2002 Cleveland Indians season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise and the 9th season at Jacobs Field. The season began on March 31, 2002. The team finished third in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, and suffered their first losing season since 1993.

Offseason

• November 7, 2001: Chris Coste was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• November 7, 2001: Jason Beverlin was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• November 26, 2001: Donzell McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• December 11, 2001: Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples (minors) were traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan and players to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Earl Snyder and Billy Traber to the Indians on December 13.
• December 18, 2001: John Rocker was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder.
• February 9, 2002: Bruce Aven was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
• March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned by the Indians to the Kansas City Royals.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Matt Lawton – RF
• Omar Vizquel – SS
• Ellis Burks – DH
• Jim Thome – 1B
• Travis Fryman – 3B
• Ricky Gutiérrez – 2B
• Milton Bradley – CF
• Russell Branyan – LF
• Einar Díaz – C
• Bartolo Colón – SP

Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed on October 3, 2002.
• June 7, 2002: Russell Branyan was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Ben Broussard.
• June 25, 2002: Bruce Aven was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff D'Amico.
• June 27, 2002: Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew were traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, and Lee Stevens.
• July 28, 2002: Paul Shuey was traded by the Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ricardo Rodríguez, Terry Mulholland, and Francisco Cruceta.
• August 16, 2002: Jason Beverlin was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Detroit Tigers.

Roster

2002 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 55 Danys Báez 49 Jason Beverlin 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 64 Jason Davis 56 Sean DePaula 57 Ryan Drese 47 Dave Elder 31 Chuck Finley 49 Alex Herrera 65 Cliff Lee 50 Dave Maurer 45 Terry Mulholland 58 Heath Murray 41 Charles Nagy 16 Chad Paronto 59 Jason Phillips 51 Jerrod Riggan 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 49 Nerio Rodríguez 46 Ricardo Rodríguez 52 CC Sabathia 53 Carl Sadler 53 Paul Shuey 48 Roy Smith 60 Brian Tallet 37 Jake Westbrook 26 Bob Wickman 39 Mark Wohlers 27 Jaret Wright		Catchers 44 Josh Bard  2 Einar Díaz 63 Víctor Martínez 38 Eddie Pérez Infielders 28 Ben Broussard 17 Travis Fryman 12 Ricky Gutiérrez 62 Greg LaRocca  8 John McDonald 61 Brandon Phillips 36 Bill Selby  9 Lee Stevens 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders  9 Chad Allen  9 Brady Anderson 20 Bruce Aven 24 Milton Bradley 28 Russell Branyan 23 Ellis Burks 10 Jolbert Cabrera 30 Wil Cordero 10 Coco Crisp 44 Todd Dunwoody 20 Karim García 11 Matt Lawton 30 Chris Magruder 22 Earl Snyder		Manager 32 Charlie Manuel 35 Joel Skinner Coaches 45 Mike Brown (Pitching)  1 Al Bumbry (First Base) 29 Jeff Datz (Bench, Third Base)  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 87 Dave Keller (Bullpen Catcher) 33 Eddie Murray (Hitting) 35 Joel Skinner (Third Base)  6 Robby Thompson (First Base, Bench) 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || March 31 || @ Angels || 6–0 || Colón (1–0) || Washburn (0–1) || — || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 42,697 || 1–0 || W1 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 2 || @ Angels || 5–7 || Weber (1–0) || Riske (0–1) || Percival (1) || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 20,055 || 1–1 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 3 || @ Angels || 6–5 || Drese (1–0) || Sele (0–1) || Wickman (1) || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 18,194 || 2–1 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 5 || @ Tigers || 10–1 || Báez (1–0) || Redman (0–1) || — || Comerica Park || 41,248 || 3–1 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 6 || @ Tigers || 5–3 || Colón (2–0) || Cornejo (0–1) || Wickman (2) || Comerica Park || 19,754 || 4–1 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 7 || @ Tigers || 5–1 || Sabathia (1–0) || Weaver (0–1) || Wickman (3) || Comerica Park || 14,749 || 5–1 || W4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 8 || Twins || 9–5 || Drese (2–0) || Milton (1–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 42,441 || 6–1 || W5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 9 || Twins || 5–4 || Finley (1–0) || Mays (0–2) || Wickman (4) || Jacobs Field || 23,760 || 7–1 || W6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 10 || Twins || 9–3 || Báez (2–0) || Reed (1–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,420 || 8–1 || W7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 11 || Twins || 8–4 || Colón (3–0) || Lohse (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,582 || 9–1 || W8 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 12 || Royals || 3–1 || Sabathia (2–0) || Suppan (1–1) || Wickman (5) || Jacobs Field || 29,970 || 10–1 || W9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 13 || Royals || 8–7 || Shuey (1–0) || Bailey (0–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 28,455 || 11–1 || W10 |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || April 14 || Royals || colspan=8 | Postponed (rain, makeup May 18) |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ White Sox || 5–10 || Marte (1–0) || Finley (1–1) || — || Comiskey Park || 23,502 || 11–2 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 17 || @ White Sox || 2–7 || Buehrle (4–0) || Báez (2–1) || — || Comiskey Park || 15,561 || 11–3 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 18 || @ White Sox || 1–7 || Ritchie (1–1) || Colón (3–1) || — || Comiskey Park || 13,880 || 11–4 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 19 || @ Twins || 3–12 || Lohse (1–1) || Sabathia (2–1) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 23,491 || 11–5 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 20 || @ Twins || 2–6 || Kinney (1–0) || Drese (2–1) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 30,146 || 11–6 || L5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 21 || @ Twins || 2–4 || Reed (2–1) || Finley (1–2) || Guerrero (8) || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 22,264 || 11–7 || L6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || April 22 || White Sox || 4–2 || Báez (3–1) || Buehrle (4–1) || Wickman (6) || Jacobs Field || 24,519 || 12–7 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || April 23 || White Sox || 1–5 || Ritchie (2–1) || Colón (3–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,284 || 12–8 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 24 || White Sox || 2–9 || Wright (2–2) || Sabathia (2–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,935 || 12–9 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 25 || White Sox || 3–6 || Garland (3–1) || Drese (2–2) || Foulke (6) || Jacobs Field || 29,046 || 12–10 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 26 || @ Rangers || 7–4 || Davis (2–2) || Finley (2–2) || — || The Ballpark in Arlington || 33,243 || 13–10 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || April 27 || @ Rangers || 2–4 || Bell (1–0) || Báez (3–2) || Irabu (4) || The Ballpark in Arlington || 43,353 || 13–11 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 28 || @ Rangers || 1–2 || Valdez (2–3) || Colón (3–3) || Irabu (5) || The Ballpark in Arlington || 24,118 || 13–12 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || April 30 || Angels || 2–21 || Ortiz (2–3) || Sabathia (2–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 24,286 || 13–13 || L3 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 1 || Angels || 2–7 || Washburn (3–2) || Drese (2–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 23,536 || 13–14 || L4 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || May 2 || Angels || 0–8 || Appier (3–1) || Finley (2–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 26,068 || 13–15 || L5 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 3 || Rangers || 2–4 || Davis (3–2) || Báez (3–3) || Irabu (7) || Jacobs Field || 32,846 || 13–16 || L6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 || May 4 || Rangers || 3–0 || Colón (4–3) || Valdez (2–4) || Wickman (7) || Jacobs Field || 33,788 || 14–16 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 || May 5 || Rangers || 9–2 || Sabathia (3–3) || Rogers (3–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 31,990 || 15–16 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 6 || @ Orioles || 9–4 || Drese (3–3) || Groom (1–1) || — || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 24,976 || 16–16 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 7 || @ Orioles || 3–4 (10) || Julio (2–0) || Wohlers (0–1) || — || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 26,455 || 16–17 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 8 || @ Orioles || 6–2 || Báez (4–3) || Erickson (3–3) || — || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 29,361 || 17–17 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 9 || @ Royals || 3–5 || Suppan (3–4) || Rincón (0–1) || Hernandez (2) || Kauffman Stadium || 12,555 || 17–18 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 10 || @ Royals || 0–9 || Reichert (1–3) || Sabathia (3–4) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 24,279 || 17–19 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || May 11 || @ Royals || colspan=8 | Postponed (rain, makeup July 20) |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 12 || @ Royals || 1–4 || Byrd (6–2) || Finley (2–4) || Hernandez (3) || Kauffman Stadium || 10,820 || 17–20 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || May 14 || Orioles || 6–5 || Shuey (2–0) || Julio (2–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 30,447 || 18–20 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || May 15 || Orioles || 3–1 || Colón (5–3) || Bauer (1–1) || Wickman (8) || Jacobs Field || 26,315 || 19–20 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || May 16 || Orioles || colspan=8 | Postponed (rain, makeup June 13) |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 17 || Royals || 2–6 || Byrd (7–2) || Finley (2–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 32,593 || 19–21 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 18 (1) || Royals || 2–4 || Reichert (2–4) || Wickman (0–1) || Hernandez (4) || Jacobs Field || 29,388 || 19–22 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 || May 18 (2) || Royals || 4–1 || Drese (4–3) || May (0–1) || Wickman (9) || Jacobs Field || 32,110 || 20–22 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 19 || Royals || 4–5 || Grimsley (2–2) || Wickman (0–2) || Hernandez (5) || Jacobs Field || 31,105 || 20–23 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 20 || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Santana (3–0) || Rincón (0–2) || Walker (1) || Comerica Park || 12,851 || 20–24 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 21 || @ Tigers || 1–5 || Redman (1–5) || Nagy (0–1) || — || Comerica Park || 14,442 || 20–25 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 22 || @ Tigers || 0–2 || Weaver (4–5) || Finley (2–6) || — || Comerica Park || 14,396 || 20–26 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 24 || @ Blue Jays || 5–2 || Drese (5–3) || Miller (3–2) || Wickman (10) || SkyDome || 16,385 || 21–26 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 25 || @ Blue Jays || 3–0 || Sabathia (4–4) || Loaiza (2–1) || Wickman (11) || SkyDome || 21,589 || 22–26 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 26 || @ Blue Jays || 3–1 || Colón (6–3) || Prokopec (2–7) || — || SkyDome || 22,380 || 23–26 || W3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 50 || May 27 || Tigers || 1–4 || Redman (2–5) || Báez (4–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 40,652 || 23–27 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 || May 28 || Tigers || 4–2 || Finley (3–6) || Weaver (4–6) || Wickman (12) || Jacobs Field || 25,028 || 24–27 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 52 || May 29 || Tigers || 5–9 || Sparks (3–5) || Riske (0–2) || Acevedo (7) || Jacobs Field || 26,156 || 24–28 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || May 30 || Tigers || 11–7 || Riske (1–2) || Lima (1–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,689 || 25–28 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || May 31 || White Sox || 7–0 || Colón (7–3) || Glover (1–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 33,756 || 26–28 || W2 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 || June 1 || White Sox || 8–4 || Báez (5–4) || Ritchie (3–7) || — || Jacobs Field || 37,707 || 27–28 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 56 || June 2 || White Sox || 4–3 || Finley (4–6) || Wright (5–6) || Wickman (13) || Jacobs Field || 37,760 || 28–28 || W4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 4 || @ Twins || 2–23 || Reed (6–2) || Drese (5–4) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 14,029 || 28–29 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 5 || @ Twins || 6–4 || Sabathia (5–4) || Milton (7–5) || Riske (1) || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 15,617 || 29–29 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 6 || @ Twins || 3–8 || Lohse (6–3) || Colón (7–4) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 15,553 || 29–30 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 7 || Mets || 3–4 || Leiter (6–5) || Báez (5–5) || Benitez (12) || Jacobs Field || 39,986 || 29–31 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 8 || Mets || 6–8 || Trachsel (4–6) || Finley (4–7) || Benitez (13) || Jacobs Field || 41,474 || 29–32 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 || June 9 || Mets || 8–3 || Drese (6–4) || Estes (2–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 39,436 || 30–32 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 63 || June 10 || Phillies || 1–3 || Adms (3–4) || Sabathia (5–5) || Mesa (18) || Jacobs Field || 28,440 || 30–33 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 || June 11 || Phillies || 5–1 || Colón (8–4) || Wolf (3–5) || Wickman (14) || Jacobs Field || 30,238 || 31–33 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 65 || June 12 || Phillies || 3–7 || Padilla (9–4) || Paronto (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 35,783 || 31–34 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 66 || June 13 || Orioles || 2–1 (10) || Riggan (1–0) || Roberts (3–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 26,745 || 32–34 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || June 14 || @ Rockies || 5–3 || Drese (7–4) || Thomson (6–6) || Wickman (15) || Coors Field || 40,156 || 33–34 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 15 || @ Rockies || 4–7 || Jones (1–1) || Paronto (0–2) || Jimenez (18) || Coors Field || 41,870 || 33–35 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 16 || @ Rockies || 5–4 || Colón (9–4) || Neagle (4–4) || Wickman (16) || Coors Field || 40,792 || 34–35 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 18 || @ Marlins || 0–4 || Dempster (5–6) || Finley (4–8) || — || Pro Player Stadium || 9,724 || 34–36 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 19 || @ Marlins || 1–2 || Tavarez (5–3) || Riggan (1–1) || Nunez (16) || Pro Player Stadium || 9,428 || 34–37 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 20 || @ Marlins || 0–3 (6) || Burnett (8–5) || Drese (7–5) || — || Pro Player Stadium || 8,045 || 34–38 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 21 || @ Expos || 1–3 || Vazquez (5–3) || Sabathia (5–6) || Stewart (8) || Olympic Stadium || 7,494 || 34–39 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 22 || @ Expos || 5–4 || Colón (10–4) || Day (2–1) || Wickman (17) || Olympic Stadium || 10,180 || 35–39 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 23 || @ Expos || 2–7 || Armas (7–7) || Finley (4–9) || — || Olympic Stadium || 13,557 || 35–40 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 25 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Báez (6–5) || Castillo (5–8) || Wickman (18) || Fenway Park || 34,064 || 36–40 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || June 26 || @ Red Sox || 4–7 || Martinez (9–2) || Drese (7–6) || Urbina (21) || Fenway Park || 32,255 || 36–41 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || June 27 || @ Red Sox || colspan=8 | Postponed (rain, makeup September 16) |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 || June 28 || Diamondbacks || 8–2 || Sabathia (6–6) || Batista (4–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 42,586 || 37–41 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 79 || June 29 || Diamondbacks || 2–4 || Anderson (3–7) || Finley (4–10) || Kim (20) || Jacobs Field || 42,466 || 37–42 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 80 || June 30 || Diamondbacks || 2–5 || Schilling (13–3) || Báez (6–6) || — || Jacobs Field || 42,221 || 37–43 || L2 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 81 || July 2 || @ Yankees || 5–10 || Mendoza (6–2) || Rincón (0–3) || — || Yankee Stadium || 45,589 || 37–44 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 3 || @ Yankees || 8–11 || Wells (9–5) || Sabathia (6–7) || Rivera (20) || Yankee Stadium || 39,879 || 37–45 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || July 4 || @ Yankees || 1–7 || Mussina (12–3) || Finley (4–11) || — || Yankee Stadium || 42,909 || 37–46 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 5 || @ White Sox || 4–2 || Báez (7–6) || Garland (7–6) || Wickman (19) || Comiskey Park || 29,085 || 38–46 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 6 || @ White Sox || 3–7 || Buehrle (12–6) || Phillips (0–1) || Marte (1) || Comiskey Park || 25,016 || 38–47 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 7 || @ White Sox || 9–3 || Drese (8–6) || Ritchie (5–11) || — || Comiskey Park || 22,104 || 39–47 || W1 |- bgcolor=#bbcaff | – || July 9 || 73nd All-Star Game || colspan=8 | American League vs. National League (Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 11 || Yankees || 4–7 || Pettitte (3–3) || Sabathia (6–8) || Rivera (22) || Jacobs Field || 41,192 || 39–48 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 12 || Yankees || 2–1 (10) || Wohlers (1–1) || Karsay (3–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 42,518 || 40–48 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 13 || Yankees || 5–14 || Wells (10–5) || Drese (8–7) || — || Jacobs Field || 42,631 || 40–49 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 14 || Yankees || 10–7 || Rincón (1–3) || Rivera (1–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 42,573 || 41–49 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 91 || July 15 || White Sox || 7–1 || Phillips (1–1) || Glover (3–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 30,025 || 42–49 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 92 || July 16 || White Sox || 4–5 || Osuna (5–1) || Wickman (0–3) || Marte (2) || Jacobs Field || 30,754 || 42–50 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 17 || Twins || 5–8 || Reed (7–5) || Báez (7–7) || Guerrero (30) || Jacobs Field || 33,324 || 42–51 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 18 || Twins || 6–8 || Fiore (8–2) || Rincón (1–4) || Guerrero (31) || Jacobs Field || 33,573 || 42–52 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 19 || @ Royals || 5–8 || Mullen (2–2) || Murray (0–1) || Ro. Hernandez (18) || Kauffman Stadium || 20,922 || 42–53 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 20 (1) || @ Royals || 5–7 || Ru. Hernandez (1–0) || Wright (0–1) || Ro. Hernandez (19) || Kauffman Stadium || N/A || 42–54 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 20 (2) || @ Royals || 5–3 (10) || Shuey (3–0) || Voyles (0–2) || Wickman (20) || Kauffman Stadium || 36,277 || 43–54 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 98 || July 21 || @ Royals || 12–13 (10) || Mullen (3–2) || Murray (0–2) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 15,637 || 43–55 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 23 || Yankees || 9–3 || Báez (8–7) || Pettitte (4–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 38,520 || 44–55 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 24 || Yankees || 7–14 || Wells (11–5) || Drese (8–8) || — || Jacobs Field || 38,081 || 44–56 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 101 || July 26 || Tigers || 5–8 || Powell (1–0) || Nagy (0–2) || Henriquez (2) || Jacobs Field || 38,738 || 44–57 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 102 || July 27 || Tigers || 1–5 || Sparks (5–10) || Sabathia (6–9) || — || Jacobs Field || 38,622 || 44–58 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 103 || July 28 || Tigers || 9–6 || DePaula (1–0) || Acevedo (1–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 35,076 || 45–58 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || July 29 || @ Athletics || 8–6 || Mulholland (1–0) || Magnante (0–2) || Wohlers (1) || Network Associates Coliseum || 18,297 || 46–58 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 105 || July 30 || @ Athletics || 5–4 || Drese (9–8) || Lidle (3–9) || Wohlers (2) || Network Associates Coliseum || 14,737 || 47–58 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 31 || @ Athletics || 4–6 || Mulder (12–6) || Westbrook (0–1) || Koch (26) || Network Associates Coliseum || 47,574 || 47–59 || L1 Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 1 || @ Mariners || 6–10 || Nelson (2–2) || DePaula (1–1) || — || Safeco Field || 45,590 || 47–60 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 2 || @ Mariners || 1–3 || Moyer (11–4) || Báez (8–8) || Sasaki (29) || Safeco Field || 45,995 || 47–61 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 3 || @ Mariners || 4–12 || Garcia (12–7) || Wright (0–2) || — || Safeco Field || 46,219 || 47–62 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 4 || @ Mariners || 10–8 || Westbrook (1–1) || Sasaki (2–5) || Wohlers (3) || Safeco Field || 46,120 || 48–62 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 111 || August 6 || Devil Rays || 4–2 || Nagy (1–2) || Sosa (1–5) || Wohlers (4) || Jacobs Field || 35,302 || 49–62 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 112 || August 7 || Devil Rays || 6–2 || Sabathia (7–9) || Sturtze (1–12) || — || Jacobs Field || 37,888 || 50–62 || W3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 113 || August 8 || Devil Rays || 2–4 || Wilson (5–7) || Báez (8–9) || Yan (15) || Jacobs Field || 29,973 || 50–63 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 114 || August 9 || Rangers || 2–3 || Rogers (12–6) || Wohlers (1–2) || Cordero (4) || Jacobs Field || 41,019 || 50–64 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 115 || August 10 || Rangers || 4–3 || Wickman (1–3) || Kolb (2–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 37,753 || 51–64 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 116 || August 11 || Rangers || 5–11 || Myette (1–4) || Nagy (1–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 36,789 || 51–65 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 13 || @ Devil Rays || 9–5 || Sabathia (8–9) || Sturtze (1–13) || Wohlers (5) || Tropicana Field || 11,779 || 52–65 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 118 || August 14 || @ Devil Rays || 6–4 || Báez (9–9) || Wilson (5–8) || Wohlers (6) || Tropicana Field || 10,455 || 53–65 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 15 || @ Devil Rays || 3–4 || Harper (5–6) || Wohlers (1–3) || — || Tropicana Field || 10,778 || 53–66 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 120 || August 16 || @ Angels || 4–5 || Lackey (5–2) || Drese (9–9) || Percival (29) || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 41,356 || 53–67 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 121 || August 17 || @ Angels || 9–4 || Sadler (1–0) || Washburn (15–4) || — || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 39,866 || 54–67 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 122 || August 18 || @ Angels || 1–4 || Appier (11–9) || Sabathia (8–10) || Percival (30) || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 41,059 || 54–68 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 19 || Athletics || 1–8 || Hudson (10–9) || Báez (9–10) || — || Jacobs Field || 27,696 || 54–69 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || August 20 || Athletics || 3–6 || Harang (5–3) || Westbrook (1–2) || Koch (32) || Jacobs Field || 27,527 || 54–70 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 21 || Athletics || 0–6 || Lidle (7–9) || Rodríguez (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 26,916 || 54–71 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 22 || Athletics || 3–9 || Mulder (15–7) || Phillips (1–2) || Bradford (2) || Jacobs Field || 27,759 || 54–72 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 127 || August 23 || Mariners || 4–2 || Wohlers (2–3) || Baldwin (7–10) || — || Jacobs Field || 33,525 || 55–72 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 24 || Mariners || 5–3 || Mulholland (2–0) || Creek (2–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 38,086 || 56–72 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 25 || Mariners || 4–12 || Garcia (14–9) || Westbrook (1–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 36,402 || 56–73 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 130 || August 26 || Tigers || 8–2 || Rodríguez (1–1) || Sparks (8–13) || — || Jacobs Field || 24,344 || 57–73 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 131 || August 27 || Tigers || 5–8 || Redman (8–12) || Phillips (1–3) || Acevedo (27) || Jacobs Field || 24,375 || 57–74 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 132 || August 28 || Tigers || 2–1 || Sabathia (9–10) || Powell (1–4) || Báez (1) || Jacobs Field || 25,158 || 58–74 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || August 30 || Red Sox || 5–15 || Lowe (18–6) || Wright (0–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 31,986 || 58–75 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || August 31 || Red Sox || 8–7 || Báez (10–10) || Howry (3–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 37,908 || 59–75 || W1 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || September 1 || Red Sox || 1–7 || Wakefield (8–5) || Nagy (1–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 34,799 || 59–76 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || September 2 || @ Tigers || 11–1 || Sabathia (10–10) || Powell (1–5) || — || Comerica Park || 18,722 || 60–76 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 3 || @ Tigers || 0–4 || Van Hekken (1–0) || Mulholland (2–1) || — || Comerica Park || 11,635 || 60–77 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 138 || September 4 || @ Tigers || 9–3 || Wright (1–3) || Maroth (5–7) || — || Comerica Park || 12,715 || 61–77 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || September 5 || @ White Sox || 11–6 || Rodríguez (2–1) || Glover (7–7) || — || Comiskey Park || 12,667 || 62–77 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 || September 6 || @ White Sox || 9–7 || Burba (5–5) || Buehrle (17–10) || Báez (2) || Comiskey Park || 17,131 || 63–77 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 141 || September 7 || @ White Sox || 4–2 || Sabathia (11–10) || Garland (10–11) || Wohlers (7) || Comiskey Park || 16,622 || 64–77 || W4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 8 || @ White Sox || 6–7 || Osuna (8–2) || Báez (10–11) || — || Comiskey Park || 15,067 || 64–78 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 9 || Blue Jays || 9–11 || Bowles (1–1) || Sadler (1–1) || Escobar (30) || Jacobs Field || 28,567 || 64–79 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 10 || Blue Jays || 4–5 || Bowles (2–1) || Wohlers (2–4) || Escobar (31) || Jacobs Field || 24,312 || 64–80 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 11 || Blue Jays || 5–6 (11) || Cassidy (1–4) || Elder (0–1) || Kershner (1) || Jacobs Field || 26,609 || 64–81 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 146 || September 12 || Twins || 5–4 || Riggan (2–1) || Mays (3–7) || Báez (3) || Jacobs Field || 28,649 || 65–81 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 147 || September 13 || Twins || 12–5 || Mulholland (3–1) || Milton (13–9) || — || Jacobs Field || 30,421 || 66–81 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 14 || Twins || 2–3 || Reed (15–7) || Sadler (1–2) || Guerrero (41) || Jacobs Field || 32,330 || 66–82 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 15 || Twins || 0–5 || Lohse (13–8) || Lee (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 28,061 || 66–83 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 16 (1) || @ Red Sox || 1–6 || Martinez (19–4) || Rodríguez (2–2) || — || Fenway Park || 30,023 || 66–84 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 151 || September 16 (2) || @ Red Sox || 7–1 || Tallet (1–0) || Castillo (5–15) || — || Fenway Park || 31,203 || 67–84 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 17 || @ Red Sox || 2–4 || Wakefield (11–5) || Sabathia (11–11) || Urbina (36) || Fenway Park || 31,760 || 67–85 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 153 || September 18 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Riske (2–2) || Embree (3–6) || Báez (4) || Fenway Park || 31,829 || 68–85 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 154 || September 20 || @ Royals || 6–2 || Davis (1–0) || Obermueller (0–1) || Báez (5) || Kauffman Stadium || 13,271 || 69–85 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 21 || @ Royals || 2–3 || Grimsley (4–6) || Mulholland (3–2) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 15,446 || 69–86 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 22 || @ Royals || 6–5 || Sabathia (12–11) || Grimsley (4–7) || Báez (6) || Kauffman Stadium || 11,177 || 70–86 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 24 || @ Twins || 3–4 || Hawkins (5–0) || Elder (0–2) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 21,634 || 70–87 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 25 || @ Twins || 5–7 (12) || Romero (9–2) || Maurer (0–1) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 15,314 || 70–88 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || September 26 || @ Twins || 8–4 || Drese (10–9) || Jackson (2–3) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 17,772 || 71–88 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || September 27 || Royals || 4–3 || Sabathia (13–11) || Obermueller (0–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 27,706 || 72–88 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || September 28 || Royals || 6–5 (10) || Wohlers (3–4) || MacDougal (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 31,428 || 73–88 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || September 29 || Royals || 7–3 || Wright (2–3) || Mullen (4–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 32,018 || 74–88 || W4 Template:Game log section end |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
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Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	102	320	34	66	19	0	2	16	.206	0
1B	Jim Thome	147	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	.304	1
2B	Ricky Gutiérrez	94	353	38	97	13	0	4	38	.275	0
3B	Travis Fryman	118	397	42	86	14	3	11	55	.217	0
SS	Omar Vizquel	151	582	85	160	31	5	14	72	.275	18
LF	Russell Branyan	50	161	16	33	4	0	8	17	.205	1
CF	Milton Bradley	98	325	48	81	18	3	9	38	.249	6
RF	Matt Lawton	114	416	71	98	19	2	15	57	.236	8
DH	Ellis Burks	138	518	92	156	28	0	32	91	.301	2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Chad Allen	5	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	.100	0
Brady Anderson	34	80	4	13	4	0	1	5	.163	4
Bruce Aven	7	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	.118	1
Josh Bard	24	90	9	20	5	0	3	12	.222	0
Ben Broussard	39	112	10	27	4	0	4	9	.241	0
Jolbert Cabrera	38	72	5	8	1	0	0	7	.111	1
Wil Cordero	6	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	.222	0
Coco Crisp	32	127	16	33	9	2	1	9	.260	4
Todd Dunwoody	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Karim García	51	197	29	59	8	0	16	52	.299	0
Greg LaRocca	21	52	12	14	3	1	0	4	.269	1
Chris Magruder	87	258	34	56	15	1	6	29	.217	2
Víctor Martínez	12	32	2	9	1	0	1	5	.281	0
John McDonald	93	264	35	66	11	3	1	12	.250	3
Eddie Pérez	42	117	6	25	9	0	0	4	.214	0
Brandon Phillips	11	31	5	8	3	1	0	4	.258	0
Bill Selby	65	159	15	34	7	2	6	21	.214	0
Earl Snyder	18	55	5	11	2	0	1	4	.200	0
Lee Stevens	53	153	22	34	7	1	5	26	.222	0

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
CC Sabathia	13	11	4.37	33	33	210.0	198	109	102	88	149
Ryan Drese	10	9	6.55	26	26	137.1	176	104	100	62	102
Bartolo Colón	10	4	2.55	16	16	116.1	104	37	33	31	75
Chuck Finley	4	11	4.44	18	18	105.1	114	56	52	48	91
Jason Phillips	1	3	4.97	8	6	41.2	41	24	23	20	23
Ricardo Rodríguez	2	2	5.66	7	7	41.1	40	27	26	18	24
Jaret Wright	2	3	15.71	8	6	18.1	40	34	32	19	12
Brian Tallet	1	0	1.50	2	2	12.0	9	3	2	4	5
Cliff Lee	0	1	1.74	2	2	10.1	6	2	2	8	6

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Danys Báez	10	11	4.41	39	26	6	165.1	160	84	81	82	130
Charles Nagy	1	4	8.88	19	7	0	48.2	76	51	48	13	22
Terry Mulholland	3	2	4.60	16	3	0	47.0	56	27	24	14	21
Jake Westbrook	1	3	5.83	11	4	0	41.2	50	30	27	12	20
Dave Burba	1	0	4.50	12	3	0	34.0	30	20	17	17	25
Jason Davis	1	0	1.84	3	2	0	14.2	12	3	3	4	11
Roy Smith	0	0	3.00	4	1	0	6.0	9	4	2	5	2

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Bob Wickman	1	3	4.46	36	20	34.1	42	22	17	10	36
Mark Wohlers	3	4	4.79	64	7	71.1	71	41	38	26	46
David Riske	2	2	5.26	51	1	51.1	49	32	30	35	65
Ricardo Rincón	1	4	4.79	46	0	35.2	36	21	19	8	30
Paul Shuey	3	0	2.41	39	0	37.1	31	11	10	10	39
Chad Paronto	0	2	4.04	29	0	35.2	34	19	16	11	23
Jerrod Riggan	2	1	7.64	29	0	33.0	53	28	28	18	22
Dave Elder	0	2	3.13	15	0	23.0	18	10	8	14	23
Carl Sadler	1	2	4.43	24	0	20.1	15	10	10	11	23
Heath Murray	0	2	7.50	9	0	12.0	12	10	10	7	11
Jason Beverlin	0	0	7.36	4	0	7.1	9	7	6	4	9
Sean DePaula	1	1	12.79	5	0	6.1	11	9	9	3	8
Alex Herrera	0	0	0.00	5	0	5.1	3	0	0	1	5
Dave Maurer	0	1	13.50	2	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	0
Nerio Rodríguez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0

Awards and honors

• Jim Thome, Roberto Clemente Award

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

References

• 2002 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac