2002 Colorado Rockies season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Colorado Rockies
season = 2002
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1993
division = Western Division
y2 = 1993
Uniform
ballpark = Coors Field
y4 = 1995
city = Denver, Colorado
y5 = 1993
owners =
managers = Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
television = KWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman)
radio = KOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)|The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the 10th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73-89, 4th in the NL West.

Offseason

*January 21, 2002: Alex Ochoa was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Colorado Rockies to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Lenny Harris and Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile, and cash to the Colorado Rockies. The Colorado Rockies sent Craig House and Ross Gload to the New York Mets. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jeff D'Amico, Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Mark Sweeney, and cash to the New York Mets. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml]
* March 31, 2002: Bobby Estalella was signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/estalbo02.shtml Bobby Estalella Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

Roster

Benny Agbayani,
Sandy Alomar Jr.,
Gary Bennett,
Brent Butler,
Shawn Chacon,
Aaron Cook,
Mark Corey,
Jack Cust,
Bobby Estalella,
Randy Flores,
Brian Fuentes,
Ross Gload,
Mike Hampton,
Todd Helton,
Todd Hollandsworth,
Mike James,
Jason Jennings,
Jose Jimenez,
Todd Jones,
Gabe Kapler,
Mark Little,
Sean Lowe,
Walt McKeel,
Kent Mercker,
Denny Neagle,
Chris Nichting,
Greg Norton,Jose Ortiz,
Jay Payton,
Ben Petrick,
Juan Pierre,
Dennys Reyes,
Jason Romano,
Victor Santos,
Terry Shumpert,
Justin Speier,
Dennis Stark,
John Thomson,
Juan Uribe,Cory Vance,
Larry Walker,
Rick White,
Todd Zeile

eason standings

Transactions

*June 4, 2002: Jeff Francis was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francje01.shtml Jeff Francis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml]
*July 31, 2002: Gabe Kapler was traded by the Texas Rangers with Jason Romano and cash to the Colorado Rockies for Dennys Reyes and Todd Hollandsworth. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaplega01.shtml Gabe Kapler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/2002.shtml 2002 Rockies]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=COL 2002 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]