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2002 Season Review -- Cincinnati Reds

February 5, 2003

This article takes a look at how the Cincinnati Reds 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                    785      709
Runs allowed                796      774
Run Margin                  -11      -65
Wins                         80       78
Pythagorean wins             80       74
Placement                   4th      3rd
                         Offense  Defense
Run efficiency average .252 .264 Difference -.005 +.008

Position Players

Jason LaRue, c , bats right, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   479 111 27  2 18  58  58 12  31  4 124  3  3 .232 .294 .409  .703  55
Prorated  Cin   362  84 20  2 14  44  44  9  23  3  94  2  2                       42
Actual    Cin   353  88 17  1 12  42  52 13  27  6 117  1  2 .249 .324 .405  .729  44

Corky Miller, c , bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    64  16  4  0  3  10  12  5   5  0  12  1  0 .250 .347 .453  .800  11
Prorated  Cin   110  28  7  0  5  17  21  9   9  0  21  2  0                       19
Actual    Cin   114  29 10  0  3   9  15  4   9  2  20  0  0 .254 .328 .421  .749  14

Kelly Stinnett, c , bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    88  20  4  0  4  10  11  2   7  1  26  0  0 .227 .299 .409  .708  11
Prorated  Cin    98  22  4  0  4  11  12  2   8  1  29  0  0                       11
Actual    Cin    93  21  5  0  3  10  13  0  15  1  25  2  0 .226 .333 .376  .710  13

Sean Casey, 1b, bats left, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   565 174 41  0 18  78  93  9  49  8  77  2  1 .308 .370 .476  .846  98
Prorated  Cin   429 132 31  0 14  59  71  7  37  6  58  2  1                       74
Actual    Cin   425 111 25  0  6  56  42  5  43  6  47  2  1 .261 .334 .362  .696  52

Todd Walker, 2b, bats left, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   623 171 36  2 14  91  74  1  59  1  94  6  7 .274 .335 .406  .741  83
Prorated  Cin   608 167 35  2 14  89  72  1  58  1  92  6  7                       82
Actual    Cin   612 183 42  3 11  79  64  3  50  7  81  8  5 .299 .353 .431  .785  94

Wilton Guerrero, 2b/ss, bats switch, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   103  30  4  1  1  11   9  0   4  0  14  4  1 .291 .318 .379  .696  12
Prorated  Cin    84  24  3  1  1   9   7  0   3  0  11  3  1                       10
Actual    Cin    78  19  1  1  0   9   4  0   6  0  13  2  1 .244 .298 .282  .580   7

Prorated  Mon    63  18  2  1  1   7   6  0   2  0   9  2  1                        7
Actual    Mon    62  12  1  0  0   3   1  0   1  1  19  5  0 .194 .206 .210  .416   3

Prorated  Tot   147  43  6  1  1  16  13  0   6  0  20  6  1                       17
Actual    Tot   140  31  2  1  0  12   5  0   7  1  32  7  1 .221 .259 .250  .509  10

Aaron Boone, 3b/ss, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   570 160 36  2 20  74  85 13  39  2 102 10  4 .281 .337 .456  .793  88
Prorated  Cin   616 173 39  2 22  80  92 14  42  2 110 11  4                       96
Actual    Cin   606 146 38  2 26  83  87 10  56  4 111 32  8 .241 .314 .439  .753  87

Barry Larkin, ss, bats right, age 38

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   572 159 37  3 11  99  58  4  77  3  67 17  8 .278 .367 .411  .778  89
Prorated  Cin   494 137 32  3 10  86  50  3  67  3  58 15  7                       78
Actual    Cin   507 124 37  2  7  72  47  3  44  9  57 13  4 .245 .305 .367  .672  57

Juan Castro, ss/2b, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   108  25  5  0  2  11   8  0   7  1  20  0  0 .231 .276 .333  .609   9
Prorated  Cin    83  19  4  0  2   8   6  0   5  1  15  0  0                        7
Actual    Cin    82  18  3  0  2   5  11  0   7  0  18  0  0 .220 .278 .329  .607   8

Gookie Dawkins, ss, bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    70  15  3  0  2  10   6  0   4  0  14  2  1 .214 .257 .343  .600   6
Prorated  Cin    51  11  2  0  1   7   4  0   3  0  10  1  1                        4
Actual    Cin    48   6  2  0  0   2   0  0   6  0  21  2  1 .125 .222 .167  .389   2

Adam Dunn, lf/1b/rf, bats left, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   492 144 35  1 44 109 104 10  81  6 134 11  4 .293 .402 .636 1.039 131
Prorated  Cin   569 166 40  1 51 126 120 12  94  7 155 13  5                      152
Actual    Cin   535 133 28  2 26  84  71  9 128 13 170 19  9 .249 .400 .454  .854 107

Russell Branyan, lf/1b/3b, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cle   482 107 21  3 34  74  88  6  54  2 202  2  2 .222 .305 .490  .795  75
Prorated  Cle   159  35  7  1 11  24  29  2  18  1  66  1  1                       24
Actual    Cle   161  33  4  0  8  16  17  0  17  0  65  1  2 .205 .278 .379  .657  17

Prorated  Cin   225  50 10  1 16  34  41  3  25  1  94  1  1                       35
Actual    Cin   217  53  9  1 16  34  39  2  34  3  86  3  1 .244 .349 .516  .865  42

Prorated  Tot   383  85 17  2 27  59  70  5  43  2 161  2  2                       59
Actual    Tot   378  86 13  1 24  50  56  2  51  3 151  4  3 .228 .320 .458  .777  57

Brady Clark, lf/rf, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    87  22  4  0  3  14  11  1  10  0  11  2  1 .253 .333 .402  .736  12
Prorated  Cin    64  16  3  0  2  10   8  1   7  0   8  1  1                        8
Actual    Cin    66  10  3  0  0   6   9  1   6  2   9  1  2 .152 .233 .197  .430   3

Prorated  NYN    11   3  1  0  0   2   1  0   1  0   1  0  0                        1
Actual    NYN    12   5  1  0  0   3   1  0   1  0   2  0  0 .417 .462 .500  .962   3

Prorated  Tot    76  19  3  0  3  12  10  1   9  0  10  2  1                       10
Actual    Tot    78  15  4  0  0   9  10  1   7  2  11  1  2 .192 .267 .244  .511   5

Brandon Larson, lf/3b, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    71  16  4  0  3  10   9  1   3  0  20  0  0 .225 .267 .408  .675   7
Prorated  Cin    55  12  3  0  2   8   7  1   2  0  15  0  0                        5
Actual    Cin    51  14  2  0  4   8  13  1   6  1  10  1  0 .275 .362 .549  .911  10

Wily Mo Pena, lf, bats right, age 20

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    Cin    18   4  0  0  1   1   1  0   0  0  11  0  0 .222 .222 .389  .611   2

Juan Encarnacion, cf/rf, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   528 138 27  6 22  71  71  8  26  1 112 16  7 .261 .304 .460  .764  71
Prorated  Cin   327  86 17  4 14  44  44  5  16  1  69 10  4                       45
Actual    Cin   321  89 11  2 16  43  51  1  26  0  63  9  4 .277 .330 .474  .804  49

Prorated  Flo   268  70 14  3 11  36  36  4  13  1  57  8  4                       36
Actual    Flo   263  69 11  3  8  34  34  3  20  0  50 12  5 .262 .317 .418  .735  33

Prorated  Tot   596 156 30  7 25  80  80  9  29  1 126 18  8                       80
Actual    Tot   584 158 22  5 24  77  85  4  46  0 113 21  9 .271 .324 .449  .773  82

Reggie Taylor, cf/lf/rf, bats left, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    72  18  3  1  2   9   7  0   2  0  15  4  2 .250 .267 .403  .669   7
Prorated  Cin   299  75 12  4  8  37  29  0   8  0  62 17  8                       30
Actual    Cin   287  73 15  4  9  41  38  2  14  3  79 11  8 .254 .291 .429  .719  33

Ken Griffey Jr., cf, bats left, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin   571 151 25  2 44  93 106  8  79 14 117  8  2 .264 .358 .546  .905 115
Prorated  Cin   199  53  9  1 15  32  37  3  28  5  41  3  1                       41
Actual    Cin   197  52  8  0  8  17  23  3  28  6  39  1  2 .264 .358 .426  .784  30

Raul Gonzalez, cf, bats right, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    68  18  4  0  2  10   8  0   6  0   9  1  1 .265 .320 .412  .732   9
Prorated  Cin    23   6  1  0  1   3   3  0   2  0   3  0  0                        3
Actual    Cin    23   6  1  0  0   4   1  0   2  0   5  2  0 .261 .320 .304  .624   2

Prorated  NYN    78  21  5  0  2  11   9  0   7  0  10  1  1                       10
Actual    NYN    81  21  2  0  3   9  11  0   4  0  17  2  2 .259 .291 .395  .686   8

Prorated  Tot   101  27  6  0  3  15  12  0   9  0  13  1  1                       13
Actual    Tot   104  27  3  0  3  13  12  0   6  0  22  4  2 .260 .297 .375  .672  11

Austin Kearns, rf/lf/cf, bats right, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    68  18  4  0  3  10  11  1   6  0  13  1  1 .265 .333 .456  .789  10
Prorated  Cin   394 104 23  0 17  58  64  6  35  0  75  6  6                       59
Actual    Cin   372 117 24  3 13  66  56  6  54  3  81  6  3 .315 .407 .500  .907  77

Jose Guillen, rf, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    70  20  4  1  3  10  11  2   3  0  14  0  0 .286 .333 .500  .833  11
Prorated  Ari   132  38  8  2  6  19  21  4   6  0  26  0  0                       22
Actual    Ari   131  30  4  0  4  13  15  2   7  1  25  3  4 .229 .277 .351  .628  10

Prorated  Cin   110  31  6  2  5  16  17  3   5  0  22  0  0                       18
Actual    Cin   109  27  3  0  4  12  16  1   7  0  18  1  1 .248 .299 .385  .684  11

Prorated  Tot   242  69 14  3 10  35  38  7  10  0  48  0  0                       38
Actual    Tot   240  57  7  0  8  25  31  3  14  1  43  4  5 .237 .287 .367  .653  21

Ruben Mateo, rf, bats right, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cin    69  17  4  0  2  10   8  2   3  0  13  1  0 .246 .293 .391  .685   8
Prorated  Cin    86  21  5  0  3  13  10  3   4  0  16  1  0                       10
Actual    Cin    86  22  6  0  2  11   7  2   6  0  20  0  0 .256 .319 .395  .714  11

Pitchers

Jimmy Haynes, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  4.89  32 32  10 12  0  188 209 22  75 115  .284  .791
Prorated  Cin        33 33  10 12  0  192 214 23  77 118            
Actual    Cin  4.12  34 34  15 10  0  197 210 21  81 126  .278  .764

Elmer Dessens, starter, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  4.32  32 32  11 11  0  196 214 26  49 121  .280  .754
Prorated  Cin        28 28  10 10  0  174 190 23  43 107            
Actual    Cin  3.03  30 30   7  8  0  178 173 24  49  93  .257  .730

Chris Reitsma, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  4.86  27 27   8 10  0  163 183 21  39  87  .284  .791
Prorated  Cin        23 23   7  9  0  139 156 18  33  74            
Actual    Cin  3.64  32 21   6 12  0  138 144 17  45  84  .267  .762

Ryan Dempster, starter, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Flo  4.39  32 32  12 12  0  205 197 22  94 175  .254  .748
Prorated  Flo        19 19   7  7  0  119 115 13  55 102            
Actual    Flo  4.79  18 18   5  8  0  120 126 12  55  87  .281  .818

Prorated  Cin        14 14   5  5  0   90  87 10  41  77            
Actual    Cin  6.19  15 15   5  5  0   89 102 16  38  66  .293  .862

Prorated  Tot        33 33  12 12  0  209 201 22  96 179            
Actual    Tot  5.38  33 33  10 13  0  209 228 28  93 153  .286  .837

Jared Fernandez, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  6.11  13  0   1  1  0   18  20  3   6   9  .290  .829
Prorated  Cin        39  0   3  3  0   52  59  9  18  27            
Actual    Cin  4.44  14  8   1  3  0   51  59  5  24  36  .294  .822

Brian Moehler, starter, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  4.40  15 15   5  7  0  106 122 10  20  58  .290  .759
Prorated  Det         3  3   1  1  0   18  21  2   3  10            
Actual    Det  2.29   3  3   1  1  0   20  17  3   2  13  .233  .634

Prorated  Cin         7  7   2  3  0   47  54  4   9  26            
Actual    Cin  6.02  10  9   2  4  0   43  61  8  11  18  .330  .942

Prorated  Tot         9  9   3  4  0   66  75  6  12  36            
Actual    Tot  4.86  13 12   3  5  0   63  78 11  13  31  .302  .855

Shawn Estes, starter, throws left, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected NYN  3.99  32 32  11 11  0  192 186 15  90 145  .258  .723
Prorated  NYN        22 22   8  8  0  134 130 10  63 101            
Actual    NYN  4.55  23 23   4  9  0  133 133 12  66  92  .267  .760

Prorated  Cin         5  5   2  2  0   31  30  2  14  23            
Actual    Cin  7.71   6  6   1  3  0   28  38  1  17  17  .345  .944

Prorated  Tot        27 27   9  9  0  164 159 13  77 124            
Actual    Tot  5.10  29 29   5 12  0  161 171 13  83 109  .281  .794

Jose Acevedo, starter, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  5.00  32 32   9 11  0  176 187 30  62 137  .273  .801
Prorated  Cin         5  5   1  2  0   26  27  4   9  20            
Actual    Cin  7.23   6  5   4  2  0   24  28  8  12  14  .292  .986

Joey Hamilton, reliever/starter, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  6.04  16 16   4  7  0   92 118 14  28  60  .313  .872
Prorated  Cin        21 21   5  9  0  123 157 19  37  80            
Actual    Cin  5.27  39 17   4 10  1  125 136 11  50  85  .279  .771

Scott Sullivan, reliever, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  3.43  40  0   4  2  0   63  52  6  17  51  .224  .654
Prorated  Cin        55  0   5  3  0   87  71  8  23  70            
Actual    Cin  6.06  71  0   6  5  1   79  93 15  31  78  .294  .854

Jose Rijo, reliever/starter, throws right, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  5.89  13  0   1  1  0   18  22  3   8  12  .297  .842
Prorated  Cin        52  0   4  4  0   73  88 12  32  48            
Actual    Cin  5.14  31  9   5  4  0   77  89 13  20  38  .283  .794

Scott Williamson, reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  3.86  34  4   3  2  0   47  39  4  24  57  .228  .689
Prorated  Cin        51  6   4  3  0   69  58  6  36  85            
Actual    Cin  2.92  63  0   3  4  8   74  46  5  36  84  .181  .569

Gabe White, reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  3.36  70  0   5  3  1   78  66 13  17  66  .229  .690
Prorated  Cin        49  0   3  2  1   54  46  9  12  46            
Actual    Cin  2.98  62  0   6  1  0   54  49  3  10  41  .239  .652

John Riedling, reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  3.08  70  0   5  3  2   76  59  6  32  66  .216  .653
Prorated  Cin        45  0   3  2  1   49  38  4  21  43            
Actual    Cin  2.70  33  0   2  4  0   47  39  2  26  30  .234  .657

Bruce Chen, reliever/starter, throws left, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected NYN  4.27  44  4   4  4  0   65  60 11  22  58  .243  .745
Prorated  NYN         0  0   0  0  0    1   1  0   0   1            
Actual    NYN  0.00   1  0   0  0  0    1   1  0   0   0  .333  .667

Prorated  Cin        28  3   3  3  0   42  39  7  14  37            
Actual    Cin  4.31  39  1   0  2  0   40  37  7  20  37  .243  .790

Prorated  Mon        29  3   3  3  0   42  39  7  14  38            
Actual    Mon  6.99  15  5   2  3  0   37  47  9  23  43  .303  .926

Prorated  Tot        57  5   5  5  0   85  78 14  29  76            
Actual    Tot  5.56  55  6   2  5  0   78  85 16  43  80  .274  .857

Jim Brower, reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  4.66  27  4   3  4  0   68  68 10  26  46  .264  .778
Prorated  Cin        15  2   2  2  0   37  37  5  14  25            
Actual    Cin  3.89  22  0   2  0  0   39  38  2  10  24  .260  .676

Prorated  Mon        17  3   2  3  0   43  43  6  17  29            
Actual    Mon  4.83  30  0   1  2  0   41  39  5  22  33  .245  .748

Prorated  Tot        32  5   4  5  0   80  80 12  31  54            
Actual    Tot  4.37  52  0   3  2  0   80  77  7  32  57  .252  .714

Luis Pineda, reliever/starter, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  4.58  17  0   1  1  0   18  17  3   8  17  .254  .792
Prorated  Cin        32  0   2  2  0   33  32  6  15  32            
Actual    Cin  4.18  26  2   1  3  0   32  25  4  24  31  .221  .760

Jose Silva, reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  4.67  19  0   1  1  0   17  20  2   5  12  .294  .773
Prorated  Cin        25  0   1  1  0   23  27  3   7  16            
Actual    Cin  4.24  12  0   1  0  0   23  25  3  10   6  .294  .843

Carlos Almanzar, reliever/starter, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Col  7.31  19  0   1  1  0   16  24  4   4  13  .348  .995

Prorated  Cin        11  0   1  1  0    9  14  2   2   8            
Actual    Cin  2.31   8  1   0  1  0   12   6  0   5   7  .158  .429

Luke Hudson, reliever, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  6.48  19  0   1  1  0   17  19  4   7  12  .288  .890
Prorated  Cin         7  0   0  0  0    6   7  1   3   4            
Actual    Cin  4.50   3  0   0  0  0    6   5  1   6   7  .227  .756

Danny Graves, closer/starter, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cin  3.43  70  0   4  6 29   76  73  7  19  48  .254  .703
Prorated  Cin        92  0   5  8 38   99  95  9  25  63            
Actual    Cin  3.19  68  4   7  3 32   99  99  7  25  58  .264  .676

 

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