2002 Seattle Mariners season

2002 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Safeco Field (since 1999)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by Howard Lincoln)
General manager(s)	Pat Gillick
Manager(s)	Lou Piniella
Local television	KIRO-TV 11 FSN Northwest
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Jay Buhner, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Rick Rizzs)
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The Seattle Mariners 2002 season was their 26th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 3rd in the American League West, finishing with a record of 93-69.

Offseason

• December 7, 2001: Bret Boone was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[1]
• December 19, 2001: David Bell was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[2]
• January 25, 2002: David Bell was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the San Francisco Giants for Desi Relaford and cash.^[2]

Regular season

On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.^[3]

Opening Day starters

• Bret Boone
• Mike Cameron
• Jeff Cirillo
• Freddy Garcia
• Carlos Guillén
• Edgar Martínez
• Mark McLemore
• John Olerud
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Dan Wilson^[4]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	103	59	0.636	—	54–27	49–32
Anaheim Angels	99	63	0.611	4	54–27	45–36
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574	10	48–33	45–36
Texas Rangers	72	90	0.444	31	42–39	30–51

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–2	3–4	6–3	6–3	8–1	6–3	4–5	3–4	9–11	9–10	8–1	12–7	7–2	11–7
Baltimore	2–7	—	6–13	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–0	5–1	6–13	4–5	5–4	10–9	3–6	4–15	9–9
Boston	4–3	13–6	—	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–2	3–3	9–10	6–3	4–5	16–3	4–3	13–6	5–13
Chicago	3–6	4–3	4–2	—	9–10	12–7	11–8	8–11	2–4	2–7	5–4	4–3	5–4	4–2	8–10
Cleveland	3–6	5–1	4–5	10–9	—	10–9	9–10	8–11	3–6	2–5	3–4	4–2	4–5	3–3	6–12
Detroit	1–8	4–2	4–5	7–12	9–10	—	9–10	4–14	1–8	1–6	2–5	2–4	5–4	0–6	6–12
Kansas City	3–6	0–7	2–4	8–11	10–9	10–9	—	5–14	1–5	1–8	3–6	4–2	7–2	3–4	5–13
Minnesota	5–4	1–5	3–3	11–8	11–8	14–4	14–5	—	0–6	3–6	5–4	5–2	6–3	6–1	10–8
New York	4–3	13–6	10–9	4–2	6–3	8–1	5–1	6–0	—	5–4	4–5	13–5	4–3	10–9	11–7
Oakland	11–9	5–4	3–6	7–2	5–2	6–1	8–1	6–3	4–5	—	8–11	8–1	13–6	3–6	16–2
Seattle	10–9	4–5	5–4	4–5	4–3	5–2	6–3	4–5	5–4	11–8	—	5–4	13–7	6–3	11–7
Tampa Bay	1–8	9–10	3–16	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–5	5–13	1–8	4–5	—	4–5	8–11	7–11
Texas	7–12	6–3	3–4	4–5	5–4	4–5	2–7	3–6	3–4	6–13	7–13	5–4	—	8–1	9–9
Toronto	2–7	15–4	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–0	4–3	1–6	9–10	6–3	3–6	11–8	1–8	—	9–9

Roster

2002 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 48 Paul Abbott 33 James Baldwin 36 Doug Creek 39 Brian Fitzgerald 45 Ryan Franklin 34 Freddy García 54 John Halama 17 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 36 Justin Kaye 40 Julio Mateo 50 Jamie Moyer 43 Jeff Nelson 38 Joel Piñeiro 53 Arthur Rhodes 22 Kazuhiro Sasaki 39 Rafael Soriano 52 Aaron Taylor 47 Ismael Valdez 26 Mark Watson		Catchers 10 Pat Borders 13 Ben Davis  6 Dan Wilson Infielders 29 Bret Boone  9 Jeff Cirillo  8 Carlos Guillén 30 José Offerman  5 John Olerud 25 Desi Relaford 23 Luis Ugueto		Outfielders 16 Willie Bloomquist 44 Mike Cameron  1 Charles Gipson 18 Gene Kingsale  4 Mark McLemore 20 Scott Podsednik 21 Rubén Sierra 32 Chris Snelling 51 Ichiro Suzuki Other batters 11 Edgar Martínez 26 Ron Wright		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches  7 John McLaren 12 John Moses 31 Dave Myers 27 Gerald Perry 35 Bryan Price 15 Matt Sinatro

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ryan Franklin	32	212.0	11	13	3.57	99

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dan Rohn
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Dave Brundage
A	San Bernardino Stampede	California League	Daren Brown
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Gary Thurman
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Omer Muñoz and Roger Hansen
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Darrin Garner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio^[5]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebr01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellda01.shtml
3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
4. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=SEA
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2002 Seattle Mariners
• 2002 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Almanac