 154 September 20 Diamondbacks 9–4 Lowe (5–2) Schilling (23–6) 37,842 70–84 155 September 21 Diamondbacks 15–8 Fuentes (1–0) Fetters (3–2) 29,484 71–84 156 September 22 Diamondbacks 11–7 Fuentes (2–0) Swindell (0–2) 26,520 72–84 157 September 24 @ Dodgers 1–0 Stark (11–3) Pérez (15–10) Jiménez (41) 30,332 73–84 158 September 25 @ Dodgers 3–2 Gagné (3–1) Jiménez (2–10) 28,189 73–85 159 September 26 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Johnson (24–5) Flores (0–2) 33,605 73–86 160 September 27 @ Diamondbacks 8–6 Batista (8–9) Neagle (8–11) Kim (35) 39,693 73–87 161 September 28 @ Diamondbacks 17–8 Helling (10–12) Lowe (5–3) 45,052 73–88 162 September 29 @ Diamondbacks 11–8 Patterson (2–0) Stark (11–4) Kim (36) 45,553 73–89

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
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

See also: Minor league baseball

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

^[13]

Notes

1. ^ Brian Fuentes page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ JD Closser page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Todd Jones page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Todd Zeile page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Ross Gload page at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Kent Mercker page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Bobby Estalella page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Jeff Francis page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Sandy Alomar, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
10. ^ Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference
11. ^ Jay Payton page at Baseball Reference
12. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2002&l=NL
13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 2002 Rockies
• 2002 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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