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, 4th in the NL West.

2002 Colorado Rockies
League	National League
Division	West Division
Ballpark	Coors Field
City	Denver, Colorado
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Jerry McMorris
General managers	Dan O'Dowd
Managers	Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
Television	KWGN-TV Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jack Corrigan)
Radio	KOA (AM) (Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery, Wayne Hagin) KCUV (Antonio Guevara)
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Offseason

• December 16, 2001: Jeff Cirillo was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Seattle Mariners for Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, and José Paniagua.^[1]
• January 7, 2002: Mike Myers was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.^[2]
• January 11, 2002: Todd Jones was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• January 26, 2002: Ross Gload was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.^[5]
• February 7, 2002: Kent Mercker was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[6]
• March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	98	64	0.605	—	55–26	43–38
San Francisco Giants	95	66	0.590	2½	50–31	45–35
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	0.568	6	46–35	46–35
Colorado Rockies	73	89	0.451	25	47–34	26–55
San Diego Padres	66	96	0.407	32	41–40	25–56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	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

• 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.^[8]
• July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).^[9]
• 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.^[10]
• 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 (minors).^[11]

Major League debuts

• Pitchers:
  • Aaron Cook (Aug 10)
  • Cory Vance (Sep 21) ^[12]

Roster

2002 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers 56 Shawn Chacón 35 Aaron Cook 46 Mark Corey 51 Randy Flores 39 Brian Fuentes 10 Mike Hampton 48 Mike James 32 Jason Jennings 16 José Jiménez 59 Todd Jones 52 Sean Lowe 54 Kent Mercker 15 Denny Neagle 47 Chris Nichting 49 Dennys Reyes 45 Víctor Santos 30 Justin Speier 41 Denny Stark 52 John Thomson 53 Cory Vance 51 Rick White		Catchers 25 Sandy Alomar Jr. 29 Gary Bennett  8 Bobby Estalella 26 Walt McKeel  6 Ben Petrick Infielders  5 Brent Butler 17 Todd Helton 14 Greg Norton 12 José Ortiz  3 Jason Romano 22 Terry Shumpert  4 Juan Uribe  7 Todd Zeile		Outfielders 50 Benny Agbayani 21 Jack Cust 23 Ross Gload 27 Todd Hollandsworth 19 Gabe Kapler 19 Mark Little 27 Jay Payton  9 Juan Pierre 33 Larry Walker		Manager 25 Buddy Bell 13 Clint Hurdle Coaches 44 Alan Cockrell (hitting) 26 Rich Donnelly (third base)  2 Mike Gallego (third base)  1 Dave Garcia (asst. coach) 11 Toby Harrah (bench) 13 Clint Hurdle (hitting) 18 Fred Kendall (bullpen) 20 Dallas Williams (first base) 55 Jim Wright (pitching)

Game log

2002 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Cardinals 10–2 Morris (1–0) Hampton (0–1) 48,397 0–1 2 April 3 @ Cardinals 6–3 Neagle (1–0) Stephenson (0–1) Jiménez (1) 26,557 1–1 3 April 4 @ Cardinals 6–1 Thomson (1–0) Benes (0–1) 27,691 2–1 4 April 5 @ Dodgers 9–0 Ashby (1–0) Chacón (0–1) 25,091 2–2 5 April 6 @ Dodgers 9–2 Ishii (1–0) Jennings (0–1) 38,693 2–3 6 April 7 @ Dodgers 6–4 Brown (1–1) Hampton (0–2) Gagné (1) 28,452 2–4 7 April 8 Astros 8–4 Oswalt (2–0) Neagle (1–1) 50,392 2–5 8 April 9 Astros 10–5 Thomson (2–0) Reynolds (1–1) 30,153 3–5 9 April 10 Astros 4–1 Chacón (1–1) Mlicki (0–2) Jiménez (2) 29,552 4–5 10 April 11 Diamondbacks 8–4 Johnson (3–0) Reyes (0–1) 31,714 4–6 11 April 12 Diamondbacks 8–3 Schilling (3–0) Hampton (0–3) 40,832 4–7 12 April 13 Diamondbacks 7–5 (10) Myers (1–1) Jiménez (0–1) 42,596 4–8 13 April 14 Diamondbacks 6–3 Batista (1–0) Thomson (2–1) Kim (2) 42,298 4–9 14 April 15 Dodgers 5–2 Pérez (1–1) Chacón (1–2) 29,763 4–10 15 April 16 Dodgers 6–4 Jennings (1–1) Ashby (1–1) Jiménez (3) 30,354 5–10 16 April 17 Dodgers 6–3 Ishii (3–0) White (0–1) Gagné (5) 32,878 5–11 17 April 19 @ Diamondbacks 8–6 Neagle (2–1) Anderson (0–2) Jiménez (4) 37,443 6–11 18 April 20 @ Diamondbacks 9–8 Helling (2–2) Thomson (2–2) Myers (2) 47,627 6–12 19 April 21 @ Diamondbacks 7–1 Johnson (5–0) Chacón (1–3) 43,891 6–13 20 April 23 @ Reds 3–2 Haynes (2–2) Jennings (1–2) Graves (7) 14,518 6–14 21 April 24 @ Reds 4–3 Williamson (1–0) Jiménez (0–2) 13,004 6–15 22 April 25 @ Reds 4–3 Sullivan (2–0) White (0–2) Graves (8) 14,416 6–16 23 April 26 Phillies 4–1 Thomson (3–2) Adams (0–3) Jiménez (5) 37,551 7–16 24 April 27 Phillies 8–6 Chacón (2–3) Duckworth (1–2) Jiménez (6) 38,064 8–16 25 April 28 Phillies 4–2 Jennings (2–2) Wolf (1–1) Jiménez (7) 40,357 9–16 26 April 30 Pirates 10–0 Hampton (1–3) Williams (2–3) 30,759 10–16
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 Pirates 6–0 Neagle (3–1) Fogg (3–1) 29,529 11–16 28 May 2 Pirates 7–2 Thomson (4–2) Villone (2–4) 30,134 12–16 29 May 3 @ Phillies 3–2 Duckworth (2–2) Chacón (2–4) Mesa (7) 15,257 12–17 30 May 4 @ Phillies 6–5 Mercado (1–0) White (0–3) Mesa (8) 16,205 12–18 31 May 5 @ Phillies 7–4 Padilla (4–2) Hampton (1–4) Mesa (9) 32,411 12–19 32 May 7 @ Expos 5–3 Thomson (5–2) Armas (4–3) Jiménez (8) 3,780 13–19 33 May 8 @ Expos 5–0 Chacón (3–4) Pavano (2–4) 5,220 14–19 34 May 9 @ Expos 6–5 (12) Lloyd (1–2) White (0–4) 3,183 14–20 35 May 10 @ Mets 9–5 Jennings (3–2) D'Amico (2–3) 37,484 15–20 36 May 11 @ Mets 4–3 Leiter (4–2) Hampton (1–5) Strickland (1) 41,605 15–21 37 May 12 @ Mets 4–3 (13) White (1–4) Davis (1–1) Jiménez (9) 33,578 16–21 38 May 13 Marlins 7–3 Stark (1–0) Penny (3–2) 29,971 17–21 39 May 14 Marlins 6–2 Beckett (1–2) Neagle (3–2) Núñez (8) 28,651 17–22 40 May 15 Marlins 7–2 Jennings (4–2) Burnett (5–3) 27,898 18–22 41 May 16 Marlins 10–3 Hampton (2–5) Tavárez (1–3) 28,197 19–22 42 May 17 Braves 4–2 Glavine (6–2) Thomson (5–3) Smoltz (12) 40,357 19–23 43 May 18 Braves 7–3 Stark (2–0) Millwood (2–5) 42,780 20–23 44 May 19 Braves 2–1 Remlinger (2–0) Nichting (0–1) Smoltz (13) 43,151 20–24 45 May 21 Padres 7–6 Speier (1–0) Embree (3–2) Jiménez (10) 30,616 21–24 46 May 22 Padres 5–3 Mercker (1–0) Fikac (3–3) Jiménez (11) 29,204 22–24 47 May 23 Padres 16–3 Thomson (6–3) Tomko (3–4) 30,701 23–24 48 May 24 Giants 8–5 Stark (3–0) Ortiz (4–3) Jiménez (12) 37,627 24–24 49 May 25 Giants 6–3 Nichting (1–1) Rueter (6–2) Jiménez (13) 41,957 25–24 50 May 26 Giants 10–6 Jennings (5–2) Jensen (4–4) 48,073 26–24 51 May 27 @ Padres 8–5 Lawrence (5–3) Hampton (2–6) Hoffman (14) 15,666 26–25 52 May 28 @ Padres 3–2 (12) Jiménez (1–2) Fikac (3–4) Speier (1) 13,998 27–25 53 May 29 @ Padres 11–3 Middlebrook (1–1) Stark (3–1) 13,421 27–26 54 May 30 @ Padres 4–2 Neagle (4–2) Jones (3–3) Jiménez (14) 18,755 28–26 55 May 31 @ Giants 6–2 Jennings (6–2) Jensen (4–5) Jones (1) 38,337 29–26
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 1 @ Giants 5–4 Hampton (3–6) Hernández (5–5) Jiménez (15) 40,893 30–26 57 June 2 @ Giants 9–2 Schmidt (1–1) Thomson (6–4) 40,651 30–27 58 June 3 Dodgers 11–5 Mota (1–0) Jiménez (1–3) 30,150 30–28 59 June 4 Dodgers 10–4 Orosco (1–1) Jones (0–1) 30,195 30–29 60 June 5 Dodgers 8–6 Jennings (7–2) Daal (4–2) Jiménez (16) 31,793 31–29 61 June 7 @ Blue Jays 8–0 Halladay (7–2) Hampton (3–7) 20,032 31–30 62 June 8 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Walker (2–0) Thomson (6–5) Escobar (12) 21,298 31–31 63 June 9 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Escobar (3–2) Jiménez (1–4) 20,328 31–32 64 June 10 @ Red Sox 7–3 Lowe (10–2) Neagle (4–3) Wakefield (3) 33,508 31–33 65 June 11 @ Red Sox 3–1 Jennings (8–2) Fossum (2–1) Jiménez (17) 32,340 32–33 66 June 12 @ Red Sox 7–5 Castillo (5–6) Hampton (3–8) Urbina (19) 31,583 32–34 67 June 14 Indians 5–3 Drese (7–4) Thomson (6–6) Wickman (15) 40,156 32–35 68 June 15 Indians 7–4 Jones (1–1) Paronto (0–2) Jiménez (18) 41,870 33–35 69 June 16 Indians 5–4 Colón (9–4) Neagle (4–4) Wickman (16) 40,792 33–36 70 June 18 Yankees 10–5 Mussina (10–3) Jennings (8–3) Stanton (1) 48,738 33–37 71 June 19 Yankees 20–10 Mendoza (4–2) White (1–5) 48,821 33–38 72 June 20 Yankees 14–11 (10) Stark (4–1) Karsay (3–3) 48,916 34–38 73 June 21 Devil Rays 8–7 (10) Speier (2–0) Yan (3–3) 30,284 35–38 74 June 22 Devil Rays 6–5 (11) Jiménez (2–4) Kent (0–2) 31,190 36–38 75 June 23 Devil Rays 6–5 White (2–5) Kennedy (5–6) Jiménez (19) 31,043 37–38 76 June 24 @ Dodgers 4–1 Hampton (4–8) Ishii (11–3) Jiménez (20) 34,641 38–38 77 June 25 @ Dodgers 4–0 Pérez (9–3) Thomson (6–7) 23,635 38–39 78 June 26 @ Dodgers 5–3 Nomo (8–5) Chacón (3–5) Gagné (28) 25,083 38–40 79 June 27 @ Dodgers 7–1 Daal (6–3) Neagle (4–5) 41,279 38–41 80 June 28 @ Mariners 6–2 Piñeiro (8–3) Jennings (8–4) 45,118 38–42 81 June 29 @ Mariners 8–1 García (11–5) Hampton (4–9) 45,790 38–43 82 June 30 @ Mariners 4–3 Speier (3–0) Sasaki (2–2) Jiménez (21) 45,928 39–43
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 Giants 8–6 Rodríguez (3–4) Jiménez (2–5) Nen (22) 31,115 39–44 84 July 2 Giants 18–5 Jensen (8–6) Neagle (4–6) 30,838 39–45 85 July 3 Giants 14–4 Jennings (9–4) Hernández (6–10) 48,504 40–45 86 July 5 Padres 9–6 Hampton (5–9) Tomko (4–6) Jiménez (22) 48,540 41–45 87 July 6 Padres 3–2 Thomson (7–7) Peavy (0–3) Jiménez (23) 36,866 42–45 88 July 7 Padres 7–1 Pérez (3–1) Chacón (3–6) 30,707 42–46 89 July 11 @ Giants 3–2 Worrell (6–0) Jiménez (2–6) 39,644 42–47 90 July 12 @ Giants 9–0 Hernández (7–10) Hampton (5–10) 40,963 42–48 91 July 13 @ Giants 6–1 Schmidt (5–3) Thomson (7–8) 41,434 42–49 92 July 14 @ Giants 5–3 Chacón (4–6) Rueter (7–6) 41,980 43–49 93 July 15 @ Padres 5–0 Stark (5–1) Pérez (3–2) 37,827 44–49 94 July 16 @ Padres 5–1 Peavy (1–3) Jennings (9–5) Reed (1) 22,150 44–50 95 July 17 Diamondbacks 12–3 Schilling (16–3) Hampton (5–11) 39,023 44–51 96 July 18 Diamondbacks 6–4 Speier (4–0) Swindell (0–1) Jiménez (24) 35,799 45–51 97 July 19 Brewers 9–5 Chacón (5–6) Quevedo (5–7) 34,347 46–51 98 July 20 Brewers 6–5 Stark (6–1) Cabrera (4–7) Jiménez (25) 37,009 47–51 99 July 21 Brewers 6–4 Jennings (10–5) Sheets (4–12) Jiménez (26) 31,597 48–51 100 July 22 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Schilling (17–3) Hampton (5–12) 34,516 48–52 101 July 23 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 Kim (4–1) Jones (1–2) 37,837 48–53 102 July 24 @ Diamondbacks 7–1 Batista (5–7) Chacón (5–7) 34,743 48–54 103 July 26 @ Brewers 10–3 Sheets (5–12) Stark (6–2) Vizcaíno (3) 29,270 48–55 104 July 27 @ Brewers 6–5 (10) DeJean (1–4) Jiménez (2–7) 33,497 48–56 105 July 28 @ Brewers 5–3 Wright (3–10) Hampton (5–13) DeJean (17) 26,535 48–57 106 July 30 @ Pirates 4–1 Benson (4–5) Neagle (4–7) Williams (31) 23,749 48–58 107 July 31 @ Pirates 7–6 Boehringer (3–3) White (2–6) Williams (32) 18,106 48–59
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Pirates 3–0 Jennings (11–5) Meadows (0–1) Jiménez (27) 19,075 49–59 109 August 2 @ Cubs 6–4 (12) Borowski (3–4) Santos (0–1) 38,493 49–60 110 August 3 @ Cubs 2–1 Neagle (5–7) Clement (8–8) Jiménez (28) 39,385 50–60 111 August 4 @ Cubs 4–1 Prior (5–3) Chacón (5–8) 38,474 50–61 112 August 6 Reds 7–6 Stark (7–2) Moehler (2–3) Jiménez (29) 32,780 51–61 113 August 7 Reds 7–2 Jennings (12–5) Hamilton (3–7) 32,483 52–61 114 August 8 Reds 10–3 Hampton (6–13) Haynes (12–7) 30,218 53–61 115 August 9 Cubs 2–0 Neagle (6–7) Zambrano (2–3) Jiménez (30) 41,131 54–61 116 August 10 Cubs 15–1 Prior (6–3) Chacón (5–9) 45,474 54–62 117 August 11 Cubs 12–9 Smyth (1–0) Stark (7–3) 37,016 54–63 118 August 12 @ Marlins 1–0 Jennings (13–5) Burnett (11–9) Jiménez (31) 5,090 55–63 119 August 13 @ Marlins 5–4 Hampton (7–13) Núñez (5–5) Jiménez (32) 4,729 56–63 120 August 14 @ Marlins 1–0 Lloyd (3–3) Santos (0–2) 4,746 56–64 121 August 16 @ Braves 4–1 Millwood (12–6) Chacón (5–10) Smoltz (43) 30,504 56–65 122 August 17 @ Braves 10–3 Stark (8–3) Marquis (8–7) 46,104 57–65 123 August 18 @ Braves 6–3 Jennings (14–5) Maddux (11–5) Jiménez (33) 30,399 58–65 124 August 19 @ Braves 7–6 Smoltz (3–2) Jiménez (2–8) 24,568 58–66 125 August 20 Expos 8–6 Neagle (7–7) Vázquez (8–10) Jiménez (34) 28,278 59–66 126 August 21 Expos 13–5 Yoshii (4–5) Chacón (5–11) 27,916 59–67 127 August 22 Expos 14–6 Stark (9–3) Armas (8–11) 27,231 60–67 128 August 23 Mets 10–4 Jennings (15–5) Astacio (11–7) 29,110 61–67 129 August 24 Mets 5–2 Weathers (5–3) Jiménez (2–9) Benítez (28) 35,178 61–68 130 August 25 Mets 7–4 Leiter (11–10) Neagle (7–8) Benítez (29) 27,386 61–69 131 August 26 Giants 4–3 Rodríguez (4–6) Jones (1–3) Nen (32) 26,877 61–70 132 August 27 Giants 7–4 Rodríguez (5–6) Jones (1–4) Nen (33) 26,592 61–71 133 August 28 Giants 9–1 Ortiz (9–10) Jennings (15–6) 27,080 61–72 134 August 29 Giants 10–6 Hernández (9–14) Hampton (7–14) 26,330 61–73 135 August 30 @ Padres 2–0 Tomko (8–8) Neagle (7–9) Hoffman (33) 15,987 61–74 136 August 31 @ Padres 3–0 Condrey (1–0) Cook (0–1) Hoffman (34) 31,043 61–75
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 @ Padres 9–5 Nickle (1–0) Santos (0–3) Hoffman (35) 21,190 61–76 138 September 2 @ Padres 5–2 Jennings (16–6) Jones (7–8) Jiménez (35) 31,837 62–76 139 September 3 @ Giants 4–2 Ortiz (10–10) Hampton (7–15) Nen (35) 33,483 62–77 140 September 4 @ Giants 2–1 Neagle (8–9) Hernández (9–15) Jiménez (36) 34,342 63–77 141 September 6 Padres 7–3 Cook (1–1) Eaton (0–1) 26,243 64–77 142 September 7 Padres 5–3 Mercker (2–0) Holtz (2–2) Jiménez (37) 26,444 65–77 143 September 8 Padres 9–4 Lawrence (12–10) Jennings (16–7) Hoffman (36) 25,706 65–78 144 September 9 @ Astros 6–5 (10) Lidge (1–0) Flores (0–1) 28,330 65–79 145 September 10 @ Astros 11–4 Miller (13–3) Neagle (8–10) 24,812 65–80 146 September 11 @ Astros 8–6 Cook (2–1) Saarloos (6–5) Jiménez (38) 29,185 66–80 147 September 12 Dodgers 7–1 Stark (10–3) Daal (11–8) 25,593 67–80 148 September 13 Dodgers 5–4 Mercker (3–0) Mota (1–3) Jiménez (39) 26,441 68–80 149 September 14 Dodgers 16–3 Pérez (14–9) Santos (0–4) 28,118 68–81 150 September 15 Dodgers 5–4 Speier (5–0) Ashby (9–12) Jiménez (40) 26,011 69–81 151 September 17 Cardinals 11–4 Fassero (8–6) Mercker (3–1) 25,833 69–82 152 September 18 Cardinals 8–5 White (4–6) Speier (5–1) Kline (6) 25,330 69–83 153 September 19 Cardinals 12–6 Simontacchi (11–5) Jennings (16–8) 25,567 69–84 154 September 20 Diamondbacks 9–4 Lowe (5–2) Schilling (23–6) 37,842 70–84 155 September 21 Diamondbacks 15–8 Fuentes (1–0) Fetters (3–2) 29,484 71–84 156 September 22 Diamondbacks 11–7 Fuentes (2–0) Swindell (0–2) 26,520 72–84 157 September 24 @ Dodgers 1–0 Stark (11–3) Pérez (15–10) Jiménez (41) 30,332 73–84 158 September 25 @ Dodgers 3–2 Gagné (3–1) Jiménez (2–10) 28,189 73–85 159 September 26 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Johnson (24–5) Flores (0–2) 33,605 73–86 160 September 27 @ Diamondbacks 8–6 Batista (8–9) Neagle (8–11) Kim (35) 39,693 73–87 161 September 28 @ Diamondbacks 17–8 Helling (10–12) Lowe (5–3) 45,052 73–88 162 September 29 @ Diamondbacks 11–8 Patterson (2–0) Stark (11–4) Kim (36) 45,553 73–89

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
Terry Shumpert	106	234	55	.235	6	21
José Ortiz	65	192	48	.250	1	12
Jay Payton	47	170	57	.335	8	28
Greg Norton	113	168	37	.220	7	37
Gabe Kapler	40	119	37	.311	2	17
Benny Agbayani	48	117	24	.205	4	19
Sandy Alomar Jr.	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
Jason Jennings	32	185.1	16	8	4.52	127
Mike Hampton	30	178.2	7	15	6.15	74
Denny Neagle	35	164.1	8	11	5.26	111
John Thomson	21	127.1	7	8	4.88	76
Shawn Chacón	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
Aaron Cook	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
José Jiménez	74	2	10	41	3.56	47
Todd Jones	79	1	4	1	4.70	73
Justin Speier	63	5	1	1	4.33	47
Kent Mercker	58	3	1	0	6.14	37
Dennys Reyes	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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Chris Cron
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	P. J. Carey
A	Salem Avalanche	Carolina League	Stu Cole
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season	Tri-City Dust Devils	Northwest League	Ron Gideon
Rookie	Casper Rockies	Pioneer League	Darron Cox

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Notes

1. Brian Fuentes page at Baseball Reference
2. JD Closser page at Baseball Reference
3. Todd Jones page at Baseball Reference 2011-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
4. Todd Zeile page at Baseball Reference April 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
5. Ross Gload page at Baseball Reference
6. Kent Mercker page at Baseball Reference
7. Bobby Estalella page at Baseball Reference
8. Jeff Francis page at Baseball Reference
9. Sandy Alomar, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
10. Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference
11. Jay Payton page at Baseball Reference
12. "2002 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 2002 Colorado Rockies at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com