2002 Los Angeles Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Los Angeles Dodgers
season = 2002
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Dodger Stadium
y4 = 1962
city = Los Angeles, California
y5 = 1958
owners = News Corporation
general managers = Dan Evans
managers = Jim Tracy
television = FSN West 2; KCOP (13)
radio = KFWB
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrin, Pepe Yñiguez|

The 2002 season saw Dan Evans take over as General Manager and in his first season the team won 92 games and was not eliminated from post season contention until the next-to-last day of the season, finishing third overall in the Western Division of the National League. Shawn Green hit 42 home runs to become the first L.A. Dodger to have back-to-back 40 or more homer seasons. He had four homers in one game on May 23rd against the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 6 for 6 in that game and set a Major League mark for total bases with 19. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0] The number broke the previous record of 18 total bases set by Joe Adcock. Eric Gagné who had been a starter previously became the closer in 2002 and set a club mark with 52 saves.

eason standings

2002 roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

2002 Awards

*2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Eric Gagné reserve
**Odalis Perez reserve
*NL Pitcher of the Month
**Eric Gagné (June 2002)
*NL Player of the Month
**Brian Jordan (September 2002)
*NL Player of the Week
**Odalis Perez (April 15-21)
**Shawn Green (May 20-26)

2002 Transactions

* November 9: Acquired Omar Daal from the Philadelphia Phillies for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Jesus-Cordero.shtml Jesus Cordero] and Eric Junge
* December 13: Acquired Cesar Izturis and Paul Quantrill from the Toronto Blue Jays for Luke Prokopec and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/Chad-Ricketts.shtml Chad Ricketts]
* December 21: Acquired Dave Roberts from the Cleveland Indians for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Christian-Bridenbaugh.shtml Christian Bridenbaugh] and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/Nial-Hughes.shtml Nial Hughes]
* January 15: Acquired Andrew Brown, Odalis Perez and Brian Jordan from the Atlanta Braves for Gary Sheffield
*February 21: Tim Crabtree was signed as a Free Agent. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crabtti01.shtml]
* March 23: Acquired Guillermo Mota and Wilkin Ruan from the Montreal Expos for Matt Herges and Jorge Nunez
* July 22: Acquired Jolbert Cabrera from the Cleveland Indians for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Lance-Caraccioli.shtml Lance Caraccioli]
* July 23: Acquired Tyler Houston and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Brian-Mallette.shtml Brian Mallete] from the Milwaukee Brewers for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/D/Ben-Diggins.shtml Ben Diggins] and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/N/Shane-Nance.shtml Shane Nance]
* July 25: Acquired [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/Tom-Farmer.shtml Tom Farmer] and Jason Frasor from the Detroit Tigers for Hiram Bocachica
* July 28: Acquired Paul Shuey from the Cleveland Indians for Francisco Cruceta, Terry Mulholland and Ricardo Rodriguez

2002 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Las Vegas 51s (managed by Brad Mills) - Pacific Coast League
*AA: Jacksonville Suns (managed by Dino Ebel) - Southern League
*A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by Juan Bustabad) - Florida State League
*A: South Georgia Waves (managed by Scott Little) - South Atlantic League
*Rookie: Great Falls Dodgers (managed by Dann Bilardello - Pioneer League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*Rookie: Gulf Coast Dodgers (managed by Luis Salazar) - Gulf Coast League

References

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_2002_losangeles.gif&Entryid=2025 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.Dodgers.com Los Angeles Dodgers official web site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2002.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=LAN Baseball Almanac season page]