2002 Cleveland Indians season


The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise. The 2002 Major League Baseball season began on March 31, 2002.The team finished third in the American League Central Division behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox.

Offseason

Opening Day starters

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
PosPlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
CEinar Díaz1023203466190216.2060
1BJim Thome14748010114619252118.3041
2BRicky Gutiérrez943533897130438.2750
3BTravis Fryman11839742861431155.2170
SSOmar Vizquel151582851603151472.27518
LFRussell Branyan50161163340817.2051
CFMilton Bradley983254881183938.2496
RFMatt Lawton11441671981921557.2368
DHEllis Burks138518921562803291.3012

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Chad Allen510011000.1000
Brady Anderson34804134015.1634
Bruce Aven717120000.1181
Josh Bard249092050312.2220
Ben Broussard3911210274049.2410
Jolbert Cabrera3872581007.1111
Wil Cordero618140001.2220
Coco Crisp3212716339219.2604
Todd Dunwoody26000000.0000
Karim García511972959801652.2990
Greg LaRocca215212143104.2691
Chris Magruder872583456151629.2172
Víctor Martínez1232291015.2810
John McDonald932643566113112.2503
Eddie Pérez421176259004.2140
Brandon Phillips1131583104.2580
Bill Selby65159153472621.2140
Earl Snyder18555112014.2000
Lee Stevens53153223471526.2220

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
PlayerWLERAGGSIPBBK
CC Sabathia13114.373333210.088149
Ryan Drese1096.552626137.162102
Chuck Finley4114.441818105.14891
Bartolo Colón1042.551616116.13175
Ricardo Rodríguez225.667741.11824
Jason Phillips134.978641.22023
Jaret Wright2315.718618.11912
Brian Tallet101.502212.045
Cliff Lee011.742210.186

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPBBK
Danys Báez10114.4139266165.182130
Charles Nagy148.88197048.21322
Terry Mulholland324.60163047.01421
Jake Westbrook135.83114041.21220
Dave Burba104.50123034.01725
Jason Davis101.8432014.2411
Roy Smith003.004106.052

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
PlayerWLERAGSVIPBBK
Bob Wickman134.46362034.11036
Mark Wohlers344.7964771.12646
David Riske225.2651151.13565
Ricardo Rincón144.7946035.2830
Paul Shuey302.4139037.11039
Chad Paronto024.0429035.21123
Jerrod Riggan217.6429033.01822
Dave Elder023.1315023.01423
Carl Sadler124.4324020.11123
Heath Murray027.509012.0711
Jason Beverlin007.36407.149
Sean DePaula1112.79506.138
Alex Herrera000.00505.115
Dave Maurer0113.50201.100
Nerio Rodríguez000.00100.100

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates