2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2002 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record	72–89 (.447)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Dave Littlefield
Managers	Lloyd McClendon
Television	WCWB-TV Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 121st season of the franchise; the 116th in the National League. This was their second season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 72–89.

The Pirates missed the playoffs for the tenth straight season, tying a record set between 1980 and 1989.

Offseason

• January 5, 2002: Scott Service was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
• January 25, 2002: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]
• March 5, 2002: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[4]
• March 5, 2002: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	0.599	—	52–29	45–36
Houston Astros	84	78	0.519	13	47–34	37–44
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	0.481	19	38–43	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	0.447	24½	38–42	34–47
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	36–45	31–50
Milwaukee Brewers	56	106	0.346	41	31–50	25–56

Game log

2002 Game Log (72–89)[6]
April (14–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Mets 2–6 Leiter (1–0) Villone (0–1) — 53,734 0–1 2 April 3 @ Mets 5–3 Wells (1–0) Trachsel (0–1) Williams (1) 25,952 1–1 3 April 4 @ Mets 3–2 Anderson (1–0) Estes (0–1) Williams (2) 33,785 2–1 4 April 5 @ Cubs 2–1 Williams (1–0) Bere (0–1) Williams (3) 41,555 3–1 5 April 6 @ Cubs 6–1 Fogg (1–0) Clement (0–1) — 34,956 4–1 — April 7 Postponed 6 April 8 Reds 1–0 Villone (1–1) Dessens (0–2) Williams (4) 36,402 5–1 7 April 10 Reds 5–8 Acevedo (2–0) Wells (1–1) Graves (2) 36,048 5–2 8 April 11 Reds 2–3 Haynes (1–1) Anderson (1–1) Graves (3) 12,795 5–3 9 April 12 Cubs 3–7 Bere (1–1) Williams (1–1) — 24,002 5–4 10 April 13 Cubs 3–2 Fogg (2–0) Clement (0–2) Williams (5) 17,971 6–4 11 April 14 Cubs 1–5 (8) Lieber (2–0) Villone (1–2) Borowski (1) 16,045 6–5 12 April 15 @ Brewers 6–1 Wells (2–1) Rusch (1–1) — 14,090 7–5 13 April 16 @ Brewers 5–1 Anderson (2–1) Neugebauer (0–2) — 15,012 8–5 14 April 17 @ Brewers 3–2 Williams (2–1) Buddie (0–1) Williams (6) 17,879 9–5 15 April 19 Phillies 7–4 Lowe (1–0) Padilla (2–2) Williams (7) 23,321 10–5 16 April 20 Phillies 6–5 Villone (2–2) Adams (0–2) Williams (8) 18,032 11–5 17 April 21 Phillies 9–3 Wells (3–1) Duckworth (1–1) — 18,749 12–5 18 April 23 Dodgers 6–9 Ishii (4–0) Anderson (2–2) Gagne (8) 13,235 12–6 19 April 24 Dodgers 1–5 Daal (3–0) Williams (2–2) — 14,057 12–7 20 April 25 Dodgers 3–2 Fogg (3–0) Nomo (2–3) Williams (9) 16,264 13–7 21 April 26 Padres 1–10 Tomko (2–1) Villone (2–3) — 20,575 13–8 — April 27 Postponed 22 April 28 Padres 3–2 Sauerbeck (1–0) Embree (2–1) Williams (10) — 14–8 23 April 28 Padres 2–7 Tollberg (1–3) Anderson (2–3) — 19,621 14–9 24 April 30 @ Rockies 0–10 Hampton (1–3) Williams (2–3) — 30,759 14–10
May (11–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 @ Rockies 0–6 Neagle (3–1) Fogg (3–1) — 29,529 14–11 26 May 2 @ Rockies 2–7 Thomson (4–2) Villone (2–4) — 30,134 14–12 27 May 3 @ Padres 6–4 Wells (4–1) Howard (0–1) Williams (11) 20,312 15–12 28 May 4 @ Padres 0–3 Jarvis (2–3) Anderson (2–4) Hoffman (10) 36,972 15–13 29 May 5 @ Padres 5–6 Lawrence (4–1) Lowe (1–1) Hoffman (11) 27,399 15–14 30 May 6 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Fogg (4–1) Johnson (6–1) Williams (12) 29,171 16–14 31 May 7 @ Diamondbacks 6–7 Myers (2–1) Beimel (0–1) Kim (9) 32,204 16–15 32 May 8 @ Diamondbacks 3–4 Schilling (7–1) Wells (4–2) Kim (10) 31,343 16–16 33 May 10 Astros 5–1 Anderson (3–4) Hernandez (3–1) — 19,197 17–16 34 May 11 Astros 4–2 Fogg (5–1) Oswalt (4–2) Williams (13) 35,834 18–16 35 May 12 Astros 1–5 Reynolds (3–3) Williams (2–4) — 20,202 18–17 36 May 13 Diamondbacks 0–11 Schilling (8–1) Benson (0–1) — 14,500 18–18 37 May 14 Diamondbacks 2–1 Wells (5–2) Anderson (0–3) Williams (14) 16,373 19–18 38 May 15 Diamondbacks 2–6 Helling (4–4) Anderson (3–5) — 18,780 19–19 39 May 16 @ Astros 1–3 Oswalt (5–2) Boehringer (0–1) Wagner (6) 26,277 19–20 40 May 17 @ Astros 4–7 Stone (2–1) Villone (2–5) Dotel (1) 28,861 19–21 41 May 18 @ Astros 1–2 Dotel (2–1) Lowe (1–2) — 34,921 19–22 42 May 19 @ Astros 5–3 Wells (6–2) Mlicki (3–5) Williams (15) 34,259 20–22 43 May 21 @ Cubs 12–1 Anderson (4–5) Bere (1–7) — — 21–22 44 May 21 @ Cubs 3–4 Cruz (1–7) Fogg (5–2) Alfonseca (6) 37,175 21–23 45 May 22 @ Cubs 4–7 Prior (1–0) Williams (2–5) Alfonseca (7) 40,138 21–24 46 May 23 @ Cubs 6–11 Clement (2–3) Benson (0–2) — 37,578 21–25 47 May 24 Cardinals 5–2 Wells (7–2) Stephenson (1–3) — 25,203 22–25 48 May 25 Cardinals 3–6 Williams (2–0) Anderson (4–6) Isringhausen (13) 26,201 22–26 49 May 26 Cardinals 3–7 Simontacchi (3–0) Fogg (5–3) — 31,989 22–27 50 May 27 Cubs 3–2 (10) Williams (1–0) Alfonseca (0–1) — 16,215 23–27 51 May 28 Cubs 0–3 Clement (3–3) Benson (0–3) — 15,060 23–28 52 May 29 Cubs 5–0 Wells (8–2) Lieber (3–4) — 17,116 24–28 53 May 30 Cubs 8–9 Wood (6–3) Anderson (4–7) Alfonseca (8) 21,208 24–29 54 May 31 @ Cardinals 3–1 Fogg (6–3) Williams (2–1) Williams (16) 38,148 25–29
June (11–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Cardinals 4–9 Kile (3–3) Arroyo (0–1) — 43,295 25–30 56 June 2 @ Cardinals 5–2 Lowe (2–2) Morris (7–4) Williams (17) 37,243 26–30 57 June 3 @ Expos 5–7 Ohka (5–3) Wells (8–3) Stewart (5) 4,821 26–31 58 June 4 @ Expos 5–2 Anderson (5–7) Pavano (3–7) Williams (18) 4,619 27–31 59 June 5 @ Expos 1–3 Vazquez (4–2) Fogg (6–4) — 4,890 27–32 60 June 7 Brewers 6–1 Beimel (1–1) Sheets (3–6) — 27,001 28–32 61 June 8 Brewers 9–8 (11) Boehringer (1–1) King (1–2) — 38,244 29–32 62 June 9 Brewers 5–4 Sauerbeck (2–0) Wright (1–3) Williams (19) 24,897 30–32 63 June 10 @ Angels 3–4 Washburn (6–2) Anderson (5–8) Percival (14) 16,861 30–33 64 June 11 @ Angels 7–3 Fogg (7–4) Appier (5–5) — 17,755 31–33 65 June 12 @ Angels 5–8 Weber (3–2) Boehringer (1–2) Percival (15) 17,096 31–34 66 June 14 @ Reds 3–4 (11) Williamson (2–0) Williams (1–1) — 30,820 31–35 67 June 15 @ Reds 3–4 Sullivan (4–2) Lincoln (0–1) Graves (21) 31,419 31–36 68 June 16 @ Reds 5–1 Anderson (6–8) Haynes (7–6) — 29,532 32–36 69 June 18 Athletics 2–4 Mulder (7–4) Fogg (7–5) Koch (16) 21,943 32–37 70 June 19 Athletics 2–3 (10) Bradford (3–1) Williams (1–2) Koch (17) 30,562 32–38 71 June 20 Athletics 3–5 Hudson (5–6) Benson (0–4) Koch (18) 22,464 32–39 72 June 21 Rangers 0–2 Rogers (8–4) Wells (8–4) Cordero (3) 24,475 32–40 73 June 22 Rangers 2–3 Bell (3–2) Lincoln (0–2) Irabu (13) 35,302 32–41 74 June 23 Rangers 4–10 Park (3–3) Fogg (7–6) — 26,930 32–42 75 June 25 Expos 4–1 Benson (1–4) Ohka (7–4) Williams (20) 17,543 33–42 76 June 26 Expos 7–4 Wells (9–4) Vazquez (5–4) Williams (21) 36,966 34–42 77 June 27 Expos 2–7 (7) Brower (3–0) Villone (2–6) — 21,312 34–43 78 June 28 @ Tigers 3–1 Fogg (8–6) Redman (3–8) Williams (22) 28,582 35–43 79 June 29 @ Tigers 1–2 Weaver (6–8) Beimel (1–2) Acevedo (12) 24,449 35–44 80 June 30 @ Tigers 6–2 Benson (2–4) Maroth (1–2) Williams (23) 25,966 36–44
July (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Brewers 0–2 Wright (2–6) Wells (9–5) — 14,634 36–45 82 July 2 Brewers 6–12 Quevedo (4–6) Anderson (6–9) — 15,142 36–46 83 July 3 Brewers 3–1 Fogg (9–6) Sheets (4–10) Williams (24) 32,309 37–46 84 July 4 Astros 6–8 Borbon (3–3) Beimel (1–3) — 25,962 37–47 85 July 5 Astros 4–3 Fetters (1–0) Borbon (3–4) Williams (25) 24,556 38–47 86 July 6 Astros 2–10 Cruz (1–4) Wells (9–6) — 26,578 38–48 87 July 7 Astros 1–6 Miller (4–3) Anderson (6–10) — 23,348 38–49 88 July 11 @ Brewers 3–2 (10) Boehringer (2–2) DeJean (0–4) Williams (26) 21,021 39–49 89 July 12 @ Brewers 9–2 Lowe (3–2) Rusch (5–8) — 26,362 40–49 90 July 13 @ Brewers 5–3 Wells (10–6) Wright (2–8) Williams (27) 28,214 41–49 91 July 14 @ Brewers 3–5 Quevedo (5–6) Beimel (1–4) DeJean (16) 21,976 41–50 92 July 15 @ Astros 5–4 Lowe (4–2) Wagner (2–2) Williams (28) 29,204 42–50 93 July 16 @ Astros 7–3 Fogg (10–6) Oswalt (10–6) Boehringer (1) 27,042 43–50 94 July 17 Reds 6–3 Anderson (7–10) Dempster (5–10) Williams (29) 32,864 44–50 95 July 18 Reds 5–7 Sullivan (6–3) Boehringer (2–3) Graves (28) 21,625 44–51 96 July 19 Cardinals 12–9 Sauerbeck (3–0) Veres (3–6) — 23,812 45–51 97 July 20 Cardinals 15–6 Benson (3–4) Smith (3–1) — 35,101 46–51 98 July 21 Cardinals 4–8 Finley (5–11) Fogg (10–7) Kline (3) 27,999 46–52 99 July 22 @ Reds 6–5 Anderson (8–10) Dempster (5–11) Williams (30) 18,398 47–52 100 July 23 @ Reds 2–7 Haynes (11–6) Wells (10–7) — 19,884 47–53 101 July 24 @ Reds 5–10 Moehler (2–1) Beimel (1–5) — 24,910 47–54 102 July 25 @ Astros 0–8 Saarloos (2–2) Benson (3–5) — 26,027 47–55 103 July 26 @ Astros 3–4 Wagner (3–2) Sauerbeck (3–1) — 32,115 47–56 104 July 27 @ Astros 0–3 Oswalt (11–6) Anderson (8–11) Wagner (20) 38,896 47–57 105 July 28 @ Astros 0–4 Miller (8–3) Wells (10–8) — 35,144 47–58 106 July 30 Rockies 4–1 Benson (4–5) Neagle (4–7) Williams (31) 23,749 48–58 107 July 31 Rockies 7–6 Boehringer (3–3) White (2–6) Williams (32) 18,106 49–58
August (11–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 Rockies 0–3 Jennings (11–5) Meadows (0–1) Jimenez (27) 19,075 49–59 109 August 2 Giants 6–5 Boehringer (4–3) Nen (4–1) — 28,203 50–59 110 August 3 Giants 6–11 Schmidt (7–5) Wells (10–9) — 38,275 50–60 111 August 4 Giants 5–10 Rueter (10–6) Benson (4–6) — 31,398 50–61 112 August 6 @ Dodgers 3–1 Fogg (11–7) Perez (10–8) Williams (33) 31,254 51–61 113 August 7 @ Dodgers 0–4 Ashby (8–9) Meadows (0–2) Gagne (37) 31,588 51–62 114 August 8 @ Dodgers 5–10 Beirne (1–0) Anderson (8–12) — 31,776 51–63 115 August 9 @ Giants 4–3 Wells (11–9) Schmidt (7–6) Williams (34) 41,897 52–63 116 August 10 @ Giants 3–8 Aybar (1–0) Lincoln (0–3) — 41,146 52–64 117 August 11 @ Giants 4–5 (11) Nen (6–1) Williams (1–3) — 41,479 52–65 118 August 12 Cardinals 6–10 Simontacchi (8–4) Meadows (0–3) — 15,700 52–66 119 August 13 Cardinals 5–9 Morris (14–7) Anderson (8–13) Isringhausen (27) 17,609 52–67 120 August 14 Cardinals 3–7 Benes (2–3) Wells (11–10) — 18,791 52–68 121 August 15 Cardinals 5–11 Kline (1–1) Williams (1–4) — 20,503 52–69 122 August 16 Brewers 3–10 Sheets (7–14) Fogg (11–8) — 35,343 52–70 123 August 17 Brewers 5–0 Meadows (1–3) Cabrera (5–9) — 25,277 53–70 124 August 18 Brewers 3–2 Arroyo (1–1) Rusch (6–13) Williams (35) 20,170 54–70 125 August 19 @ Cardinals 2–7 Benes (3–3) Wells (11–11) — 31,626 54–71 126 August 20 @ Cardinals 8–0 Benson (5–6) Hackman (3–4) — 34,997 55–71 127 August 21 @ Cardinals 1–4 Finley (8–14) Fogg (11–9) Isringhausen (28) 26,806 55–72 128 August 22 @ Cardinals 4–5 Molina (1–0) Williams (1–5) — 26,606 55–73 129 August 23 @ Brewers 6–3 Lincoln (1–3) Durocher (1–1) Williams (36) 30,957 56–73 130 August 24 @ Brewers 17–10 Wells (12–11) Cabrera (5–10) — 22,568 57–73 131 August 25 @ Brewers 3–2 Benson (6–6) Wright (5–13) Williams (37) 19,443 58–73 132 August 27 Braves 4–5 Millwood (14–6) Fogg (11–10) Smoltz (46) 20,542 58–74 133 August 28 Braves 1–0 (10) Williams (2–5) Remlinger (7–2) — 20,136 59–74 134 August 29 Braves 4–1 Arroyo (2–1) Glavine (16–8) Williams (38) 17,312 60–74 135 August 30 @ Marlins 3–4 Tavarez (10–10) Wells (12–12) Looper (8) 4,962 60–75 136 August 31 @ Marlins 2–3 Nunez (6–5) Sauerbeck (3–2) Looper (9) 10,188 60–76
September (12–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 @ Marlins 4–8 Neal (3–0) Fogg (11–11) — 5,588 60–77 138 September 2 @ Braves 1–5 Maddux (12–5) Meadows (1–4) — 30,803 60–78 139 September 3 @ Braves 3–0 Torres (1–0) Glavine (16–9) Williams (39) 18,931 61–78 140 September 4 @ Braves 0–6 Moss (10–5) Wells (12–13) — 19,525 61–79 141 September 6 Marlins 11–0 Benson (7–6) Tejera (8–7) — 33,525 62–79 142 September 7 Marlins 4–1 Fogg (12–11) Robertson (0–1) Williams (40) 18,848 63–79 143 September 8 Marlins 1–11 Pavano (4–10) Meadows (1–5) — 15,211 63–80 144 September 9 @ Reds 8–9 Dempster (8–13) Torres (1–1) Williamson (1) 13,434 63–81 145 September 10 @ Reds 0–3 Reitsma (6–10) Wells (12–14) Williamson (2) 13,153 63–82 146 September 11 @ Reds 4–1 Villone (3–6) Dessens (7–8) Williams (41) 14,514 64–82 147 September 13 @ Phillies 5–3 Beimel (2–5) Timlin (4–6) Williams (42) 13,718 65–82 148 September 14 @ Phillies 1–4 Junge (1–0) Meadows (1–6) Mesa (40) 16,621 65–83 149 September 15 @ Phillies 0–1 (10) Mesa (4–6) Sauerbeck (3–3) — 23,054 65–84 150 September 16 Reds 3–4 Silva (1–0) Lincoln (1–4) Williamson (5) 10,752 65–85 151 September 17 Reds 11–3 Benson (8–6) Reitsma (6–12) — 10,991 66–85 152 September 18 Reds 3–2 Lincoln (2–4) Riedling (2–3) Williams (43) 11,684 67–85 153 September 19 Reds 4–5 Hamilton (4–9) Williams (2–6) Williamson (6) 11,338 67–86 154 September 20 Cubs 5–4 Sauerbeck (4–3) Alfonseca (2–5) — 22,299 68–86 155 September 21 Cubs 2–4 Farnsworth (4–6) Sauerbeck (4–4) Cruz (1) 33,653 68–87 156 September 22 Cubs 5–4 Benson (9–6) Benes (2–2) Williams (44) 25,026 69–87 157 September 24 Mets 6–3 Sauerbeck (5–4) Guthrie (5–3) Williams (45) 13,249 70–87 158 September 25 Mets 4–3 Villone (4–6) Roberts (3–1) Williams (46) 11,641 71–87 159 September 27 @ Cubs 13–3 Torres (2–1) Mahomes (1–1) — 27,637 72–87 160 September 28 @ Cubs 4–5 Cruz (3–11) Boehringer (4–4) — 38,617 72–88 161 September 29 @ Cubs 3–7 Wood (12–11) Fogg (12–12) — 37,541 72–89
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e Source: [1]
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

Detailed records

Roster

2002 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 55 Jimmy Anderson 69 Bronson Arroyo 53 Joe Beimel 34 Kris Benson 71 Brian Boehringer 39 Mike Fetters 27 Josh Fogg 57 Mike Lincoln 48 Sean Lowe 49 Josías Manzanillo 46 Brian Meadows 39 Al Reyes 45 Duaner Sánchez 47 Scott Sauerbeck 31 Salomón Torres 28 Ron Villone 32 Kip Wells 58 Dave Williams 43 Mike Williams		Catchers 11 Humberto Cota 18 Jason Kendall 15 Keith Osik 36 Craig Wilson Infielders  6 Mike Benjamin 38 Adam Hyzdu 17 Mendy López 59 Rob Mackowiak 10 Abraham Núñez 16 Aramis Ramírez  3 Pokey Reese 12 Jack Wilson 29 Kevin Young		Outfielders 56 Tony Álvarez 13 Adrian Brown 26 J. J. Davis 24 Brian Giles 31 Chad Hermansen  7 Armando Ríos		Manager 23 Lloyd McClendon Coaches 35 Dave Clark (hitting) 44 Trent Jewett (third base) 37 Tommy Sandt (first base) 52 Bruce Tanner (bullpen) 19 Bill Virdon (bench) 54 Spin Williams (pitching)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Adrian Brown	CF
Jason Kendall	C
Aramis Ramírez	3B
Kevin Young	1B
Armando Ríos	LF
Craig Wilson	RF
Mike Benjamin	SS
Pokey Reese	2B
Ron Villone	SP

Awards and honors

2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Mike Williams, P, reserve

Statistics

Hitting

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

Pitching

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

Draft picks

2002 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks^[9]

Rd	#	Player	Pos	DOB and Age	School
1	1	Bryan Bullington	RHP	(1980-09-30)September 30, 1980 (aged 21)	Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)
2	42	Blair Johnson	RHP	(1984-03-25)March 25, 1984 (aged 18)	Washburn Rural HS (Topeka, Kansas)
3	73	Taber Lee	SS	(1980-10-18)October 18, 1980 (aged 21)	San Diego State University (San Diego, California)
4	103	Wardell Starling	RHP	(1983-03-14)March 14, 1983 (aged 19)	Lawrence E Elkins HS (Missouri City, Texas)
5	133	Alex Hart	RHP	(1980-01-10)January 10, 1980 (aged 22)	University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
6	163	Brad Eldred	1B	(1980-07-12)July 12, 1980 (aged 21)	Florida International University (Miami, Florida)
7	193	Matt Capps	RHP	(1983-09-03)September 3, 1983 (aged 18)	Alexander HS (Douglasville, Georgia)
8	223	Bobby Kingsbury	OF	(1980-08-30)August 30, 1980 (aged 21)	Fordham University (New York City)
9	253	Joe Hicks	OF	(1984-04-22)April 22, 1984 (aged 18)	Forest Brook HS (Houston, Texas)
10	283	David Davidson	LHP	(1984-04-23)April 23, 1984 (aged 18)	Denis Morris HS (St. Catharines, ON)

Note

• Age at time of draft.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Marty Brown
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Dale Sveum
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Pete Mackanin
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Tony Beasley
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Andy Stewart
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, Hickory

References

• 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.