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2002 Florida Marlins season

Field	Value
name	Florida Marlins
season	2002
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Pro Player Stadium
city	Miami Gardens, Florida
record	79–83 (.488)
divisional_place	4th
owners	Jeffrey Loria
general_managers	Larry Beinfest
managers	Jeff Torborg
television	FSN Florida
WPXM
(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
radio	WQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez)

WPXM (Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton) (Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez) |}} The 2002 Florida Marlins season was the tenth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–83, fourth in the National League East.

Offseason

February 18, 2002: Tim Raines signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins. He was the last batter to wear a flapless helmet, which has been illegal for new batters since the 1983 season.
March 27, 2002: Dontrelle Willis was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, and Julián Tavárez to the Florida Marlins for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Citrus Series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4–2.

Date	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score	Venue
June 14	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-3 (14 innings)	Pro Player Stadium
June 15	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-0	Pro Player Stadium
June 16	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-1	Pro Player Stadium
June 28	Devil Rays	Marlins	4-0	Tropicana Field
June 29	Marlins	Devil Rays	3-2	Tropicana Field
June 30	Devil Rays	Marlins	6-5 (12 innings)	Tropicana Field

Notable transactions

June 4, 2002: Jeremy Hermida was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2002.
July 11, 2002: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Florida Marlins with Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne. The Montreal Expos sent Donald Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

Roster

2002 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers

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	Charles Johnson	83	244	53	.217	6	36
1B	Derrek Lee	162	581	157	.270	27	86
2B	Luis Castillo	146	606	185	.305	2	39
SS	Andy Fox	133	435	109	.251	4	41
3B	Mike Lowell	160	597	165	.276	24	92
LF	Kevin Millar	126	438	134	.306	16	57
CF	Preston Wilson	141	510	124	.243	23	65
RF	Cliff Floyd	84	296	85	.287	18	57

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
Eric Owens	131	385	104	.270	4	37
Juan Encarnación	69	263	69	.262	8	34
Mike Redmond	88	256	78	.305	2	28
	42	151	34	.225	2	18
Ramón Castro	54	101	24	.238	6	18
Tim Raines	98	89	17	.191	1	7
Mike Mordecai	38	77	22	.286	0	7
Homer Bush	40	54	12	.222	0	5
Pablo Ozuna	34	47	13	.277	0	3
Brian Banks	20	28	9	.321	1	4
Marty Malloy	24	25	3	.120	0	1
Abraham Núñez	19	17	2	.118	0	1

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
A.J. Burnett	31	204.1	12	9	3.30	203
Julián Tavárez	29	153.2	10	12	5.39	67
Brad Penny	24	129.1	8	7	4.66	93
Ryan Dempster	18	120.1	5	8	4.79	87
Josh Beckett	23	107.2	6	7	4.10	113
Justin Wayne	5	23.2	2	3	5.32	16

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
Michael Tejera	47	139.2	8	8	4.45	95
Carl Pavano	22	61.2	3	2	3.79	41
Kevin Olsen	17	55.2	0	5	4.53	38
Nate Robertson	6	8.1	0	1	11.88	3
Nate Teut	2	7.1	0	1	9.82	4

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
Vladimir Núñez	77	6	5	20	3.41	73
Braden Looper	78	2	5	13	3.14	55
Armando Almanza	51	3	2	2	4.34	57
Vic Darensbourg	42	1	2	0	6.14	33
Blaine Neal	32	3	0	0	2.73	33
Oswaldo Mairena	31	2	3	0	5.35	21
Gary Knotts	28	3	1	0	4.40	21
Graeme Lloyd	25	2	2	0	4.44	20
Hansel Izquierdo	20	2	0	0	4.55	20
Toby Borland	15	1	0	0	5.27	11

Farm system

References

(February 17, 2002). "Loria fires 60 Marlins employees". CBC.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raineti01.shtml Tim Raines Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Dontrelle Willis Stats".
"Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 14, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium".
"Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 28, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
"Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
"Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at Tropicana Field".
"Jeremy Hermida Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floydcl01.shtml Cliff Floyd Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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