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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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