2002 Season Review -- Chicago Cubs
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the Chicago Cubs 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 779 706
Runs allowed 781 759
Run Margin -2 -53
Wins 81 67
Pythagorean wins 81 75
Placement 3rd 5th
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .247 .270
Difference -.009 +.013
Position Players
Todd Hundley, c , bats switch, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 407 92 17 0 23 49 65 5 45 3 128 0 0 .226 .307 .437 .745 56
Prorated ChN 266 60 11 0 15 32 43 3 29 2 84 0 0 36
Actual ChN 266 56 8 0 16 32 35 3 32 3 80 0 0 .211 .301 .421 .722 34
Joe Girardi, c , bats right, age 37
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 168 43 8 1 2 18 18 1 13 2 32 0 0 .256 .311 .351 .663 18
Prorated ChN 232 60 11 1 3 25 25 1 18 3 44 0 0 25
Actual ChN 234 53 10 1 1 19 13 0 16 3 35 1 0 .226 .275 .291 .565 17
Robert Machado, c , bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 69 17 4 0 2 6 8 1 4 1 13 0 0 .246 .297 .391 .689 8
Prorated ChN 59 15 3 0 2 5 7 1 3 1 11 0 0 7
Actual ChN 58 16 4 0 1 5 5 0 5 0 11 0 0 .276 .333 .397 .730 7
Prorated Mil 155 38 9 0 5 14 18 2 9 2 29 0 0 17
Actual Mil 153 39 10 1 2 14 17 1 12 4 30 0 0 .255 .310 .373 .682 17
Prorated Tot 214 53 12 0 6 19 25 3 12 3 40 0 0 23
Actual Tot 211 55 14 1 3 19 22 1 17 4 41 0 0 .261 .316 .379 .695 24
Mike Mahoney, c , bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual ChN 29 6 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 10 0 0 .207 .233 .310 .544 2
Fred McGriff, 1b, bats left, age 38
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 560 160 23 0 30 70 102 2 81 13 120 1 0 .286 .375 .488 .863 104
Prorated ChN 514 147 21 0 28 64 94 2 74 12 110 1 0 96
Actual ChN 523 143 27 2 30 67 103 4 63 6 99 1 2 .273 .353 .505 .858 93
Angel Echevarria, 1b/rf/lf, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 70 17 4 0 2 7 8 1 4 0 14 0 0 .243 .293 .386 .679 8
Prorated ChN 104 25 6 0 3 10 12 1 6 0 21 0 0 12
Actual ChN 98 30 7 0 3 14 21 1 8 0 17 0 0 .306 .351 .469 .821 16
Hee Seop Choi, 1b, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 65 17 4 0 3 9 11 0 9 0 16 1 0 .262 .347 .462 .808 11
Prorated ChN 49 13 3 0 2 7 8 0 7 0 12 1 0 8
Actual ChN 50 9 1 0 2 6 4 0 7 0 15 0 0 .180 .281 .320 .601 4
Mark Bellhorn, 2b/3b/1b/ss, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 85 18 2 1 4 16 12 1 13 1 31 2 1 .212 .320 .400 .720 12
Prorated ChN 445 94 10 5 21 84 63 5 68 5 162 10 5 61
Actual ChN 445 115 24 4 27 86 56 6 76 3 144 7 5 .258 .374 .512 .886 89
Bobby Hill, 2b, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 67 17 2 0 1 9 7 1 7 0 13 3 1 .254 .333 .328 .662 8
Prorated ChN 192 49 6 0 3 26 20 3 20 0 37 9 3 22
Actual ChN 190 48 7 2 4 26 20 4 17 4 42 6 1 .253 .327 .374 .701 25
Delino DeShields, 2b, bats left, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 516 134 32 6 8 75 62 2 71 1 96 29 6 .260 .348 .391 .740 76
Prorated ChN 150 39 9 2 2 22 18 1 21 0 28 8 2 22
Actual ChN 146 28 6 1 3 20 10 0 21 2 38 10 1 .192 .292 .308 .600 16
Bill Mueller, 3b, bats switch, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 486 139 28 2 9 79 47 6 62 3 53 2 2 .286 .370 .407 .777 76
Prorated ChN 354 101 20 1 7 58 34 4 45 2 39 1 1 55
Actual ChN 353 94 19 4 7 51 37 0 51 2 41 0 0 .266 .355 .402 .757 53
Prorated SF 12 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2
Actual SF 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 0
Prorated Tot 366 105 21 2 7 59 35 5 47 2 40 2 2 58
Actual Tot 366 96 19 4 7 51 38 0 52 2 42 0 0 .262 .350 .393 .743 53
Chris Stynes, 3b/2b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 205 59 10 1 5 31 18 2 14 0 34 3 2 .288 .338 .420 .757 28
Prorated ChN 207 60 10 1 5 31 18 2 14 0 34 3 2 29
Actual ChN 195 47 9 1 5 25 26 1 21 1 29 1 1 .241 .314 .374 .688 23
Kevin Orie, 3b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 66 17 4 0 2 9 6 1 8 0 10 1 0 .258 .347 .409 .756 10
Prorated ChN 32 8 2 0 1 4 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 5
Actual ChN 32 9 3 0 0 4 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 .281 .306 .375 .681 4
Alex S. Gonzalez, ss, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 549 133 21 3 17 63 60 6 37 0 129 11 8 .242 .294 .384 .679 60
Prorated ChN 514 124 20 3 16 59 56 6 35 0 121 10 7 56
Actual ChN 513 127 27 5 18 58 61 3 46 7 136 5 3 .248 .312 .425 .737 67
Augie Ojeda, ss/2b/3b, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 67 15 3 0 1 8 6 1 5 0 7 1 0 .224 .284 .313 .597 6
Prorated ChN 72 16 3 0 1 9 6 1 5 0 8 1 0 7
Actual ChN 70 13 4 0 0 4 4 1 5 0 5 1 0 .186 .247 .243 .490 5
Moises Alou, lf, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 531 172 27 0 29 79 110 3 58 12 57 4 1 .324 .388 .539 .926 108
Prorated ChN 472 153 24 0 26 70 98 3 52 11 51 4 1 96
Actual ChN 484 133 23 1 15 50 61 0 47 4 61 8 0 .275 .337 .419 .757 68
Roosevelt Brown, lf/cf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 251 72 17 0 11 37 44 4 14 1 45 2 3 .287 .332 .486 .818 39
Prorated ChN 214 61 14 0 9 32 38 3 12 1 38 2 3 32
Actual ChN 204 43 12 0 3 14 23 3 23 0 50 2 2 .211 .299 .314 .612 20
Mario Encarnacion, lf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 69 18 3 0 3 10 12 1 5 0 19 1 1 .261 .320 .435 .755 9
Prorated ChN 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual ChN 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 0
Corey Patterson, cf, bats left, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 372 85 15 2 11 62 37 4 26 1 77 17 5 .228 .283 .368 .651 41
Prorated ChN 570 130 23 3 17 95 57 6 40 2 118 26 8 63
Actual ChN 592 150 30 5 14 71 54 8 19 1 142 18 3 .253 .284 .392 .676 67
Darren Lewis, cf/lf/rf, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 103 25 4 1 1 13 6 1 7 0 15 2 2 .243 .297 .330 .627 10
Prorated ChN 82 20 3 1 1 10 5 1 6 0 12 2 2 8
Actual ChN 79 19 3 1 0 7 7 3 7 0 11 1 3 .241 .326 .304 .630 8
Chad Hermansen, cf/rf, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 70 14 3 0 2 10 8 1 4 0 21 2 1 .200 .253 .329 .582 6
Prorated Pit 202 40 9 0 6 29 23 3 12 0 60 6 3 17
Actual Pit 194 40 11 1 7 22 15 1 17 0 68 7 5 .206 .272 .381 .654 20
Prorated ChN 46 9 2 0 1 7 5 1 3 0 14 1 1 3
Actual ChN 43 9 3 0 1 3 3 0 5 0 14 0 0 .209 .292 .349 .641 5
Prorated Tot 247 49 11 0 7 35 28 4 14 0 74 7 4 20
Actual Tot 237 49 14 1 8 25 18 1 22 0 82 7 5 .207 .276 .376 .651 25
Sammy Sosa, rf, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 530 164 30 3 52 115 129 4 87 24 141 1 2 .309 .405 .672 1.076 147
Prorated ChN 560 173 32 3 55 122 136 4 92 25 149 1 2 156
Actual ChN 556 160 19 2 49 122 108 3 103 15 144 2 0 .288 .399 .594 .993 135
Pitchers
Kerry Wood, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 3.33 32 32 14 8 0 194 146 19 103 224 .209 .655
Prorated ChN 34 34 15 9 0 209 157 20 111 241
Actual ChN 3.66 33 33 12 11 0 214 169 22 97 217 .221 .681
Matt Clement, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.65 27 27 8 10 0 157 158 15 79 127 .265 .771
Prorated ChN 33 33 10 12 0 191 193 18 97 155
Actual ChN 3.60 32 32 12 11 0 205 162 18 85 215 .215 .643
Jon Lieber, starter, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 3.74 32 32 15 9 0 219 218 28 35 155 .260 .717
Prorated ChN 21 21 10 6 0 142 142 18 23 101
Actual ChN 3.70 21 21 6 8 0 141 153 15 12 87 .277 .703
Mark Prior, starter, throws right, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual ChN 3.32 19 19 6 6 0 117 98 14 38 147 .226 .679
Carlos Zambrano, starter/reliever, throws right, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.38 21 4 2 2 0 37 34 4 22 31 .248 .756
Prorated ChN 61 12 6 6 0 107 98 12 64 90
Actual ChN 3.66 32 16 4 8 0 108 94 9 63 93 .235 .694
Jason Bere, starter, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.49 32 32 11 11 0 192 187 26 79 173 .255 .760
Prorated ChN 15 15 5 5 0 88 85 12 36 79
Actual ChN 5.67 16 16 1 10 0 86 98 13 28 65 .290 .840
Alan Benes, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 6.61 13 0 1 1 0 16 21 3 8 10 .313 .927
Prorated ChN 28 0 2 2 0 35 45 6 17 21
Actual ChN 4.35 7 7 2 2 0 39 42 3 12 32 .276 .707
Steve Smyth, starter, throws left, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual ChN 9.35 8 7 1 3 0 26 34 9 10 16 .321 1.061
Juan Cruz, reliever/starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.69 32 32 10 10 0 171 172 19 86 166 .264 .768
Prorated ChN 18 18 6 6 0 96 97 11 48 93
Actual ChN 3.98 45 9 3 11 1 97 84 11 59 81 .241 .729
Joe Borowski, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.29 40 0 3 2 0 42 41 6 16 44 .256 .751
Prorated ChN 87 0 7 4 0 91 89 13 35 96
Actual ChN 2.73 73 0 4 4 2 96 84 10 29 97 .239 .680
Jeff Fassero, reliever, throws left, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.44 70 0 4 4 1 73 77 10 24 67 .272 .773
Prorated ChN 53 0 3 3 1 56 59 8 18 51
Actual ChN 6.18 57 0 5 6 0 51 65 5 22 44 .313 .832
Prorated StL 17 0 1 1 0 17 18 2 6 16
Actual StL 3.00 16 0 3 0 0 18 16 4 5 12 .232 .719
Prorated Tot 70 0 4 4 1 73 77 10 24 67
Actual Tot 5.35 73 0 8 6 0 69 81 9 27 56 .292 .804
Kyle Farnsworth, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.01 70 0 4 3 2 74 68 10 28 75 .245 .722
Prorated ChN 47 0 3 2 1 50 46 7 19 51
Actual ChN 7.33 45 0 4 6 1 47 53 9 24 46 .293 .928
Pat Mahomes, reliever/starter, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.60 10 0 1 1 0 18 19 3 9 13 .275 .876
Prorated ChN 18 0 2 2 0 32 35 6 17 24
Actual ChN 3.86 16 2 1 1 0 33 36 3 17 23 .286 .804
Will Cunnane, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 5.00 10 0 1 1 0 18 21 2 6 17 .296 .819
Prorated ChN 14 0 1 1 0 26 30 3 9 24
Actual ChN 5.47 16 0 1 1 0 26 27 5 13 30 .270 .820
Flash Gordon, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 2.75 53 0 4 4 7 59 42 5 21 82 .199 .593
Prorated ChN 23 0 2 2 3 26 18 2 9 36
Actual ChN 3.42 19 0 1 1 0 24 27 1 10 31 .293 .793
Prorated Hou 17 0 1 1 2 19 14 2 7 26
Actual Hou 3.32 15 0 0 2 0 19 15 2 6 17 .217 .642
Prorated Tot 40 0 3 3 5 45 32 4 16 62
Actual Tot 3.38 34 0 1 3 0 43 42 3 16 48 .261 .729
Donovan Osborne, reliever, throws left, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 6.23 53 0 2 4 0 52 62 9 23 40 .298 .882
Prorated ChN 17 0 1 1 0 17 20 3 7 13
Actual ChN 6.19 11 0 0 1 0 16 19 1 10 13 .297 .840
Ron Mahay, reliever, throws left, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.58 19 0 1 1 0 18 16 3 8 17 .242 .775
Prorated ChN 16 0 1 1 0 15 14 3 7 15
Actual ChN 8.59 11 0 2 0 0 15 13 6 8 14 .228 .920
Francis Beltran, reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual ChN 7.50 11 0 0 0 0 12 14 2 16 11 .311 .973
Jesus Sanchez, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.59 34 4 4 4 0 69 66 9 30 50 .253 .760
Prorated ChN 6 1 1 1 0 12 11 2 5 9
Actual ChN 12.96 8 0 0 0 0 8 15 4 10 6 .395 1.299
Scott Chiasson, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 3.44 17 0 1 1 0 18 15 2 5 17 .224 .656
Prorated ChN 7 0 0 0 0 8 6 1 2 7
Actual ChN 23.14 4 0 0 0 0 5 11 2 6 3 .440 1.388
Courtney Duncan, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.86 19 0 1 1 0 17 17 2 9 19 .266 .766
Prorated ChN 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 3
Actual ChN 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 .222 .522
Antonio Alfonseca, closer, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.05 70 0 3 6 25 73 83 7 17 49 .288 .734
Prorated ChN 73 0 3 6 26 77 87 7 18 51
Actual ChN 4.00 66 0 2 5 19 74 73 5 36 61 .257 .710
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