2002 Toronto Blue Jays | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | SkyDome | |
City | Toronto | |
Record | 78–84 (.481) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners |
Rogers Communications, Interbrew | |
General managers | J. P. Ricciardi | |
Managers | Buck Martinez, Carlos Tosca | |
Television |
CBC Television ( Brian Williams, John Cerutti) The Sports Network ( Rod Black, Pat Tabler) Rogers Sportsnet ( Rob Faulds, John Cerutti) | |
Radio |
CHUM (AM) ( Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek) | |
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The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 26th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.
Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2002 season. [1]
October 15 |
Jason Dickson granted free agency (signed with
Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 14, 2001). Aaron Holbert granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a contract on January 30, 2002). Izzy Molina granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on November 20, 2001). |
October 19 |
Kevin Beirne granted free agency (signed with
Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 3, 2001). Matt DeWitt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on December 18, 2001). Ryan Freel granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 8, 2001). |
November 5 |
Tony Fernández granted free agency. Jeff Frye granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on March 25, 2002). |
November 20 | Brian Simmons selected off of waivers by the Chicago White Sox. |
December 7 | Acquired Eric Hinske and Justin Miller from the Oakland Athletics for Billy Koch. |
December 10 | Acquired Félix Heredia and a player to be named later ( Jim Deschaine on December 13, 2001) from the Chicago Cubs for Alex Gonzalez. |
December 12 | Released Alberto Castillo. |
December 13 | Drafted
Corey Thurman from the
Kansas City Royals in the 2001 MLB
Rule 5 draft. Acquired Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts from the Los Angeles Dodgers for César Izturis and Paul Quantrill. |
December 18 | Signed free agent
Brian Lesher from the
Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $245,000 contract. Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract. Signed free agent Chris Peters from the New York Yankees to a contract. |
December 22 | Luis Lopez selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics. |
January 2 | Acquired Tom Wilson from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Kremblas. |
January 17 | Acquired
Brian Cooper from the
Anaheim Angels for
Brad Fullmer. Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $2.3 million contract. Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $4.25 million contract. |
February 6 | Signed free agent Dave Berg from the Florida Marlins to a one-year, $450,000 contract. |
February 10 | Signed free agent Ken Huckaby from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a contract. |
February 14 | Signed free agent Pedro Swann from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |
March 27 | Chris Latham selected off of waivers by the New York Mets. |
March 29 | Released Chris Peters. |
March 30 | Signed free agent Simon Pond from the Cleveland Indians to a contract. |
The Blue Jays started the 2002 season with slow progress in performance. Buck Martinez was fired about a third of the way through the season, with a 20–33 record. He was replaced by third base coach Carlos Tosca, an experienced minor league manager. They went 58–51 under Tosca to finish the season 78–84. Roy Halladay, a talented but inconsistent prospect who was no more than a fifth starter who alternated between Toronto and Triple-A during his first three seasons, was relied on as the team's ace and rose to the challenge being the team's top pitcher, finishing the season with a 19–7 record and a 2.93 ERA. The hitters were led once again by Carlos Delgado. Ricciardi was credited for dumping Raúl Mondesí in mid-season to the New York Yankees to free up his salary, which in turn was used for the off-season signing of Mike Bordick, Frank Catalanotto and Tanyon Sturtze. Promising young players were assigned to key roles, including starting third baseman Eric Hinske (who later won the Rookie of the Year Award for this year) and 23-year-old centre fielder Vernon Wells, who had his first 100 RBI season replacing Mondesi. Another bright young player was Josh Phelps, a former catcher turned designated hitter, who hit 15 home runs.
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 58 | 0.640 | — | 52–28 | 51–30 |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 10½ | 42–39 | 51–30 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 25½ | 42–39 | 36–45 |
Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 36½ | 34–47 | 33–48 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 55 | 106 | 0.342 | 48 | 30–51 | 25–55 |
Division leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 58 | 0.640 |
Minnesota Twins | 94 | 67 | 0.584 |
Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | 0.636 |
(Top team qualifies for postseason) |
Wild Card teamW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Anaheim Angels | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 6 |
Seattle Mariners | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 6 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 18 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 21 |
Cleveland Indians | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 25 |
Texas Rangers | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 27 |
Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 32 |
Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 37 |
Detroit Tigers | 55 | 106 | 0.342 | 43½ |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 55 | 106 | 0.342 | 43½ |
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 7–2 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 9–11 | 9–10 | 8–1 | 12–7 | 7–2 | 11–7 |
Baltimore | 2–7 | — | 6–13 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 6–13 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 3–6 | 4–15 | 9–9 |
Boston | 4–3 | 13–6 | — | 2–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 16–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 5–13 |
Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 4–2 | — | 9–10 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
Cleveland | 3–6 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 10–9 | — | 10–9 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 6–12 |
Detroit | 1–8 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 7–12 | 9–10 | — | 9–10 | 4–14 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 0–6 | 6–12 |
Kansas City | 3–6 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 10–9 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 5–13 |
Minnesota | 5–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 14–4 | 14–5 | — | 0–6 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 10–8 |
New York | 4–3 | 13–6 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | — | 5–4 | 4–5 | 13–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
Oakland | 11–9 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | — | 8–11 | 8–1 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 16–2 |
Seattle | 10–9 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 11–8 | — | 5–4 | 13–7 | 6–3 | 11–7 |
Tampa Bay | 1–8 | 9–10 | 3–16 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 5–13 | 1–8 | 4–5 | — | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–11 |
Texas | 7–12 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 7–13 | 5–4 | — | 8–1 | 9–9 |
Toronto | 2–7 | 15–4 | 6–13 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 11–8 | 1–8 | — | 9–9 |
Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2002 regular season. [2]
April 24 | Player rights of Alfredo Aceves sold to Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. |
May 3 | Selected Pete Walker off of waivers from the New York Mets. |
May 10 | Released Homer Bush. |
May 15 | Sent Pedro Borbón Jr. to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal. |
May 26 | Acquired Cliff Politte from the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Plesac. |
June 21 | Signed free agent Scott Winchester from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract. |
July 1 | Acquired Scott Wiggins from the New York Yankees for Raúl Mondesí. |
August 8 | Scott Eyre selected off of waivers by the San Francisco Giants. |
August 30 | Selected Jason Kershner off of waivers from the San Diego Padres. |
September 30 | Released Brian Cooper. |
Source [3]
The 2002 MLB draft was held on June 4–5.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Nationality | Signed |
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1 | 14 | Russ Adams | SS | North Carolina | 2002–06–07 | |
2 | 55 | Dave Bush | RHP | Wake Forest | 2002–06–04 | |
3 | 86 | Justin Maureau | LHP | Wichita State | – | |
4 | 110 | Adam Peterson | RHP | Wichita State | 2002–06–11 | |
5 | 146 | Chad Pleiness | RHP | Central Michigan | – | |
6 | 176 | Jason Perry | OF | Georgia Tech | 2002–06–22 | |
7 | 206 | Brian Grant | RHP | C.B. Aycock High School ( NC) | – | |
8 | 236 | Chris Leonard | LHP | Miami (FL) | – | |
9 | 266 | Russ Savickas | RHP | Johnston High School | – | |
10 | 296 | Eric Arnold | 2B | Rice | – |
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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 |
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C | Ken Huckaby | 88 | 273 | 67 | .245 | 3 | 22 |
1B | Carlos Delgado | 143 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 33 | 108 |
2B | Orlando Hudson | 54 | 192 | 53 | .276 | 4 | 23 |
SS | Chris Woodward | 90 | 312 | 86 | .276 | 13 | 45 |
3B | Eric Hinske | 151 | 566 | 158 | .279 | 24 | 84 |
LF | Shannon Stewart | 141 | 577 | 175 | .303 | 10 | 45 |
CF | Vernon Wells | 159 | 608 | 167 | .275 | 23 | 100 |
RF | Raúl Mondesí | 75 | 299 | 67 | .224 | 15 | 45 |
DH | Josh Phelps | 74 | 265 | 82 | .309 | 15 | 58 |
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 |
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José Cruz Jr. | 124 | 466 | 114 | .245 | 18 | 70 |
Dave Berg | 109 | 374 | 101 | .270 | 4 | 39 |
Felipe López | 85 | 282 | 64 | .227 | 8 | 34 |
Tom Wilson | 96 | 265 | 68 | .257 | 8 | 37 |
Joe Lawrence | 55 | 150 | 27 | .180 | 2 | 15 |
Darrin Fletcher | 45 | 127 | 28 | .220 | 3 | 22 |
DeWayne Wise | 42 | 112 | 20 | .179 | 3 | 13 |
Homer Bush | 23 | 78 | 18 | .231 | 1 | 2 |
Jayson Werth | 15 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 0 | 6 |
Brian Lesher | 24 | 38 | 5 | .132 | 0 | 2 |
Kevin Cash | 7 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Pedro Swann | 13 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Roy Halladay | 34 | 239.1 | 19 | 7 | 2.93 | 168 |
Esteban Loaiza | 25 | 151.1 | 9 | 10 | 5.71 | 87 |
Steve Parris | 14 | 75.1 | 5 | 5 | 5.97 | 48 |
Chris Carpenter | 13 | 73.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.28 | 45 |
Brian Cooper | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 14.04 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pete Walker | 37 | 139.1 | 10 | 5 | 4.33 | 80 |
Justin Miller | 25 | 102.1 | 9 | 5 | 5.54 | 68 |
Luke Prokopec | 22 | 71.2 | 2 | 9 | 6.78 | 41 |
Brandon Lyon | 15 | 62.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.53 | 30 |
Mark Hendrickson | 16 | 36.2 | 3 | 0 | 2.45 | 21 |
Mike Smith | 14 | 35.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.62 | 16 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Kelvim Escobar | 76 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 4.27 | 85 |
Scott Cassidy | 58 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.73 | 48 |
Cliff Politte | 55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.61 | 57 |
Félix Heredia | 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.61 | 31 |
Scott Eyre | 49 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.97 | 51 |
Corey Thurman | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.37 | 56 |
Dan Plesac | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 14 |
Brian Bowles | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 19 |
Pedro Borbón Jr. | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.97 | 11 |
Jason Kershner | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.69 | 7 |
Bob File | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.90 | 2 |
Scott Wiggins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
Pasqual Coco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |