2002 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2002 Cincinnati Reds season was the 133rd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Reds finishing with a 78-84 record to finish in third place in the National League Central, 19 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone. The 2002 Reds season was their final one in Cinergy Field.

2002 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Cinergy Field
City	Cincinnati
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Carl Lindner
General managers	Jim Bowden
Managers	Bob Boone
Television	FSN Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

Offseason

• January 7, 2002: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
Houston Astros	84	78	.519	13	47‍–‍34	37‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	.481	19	38‍–‍43	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	.447	24½	38‍–‍42	34‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	67	95	.414	30	36‍–‍45	31‍–‍50
Milwaukee Brewers	56	106	.346	41	31‍–‍50	25‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record Source: [1]
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

Notable transactions

• June 7, 2002: Ben Broussard was traded by the Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Russell Branyan.

Roster

2002 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 29 José Acevedo 59 Carlos Almanzar 53 Jim Brower 52 Bruce Chen 34 Ryan Dempster 45 Elmer Dessens 55 Shawn Estes 53 Jared Fernández 32 Danny Graves 50 Joey Hamilton 43 Jimmy Haynes 54 Luke Hudson 38 Brian Moehler 49 Luis Pineda 41 Chris Reitsma 46 John Riedling 27 José Rijo 39 José Silva 56 Scott Sullivan 36 Gabe White 48 Scott Williamson		Catchers 23 Jason LaRue 37 Corky Miller 31 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 17 Aaron Boone 21 Sean Casey  7 Juan Castro  3 Gookie Dawkins  6 Wilton Guerrero 11 Barry Larkin 16 Brandon Larson 12 Todd Walker		Outfielders 33 Russell Branyan 22 Brady Clark 44 Adam Dunn 34 Juan Encarnación 29 Raúl González 30 Ken Griffey Jr.  6 José Guillén 28 Austin Kearns 15 Rubén Mateo 26 Wily Mo Peña 19 Reggie Taylor		Manager  9 Bob Boone Coaches  2 José Cardenal (first base) 25 Ray Knight (bench) 10 Tim Foli (third base) 35 Don Gullett (pitching) 47 Tom Hume (bullpen)  4 Jim Lefebvre (hitting)

Game log

2002 regular season game log: 78–84 (Home: 38–43; Away: 40–41)
April: 16–9 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box Streak 1 April 1 Cubs 5–4 Graves Fassero — 41,913 1–0 W1 2 April 3 Cubs 3–10 Wood Dessens — 19,745 1–1 L1 3 April 4 Cubs 3–1 Acevedo Cruz Graves 16,448 2–1 W1 4 April 5 Expos 7–8 Yoshii Haynes Lloyd 17,123 2–2 L1 5 April 6 Expos 2–5 Ohka Pineda Lloyd 18,176 2–3 L2 6 April 7 Expos 6–5 Sullivan Lloyd — 17,549 3–3 W1 7 April 8 at Pirates 0–1 Villone Dessens Williams 36,402 3–4 L1 8 April 10 at Pirates 8–5 Acevedo Wells Graves 36,048 4–4 W1 9 April 11 at Pirates 3–2 Haynes Anderson Graves 12,795 5–4 W2 10 April 12 at Phillies 8–5 Brower Cormier Graves 13,366 6–4 W3 11 April 13 at Phillies 5–2 Hamilton Person Graves 15,606 7–4 W4 12 April 14 at Phillies 1–3 Padilla Dessens Mesa 19,195 7–5 L1 13 April 16 Astros 3–8 Mlicki Acevedo — 15,853 7–6 L2 14 April 17 Astros 2–7 Hernández Haynes — 14,527 7–7 L3 15 April 18 Astros 5–4 White Cruz — 15,848 8–7 W1 16 April 19 at Cubs 2–5 Clement Hamilton Alfonseca 33,949 8–8 L1 17 April 20 at Cubs 6–1 Dessens Wood — 36,476 9–8 W1 18 April 21 at Cubs 5–3 Rijo Cruz Graves 29,458 10–8 W2 19 April 23 Rockies 3–2 Haynes Jennings Graves 14,518 11–8 W3 20 April 24 Rockies 4–3 Williamson Jiménez — 13,004 12–8 W4 21 April 25 Rockies 4–3 Sullivan White Graves 14,416 13–8 W5 22 April 26 Giants 4–3 Sullivan Rodríguez Graves 28,341 14–8 W6 23 April 27 Giants 8–4 Rijo Jensen — 22,616 15–8 W7 24 April 28 Giants 4–5 Rueter Haynes Nen 23,426 15–9 L1 25 April 30 at Dodgers 3–1 Reitsma Brown Graves 25, 178 16–9 W1
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box Streak 26 May 1 at Los Angeles Dodgers 4–0 Hamilton Nomo 23,346 17–9 W2 27 May 2 at Los Angeles Dodgers 2–3 Carrara Pineda 27,224 17–10 L1 28 May 3 at San Francisco Giants 1–6 Rueter Rijo 39,845 17–11 L2 29 May 4 at San Francisco Giants 0–3 Jensen Haynes Nen 40,959 17–12 L3 30 May 5 at San Francisco Giants 5–6 Nen Pineda 41,263 17–13 L4 31 May 6 Milwaukee Brewers 8–5 Brower Quevedo Graves 12,867 18–13 W1 32 May 7 Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 Dessens Rusch 16,167 33 Wednesday, May 8 2002 Milwaukee Brewers season 14-5 Acevedo Neugebauer 15,691 34 May 10 St. Louis Cardinals season 2-4 Stechschulte White Isringhausen 29,008 35 May 11 St. Louis Cardinals season 8-1 Reitsm Kile 25,006 36 May 12 St. Louis Cardinals season 8-10 Stechschulte Graves Isringhausen 20,622 37 May 13 @Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 Rijo Cabrera 14,844 + 38 May 14 @Milwaukee Brewers Acevedo Quevedo Graves 15,546 39 May 15 Milwaukee Brewers|7-4 Haynes Stull Graves 15,561 40 May 16 Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 White DeJean Graves 18,456 41 May 17 @St. Louis Cardinals season 1-3 Kile Sullivan Isringhausen 36,103 42 May 18 St. Louis Cardinals season 7-3 Rijo Morris 40,483 43 May 19 @ St. Louis Cardinals season1-10 Stephenson Acevedo 42,992 44 May 20 St. Louis Cardinals season 3-7 Williams Haynes 35,560 45 May 21 Florida Gators 6-1 Reitsma Burnett Graves 16,841 46 May 22 Florida Gators 6-2 Dessens Dempster 20,314 47 May 23 Florida Gators 4-8 Tavarez Rijo Nunez 23,134 - 48 May 24 @Atlanta Braves 2-11 Millwood Hamilton 29,307 49 May 25 @ Atlanta Braves 6-4 Marquis Graves 44,026 50 May 26 Atlanta Braves 5-7 Maddux Reitsma 40,142 - 51 May 28 @ Florida Marlinss 6-5 Graves Nunez 7,386 52 May 29 @ Florida Marlins 8-2 Hamilton Beckett 6,836 53 May 30 Florida Marlins W-4-1 Haynes Olsen Graves 6,140 54 May 31 Atlanta Braves 0-7 Maddux Reitsma 38,777 -
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Reds team member

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	Jason LaRue	113	353	88	.249	12	52
1B	Sean Casey	120	425	111	.261	6	42
2B	Todd Walker	155	612	183	.299	11	64
SS	Barry Larkin	145	507	124	.245	7	47
3B	Aaron Boone	162	606	146	.241	26	87
LF	Adam Dunn	158	535	133	.249	26	71
CF	Juan Encarnación	83	321	89	.277	16	51
RF	Austin Kearns	107	372	117	.315	13	56

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
Reggie Taylor	135	287	73	.254	9	38
Russell Branyan	84	217	53	.244	16	39
Ken Griffey Jr.	70	197	52	.264	8	23
Corky Miller	39	114	29	.254	3	15
José Guillén	31	109	27	.248	4	16
Kelly Stinnett	34	93	21	.226	3	13
Rubén Mateo	46	86	22	.256	2	7
Juan Castro	54	82	18	.220	2	11
Wilton Guerrero	59	78	19	.244	0	4
Brady Clark	51	66	10	.152	0	9
Brandon Larson	23	51	14	.275	4	13
Travis Dawkins	31	48	6	.125	0	0
Raúl González	10	23	6	.261	0	1
Wily Mo Peña	13	18	4	.222	1	1

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
Jimmy Haynes	34	196.2	15	10	4.12	126
Elmer Dessens	30	178.0	7	8	3.03	93
Ryan Dempster	15	88.2	5	5	6.19	66
Brian Moehler	10	43.1	2	4	6.02	18
Shawn Estes	6	28.0	1	3	7.71	17
José Acevedo	6	23.2	4	2	7.23	14

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
Chris Reitsma	32	138.1	6	12	3.64	84
Joey Hamilton	39	124.2	4	10	5.27	85
José Rijo	31	77.0	5	4	5.14	38
Jared Fernández	14	50.2	1	3	4.44	36

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
Danny Graves	68	7	3	32	3.19	58
Scott Sullivan	71	6	5	1	6.06	78
Scott Williamson	63	3	4	8	2.92	84
Gabe White	62	6	1	0	2.98	41
Bruce Chen	39	0	2	0	4.31	37
John Riedling	33	2	4	0	2.70	30
Luis Pineda	26	1	3	0	4.18	31
Jim Brower	22	2	0	0	3.89	24
José Silva	12	1	0	0	4.24	6
Carlos Almanzar	8	0	1	0	2.31	7
Luke Hudson	3	0	0	0	4.50	7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	International League	Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Phillip Wellman
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Jayhawk Owens
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Donnie Scott
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Edgar Caceres
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Rick Burleson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton

References

• 2002 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference