2002 St. Louis Cardinals season

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2002 St. Louis Cardinals NL Central Champs
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1892) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
2002 information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest (Joe Buck,Dan McLaughlin) KPLR (Al Hrabosky, Dan McLaughlin)
Local radio	KMOX (Mike Shannon, Joel Meyers)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 2002 season was the team's 121st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 111th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season and won the National League Central division. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 1 in the NLCS.

Second baseman Fernando Viña, shortstop Edgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

On June 18, long-time broadcaster Jack Buck died at the age of 77, while four days later, pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in a Chicago hotel room, at age 33.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Opening Day starters 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Transactions 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 NLDS 5 NLCS 5.1 Game 1 5.2 Game 2 5.3 Game 3 5.4 Game 4 5.5 Game 5 6 Farm system[4] 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Offseason

• December 11, 2001: Jason Isringhausen was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[1]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day starters

[edit] Season standings

Central Division	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	--	.599
Houston Astros	84	78	13	.519
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	19	.481
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	24½	.447
Chicago Cubs	67	95	30	.414
Milwaukee Brewers	56	106	41	.346

[edit] Transactions

• June 9, 2002: José Rodríguez was released by the Cardinals.^[2]
• July 29, 2002: Plácido Polanco, Mike Timlin, and Bud Smith were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Scott Rolen, Doug Nickle and cash.^[3]

[edit] Roster

2002 St. Louis Cardinals roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers 58 José Rodríguez		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders 99 So Taguchi		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

[edit] Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; 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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
So Taguchi	19	15	6	.400	0	2

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
José Rodríguez	2	0	0	0	54.00	0

[edit] NLDS

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Stadium Series 1 Arizona 2 St. Louis 12 October 1 BankOne Ballpark 1-0 (STL) 2 Arizona 1 St. Louis 2 October 3 BankOne Ballpark 2-0 (STL) 3 St. Louis 6 Arizona 3 October 5 Busch Stadium 3-0 (STL) [edit] NLCS Main article: 2002 National League Championship Series [edit] Game 1 October 9: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Francisco 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 11 0 St. Louis 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 6 11 0 W: Kirk Rueter (1-0)   L: Matt Morris (0-1)   S: Robb Nen (1) HR: SFG – Kenny Lofton (1), David Bell (1), Benito Santiago (1)  STL – Albert Pujols (1), Miguel Cairo (1), J. D. Drew (1) [edit] Game 2 October 10: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Francisco 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 W: Jason Schmidt (1-0)   L: Woody Williams (0-1)   S: Robb Nen (2) HR: SFG – Rich Aurilia 2 (2)  STL – Eduardo Perez (1) [edit] Game 3 October 12: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, California Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 6 1 San Francisco 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 W: Chuck Finley (1-0)   L: Jay Witasick (0-1)   S: Jason Isringhausen (1) HR: STL – Mike Matheny (1), Jim Edmonds (1), Eli Marrero (1)  SFG – Barry Bonds (1) [edit] Game 4 October 13: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, California Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 0 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 4 4 1 W: Tim Worrell (1-0)   L: Rick White (0-1)   S: Robb Nen (3) HR: SFG – Benito Santiago (2) [edit] Game 5 October 14: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, California Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 0 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 0 W: Tim Worrell (2-0)   L: Matt Morris (0-2)    [edit] Farm system[4] Class AAA: Memphis Redbirds (Pacific Coast League; Gaylen Pitts, manager) Class AA: New Haven Ravens (Eastern League; Mark DeJohn, manager) Class A: Potomac Cannons (Carolina League; Joe Cunningham, Jr., manager) Class A: Peoria Chiefs (Midwest League; Danny Sheaffer, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION Class SS-A: New Jersey Cardinals (New York-Penn League; Tommy Shields, manager) Rookie: Johnson City Cardinals (Appalachian League; Brian Rupp, manager) [edit] References ^ Jason Isringhausen page at Baseball Reference ^ José Rodríguez page at Baseball Reference ^ Scott Rolen page at Baseball Reference ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. 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