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2002 Season Review -- Anaheim Angels

February 4, 2003

This article takes a look at how the Anaheim Angels performed relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections for 2002, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in 2002, visit the following pages:

2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March 21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency

Capsule Summary

                        Projected  Actual
Runs for                    769      851
Runs allowed                751      644
Run Margin                  +18     +207
Wins                         82       99
Pythagorean wins             83      103
Placement                   4th      2nd
                         Offense  Defense
Run efficiency average     .292     .243     
Difference                +.022    -.027

Position Players

Bengie Molina, c , bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   470 121 18  0 10  47  60 10  23  3  55  1  1 .257 .303 .360  .662  49
Prorated  Ana   421 108 16  0  9  42  54  9  21  3  49  1  1                       44
Actual    Ana   428 105 18  0  5  34  47  4  15  3  34  0  0 .245 .274 .322  .596  35

Jorge Fabregas, c , bats left, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    90  20  3  1  1   6   9  0   5  1   8  0  0 .222 .260 .311  .572   7
Prorated  Ana    88  20  3  1  1   6   9  0   5  1   8  0  0                        7
Actual    Ana    88  17  1  0  0   8   8  0   6  1   6  0  0 .193 .245 .205  .449   4

Prorated  Mil    67  15  2  1  1   4   7  0   4  1   6  0  0                        6
Actual    Mil    67  11  3  0  3   5  14  0   2  0   7  0  0 .164 .178 .343  .521   4

Prorated  Tot   155  34  5  2  2  10  16  0   9  2  14  0  0                       12
Actual    Tot   155  28  4  0  3  13  22  0   8  1  13  0  0 .181 .216 .265  .480   8

Jose Molina, c , bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    70  17  3  0  1   7   6  0   4  0  16  0  0 .243 .284 .329  .612   6
Prorated  Ana    76  18  3  0  1   8   6  0   4  0  17  0  0                        6
Actual    Ana    70  19  3  0  0   5   5  0   5  0  15  0  2 .271 .312 .314  .626   7

Sal Fasano, c , bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    65  13  3  0  3  10  10  4   5  0  20  0  0 .200 .297 .385  .682   7

Prorated  Ana     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Ana     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Scott Spiezio, 1b/3b/lf, bats switch, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   496 129 30  4 18  65  63  5  46  5  77  3  3 .260 .326 .446  .772  73
Prorated  Ana   510 133 31  4 19  67  65  5  47  5  79  3  3                       76
Actual    Ana   491 140 34  2 12  80  82  4  67  7  52  6  7 .285 .371 .436  .807  80

Clay Bellinger, 1b, bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    87  16  4  0  3  13   9  1   5  0  22  2  0 .184 .234 .333  .567   7
Prorated  Ana     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Ana     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Adam Kennedy, 2b, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   509 133 27  6  8  60  52  8  26  4  68 14  7 .261 .304 .385  .689  60
Prorated  Ana   466 122 25  5  7  55  48  7  24  4  62 13  6                       55
Actual    Ana   474 148 32  6  7  65  52  7  19  1  80 17  4 .312 .345 .449  .795  76

Benji Gil, 2b/ss/1b, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    98  25  5  1  2  11  11  1   6  0  22  2  2 .255 .302 .388  .690  11
Prorated  Ana   127  32  6  1  3  14  14  1   8  0  29  3  3                       14
Actual    Ana   130  37  8  1  3  11  20  0   5  0  33  2  1 .285 .307 .431  .737  18

Jose Nieves, 2b/ss/3b, bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    85  22  4  1  3  11  10  1   3  0  15  0  1 .259 .289 .435  .724  10
Prorated  Ana    93  24  4  1  3  12  11  1   3  0  16  0  1                       10
Actual    Ana    97  28  2  0  0  17   6  0   2  0  14  1  1 .289 .303 .309  .612   8

Chone Figgins, 2b, bats switch, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    Ana    12   2  1  0  0   6   1  0   0  0   5  2  1 .167 .167 .250  .417   0

Troy Glaus, 3b, bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   527 134 33  1 37  94  92  5  92  5 144  9  4 .254 .368 .531  .899 106
Prorated  Ana   563 143 35  1 40 100  98  5  98  5 154 10  4                      114
Actual    Ana   569 142 24  1 30  99 111  6  88  4 144 10  3 .250 .352 .453  .805  96

David Eckstein, ss, bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   578 156 26  1  4  89  41 24  51  0  61 26  7 .270 .352 .339  .691  76
Prorated  Ana   606 163 27  1  4  93  43 25  53  0  64 27  7                       79
Actual    Ana   608 178 22  6  8 107  63 27  45  0  44 21 13 .293 .363 .388  .752  91

Alfredo Amezaga, ss, bats switch, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    69  16  1  1  0  10   4  1   4  0  15  4  2 .232 .284 .275  .559   6
Prorated  Ana    12   3  0  0  0   2   1  0   1  0   3  1  0                        1
Actual    Ana    13   7  2  0  0   3   2  0   0  0   1  1  0 .538 .538 .692 1.231   4

Garret Anderson, lf/cf, bats left, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   612 172 36  2 27  77 103  1  23  4  88  8  5 .281 .306 .479  .785  84
Prorated  Ana   647 182 38  2 29  81 109  1  24  4  93  8  5                       89
Actual    Ana   638 195 56  3 29  93 123  0  30 11  80  6  4 .306 .332 .539  .871 111

Darin Erstad, cf/1b, bats left, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   591 165 31  3 13  88  64  6  53  6  97 20  8 .279 .342 .408  .750  85
Prorated  Ana   597 167 31  3 13  89  65  6  54  6  98 20  8                       86
Actual    Ana   625 177 28  4 10  99  73  2  27  4  67 23  3 .283 .313 .389  .702  78

Tim Salmon, rf, bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   532 140 27  1 30  85  76  7  98  4 134  3  3 .263 .383 .487  .870 104
Prorated  Ana   472 124 24  1 27  75  67  6  87  4 119  3  3                       92
Actual    Ana   483 138 37  1 22  84  88  7  71  3 102  6  3 .286 .380 .503  .883  98

Orlando Palmeiro, rf/lf/cf, bats left, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    82  20  4  0  0  10   7  1   9  0   8  2  1 .244 .323 .293  .615   9
Prorated  Ana   259  63 13  0  0  32  22  3  28  0  25  6  3                       27
Actual    Ana   263  79 12  1  0  35  31  0  30  1  22  7  2 .300 .368 .354  .722  36

Alex Ochoa, rf/lf, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   311  84 18  3  6  43  35  3  28  1  48  8  5 .270 .333 .405  .738  42
Prorated  Mil   224  61 13  2  4  31  25  2  20  1  35  6  4                       30
Actual    Mil   215  55  9  0  6  32  21  2  32  2  30  8  5 .256 .357 .381  .739  29

Prorated  Ana    67  18  4  1  1   9   8  1   6  0  10  2  1                        9
Actual    Ana    65  18  7  0  2   8  10  0  10  0   5  2  2 .277 .373 .477  .850  12

Prorated  Tot   291  79 17  3  6  40  33  3  26  1  45  7  5                       40
Actual    Tot   280  73 16  0  8  40  31  2  42  2  35 10  7 .261 .361 .404  .765  41

Julio Ramirez, rf/cf, bats right, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected FA     72  14  2  0  1   7   6  0   3  0  18  4  2 .194 .227 .264  .491   4

Prorated  Ana    34   7  1  0  0   3   3  0   1  0   8  2  1                        2
Actual    Ana    32   9  0  1  1   6   7  1   2  0  14  0  2 .281 .343 .438  .780   4

Jeff DaVanon, rf, bats switch, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana    84  20  4  2  3  12  11  1   9  0  21  2  1 .238 .316 .440  .756  12
Prorated  Ana    29   7  1  1  1   4   4  0   3  0   7  1  0                        4
Actual    Ana    30   5  3  0  1   3   4  0   2  0   6  1  0 .167 .219 .367  .585   3

Brad Fullmer, dh/1b, bats left, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   542 153 34  2 25  78  94  7  34  7  83  5  2 .282 .329 .491  .820  85
Prorated  Ana   440 124 28  2 20  63  76  6  28  6  67  4  2                       69
Actual    Ana   429 124 35  6 19  75  59 15  32  6  44 10  3 .289 .357 .531  .888  82

Shawn Wooten, dh/1b, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ana   132  39  6  0  5  15  18  2   5  0  24  0  0 .295 .326 .455  .781  19
Prorated  Ana   113  33  5  0  4  13  15  2   4  0  21  0  0                       16
Actual    Ana   113  33  8  0  3  13  19  1   6  1  24  2  0 .292 .331 .442  .773  16

Pitchers

Ramon Ortiz, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.53  32 32  10 13  0  209 207 28  78 145  .260  .768
Prorated  Ana        32 32  10 13  0  209 207 28  78 145            
Actual    Ana  3.77  32 32  15  9  0  217 188 40  68 162  .230  .722

Jarrod Washburn, starter, throws left, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.15  32 32  12 12  0  212 206 28  64 140  .254  .732
Prorated  Ana        30 30  11 11  0  202 196 27  61 133            
Actual    Ana  3.15  32 32  18  6  0  206 183 19  59 139  .235  .664

Kevin Appier, starter, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.58  32 32  10 12  0  193 196 23  68 136  .265  .765
Prorated  Ana        31 31  10 11  0  184 187 22  65 130            
Actual    Ana  3.92  32 32  14 12  0  188 191 23  64 132  .267  .748

Aaron Sele, starter, throws right, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.50  32 32  10 12  0  196 212 23  50 118  .278  .760
Prorated  Ana        27 27   8 10  0  166 180 20  42 100            
Actual    Ana  4.89  26 26   8  9  0  160 190 21  49  82  .299  .809

John Lackey, starter, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  5.29  19  0   1  1  0   17  21  3   5  11  .304  .868
Prorated  Ana       116  0   6  6  0  104 128 18  31  67            
Actual    Ana  3.66  18 18   9  4  0  108 113 10  33  69  .267  .709

Mickey Callaway, starter, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  6.23  10  0   1  1  0   17  23  3   6   8  .324  .915
Prorated  Ana        18  0   2  2  0   32  42  6  11  15            
Actual    Ana  4.19   6  6   2  1  0   34  31  4  11  23  .235  .657

Scott Schoeneweis, reliever/starter, throws left, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.41  27 27   9 11  0  176 186 19  61  89  .276  .761
Prorated  Ana        18 18   6  7  0  119 125 13  41  60            
Actual    Ana  4.88  54 15   9  8  1  118 119 17  49  65  .264  .771

Ben Weber, reliever, throws right, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  3.74  40  0   2  2  0   43  42  3  13  26  .258  .693
Prorated  Ana        69  0   3  3  0   75  73  5  23  45            
Actual    Ana  2.54  63  0   7  2  7   78  70  4  22  43  .249  .671

Al Levine, reliever, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  3.87  74  4   5  5  2   95  92 10  34  48  .256  .720
Prorated  Ana        53  3   4  4  1   68  65  7  24  34            
Actual    Ana  4.24  52  0   4  4  5   64  61  8  34  40  .253  .756

Lou Pote, reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  3.94  34  4   4  4  0   82  82 10  25  62  .263  .736
Prorated  Ana        20  2   2  2  0   49  49  6  15  37            
Actual    Ana  3.22  31  0   0  2  0   50  33  7  26  32  .194  .639

Brendan Donnelly, reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  5.40  19  0   1  1  0   17  20  3   7  17  .299  .891
Prorated  Ana        50  0   3  3  0   44  52  8  18  45            
Actual    Ana  2.17  46  0   1  1  1   50  32  2  19  54  .184  .518

Scot Shields, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  5.00  13  0   1  1  0   18  18  3   6  13  .261  .774
Prorated  Ana        31  0   2  2  0   43  43  7  14  31            
Actual    Ana  2.20  29  1   5  3  0   49  31  4  21  30  .188  .562

Dennis Cook, reliever, throws left, age 39

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.92  70  0   2  4  1   57  58 10  20  46  .266  .797
Prorated  Ana        29  0   1  2  0   23  24  4   8  19            
Actual    Ana  3.38  37  0   1  1  0   24  21  2  10  13  .241  .699

Donne Wall, reliever, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.84  23  0   1  2  0   35  37  6  11  20  .270  .775
Prorated  Ana        13  0   1  1  0   20  21  3   6  11            
Actual    Ana  6.43  17  0   0  0  0   21  17  3   7  13  .221  .693

Mark Lukasiewicz, reliever, throws left, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.06  53  0   3  3  0   58  49 13  20  63  .230  .750
Prorated  Ana        15  0   1  1  0   16  14  4   6  18            
Actual    Ana  3.86  17  0   2  0  0   14  17  0   9  15  .298  .704

Matt Wise, reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  4.70   4  4   1  1  0   23  23  4   5  17  .261  .748
Prorated  Ana         1  1   0  0  0    8   8  1   2   6            
Actual    Ana  3.24   7  0   0  0  0    8   7  0   1   6  .233  .548

Francisco Rodriguez, reliever, throws right, age 20

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ana  0.00   5  0   0  0  0    6   3  0   2  13  .167  .452

Troy Percival, closer, throws right, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ana  2.53  70  0   5  5 38   78  55  7  27  89  .197  .587
Prorated  Ana        51  0   4  4 28   57  40  5  20  64            
Actual    Ana  1.92  58  0   4  1 40   56  38  5  25  68  .188  .573

 

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