2002 Chicago Cubs

67-95 • .414 Win% • 5th in NL C

The 2002 Chicago Cubs went 67-95 (.414) finishing 5th in the NL C division. The club scored 706 runs, allowed 759, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Sammy Sosa (49 HR, 108 RBI) and Matt Clement (12-11, 3.60 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

67 Wins
95 Losses
.414 Win %
5th Rank
706 R 759 RA
Diff -53

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706 Runs Scored
759 Runs Allowed
-53 Run Diff
2,694K Attendance

📈 vs. 2002 NL Average

Batting Avg .245 5% below the 2002 league average (.259)
OBP .321 3% below the 2002 league average (.331)
SLG .412 1% above the 2002 league average (.410)
Team ERA 4.29 4% worse than the 2002 league average (4.11)
Runs Scored 706 2% below the 2002 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,694,946
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Avg per Game 33,270

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2002

Batting Avg

1 Angel Echevarria 0.306 2 Sammy Sosa 0.288 3 Robert Machado 0.276 4 Moises Alou 0.275 5 Fred McGriff 0.273

Home Runs

1 Sammy Sosa 49 2 Fred McGriff 30 3 Mark Bellhorn 27 4 Alex Gonzalez 18 5 Todd Hundley 16

RBI

1 Sammy Sosa 108 2 Fred McGriff 103 3 Moises Alou 61 4 Alex Gonzalez 61 5 Mark Bellhorn 56
2002 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Corey Patterson 153 592 71 150 30 5 14 54 19 142 18 0.253
Sammy Sosa 150 556 122 160 19 2 49 108 103 144 2 0.288
Fred McGriff 146 523 67 143 27 2 30 103 63 99 1 0.273
Alex Gonzalez 142 513 58 127 27 5 18 61 46 136 5 0.248
Moises Alou 132 484 50 133 23 1 15 61 47 61 8 0.275
Mark Bellhorn 146 445 86 115 24 4 27 56 76 144 7 0.258
Bill Mueller 103 353 51 94 19 4 7 37 51 41 0 0.266
Todd Hundley 92 266 32 56 8 0 16 35 32 80 0 0.211
Joe Girardi 90 234 19 53 10 1 1 13 16 35 1 0.226
Roosevelt Brown 111 204 14 43 12 0 3 23 23 50 2 0.211
Chris Stynes 98 195 25 47 9 1 5 26 21 29 1 0.241
Bobby Hill 59 190 26 48 7 2 4 20 17 42 6 0.253
Delino DeShields 67 146 20 28 6 1 3 10 21 38 10 0.192
Angel Echevarria 50 98 14 30 7 0 3 21 8 17 0 0.306
Darren Lewis 58 79 7 19 3 1 0 7 7 11 1 0.241
Kerry Wood 33 72 5 12 0 0 1 5 3 28 0 0.167
Augie Ojeda 30 70 4 13 4 0 0 4 5 5 1 0.186
Matt Clement 32 61 4 3 2 0 0 4 1 34 0 0.049
Robert Machado 22 58 5 16 4 0 1 5 5 11 0 0.276
Hee-Seop Choi 24 50 6 9 1 0 2 4 7 15 0 0.180
Chad Hermansen 35 43 3 9 3 0 1 3 5 14 0 0.209
Jon Lieber 21 43 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.163
Mark Prior 19 35 3 6 4 0 0 4 2 15 0 0.171
Kevin Orie 13 32 4 9 3 0 0 5 1 4 0 0.281
Carlos Zambrano 32 30 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.033
Mike Mahoney 16 29 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 10 0 0.207
Jason Bere 16 24 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.125
Juan Cruz 45 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Alan Benes 7 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.077
Steve Smyth 8 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.222
Joe Borowski 73 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.286
Mario Encarnacion 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.000
Pat Mahomes 18 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Will Cunnane 16 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Antonio Alfonseca 66 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.667
Jeff Fassero 57 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Donovan Osborne 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Francis Beltran 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kyle Farnsworth 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Jesus Sanchez 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Chiasson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Courtney Duncan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2002

ERA

1 Joe Borowski 2.73 2 Mark Prior 3.32 3 Matt Clement 3.60 4 Kerry Wood 3.66 5 Carlos Zambrano 3.66

Wins

1 Matt Clement 12 2 Kerry Wood 12 3 Jon Lieber 6 4 Mark Prior 6 5 Jeff Fassero 5

Strikeouts

1 Kerry Wood 217 2 Matt Clement 215 3 Mark Prior 147 4 Joe Borowski 97 5 Carlos Zambrano 93
2002 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kerry Wood 12 11 3.66 33 33 0 213.2 169 87 97 217
Matt Clement 12 11 3.60 32 32 0 205.0 162 82 85 215
Jon Lieber 6 8 3.70 21 21 0 141.0 153 58 12 87
Mark Prior 6 6 3.32 19 19 0 116.2 98 43 38 147
Carlos Zambrano 4 8 3.66 32 16 0 108.1 94 44 63 93
Juan Cruz 3 11 3.98 45 9 1 97.1 84 43 59 81
Joe Borowski 4 4 2.73 73 0 2 95.2 84 29 29 97
Jason Bere 1 10 5.67 16 16 0 85.2 98 54 28 65
Antonio Alfonseca 2 5 4.00 66 0 19 74.1 73 33 36 61
Jeff Fassero 5 6 6.18 57 0 0 51.0 65 35 22 44
Kyle Farnsworth 4 6 7.33 45 0 1 46.2 53 38 24 46
Alan Benes 2 2 4.35 7 7 0 39.1 42 19 12 32
Pat Mahomes 1 1 3.86 16 2 0 32.2 36 14 17 23
Will Cunnane 1 1 5.47 16 0 0 26.1 27 16 13 30
Steve Smyth 1 3 9.35 8 7 0 26.0 34 27 10 16
Tom Gordon 1 1 3.42 19 0 0 23.2 27 9 10 31
Donovan Osborne 0 1 6.19 11 0 0 16.0 19 11 10 13
Ron Mahay 2 0 8.59 11 0 0 14.2 13 14 8 14
Francis Beltran 0 0 7.50 11 0 0 12.0 14 10 16 11
Jesus Sanchez 0 0 12.96 8 0 0 8.1 15 12 10 6
Scott Chiasson 0 0 23.14 4 0 0 4.2 11 12 6 3
Courtney Duncan 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 2 0 1 1

👥 Roster (44)

Antonio Alfonseca Moises Alou Mark Bellhorn Francis Beltran Alan Benes Jason Bere Joe Borowski Roosevelt Brown Scott Chiasson Hee-Seop Choi Matt Clement Juan Cruz +32 more

44 players

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The 2002 Chicago Cubs in brief

The 2002 Chicago Cubs won 67 games and lost 95, ending up 5th in the NL Central. With 706 runs scored and 759 given up, the 2002 differential was -53. At the plate the Chicago Cubs hit .245, 5% worse than the league's .259. The Chicago Cubs staff finished with a 4.29 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.11. The 706 runs scored compare with a league average of 720 per club, 2% fewer.

The home park, Wrigley Field, recorded 2,694,946 in attendance, about 33,270 a game. Sammy Sosa topped the Chicago Cubs with 49 home runs. Matt Clement led the pitchers with 12 wins. Kerry Wood struck out 217, the most on the club. Antonio Alfonseca closed out 19 saves. The 2002 roster runs to 44 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2002 Chicago Cubs

What was the 2002 Chicago Cubs record?
The 2002 Chicago Cubs finished 67-95 (.414 win pct).
Who led the 2002 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Sammy Sosa led the 2002 Chicago Cubs with 49 home runs.
What was the 2002 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 2002 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 4.29.
Did the 2002 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 2002 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2002 Chicago Cubs play?
The 2002 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 2002 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Sammy Sosa (49 HR, 108 RBI) and Matt Clement (12-11, 3.60 ERA).
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