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The 2002 Chicago Cubs season was the 131st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 127th in the National League and the 87th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

Offseason

November 2, 2001: Mark Bellhorn was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Adam Morrissey (minors).
January 16, 2002: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
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 Central

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NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
Houston Astros	84	78	.519	13	47‍–‍34	37‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	.481	19	38‍–‍43	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	.447	24½	38‍–‍42	34‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	67	95	.414	30	36‍–‍45	31‍–‍50
Milwaukee Brewers	56	106	.346	41	31‍–‍50	25‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e Source:
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	4–2	6–0	14–5	5–1	3–3	9–10	4–2	4–2	5–2	4–3	4–2	12–7	8–11	2–4	11–7
Atlanta	3–3	—	4–2	4–2	4–3	11–8	3–3	2–4	5–1	13–6	12–7	11–7	3–3	3–3	3–3	5–1	15–3
Chicago	2–4	2–4	—	5–12	4–2	4–2	8–11	2–4	7–10	3–3	1–5	2–4	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–12	6–6
Cincinnati	0–6	2–4	12–5	—	3–3	5–1	6–11	4–2	13–6	1–5	2–4	2–4	11–7	5–1	2–4	8–11	2–10
Colorado	5–14	3–4	2–4	3–3	—	5–2	3–3	7–12	3–3	4–2	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	8–12	2–4	7–11
Florida	1–5	8–11	2–4	1–5	2–5	—	3–3	3–3	4–2	10–9	8–11	10–9	4–2	5–1	4–3	4–2	10–8
Houston	3–3	3–3	11–8	11–6	3–3	3–3	—	3–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–6	4–2	1–5	6–13	5–7
Los Angeles	10–9	4–2	4–2	2–4	12–7	3–3	3–3	—	5–1	5–2	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	8–11	2–4	12–6
Milwaukee	2–4	1–5	10–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	8–10	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	1–5	4–15	5–1	1–5	7–10	2–10
Montreal	2–4	6–13	3–3	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–3	2–5	4–2	—	11–8	11–8	3–3	3–4	4–2	3–3	12–6
New York	2–5	7–12	5–1	4–2	3–3	11–8	2–4	2–4	5–1	8–11	—	9–10	1–4	3–4	0–6	3–3	10–8
Philadelphia	3–4	7–11	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	3–3	3–4	5–1	8–11	10–9	—	2–4	2–4	3–3	4–2	10–8
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–3	9–10	7–11	2–4	2–4	6–11	2–4	15–4	3–3	4–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4	6–11	3–9
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	8–11	1–5	2–4	9–10	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	8–10
San Francisco	11–8	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	3–4	5–1	11–8	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	2–4	8–10
St. Louis	4–2	1–5	12–6	11–8	4–2	2–4	13–6	4–2	10–7	3–3	3–3	2–4	11–6	5–1	4–2	—	8–4

Notable transactions

September 4, 2002: Bill Mueller was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Verplancke (minors).

Roster

2002 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 53 Francis Beltrán 35 Alan Benes 46 Jason Bere 48 Joe Borowski 37 Scott Chiasson 30 Matt Clement 51 Juan Cruz 49 Will Cunnane 55 Courtney Duncan 44 Kyle Farnsworth 13 Jeff Fassero 45 Tom Gordon 32 Jon Lieber 54 Ron Mahay 52 Pat Mahomes 31 Donovan Osborne 22 Mark Prior 41 Jesus Sánchez 39 Steve Smyth 34 Kerry Wood 38 Carlos Zambrano		Catchers 27 Joe Girardi 9 Todd Hundley 72 Robert Machado 58 Mike Mahoney Infielders 28 Mark Bellhorn 19 Hee-Seop Choi 8 Alex Gonzalez 17 Bobby Hill 29 Fred McGriff 33 Bill Mueller 1 Augie Ojeda 15 Kevin Orie 11 Chris Stynes		Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 24 Roosevelt Brown 16 Delino DeShields 12 Angel Echevarria 15 Mario Encarnación 3 Chad Hermansen 6 Darren Lewis 20 Corey Patterson 21 Sammy Sosa		Manager 25 Don Baylor 10 Bruce Kimm Coaches 2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (first base) 43 Dave Bialas (third base) 3 Gene Glynn (former third base) 36 Rick Kranitz (bullpen) 5 Rene Lachemann (bench) 4 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 47 Larry Rothschild (pitching)

2002 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Don Baylor
10 Bruce Kimm

Coaches

2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (first base)
43 Dave Bialas (third base)
3 Gene Glynn (former third base)
36 Rick Kranitz (bullpen)
5 Rene Lachemann (bench)
4 Jeff Pentland (hitting)
47 Larry Rothschild (pitching)

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	Joe Girardi	90	234	53	.226	1	13
1B	Fred McGriff	146	523	143	.273	30	103
2B	Mark Bellhorn	146	445	115	.258	27	56
SS	Alex Gonzalez	142	513	127	.248	18	61
3B	Bill Mueller	103	353	94	.266	7	37
LF	Moisés Alou	132	484	133	.275	15	61
CF	Corey Patterson	153	592	150	.253	14	54
RF	Sammy Sosa	150	556	160	.288	49	108

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
Todd Hundley	92	266	56	.211	16	35
Roosevelt Brown	111	204	43	.211	3	23
Chris Stynes	98	195	47	.241	5	26
Bobby Hill	59	190	48	.253	4	20
Delino DeShields	67	146	28	.192	3	10
Angel Echevarria	50	98	30	.306	3	21
Darren Lewis	58	79	19	.241	0	7
Augie Ojeda	30	70	13	.186	0	4
Robert Machado	22	58	16	.276	1	5
Hee-Seop Choi	24	50	9	.180	2	4
Chad Hermansen	35	43	9	.209	1	3
Kevin Orie	13	32	9	.281	0	5
Mike Mahoney	16	29	6	.207	0	3
Mario Encarnación	3	7	0	.000	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
Kerry Wood	33	213.2	12	11	3.66	217
Matt Clement	32	205.0	12	11	3.60	215
Jon Lieber	21	141.0	6	8	3.70	87
Mark Prior	19	116.2	6	6	3.32	147
Jason Bere	16	85.2	1	10	5.67	65
Alan Benes	7	39.1	2	2	4.35	32
Steve Smyth	8	26.0	1	3	9.35	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
Carlos Zambrano	32	108.1	4	8	3.66	93
Juan Cruz	45	97.1	3	11	3.98	81
Pat Mahomes	16	32.2	1	1	3.86	23

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
Antonio Alfonseca	66	2	5	19	4.00	61
Joe Borowski	73	4	4	2	2.73	97
Jeff Fassero	57	5	6	0	6.18	44
Kyle Farnsworth	45	4	6	1	7.33	46
Tom Gordon	19	1	1	0	3.42	31
Will Cunnane	16	1	1	0	5.47	30
Donovan Osborne	11	0	1	0	6.19	13
Ron Mahay	11	2	0	0	8.59	14
Francis Beltrán	11	0	0	0	7.50	11
Jesús Sánchez	8	0	0	0	12.96	6
Scott Chiasson	4	0	0	0	23.14	3
Courtney Duncan	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Bruce Kimm and Pat Listach
AA	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	Southern League	Bobby Dickerson
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Dave Trembley
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	Julio Garcia
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Steve McFarland
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Carmelo Martínez

References

"Mark Bellhorn Stats".
"Alan Benes Stats".
"Dontrelle Willis Stats".
"Bill Mueller Stats".
"2002 Chicago Cubs Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

2002 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

2002 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota
AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Chicago Cubs

Established in 1874
Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Joe Ricketts family
Chairman: Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Jed Hoyer
General Manager: Carter Hawkins
Manager: Craig Counsell

World Series
championships (3)

National League
championships (17)

Division
championships

East (2)	1984 1989
Central (6)	2003 2007 2008 2016 2017 2020
Wild Card (3)	1998 2015 2018

Minor league
affiliates

Iowa Cubs (Triple-A)
Knoxville Smokies (Double-A)
South Bend Cubs (High-A)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Single-A)
ACL Cubs (Rookie)
DSL Cubs Blue (Rookie)
DSL Cubs Red (Rookie)

Broadcasting

Television

Marquee Sports Network

Radio

Radio network
- WSCR

Broadcasters

Television	Jon Sciambi Jim Deshaies Joe Girardi Beth Mowins
Radio	Pat Hughes Ron Coomer Zach Zaidman

Seasons (151)
1870s	1870 · 1871 1872 · 1873 · 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
1880s	1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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