2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 121st season of the franchise; the 116th in the National League. This was their second season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 72–89.
The Pirates missed the playoffs for the tenth straight season, tying a divisional era record set between 1980 and 1989.

Offseason

January 5, 2002: Scott Service was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
January 25, 2002: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 5, 2002: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 5, 2002: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	24	14	10		85	99
May	30	11	19		105	133
June	26	11	15		102	104
July	27	13	14		123	142
August	29	11	18		121	153
September	25	12	13		105	99
Total	161	72	89		641	730

Awards and honors

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Mike Williams, P, reserve

Statistics

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

Player
	14	26	8	0.308	1	2
	51	10	3	0.300	0	1
	153	497	148	0.298	38	103
	7	17	5	0.294	0	0
	145	545	154	0.283	3	44
	76	208	55	0.264	1	24
	119	421	111	0.264	4	50
	131	368	97	0.264	16	57
	147	527	133	0.252	4	47
	44	16	4	0.250	0	1
	146	468	115	0.246	16	51
	136	385	94	0.244	16	48
	142	522	122	0.234	18	71
	112	253	59	0.233	2	15
	59	155	36	0.232	11	34
	91	208	45	0.216	1	21
	65	194	40	0.206	7	15
	34	63	12	0.190	1	5
	26	40	7	0.175	0	1
	55	100	16	0.160	2	11
	5	13	2	0.154	0	0
	108	120	18	0.150	0	3
	10	16	2	0.125	1	3
	32	58	7	0.121	0	1
	27	42	5	0.119	0	1
	9	10	1	0.100	0	0
	42	13	1	0.077	0	0
	9	6	0	0.000	0	0
	53	5	0	0.000	0	0
	3	3	0	0.000	0	0
	11	18	0	0.000	0	1
	74	2	0	0.000	0	0
	57	1	0	0.000	0	0
	66	0	0	—	0	0
	30	0	0	—	0	0
	13	0	0	—	0	0
	15	0	0	—	0	0
	3	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	161	5,330	1,300	0.244	142	610

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

Player
	78	62	5	4	2.30	70
	15	17	0	0	2.65	21
	5	30	2	1	2.70	12
	59	61	2	6	2.93	43
	55	72	2	4	3.11	50
	32	30	1	0	3.26	29
	70	79	4	4	3.39	65
	33	198	12	14	3.58	134
	11	62	1	6	3.88	31
	9	27	2	1	4.00	22
	33	194	12	12	4.35	113
	53	85	2	5	4.64	53
	25	130	9	6	4.70	79
	9	43	2	5	4.98	33
	43	69	4	2	5.35	57
	28	140	8	13	5.44	47
	45	93	4	6	5.81	55
	13	13	0	0	7.62	4
	3	2	0	0	15.43	2
Team Totals	161	1,412	72	89	4.23	920

Draft picks

Rd	#	Player	Pos	DOB and Age	School
1	1	Bryan Bullington	RHP		Ball State University
2	42	Blair Johnson	RHP		Washburn Rural HS
3	73	Taber Lee	SS		San Diego State University
4	103	Wardell Starling	RHP		Lawrence E Elkins HS
5	133	Alex Hart	RHP		University of Florida
6	163	Brad Eldred	1B		Florida International University
7	193	Matt Capps	RHP		Alexander HS
8	223	Bobby Kingsbury	OF		Fordham University
9	253	Joe Hicks	OF		Forest Brook HS
10	283	David Davidson	LHP		Denis Morris HS

;Note

''Age at time of draft.''

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, Hickory