2002 Cleveland Indians season

The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise. The 2002 Major League Baseball season began on March 31, 2002.The team finished third in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox.

2002 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkJacobs Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersLarry Dolan
General managersMark Shapiro
ManagersCharlie Manuel (fired July 11) Joel Skinner (interim, July 11-September 29)
TelevisionFSN Ohio
John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
RadioWTAM
Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
Seasons

Offseason
  • November 7, 2001: Chris Coste was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[1]
  • November 7, 2001: Jason Beverlin was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[2]
  • November 26, 2001: Donzell McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[3]
  • December 11, 2001: Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples (minors) were traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan and players to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Earl Snyder and Billy Traber to the Indians on December 13.[4]
  • December 18, 2001: John Rocker was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder.[5]
  • February 9, 2002: Bruce Aven was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[6]
  • March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned by the Indians to the Kansas City Royals.[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584 — 54–27 40–40
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457 20½ 39–42 35–46
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383 32½ 37–44 25–56
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342 39 33–47 22–59

American League Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611 —
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 6
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574 6
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 21
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457 25
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444 27
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 32
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383 37
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 43½

Record vs. opponents
2002 American League record

Sources:
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

Notable transactions

Roster
2002 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 45 Mike Brown (Pitching)
  •  1 Al Bumbry (First Base)[12]
  • 29 Jeff Datz (Bench, Third Base)[12]
  •  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen)
  • 87 Dave Keller (Bullpen Catcher)
  • 33 Eddie Murray (Hitting)
  • 35 Joel Skinner (Third Base)[12]
  •  6 Robby Thompson (First Base, Bench)[12]
  • 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log
2002 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 31@ Angels6–0Colón (1–0)Washburn (0–1)—Edison International Field of Anaheim42,6971–0W1
April: 12–13 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
2April 2@ Angels5–7Weber (1–0)Riske (0–1)Percival (1)Edison International Field of Anaheim20,0551–1L1
3April 3@ Angels6–5Drese (1–0)Sele (0–1)Wickman (1)Edison International Field of Anaheim18,1942–1W1
4April 5@ Tigers10–1Báez (1–0)Redman (0–1)—Comerica Park41,2483–1W2
5April 6@ Tigers5–3Colón (2–0)Cornejo (0–1)Wickman (2)Comerica Park19,7544–1W3
6April 7@ Tigers5–1Sabathia (1–0)Weaver (0–1)Wickman (3)Comerica Park14,7495–1W4
7April 8Twins9–5Drese (2–0)Milton (1–1)—Jacobs Field42,4416–1W5
8April 9Twins5–4Finley (1–0)Mays (0–2)Wickman (4)Jacobs Field23,7607–1W6
9April 10Twins9–3Báez (2–0)Reed (1–1)—Jacobs Field25,4208–1W7
10April 11Twins8–4Colón (3–0)Lohse (0–1)—Jacobs Field25,5829–1W8
11April 12Royals3–1Sabathia (2–0)Suppan (1–1)Wickman (5)Jacobs Field29,97010–1W9
12April 13Royals8–7Shuey (1–0)Bailey (0–2)—Jacobs Field28,45511–1W10
–April 14RoyalsPostponed (rain, makeup May 18)
13April 16@ White Sox5–10Marte (1–0)Finley (1–1)—Comiskey Park23,50211–2L1
14April 17@ White Sox2–7Buehrle (4–0)Báez (2–1)—Comiskey Park15,56111–3L2
15April 18@ White Sox1–7Ritchie (1–1)Colón (3–1)—Comiskey Park13,88011–4L3
16April 19@ Twins3–12Lohse (1–1)Sabathia (2–1)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome23,49111–5L4
17April 20@ Twins2–6Kinney (1–0)Drese (2–1)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome30,14611–6L5
18April 21@ Twins2–4Reed (2–1)Finley (1–2)Guerrero (8)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome22,26411–7L6
19April 22White Sox4–2Báez (3–1)Buehrle (4–1)Wickman (6)Jacobs Field24,51912–7W1
20April 23White Sox1–5Ritchie (2–1)Colón (3–2)—Jacobs Field25,28412–8L1
21April 24White Sox2–9Wright (2–2)Sabathia (2–2)—Jacobs Field25,93512–9L2
22April 25White Sox3–6Garland (3–1)Drese (2–2)Foulke (6)Jacobs Field29,04612–10L3
23April 26@ Rangers7–4Davis (2–2)Finley (2–2)—The Ballpark in Arlington33,24313–10W1
24April 27@ Rangers2–4Bell (1–0)Báez (3–2)Irabu (4)The Ballpark in Arlington43,35313–11L1
25April 28@ Rangers1–2Valdez (2–3)Colón (3–3)Irabu (5)The Ballpark in Arlington24,11813–12L2
26April 30Angels2–21Ortiz (2–3)Sabathia (2–3)—Jacobs Field24,28613–13L3
May: 13–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
27May 1Angels2–7Washburn (3–2)Drese (2–3)—Jacobs Field23,53613–14L4
28May 2Angels0–8Appier (3–1)Finley (2–3)—Jacobs Field26,06813–15L5
29May 3Rangers2–4Davis (3–2)Báez (3–3)Irabu (7)Jacobs Field32,84613–16L6
30May 4Rangers3–0Colón (4–3)Valdez (2–4)Wickman (7)Jacobs Field33,78814–16W1
31May 5Rangers9–2Sabathia (3–3)Rogers (3–1)—Jacobs Field31,99015–16W2
32May 6@ Orioles9–4Drese (3–3)Groom (1–1)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards24,97616–16W3
33May 7@ Orioles3–4 (10)Julio (2–0)Wohlers (0–1)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards26,45516–17L1
34May 8@ Orioles6–2Báez (4–3)Erickson (3–3)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards29,36117–17W1
35May 9@ Royals3–5Suppan (3–4)Rincón (0–1)Hernandez (2)Kauffman Stadium12,55517–18L1
36May 10@ Royals0–9Reichert (1–3)Sabathia (3–4)—Kauffman Stadium24,27917–19L2
–May 11@ RoyalsPostponed (rain, makeup July 20)
37May 12@ Royals1–4Byrd (6–2)Finley (2–4)Hernandez (3)Kauffman Stadium10,82017–20L3
38May 14Orioles6–5Shuey (2–0)Julio (2–2)—Jacobs Field30,44718–20W1
39May 15Orioles3–1Colón (5–3)Bauer (1–1)Wickman (8)Jacobs Field26,31519–20W2
–May 16OriolesPostponed (rain, makeup June 13)
40May 17Royals2–6Byrd (7–2)Finley (2–5)—Jacobs Field32,59319–21L1
41May 18 (1)Royals2–4Reichert (2–4)Wickman (0–1)Hernandez (4)Jacobs Field29,38819–22L2
42May 18 (2)Royals4–1Drese (4–3)May (0–1)Wickman (9)Jacobs Field32,11020–22W1
43May 19Royals4–5Grimsley (2–2)Wickman (0–2)Hernandez (5)Jacobs Field31,10520–23L1
44May 20@ Tigers3–4Santana (3–0)Rincón (0–2)Walker (1)Comerica Park12,85120–24L2
45May 21@ Tigers1–5Redman (1–5)Nagy (0–1)—Comerica Park14,44220–25L3
46May 22@ Tigers0–2Weaver (4–5)Finley (2–6)—Comerica Park14,39620–26L4
47May 24@ Blue Jays5–2Drese (5–3)Miller (3–2)Wickman (10)SkyDome16,38521–26W1
48May 25@ Blue Jays3–0Sabathia (4–4)Loaiza (2–1)Wickman (11)SkyDome21,58922–26W2
49May 26@ Blue Jays3–1Colón (6–3)Prokopec (2–7)—SkyDome22,38023–26W3
50May 27Tigers1–4Redman (2–5)Báez (4–4)—Jacobs Field40,65223–27L1
51May 28Tigers4–2Finley (3–6)Weaver (4–6)Wickman (12)Jacobs Field25,02824–27W1
52May 29Tigers5–9Sparks (3–5)Riske (0–2)Acevedo (7)Jacobs Field26,15624–28L1
53May 30Tigers11–7Riske (1–2)Lima (1–3)—Jacobs Field25,68925–28W1
54May 31White Sox7–0Colón (7–3)Glover (1–1)—Jacobs Field33,75626–28W2
June: 11–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
55June 1White Sox8–4Báez (5–4)Ritchie (3–7)—Jacobs Field37,70727–28W3
56June 2White Sox4–3Finley (4–6)Wright (5–6)Wickman (13)Jacobs Field37,76028–28W4
57June 4@ Twins2–23Reed (6–2)Drese (5–4)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome14,02928–29L1
58June 5@ Twins6–4Sabathia (5–4)Milton (7–5)Riske (1)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome15,61729–29W1
59June 6@ Twins3–8Lohse (6–3)Colón (7–4)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome15,55329–30L1
60June 7Mets3–4Leiter (6–5)Báez (5–5)Benitez (12)Jacobs Field39,98629–31L2
61June 8Mets6–8Trachsel (4–6)Finley (4–7)Benitez (13)Jacobs Field41,47429–32L3
62June 9Mets8–3Drese (6–4)Estes (2–5)—Jacobs Field39,43630–32W1
63June 10Phillies1–3Adms (3–4)Sabathia (5–5)Mesa (18)Jacobs Field28,44030–33L1
64June 11Phillies5–1Colón (8–4)Wolf (3–5)Wickman (14)Jacobs Field30,23831–33W1
65June 12Phillies3–7Padilla (9–4)Paronto (0–1)—Jacobs Field35,78331–34L1
66June 13Orioles2–1 (10)Riggan (1–0)Roberts (3–2)—Jacobs Field26,74532–34W1
67June 14@ Rockies5–3Drese (7–4)Thomson (6–6)Wickman (15)Coors Field40,15633–34W2
68June 15@ Rockies4–7Jones (1–1)Paronto (0–2)Jimenez (18)Coors Field41,87033–35L1
69June 16@ Rockies5–4Colón (9–4)Neagle (4–4)Wickman (16)Coors Field40,79234–35W1
70June 18@ Marlins0–4Dempster (5–6)Finley (4–8)—Pro Player Stadium9,72434–36L1
71June 19@ Marlins1–2Tavarez (5–3)Riggan (1–1)Nunez (16)Pro Player Stadium9,42834–37L2
72June 20@ Marlins0–3 (6)Burnett (8–5)Drese (7–5)—Pro Player Stadium8,04534–38L3
73June 21@ Expos1–3Vazquez (5–3)Sabathia (5–6)Stewart (8)Olympic Stadium7,49434–39L4
74June 22@ Expos5–4Colón (10–4)Day (2–1)Wickman (17)Olympic Stadium10,18035–39W1
75June 23@ Expos2–7Armas (7–7)Finley (4–9)—Olympic Stadium13,55735–40L1
76June 25@ Red Sox4–2Báez (6–5)Castillo (5–8)Wickman (18)Fenway Park34,06436–40W1
77June 26@ Red Sox4–7Martinez (9–2)Drese (7–6)Urbina (21)Fenway Park32,25536–41L1
–June 27@ Red SoxPostponed (rain, makeup September 16)
78June 28Diamondbacks8–2Sabathia (6–6)Batista (4–5)—Jacobs Field42,58637–41W1
79June 29Diamondbacks2–4Anderson (3–7)Finley (4–10)Kim (20)Jacobs Field42,46637–42L1
80June 30Diamondbacks2–5Schilling (13–3)Báez (6–6)—Jacobs Field42,22137–43L2
July: 10–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
81July 2@ Yankees5–10Mendoza (6–2)Rincón (0–3)—Yankee Stadium45,58937–44L3
82July 3@ Yankees8–11Wells (9–5)Sabathia (6–7)Rivera (20)Yankee Stadium39,87937–45L4
83July 4@ Yankees1–7Mussina (12–3)Finley (4–11)—Yankee Stadium42,90937–46L5
84July 5@ White Sox4–2Báez (7–6)Garland (7–6)Wickman (19)Comiskey Park29,08538–46W1
85July 6@ White Sox3–7Buehrle (12–6)Phillips (0–1)Marte (1)Comiskey Park25,01638–47L1
86July 7@ White Sox9–3Drese (8–6)Ritchie (5–11)—Comiskey Park22,10439–47W1
–July 973nd All-Star GameAmerican League vs. National League (Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
87July 11Yankees4–7Pettitte (3–3)Sabathia (6–8)Rivera (22)Jacobs Field41,19239–48L1
88July 12Yankees2–1 (10)Wohlers (1–1)Karsay (3–4)—Jacobs Field42,51840–48W1
89July 13Yankees5–14Wells (10–5)Drese (8–7)—Jacobs Field42,63140–49L1
90July 14Yankees10–7Rincón (1–3)Rivera (1–4)—Jacobs Field42,57341–49W1
91July 15White Sox7–1Phillips (1–1)Glover (3–5)—Jacobs Field30,02542–49W2
92July 16White Sox4–5Osuna (5–1)Wickman (0–3)Marte (2)Jacobs Field30,75442–50L1
93July 17Twins5–8Reed (7–5)Báez (7–7)Guerrero (30)Jacobs Field33,32442–51L2
94July 18Twins6–8Fiore (8–2)Rincón (1–4)Guerrero (31)Jacobs Field33,57342–52L3
95July 19@ Royals5–8Mullen (2–2)Murray (0–1)Ro. Hernandez (18)Kauffman Stadium20,92242–53L4
96July 20 (1)@ Royals5–7Ru. Hernandez (1–0)Wright (0–1)Ro. Hernandez (19)Kauffman StadiumN/A42–54L5
97July 20 (2)@ Royals5–3 (10)Shuey (3–0)Voyles (0–2)Wickman (20)Kauffman Stadium36,27743–54W1
98July 21@ Royals12–13 (10)Mullen (3–2)Murray (0–2)—Kauffman Stadium15,63743–55L1
99July 23Yankees9–3Báez (8–7)Pettitte (4–4)—Jacobs Field38,52044–55W1
100July 24Yankees7–14Wells (11–5)Drese (8–8)—Jacobs Field38,08144–56L1
101July 26Tigers5–8Powell (1–0)Nagy (0–2)Henriquez (2)Jacobs Field38,73844–57L2
102July 27Tigers1–5Sparks (5–10)Sabathia (6–9)—Jacobs Field38,62244–58L3
103July 28Tigers9–6DePaula (1–0)Acevedo (1–5)—Jacobs Field35,07645–58W1
104July 29@ Athletics8–6Mulholland (1–0)Magnante (0–2)Wohlers (1)Network Associates Coliseum18,29746–58W2
105July 30@ Athletics5–4Drese (9–8)Lidle (3–9)Wohlers (2)Network Associates Coliseum14,73747–58W3
106July 31@ Athletics4–6Mulder (12–6)Westbrook (0–1)Koch (26)Network Associates Coliseum47,57447–59L1
August: 12–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
107August 1@ Mariners6–10Nelson (2–2)DePaula (1–1)—Safeco Field45,59047–60L2
108August 2@ Mariners1–3Moyer (11–4)Báez (8–8)Sasaki (29)Safeco Field45,99547–61L3
109August 3@ Mariners4–12Garcia (12–7)Wright (0–2)—Safeco Field46,21947–62L4
110August 4@ Mariners10–8Westbrook (1–1)Sasaki (2–5)Wohlers (3)Safeco Field46,12048–62W1
111August 6Devil Rays4–2Nagy (1–2)Sosa (1–5)Wohlers (4)Jacobs Field35,30249–62W2
112August 7Devil Rays6–2Sabathia (7–9)Sturtze (1–12)—Jacobs Field37,88850–62W3
113August 8Devil Rays2–4Wilson (5–7)Báez (8–9)Yan (15)Jacobs Field29,97350–63L1
114August 9Rangers2–3Rogers (12–6)Wohlers (1–2)Cordero (4)Jacobs Field41,01950–64L2
115August 10Rangers4–3Wickman (1–3)Kolb (2–1)—Jacobs Field37,75351–64W1
116August 11Rangers5–11Myette (1–4)Nagy (1–3)—Jacobs Field36,78951–65L1
117August 13@ Devil Rays9–5Sabathia (8–9)Sturtze (1–13)Wohlers (5)Tropicana Field11,77952–65W1
118August 14@ Devil Rays6–4Báez (9–9)Wilson (5–8)Wohlers (6)Tropicana Field10,45553–65W2
119August 15@ Devil Rays3–4Harper (5–6)Wohlers (1–3)—Tropicana Field10,77853–66L1
120August 16@ Angels4–5Lackey (5–2)Drese (9–9)Percival (29)Edison International Field of Anaheim41,35653–67L2
121August 17@ Angels9–4Sadler (1–0)Washburn (15–4)—Edison International Field of Anaheim39,86654–67W1
122August 18@ Angels1–4Appier (11–9)Sabathia (8–10)Percival (30)Edison International Field of Anaheim41,05954–68L1
123August 19Athletics1–8Hudson (10–9)Báez (9–10)—Jacobs Field27,69654–69L2
124August 20Athletics3–6Harang (5–3)Westbrook (1–2)Koch (32)Jacobs Field27,52754–70L3
125August 21Athletics0–6Lidle (7–9)Rodríguez (0–1)—Jacobs Field26,91654–71L4
126August 22Athletics3–9Mulder (15–7)Phillips (1–2)Bradford (2)Jacobs Field27,75954–72L5
127August 23Mariners4–2Wohlers (2–3)Baldwin (7–10)—Jacobs Field33,52555–72W1
128August 24Mariners5–3Mulholland (2–0)Creek (2–2)—Jacobs Field38,08656–72W2
129August 25Mariners4–12Garcia (14–9)Westbrook (1–3)—Jacobs Field36,40256–73L1
130August 26Tigers8–2Rodríguez (1–1)Sparks (8–13)—Jacobs Field24,34457–73W1
131August 27Tigers5–8Redman (8–12)Phillips (1–3)Acevedo (27)Jacobs Field24,37557–74L1
132August 28Tigers2–1Sabathia (9–10)Powell (1–4)Báez (1)Jacobs Field25,15858–74W1
133August 30Red Sox5–15Lowe (18–6)Wright (0–3)—Jacobs Field31,98658–75L1
134August 31Red Sox8–7Báez (10–10)Howry (3–4)—Jacobs Field37,90859–75W1
September: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
135September 1Red Sox1–7Wakefield (8–5)Nagy (1–4)—Jacobs Field34,79959–76L1
136September 2@ Tigers11–1Sabathia (10–10)Powell (1–5)—Comerica Park18,72260–76W1
137September 3@ Tigers0–4Van Hekken (1–0)Mulholland (2–1)—Comerica Park11,63560–77L1
138September 4@ Tigers9–3Wright (1–3)Maroth (5–7)—Comerica Park12,71561–77W1
139September 5@ White Sox11–6Rodríguez (2–1)Glover (7–7)—Comiskey Park12,66762–77W2
140September 6@ White Sox9–7Burba (5–5)Buehrle (17–10)Báez (2)Comiskey Park17,13163–77W3
141September 7@ White Sox4–2Sabathia (11–10)Garland (10–11)Wohlers (7)Comiskey Park16,62264–77W4
142September 8@ White Sox6–7Osuna (8–2)Báez (10–11)—Comiskey Park15,06764–78L1
143September 9Blue Jays9–11Bowles (1–1)Sadler (1–1)Escobar (30)Jacobs Field28,56764–79L2
144September 10Blue Jays4–5Bowles (2–1)Wohlers (2–4)Escobar (31)Jacobs Field24,31264–80L3
145September 11Blue Jays5–6 (11)Cassidy (1–4)Elder (0–1)Kershner (1)Jacobs Field26,60964–81L4
146September 12Twins5–4Riggan (2–1)Mays (3–7)Báez (3)Jacobs Field28,64965–81W1
147September 13Twins12–5Mulholland (3–1)Milton (13–9)—Jacobs Field30,42166–81W2
148September 14Twins2–3Reed (15–7)Sadler (1–2)Guerrero (41)Jacobs Field32,33066–82L1
149September 15Twins0–5Lohse (13–8)Lee (0–1)—Jacobs Field28,06166–83L2
150September 16 (1)@ Red Sox1–6Martinez (19–4)Rodríguez (2–2)—Fenway Park30,02366–84L3
151September 16 (2)@ Red Sox7–1Tallet (1–0)Castillo (5–15)—Fenway Park31,20367–84W1
152September 17@ Red Sox2–4Wakefield (11–5)Sabathia (11–11)Urbina (36)Fenway Park31,76067–85L1
153September 18@ Red Sox6–4Riske (2–2)Embree (3–6)Báez (4)Fenway Park31,82968–85W1
154September 20@ Royals6–2Davis (1–0)Obermueller (0–1)Báez (5)Kauffman Stadium13,27169–85W2
155September 21@ Royals2–3Grimsley (4–6)Mulholland (3–2)—Kauffman Stadium15,44669–86L1
156September 22@ Royals6–5Sabathia (12–11)Grimsley (4–7)Báez (6)Kauffman Stadium11,17770–86W1
157September 24@ Twins3–4Hawkins (5–0)Elder (0–2)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome21,63470–87L1
158September 25@ Twins5–7 (12)Romero (9–2)Maurer (0–1)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome15,31470–88L2
159September 26@ Twins8–4Drese (10–9)Jackson (2–3)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome17,77271–88W1
160September 27Royals4–3Sabathia (13–11)Obermueller (0–2)—Jacobs Field27,70672–88W2
161September 28Royals6–5 (10)Wohlers (3–4)MacDougal (0–1)—Jacobs Field31,42873–88W3
162September 29Royals7–3Wright (2–3)Mullen (4–5)—Jacobs Field32,01874–88W4
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
CEinar Díaz1023203466190216.2060
1BJim Thome14748010114619252118.3041
2BRicky Gutiérrez943533897130438.2750
3BTravis Fryman11839742861431155.2170
SSOmar Vizquel151582851603151472.27518
LFRussell Branyan50161163340817.2051
CFMilton Bradley983254881183938.2496
RFMatt Lawton11441671981921557.2368
DHEllis Burks138518921562803291.3012

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Chad Allen510011000.1000
Brady Anderson34804134015.1634
Bruce Aven717120000.1181
Josh Bard249092050312.2220
Ben Broussard3911210274049.2410
Jolbert Cabrera3872581007.1111
Wil Cordero618140001.2220
Coco Crisp3212716339219.2604
Todd Dunwoody26000000.0000
Karim García511972959801652.2990
Greg LaRocca215212143104.2691
Chris Magruder872583456151629.2172
Víctor Martínez1232291015.2810
John McDonald932643566113112.2503
Eddie Pérez421176259004.2140
Brandon Phillips1131583104.2580
Bill Selby65159153472621.2140
Earl Snyder18555112014.2000
Lee Stevens53153223471526.2220

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS IP H BB K
CC Sabathia13114.373333210.019888149
Ryan Drese1096.552626137.117662102
Bartolo Colón1042.551616116.11043175
Chuck Finley4114.441818105.11144891
Jason Phillips134.978641.2412023
Ricardo Rodríguez225.667741.1401824
Jaret Wright2315.718618.1401912
Brian Tallet101.502212.0945
Cliff Lee011.742210.1686

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H BB K
Danys Báez10114.4139266165.116082130
Charles Nagy148.88197048.2761322
Terry Mulholland324.60163047.0561421
Jake Westbrook135.83114041.2501220
Dave Burba104.50123034.0301725
Jason Davis101.8432014.212411
Roy Smith003.004106.0952

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G SV IP H BB K
Bob Wickman134.46362034.1421036
Mark Wohlers344.7964771.1712646
David Riske225.2651151.1493565
Ricardo Rincón144.7946035.236830
Paul Shuey302.4139037.1311039
Chad Paronto024.0429035.2341123
Jerrod Riggan217.6429033.0531822
Dave Elder023.1315023.0181423
Carl Sadler124.4324020.1151123
Heath Murray027.509012.012711
Jason Beverlin007.36407.1949
Sean DePaula1112.79506.11138
Alex Herrera000.00505.1315
Dave Maurer0113.50201.1300
Nerio Rodríguez000.00100.1000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates
Classification level Team League
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References
  1. Chris Coste at Baseball Reference
  2. Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
  3. Donzell McDonald at Baseball Reference
  4. Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference
  5. John Rocker at Baseball Reference
  6. "Bruce Aven Stats".
  7. "Cleveland Indians Opening Day Starters".
  8. Jeremy Guthrie at Baseball Reference
  9. Ben Broussard at Baseball Reference
  10. Grady Sizemore at Baseball Reference
  11. Paul Shuey at Baseball Reference
  12. "Team notes - American League Central". USA Today. July 16, 2002. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
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