2002 Cleveland Indians season

The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise and the 9th season at Jacobs Field. The season began on March 31, 2002. The team finished third in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, and suffered their first losing season since 1993.

Offseason

November 7, 2001: Chris Coste was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
November 7, 2001: Jason Beverlin was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
November 26, 2001: Donzell McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
December 11, 2001: Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples were traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan and players to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Earl Snyder and Billy Traber to the Indians on December 13.
December 18, 2001: John Rocker was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder.
February 9, 2002: Bruce Aven was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned by the Indians to the Kansas City Royals.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 4, 2002: Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed on October 3, 2002.
June 7, 2002: Russell Branyan was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Ben Broussard.
June 25, 2002: Bruce Aven was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff D'Amico.
June 27, 2002: Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew were traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, and Lee Stevens.
July 28, 2002: Paul Shuey was traded by the Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ricardo Rodríguez, Terry Mulholland, and Francisco Cruceta.
August 16, 2002: Jason Beverlin was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Detroit Tigers.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	102	320	34	66	19	0	2	16	.206	0
1B	Jim Thome	147	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	.304	1
2B	Ricky Gutiérrez	94	353	38	97	13	0	4	38	.275	0
3B	Travis Fryman	118	397	42	86	14	3	11	55	.217	0
SS	Omar Vizquel	151	582	85	160	31	5	14	72	.275	18
LF	Russell Branyan	50	161	16	33	4	0	8	17	.205	1
CF	Milton Bradley	98	325	48	81	18	3	9	38	.249	6
RF	Matt Lawton	114	416	71	98	19	2	15	57	.236	8
DH	Ellis Burks	138	518	92	156	28	0	32	91	.301	2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Chad Allen	5	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	.100	0
Brady Anderson	34	80	4	13	4	0	1	5	.163	4
Bruce Aven	7	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	.118	1
Josh Bard	24	90	9	20	5	0	3	12	.222	0
Ben Broussard	39	112	10	27	4	0	4	9	.241	0
Jolbert Cabrera	38	72	5	8	1	0	0	7	.111	1
Wil Cordero	6	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	.222	0
Coco Crisp	32	127	16	33	9	2	1	9	.260	4
Todd Dunwoody	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Karim García	51	197	29	59	8	0	16	52	.299	0
Greg LaRocca	21	52	12	14	3	1	0	4	.269	1
Chris Magruder	87	258	34	56	15	1	6	29	.217	2
Víctor Martínez	12	32	2	9	1	0	1	5	.281	0
John McDonald	93	264	35	66	11	3	1	12	.250	3
Eddie Pérez	42	117	6	25	9	0	0	4	.214	0
Brandon Phillips	11	31	5	8	3	1	0	4	.258	0
Bill Selby	65	159	15	34	7	2	6	21	.214	0
Earl Snyder	18	55	5	11	2	0	1	4	.200	0
Lee Stevens	53	153	22	34	7	1	5	26	.222	0

''Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
CC Sabathia	13	11	4.37	33	33	210.0	198	109	102	88	149
Ryan Drese	10	9	6.55	26	26	137.1	176	104	100	62	102
Bartolo Colón	10	4	2.55	16	16	116.1	104	37	33	31	75
Chuck Finley	4	11	4.44	18	18	105.1	114	56	52	48	91
Jason Phillips	1	3	4.97	8	6	41.2	41	24	23	20	23
Ricardo Rodríguez	2	2	5.66	7	7	41.1	40	27	26	18	24
Jaret Wright	2	3	15.71	8	6	18.1	40	34	32	19	12
Brian Tallet	1	0	1.50	2	2	12.0	9	3	2	4	5
Cliff Lee	0	1	1.74	2	2	10.1	6	2	2	8	6

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Danys Báez	10	11	4.41	39	26	6	165.1	160	84	81	82	130
Charles Nagy	1	4	8.88	19	7	0	48.2	76	51	48	13	22
Terry Mulholland	3	2	4.60	16	3	0	47.0	56	27	24	14	21
Jake Westbrook	1	3	5.83	11	4	0	41.2	50	30	27	12	20
Dave Burba	1	0	4.50	12	3	0	34.0	30	20	17	17	25
Jason Davis	1	0	1.84	3	2	0	14.2	12	3	3	4	11
Roy Smith	0	0	3.00	4	1	0	6.0	9	4	2	5	2

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Bob Wickman	1	3	4.46	36	20	34.1	42	22	17	10	36
Mark Wohlers	3	4	4.79	64	7	71.1	71	41	38	26	46
David Riske	2	2	5.26	51	1	51.1	49	32	30	35	65
Ricardo Rincón	1	4	4.79	46	0	35.2	36	21	19	8	30
Paul Shuey	3	0	2.41	39	0	37.1	31	11	10	10	39
Chad Paronto	0	2	4.04	29	0	35.2	34	19	16	11	23
Jerrod Riggan	2	1	7.64	29	0	33.0	53	28	28	18	22
Dave Elder	0	2	3.13	15	0	23.0	18	10	8	14	23
Carl Sadler	1	2	4.43	24	0	20.1	15	10	10	11	23
Heath Murray	0	2	7.50	9	0	12.0	12	10	10	7	11
Jason Beverlin	0	0	7.36	4	0	7.1	9	7	6	4	9
Sean DePaula	1	1	12.79	5	0	6.1	11	9	9	3	8
Alex Herrera	0	0	0.00	5	0	5.1	3	0	0	1	5
Dave Maurer	0	1	13.50	2	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	0
Nerio Rodríguez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0

Awards and honors

Jim Thome, Roberto Clemente Award

'''All-Star Game'''