2002 Season Review -- Colorado Rockies
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the Colorado Rockies 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 967 778
Runs allowed 931 898
Run Margin +36 -120
Wins 85 73
Pythagorean wins 84 69
Placement 2nd 4th
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .275 .281
Difference +.019 +.025
Position Players
Gary Bennett, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 287 84 18 1 10 39 41 4 26 4 45 0 0 .293 .356 .467 .823 49
Prorated Col 279 82 17 1 10 38 40 4 25 4 44 0 0 47
Actual Col 291 77 10 2 4 26 26 6 15 2 45 1 3 .265 .314 .354 .668 30
Bobby Estalella, c , bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 64 14 4 0 3 9 10 1 9 1 19 0 0 .219 .320 .422 .742 9
Prorated Col 111 24 7 0 5 16 17 2 16 2 33 0 0 15
Actual Col 112 23 8 0 8 17 25 0 14 0 33 0 1 .205 .285 .491 .776 16
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
Ben Petrick, c /lf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 280 77 17 3 13 49 47 3 36 3 67 5 3 .275 .359 .496 .856 52
Prorated Col 92 25 6 1 4 16 15 1 12 1 22 2 1 17
Actual Col 95 20 3 1 5 10 11 1 9 0 33 0 1 .211 .283 .421 .704 11
Walt McKeel, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Col 13 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615 1
Todd Helton, 1b, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 548 186 49 2 43 123 130 5 87 15 83 5 3 .339 .430 .672 1.102 160
Prorated Col 566 192 51 2 44 127 134 5 90 15 86 5 3 165
Actual Col 553 182 39 4 30 107 109 5 99 21 91 5 1 .329 .429 .577 1.006 144
Ross Gload, 1b, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 70 20 4 1 3 11 12 0 4 0 11 1 1 .286 .320 .500 .820 11
Prorated Col 32 9 2 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 5 0 0 5
Actual Col 31 8 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 .258 .324 .387 .711 4
Brent Butler, 2b/3b/ss, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 80 22 5 0 2 13 10 1 4 0 7 0 1 .275 .314 .412 .726 9
Prorated Col 337 93 21 0 8 55 42 4 17 0 30 0 4 39
Actual Col 344 89 18 4 9 55 42 5 10 3 40 2 6 .259 .287 .413 .699 38
Terry Shumpert, 2b/lf, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 81 23 5 2 2 14 9 1 6 1 14 3 1 .284 .337 .469 .806 13
Prorated Col 241 68 15 6 6 42 27 3 18 3 42 9 3 39
Actual Col 234 55 12 1 6 30 21 4 21 0 41 4 1 .235 .304 .372 .676 26
Jose Ortiz, 2b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 552 164 30 6 27 104 95 7 41 0 84 15 6 .297 .352 .520 .872 97
Prorated Col 196 58 11 2 10 37 34 2 15 0 30 5 2 35
Actual Col 192 48 7 1 1 22 12 3 16 0 30 2 0 .250 .315 .313 .627 20
Jason Romano, 2b/ss, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 67 17 3 0 1 10 6 0 5 0 10 2 1 .254 .301 .343 .645 7
Prorated Tex 54 14 2 0 1 8 5 0 4 0 8 2 1 6
Actual Tex 54 11 4 0 0 8 4 0 4 0 13 2 0 .204 .254 .278 .532 5
Prorated Col 37 9 2 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 5 1 1 4
Actual Col 37 12 0 1 0 9 1 0 3 0 11 4 1 .324 .375 .378 .753 6
Prorated Tot 90 23 4 0 1 13 8 0 7 0 13 3 1 9
Actual Tot 91 23 4 1 0 17 5 0 7 0 24 6 1 .253 .303 .319 .622 10
Todd Zeile, 3b, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 532 162 33 2 21 78 81 5 68 3 85 1 1 .305 .387 .492 .879 102
Prorated Col 508 155 31 2 20 74 77 5 65 3 81 1 1 97
Actual Col 506 138 23 0 18 61 87 1 66 3 92 1 1 .273 .353 .425 .778 72
Greg Norton, 3b/1b, bats switch, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 68 19 4 0 4 10 11 0 7 0 17 0 0 .279 .347 .515 .861 12
Prorated Col 177 49 10 0 10 26 29 0 18 0 44 0 0 31
Actual Col 168 37 8 1 7 19 37 0 24 0 52 2 3 .220 .314 .405 .719 21
Juan Uribe, ss, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 650 195 46 18 22 84 118 4 21 2 114 19 4 .300 .325 .528 .853 106
Prorated Col 593 178 42 16 20 77 108 4 19 2 104 17 4 96
Actual Col 566 136 25 7 6 69 49 5 34 1 120 9 2 .240 .286 .341 .627 54
Todd Hollandsworth, lf/rf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 358 113 27 1 18 67 48 1 29 3 76 13 3 .316 .368 .547 .915 73
Prorated Col 302 95 23 1 15 56 40 1 24 3 64 11 3 61
Actual Col 298 88 21 1 11 39 48 1 26 4 71 7 8 .295 .352 .483 .835 47
Prorated Tex 137 43 10 0 7 26 18 0 11 1 29 5 1 27
Actual Tex 132 34 6 0 5 16 19 0 14 0 27 1 0 .258 .327 .417 .743 20
Prorated Tot 439 139 33 1 22 82 59 1 36 4 93 16 4 90
Actual Tot 430 122 27 1 16 55 67 1 40 4 98 8 8 .284 .344 .463 .807 67
Jay Payton, lf/cf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 533 143 24 1 15 64 57 6 27 1 73 4 5 .268 .308 .402 .710 63
Prorated NYN 280 75 13 1 8 34 30 3 14 1 38 2 3 33
Actual NYN 275 78 6 3 8 33 31 1 21 0 34 4 1 .284 .336 .415 .750 37
Prorated Col 169 45 8 0 5 20 18 2 9 0 23 1 2 20
Actual Col 170 57 14 4 8 36 28 3 8 0 20 3 3 .335 .376 .606 .982 37
Prorated Tot 449 120 20 1 13 54 48 5 23 1 61 3 4 53
Actual Tot 445 135 20 7 16 69 59 4 29 0 54 7 4 .303 .351 .488 .838 73
Benny Agbayani, lf, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 213 71 13 2 10 33 33 4 28 1 43 3 3 .333 .419 .554 .973 48
Prorated Col 111 37 7 1 5 17 17 2 15 1 22 2 2 25
Actual Col 117 24 5 0 4 10 19 0 10 0 35 1 0 .205 .266 .350 .616 10
Prorated Bos 37 12 2 0 2 6 6 1 5 0 8 1 1 8
Actual Bos 37 11 1 0 0 5 8 0 6 1 5 0 0 .297 .395 .324 .720 5
Prorated Tot 148 49 9 1 7 23 23 3 19 1 30 2 2 33
Actual Tot 154 35 6 0 4 15 27 0 16 1 40 1 0 .227 .298 .344 .642 16
Jack Cust, lf, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 60 15 3 0 4 11 10 0 14 1 21 1 0 .250 .387 .500 .887 13
Prorated Col 62 16 3 0 4 11 10 0 15 1 22 1 0 14
Actual Col 65 11 2 0 1 8 8 0 12 0 32 0 1 .169 .295 .246 .541 5
Juan Pierre, cf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 647 212 22 9 6 110 60 9 42 1 33 46 19 .328 .376 .417 .793 105
Prorated Col 580 190 20 8 5 99 54 8 38 1 30 41 17 94
Actual Col 592 170 20 5 1 90 35 9 31 0 52 47 12 .287 .332 .343 .675 72
Larry Walker, rf, bats left, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 552 184 35 5 38 116 123 16 83 8 100 12 5 .333 .429 .621 1.051 152
Prorated Col 463 154 29 4 32 97 103 13 70 7 84 10 4 127
Actual Col 477 161 40 4 26 95 104 7 65 6 73 6 5 .338 .421 .602 1.023 123
Gabe Kapler, rf/lf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 496 136 30 2 18 74 70 3 56 2 73 17 6 .274 .348 .452 .799 80
Prorated Tex 188 52 11 1 7 28 27 1 21 1 28 6 2 31
Actual Tex 196 51 12 1 0 25 17 0 8 0 30 5 2 .260 .285 .332 .617 19
Prorated Col 113 31 7 0 4 17 16 1 13 0 17 4 1 18
Actual Col 119 37 4 3 2 12 17 1 8 0 23 6 2 .311 .359 .445 .805 19
Prorated Tot 301 82 18 1 11 45 42 2 34 1 44 10 4 48
Actual Tot 315 88 16 4 2 37 34 1 16 0 53 11 4 .279 .313 .375 .688 37
Mark Little, rf/lf/cf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 94 29 6 1 3 17 13 3 7 1 22 4 3 .309 .375 .489 .864 17
Prorated Col 111 34 7 1 4 20 15 4 8 1 26 5 4 20
Actual Col 105 21 5 2 0 20 5 4 13 0 28 2 1 .200 .311 .286 .597 11
Prorated Ari 25 8 2 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 6 1 1 5
Actual Ari 22 6 0 1 0 8 2 4 2 0 5 0 0 .273 .429 .364 .792 4
Prorated NYN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual NYN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Tot 139 43 9 1 4 25 19 4 10 1 33 6 4 25
Actual Tot 130 27 5 3 0 28 7 8 15 0 34 2 2 .208 .327 .292 .619 14
Pitchers
Mike Hampton, starter, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.26 32 32 12 12 0 202 231 28 81 128 .292 .825
Prorated Col 30 30 11 11 0 189 216 26 76 120
Actual Col 6.15 30 30 7 15 0 179 228 24 91 74 .313 .860
Jason Jennings, starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.49 27 27 9 9 0 156 185 18 63 113 .298 .837
Prorated Col 31 31 10 10 0 179 213 21 73 130
Actual Col 4.52 32 32 16 8 0 185 201 26 70 127 .280 .789
Denny Neagle, starter/reliever, throws left, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.98 32 32 10 12 0 185 215 35 64 145 .290 .865
Prorated Col 28 28 9 10 0 161 187 30 56 126
Actual Col 5.26 35 28 8 11 0 164 170 26 63 111 .266 .797
Denny Stark, starter/reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.95 4 4 1 1 0 20 23 4 7 14 .295 .882
Prorated Col 25 25 6 6 0 124 145 25 44 88
Actual Col 4.00 32 20 11 4 0 128 108 25 64 64 .225 .749
John Thomson, starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 4.86 32 32 13 10 0 209 224 37 57 146 .275 .808
Prorated Col 20 20 8 6 0 128 138 23 35 90
Actual Col 4.88 21 21 7 8 0 127 136 21 27 76 .268 .791
Prorated NYN 9 9 4 3 0 58 63 10 16 41
Actual NYN 4.31 9 9 2 6 0 54 65 7 17 31 .290 .769
Prorated Tot 29 29 12 9 0 187 200 33 51 130
Actual Tot 4.71 30 30 9 14 0 182 201 28 44 107 .275 .784
Shawn Chacon, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.68 32 32 10 12 0 184 194 33 92 161 .272 .851
Prorated Col 21 21 6 8 0 119 125 21 59 104
Actual Col 5.73 21 21 5 11 0 119 122 25 60 67 .263 .854
Aaron Cook, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Col 4.54 9 5 2 1 0 36 41 4 13 14 .295 .795
Cory Vance, starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Col 6.75 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 2 4 1 .267 1.117
Todd Jones, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 6.52 30 0 1 2 0 29 39 5 12 28 .325 .900
Prorated Col 78 0 3 5 0 76 102 13 31 73
Actual Col 4.70 79 0 1 4 1 82 84 10 28 73 .269 .765
Justin Speier, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 4.83 40 0 3 3 0 60 61 11 18 55 .264 .803
Prorated Col 40 0 3 3 0 59 61 11 18 55
Actual Col 4.33 63 0 5 1 1 62 51 9 19 47 .216 .659
Kent Mercker, reliever, throws left, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 7.98 57 4 2 5 0 68 93 16 34 48 .329 .996
Prorated Col 36 3 1 3 0 43 59 10 22 31
Actual Col 6.14 58 0 3 1 0 44 55 12 22 37 .299 .967
Dennys Reyes, reliever, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.85 70 0 3 4 1 68 76 10 42 66 .287 .861
Prorated Col 40 0 2 2 1 39 44 6 24 38
Actual Col 4.24 43 0 0 1 0 40 43 1 24 30 .279 .807
Prorated Tex 44 0 2 2 1 42 47 6 26 41
Actual Tex 6.38 15 5 4 3 0 42 55 9 21 29 .316 .924
Prorated Tot 84 0 4 5 1 81 91 12 50 79
Actual Tot 5.33 58 5 4 4 0 83 98 10 45 59 .299 .869
Rick White, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 4.98 70 0 4 4 2 72 84 10 19 51 .293 .811
Prorated Col 40 0 2 2 1 42 49 6 11 29
Actual Col 6.20 41 0 2 6 0 41 49 4 18 27 .310 .876
Prorated StL 18 0 1 1 1 19 22 3 5 13
Actual StL 0.82 20 0 3 1 0 22 13 0 3 14 .169 .434
Prorated Tot 59 0 3 3 2 61 70 8 16 43
Actual Tot 4.31 61 0 5 7 0 63 62 4 21 41 .264 .735
Chris Nichting, reliever, throws right, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 7.71 19 0 1 1 0 16 22 4 5 17 .324 .976
Prorated Col 38 0 2 2 0 32 44 8 10 34
Actual Col 4.46 29 0 1 1 0 36 40 7 5 25 .280 .796
Victor Santos, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 7.89 21 4 2 3 0 43 54 10 25 29 .305 .953
Prorated Col 14 3 1 2 0 29 37 7 17 20
Actual Col 10.38 24 2 0 4 0 26 41 3 22 25 .360 .977
Brian Fuentes, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 7.80 19 0 1 1 0 15 19 3 11 18 .311 .984
Prorated Col 30 0 2 2 0 23 30 5 17 28
Actual Col 4.72 31 0 2 0 0 27 25 4 13 38 .250 .757
Randy Flores, reliever/starter, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Col 9.53 8 2 0 2 0 17 29 5 8 7 .382 1.183
Actual Tex 4.50 20 0 0 0 1 12 11 2 8 7 .268 .812
Actual Tot 7.45 28 2 0 2 1 29 40 7 16 14 .342 1.051
Mark Corey, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 5.63 23 0 1 2 0 32 35 5 18 32 .276 .822
Prorated NYN 8 0 0 1 0 10 11 2 6 10
Actual NYN 4.50 12 0 0 3 0 10 10 2 8 9 .250 .813
Prorated Col 10 0 0 1 0 14 15 2 8 14
Actual Col 12.00 14 0 0 0 0 12 22 7 8 12 .400 1.329
Prorated Tot 18 0 1 2 0 25 27 4 14 25
Actual Tot 8.59 26 0 0 3 0 22 32 9 16 21 .337 1.111
Sean Lowe, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 3.75 44 4 5 5 0 86 83 7 25 56 .254 .699
Prorated Pit 39 4 4 4 0 77 74 6 22 50
Actual Pit 5.35 43 1 4 2 0 69 85 8 34 57 .307 .844
Prorated Col 6 1 1 1 0 13 12 1 4 8
Actual Col 8.71 8 0 1 1 0 10 16 1 7 7 .348 .890
Prorated Tot 46 4 5 5 0 90 86 7 26 58
Actual Tot 5.79 51 1 5 3 0 79 101 9 41 64 .313 .850
Mike James, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 6.75 23 0 1 2 0 23 27 4 9 16 .300 .890
Prorated Col 11 0 0 1 0 11 13 2 4 8
Actual Col 5.56 13 0 0 0 0 11 12 2 5 10 .267 .864
Jose Jimenez, closer, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 4.30 70 0 4 6 24 73 78 8 24 50 .277 .763
Prorated Col 68 0 4 6 23 71 76 8 23 49
Actual Col 3.56 74 0 2 10 41 73 76 7 11 47 .265 .691
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