2002 Cincinnati Reds season
The 2002 Cincinnati Reds season was the 133rd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Reds finishing with a 78-84 record to finish in third place in the National League Central, 19 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone. The 2002 Reds season was their final one in Cinergy Field.
Offseason
- January 7, 2002: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
Regular season
Notable transactions
- June 7, 2002: Ben Broussard was traded by the Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Russell Branyan.
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 | Jason LaRue | 113 | 353 | 88 | .249 | 12 | 52 |
| 1B | Sean Casey | 120 | 425 | 111 | .261 | 6 | 42 |
| 2B | Todd Walker | 155 | 612 | 183 | .299 | 11 | 64 |
| SS | Barry Larkin | 145 | 507 | 124 | .245 | 7 | 47 |
| 3B | Aaron Boone | 162 | 606 | 146 | .241 | 26 | 87 |
| LF | Adam Dunn | 158 | 535 | 133 | .249 | 26 | 71 |
| CF | Juan Encarnación | 83 | 321 | 89 | .277 | 16 | 51 |
| RF | Austin Kearns | 107 | 372 | 117 | .315 | 13 | 56 |
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 |
| Reggie Taylor | 135 | 287 | 73 | .254 | 9 | 38 |
| Russell Branyan | 84 | 217 | 53 | .244 | 16 | 39 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | 70 | 197 | 52 | .264 | 8 | 23 |
| Corky Miller | 39 | 114 | 29 | .254 | 3 | 15 |
| José Guillén | 31 | 109 | 27 | .248 | 4 | 16 |
| Kelly Stinnett | 34 | 93 | 21 | .226 | 3 | 13 |
| Rubén Mateo | 46 | 86 | 22 | .256 | 2 | 7 |
| Juan Castro | 54 | 82 | 18 | .220 | 2 | 11 |
| Wilton Guerrero | 59 | 78 | 19 | .244 | 0 | 4 |
| Brady Clark | 51 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 0 | 9 |
| Brandon Larson | 23 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 4 | 13 |
| Travis Dawkins | 31 | 48 | 6 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl González | 10 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 1 |
| Wily Mo Peña | 13 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 1 | 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 |
| Jimmy Haynes | 34 | 196.2 | 15 | 10 | 4.12 | 126 |
| Elmer Dessens | 30 | 178.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.03 | 93 |
| Ryan Dempster | 15 | 88.2 | 5 | 5 | 6.19 | 66 |
| Brian Moehler | 10 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.02 | 18 |
| Shawn Estes | 6 | 28.0 | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 17 |
| José Acevedo | 6 | 23.2 | 4 | 2 | 7.23 | 14 |
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 |
| Chris Reitsma | 32 | 138.1 | 6 | 12 | 3.64 | 84 |
| Joey Hamilton | 39 | 124.2 | 4 | 10 | 5.27 | 85 |
| José Rijo | 31 | 77.0 | 5 | 4 | 5.14 | 38 |
| Jared Fernández | 14 | 50.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.44 | 36 |
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 |
| Danny Graves | 68 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 3.19 | 58 |
| Scott Sullivan | 71 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6.06 | 78 |
| Scott Williamson | 63 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2.92 | 84 |
| Gabe White | 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.98 | 41 |
| Bruce Chen | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.31 | 37 |
| John Riedling | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.70 | 30 |
| Luis Pineda | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.18 | 31 |
| Jim Brower | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | 24 |
| José Silva | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 6 |
| Carlos Almanzar | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.31 | 7 |
| Luke Hudson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 7 |