2002 Toronto Blue Jays season

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.

2002 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Rogers Communications,
Interbrew
General manager(s)J. P. Ricciardi
Manager(s)Buck Martinez, Carlos Tosca
Local televisionCBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Rod Black, Pat Tabler)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, John Cerutti)
Local radioCHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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Offseason

Regular season

Summary

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.

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10358 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


W L Pct.
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342

Record vs. opponents
2002 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Notable transactions

2002 Draft picks

Source [8]

The 2002 MLB draft was held on June 4–5.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed
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 –

Roster
2002 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log
2002 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Red Sox12 – 11Escobar (1-0)Urbina (0-1)33,5201-0
--April 3@ Red SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 2
2April 4Twins7 – 2Halladay (1-0)Mays (0-1)47,4692-0
3April 5Twins4 – 3Reed (1-0)Lyon (0-1)Guardado (3)15,7842-1
4April 6Twins7 – 5Hawkins (1-0)Eyre (0-1)Guardado (4)18,9472-2
5April 7Twins10 – 6Radke (1-0)Cooper (0-1)21,0712-3
6April 8Yankees16 – 3Wells (2-0)Prokopec (0-1)16,0732-4
7April 9Yankees5 – 2Mussina (2-0)Plesac (0-1)Rivera (4)18,0032-5
8April 10Yankees9 – 7Borbón (1-0)Lilly (0-1)Escobar (1)19,1243-5
9April 11Yankees11 – 3Eyre (1-1)Clemens (1-2)20,0914-5
10April 12@ Devil Rays14 – 7Miller (1-0)Rupe (1-1)11,0585-5
11April 13@ Devil Rays5 – 4Prokopec (1-1)Sturtze (0-2)Escobar (2)11,1436-5
12April 14@ Devil Rays5 – 4 (10)Yan (1-0)Coco (0-1)11,2226-6
13April 16Red Sox14 – 3Castillo (1-0)Lyon (0-2)Arrojo (1)16,0696-7
14April 17Red Sox10 – 3Oliver (2-0)Eyre (1-2)16,5726-8
15April 19@ Yankees6 – 5Rivera (1-1)File (0-1)36,1366-9
16April 20@ Yankees5 – 4 (10)Plesac (1-1)Mendoza (0-2)39,2657-9
17April 21@ Yankees9 – 2Clemens (2-2)Carpenter (0-1)43,3097-10
18April 23@ Rangers2 – 1Lyon (1-2)Valdez (1-3)Escobar (3)20,4728-10
19April 24@ Rangers3 – 2Rogers (2-0)Prokopec (1-2)Irabu (2)21,0728-11
20April 25@ Rangers11 – 9Van Poppel (1-0)Plesac (1-2)Irabu (3)24,1628-12
21April 26@ Angels4 – 0Appier (2-1)Smith (0-1)Percival (3)25,2968-13
22April 27@ Angels11 – 4Sele (1-2)Borbón (1-1)29,1128-14
23April 28@ Angels8 – 5 (14)Lukasiewicz (1-0)Borbón (1-2)25,0738-15
24April 30Rangers10 – 3Rogers (3-0)Prokopec (1-3)12,5718-16
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Rangers8 – 1Burba (2-0)Halladay (1-1)13,0558-17
26May 2Rangers5 – 3Bell (2-0)Smith (0-2)Irabu (6)13,0118-18
27May 3Angels6 – 4Sele (2-2)Lyon (1-3)Percival (4)13,1838-19
28May 4Angels4 – 1Miller (2-0)Schoeneweis (1-4)Escobar (4)20,5589-19
29May 5Angels8 – 2Ortiz (3-3)Prokopec (1-4)24,0469-20
30May 7@ Mariners4 – 1Halladay (2-1)Baldwin (3-2)Escobar (5)34,50010-20
31May 8@ Mariners5 – 4 (10)Sasaki (2-0)Eyre (1-3)35,19010-21
32May 9@ Mariners8 – 7 (11)Franklin (3-1)Thurman (0-1)37,73410-22
33May 10@ Athletics6 – 2Prokopec (2-4)Mulder (2-2)10,82411-22
34May 11@ Athletics7 – 4Zito (3-2)Miller (2-1)21,11511-23
35May 12@ Athletics11 – 4Halladay (3-1)Lidle (1-5)Walker (1)19,51912-23
36May 14Mariners6 – 3Loaiza (1-0)García (4-3)Escobar (6)14,30813-23
37May 15Mariners8 – 6Rhodes (2-1)Escobar (1-1)Sasaki (9)17,01213-24
38May 16Mariners15 – 2Piñeiro (4-0)Prokopec (2-5)14,28013-25
39May 17Athletics7 – 1Halladay (4-1)Mulder (2-3)14,06114-25
40May 18Athletics6 – 3Miller (3-1)Fyhrie (1-3)Escobar (7)17,84615-25
41May 19Athletics11 – 0Loaiza (2-0)Hudson (3-6)23,40816-25
42May 20@ Yankees6 – 3Mendoza (1-2)Heredia (0-1)Rivera (14)30,65716-26
43May 21@ Yankees4 – 1Mussina (6-2)Prokopec (2-6)Karsay (1)26,53116-27
44May 22@ Yankees8 – 3Halladay (5-1)Hernández (0-1)44,28417-27
45May 24Indians5 – 2Drese (5-3)Miller (3-2)Wickman (10)16,38517-28
46May 25Indians3 – 0Sabathia (4-4)Loaiza (2-1)Wickman (11)21,58917-29
47May 26Indians3 – 1Colón (6-3)Prokopec (2-7)22,38017-30
48May 27Red Sox8 – 6Castillo (3-5)Halladay (5-2)Urbina (16)14,10817-31
49May 28Red Sox6 – 4Wakefield (2-1)Escobar (1-2)Urbina (17)13,07517-32
50May 29Red Sox7 – 4Burkett (6-0)Cassidy (0-1)Fossum (1)17,87517-33
51May 31@ Tigers4 – 2Loaiza (3-1)Bernero (1-1)Escobar (8)28,57818-33
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Tigers4 – 1 (11)Politte (1-0)Patterson (0-1)Escobar (9)19,58119-33
53June 2@ Tigers7 – 6Halladay (6-2)Weaver (4-7)Escobar (10)21,39920-33
54June 3Devil Rays6 – 1Walker (1-0)Sturtze (0-7)13,00221-33
55June 4Devil Rays3 – 1Miller (4-2)Wilson (2-4)Escobar (11)13,16222-33
56June 5Devil Rays8 – 6Álvarez (1-1)Loaiza (3-2)13,64322-34
57June 6Devil Rays5 – 4Escobar (2-2)Harper (2-3)24,06923-34
58June 7Rockies8 – 0Halladay (7-2)Hampton (3-7)20,03224-34
59June 8Rockies3 – 1Walker (2-0)Thomson (6-5)Escobar (12)21,29825-34
60June 9Rockies3 – 2Escobar (3-2)Jiménez (1-4)20,32826-34
61June 10Giants6 – 5Thurman (1-1)Rueter (7-4)Escobar (13)18,08127-34
62June 11Giants9 – 2Jensen (6-5)Lyon (1-4)20,22827-35
63June 12Giants6 – 3Hernández (6-6)Halladay (7-3)Nen (17)21,10627-36
64June 14@ Expos8 – 2Ohka (6-3)Miller (4-3)7,55727-37
65June 15@ Expos9 – 3Day (1-0)Loaiza (3-3)12,47427-38
66June 16@ Expos6 – 5Stewart (3-1)Escobar (3-3)15,42527-39
67June 18@ Dodgers2 – 1Halladay (8-3)Ashby (6-6)24,99128-39
68June 19@ Dodgers5 – 2Ishii (11-2)Miller (4-4)Gagné (24)31,42928-40
69June 20@ Dodgers2 – 1Pérez (8-3)Loaiza (3-4)Gagné (25)24,97728-41
70June 21@ Diamondbacks4 – 3Kim (3-0)Escobar (3-4)34,26328-42
71June 22@ Diamondbacks6 – 3Carpenter (1-1)Batista (4-4)39,01829-42
72June 23@ Diamondbacks9 – 3Halladay (9-3)Anderson (2-7)36,24730-42
73June 25@ Devil Rays20 – 11Walker (3-0)Sosa (0-1)10,38031-42
74June 26@ Devil Rays4 – 2Sturtze (1-8)Parris (0-1)Yan (10)10,15431-43
75June 27@ Devil Rays6 – 4Harper (3-3)Politte (1-1)Yan (11)10,32831-44
76June 28Expos2 – 1Armas (8-7)Halladay (9-4)Stewart (9)20,84831-45
77June 29Expos5 – 4 (10)Escobar (4-4)Herges (2-2)24,34432-45
78June 30Expos7 – 5Eyre (2-3)Lloyd (2-3)Escobar (14)24,96533-45
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Red Sox4 – 0Martínez (10-2)Parris (0-2)33,00533-46
80July 2@ Red Sox2 – 1Banks (2-0)Eyre (2-4)Embree (1)32,99333-47
81July 2@ Red Sox6 – 4Kim (2-0)Smith (0-3)Embree (2)32,90233-48
82July 3@ Red Sox5 – 2Gomes (1-0)Politte (1-2)Urbina (22)31,77733-49
83July 4@ Red Sox9 – 5Lowe (12-4)Heredia (0-2)32,08633-50
84July 5@ Yankees6 – 3Hernández (5-2)Loaiza (3-5)Rivera (21)46,78833-51
85July 6@ Yankees8 – 3Parris (1-2)Pettitte (2-3)55,00534-51
86July 7@ Yankees10 – 6Weaver (7-8)Thurman (1-2)46,92234-52
87July 11Red Sox10 – 3Burkett (8-3)Walker (3-1)19,49434-53
88July 12Red Sox5 – 0Halladay (10-4)Lowe (12-5)20,18535-53
89July 13Red Sox4 – 1Carpenter (2-1)Castillo (5-10)28,11236-53
90July 14Red Sox6 – 5Escobar (5-4)Urbina (0-4)24,14037-53
91July 15Yankees8 – 5Parris (2-2)Hernández (5-3)Escobar (15)25,37138-53
92July 16Yankees7 – 6Karsay (4-4)Politte (1-3)Rivera (23)27,19738-54
93July 17Orioles7 – 1Halladay (11-4)Johnson (3-7)17,01539-54
94July 18Orioles5 – 4Carpenter (3-1)Driskill (6-3)Escobar (16)17,00440-54
95July 19Devil Rays11 – 8Loaiza (4-5)Creek (2-1)Escobar (17)16,98541-54
96July 20Devil Rays12 – 10Parris (3-2)de los Santos (0-1)Escobar (18)24,44942-54
97July 21Devil Rays7 – 5Sosa (1-2)Walker (3-2)Yan (12)21,44242-55
98July 22@ Orioles6 – 3Halladay (12-4)Johnson (3-8)Escobar (19)27,23543-55
--July 23@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 24
99July 24@ Orioles5 – 2Carpenter (4-1)Driskill (6-4)Politte (1)30,96144-55
100July 26@ Twins10 – 5Fiore (9-2)Prokopec (2-8)25,04944-56
101July 27@ Twins5 – 4 (10)Wells (1-1)Escobar (5-5)40,30644-57
102July 28@ Twins4 – 0Santana (5-2)Loaiza (4-6)30,55444-58
103July 29@ Royals4 – 1Byrd (14-7)Carpenter (4-2)14,75944-59
104July 30@ Royals13 – 4Walker (4-2)Asencio (2-4)13,06645-59
105July 31@ Royals9 – 2Parris (4-2)Sedlacek (1-2)13,46146-59
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Royals3 – 2Halladay (13-4)Hernández (1-1)Escobar (20)12,66947-59
107August 2Orioles9 – 8Ryan (2-0)Escobar (5-6)Julio (21)19,05247-60
108August 3Orioles8 – 4Driskill (7-5)Carpenter (4-3)17,53447-61
109August 4Orioles5 – 4Heredia (1-2)Ryan (2-1)Escobar (21)17,63748-61
110August 5Orioles7 – 1Parris (5-2)López (12-4)15,24549-61
111August 6Mariners14 – 12Halladay (14-4)Baldwin (7-8)Escobar (22)25,39250-61
112August 7Mariners5 – 4 (10)Sasaki (3-5)Prokopec (2-9)27,73350-62
113August 8Mariners3 – 1Moyer (12-4)Carpenter (4-4)Nelson (1)25,48650-63
114August 9Angels5 – 4Walker (5-2)Ortiz (9-9)Escobar (23)18,72851-63
115August 10Angels11 – 4Lackey (4-2)Parris (5-3)25,11851-64
116August 11Angels1 – 0Washburn (15-3)Halladay (14-5)Percival (27)34,01351-65
117August 12@ Athletics2 – 1Loaiza (5-6)Harang (4-3)Escobar (24)14,17852-65
118August 13@ Athletics5 – 4Zito (16-5)Carpenter (4-5)Koch (29)17,46652-66
119August 14@ Athletics4 – 2Hudson (9-9)Walker (5-3)Koch (30)40,52852-67
120August 16@ Rangers6 – 5Kolb (3-1)Escobar (5-7)31,19452-68
121August 17@ Rangers9 – 5Reyes (1-0)Parris (5-4)30,42652-69
122August 18@ Rangers10 – 7Myette (2-4)Loaiza (5-7)20,21452-70
123August 19Royals2 – 0Walker (6-3)Byrd (14-9)Escobar (25)16,21853-70
124August 20Royals6 – 5 (12)Affeldt (2-4)Cassidy (0-2)Hernández (22)20,00253-71
125August 21Royals7 – 4Sedlacek (3-3)Halladay (14-6)Hernández (23)25,30453-72
126August 23@ Orioles11 – 7Brock (2-1)Cassidy (0-3)Ryan (1)32,95553-73
127August 24@ Orioles4 – 1Walker (7-3)Driskill (8-7)Escobar (26)25,88054-73
128August 24@ Orioles8 – 3Loaiza (6-7)Bauer (6-5)30,49855-73
129August 25@ Orioles5 – 2Miller (5-4)Johnson (4-10)Escobar (27)30,81256-73
130August 26@ White Sox8 – 4Thurman (2-2)Parque (1-4)15,76057-73
131August 27@ White Sox8 – 4 (10)Osuna (7-2)Cassidy (0-4)12,18557-74
132August 28@ White Sox8 – 0Garland (9-10)Parris (5-5)12,97257-75
133August 29Yankees7 – 4Loaiza (7-7)Clemens (11-5)32,67958-75
134August 30Yankees9 – 7Weaver (8-11)Walker (7-4)Karsay (8)24,30158-76
135August 31Yankees5 – 1Miller (6-4)Hernández (7-4)36,02159-76
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Yankees7 – 6Halladay (15-6)Wells (15-7)Escobar (28)32,57760-76
137September 2White Sox5 – 3Garland (10-10)Thurman (2-3)Marte (8)18,37360-77
138September 3White Sox5 – 4Rauch (1-1)Loaiza (7-8)Marte (9)14,42760-78
139September 4White Sox6 – 2Walker (8-4)Wright (10-12)21,12261-78
140September 5@ Red Sox5 – 4Miller (7-4)Hermanson (1-1)Escobar (29)30,02162-78
141September 6@ Red Sox7 – 2Wakefield (9-5)Halladay (15-7)31,84762-79
142September 7@ Red Sox4 – 1Fossum (4-3)Bowles (0-1)Urbina (31)31,59162-80
143September 8@ Red Sox9 – 4Loaiza (8-8)Castillo (5-14)31,34463-80
144September 9@ Indians11 – 9Bowles (1-1)Sadler (1-1)Escobar (30)28,56764-80
145September 10@ Indians5 – 4Bowles (2-1)Wohlers (2-4)Escobar (31)24,31265-80
146September 11@ Indians6 – 5 (11)Cassidy (1-4)Elder (0-1)Kershner (1)26,60966-80
147September 13Devil Rays5 – 2Halladay (16-7)Brazelton (0-1)Escobar (32)14,25767-80
148September 14Devil Rays8 – 4Hendrickson (1-0)Sturtze (3-17)Escobar (33)22,15568-80
149September 15Devil Rays7 – 4Kennedy (8-11)Loaiza (8-9)Yan (18)16,51368-81
150September 16@ Orioles2 – 0Walker (9-4)Ponson (7-7)Escobar (34)20,27969-81
151September 17@ Orioles10 – 4Stephens (2-4)Miller (7-5)20,48669-82
152September 18@ Orioles2 – 1Halladay (17-7)Douglass (0-4)Escobar (35)20,92870-82
153September 19@ Orioles9 – 3Hendrickson (2-0)López (15-8)24,16271-82
154September 20@ Devil Rays11 – 7Sturtze (4-17)Loaiza (8-10)12,68271-83
155September 21@ Devil Rays4 – 3Carter (2-0)Walker (9-5)13,35171-84
156September 22@ Devil Rays12 – 6Miller (8-5)Wilson (6-11)19,62572-84
157September 24Orioles11 – 1Halladay (18-7)Douglass (0-5)14,43873-84
158September 25Orioles3 – 2Hendrickson (3-0)López (15-9)Escobar (36)17,28774-84
159September 26Orioles5 – 1Loaiza (9-10)Hentgen (0-4)13,12775-84
160September 27Tigers5 – 2Walker (10-5)Van Hekken (1-3)Escobar (37)15,40776-84
161September 28Tigers10 – 2Miller (9-5)Beverlin (0-3)19,54177-84
162September 29Tigers1 – 0Halladay (19-7)Maroth (6-10)Escobar (38)30,02978-84

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
CFVernon Wells159608167.27523100

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
Joe Lawrence5515027.180215

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Omar Malavé
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Paul Elliott
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Rolando Pino

[10]

References
  1. "J.P. Ricciardi has escape clause". CBC News. July 2, 2002. Archived from the original on June 23, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
  2. Billy Koch at Baseball Reference
  3. Brian Lesher at Baseball Reference
  4. Luis Lopez at Baseball Reference
  5. Ken Huckaby at Baseball Reference
  6. Dan Plesac at Baseball Reference
  7. Raúl Mondesí at Baseball Reference
  8. "Feature: 2002 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  9. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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