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2002 Season Review -- Los Angeles Dodgers

February 5, 2003

This article takes a look at how the Los Angeles Dodgers 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                    706      713
Runs allowed                709      643
Run Margin                   -3      +70
Wins                         79       92
Pythagorean wins             81       89
Placement                   4th      3rd
                         Offense  Defense
Run efficiency average .264 .242 Difference +.008 -.014

Position Players

Paul Lo Duca, c /1b/lf, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    524 159 32  0 24  76  92  7  46  3  36  3  4 .303 .362 .502  .864  94
Prorated  LA    559 170 34  0 26  81  98  7  49  3  38  3  4                      100
Actual    LA    580 163 38  1 10  74  64 10  34  2  31  3  1 .281 .330 .402  .731  73

Chad Kreuter, c , bats switch, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     89  20  5  0  3  10   9  1  18  1  22  0  0 .225 .358 .382  .740  13
Prorated  LA     88  20  5  0  3  10   9  1  18  1  22  0  0                       13
Actual    LA     95  25  5  0  2   8  12  1  10  4  31  1  0 .263 .333 .379  .712  12

Dave Ross, c , bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    LA     10   2  1  0  1   2   2  1   2  0   4  0  0 .200 .385 .600  .985   3

Eric Karros, 1b, bats right, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    547 138 28  0 26  63  89  4  49  2 121  4  2 .252 .315 .446  .761  74
Prorated  LA    517 130 26  0 25  60  84  4  46  2 114  4  2                       70
Actual    LA    524 142 26  1 13  52  73  6  37  1  74  4  2 .271 .323 .399  .722  68

Dave Hansen, 1b/3b, bats left, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     66  16  4  0  2   7  10  0  13  1  14  0  0 .242 .363 .394  .756  10
Prorated  LA    111  27  7  0  3  12  17  0  22  2  24  0  0                       17
Actual    LA    120  35  6  0  2  15  17  0  14  3  22  1  0 .292 .363 .392  .755  18

Tyler Houston, 1b, bats left, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   502 136 19  1 29  64  74  2  37  4 134  1  1 .271 .323 .486  .810  76
Prorated  Mil   256  69 10  1 15  33  38  1  19  2  68  1  1                       39
Actual    Mil   255  77 15  2  7  25  33  4  14  3  41  1  0 .302 .347 .459  .806  41

Prorated  LA     62  17  2  0  4   8   9  0   5  0  16  0  0                       10
Actual    LA     65  13  5  1  0   9   7  0   2  0  21  0  0 .200 .224 .308  .532   3

Prorated  Tot   318  86 12  1 18  41  47  1  23  3  85  1  1                       47
Actual    Tot   320  90 20  3  7  34  40  4  16  3  62  1  0 .281 .323 .428  .751  42

Mike Kinkade, 1b/lf, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     68  19  3  0  2   9   8  2   5  0  12  1  1 .279 .347 .412  .758   9
Prorated  LA     54  15  2  0  2   7   6  2   4  0  10  1  1                        8
Actual    LA     50  19  5  0  2   7  11  6   4  0  10  1  0 .380 .483 .600 1.083  15

Mark Grudzielanek, 2b, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    603 166 26  4 11  90  53 12  34  0  88  5  4 .275 .325 .386  .711  75
Prorated  LA    520 143 22  3  9  78  46 10  29  0  76  4  3                       63
Actual    LA    536 145 23  0  9  56  50  3  22  4  89  4  1 .271 .301 .364  .665  55

Jeff Reboulet, 2b/ss, bats right, age 38

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     89  21  5  0  1  13   7  1  13  0  20  0  0 .236 .340 .326  .666  11
Prorated  LA     49  12  3  0  1   7   4  1   7  0  11  0  0                        7
Actual    LA     48  10  3  0  0   3   2  0   6  0  13  0  0 .208 .291 .271  .562   4

Joe Thurston, 2b, bats left, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    LA     13   6  1  0  0   1   1  0   0  0   1  0  0 .462 .429 .538  .967   3

Adrian Beltre, 3b, bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    530 154 28  4 22  75  78  5  42  3  91 14  5 .291 .345 .483  .828  89
Prorated  LA    575 167 30  4 24  81  85  5  46  3  99 15  5                       96
Actual    LA    587 151 26  5 21  70  75  4  37  4  96  7  5 .257 .303 .426  .729  71

Jolbert Cabrera, 3b, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Cle   129  33  6  1  1  21  14  2   7  0  18  5  2 .256 .302 .341  .643  14
Prorated  Cle    73  19  3  1  1  12   8  1   4  0  10  3  1                        8
Actual    Cle    72   8  1  0  0   5   7  1   5  0  13  1  1 .111 .177 .125  .302   1

Prorated  LA     14   4  1  0  0   2   2  0   1  0   2  1  0                        2
Actual    LA     12   4  1  0  0   3   1  0   2  0   2  0  0 .333 .429 .417  .845   2

Prorated  Tot    87  22  4  1  1  14   9  1   5  0  12  3  1                       10
Actual    Tot    84  12  2  0  0   8   8  1   7  0  15  1  1 .143 .215 .167  .382   3

Cesar Izturis, ss, bats switch, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    493 120 16  5  5  52  36  1  10  0  51 27  9 .243 .258 .327  .584  42
Prorated  LA    445 108 14  5  5  47  33  1   9  0  46 24  8                       38
Actual    LA    439 102 24  2  1  43  31  0  14  1  39  7  7 .232 .253 .303  .556  31

Alex Cora, ss/2b, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     90  21  4  1  1   9   8  2   6  1  13  0  0 .233 .296 .333  .629   8
Prorated  LA    266  62 12  3  3  27  24  6  18  3  38  0  0                       25
Actual    LA    258  75 14  4  5  37  28  7  26  4  38  7  2 .291 .371 .434  .805  44

Brian Jordan, lf, bats right, age 35

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    564 150 30  1 23  78  91  7  35  2  94  5  3 .266 .313 .445  .758  76
Prorated  LA    474 126 25  1 19  66  76  6  29  2  79  4  3                       63
Actual    LA    471 134 27  3 18  65  80  6  34  3  86  2  2 .285 .338 .469  .807  74

Hiram Bocachica, lf, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     68  16  4  0  2  10   7  1   5  0  15  1  1 .235 .297 .382  .680   8
Prorated  LA     63  15  4  0  2   9   7  1   5  0  14  1  1                        7
Actual    LA     65  14  3  0  4  12   9  0   5  0  19  1  1 .215 .271 .446  .718   7

Prorated  Det    99  23  6  0  3  15  10  1   7  0  22  1  1                       11
Actual    Det   103  23  4  0  4  14   8  0   5  0  22  2  2 .223 .259 .379  .638   9

Prorated  Tot   162  38 10  0  5  24  17  2  12  0  36  2  2                       19
Actual    Tot   168  37  7  0  8  26  17  0  10  0  41  3  3 .220 .264 .405  .669  17

Chin-Feng Chen, lf, bats right, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     67  16  3  0  3  10  10  0   8  1  19  2  1 .239 .320 .418  .738   9
Prorated  LA      5   1  0  0  0   1   1  0   1  0   2  0  0                        0
Actual    LA      5   0  0  0  0   1   0  0   1  0   3  0  0 .000 .167 .000  .167   0

Dave Roberts, cf, bats left, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    444 110 15  5  5  68  35  2  38  1  78 30  8 .248 .307 .338  .645  51
Prorated  LA    427 106 14  5  5  65  34  2  37  1  75 29  8                       49
Actual    LA    422 117 14  7  3  63  34  2  48  0  51 45 10 .277 .353 .365  .718  63

Marquis Grissom, cf/lf, bats right, age 35

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    278  63  9  0 11  33  33  1  13  0  60  6  3 .227 .263 .378  .640  26
Prorated  LA    352  80 11  0 14  42  42  1  16  0  76  8  4                       33
Actual    LA    343  95 21  4 17  57  60  2  22  2  68  5  1 .277 .321 .510  .831  56

Wilkin Ruan, cf, bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    LA     11   3  1  0  0   2   3  0   0  0   2  0  0 .273 .273 .364  .636   1

Shawn Green, rf, bats left, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    571 162 33  2 38 105 104  6  65  8 105 18  4 .284 .360 .548  .908 114
Prorated  LA    605 172 35  2 40 111 110  6  69  8 111 19  4                      121
Actual    LA    582 166 31  1 42 110 114  5  93 22 112  8  5 .285 .385 .558  .944 120

Luke Allen, rf, bats left, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     70  17  3  1  2  10   9  0   4  0  15  2  0 .243 .280 .400  .680   8
Prorated  LA      8   2  0  0  0   1   1  0   0  0   2  0  0                        1
Actual    LA      7   1  1  0  0   2   0  0   2  0   3  0  0 .143 .333 .286  .619   1

Pitchers

Hideo Nomo, starter, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.92  32 32  11 11  0  195 165 30  90 218  .229  .716
Prorated  LA         36 36  12 12  0  217 184 33 100 243            
Actual    LA   3.39  34 34  16  6  0  220 189 26 101 193  .236  .715

Odalis Perez, starter, throws left, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.10  32 32  10 10  0  178 185 14  71 144  .271  .730
Prorated  LA         36 36  11 11  0  201 209 16  80 163            
Actual    LA   3.00  32 32  15 10  0  222 182 21  38 155  .226  .609

Andy Ashby, starter, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.89  32 32  11 11  0  201 205 30  40 115  .266  .738
Prorated  LA         30 30  10 10  0  187 190 28  37 107            
Actual    LA   3.91  30 30   9 13  0  182 179 20  65 107  .261  .739

Kazuhisa Ishii, starter, throws left, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.42  27 27  10  8  0  166 129 18  83 182  .215  .666
Prorated  LA         27 27  10  8  0  164 127 18  82 179            
Actual    LA   4.27  28 28  14 10  0  154 137 20 106 143  .240  .744

Omar Daal, starter/reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.56  34  4   3  3  0   53  57  8  17  33  .275  .797
Prorated  LA         98 12   9  9  0  154 165 23  49  95            
Actual    LA   3.90  39 23  11  9  0  161 142 20  54 105  .239  .694

Kevin Brown, starter/reliever, throws right, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   2.71  32 32  15  7  0  209 171 18  49 191  .225  .619
Prorated  LA         11 11   5  2  0   70  57  6  16  64            
Actual    LA   4.81  17 10   3  4  0   64  68  9  23  58  .274  .779

Giovanni Carrara, reliever/starter, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.23  40  0   3  3  0   62  58 11  19  54  .249  .749
Prorated  LA         60  0   4  4  0   92  86 16  28  80            
Actual    LA   3.28  63  1   6  3  1   91  83 14  32  56  .243  .746

Paul Quantrill, reliever, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.67  70  0   4  3  2   76  80  7  10  55  .272  .720
Prorated  LA         73  0   4  3  2   80  84  7  10  58            
Actual    LA   2.70  86  0   5  4  1   77  80  1  25  53  .267  .668

Guillermo Mota, reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.07  23  0   1  1  0   24  23  3   9  16  .250  .733
Prorated  LA         57  0   2  2  0   60  57  7  22  39            
Actual    LA   4.15  43  0   1  3  0   61  45  4  27  49  .202  .629

Terry Mulholland, reliever, throws left, age 39

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   5.04  53  0   2  3  0   55  65  9  12  32  .295  .803
Prorated  LA         33  0   1  2  0   34  40  6   7  20            
Actual    LA   7.31  21  0   0  0  0   32  45 10   7  17  .331  .970

Prorated  Cle        47  0   2  3  0   49  57  8  11  28            
Actual    Cle  4.60  16  3   3  2  0   47  56  5  14  21  .301  .834

Prorated  Tot        79  0   3  4  0   83  97 13  18  48            
Actual    Tot  5.70  37  3   3  2  0   79 101 15  21  38  .314  .892

Paul Shuey, reliever, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Cle  2.83  70  0   5  2  2   76  66  3  28  91  .235  .634
Prorated  Cle        33  0   2  1  1   36  31  1  13  43            
Actual    Cle  2.41  39  0   3  0  0   37  31  1  10  39  .225  .580

Prorated  LA         31  0   2  1  1   33  29  1  12  40            
Actual    LA   4.40  28  0   5  2  1   31  25  2  21  24  .217  .671

Prorated  Tot        64  0   5  2  2   70  60  3  26  83            
Actual    Tot  3.31  67  0   8  2  1   68  56  3  31  63  .221  .623

Kevin Beirne, reliever/starter, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   5.00  10  0   1  1  0   18  21  3   5  13  .292  .842
Prorated  LA         16  0   2  2  0   29  33  5   8  21            
Actual    LA   3.41  12  3   2  0  0   29  26  4  17  17  .245  .782

Jesse Orosco, reliever, throws left, age 45

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.72  70  0   2  2  0   40  40  7  17  45  .261  .785
Prorated  LA         48  0   1  1  0   27  27  5  12  31            
Actual    LA   3.00  56  0   1  2  1   27  24  4  12  22  .229  .696

Jeff Williams, reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   6.01  44  4   2  6  0   82  95 15  38  45  .292  .871
Prorated  LA          6  1   0  1  0   12  14  2   6   7            
Actual    LA  11.70  10  0   0  0  0   10  15  2   7  11  .333  .937

Victor Alvarez, reliever/starter, throws left, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    LA   4.35   4  1   0  1  0   10   9  1   2   7  .237  .591

Robert Ellis, reliever, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.57   4  4   1  1  0   22  24  3   8  11  .282  .783
Prorated  LA          1  1   0  0  0    3   3  0   1   1            
Actual    LA  10.13   3  0   0  1  0    3   6  1   0   0  .462 1.308

Dennis Springer, reliever, throws right, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   5.82   4  4   1  2  0   22  26  4   6   8  .299  .842
Prorated  LA          0  0   0  0  0    2   2  0   0   1            
Actual    LA   6.75   1  0   0  1  0    1   1  0   2   1  .200  .829

Bryan Corey, reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    LA   0.00   1  0   0  0  0    1   0  0   0   0  .000  .000

Eric Gagne, closer, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.52  74  4   3 10 33   98  91 17  34  88  .247  .766
Prorated  LA         55  3   2  7 25   73  68 13  25  66            
Actual    LA   1.97  77  0   4  1 52   82  55  6  16 114  .189  .537

 

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