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2002 Season Review -- Seattle Mariners

February 5, 2003

This article takes a look at how the Seattle Mariners 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                    792      814
Runs allowed                691      699
Run Margin                 +101     +115
Wins                         91       93
Pythagorean wins             91       93
Placement                   2nd      2nd
                         Offense  Defense
Run efficiency average .275 .258 Difference +.005 -.012

Position Players

Dan Wilson, c , bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   329  81 16  1  7  34  31  2  20  1  64  2  1 .246 .293 .365  .657  35
Prorated  Sea   359  88 17  1  8  37  34  2  22  1  70  2  1                       38
Actual    Sea   359 106 16  1  6  35  44  2  18  1  81  1  0 .295 .326 .396  .721  46

Ben Davis, c , bats switch, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   252  58 12  0  6  30  32  2  33  3  59  2  2 .230 .321 .349  .670  29
Prorated  Sea   219  50 10  0  5  26  28  2  29  3  51  2  2                       25
Actual    Sea   228  59 10  1  7  23  43  2  18  1  58  1  1 .259 .313 .404  .717  28

Pat Borders, c , bats right, age 39

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tex    73  17  3  0  1   6   7  0   2  0  13  1  0 .233 .253 .315  .568   5

Prorated  Sea     4   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Sea     4   2  1  0  0   0   1  0   0  0   1  0  0 .500 .500 .750 1.250   2

John Olerud, 1b, bats left, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   552 155 34  0 17  83  87  6  92 14  77  1  1 .281 .385 .435  .820  94
Prorated  Sea   560 157 35  0 17  84  88  6  93 14  78  1  1                       95
Actual    Sea   553 166 39  0 22  85 102  5  98  6  66  0  0 .300 .403 .490  .893 113

Jose Offerman, 1b/lf, bats switch, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Bos   247  65 11  2  4  36  21  1  31  1  42  2  2 .263 .345 .372  .718  33
Prorated  Bos   241  63 11  2  4  35  20  1  30  1  41  2  2                       32
Actual    Bos   237  55 10  0  4  39  27  1  33  0  29  8  5 .232 .325 .325  .650  25

Prorated  Sea    45  12  2  0  1   7   4  0   6  0   8  0  0                        6
Actual    Sea    47  11  2  1  1   9   4  0   4  0   9  1  1 .234 .294 .383  .677   4

Prorated  Tot   286  75 13  2  5  42  24  1  36  1  49  2  2                       38
Actual    Tot   284  66 12  1  5  48  31  1  37  0  38  9  6 .232 .320 .335  .655  29

Bret Boone, 2b, bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   577 163 31  2 28  93 103  7  42  5 108  6  5 .282 .334 .489  .823  94
Prorated  Sea   610 172 33  2 30  98 109  7  44  5 114  6  5                       99
Actual    Sea   608 169 34  3 24  88 107  6  53  4 102 12  5 .278 .339 .462  .801  96

Luis Ugueto, 2b/ss, bats switch, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea    70  14  2  1  0   7   6  0   4  0  21  2  1 .200 .243 .257  .500   4
Prorated  Sea    23   5  1  0  0   2   2  0   1  0   7  1  0                        1
Actual    Sea    23   5  0  0  1  19   1  0   2  0   8  8  4 .217 .280 .348  .628   2

Jeff Cirillo, 3b/1b, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   557 149 30  1  6  66  73  6  48  5  75  6  3 .268 .327 .357  .685  66
Prorated  Sea   491 131 26  1  5  58  64  5  42  4  66  5  3                       57
Actual    Sea   485 121 20  0  6  51  54  9  31  0  67  8  4 .249 .301 .328  .629  49

Carlos Guillen, ss, bats switch, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   486 122 22  4  7  75  58  2  54  0  97  5  2 .251 .325 .356  .681  59
Prorated  Sea   462 116 21  4  7  71  55  2  51  0  92  5  2                       57
Actual    Sea   475 124 24  6  9  73  56  1  46  4  91  4  5 .261 .326 .394  .719  61

Desi Relaford, ss/3b/lf/2b/rf, bats switch, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   100  25  6  0  2  13  11  2  12  1  18  4  1 .250 .339 .370  .709  14
Prorated  Sea   324  81 19  0  6  42  36  6  39  3  58 13  3                       43
Actual    Sea   329  88 13  2  6  55  43  6  33  2  51 10  3 .267 .339 .374  .713  45

Ruben Sierra, lf, bats switch, age 36

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   330  85 16  0 16  43  51  0  23  2  53  2  1 .258 .303 .452  .754  41
Prorated  Sea   418 108 20  0 20  54  65  0  29  3  67  3  1                       52
Actual    Sea   419 113 23  0 13  47  60  0  31  5  66  4  0 .270 .319 .418  .736  52

Mark McLemore, lf/3b/cf, bats switch, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   358  92 14  5  3  58  36  1  55  1  67 23  8 .257 .354 .349  .703  49
Prorated  Sea   344  89 13  5  3  56  35  1  53  1  64 22  8                       48
Actual    Sea   337  91 17  2  7  54  41  1  61  1  63 18 10 .270 .380 .395  .774  56

Charles Gipson, lf/rf/cf, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   145  32  4  3  0  23  11  3  13  0  32  7  4 .221 .296 .290  .586  13
Prorated  Sea    74  16  2  2  0  12   6  2   7  0  16  4  2                        7
Actual    Sea    72  17  5  2  0  22   8  1   9  0  14  4  0 .236 .329 .361  .690   9

Willie Bloomquist, lf, bats right, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea    71  15  2  0  0   7   4  0   2  0   9  4  1 .211 .230 .239  .469   4
Prorated  Sea    36   8  1  0  0   4   2  0   1  0   5  2  1                        2
Actual    Sea    33  15  4  0  0  11   7  0   5  0   2  3  1 .455 .526 .576 1.102  11

Chris Snelling, lf, bats left, age 20

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    Sea    27   4  0  0  1   2   3  0   2  0   4  0  0 .148 .207 .259  .466   1

Scott Podsednik, lf, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea    71  16  3  1  0  10   6  0   3  0  11  3  1 .225 .257 .296  .553   5
Prorated  Sea    24   5  1  0  0   3   2  0   1  0   4  1  0                        2
Actual    Sea    20   4  0  0  1   2   5  0   4  0   6  0  0 .200 .320 .350  .670   2

Mike Cameron, cf, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   513 131 27  5 21  87  84  9  66  2 140 28  6 .255 .345 .450  .795  86
Prorated  Sea   547 140 29  5 22  93  90 10  70  2 149 30  6                       91
Actual    Sea   545 130 26  5 25  84  80  7  79  3 176 31  8 .239 .340 .442  .782  89

Gene Kingsale, cf, bats switch, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea    69  15  3  0  0   9   5  1   4  0  10  3  1 .217 .270 .261  .531   5
Prorated  Sea     3   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Sea     3   2  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0 .667 .667 .667 1.333   1

Prorated  SD    224  49 10  0  0  29  16  3  13  0  32 10  3                       17
Actual    SD    216  60 10  3  2  27  28  3  20  0  47  9  2 .278 .346 .380  .725  30

Prorated  Tot   226  49 10  0  0  30  16  3  13  0  33 10  3                       17
Actual    Tot   219  62 10  3  2  27  28  3  20  0  47  9  2 .283 .350 .384  .733  30

Ichiro Suzuki, rf, bats left, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   626 214 29  7  7 112  59  8  30  9  56 49 12 .342 .378 .444  .822 112
Prorated  Sea   680 233 32  8  8 122  64  9  33 10  61 53 13                      123
Actual    Sea   647 208 27  8  8 111  51  5  68 27  62 31 15 .321 .388 .425  .813 109

Edgar Martinez, dh, bats right, age 39

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea   507 152 35  0 26  82 114  8  91  8  96  3  1 .300 .409 .523  .931 115
Prorated  Sea   336 101 23  0 17  54  76  5  60  5  64  2  1                       76
Actual    Sea   328  91 23  0 15  42  59  6  67  8  69  1  1 .277 .403 .485  .888  69

Ron Wright, dh, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Sea    68  15  4  0  2   9  11  0   7  0  16  0  0 .221 .293 .368  .661   8
Prorated  Sea     3   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Sea     3   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Pitchers

Freddy Garcia, starter, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  2.91  32 32  16  5  0  207 167 15  63 148  .221  .625
Prorated  Sea        37 37  18  6  0  238 192 17  72 170            
Actual    Sea  4.39  34 34  16 10  0  224 227 30  63 181  .260  .730

Jamie Moyer, starter, throws left, age 39

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  3.61  32 32  14  6  0  187 178 22  41 113  .251  .700
Prorated  Sea        39 39  17  7  0  227 216 27  50 137            
Actual    Sea  3.32  34 34  13  8  0  231 198 28  50 147  .230  .644

Joel Pineiro, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  3.49  27 27  12  5  0  155 136 13  60 106  .237  .673
Prorated  Sea        34 34  15  6  0  194 170 16  75 133            
Actual    Sea  3.24  37 28  14  7  0  194 189 24  54 136  .256  .721

James Baldwin, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  4.31  32 32  13 10  0  211 214 30  67 129  .265  .751
Prorated  Sea        24 24  10  7  0  156 158 22  50  95            
Actual    Sea  5.28  30 23   7 10  0  150 179 26  49  88  .298  .864

Ismael Valdes, starter, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tex  4.94  27 27   9  9  0  162 180 24  47 103  .283  .796
Prorated  Tex        23 23   8  8  0  140 156 21  41  89            
Actual    Tex  3.93  23 23   6  9  0  147 135 19  36  75  .242  .701

Prorated  Sea         8  8   3  3  0   48  54  7  14  31            
Actual    Sea  4.93   8  8   2  3  0   49  59  7  11  27  .299  .805

Prorated  Tot        31 31  10 10  0  189 210 28  55 120            
Actual    Tot  4.18  31 31   8 12  0  196 194 26  47 102  .257  .728

Rafael Soriano, starter/reliever, throws right, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  4.38   4  4   2  1  0   25  22  4   9  21  .239  .724
Prorated  Sea         8  8   4  2  0   48  43  8  17  41            
Actual    Sea  4.56  10  8   0  3  1   47  45  8  16  32  .243  .747

Paul Abbott, starter/reliever, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  4.10  32 32  14  8  0  193 171 25  91 136  .237  .732
Prorated  Sea         5  5   2  1  0   32  28  4  15  22            
Actual    Sea 11.96   7  5   1  3  0   26  40  5  20  22  .351 1.019

Ryan Franklin, reliever/starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  4.50  30  0   3  3  0   60  59 11  16  46  .257  .764
Prorated  Sea        58  0   6  6  0  116 115 21  31  89            
Actual    Sea  4.02  41 12   7  5  0  119 117 14  22  65  .255  .700

John Halama, reliever/starter, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  4.48  27  4   4  3  0   68  76  9  17  38  .284  .775
Prorated  Sea        41  6   6  5  0  103 114 14  26  57            
Actual    Sea  3.56  31 10   6  5  0  101 112  9  33  70  .281  .724

Shigetoshi Hasegawa, reliever, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  3.48  40  0   3  1  0   44  39  4  13  31  .238  .662
Prorated  Sea        64  0   5  2  0   70  62  6  21  50            
Actual    Sea  3.20  53  0   8  3  1   70  60  4  30  39  .238  .680

Arthur Rhodes, reliever, throws left, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  2.15  70  0   5  1  1   63  43  5  18  74  .194  .552
Prorated  Sea        73  0   5  1  1   66  45  5  19  78            
Actual    Sea  2.33  66  0  10  4  2   70  45  4  13  81  .187  .501

Jeff Nelson, reliever, throws right, age 35

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  2.14  70  0   6  1  3   76  41  3  48  95  .160  .538
Prorated  Sea        44  0   4  1  2   48  26  2  30  60            
Actual    Sea  3.94  41  0   3  2  2   46  36  4  27  55  .221  .672

Julio Mateo, reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Sea  4.29  12  0   0  0  0   21  20  2  12  15  .247  .746

Doug Creek, reliever, throws left, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  4.80  70  0   3  4  1   69  60 10  47  77  .233  .758
Prorated  Tam        38  0   2  2  1   38  33  5  26  42            
Actual    Tam  6.27  29  0   2  1  0   37  39  8  21  37  .264  .853

Prorated  Sea        20  0   1  1  0   20  17  3  13  22            
Actual    Sea  4.91  23  0   1  1  0   18  18  2  14  19  .257  .833

Prorated  Tot        58  0   2  3  1   58  50  8  39  64            
Actual    Tot  5.82  52  0   3  2  0   56  57 10  35  56  .261  .847

Brian Fitzgerald, reliever, throws left, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Sea  8.53   6  0   0  0  0    6  11  2   2   3  .344  .983

Mark Watson, reliever, throws left, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Sea 18.00   3  0   1  0  0    4   8  1   4   1  .421 1.132

Aaron Taylor, reliever, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Sea  9.00   5  0   0  0  0    5   8  2   0   6  .348 1.000

Justin Kaye, reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  4.24  17  0   1  1  0   17  15  2  11  21  .238  .736
Prorated  Sea         3  0   0  0  0    3   3  0   2   4            
Actual    Sea 12.00   3  0   0  0  0    3   6  0   1   3  .429 1.110

Kazuhiro Sasaki, closer, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Sea  2.56  70  0   5  4 36   81  56  9  18  83  .194  .607
Prorated  Sea        55  0   4  3 28   64  44  7  14  66            
Actual    Sea  2.52  61  0   4  5 37   61  44  6  20  73  .201  .592

 

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