2002 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the tenth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired 22 games into the season. Hurdle won 67 out of 140 games and was kept on as manager for the following season. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73–89, fourth in the NL West.

Offseason

December 16, 2001: Jeff Cirillo was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Seattle Mariners for Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, and José Paniagua.
January 7, 2002: Mike Myers was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.
January 11, 2002: Todd Jones was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
January 21, 2002: Ross Gload was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Craig House to the New York Mets for Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani, and cash.
January 26, 2002: Ross Gload was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.
February 7, 2002: Kent Mercker was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 4, 2002: Jeff Francis was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.
July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco.
July 31, 2002: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Dennys Reyes to the Texas Rangers for Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash.
July 31, 2002: John Thomson was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to the New York Mets for Jay Payton, Mark Corey, and Robert Stratton.

Major League debuts

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	Gary Bennett	90	291	77	.265	4	26
1B	Todd Helton	156	553	182	.329	30	109
2B	Brent Butler	113	344	89	.259	9	42
SS	Juan Uribe	155	566	136	.240	6	49
3B	Todd Zeile	144	506	138	.273	18	87
LF	Todd Hollandsworth	95	298	88	.295	11	48
CF	Juan Pierre	152	592	170	.287	1	35
RF	Larry Walker	136	477	161	.338	26	104

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
	106	234	55	.235	6	21
	65	192	48	.250	1	12
	47	170	57	.335	8	28
	113	168	37	.220	7	37
	40	119	37	.311	2	17
	48	117	24	.205	4	19
	38	116	31	.267	0	12
Bobby Estalella	38	112	23	.205	8	25
Mark Little	61	105	21	.200	0	5
Ben Petrick	38	95	20	.211	5	11
Jack Cust	35	65	11	.169	1	8
Jason Romano	18	37	12	.324	0	1
Ross Gload	26	31	8	.258	1	4
Walt McKeel	5	13	4	.308	0	0

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
	32	185.1	16	8	4.52	127
	30	178.2	7	15	6.15	74
	35	164.1	8	11	5.26	111
	21	127.1	7	8	4.88	76
	21	119.1	5	11	5.73	67

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
Denny Stark	32	128.1	11	4	4.00	64
	9	35.2	2	1	4.54	14
Randy Flores	8	17.0	0	2	9.53	7
Cory Vance	2	4.0	0	0	6.75	1

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
	74	2	10	41	3.56	47
	79	1	4	1	4.70	73
	63	5	1	1	4.33	47
	58	3	1	0	6.14	37
	43	0	1	0	4.24	30
Rick White	41	2	6	0	6.20	27
Brian Fuentes	31	2	0	0	4.73	38
Chris Nichting	29	1	1	0	4.46	25
Víctor Santos	24	0	4	0	10.38	25
Mark Corey	14	0	0	0	12.00	12
Mike James	13	0	0	0	5.56	10
Sean Lowe	8	1	1	0	8.71	7
Todd Zeile	1	0	0	0	0.00	1