2002 San Diego Padres
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Qualcomm Stadium
City	San Diego, California
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	John Moores
General managers	Kevin Towers
Managers	Bruce Bochy
Television	KUSI-TV 4SD ( Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe)
Radio	KOGO ( Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 2002 San Diego Padres season was the 34th season in franchise history.

Offseason

• December 27, 2001: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. ^[1]
• February 24, 2002: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. ^[2]
• March 16, 2002: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. ^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• D'Angelo Jiménez – 2B
• Mark Kotsay – CF
• Ron Gant – LF
• Phil Nevin – 1B
• Bubba Trammell – RF
• Deivi Cruz – SS
• Wiki González – C
• Ramon Vazquez – 3B
• Kevin Jarvis – SP ^[4]

Season standings

National League West

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	98	64	0.605	—	55–26	43–38
San Francisco Giants	95	66	0.590	2½	50–31	45–35
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	0.568	6	46–35	46–35
Colorado Rockies	73	89	0.451	25	47–34	26–55
San Diego Padres	66	96	0.407	32	41–40	25–56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e 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 26, 2002: Alan Embree was traded by the San Diego Padres with Andy Shibilo (minors) to the Boston Red Sox for Dan Giese and Brad Baker (minors). ^[1]
• July 15, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the San Diego Padres. ^[3]
• July 31, 2002: Jason Bay was traded by the New York Mets with Josh Reynolds (minors) and Bobby Jones to the San Diego Padres for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook. ^[5]
• August 13, 2002: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. ^[3]
• August 16, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the San Diego Padres. ^[3]
• September 4, 2002: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the San Diego Padres. ^[2]

Roster

2002 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 58 Jason Boyd 54 Mike Bynum 41 Clay Condrey 49 Éric Cyr 41 Tom Davey 40 Matt DeWitt 53 Adam Eaton 41 Alan Embree 57 Jeremy Fikac 51 Trevor Hoffman 58 Mike Holtz 36 Ben Howard 32 Kevin Jarvis 17 Jonathan Johnson 28 Bobby J. Jones 39 Bobby M. Jones 46 Jason Kershner 50 Brian Lawrence 47 David Lundquist 54 Jason Middlebrook 43 Juan Moreno 46 Rodney Myers 43 Doug Nickle 37 José Núñez 59 Jason Pearson 44 Jake Peavy 59 Óliver Pérez 43 Kevin Pickford 39 Steve Reed 46 Jason Shiell 45 Dennis Tankersley 55 Brian Tollberg 20 Brett Tomko 58 J. J. Trujillo 47 Brandon Villafuerte 56 Kevin Walker		Catchers 29 Javier Cardona  7 Wiki González 25 Tom Lampkin 33 Wil Nieves Infielders 24 Kevin Barker 34 Brian Buchanan 21 Sean Burroughs  2 César Crespo  8 Deivi Cruz  4 D'Angelo Jiménez 10 Julius Matos 23 Phil Nevin 24 Alex Pelaez 33 Mark Sweeney  1 Ramón Vázquez		Outfielders 29 Kory DeHaan  9 Ron Gant 12 Trenidad Hubbard 18 Gene Kingsale 30 Ryan Klesko 14 Mark Kotsay 16 Ray Lankford 27 Bubba Trammell		Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 48 Darrel Akerfelds (bullpen) 38 Greg Booker (pitching) 52 Duane Espy (hitting) 11 Tim Flannery (third Base)  5 Rob Picciolo (bench)  3 Alan Trammell (first base)

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	Tom Lampkin	104	281	61	.217	10	37
1B	Ryan Klesko	146	540	162	.300	29	95
2B	Ramón Vázquez	128	423	116	.274	2	32
SS	Deivi Cruz	151	514	135	.263	7	47
3B	Phil Nevin	107	407	116	.285	12	57
LF	Ron Gant	102	309	81	.262	18	59
CF	Mark Kotsay	153	578	169	.292	17	61
RF	Bubba Trammell	133	403	98	.243	17	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
D'Angelo Jimenez	87	321	77	.240	3	33
Gene Kingsale	89	216	60	.278	2	28
Ray Lankford	81	205	46	.224	6	26
Sean Burroughs	63	192	52	.271	1	11
Julius Matos	76	185	44	.238	2	19
Wiki González	56	164	36	.220	1	20
Trent Hubbard	89	129	27	.209	1	7
Brian Buchanan	48	92	27	.293	6	13
Wil Nieves	28	72	13	.181	0	3
Mark Sweeney	48	65	11	.169	1	4
Javier Cardona	15	39	4	.103	0	2
César Crespo	25	29	5	.172	0	0
Kevin Barker	7	19	3	.158	0	0
Kory DeHaan	12	11	1	.091	0	0
Alex Pelaez	3	8	2	.250	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
Brian Lawrence	35	210.0	12	12	3.69	149
Brett Tomko	32	204.1	10	10	4.49	126
Booby Jones	19	108.0	7	8	5.50	60
Jake Peavy	17	97.2	6	7	4.52	90
Óliver Pérez	16	90.0	4	5	3.50	94
Brian Tollberg	12	61.2	1	5	6.13	33
Kevin Jarvis	7	35.0	2	4	4.37	24
Adam Eaton	6	33.1	1	1	5.40	25

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
Dennis Tankersley	17	51.1	1	4	8.06	39
Jason Middlebrook	12	35.1	1	3	5.09	28
Kevin Pickford	16	30.0	0	2	6.00	18
Mike Bynum	14	27.1	1	0	5.27	17
Clay Condrey	9	26.2	1	2	1.69	16
Ben Howard	3	10.2	0	1	9.28	10
Bobby Jones	4	9.2	0	0	6.52	7

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
Trevor Hoffman	61	2	5	38	2.73	69
Jeremy Fikac	65	4	7	0	5.35	66
Steve Reed	40	2	4	1	1.98	36
Alan Embree	36	3	4	0	1.26	38
Mike Holtz	33	2	2	0	4.71	19
Brandon Villafuerte	31	1	2	1	1.41	25
Jason Boyd	23	1	0	0	7.94	18
Tom Davey	19	1	0	0	5.57	21
Jonathan Johnson	16	1	2	0	4.11	21
Jason Kershner	15	0	1	0	5.79	11
Rodney Myers	14	1	1	0	5.91	11
Kevin Walker	11	0	1	0	5.63	11
Doug Nickle	10	1	0	0	8.49	7
Matt DeWitt	5	0	1	0	1.23	5
Eric Cyr	5	0	1	0	10.50	4
Juan Moreno	4	0	0	0	7.50	3
J.J. Trujillo	4	0	1	0	10.13	3
David Lundquist	3	0	0	0	16.88	0
Jason Shiell	3	0	0	0	27.00	1
Jason Pearson	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
D'Angelo Jimenez	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
José Núñez	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Trevor Hoffman

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
AA	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	Craig Colbert
A	Lake Elsinore Storm	California League	George Hendrick
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Tracy Woodson
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Jeff Gardner
Rookie	Idaho Falls Padres	Pioneer League	Don Werner

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References

External links

• 2002 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 2002 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac