2002 Season Review -- Pittsburgh Pirates

February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 689 641
Runs allowed 765 730
Run Margin -76 -89
Wins 72 72
Pythagorean wins 73 70
Placement 6th 4th
Offense Defense Run efficiency average .250 .255
Difference -.007 -.001
Position Players
Jason Kendall, c , bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 533 153 23 3 9 83 48 17 51 3 51 15 12 .287 .366 .392 .758 76
Prorated Pit 534 153 23 3 9 83 48 17 51 3 51 15 12 75
Actual Pit 545 154 25 3 3 59 44 9 49 1 29 15 8 .283 .350 .356 .706 69
Keith Osik, c , bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 143 30 4 0 2 10 16 4 14 0 23 1 0 .210 .296 .280 .576 13
Prorated Pit 97 20 3 0 1 7 11 3 10 0 16 1 0 9
Actual Pit 100 16 3 0 2 6 11 1 6 0 25 0 0 .160 .211 .250 .461 5
Humberto Cota, c , bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 70 18 3 0 2 9 11 1 3 0 14 1 0 .257 .293 .386 .679 8
Prorated Pit 17 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Pit 17 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .294 .333 .353 .686 2
Kevin Young, 1b, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 411 100 26 0 14 53 61 9 35 2 94 11 7 .243 .314 .409 .722 50
Prorated Pit 470 114 30 0 16 61 70 10 40 2 108 13 8 57
Actual Pit 468 115 26 1 16 60 51 4 50 2 101 4 6 .246 .322 .408 .730 59
Pokey Reese, 2b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 506 120 22 3 7 59 39 5 36 5 89 29 5 .237 .292 .334 .626 53
Prorated Pit 432 102 19 3 6 50 33 4 31 4 76 25 4 45
Actual Pit 421 111 25 0 4 46 50 3 41 4 81 12 1 .264 .330 .352 .681 54
Abraham O. Nunez, 2b/ss, bats switch, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 68 16 2 0 0 7 5 0 6 0 11 2 1 .235 .297 .265 .562 6
Prorated Pit 259 61 8 0 0 27 19 0 23 0 42 8 4 22
Actual Pit 253 59 14 1 2 28 15 2 27 1 44 3 4 .233 .311 .320 .631 26
Aramis Ramirez, 3b, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 572 168 36 1 27 75 97 9 40 3 88 3 4 .294 .347 .502 .848 98
Prorated Pit 521 153 33 1 25 68 88 8 36 3 80 3 4 89
Actual Pit 522 122 26 0 18 51 71 8 29 3 95 2 0 .234 .279 .387 .666 54
Mike Benjamin, 3b/ss/2b, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 87 22 6 1 0 9 6 1 4 0 18 2 1 .253 .293 .345 .638 9
Prorated Pit 120 30 8 1 0 12 8 1 6 0 25 3 1 12
Actual Pit 120 18 2 1 0 7 3 1 7 0 31 0 4 .150 .202 .183 .385 3
Jack Wilson, ss, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 532 130 23 3 6 69 35 4 28 2 89 2 3 .244 .286 .333 .619 51
Prorated Pit 534 130 23 3 6 69 35 4 28 2 89 2 3 51
Actual Pit 527 133 22 4 4 77 47 4 37 2 74 5 2 .252 .306 .332 .638 55
Mendy Lopez, if, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 69 17 3 0 3 10 9 1 5 0 16 0 0 .246 .307 .420 .727 9
Prorated Pit 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Pit 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Brian Giles, lf, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 557 170 38 5 35 109 99 5 92 13 66 10 2 .305 .405 .580 .985 135
Prorated Pit 544 166 37 5 34 107 97 5 90 13 64 10 2 132
Actual Pit 497 148 37 5 38 95 103 7 135 24 74 15 6 .298 .450 .622 1.072 149
Adrian Brown, cf/rf, bats switch, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 653 185 30 5 7 110 46 2 60 2 81 29 7 .283 .344 .377 .721 91
Prorated Pit 210 59 10 2 2 35 15 1 19 1 26 9 2 29
Actual Pit 208 45 10 2 1 20 21 1 19 0 34 10 6 .216 .284 .298 .582 17
Chad Hermansen, cf, 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
Adam Hyzdu, cf/rf/lf, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 69 17 4 0 3 9 10 0 6 1 16 0 0 .246 .307 .435 .741 9
Prorated Pit 165 41 10 0 7 21 24 0 14 2 38 0 0 22
Actual Pit 155 36 6 0 11 24 34 1 21 0 44 0 0 .232 .324 .484 .808 26
Tony Alvarez, cf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 72 19 3 0 2 9 7 1 2 0 10 3 2 .264 .293 .389 .682 7
Prorated Pit 29 8 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 4 1 1 3
Actual Pit 26 8 2 0 1 6 2 0 3 0 5 1 0 .308 .379 .500 .879 5
Rob Mackowiak, rf/cf/3b, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 95 23 6 0 2 13 11 1 4 1 22 1 1 .242 .277 .368 .646 10
Prorated Pit 409 99 26 0 9 56 47 4 17 4 95 4 4 42
Actual Pit 385 94 22 0 16 57 48 7 42 5 120 9 3 .244 .328 .426 .754 58
Craig A. Wilson, rf/1b/c, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 354 96 13 2 25 58 63 17 28 1 110 2 3 .271 .349 .531 .880 66
Prorated Pit 371 101 14 2 26 61 66 18 29 1 115 2 3 69
Actual Pit 368 97 16 1 16 48 57 21 32 0 116 2 3 .264 .355 .443 .798 58
Armando Rios, rf/lf, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 401 108 27 3 18 57 70 1 47 7 84 4 3 .269 .344 .486 .831 68
Prorated Pit 200 54 13 1 9 28 35 0 23 3 42 2 1 34
Actual Pit 208 55 11 0 1 20 24 1 16 1 39 1 1 .264 .319 .332 .650 21
J.J. Davis, rf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Pit 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 0
Pitchers
Kip Wells, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.80 32 32 8 13 0 173 187 18 71 131 .278 .788
Prorated Pit 35 35 9 14 0 190 206 20 78 144
Actual Pit 3.58 33 33 12 14 0 198 197 21 71 134 .261 .729
Josh Fogg, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 6.02 8 8 1 3 0 46 58 8 14 33 .309 .875
Prorated Pit 32 32 4 12 0 185 232 32 56 132
Actual Pit 4.35 33 33 12 12 0 194 199 28 69 113 .267 .781
Jimmy Anderson, starter/reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.20 32 32 10 13 0 208 231 13 69 93 .288 .746
Prorated Pit 23 23 7 9 0 147 164 9 49 66
Actual Pit 5.44 28 25 8 13 0 141 167 20 63 47 .299 .846
Kris Benson, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 3.54 24 24 9 9 0 160 149 13 52 121 .248 .681
Prorated Pit 21 21 8 8 0 137 128 11 45 104
Actual Pit 4.70 25 25 9 6 0 130 152 18 50 79 .295 .841
Brian Meadows, starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Min 6.86 4 4 1 2 0 21 29 4 5 10 .330 .925
Prorated Pit 11 11 3 5 0 57 78 11 13 27
Actual Pit 3.88 11 11 1 6 0 63 62 7 14 31 .256 .705
Dave Williams, starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.05 32 32 9 11 0 182 161 26 67 93 .238 .733
Prorated Pit 8 8 2 3 0 46 41 7 17 24
Actual Pit 4.98 9 9 2 5 0 43 38 9 24 33 .232 .805
Salomon Torres, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Pit 2.70 5 5 2 1 0 30 28 2 13 12 .257 .710
Ron Villone, reliever/starter, throws left, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.63 27 27 5 10 0 148 150 17 63 115 .265 .769
Prorated Pit 17 17 3 6 0 91 92 10 39 71
Actual Pit 5.81 45 7 4 6 0 93 95 8 34 55 .270 .772
Joe Beimel, reliever/starter, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 5.16 57 4 3 5 0 75 86 9 30 37 .292 .817
Prorated Pit 66 5 3 6 0 87 100 10 35 43
Actual Pit 4.64 53 8 2 5 0 85 88 9 45 53 .267 .780
Brian Boehringer, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 3.94 30 0 2 2 0 46 44 5 16 35 .254 .714
Prorated Pit 50 0 3 3 0 77 74 8 27 59
Actual Pit 3.39 70 0 4 4 1 80 65 5 33 65 .229 .642
Sean Lowe, reliever/starter, 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 Lincoln, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.98 23 0 1 2 0 34 38 5 10 20 .281 .812
Prorated Pit 47 0 2 4 0 71 78 10 21 41
Actual Pit 3.11 55 0 2 4 0 72 80 7 27 50 .290 .780
Scott Sauerbeck, reliever, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.08 70 0 3 4 1 71 69 4 40 80 .258 .720
Prorated Pit 57 0 2 3 1 57 56 3 32 65
Actual Pit 2.30 79 0 5 4 0 63 50 4 27 70 .220 .627
Mike Fetters, reliever, throws right, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.65 70 0 3 5 2 72 69 10 35 53 .257 .793
Prorated Pit 30 0 1 2 1 30 29 4 15 23
Actual Pit 3.26 32 0 1 0 0 30 25 3 18 29 .219 .670
Prorated Ari 26 0 1 2 1 27 26 4 13 20
Actual Ari 5.11 33 0 2 3 0 25 28 1 19 24 .292 .769
Prorated Tot 56 0 2 4 2 57 55 8 28 42
Actual Tot 4.09 65 0 3 3 0 55 53 4 37 53 .252 .717
Bronson Arroyo, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 5.40 4 4 1 2 0 22 25 3 7 12 .291 .812
Prorated Pit 5 5 1 3 0 28 32 4 9 15
Actual Pit 4.00 9 4 2 1 0 27 30 1 15 22 .283 .756
Al Reyes, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.50 13 0 1 1 0 18 16 2 8 17 .239 .713
Prorated Pit 11 0 1 1 0 15 14 2 7 15
Actual Pit 2.65 15 0 0 0 0 17 9 1 7 21 .161 .541
Josias Manzanillo, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 3.09 53 0 3 2 0 58 47 4 19 53 .222 .641
Prorated Pit 14 0 1 1 0 15 12 1 5 14
Actual Pit 7.62 13 0 0 0 0 13 20 5 5 4 .364 1.135
Duaner Sanchez, reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Ari 4.91 6 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 5 4 .214 .850
Actual Pit 15.43 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 .300 1.217
Actual Tot 9.00 9 0 0 0 0 6 6 2 7 6 .250 1.003
Mike Williams, closer, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.33 70 0 2 7 24 73 66 9 36 69 .244 .748
Prorated Pit 57 0 2 6 20 60 54 7 29 57
Actual Pit 2.93 59 0 2 6 46 61 54 6 21 43 .233 .653
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