2002 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 2002 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79-83, 4th in the NL East.

Offseason

• February 18, 2002: Tim Raines signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.^[1]
• March 27, 2002: Dontrelle Willis was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, and Julian Tavarez to the Florida Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Citrus series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4-2.

Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeremy Hermida was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2002.^[9]
• July 11, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Florida Marlins with Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.^[10]

Roster

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

^[11]

References

1. ^ Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willido03.shtml
3. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206140FLO
4. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206150FLO
5. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206160FLO
6. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206280TBA
7. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206290TBA
8. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200206300TBA
9. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hermije01.shtml
10. ^ Cliff Floyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2002 Marlins
• 2002 Florida Marlins team page at www.baseball-almanac.com