2002 Atlanta Braves season

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2002  Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record101–59 (.631)
Divisional place1st
Owners AOL Time Warner
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Bobby Cox
Television TBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
Radio WSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
WWWE
(Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2002 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 37th season in Atlanta and 132nd overall. The Braves won their eighth consecutive division title, finishing 19 games ahead of the second-place Montreal Expos. The Braves lost the 2002 Divisional Series to the eventual NL Champion San Francisco Giants, 3 games to 2. This would be the first of four consecutive NLDS losses in as many years, and the first of three consecutive years to do so by losing the deciding Game 5 at Turner Field.

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2002 marked the final year that pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz played on the same team ending the reign of what has been considered by many the greatest pitching trio of all-time. All three would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame a decade later. Smoltz set the Braves' single season record for saves (55). Chipper Jones moved to the outfield in left field to allow for Vinny Castilla to be signed and added to the lineup at third base. Julio Franco became a regular player in the second stint of his Major League career and Gary Sheffield was acquired to the Braves in 2002, playing at right field.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101590.631—52–2849–31
Montreal Expos 83790.5121949–3234–47
Philadelphia Phillies 80810.49721½40–4040–41
Florida Marlins 79830.4882346–3533–48
New York Mets 75860.46626½38–4337–43

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta 3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago 2–42–4—5–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati 0–62–412–5—3–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–3—5–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida 1–58–112–41–52–5—3–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston 3–33–311–811–63–33–3—3–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–3—5–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee 2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–5—2–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal 2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–2—11–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York 2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–11—9–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia 3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–9—2–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh 2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–2—2–42–46–113–9
San Diego 7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–2—5–141–58–10
San Francisco 11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis 4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Transactions

Roster

2002 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Javy López 10934781.2331152
1B Julio Franco 12533896.284630
2B Keith Lockhart 12829664.216532
SS Rafael Furcal 154636175.275847
3B Vinny Castilla 143543126.2321261
LF Chipper Jones 158548179.32726100
CF Andruw Jones 154560148.2643594
RF Gary Sheffield 135492151.3072584

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Henry Blanco 8122145.204622
Marcus Giles 6821349.230823
Darren Bragg 10921257.269315
Mark DeRosa 7221263.297523
Wes Helms 8521051.243622
Matt Franco 8120565.317630
B.J. Surhoff 257522.29309
Jesse Garcia 396112.19705
Steve Torrealba 13171.05901
Ryan Langerhans 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Glavine 36224.218112.96127
Kevin Millwood 35217.01883.24178
Greg Maddux 34199.11662.62118
Damian Moss 33179.01263.42111
Jason Marquis 22114.1895.0484
Jung Bong 16.0017.504
John Ennis 14.0004.501

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Albie Lopez 3055.2144.3739

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Smoltz 7532553.2585
Mike Remlinger 737301.9969
Chris Hammond 637200.9563
Kevin Gryboski 572103.4833
Darren Holmes 552211.8147
Kerry Ligtenberg 523402.9751
Tim Spooneybarger 511012.6333
John Foster 510010.806
Trey Hodges 42005.406
Andy Pratt 10006.751
Joey Dawley 10000.001
Aaron Small 100027.001

2002 National League Division Series

San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves

San Francisco (eventual NL Champion) wins the series, 3-2

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateStadiumSeries
1Atlanta5San Francisco8October 2 Turner Field 1-0 (SFO)
2Atlanta7San Francisco3October 3 Turner Field 1-1
3San Francisco2Atlanta10October 5 Pacific Bell Park 2-1 (ATL)
4San Francisco8Atlanta3October 6 Pacific Bell Park 2-2
5Atlanta1San Francisco3October 7 Turner Field 3-2 (SFO)

Award winners

2002 Major League Baseball season Braves' team pitching led the league with a 3.13 ERA. John Smoltz was National League Relief Man of the Year, as he led the league with 55 saves, which was a National League record at the time (since broken by Éric Gagné in 2003). Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were chosen for Gold Glove awards.

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Representing the Braves on the 2002 National League All-Star team were pitchers Tom Glavine, Mike Remlinger and John Smoltz. Andruw Jones was elected to receive the final roster spot on the 2002 National League All-Star team.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Fredi González
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Brian Snitker
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Randy Ingle
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Lynn Jones
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Ralph Henriquez
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Saul

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  2. ↑ "John Smoltz Stats".
  3. ↑ "Vinny Castilla Stats".
  4. ↑ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Gary Sheffield Stats".
  6. ↑ "Doug Linton Stats".
  7. ↑ "Henry Blanco Stats".
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  9. ↑ Jeff Francoeur Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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