2002 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2002 season was the team's 121st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 111th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season and won the National League Central division by 13 games over the Houston Astros. In the playoffs, the Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 1 in the NLCS.

2002 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersWilliam DeWitt, Jr.
General managersWalt Jocketty
ManagersTony La Russa
Local televisionFox Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin)
KPLR
(Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky
Free TV
Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton)
Local radioKMOX
(Mike Shannon, Joel Meyers)
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Second baseman Fernando Viña, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds each won Gold Gloves this year.

On June 18, long-time broadcaster Jack Buck died at the age of 77,[1] while four days later, pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in a Chicago hotel room, at age 33.[2]

Offseason

Regular season

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 13 47–34 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 7884 0.481 19 38–43 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 7289 0.447 24½ 38–42 34–47
Chicago Cubs 6795 0.414 30 36–45 31–50
Milwaukee Brewers 56106 0.346 41 31–50 25–56

Record vs. opponents
2002 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago2–42–4—5–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati0–62–412–5—3–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–3—5–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida1–58–112–41–52–5—3–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston3–33–311–811–63–33–3—3–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–3—5–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–5—2–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–2—11–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–11—9–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–9—2–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–2—2–42–46–113–9
San Diego7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–2—5–141–58–10
San Francisco11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Game log
2002 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (97–65)[4]
April: (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Rockies10–2MorrisHampton48,3971–0
2April 3Rockies3–6NeagleStephensonJiménez26,5571–1
3April 4Rockies1–6ThomsonBenes27,6911–2
4April 5@ Astros5–1StechschulteMlicki27,1892–2
5April 6@ Astros8–4MorrisCruz36,2553–2
6April 7@ Astros6–7StoneHackman28,2063–3
7April 9Brewers6–5VeresCabreraIsringhausen28,4884–3
8April 10Brewers6–5IsringhausenVizcaino28,2715–3
9April 11Brewers6–5VeresCabreraKline28,1656–3
10April 12Astros7–3MorrisMiller34,1207–3
11April 13Astros2–1IsringhausenStone41,5528–3
12April 14Astros4–5ReynoldsStephensonWagner38,6098–4
13April 15@ D'Backs5–14HellingBenes32,1168–5
14April 16@ D'Backs3–5JohnsonB. SmithMyers37,5058–6
15April 17@ D'Backs8–4MorrisSchillingIsringhausen35,1479–6
16April 18@ Brewers5–7CabreraHackmanDeJean17,7179–7
17April 19@ Brewers1–6QuevedoTimlinVizcaino23,8659–8
18April 20@ Brewers3–5VizcainoVeresDeJean30,6009–9
19April 21@ Brewers3–5NeugebauerB. SmithDeJean24,5929–10
20April 23@ Mets3–4D'AmicoMorrisBenitez33,3339–11
21April 24@ Mets4–2KileLeiterIsringhausen22,93810–11
22April 25@ Mets6–7StricklandVeresBenitez24,63710–12
23April 26@ Expos7–6StechschulteOhkaVeres8,54511–12
24April 27@ Expos5–0MatthewsChen6,28812–12
25April 28@ Expos2–5OhkaMorrisHerges9,78012–13
26April 30Marlins2–7BurnettKile32,63612–14
May: (18–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1Marlins6–4T. SmithDempsterIsringhausen29,75513–14
28May 2Marlins6–9TejeraVeresNúñez36,13213–15
29May 3Braves2–11HammondStechschulteSmoltz40,75813–16
30May 4Braves3–2SimontacchiLopezIsringhausen42,45514–16
31May 5Braves2–4MadduxKileSmoltz39,50914–17
32May 6@ Cubs5–6FasseroTimlin35,08314–18
33May 7@ Cubs0–8WoodB. Smith35,74814–19
34May 8@ Cubs3–2MorrisCruzIsringhausen33,47315–19
35May 10@ Reds4–2StechschulteWhiteIsringhausen29,00816–19
36May 11@ Reds1–8ReitsmaKile25,00616–20
37May 12@ Reds10–8StechschulteGravesIsringhausen20,62217–20
38May 13Cubs3–0MorrisWood45,72018–20
39May 14Cubs11–2TimlinCruz47,03519–20
40May 15Cubs4–1StechschulteBereIsringhausen40,71920–20
41May 17Reds3–1KileSullivanIsringhausen36,10321–20
42May 18Reds3–7RijoMorris40,48321–21
43May 19Reds10–1StephensonAcevedo42,99222–21
44May 20Reds7–3WilliamsHaynes35,56023–21
45May 21Astros3–1SimontacchiHernandezIsringhausen33,44224–21
46May 22Astros3–2VeresStone32,48125–21
47May 23Astros5–4HackmanDotelIsringhausen38,77226–21
48May 24@ Pirates2–5WellsStephenson25,20326–22
49May 25@ Pirates6–3WilliamsAndersonIsringhausen26,20127–22
50May 26@ Pirates7–3SimontacchiFogg31,98928–22
51May 27@ Astros4–3StechschulteOswaltIsringhausen30,54329–22
52May 28@ Astros4–1MorrisReynoldsIsringhausen25,37630–22
53May 29@ Astros5–10ReddingStephenson27,18230–23
54May 31Pirates1–3FoggW. WilliamsM. Williams38,14830–24
June: (12–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Pirates9–4KileArroyo43,29531–24
56June 2Pirates2–5LoweMorrisM. Williams37,24331–25
57June 4@ Reds8–5SimontacchiHamilton19,18932–25
June 5@ RedsPostponed (Rain) Makeup date: August 27
58June 6@ Reds2–3HaynesWilliamsGraves23,10232–26
59June 7@ Royals12–6KileByrd34,19433–26
60June 8@ Royals11–3MorrisAffeldt40,01634–26
61June 9@ Royals2–3Ro. HernandezTimlin26,90534–27
62June 10@ Mariners0–10MoyerB. Smith45,69934–28
63June 11@ Mariners7–4WilliamsBaldwin44,98335–28
64June 12@ Mariners0–5PiñeiroKile45,61235–29
65June 14Royals3–0MorrisAsencioKline40,51036–29
66June 15Royals5–3SimontacchiSuppanVeres47,45337–29
67June 16Royals5–1WilliamsMay47,52238–29
68June 18Angels7–2KileAppier39,38639–29
69June 19Angels6–2MorrisSele35,43240–29
70June 20Angels2–3SchoeneweisB. SmithPercival36,38540–30
71June 21@ Cubs1–2LieberWilliams38,48640–31
June 22@ CubsPostponed (death of P Darryl Kile) Makeup date: August 31
72June 23@ Cubs3–8WoodSimontacchi37,64740–32
73June 25Brewers0–2RuschMorris33,07440–33
74June 26Brewers5–2WilliamsWrightIsringhausen32,68641–33
75June 27Brewers2–7VizcainoStechschulte31,13641–34
76June 28Reds3–2SimontacchiReitsmaIsringhausen38,56442–34
77June 29Reds2–4DessensHackmanGraves46,27242–35
78June 30Reds8–12SullivanIsringhausen39,86142–36
July: (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Padres7–3WilliamsPérez30,11343–36
80July 2Padres11–5CrudaleJarvis29,62244–36
81July 3Padres4–1SimontacchiLawrenceIsringhausen41,53345–36
82July 4Dodgers3–2T. SmithIshiiIsringhausen39,42146–36
83July 5Dodgers5–6PérezMorrisGagné41,44746–37
84July 6Dodgers2–4QuantrillKlineGagné42,82546–38
85July 7Dodgers12–6MatthewsDaal33,77747–38
86July 12@ Padres3–4HoltzVeresHoffman23,79447–39
87July 13@ Padres2–1CrudaleReedIsringhausen48,96348–39
88July 14@ Padres4–1B. SmithB. J. JonesIsringhausen24,04549–39
89July 15@ Dodgers4–2T. SmithDaalIsringhausen31,89950–39
90July 16@ Dodgers9–2HackmanNomo37,98851–39
91July 17@ Giants4–5WorrellVeresNen44,35551–40
92July 18@ Giants5–1MorrisSchmidt44,11852–40
93July 19@ Pirates9–12SauerbeckVeres23,81252–41
94July 20@ Pirates6–15BensonT. Smith35,10152–42
95July 21@ Pirates8–4FinleyFoggKline27,99953–42
96July 22@ Giants5–3HackmanWorrellIsringhausen40,60754–42
97July 23@ Giants4–0MorrisSchmidt40,45355–42
98July 24@ Giants4–6RueterBenesNen41,00555–43
99July 25@ Giants4–3T. SmithJensenIsringhausen41,50356–43
100July 26Cubs8–4FinleyLieber48,73057–43
101July 27Cubs3–7WoodSimontacchi47,11057–44
102July 28Cubs10–9VeresAlfonseca47,58358–44
103July 30@ Marlins5–0BenesTejera8,18759–44
104July 31@ Marlins5–8BeckettT. SmithLooper7,58759–45
August: (17–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1@ Marlins0–4BurnettFinley7,34659–46
106August 2@ Braves5–11GlavineSimontacchi45,51259–47
107August 3@ Braves1–6MarquisMorris46,35659–48
108August 4@ Braves1–2SmoltzVeres33,68659–49
109August 6Expos1–10YoshiiFinley34,12659–50
110August 7Expos1–4OhkaSimontacchiStewart33,17959–51
111August 8Expos5–3MorrisReamesIsringhausen33,40360–51
112August 9Mets1–2LeiterMatthewsBenitez44,29960–52
113August 10Mets5–4VeresReedIsringhausen44,93461–52
114August 11Mets9–0FinleyAstacio36,89662–52
115August 12@ Pirates10–6SimontacchiMeadows15,70063–52
116August 13@ Pirates9–5MorrisAndersonIsringhausen17,60964–52
117August 14@ Pirates7–3BenesWells18,79165–52
118August 15@ Pirates11–5KlineM. Williams20,50366–52
119August 16@ Phillies0–4WolfFinley31,11766–53
120August 17@ Phillies5–1SimontacchiCoggin20,24267–53
121August 18@ Phillies5–1MorrisPadilla58,49368–53
122August 19Pirates7–2BenesWells31,62669–53
123August 20Pirates0–8BensonHackman34,99769–54
124August 21Pirates4–1FinleyFoggIsringhausen26,80670–54
125August 22Pirates5–4MolinaM. Williams26,60671–54
126August 23Phillies4–5AdamsJoseph35,72471–55
127August 24Phillies0–4PadillaBenesMesa41,03371–56
128August 25Phillies3–5SilvaIsringhausenMesa31,85071–57
129August 27 (1)@ Reds4–5ReitsmaSimontacchiGraves71–58
130August 27 (2)@ Reds5–0FinleyDessens19,57072–58
131August 28@ Reds9–2KlineEstes17,54473–58
132August 29@ Reds0–7HaynesWilliams20,50373–59
133August 30@ Cubs6–3WrightZambranoVeres36,31174–59
134August 31 (1)@ Cubs8–1HackmanPrior37,87475–59
135August 31 (2)@ Cubs10–4BenesBere37,63976–59
September: (21–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Cubs4–5CruzFinleyAlfonseca37,73976–60
137September 2Reds3–5EstesStephensonGraves37,06476–61
138September 3Reds3–1WilliamsHaynesVeres26,64177–61
139September 4Reds10–5HackmanChen25,36378–61
140September 6Cubs11–2Andy BenesAlan Benes38,66179–61
141September 7Cubs6–5FasseroAlfonseca46,77980–61
142September 8Cubs3–1SimontacchiWoodKline45,26581–61
143September 9@ Brewers3–0WilliamsDigginsKline16,35182–61
144September 10@ Brewers8–3MorrisFranklin17,53983–61
145September 11@ Brewers4–3FasseroSheetsIsringhausen16,90784–61
146September 12@ Astros3–6DotelVeresWagner26,36584–62
147September 13@ Astros3–2WhiteGordonIsringhausen33,67285–62
148September 14@ Astros2–1WilliamsMunroIsringhausen39,33386–62
149September 15@ Astros0–8MillerMorris32,45686–63
150September 17@ Rockies11–4FasseroMercker25,83387–63
151September 18@ Rockies8–5WhiteSpeierKline25,33088–63
152September 19@ Rockies12–6SimontacchiJennings25,56789–63
153September 20Astros9–3WhiteMunro34,99090–63
154September 21Astros3–6MillerMorris40,36590–64
155September 22Astros7–3FinleySaarloos38,70691–64
156September 23D'Backs13–1WrightHelling30,56892–64
157September 24D'Backs3–2IsringhausenFetters30,01993–64
158September 25D'Backs6–1StephensonSchilling32,21294–64
159September 26Brewers9–1MorrisDiggins27,29995–64
160September 27Brewers1–2SheetsWhiteDeJean32,18695–65
161September 28Brewers3–1FinleyRuschIsringhausen35,90696–65
162September 29Brewers4–0CrudaleVizcaino40,25097–65

Transactions

Roster
2002 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMike Matheny11031577.244335
1BTino Martinez150511134.2622175
2BFernando Viña150622168.270154
SSÉdgar Rentería152544166.3051183
3BPlácido Polanco9434297.284527
LFAlbert Pujols157590185.31434127
CFJim Edmonds144476148.3112883
RFJ.D. Drew135424107.2521856

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
Eli Marrero131397104.2621866
Scott Rolen5520557.2781444
Miguel Cairo10818446.250223
Kerry Robinson12418147.260115
Mike DiFelice7017440.230419
Eduardo Pérez9615431.2011026
Wilson Delgado12204.20025
So Taguchi19156.40002
Iván Cruz17145.35713
Mike Coolbaugh5121.08300

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Matt Morris32210.11793.42171
Jason Simontacchi24143.11154.0272
Woody Williams17103.1942.5376
Andy Benes1897.0542.7864
Chuck Finley1485.1743.8083
Darryl Kile1484.2543.7250
Josh Pearce313.0007.621

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
Luther Hackman4381.0544.1146
Travis Smith1254.0427.1732
Bud Smith1148.0156.9422
Garrett Stephenson1245.0255.4034
Jamey Wright415.0204.808

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jason Isringhausen6032322.4868
Dave Veres715843.4868
Steve Kline662163.3941
Mike Crudale493001.8847
Mike Matthews432103.3932
Mike Timlin421302.5135
Gene Stechschulte296204.7821
Rick White203100.8214
Jeff Fassero163003.0012
Gabe Molina121001.594
Kevin Joseph110104.912
Matt Duff70004.764
Nerio Rodríguez20004.152
José Rodríguez200054.000

NLDS
Main article: 2002 National League Division Series

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Stadium Series
1Arizona2St. Louis12October 1Bank One Ballpark1-0 (STL)
2Arizona1St. Louis2October 3Bank One Ballpark2-0 (STL)
3St. Louis6Arizona3October 5Busch Stadium3-0 (STL)

NLCS
Main article: 2002 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team123456789RHE
San Francisco1410120009110
St. Louis0100220106110
WP: Kirk Rueter (1-0)   LP: Matt Morris (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (1)
Home runs:
SFG: Kenny Lofton (1), David Bell (1), Benito Santiago (1)
STL: Albert Pujols (1), Miguel Cairo (1), J. D. Drew (1)

Game 2

October 10: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team123456789RHE
San Francisco100020001470
St. Louis000000010160
WP: Jason Schmidt (1-0)   LP: Woody Williams (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (2)
Home runs:
SFG: Rich Aurilia 2 (2)
STL: Eduardo Pérez (1)

Game 3

October 12: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
St. Louis002111000561
San Francisco0100300004100
WP: Chuck Finley (1-0)   LP: Jay Witasick (0-1)   Sv: Jason Isringhausen (1)
Home runs:
STL: Mike Matheny (1), Jim Edmonds (1), Eli Marrero (1)
SFG: Barry Bonds (1)

Game 4

October 13: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
St. Louis2000000013120
San Francisco00000202X441
WP: Tim Worrell (1-0)   LP: Rick White (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (3)
Home runs:
STL: None
SFG: Benito Santiago (2)

Game 5

October 14: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco

Team123456789RHE
St. Louis000001000190
San Francisco000000011270
WP: Tim Worrell (2-0)   LP: Matt Morris (0-2)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Gaylen Pitts
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Mark DeJohn
A Potomac Cannons Carolina League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Danny Sheaffer
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Tommy Shields
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Brian Rupp

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peoria[7][8]

References
  1. Caesar, Dan (October 28, 2011). "Joe Buck honors father in Series call". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  2. "BASEBALL; Coroner Verifies the Cause Of Kile's Death as Natural". New York Times. July 17, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  3. Jason Isringhausen at Baseball-Reference
  4. "2002 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule".
  5. José Rodríguez at Baseball-Reference
  6. Scott Rolen at Baseball-Reference
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  8. Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory
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