The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 26th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2002 season.[1]

October 2001

October 15 Jason Dickson granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 14, 2001).
Aaron Holbert granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a contract on January 30, 2002).
Izzy Molina granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on November 20, 2001).
October 19 Kevin Beirne granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 3, 2001).
Matt DeWitt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on December 18, 2001).
Ryan Freel granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 8, 2001).

November 2001

November 5 Tony Fernández granted free agency.
Jeff Frye granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on March 25, 2002).
November 20 Brian Simmons selected off of waivers by the Chicago White Sox.

December 2001

December 7 Acquired Eric Hinske and Justin Miller from the Oakland Athletics for Billy Koch.
December 10 Acquired Félix Heredia and a player to be named later (Jim Deschaine on December 13, 2001) from the Chicago Cubs for Alex Gonzalez.
December 12 Released Alberto Castillo.
December 13 Drafted Corey Thurman from the Kansas City Royals in the 2001 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Acquired Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts from the Los Angeles Dodgers for César Izturis and Paul Quantrill.
December 18 Signed free agent Brian Lesher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $245,000 contract.
Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract.
Signed free agent Chris Peters from the New York Yankees to a contract.
December 22 Luis Lopez selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics.

January 2002

January 2 Acquired Tom Wilson from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Kremblas.
January 17 Acquired Brian Cooper from the Anaheim Angels for Brad Fullmer.
Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.
Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $4.25 million contract.

February 2002

February 6 Signed free agent Dave Berg from the Florida Marlins to a one-year, $450,000 contract.
February 10 Signed free agent Ken Huckaby from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a contract.
February 14 Signed free agent Pedro Swann from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.

March 2002

March 27 Chris Latham selected off of waivers by the New York Mets.
March 29 Released Chris Peters.
March 30 Signed free agent Simon Pond from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.

Regular season

Summary

The Blue Jays started the 2002 season with slow progress in performance. Buck Martinez was fired about a third of the way through the season, with a 20–33 record. He was replaced by third base coach Carlos Tosca, an experienced minor league manager. They went 58–51 under Tosca to finish the season 78–84. Roy Halladay, a talented but inconsistent prospect who was no more than a fifth starter who alternated between Toronto and Triple-A during his first three seasons, was relied on as the team's ace and rose to the challenge being the team's top pitcher, finishing the season with a 19–7 record and a 2.93 ERA. The hitters were led once again by Carlos Delgado. Ricciardi was credited for dumping Raúl Mondesí in mid-season to the New York Yankees to free up his salary, which in turn was used for the off-season signing of Mike Bordick, Frank Catalanotto and Tanyon Sturtze. Promising young players were assigned to key roles, including starting third baseman Eric Hinske (who later won the Rookie of the Year Award for this year) and 23-year-old centre fielder Vernon Wells, who had his first 100 RBI season replacing Mondesi. Another bright young player was Josh Phelps, a former catcher turned designated hitter, who hit 15 home runs.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10358 .640 — 52‍–‍28 51‍–‍30
Boston Red Sox 9369 .574 10½ 42‍–‍39 51‍–‍30
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 .481 25½ 42‍–‍39 36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 6795 .414 36½ 34‍–‍47 33‍–‍48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 .342 48 30‍–‍51 25‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 .640
Minnesota Twins 9467 .584
Oakland Athletics 10359 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 9369 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 9369 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 8181 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 7488 .457 25
Texas Rangers 7290 .444 27
Baltimore Orioles 6795 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2002 regular season.[2]

April 2002

April 24 Player rights of Alfredo Aceves sold to Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League.

May 2002

May 3 Selected Pete Walker off of waivers from the New York Mets.
May 10 Released Homer Bush.
May 15 Sent Pedro Borbón Jr. to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.
May 26 Acquired Cliff Politte from the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Plesac.

June 2002

June 21 Signed free agent Scott Winchester from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract.

July 2002

July 1 Acquired Scott Wiggins from the New York Yankees for Raúl Mondesí.

August 2002

August 8 Scott Eyre selected off of waivers by the San Francisco Giants.
August 30 Selected Jason Kershner off of waivers from the San Diego Padres.

September 2002

September 30 Released Brian Cooper.

2002 draft picks

Source [3]

The 2002 MLB draft was held on June 4–5.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed
1 14 Russ Adams SS North Carolina United States 2002–06–07
2 55 Dave Bush RHP Wake Forest United States 2002–06–04
3 86 Justin Maureau LHP Wichita State United States –
4 110 Adam Peterson RHP Wichita State United States 2002–06–11
5 146 Chad Pleiness RHP Central Michigan United States –
6 176 Jason Perry OF Georgia Tech United States 2002–06–22
7 206 Brian Grant RHP C.B. Aycock High School (NC) United States –
8 236 Chris Leonard LHP Miami (FL) United States –
9 266 Russ Savickas RHP Johnston High School United States –
10 296 Eric Arnold 2B Rice United States –

Roster

2002 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log
April: 8–16 (Home: 3–8; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Red Sox12–11Escobar (1–0)Urbina (0–1)33,5201–0
--April 3@ Red SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 2
2April 4Twins7–2Halladay (1–0)Mays (0–1)47,4692–0
3April 5Twins4–3Reed (1–0)Lyon (0–1)Guardado (3)15,7842–1
4April 6Twins7–5Hawkins (1–0)Eyre (0–1)Guardado (4)18,9472–2
5April 7Twins10–6Radke (1–0)Cooper (0–1)21,0712–3
6April 8Yankees16–3Wells (2–0)Prokopec (0–1)16,0732–4
7April 9Yankees5–2Mussina (2–0)Plesac (0–1)Rivera (4)18,0032–5
8April 10Yankees9–7Borbón (1–0)Lilly (0–1)Escobar (1)19,1243–5
9April 11Yankees11–3Eyre (1–1)Clemens (1–2)20,0914–5
10April 12@ Devil Rays14–7Miller (1–0)Rupe (1–1)11,0585–5
11April 13@ Devil Rays5–4Prokopec (1–1)Sturtze (0–2)Escobar (2)11,1436–5
12April 14@ Devil Rays5–4 (10)Yan (1–0)Coco (0–1)11,2226–6
13April 16Red Sox14–3Castillo (1–0)Lyon (0–2)Arrojo (1)16,0696–7
14April 17Red Sox10–3Oliver (2–0)Eyre (1–2)16,5726–8
15April 19@ Yankees6–5Rivera (1–1)File (0–1)36,1366–9
16April 20@ Yankees5–4 (10)Plesac (1–1)Mendoza (0–2)39,2657–9
17April 21@ Yankees9–2Clemens (2–2)Carpenter (0–1)43,3097–10
18April 23@ Rangers2–1Lyon (1–2)Valdez (1–3)Escobar (3)20,4728–10
19April 24@ Rangers3–2Rogers (2–0)Prokopec (1–2)Irabu (2)21,0728–11
20April 25@ Rangers11–9Van Poppel (1–0)Plesac (1–2)Irabu (3)24,1628–12
21April 26@ Angels4–0Appier (2–1)Smith (0–1)Percival (3)25,2968–13
22April 27@ Angels11–4Sele (1–2)Borbón (1–1)29,1128–14
23April 28@ Angels8–5 (14)Lukasiewicz (1–0)Borbón (1–2)25,0738–15
24April 30Rangers10–3Rogers (3–0)Prokopec (1–3)12,5718–16
May: 10–17 (Home: 5–12; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Rangers8–1Burba (2–0)Halladay (1–1)13,0558–17
26May 2Rangers5–3Bell (2–0)Smith (0–2)Irabu (6)13,0118–18
27May 3Angels6–4Sele (2–2)Lyon (1–3)Percival (4)13,1838–19
28May 4Angels4–1Miller (2–0)Schoeneweis (1–4)Escobar (4)20,5589–19
29May 5Angels8–2Ortiz (3–3)Prokopec (1–4)24,0469–20
30May 7@ Mariners4–1Halladay (2–1)Baldwin (3–2)Escobar (5)34,50010–20
31May 8@ Mariners5–4 (10)Sasaki (2–0)Eyre (1–3)35,19010–21
32May 9@ Mariners8–7 (11)Franklin (3–1)Thurman (0–1)37,73410–22
33May 10@ Athletics6–2Prokopec (2–4)Mulder (2–2)10,82411–22
34May 11@ Athletics7–4Zito (3–2)Miller (2–1)21,11511–23
35May 12@ Athletics11–4Halladay (3–1)Lidle (1–5)Walker (1)19,51912–23
36May 14Mariners6–3Loaiza (1–0)García (4–3)Escobar (6)14,30813–23
37May 15Mariners8–6Rhodes (2–1)Escobar (1–1)Sasaki (9)17,01213–24
38May 16Mariners15–2Piñeiro (4–0)Prokopec (2–5)14,28013–25
39May 17Athletics7–1Halladay (4–1)Mulder (2–3)14,06114–25
40May 18Athletics6–3Miller (3–1)Fyhrie (1–3)Escobar (7)17,84615–25
41May 19Athletics11–0Loaiza (2–0)Hudson (3–6)23,40816–25
42May 20@ Yankees6–3Mendoza (1–2)Heredia (0–1)Rivera (14)30,65716–26
43May 21@ Yankees4–1Mussina (6–2)Prokopec (2–6)Karsay (1)26,53116–27
44May 22@ Yankees8–3Halladay (5–1)Hernández (0–1)44,28417–27
45May 24Indians5–2Drese (5–3)Miller (3–2)Wickman (10)16,38517–28
46May 25Indians3–0Sabathia (4–4)Loaiza (2–1)Wickman (11)21,58917–29
47May 26Indians3–1Colón (6–3)Prokopec (2–7)22,38017–30
48May 27Red Sox8–6Castillo (3–5)Halladay (5–2)Urbina (16)14,10817–31
49May 28Red Sox6–4Wakefield (2–1)Escobar (1–2)Urbina (17)13,07517–32
50May 29Red Sox7–4Burkett (6–0)Cassidy (0–1)Fossum (1)17,87517–33
51May 31@ Tigers4–2Loaiza (3–1)Bernero (1–1)Escobar (8)28,57818–33
June: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Tigers4–1 (11)Politte (1–0)Patterson (0–1)Escobar (9)19,58119–33
53June 2@ Tigers7–6Halladay (6–2)Weaver (4–7)Escobar (10)21,39920–33
54June 3Devil Rays6–1Walker (1–0)Sturtze (0–7)13,00221–33
55June 4Devil Rays3–1Miller (4–2)Wilson (2–4)Escobar (11)13,16222–33
56June 5Devil Rays8–6Álvarez (1–1)Loaiza (3–2)13,64322–34
57June 6Devil Rays5–4Escobar (2–2)Harper (2–3)24,06923–34
58June 7Rockies8–0Halladay (7–2)Hampton (3–7)20,03224–34
59June 8Rockies3–1Walker (2–0)Thomson (6–5)Escobar (12)21,29825–34
60June 9Rockies3–2Escobar (3–2)Jiménez (1–4)20,32826–34
61June 10Giants6–5Thurman (1–1)Rueter (7–4)Escobar (13)18,08127–34
62June 11Giants9–2Jensen (6–5)Lyon (1–4)20,22827–35
63June 12Giants6–3Hernández (6–6)Halladay (7–3)Nen (17)21,10627–36
64June 14@ Expos8–2Ohka (6–3)Miller (4–3)7,55727–37
65June 15@ Expos9–3Day (1–0)Loaiza (3–3)12,47427–38
66June 16@ Expos6–5Stewart (3–1)Escobar (3–3)15,42527–39
67June 18@ Dodgers2–1Halladay (8–3)Ashby (6–6)24,99128–39
68June 19@ Dodgers5–2Ishii (11–2)Miller (4–4)Gagné (24)31,42928–40
69June 20@ Dodgers2–1Pérez (8–3)Loaiza (3–4)Gagné (25)24,97728–41
70June 21@ Diamondbacks4–3Kim (3–0)Escobar (3–4)34,26328–42
71June 22@ Diamondbacks6–3Carpenter (1–1)Batista (4–4)39,01829–42
72June 23@ Diamondbacks9–3Halladay (9–3)Anderson (2–7)36,24730–42
73June 25@ Devil Rays20–11Walker (3–0)Sosa (0–1)10,38031–42
74June 26@ Devil Rays4–2Sturtze (1–8)Parris (0–1)Yan (10)10,15431–43
75June 27@ Devil Rays6–4Harper (3–3)Politte (1–1)Yan (11)10,32831–44
76June 28Expos2–1Armas (8–7)Halladay (9–4)Stewart (9)20,84831–45
77June 29Expos5–4 (10)Escobar (4–4)Herges (2–2)24,34432–45
78June 30Expos7–5Eyre (2–3)Lloyd (2–3)Escobar (14)24,96533–45
July: 13–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Red Sox4–0Martínez (10–2)Parris (0–2)33,00533–46
80July 2@ Red Sox2–1Banks (2–0)Eyre (2–4)Embree (1)32,99333–47
81July 2@ Red Sox6–4Kim (2–0)Smith (0–3)Embree (2)32,90233–48
82July 3@ Red Sox5–2Gomes (1–0)Politte (1–2)Urbina (22)31,77733–49
83July 4@ Red Sox9–5Lowe (12–4)Heredia (0–2)32,08633–50
84July 5@ Yankees6–3Hernández (5–2)Loaiza (3–5)Rivera (21)46,78833–51
85July 6@ Yankees8–3Parris (1–2)Pettitte (2–3)55,00534–51
86July 7@ Yankees10–6Weaver (7–8)Thurman (1–2)46,92234–52
87July 11Red Sox10–3Burkett (8–3)Walker (3–1)19,49434–53
88July 12Red Sox5–0Halladay (10–4)Lowe (12–5)20,18535–53
89July 13Red Sox4–1Carpenter (2–1)Castillo (5–10)28,11236–53
90July 14Red Sox6–5Escobar (5–4)Urbina (0–4)24,14037–53
91July 15Yankees8–5Parris (2–2)Hernández (5–3)Escobar (15)25,37138–53
92July 16Yankees7–6Karsay (4–4)Politte (1–3)Rivera (23)27,19738–54
93July 17Orioles7–1Halladay (11–4)Johnson (3–7)17,01539–54
94July 18Orioles5–4Carpenter (3–1)Driskill (6–3)Escobar (16)17,00440–54
95July 19Devil Rays11–8Loaiza (4–5)Creek (2–1)Escobar (17)16,98541–54
96July 20Devil Rays12–10Parris (3–2)de los Santos (0–1)Escobar (18)24,44942–54
97July 21Devil Rays7–5Sosa (1–2)Walker (3–2)Yan (12)21,44242–55
98July 22@ Orioles6–3Halladay (12–4)Johnson (3–8)Escobar (19)27,23543–55
--July 23@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 24
99July 24@ Orioles5–2Carpenter (4–1)Driskill (6–4)Politte (1)30,96144–55
100July 26@ Twins10–5Fiore (9–2)Prokopec (2–8)25,04944–56
101July 27@ Twins5–4 (10)Wells (1–1)Escobar (5–5)40,30644–57
102July 28@ Twins4–0Santana (5–2)Loaiza (4–6)30,55444–58
103July 29@ Royals4–1Byrd (14–7)Carpenter (4–2)14,75944–59
104July 30@ Royals13–4Walker (4–2)Asencio (2–4)13,06645–59
105July 31@ Royals9–2Parris (4–2)Sedlacek (1–2)13,46146–59
August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Royals3–2Halladay (13–4)Hernández (1–1)Escobar (20)12,66947–59
107August 2Orioles9–8Ryan (2–0)Escobar (5–6)Julio (21)19,05247–60
108August 3Orioles8–4Driskill (7–5)Carpenter (4–3)17,53447–61
109August 4Orioles5–4Heredia (1–2)Ryan (2–1)Escobar (21)17,63748–61
110August 5Orioles7–1Parris (5–2)López (12–4)15,24549–61
111August 6Mariners14–12Halladay (14–4)Baldwin (7–8)Escobar (22)25,39250–61
112August 7Mariners5–4 (10)Sasaki (3–5)Prokopec (2–9)27,73350–62
113August 8Mariners3–1Moyer (12–4)Carpenter (4–4)Nelson (1)25,48650–63
114August 9Angels5–4Walker (5–2)Ortiz (9–9)Escobar (23)18,72851–63
115August 10Angels11–4Lackey (4–2)Parris (5–3)25,11851–64
116August 11Angels1–0Washburn (15–3)Halladay (14–5)Percival (27)34,01351–65
117August 12@ Athletics2–1Loaiza (5–6)Harang (4–3)Escobar (24)14,17852–65
118August 13@ Athletics5–4Zito (16–5)Carpenter (4–5)Koch (29)17,46652–66
119August 14@ Athletics4–2Hudson (9–9)Walker (5–3)Koch (30)40,52852–67
120August 16@ Rangers6–5Kolb (3–1)Escobar (5–7)31,19452–68
121August 17@ Rangers9–5Reyes (1–0)Parris (5–4)30,42652–69
122August 18@ Rangers10–7Myette (2–4)Loaiza (5–7)20,21452–70
123August 19Royals2–0Walker (6–3)Byrd (14–9)Escobar (25)16,21853–70
124August 20Royals6–5 (12)Affeldt (2–4)Cassidy (0–2)Hernández (22)20,00253–71
125August 21Royals7–4Sedlacek (3–3)Halladay (14–6)Hernández (23)25,30453–72
126August 23@ Orioles11–7Brock (2–1)Cassidy (0–3)Ryan (1)32,95553–73
127August 24@ Orioles4–1Walker (7–3)Driskill (8–7)Escobar (26)25,88054–73
128August 24@ Orioles8–3Loaiza (6–7)Bauer (6–5)30,49855–73
129August 25@ Orioles5–2Miller (5–4)Johnson (4–10)Escobar (27)30,81256–73
130August 26@ White Sox8–4Thurman (2–2)Parque (1–4)15,76057–73
131August 27@ White Sox8–4 (10)Osuna (7–2)Cassidy (0–4)12,18557–74
132August 28@ White Sox8–0Garland (9–10)Parris (5–5)12,97257–75
133August 29Yankees7–4Loaiza (7–7)Clemens (11–5)32,67958–75
134August 30Yankees9–7Weaver (8–11)Walker (7–4)Karsay (8)24,30158–76
135August 31Yankees5–1Miller (6–4)Hernández (7–4)36,02159–76
September: 19–8 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Yankees7–6Halladay (15–6)Wells (15–7)Escobar (28)32,57760–76
137September 2White Sox5–3Garland (10–10)Thurman (2–3)Marte (8)18,37360–77
138September 3White Sox5–4Rauch (1–1)Loaiza (7–8)Marte (9)14,42760–78
139September 4White Sox6–2Walker (8–4)Wright (10–12)21,12261–78
140September 5@ Red Sox5–4Miller (7–4)Hermanson (1–1)Escobar (29)30,02162–78
141September 6@ Red Sox7–2Wakefield (9–5)Halladay (15–7)31,84762–79
142September 7@ Red Sox4–1Fossum (4–3)Bowles (0–1)Urbina (31)31,59162–80
143September 8@ Red Sox9–4Loaiza (8–8)Castillo (5–14)31,34463–80
144September 9@ Indians11–9Bowles (1–1)Sadler (1–1)Escobar (30)28,56764–80
145September 10@ Indians5–4Bowles (2–1)Wohlers (2–4)Escobar (31)24,31265–80
146September 11@ Indians6–5 (11)Cassidy (1–4)Elder (0–1)Kershner (1)26,60966–80
147September 13Devil Rays5–2Halladay (16–7)Brazelton (0–1)Escobar (32)14,25767–80
148September 14Devil Rays8–4Hendrickson (1–0)Sturtze (3–17)Escobar (33)22,15568–80
149September 15Devil Rays7–4Kennedy (8–11)Loaiza (8–9)Yan (18)16,51368–81
150September 16@ Orioles2–0Walker (9–4)Ponson (7–7)Escobar (34)20,27969–81
151September 17@ Orioles10–4Stephens (2–4)Miller (7–5)20,48669–82
152September 18@ Orioles2–1Halladay (17–7)Douglass (0–4)Escobar (35)20,92870–82
153September 19@ Orioles9–3Hendrickson (2–0)López (15–8)24,16271–82
154September 20@ Devil Rays11–7Sturtze (4–17)Loaiza (8–10)12,68271–83
155September 21@ Devil Rays4–3Carter (2–0)Walker (9–5)13,35171–84
156September 22@ Devil Rays12–6Miller (8–5)Wilson (6–11)19,62572–84
157September 24Orioles11–1Halladay (18–7)Douglass (0–5)14,43873–84
158September 25Orioles3–2Hendrickson (3–0)López (15–9)Escobar (36)17,28774–84
159September 26Orioles5–1Loaiza (9–10)Hentgen (0–4)13,12775–84
160September 27Tigers5–2Walker (10–5)Van Hekken (1–3)Escobar (37)15,40776–84
161September 28Tigers10–2Miller (9–5)Beverlin (0–3)19,54177–84
162September 29Tigers1–0Halladay (19–7)Maroth (6–10)Escobar (38)30,02978–84

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
CKen Huckaby8827367.245322
1BCarlos Delgado143505140.27733108
2BOrlando Hudson5419253.276423
SSChris Woodward9031286.2761345
3BEric Hinske151566158.2792484
LFShannon Stewart141577175.3031045
CFVernon Wells159608167.27523100
RFRaúl Mondesí7529967.2241545
DHJosh Phelps7426582.3091558

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
José Cruz Jr.124466114.2451870
Dave Berg109374101.270439
Felipe López8528264.227834
Tom Wilson9626568.257837
Joe Lawrence5515027.180215
Darrin Fletcher4512728.220322
DeWayne Wise4211220.179313
Homer Bush237818.23112
Jayson Werth154612.26106
Brian Lesher24385.13202
Kevin Cash7142.14300
Pedro Swann13121.08301

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
Roy Halladay34239.11972.93168
Esteban Loaiza25151.19105.7187
Steve Parris1475.1555.9748
Chris Carpenter1373.1455.2845
Brian Cooper28.10114.043

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
Pete Walker37139.11054.3380
Justin Miller25102.1955.5468
Luke Prokopec2271.2296.7841
Brandon Lyon1562.0146.5330
Mark Hendrickson1636.2302.4521
Mike Smith1435.1036.6216

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
Kelvim Escobar7657384.2785
Scott Cassidy581405.7348
Cliff Politte551313.6157
Félix Heredia531203.6131
Scott Eyre492404.9751
Corey Thurman432304.3756
Dan Plesac191203.3814
Brian Bowles172104.0519
Pedro Borbón Jr.161204.9711
Jason Kershner100011.697
Bob File501018.902
Scott Wiggins30003.383
Pasqual Coco201018.000

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Omar Malavé
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Paul Elliott
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Rolando Pino

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References

  1. ↑ "2002 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2002 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Feature: 2002 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season