The 2002 Baltimore Orioles season was the 102nd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 49th in Baltimore, and the 11th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They slightly improved on their record from the previous year, but missed the postseason for the 5th straight season.

The Orioles had a record of 63–63 at the conclusion of play on August 23, but then proceeded to lose 32 of their last 36 games of the season, including their final 12 in a row, and suffered their 5th straight losing season.

Offseason October 3, 2001: Tim Raines was sent to the Baltimore Orioles by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com November 20, 2001: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. Transactions June 4, 2002: Adam Loewen was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed May 26, 2003.

Regular season

Season standings

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Game log Past games legend Orioles Win Orioles Loss

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || April 1 || Yankees || 10–3 || Erickson || Clemens || — || 48,058 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 3 || Yankees || 0–1 || Wells ||Johnson||Rivera|| 32,142 || 1–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 4 || Yankees || 1–4 ||Mussina|| Ponson || Rivera || 33,317 || 1–2 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 5 || Boston Red Sox || 0–3 || Lowe || Towers || Urbina || 31,261 || 1–3 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 6 || Boston Red Sox || 2–4 ||Fossum || Erickson || Urbina || 34,978 || 1–4 || L4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 7 || Boston Red Sox || 1–4 || Martinez || Maduro || Urbina || 33,790 || 1–5 || L5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 10 || Devil Rays || 2–3 ||Wilson || Johnson || Yan|| 22,781 || 1–6 || L6 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 11 || Devil Rays || 15–6 ||López|| Colomé || || 24,179 || 2–6 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 12 || @ White Sox || 2–5 ||Buehrle || Towers || Foulke || 41,128 || 2–7 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 13 || @ White Sox || 7–3 || Osuna|| Roberts|| Foulke|| 21,760 || 2–8 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 14 || @ White Sox || 9–5 || Maduro||Wright|| ||23,951|| 3–8 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 15 || @ White Sox || 4–13 || Garland || Johnson|| || 15,794|| 3–9 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 16 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Bauer|| Mendoza||Julio || 33,721|| 4–9 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 17 || @ Yankees || 1–7 || Hernández || Towers || || 27,912|| 4–10 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 18 || @ Yankees || 7–0 || Wells || Erickson || || 35,212|| 4–11 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 19 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 || Julio || Colomé || ||11,124|| 5–11 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 20|| @ Devil Rays || 6–3 || Johnson || Wilson || Roberts || 11,402 || 6–11 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 21 || @ Devil Rays|| 1–2 ||Creek||Ponson ||Yan|| 13,091 || 6–12|| L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 23 || Boston Red Sox || 7–5 || Erickson || Castillo|| Julio|| 26,301 || 7–12 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 24 || Red Sox || 5–3 || López || Oliver|| Julio|| 29,004 || 8–12 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 25 || Red Sox || 0–7 || Martinez || Maduro || || 31,353|| 8–13 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 26 || @ Royals || 10–5 || Groom || Grimsley || || 12,372 || 9–13 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 23 || April 27 || @ Royals || 9–4 || Ponson || Byrd || || 16,850 || 10–13 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 28 || @ Royals || 13–0 || Erickson || Rekar|| || 15,643 || 11–13 || W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 29 || @ Boston Red Sox || 5–3 || López|| Castillo || Julio || 31,177 || 12–13 || W4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || April 30 || @ Boston Red Sox || 0–4 || Oliver||Maduro|| || 31,751 || 12–14 || L1

Roster 2002 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Gerónimo Gil 125 422 98 .232 12 45 1B Jeff Conine 116 451 123 .273 15 63 2B Jerry Hairston Jr. 122 426 114 .268 5 32 3B Tony Batista 161 615 150 .244 31 87 SS Mike Bordick 117 367 85 .232 8 36 LF Marty Cordova 131 458 116 .253 18 64 CF Chris Singleton 136 466 122 .262 9 50 RF Jay Gibbons 136 490 121 .247 28 69 DH Chris Richard 50 155 36 .232 4 21

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 Melvin Mora 149 557 130 .233 19 64 Gary Matthews Jr. 109 344 95 .276 7 38 Brook Fordyce 56 130 30 .231 1 8 Brian Roberts 38 128 29 .227 1 11 Luis López 52 109 23 .211 2 9 David Segui 26 95 25 .263 2 16 José León 36 89 22 .247 3 10 Howie Clark 14 53 16 .302 0 4 Larry Bigbie 16 34 6 .176 0 3 Luis Matos 17 31 4 .129 0 1 Ryan McGuire 17 26 2 .077 0 2 Mike Moriarty 8 16 3 .188 0 3 Izzy Molina 1 3 1 .333 0 0 Ed Rogers 5 3 0 .000 0 0 Luis García 6 3 1 .333 0 0 Raúl Casanova 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Fernando Lunar 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

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 Rodrigo López 33 196.2 15 9 3.57 136 Sidney Ponson 28 176.0 7 9 4.09 120 Scott Erickson 29 160.2 5 12 5.55 74 Jason Johnson 22 131.1 5 14 4.59 97 John Stephens 12 65.0 2 5 6.09 56 Calvin Maduro 12 56.2 2 5 5.56 29 Pat Hentgen 4 22.0 0 4 7.77 11

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 Travis Driskill 29 132.2 8 8 4.95 78 Sean Douglass 15 53.1 0 5 6.08 44 Josh Towers 5 27.1 0 3 7.90 13

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 Jorge Julio 67 5 6 25 1.99 55 Buddy Groom 70 3 2 2 1.60 48 B.J. Ryan 67 2 1 1 4.68 56 Willis Roberts 66 5 4 1 3.36 51 Rick Bauer 56 6 7 1 3.98 45 Yorkis Pérez 23 0 0 1 3.29 25 Chris Brock 22 2 1 0 4.70 21 Eric DuBose 4 0 0 0 3.00 4 Steve Bechler 3 0 0 0 13.50 3 Érik Bédard 2 0 0 0 13.50 1

Farm system Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2003 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2003

References

2002 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 2002 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com