2002 Atlanta Braves season

Offseason

• October 26, 2001: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
• December 4, 2001: John Smoltz was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.
• December 11, 2001: Vinny Castilla signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
• December 17, 2001: Julio Franco was re-signed from free agency back to the Atlanta Braves.
• January 15, 2002: Gary Sheffield was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Andrew Brown, Brian Jordan and Odalis Pérez.
• January 16, 2002: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
• March 20, 2002: Henry Blanco was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Paul Bako and Jose Cabrera.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Vinny Castilla
• Rafael Furcal
• Marcus Giles
• Tom Glavine
• Andruw Jones
• Chipper Jones
• Javy López
• Gary Sheffield
• B. J. Surhoff

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeff Francoeur was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2002.
• September 30, 2002: Aaron Small was released by the Atlanta Braves.

Roster

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || April 1 || Phillies || 7–2 || Glavine (1–0) || Person (0–1) || — || 51,638 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || April 3 || Phillies || 1–3 || Padilla (1–0) || Millwood (0–1) || Mesa (1) || 23,865 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || April 4 || Phillies || 11–2 || Marquis (1–0) || Adams (0–1) || — || 24,640 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || April 5 || Mets || 3–9 || Astacio (1–0) || Lopez (0–1) || — || 35,347 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 || April 6 || Mets || 2–11 || Weathers (1–0) || Smoltz (0–1) || — || 41,124 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 || April 7 || Mets || 5–2 (14) || Lopez (1–1) || Komiyama (0–1) || — || 34,210 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 || April 8 || @ Phillies || 2–1 || Millwood (1–1) || Padilla (1–1) || Smoltz (1) || 14,502 || 4–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 || April 9 || @ Phillies || 4–7 || Santiago (1–1) || Marquis (1–1) || Mesa (3) || 13,020 || 4–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 || April 10 || @ Phillies || 5–7 (11) || Politte (2–0) || Ligtenberg (0–1) || — || 14,542 || 4–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 || April 11 || @ Phillies || 6–2 || Glavine (2–0) || Coggin (0–1) || Holmes (1) || 14,111 || 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 || April 12 || @ Marlins || 2–0 || Maddux (1–0) || Beckett (0–1) || Smoltz (2) || 12,066 || 6–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 || April 13 || @ Marlins || 4–5 (14) || Knotts (1–0) || Gryboski (0–1) || — || 18,784 || 6–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 || April 14 || @ Marlins || 0–7 || Burnett (2–1) || Marquis (1–2) || — || 11,506 || 6–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 || April 15 || @ Mets || 6–7 (12) || Strickland (1–1) || Hammond (0–1) || — || 28,843 || 6–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 || April 16 || @ Mets || 1–3 || Astacio (3–0) || Glavine (2–1) || — || 31,472 || 6–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 || April 17 || @ Mets || 2–1 || Millwood (2–1) || D'Amico (1–1) || Smoltz (3) || 30,702 || 7–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 || April 19 || Marlins || 3–2 || Holmes (1–0) || Dempster (0–1) || Smoltz (4) || 27,256 || 8–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 || April 20 || Marlins || 3–1 || Maddux (2–0) || Burnett (2–2) || Smoltz (5) || 33,649 || 9–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 || April 21 || Marlins || 4–2 || Glavine (3–1) || Olsen (0–1) || Smoltz (6) || 27,425 || 10–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 || April 22 || Marlins || 3–8 || Penny (2–1) || Millwood (2–2) || — || 21,461 || 10–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 || April 23 || Diamondbacks || 2–5 || Schilling (4–1) || Bong (0–1) || Kim (3) || 30,674 || 10–11 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 || April 24 || Diamondbacks || 4–3 || Foster (1–0) || Prinz (0–1) || Smoltz (7) || 21,122 || 11–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 || April 25 || Diamondbacks || 5–11 || Helling (3–2) || Maddux (2–1) || — || 27,632 || 11–12 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 || April 26 || Astros || 9–0 || Glavine (4–1) || Redding (0–2) || — || 25,249 || 12–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 || April 27 || Astros || 3–6 || Mlicki (3–2) || Millwood (2–3) || Wagner (3) || 33,006 || 12–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 || April 28 || Astros || 1–7 || Hernandez (2–0) || Lopez (1–2) || — || 31,018 || 12–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 || April 30 || @ Brewers || 3–4 || Figueroa (1–1) || Maddux (2–2) || DeJean (5) || 16,067 || 12–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 || May 1 || @ Brewers || 3–1 || Glavine (5–1) || Quevedo (1–3) || Smoltz (8) || 17,084 || 13–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 || May 2 || @ Brewers || 3–2 (10) || Holmes (2–0) || DeJean (0–1) || Smoltz (9) || 18,113 || 14–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 || May 3 || @ Cardinals || 2–1 (11) || Hammond (1–1) || Stechschulte (2–1) || Smoltz (10) || 40,758 || 15–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 || May 4 || @ Cardinals || 2–3 || Simontacchi (1–0) || Lopez (1–3) || Isringhausen (5) || 42,455 || 15–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 || May 5 || @ Cardinals || 4–2 || Maddux (3–2) || Kile (1–2) || Smoltz (11) || 39,509 || 16–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 33 || May 7 || Dodgers || 5–6 (16) || Carrara (2–0) || Ligtenberg (0–2) || Orosco (1) || 26,914 || 16–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 34 || May 8 || Dodgers || 1–3 || Perez (4–1) || Millwood (2–4) || Gagne (11) || 22,163 || 16–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc | 35 || May 9 || Dodgers || 6–2 || Moss (1–0) || Ashby (2–3) || — || 23,930 || 17–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 || May 10 || Padres || 7–3 || Remlinger (1–0) || Fikac (3–2) || — || 29,075 || 18–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 || May 11 || Padres || 6–1 || Marquis (2–2) || Lawrence (4–2) || — || 36,273 || 19–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 || May 12 || Padres || 5–6 || Boyd (1–0) || Glavine (5–2) || Hoffman (12) || 25,636 || 19–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 || May 13 || @ Giants || 6–7 (11) || Worrell (3–0) || Hammond (1–2) || — || 36,331 || 19–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 || May 14 || @ Giants || 0–2 || Jensen (4–2) || Moss (1–1) || Nen (12) || 36,972 || 19–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 || May 15 || @ Giants || 6–1 || Maddux (4–2) || Hernandez (4–4) || — || 38,164 || 20–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 || May 16 || @ Giants || 5–4 || Marquis (3–2) || Schmidt (0–1) || — || 40,236 || 21–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 || May 17 || @ Rockies || 4–2 || Glavine (6–2) || Thomson (5–3) || Smoltz (12) || 40,357 || 22–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 || May 18 || @ Rockies || 3–7 || Stark (2–0) || Millwood (2–5) || — || 42,780 || 22–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 || May 19 || @ Rockies || 2–1 || Remlinger (2–0) || Nichting (0–1) || Smoltz (13) || 43,151 || 23–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 || May 21 || @ Expos || 4–5 (10) || Tucker (2–0) || Holmes (2–1) || — || 5,442 || 23–23 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 || May 22 || @ Expos || 2–0 || Glavine (7–2) || Armas (5–5) || — || 5,504 || 24–23 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 || May 24 || Reds || 11–2 || Millwood (3–5) || Hamilton (2–2) || — || 29,307 || 25–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 || May 25 || Reds || 4–6 || Haynes (4–5) || Marquis (3–3) || Graves (16) || 44,026 || 25–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 || May 26 || Reds || 7–5 || Maddux (5–2) || Reitsma (3–1) || — || 40,142 || 26–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 || May 27 || Expos || 5–1 || Glavine (8–2) || Armas (5–6) || — || 30,187 || 27–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 || May 28 || Expos || 5–2 || Moss (2–1) || Yoshii (2–2) || Smoltz (14) || 22,278 || 28–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 || May 29 || Expos || 3–4 || Tucker (4–0) || Smoltz (0–2) || Stewart (3) || 20,162 || 28–25 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 || May 30 || Expos || 5–2 || Marquis (4–3) || Pavano (3–6) || — || 24,025 || 29–25 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 || May 31 || @ Reds || 7–0 || Maddux (6–2) || Reitsma (3–2) || — || 38,777 || 30–25 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 || June 1 || @ Reds || 7–1 || Glavine (9–2) || Rijo (4–3) || — || 27,080 || 31–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 || June 2 || @ Reds || 1–5 || Dessens (4–3) || Moss (2–2) || — || 26,470 || 31–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 || June 3 || Mets || 5–4 || Hammond (2–2) || Trachsel (3–6) || Smoltz (15) || 31,704 || 32–26 |- bgcolor="#cccccc" | – || June 4 || Mets || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 11 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 || June 5 || Mets || 6–4 || Hammond (3–2) || Strickland (5–3) || Smoltz (16) || 30,986 || 33–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 || June 6 || Mets || 3–2 || Glavine (10–2) || Weathers (2–2) || Smoltz (17) || 41,286 || 34–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 || June 7 || @ Rangers || 13–7 || Hammond (4–2) || Park (2–3) || — || 42,765 || 35–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 || June 8 || @ Rangers || 6–3 (10) || Remlinger (3–0) || Irabu (2–6) || Smoltz (18) || 48,776 || 36–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 || June 9 || @ Rangers || 9–3 || Marquis (5–3) || Burba (3–4) || — || 35,436 || 37–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 || June 10 || @ Twins || 5–6 (15) || Fiore (4–1) || Ligtenberg (0–3) || — || 24,534 || 37–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 || June 11 || @ Twins || 11–0 || Glavine (11–2) || Lohse (6–4) || — || 23,256 || 39–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 66 || June 12 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Moss (3–2) || Santana (1–1) || Smoltz (19) || 21,485 || 39–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 || June 14 || Red Sox || 2–1 || Hammond (5–2) || Martínez (7–2) || Smoltz (20) || 48,922 || 40–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 || June 15 || Red Sox || 4–2 || Maddux (7–2) || Burkett (7–2) || Smoltz (21) || 50,764 || 41–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 || June 16 || Red Sox || 1–6 || Lowe (11–2) || Glavine (11–3) || — || 45,666 || 41–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 || June 18 || Tigers || 0–6 || Weaver (5–8) || Marquis (5–4) || — || 28,173 || 41–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 71 || June 19 || Tigers || 4–1 || Millwood (4–5) || Maroth (1–1) || Smoltz (22) || 25,118 || 42–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 || June 20 || Tigers || 3–2 || Ligtenberg (1–3) || Acevedo (1–3) || — || 28,843 || 43–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 || June 21 || White Sox || 3–2 || Gryboski (1–1) || Ritchie (4–9) || Smoltz (23) || 35,102 || 44–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 || June 22 || White Sox || 15–2 || Moss (4–2) || Glover (2–3) || — || 47,276 || 45–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 || June 23 || White Sox || 9–1 || Marquis (6–4) || Wright (5–8) || — || 30,883 || 46–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 76 || June 24 || @ Mets || 3–2 || Gryboski (2–1) || Strickland (6–4) || Smoltz (24) || 34,708 || 47–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 || June 25 || @ Mets || 4–7 || Trachsel (6–6) || Lopez (1–4) || Benitez (19) || 31,607 || 47–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 78 || June 26 || @ Mets || 6–3 || Hammond (6–2) || Weathers (2–3) || Smoltz (25) || 30,974 || 48–30 |- bgcolor="#cccccc" | – || June 27 || @ Mets || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 79 || June 28 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Remlinger (4–0) || Wakefield (2–3) || Smoltz (26) || 33,137 || 49–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 || June 29 || @ Red Sox || 2–1 || Millwood (5–5) || Lowe (11–4) || Smoltz (27) || 32,651 || 50–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 || June 30 || @ Red Sox || 7–3 (10) || Remlinger (5–0) || Urbina (0–3) || — || 32,348 || 51–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 || July 1 || Expos || 7–5 || Ligtenberg (2–3) || Vazquez (5–5) || Smoltz (28) || 26,053 || 52–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 83 || July 2 || Expos || 2–5 || Colon (11–4) || Moss (4–3) || Stewart (10) || 25,581 || 52–31 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 84 || July 3 || Expos || 6–5 || Smoltz (1–2) || Brower (3–1) || — || 23,439 || 53–31 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 85 || July 4 || Cubs || 5–1 || Remlinger (6–0) || Prior (2–2) || Smoltz (29) || 49,967 || 54–31 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 86 || July 5 || Cubs || 4–3 || Millwood (6–5) || Clement (6–6) || Smoltz (30) || 48,784 || 55–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 87 || July 6 || Cubs || 3–7 || Zambrano (1–1) || Glavine (11–4) || — || 49,961 || 55–32 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 88 || July 7 || Cubs || 2–0 || Maddux (8–2) || Lieber (6–6) || Smoltz (31) || 34,140 || 56–32 |- bgcolor="bbcaff" |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 89 || July 11 || @ Expos || 8–5 || Millwood (7–5) || Armas (8–8) || Smoltz (32) || 11,855 || 57–32 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 90 || July 12 || @ Expos || 8–3 || Remlinger (7–0) || Tucker (4–1) || — || 14,256 || 58–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 91 || July 13 || @ Expos || 3–6 || Colon (12–4) || Glavine (11–5) || — || 17,335 || 58–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 92 || July 14 || @ Expos || 3–10 || Vazquez (7–5) || Moss (4–4) || — || 25,109 || 58–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 93 || July 15 || @ Cubs || 2–3 || Zambrano (2–1) || Marquis (6–5) || Alfonseca (12) || 40,206 || 58–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 94 || July 16 || @ Cubs || 2–0 || Millwood (8–5) || Lieber (6–7) || Smoltz (33) || 39,118 || 59–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 95 || July 17 || Marlins || 10–0 || Maddux (9–2) || Burnett (8–7) || — || 40,292 || 60–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 96 || July 18 || Marlins || 3–1 || Glavine (12–5) || Tavarez (7–6) || Smoltz (34) || 34,805 || 61–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 97 || July 19 || @ Phillies || 4–1 || Moss (5–4) || Duckworth (5–8) || Smoltz (35) || 20,422 || 62–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 98 || July 20 || @ Phillies || 4–3 || Marquis (7–5) || Adams (4–7) || Smoltz (36) || 23,570 || 63–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 99 || July 21 || @ Phillies || 2–1 || Millwood (9–5) || Wolf (5–7) || Spooneybarger (1) || 25,012 || 64–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 100 || July 22 || @ Marlins || 1–2 || Burnett (9–7) || Maddux (9–3) || Looper (2) || 10,125 || 64–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 101 || July 23 || @ Marlins || 5–3 || Glavine (13–5) || Tavarez (7–7) || Smoltz (37) || 12,210 || 65–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 102 || July 24 || @ Marlins || 10–0 || Moss (6–4) || Tejera (6–3) || — || 10,375 || 66–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 103 || July 26 || Phillies || 2–3 || Wolf (6–7) || Millwood (9–6) || Mesa (28) || 44,744 || 66–37 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 104 || July 27 || Phillies || 5–3 || Maddux (10–3) || Roa (0–1) || Smoltz (38) || 43,214 || 67–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 105 || July 28 || Phillies || 1–7 || Padilla (11–6) || Glavine (13–6) || — || 31,764 || 67–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 106 || July 30 || Brewers || 3–2 || Moss (7–4) || Quevedo (6–8) || Smoltz (39) || 30,802 || 68–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 107 || July 31 || Brewers || 9–1 || Millwood (10–6) || Sheets (5–13) || — || 25,874 || 69–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 108 || August 1 || Brewers || 4–0 || Maddux (11–3) || Rusch (5–11) || — || 29,168 || 70–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 109 || August 2 || Cardinals || 11–5 || Glavine (14–6) || Simontacchi (7–3) || — || 45,512 || 71–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 110 || August 3 || Cardinals || 6–1 || Marquis (8–5) || Morris (12–7) || — || 46,356 || 72–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 111 || August 4 || Cardinals || 2–1 || Smoltz (2–2) || Veres (4–7) || — || 33,686 || 73–38 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 112 || August 6 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–3 (13) || Ligtenberg (3–3) || Koplove (3–1) || — || 46,676 || 74–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 113 || August 7 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–6 || Mantei (2–1) || Remlinger (7–1) || Kim (28) || 44,948 || 74–39 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 114 || August 8 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–1 || Glavine (15–6) || Anderson (5–8) || Smoltz (40) || 40,115 || 75–39 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 115 || August 9 || @ Astros || 6–5 (13) || Spooneybarger (1–0) || Cruz (1–6) || Smoltz (41) || 41,416 || 76–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 116 || August 10 || @ Astros || 5–8 || Saarloos (5–2) || Marquis (8–6) || Wagner (25) || 43,332 || 76–40 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 117 || August 11 || @ Astros || 13–3 || Millwood (11–6) || Mlicki (4–8) || — || 41,092 || 77–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 118 || August 13 || Giants || 2–7 || Ortiz (8–8) || Maddux (11–4) || — || 39,794 || 77–41 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 119 || August 14 || Giants || 1–0 || Glavine (16–6) || Hernandez (7–13) || Smoltz (42) || 31,039 || 78–41 |- bgcolor="#D3D3D3" | 120 || August 15 || Giants || 3–3 (10) || colspan=3|Game called (rain) (game was not made up, tie does not count in record) || 35,340 || 78–41 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 121 || August 16 || Rockies || 4–1 || Millwood (12–6) || Chacon (5–10) || Smoltz (43) || 30,504 || 79–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 122 || August 17 || Rockies || 3–10 || Stark (8–3) || Marquis (8–7) || — || 46,104 || 79–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 123 || August 18 || Rockies || 3–6 || Jennings (14–5) || Maddux (11–5) || Jimenez (33) || 30,399 || 79–43 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 124 || August 19 || Rockies || 7–6 || Smoltz (3–2) || Jimenez (2–8) || — || 24,568 || 80–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 125 || August 20 || @ Padres || 2–6 || Tomko (7–8) || Moss (7–5) || — || 21,440 || 80–44 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 126 || August 21 || @ Padres || 6–3 || Millwood (13–6) || Tankersley (1–3) || Smoltz (44) || 22,471 || 81–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 127 || August 22 || @ Padres || 2–9 || Bynum (1–0) || Marquis (8–8) || — || 23,569 || 81–45 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 128 || August 23 || @ Dodgers || 3–4 || Gagne (2–1) || Holmes (2–2) || — || 50,341 || 81–46 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc | 129 || August 24 || @ Dodgers || 3–4 || Shuey (6–2) || Glavine (16–7) || Gagne (44) || 54,212 || 81–47 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc | 130 || August 25 || @ Dodgers || 7–5 || Moss (8–5) || Ishii (13–9) || Smoltz (45) || 50,306 || 82–47 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 131 || August 27 || @ Pirates || 5–4 || Millwood (14–6) || Fogg (11–10) || Smoltz (46) || 20,542 || 83–47 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 132 || August 28 || @ Pirates || 0–1 (10) || Williams (2–5) || Remlinger (7–2) || — || 20,136 || 83–48 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 133 || August 29 || @ Pirates || 1–4 || Arroyo (2–1) || Glavine (16–8) || Williams (38) || 17,312 || 83–49 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 134 || August 30 || @ Expos || 4–2 || Moss (9–5) || Armas (8–12) || Smoltz (47) || 7,659 || 84–49 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 135 || August 31 || @ Expos || 5–3 || Hammond (7–2) || Vazquez (8–12) || Smoltz (48) || 8,528 || 85–49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 136 || September 1 || @ Expos || 6–4 || Millwood (15–6) || Yoshii (4–7) || Smoltz (49) || 10,581 || 86–49 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 137 || September 2 || Pirates || 5–1 || Maddux (12–5) || Meadows (1–4) || — || 30,803 || 87–49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 138 || September 3 || Pirates || 0–3 || Torres (1–0) || Glavine (16–9) || Williams (39) || 18,931 || 87–50 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 139 || September 4 || Pirates || 6–0 || Moss (10–5) || Wells (12–13) || — || 19,525 || 88–50 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 140 || September 6 || Expos || 5–0 || Millwood (16–6) || Yoshii (4–8) || — || 24,361 || 89–50 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 141 || September 7 || Expos || 4–0 || Maddux (13–5) || Ohka (13–7) || — || 34,424 || 90–50 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 142 || September 8 || Expos || 0–7 || Colon (18–7) || Glavine (16–10) || — || 25,551 || 90–51 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 143 || September 10 || Mets || 12–6 || Hodges (1–0) || Astacio (12–9) || — || 28,214 || 91–51 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 144 || September 11 (1) || Mets || 8–5 || Millwood (17–6) || Trachsel (9–11) || Smoltz (50) || 19,802 || 92–51 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 145 || September 11 (2) || Mets || 0–5 || Leiter (13–11) || Marquis (8–9) || — || 26,734 || 92–52 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 146 || September 13 || @ Marlins || 3–13 || Pavano (5–10) || Maddux (13–6) || — || 10,436 || 92–53 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 147 || September 14 || @ Marlins || 10–5 || Glavine (17–10) || Beckett (5–7) || — || 13,527 || 93–53 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 148 || September 15 || @ Marlins || 6–4 || Moss (11–5) || Wayne (1–2) || Smoltz (51) || 7,844 || 94–53 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 149 || September 16 || @ Marlins || 1–5 || Penny (7–6) || Millwood (17–7) || — || 6,103 || 94–54 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 150 || September 17 || Phillies || 2–1 || Maddux (14–6) || Padilla (11–11) || Smoltz (52) || 23,082 || 95–54 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 151 || September 18 || Phillies || 5–6 || Silva (5–0) || Ligtenberg (3–4) || Mesa (41) || 20,356 || 95–55 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 152 || September 19 || Phillies || 6–0 || Glavine (18–10) || Roa (4–4) || — || 23,482 || 96–55 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 153 || September 20 || Marlins || 2–6 || Wayne (2–2) || Moss (11–6) || — || 28,869 || 96–56 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 154 || September 21 || Marlins || 4–6 || Penny (8–6) || Millwood (17–8) || Looper (11) || 37,131 || 96–57 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 155 || September 22 || Marlins || 4–1 || Maddux (15–6) || Tavarez (10–12) || Smoltz (53) || 32,172 || 97–57 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 156 || September 24 || @ Phillies || 3–5 || Junge (2–0) || Glavine (18–11) || Mesa (45) || 15,807 || 97–58 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 157 || September 25 || @ Phillies || 7–1 || Moss (12–6) || Myers (4–5) || — || 14,516 || 98–58 |- bgcolor="#cccccc" | – || September 26 || @ Phillies || colspan=7|Cancelled (rain) |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 158 || September 27 (1) || @ Mets || 3–1 || Maddux (16–6) || Thomson (9–14) || Smoltz (54) || N/A || 99–58 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 159 || September 27 (2) || @ Mets || 7–4 || Millwood (18–8) || Astacio (12–11) || — || 33,527 || 100–58 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 160 || September 28 || @ Mets || 5–2 || Hodges (2–0) || Leiter (13–13) || Smoltz (55) || 38,988 || 101–58 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 161 || September 29 || @ Mets || 1–6 || Trachsel (11–11) || Remlinger (7–3) || — || 37,721 || 101–59 |- | Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = Braves team member

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Postseason

Game log

|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 || October 2 || Giants || 5–8 || Ortiz (1–0) || Glavine (0–1) || Nen (1) || 41,903 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 || October 3 || Giants || 7–3 || Millwood (1–0) || Rueter (0–1) || — || 47,167 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 3 || October 5 || @ Giants || 10–2 || Maddux (1–0) || Schmidt (0–1) || — || 43,043 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 4 || October 6 || @ Giants || 3–8 || Hernandez (1–0) || Glavine (0–2) || — || 43,070 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 5 || October 7 || Giants || 1–3 || Ortiz (2–0) || Millwood (1–1) || Nen (2) || 45,203 || 2–3

Postseason rosters

• Pitchers: 47 Tom Glavine 49 Kevin Gryboski 36 Chris Hammond 40 Darren Holmes 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Greg Maddux 34 Kevin Millwood 27 Damian Moss 37 Mike Remlinger 29 John Smoltz
• Catchers: 20 Henry Blanco 8 Javy López
• Infielders: 19 Vinny Castilla 16 Mark DeRosa 23 Julio Franco 4 Matt Franco 1 Rafael Furcal 22 Marcus Giles 18 Wes Helms 7 Keith Lockhart
• Outfielders: 28 Darren Bragg 25 Andruw Jones 10 Chipper Jones 11 Gary Sheffield

Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball season Braves' team pitching led the league with a 3.13 ERA. John Smoltz was National League Relief Man of the Year, as he led the league with 55 saves, which was a National League record at the time (since broken by Éric Gagné in 2003). Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were chosen for Gold Glove awards.

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Representing the Braves on the 2002 National League All-Star team were pitchers Tom Glavine, Mike Remlinger and John Smoltz. Andruw Jones was elected to receive the final roster spot on the 2002 National League All-Star team.

Farm system

References

• 2002 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference

References

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2. "John Smoltz Stats".
3. "Vinny Castilla Stats".
4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francju01.shtml Julio Franco Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
5. "Gary Sheffield Stats".
6. "Doug Linton Stats".
7. "Henry Blanco Stats".
8. "2002 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac".
9. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francje02.shtml Jeff Francoeur Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
11. ''Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory''