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2002 Toronto Blue Jays season

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Record
  
78–84 (.481)

General manager(s)
  
J. P. Ricciardi

Divisional place
  
3rd

Owner(s)
  
Rogers Communications,Interbrew

Manager(s)
  
Buck Martinez, Carlos Tosca

Local television
  
CBC Television(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)The Sports Network(Rod Black, Pat Tabler)Rogers Sportsnet(Rob Faulds, John Cerutti)

The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's twenty-sixth 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.

Contents

Offseason

  • J. P. Ricciardi became the Blue Jays fourth GM on November 15, 2001
  • December 7, 2001: Billy Koch was traded by the Blue Jays to the Oakland Athletics for Eric Hinske and Justin Miller.
  • December 18, 2001: Brian Lesher was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.
  • December 22, 2001: Luis Lopez was purchased from the Blue Jays by the Oakland Athletics.
  • February 10, 2002: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.

    • 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

  • Homer Bush, 2B
  • José Cruz, Jr., OF
  • Carlos Delgado, 1B
  • Darrin Fletcher, C
  • Roy Halladay, P
  • Eric Hinske, 3B
  • Felipe López, SS
  • Raúl Mondesí, DH
  • Shannon Stewart, OF
  • Vernon Wells, OF

    • Notable transactions

  • May 26, 2002: Dan Plesac was traded by the Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cliff Politte.
  • July 1, 2002: Raúl Mondesí was traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Scott Wiggins.

    • 2002 Draft picks

    Source

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

    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

    Award winners

  • Eric Hinske, Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
  • Eric Hinske, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award

    • All-Star Game

  • Roy Halladay, Pitcher

    • References

    2002 Toronto Blue Jays season Wikipedia
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