The 2002 Chicago Cubs season was the 131st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 127th in the National League and the 87th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.
Offseason November 2, 2001: Mark Bellhorn was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Adam Morrissey (minors). January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs. March 27, 2002: Dontrelle Willis was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, and Julián Tavárez to the Florida Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.
Regular season
Season standings
National League Central
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions September 4, 2002: Bill Mueller was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Verplancke (minors).
Roster 2002 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches (first base) (third base) (former third base) (bullpen) (bench) (hitting) (pitching)
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 RBICJoe Girardi9023453.2261131BFred McGriff146523143.273301032BMark Bellhorn146445115.2582756SSAlex Gonzalez142513127.24818613BBill Mueller10335394.266737LFMoisés Alou132484133.2751561CFCorey Patterson153592150.2531454RFSammy Sosa150556160.28849108
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 Todd Hundley 92 266 56 .211 16 35 Roosevelt Brown 111 204 43 .211 3 23 Chris Stynes 98 195 47 .241 5 26 Bobby Hill 59 190 48 .253 4 20 Delino DeShields 67 146 28 .192 3 10 Angel Echevarria 50 98 30 .306 3 21 Darren Lewis 58 79 19 .241 0 7 Augie Ojeda 30 70 13 .186 0 4 Robert Machado 22 58 16 .276 1 5 Hee-Seop Choi 24 50 9 .180 2 4 Chad Hermansen 35 43 9 .209 1 3 Kevin Orie 13 32 9 .281 0 5 Mike Mahoney 16 29 6 .207 0 3 Mario Encarnación 3 7 0 .000 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 Kerry Wood 33 213.2 12 11 3.66 217 Matt Clement 32 205.0 12 11 3.60 215 Jon Lieber 21 141.0 6 8 3.70 87 Mark Prior 19 116.2 6 6 3.32 147 Jason Bere 16 85.2 1 10 5.67 65 Alan Benes 7 39.1 2 2 4.35 32 8 26.0 1 3 9.35 16
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 Carlos Zambrano 32 108.1 4 8 3.66 93 Juan Cruz 45 97.1 3 11 3.98 81 Pat Mahomes 16 32.2 1 1 3.86 23
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 Antonio Alfonseca 66 2 5 19 4.00 61 Joe Borowski 73 4 4 2 2.73 97 Jeff Fassero 57 5 6 0 6.18 44 Kyle Farnsworth 45 4 6 1 7.33 46 Tom Gordon 19 1 1 0 3.42 31 Will Cunnane 16 1 1 0 5.47 30 Donovan Osborne 11 0 1 0 6.19 13 Ron Mahay 11 2 0 0 8.59 14 Francis Beltrán 11 0 0 0 7.50 11 Jesús Sánchez 8 0 0 0 12.96 6 Scott Chiasson 4 0 0 0 23.14 3 Courtney Duncan 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise, AZL CubsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
2002 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference