2002 Season Review -- Chicago White Sox
February 6, 2003
This article takes a look at how the Chicago White Sox 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 827 856
Runs allowed 762 798
Run Margin +65 +58
Wins 89 81
Pythagorean wins 87 87
Placement 1st 2nd
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .283 .281
Difference +.013 +.011
Position Players
Mark L. Johnson, c , bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 85 20 3 0 2 11 9 1 11 0 16 1 0 .235 .327 .341 .668 10
Prorated ChA 254 60 9 0 6 33 27 3 33 0 48 3 0 31
Actual ChA 263 55 8 1 4 31 18 3 30 1 52 0 0 .209 .297 .293 .590 25
Sandy Alomar Jr., c , bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 461 119 19 2 10 44 48 5 22 2 47 2 2 .258 .296 .373 .669 49
Prorated ChA 163 42 7 1 4 16 17 2 8 1 17 1 1 18
Actual ChA 167 48 10 1 7 21 25 1 5 0 14 0 0 .287 .309 .485 .794 23
Prorated Col 111 29 5 0 2 11 12 1 5 0 11 0 0 11
Actual Col 116 31 4 0 0 8 12 0 4 0 19 0 0 .267 .292 .302 .593 9
Prorated Tot 273 71 11 1 6 26 28 3 13 1 28 1 1 29
Actual Tot 283 79 14 1 7 29 37 1 9 0 33 0 0 .279 .302 .410 .712 32
Josh Paul, c , bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 69 18 4 0 2 10 8 0 5 0 14 1 1 .261 .311 .406 .717 8
Prorated ChA 109 28 6 0 3 16 13 0 8 0 22 2 2 13
Actual ChA 104 25 4 0 0 11 11 1 9 0 22 2 0 .240 .302 .279 .581 10
Miguel Olivo, c , bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 66 16 4 0 3 9 11 1 6 1 12 1 1 .242 .311 .439 .750 9
Prorated ChA 18 4 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 3
Actual ChA 19 4 1 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 5 0 0 .211 .286 .421 .707 2
Paul Konerko, 1b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 561 160 33 1 28 85 95 9 50 3 81 1 0 .285 .350 .497 .848 95
Prorated ChA 565 161 33 1 28 86 96 9 50 3 82 1 0 95
Actual ChA 570 173 30 0 27 81 104 9 44 2 72 0 0 .304 .359 .498 .857 100
Jeff Liefer, 1b/lf/rf, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 153 38 9 0 8 22 24 2 13 1 41 1 1 .248 .314 .464 .778 21
Prorated ChA 203 50 12 0 11 29 32 3 17 1 54 1 1 29
Actual ChA 204 47 8 0 7 28 26 0 19 2 60 0 0 .230 .295 .373 .667 23
Ray Durham, 2b, bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 579 154 36 9 17 99 59 5 62 2 103 23 10 .266 .339 .447 .787 90
Prorated ChA 363 96 23 6 11 62 37 3 39 1 65 14 6 57
Actual ChA 345 103 20 2 9 71 48 5 49 0 59 20 5 .299 .390 .446 .836 62
Prorated Oak 219 58 14 3 6 37 22 2 23 1 39 9 4 33
Actual Oak 219 60 14 4 6 43 22 2 24 1 34 6 2 .274 .350 .457 .806 37
Prorated Tot 582 155 36 9 17 99 59 5 62 2 103 23 10 90
Actual Tot 564 163 34 6 15 114 70 7 73 1 93 26 7 .289 .374 .450 .825 99
Willie Harris, 2b/cf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 70 17 3 0 1 10 5 0 4 0 10 5 2 .243 .284 .329 .612 7
Prorated ChA 165 40 7 0 2 24 12 0 9 0 24 12 5 15
Actual ChA 163 38 4 0 2 14 12 0 9 0 21 8 0 .233 .270 .294 .565 14
D'Angelo Jimenez, 2b/ss, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected SD 634 170 35 1 11 95 67 1 70 5 123 6 6 .268 .339 .379 .718 82
Prorated SD 317 85 18 1 6 48 34 1 35 3 62 3 3 42
Actual SD 321 77 11 4 3 39 33 0 34 1 63 4 2 .240 .311 .327 .638 32
Prorated ChA 111 30 6 0 2 17 12 0 12 1 22 1 1 14
Actual ChA 108 31 4 3 1 22 11 1 16 0 10 2 1 .287 .384 .407 .791 18
Prorated Tot 429 115 24 1 7 64 45 1 47 3 83 4 4 56
Actual Tot 429 108 15 7 4 61 44 1 50 1 73 6 3 .252 .330 .347 .677 50
Jose Valentin, 3b/ss, bats switch, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 515 130 28 4 28 86 75 4 57 3 119 11 5 .252 .329 .485 .815 83
Prorated ChA 460 116 25 4 25 77 67 4 51 3 106 10 4 75
Actual ChA 474 118 26 4 25 70 75 2 43 2 99 3 3 .249 .311 .479 .790 70
Tony Graffanino, 3b/2b/ss, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 116 33 6 1 2 19 13 1 12 0 20 4 2 .284 .351 .405 .756 17
Prorated ChA 226 64 12 2 4 37 25 2 23 0 39 8 4 33
Actual ChA 229 60 12 4 6 35 31 2 22 1 38 2 1 .262 .329 .428 .757 34
Joe Crede, 3b, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 67 18 4 0 2 9 10 1 6 1 12 0 0 .269 .333 .418 .751 10
Prorated ChA 187 50 11 0 6 25 28 3 17 3 33 0 0 27
Actual ChA 200 57 10 0 12 28 35 0 8 0 40 0 2 .285 .311 .515 .826 31
Royce Clayton, ss, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 516 129 22 5 11 68 58 4 38 2 94 10 7 .250 .303 .376 .679 55
Prorated ChA 337 84 14 3 7 44 38 3 25 1 61 7 5 36
Actual ChA 342 86 14 2 7 51 35 3 20 0 67 5 1 .251 .295 .365 .661 37
Carlos Lee, lf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 541 150 30 2 22 79 82 6 33 2 84 13 6 .277 .324 .462 .786 78
Prorated ChA 533 148 30 2 22 78 81 6 32 2 83 13 6 77
Actual ChA 492 130 26 2 26 82 80 2 75 4 73 1 4 .264 .359 .484 .843 90
Joe Borchard, lf/cf, bats switch, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 66 18 3 0 4 12 12 1 7 0 19 0 0 .273 .347 .500 .847 11
Prorated ChA 33 9 1 0 2 6 6 0 3 0 9 0 0 5
Actual ChA 36 8 0 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 14 0 0 .222 .243 .389 .632 3
Kenny Lofton, cf, bats left, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 589 148 27 4 14 105 67 4 65 2 85 21 8 .251 .326 .382 .708 77
Prorated ChA 357 90 16 2 8 64 41 2 39 1 52 13 5 46
Actual ChA 352 91 20 6 8 68 42 0 49 0 51 22 8 .259 .348 .418 .766 56
Prorated SF 180 45 8 1 4 32 21 1 20 1 26 6 2 23
Actual SF 180 48 10 3 3 30 9 1 23 0 22 7 3 .267 .353 .406 .758 28
Prorated Tot 537 135 25 4 13 96 61 4 59 2 78 19 7 71
Actual Tot 532 139 30 9 11 98 51 1 72 0 73 29 11 .261 .350 .414 .763 84
Aaron Rowand, cf/lf/rf, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 95 27 6 0 4 15 15 3 7 1 17 3 1 .284 .349 .474 .823 16
Prorated ChA 294 84 19 0 12 46 46 9 22 3 53 9 3 49
Actual ChA 302 78 16 2 7 41 29 6 12 1 54 0 1 .258 .298 .394 .692 34
Magglio Ordonez, rf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 578 173 35 1 29 91 108 4 60 5 65 19 5 .299 .366 .514 .880 107
Prorated ChA 583 175 35 1 29 92 109 4 61 5 66 19 5 109
Actual ChA 590 189 47 1 38 116 135 7 53 2 77 7 5 .320 .381 .597 .978 127
Frank Thomas, dh, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 561 163 37 0 30 88 106 6 95 16 89 1 2 .291 .394 .517 .911 119
Prorated ChA 526 153 35 0 28 82 99 6 89 15 83 1 2 112
Actual ChA 523 132 29 1 28 77 92 7 88 2 115 3 0 .252 .361 .472 .834 96
Pitchers
Mark Buehrle, starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 3.18 32 32 15 7 0 206 179 21 46 118 .234 .664
Prorated ChA 38 38 18 8 0 244 212 25 54 140
Actual ChA 3.58 34 34 19 12 0 239 236 25 61 134 .260 .713
Dan Wright, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 5.77 6 6 2 3 0 34 39 6 18 22 .289 .870
Prorated ChA 33 33 11 16 0 188 214 33 99 121
Actual ChA 5.18 33 33 14 12 0 196 200 32 71 136 .263 .777
Jon Garland, starter, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.56 32 32 10 10 0 176 186 18 75 100 .274 .766
Prorated ChA 34 34 11 11 0 189 200 19 81 108
Actual ChA 4.58 33 33 12 12 0 193 188 23 83 112 .258 .753
Todd Ritchie, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.28 32 32 13 10 0 214 224 28 50 120 .271 .757
Prorated ChA 22 22 9 7 0 149 156 19 35 83
Actual ChA 6.06 26 23 5 15 0 134 176 18 52 77 .318 .871
Gary Glover, starter/reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.41 44 4 3 3 0 65 64 10 21 42 .257 .755
Prorated ChA 96 9 7 7 0 143 140 22 46 92
Actual ChA 5.20 41 22 7 8 1 138 136 21 52 70 .253 .756
Jon Rauch, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 5.09 27 27 8 10 0 163 166 34 59 133 .265 .823
Prorated ChA 5 5 1 2 0 30 31 6 11 25
Actual ChA 6.59 8 6 2 1 0 29 28 7 14 19 .248 .825
Jim Parque, starter/reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.66 26 26 9 9 0 155 171 19 52 93 .283 .777
Prorated ChA 5 5 2 2 0 29 32 4 10 17
Actual ChA 9.95 8 4 1 4 0 25 34 11 16 13 .318 1.059
Rocky Biddle, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 5.32 4 4 1 1 0 22 23 3 8 14 .271 .772
Prorated ChA 14 14 4 4 0 78 81 11 28 49
Actual ChA 4.06 44 7 3 4 1 78 72 13 39 64 .245 .795
Keith Foulke, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 2.12 70 0 6 4 44 81 56 5 18 81 .196 .542
Prorated ChA 68 0 6 4 43 78 54 5 17 79
Actual ChA 2.90 65 0 2 4 11 78 65 7 13 58 .225 .592
Antonio Osuna, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 5.19 30 0 2 3 0 43 43 7 21 45 .257 .800
Prorated ChA 46 0 3 5 0 66 65 11 32 68
Actual ChA 3.86 59 0 8 2 11 68 64 1 28 66 .250 .662
Damaso Marte, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 5.07 53 0 2 4 0 55 56 10 18 50 .263 .805
Prorated ChA 53 0 2 4 0 55 56 10 18 50
Actual ChA 2.83 68 0 1 1 10 60 44 5 18 72 .204 .572
Matt Ginter, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.42 10 0 1 1 0 18 18 2 6 12 .257 .729
Prorated ChA 30 0 3 3 0 54 53 6 18 35
Actual ChA 4.47 33 0 1 0 1 54 59 6 21 37 .278 .754
Bob Howry, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.00 70 0 4 3 2 74 71 9 24 66 .252 .724
Prorated ChA 46 0 3 2 1 49 47 6 16 44
Actual ChA 3.91 47 0 2 2 0 51 45 7 17 31 .245 .726
Prorated Bos 18 0 1 1 1 20 19 2 6 17
Actual Bos 5.00 20 0 1 3 0 18 22 2 4 14 .306 .892
Prorated Tot 65 0 4 3 2 69 66 8 22 61
Actual Tot 4.19 67 0 3 5 0 69 67 9 21 45 .262 .772
Mike Porzio, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.72 40 0 2 2 0 40 45 5 17 25 .287 .812
Prorated ChA 42 0 2 2 0 42 48 5 18 26
Actual ChA 4.81 32 0 2 2 0 43 40 10 23 33 .248 .838
Kelly Wunsch, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 3.75 70 0 3 2 1 58 52 6 22 40 .245 .710
Prorated ChA 39 0 2 1 1 32 29 3 12 23
Actual ChA 3.41 50 0 2 1 0 32 26 3 19 22 .230 .710
Lorenzo Barcelo, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChA 4.79 23 0 2 2 0 36 39 6 6 22 .277 .798
Prorated ChA 4 0 0 0 0 7 7 1 1 4
Actual ChA 9.00 4 0 0 1 0 6 9 1 1 1 .333 .802
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