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2002 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2002 Baltimore Orioles season was the 102nd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 49th in Baltimore, and the 11th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They slightly improved on their record from the previous year, but missed the postseason for the 5th straight season.

The Orioles had a record of 63–63 at the conclusion of play on August 23, but then proceeded to lose 32 of their last 36 games of the season, including their final 12 in a row, and suffered their 5th straight losing season.

Offseason

  • October 3, 2001: Tim Raines was sent to the Baltimore Orioles by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.
  • November 20, 2001: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

Transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Adam Loewen was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed May 26, 2003.

Regular season

Season standings

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Game log

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || April 1 || Yankees || 10–3 || Erickson || Clemens || — || 48,058 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 3 || Yankees || 0–1 || Wells ||Johnson||Rivera|| 32,142 || 1–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 4 || Yankees || 1–4 ||Mussina|| Ponson || Rivera || 33,317 || 1–2 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 5 || Boston Red Sox || 0–3 || Lowe || Towers || Urbina || 31,261 || 1–3 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 6 || Boston Red Sox || 2–4 ||Fossum || Erickson || Urbina || 34,978 || 1–4 || L4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 7 || Boston Red Sox || 1–4 || Martinez || Maduro || Urbina || 33,790 || 1–5 || L5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 10 || Devil Rays || 2–3 ||Wilson || Johnson || Yan|| 22,781 || 1–6 || L6 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 11 || Devil Rays || 15–6 ||López|| Colomé || || 24,179 || 2–6 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 12 || @ White Sox || 2–5 ||Buehrle || Towers || Foulke || 41,128 || 2–7 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 13 || @ White Sox || 7–3 || Osuna|| Roberts|| Foulke|| 21,760 || 2–8 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 14 || @ White Sox || 9–5 || Maduro||Wright|| ||23,951|| 3–8 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 15 || @ White Sox || 4–13 || Garland || Johnson|| || 15,794|| 3–9 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 16 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Bauer|| Mendoza||Julio || 33,721|| 4–9 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 17 || @ Yankees || 1–7 || Hernández || Towers || || 27,912|| 4–10 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 18 || @ Yankees || 7–0 || Wells || Erickson || || 35,212|| 4–11 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 19 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 || Julio || Colomé || ||11,124|| 5–11 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 20|| @ Devil Rays || 6–3 || Johnson || Wilson || Roberts || 11,402 || 6–11 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 21 || @ Devil Rays|| 1–2 ||Creek||Ponson ||Yan|| 13,091 || 6–12|| L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 23 || Boston Red Sox || 7–5 || Erickson || Castillo|| Julio|| 26,301 || 7–12 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 24 || Red Sox || 5–3 || López || Oliver|| Julio|| 29,004 || 8–12 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 25 || Red Sox || 0–7 || Martinez || Maduro || || 31,353|| 8–13 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 26 || @ Royals || 10–5 || Groom || Grimsley || || 12,372 || 9–13 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 23 || April 27 || @ Royals || 9–4 || Ponson || Byrd || || 16,850 || 10–13 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 28 || @ Royals || 13–0 || Erickson || Rekar|| || 15,643 || 11–13 || W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 29 || @ Boston Red Sox || 5–3 || López|| Castillo || Julio || 31,177 || 12–13 || W4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || April 30 || @ Boston Red Sox || 0–4 || Oliver||Maduro|| || 31,751 || 12–14 || L1 |-

Roster

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

  • Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
  • Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

References