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2002 Season Review -- San Francisco Giants

February 5, 2003

This article takes a look at how the San Francisco Giants 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                    772      783
Runs allowed                717      616
Run Margin                  +55     +167
Wins                         88       95
Pythagorean wins             87       99
Placement                   1st      2nd
                         Offense  Defense
Run efficiency average .257 .244 Difference +.001 -.012

Position Players

Benito Santiago, c , bats right, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    469 116 22  3  7  34  47  2  23  3  81  3  3 .247 .282 .352  .634  43
Prorated  SF    480 119 23  3  7  35  48  2  24  3  83  3  3                       44
Actual    SF    478 133 24  5 16  56  74  2  27  8  73  4  2 .278 .315 .450  .765  62

Yorvit Torrealba, c , bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF     91  22  4  1  1  10   6  1   4  0  13  0  0 .242 .281 .341  .622   8
Prorated  SF    145  35  6  2  2  16  10  2   6  0  21  0  0                       13
Actual    SF    136  38 10  0  2  17  14  2  14  2  20  0  0 .279 .355 .397  .752  16

Trey Lunsford, c , bats right, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    SF      3   2  1  0  0   0   1  0   0  0   1  0  0 .667 .6671.000 1.667   2

J.T. Snow, 1b, bats left, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    502 125 24  2 15  72  70  8  74 11 129  0  1 .249 .349 .394  .743  73
Prorated  SF    418 104 20  2 12  60  58  7  62  9 107  0  1                       60
Actual    SF    422 104 26  2  6  47  53  7  59  5  90  0  0 .246 .344 .360  .704  55

Damon Minor, 1b, bats left, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF     66  16  3  0  3   9  10  0   8  1  13  0  0 .242 .320 .424  .744   9
Prorated  SF    177  43  8  0  8  24  27  0  21  3  35  0  0                       25
Actual    SF    173  41  6  0 10  21  24  2  24  6  34  0  0 .237 .333 .445  .778  24

Jeff Kent, 2b/1b, bats right, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    527 156 39  5 22  78  94  9  59  4  90  7  6 .296 .370 .514  .884 101
Prorated  SF    594 176 44  6 25  88 106 10  67  5 101  8  7                      115
Actual    SF    623 195 42  2 37 102 108  4  52  3 101  5  1 .313 .368 .565  .933 125

David Bell, 3b/2b, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    553 142 32  1 18  73  69  5  39  1  74  2  2 .257 .309 .416  .725  71
Prorated  SF    571 147 33  1 19  75  71  5  40  1  76  2  2                       74
Actual    SF    552 144 29  2 20  82  73  9  54  2  80  1  2 .261 .333 .429  .762  77

Pedro Feliz, 3b, bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF     71  17  3  0  3   8   9  0   2  0  14  0  0 .239 .257 .408  .665   7
Prorated  SF    145  35  6  0  6  16  18  0   4  0  29  0  0                       14
Actual    SF    146  37  4  1  2  14  13  0   6  1  27  0  0 .253 .281 .336  .617  14

Bill Mueller, 3b, bats switch, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected ChN   486 139 28  2  9  79  47  6  62  3  53  2  2 .286 .370 .407  .777  76
Prorated  ChN   354 101 20  1  7  58  34  4  45  2  39  1  1                       55
Actual    ChN   353  94 19  4  7  51  37  0  51  2  41  0  0 .266 .355 .402  .757  53

Prorated  SF     12   3  1  0  0   2   1  0   2  0   1  0  0                        2
Actual    SF     13   2  0  0  0   0   1  0   1  0   1  0  0 .154 .214 .154  .368   0

Prorated  Tot   366 105 21  2  7  59  35  5  47  2  40  2  2                       58
Actual    Tot   366  96 19  4  7  51  38  0  52  2  42  0  0 .262 .350 .393  .743  53

Rich Aurilia, ss, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    623 188 32  3 32  96  90  1  48  2  87  1  2 .302 .351 .517  .868 109
Prorated  SF    541 163 28  3 28  83  78  1  42  2  76  1  2                       95
Actual    SF    538 138 35  2 15  76  61  4  37  0  90  1  2 .257 .305 .413  .718  66

Ramon E. Martinez, ss/2b, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    151  39  7  1  3  19  15  2  14  2  20  1  1 .258 .325 .377  .703  19
Prorated  SF    176  45  8  1  3  22  17  2  16  2  23  1  1                       20
Actual    SF    181  49 10  2  4  26  25  4  14  2  26  2  0 .271 .335 .414  .749  27

Cody Ransom, ss, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF     69  13  2  1  2   9   8  0   5  0  20  2  0 .188 .240 .333  .573   6
Prorated  SF      4   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    SF      3   2  0  0  0   2   1  0   1  1   1  0  0 .667 .750 .667 1.417   2

Barry Bonds, lf, bats left, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    501 149 32  2 61 132 121  7 153 29  92 13  3 .297 .465 .735 1.199 185
Prorated  SF    461 137 29  2 56 121 111  6 141 27  85 12  3                      170
Actual    SF    403 149 31  2 46 117 110  9 198 68  47  9  2 .370 .582 .799 1.381 208

Shawon Dunston, lf/rf/cf, bats right, age 39

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    116  31  6  1  5  15  18  2   1  0  22  2  1 .267 .283 .466  .749  14
Prorated  SF    145  39  8  1  6  19  23  3   1  0  28  3  1                       18
Actual    SF    147  34  5  0  1   7   9  1   3  0  33  1  0 .231 .250 .286  .536  11

Tsuyoshi Shinjo, cf/rf, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    533 140 31  1 11  58  71 10  33  4  84  5  6 .263 .316 .386  .703  64
Prorated  SF    363  95 21  1  7  39  48  7  22  3  57  3  4                       43
Actual    SF    362  86 15  3  9  42  37  6  24  2  46  5  0 .238 .294 .370  .664  41

Kenny Lofton, cf, bats left, age 35

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected ChA   589 148 27  4 14 105  67  4  65  2  85 21  8 .251 .326 .382  .708  77
Prorated  ChA   357  90 16  2  8  64  41  2  39  1  52 13  5                       46
Actual    ChA   352  91 20  6  8  68  42  0  49  0  51 22  8 .259 .348 .418  .766  56

Prorated  SF    180  45  8  1  4  32  21  1  20  1  26  6  2                       23
Actual    SF    180  48 10  3  3  30   9  1  23  0  22  7  3 .267 .353 .406  .758  28

Prorated  Tot   537 135 25  4 13  96  61  4  59  2  78 19  7                       71
Actual    Tot   532 139 30  9 11  98  51  1  72  0  73 29 11 .261 .350 .414  .763  84

Tom Goodwin, cf/lf/rf, bats left, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     69  16  1  1  1  11   5  0   6  0  14  6  2 .232 .293 .319  .612   7

Prorated  SF    157  36  2  2  2  25  11  0  14  0  32 14  5                       15
Actual    SF    154  40  5  2  1  23  17  0  14  0  25 16  2 .260 .321 .338  .659  19

Calvin Murray, cf/lf, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF     68  16  3  0  1  10   5  1   6  0  12  2  1 .235 .307 .324  .630   7
Prorated  SF     12   3  1  0  0   2   1  0   1  0   2  0  0                        1
Actual    SF     12   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   1  0   2  0  0 .000 .077 .000  .077   0

Prorated  Tex    78  18  3  0  1  11   6  1   7  0  14  2  1                        8
Actual    Tex    77  13  5  1  0  16   1  1   6  0  15  4  0 .169 .238 .260  .498   6

Prorated  Tot    90  21  4  0  1  13   7  1   8  0  16  3  1                        9
Actual    Tot    89  13  5  1  0  16   1  1   7  0  17  4  0 .146 .216 .225  .441   5

Reggie Sanders, rf, bats right, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    567 135 29  3 30  90  87  6  58  6 146 23 11 .238 .314 .459  .773  82
Prorated  SF    510 121 26  3 27  81  78  5  52  5 131 21 10                       73
Actual    SF    505 126 23  6 23  75  85 12  47  3 121 18  6 .250 .324 .455  .779  76

Marvin Benard, rf/lf/cf, bats left, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF    211  56 11  2  6  36  21  2  18  1  36  7  3 .265 .328 .422  .749  30
Prorated  SF    119  31  6  1  3  20  12  1  10  1  20  4  2                       16
Actual    SF    123  34  9  2  1  16  13  1   7  0  26  5  1 .276 .321 .407  .727  16

Tony Torcato, rf, bats left, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected SF     72  18  3  0  0   7   5  1   1  1   9  0  0 .250 .267 .292  .558   5
Prorated  SF     11   3  0  0  0   1   1  0   0  0   1  0  0                        1
Actual    SF     11   3  1  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   2  0  0 .273 .273 .364  .636   1

Pitchers

Livan Hernandez, starter, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   4.55  32 32  13 13  0  221 248 22  68 143  .285  .768
Prorated  SF         31 31  12 12  0  212 238 21  65 137            
Actual    SF   4.38  33 33  12 16  0  216 233 19  71 134  .283  .757

Russ Ortiz, starter, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   3.64  32 32  15  9  0  210 188 19  96 168  .241  .689
Prorated  SF         33 33  15  9  0  214 191 19  98 171            
Actual    SF   3.61  33 33  14 10  0  214 191 15  94 137  .241  .680

Kirk Rueter, starter, throws left, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   5.00  32 32  10 12  0  191 216 26  58  82  .287  .807
Prorated  SF         33 33  10 12  0  194 220 26  59  83            
Actual    SF   3.23  33 33  14  8  0  204 204 22  54  76  .262  .700

Jason Schmidt, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   3.76  29 29  11  9  0  177 164 15  68 154  .247  .698
Prorated  SF         30 30  11  9  0  181 167 15  69 157            
Actual    SF   3.45  29 29  13  8  0  185 148 15  73 196  .218  .623

Ryan Jensen, starter/reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   4.81  27 27   7 10  0  146 153 16  65 108  .271  .775
Prorated  SF         31 31   8 11  0  168 176 18  75 124            
Actual    SF   4.51  32 30  13  8  0  172 183 21  66 105  .278  .788

Kurt Ainsworth, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   4.24  33  3   3  3  0   64  60  9  27  55  .252  .758
Prorated  SF         13  1   1  1  0   25  24  4  11  22            
Actual    SF   2.10   6  4   1  2  0   26  22  1  12  15  .237  .653

Tim Worrell, reliever, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   3.86  40  0   2  2  0   42  41  4  15  34  .256  .720
Prorated  SF         66  0   3  3  0   69  67  7  25  56            
Actual    SF   2.25  80  0   8  2  0   72  55  3  30  55  .212  .603

Felix Rodriguez, reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   2.55  70  0   6  2  3   78  57  5  28  86  .205  .585
Prorated  SF         64  0   5  2  3   71  52  5  26  79            
Actual    SF   4.17  71  0   8  6  0   69  53  5  29  58  .212  .613

Jay Witasick, reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   4.50  57  4   4  4  0   78  80  9  31  79  .267  .756
Prorated  SF         46  3   3  3  0   63  64  7  25  64            
Actual    SF   2.37  44  0   1  0  0   68  58  3  21  54  .234  .630

Chad Zerbe, reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   4.54  44  4   4  4  0   81  91  7  22  43  .287  .773
Prorated  SF         30  3   3  3  0   56  63  5  15  30            
Actual    SF   3.04  50  0   2  0  0   56  52  3  21  26  .248  .664

Aaron Fultz, reliever, throws left, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   4.34  53  0   3  3  0   56  56  8  17  53  .260  .760
Prorated  SF         41  0   2  2  0   43  43  6  13  41            
Actual    SF   4.79  44  0   2  2  0   41  47  4  19  31  .294  .821

Manny Aybar, reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   5.19  13  0   1  1  0   17  19  3   7  11  .279  .836
Prorated  SF         11  0   1  1  0   14  15  2   6   9            
Actual    SF   2.51  15  0   1  0  0   14  16  1   3  11  .271  .707

Scott Eyre, reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tor  4.95  13 13   3  4  0   76  82  9  29  79  .273  .786
Prorated  Tor        11 11   3  3  0   64  69  8  24  66            
Actual    Tor  4.97  49  3   2  4  0   63  69  4  29  51  .278  .744

Prorated  SF          2  2   0  1  0   11  12  1   4  12            
Actual    SF   1.59  21  0   0  0  0   11  11  0   7   7  .256  .662

Prorated  Tot        13 13   3  4  0   75  81  9  29  78            
Actual    Tot  4.46  70  3   2  4  0   75  80  4  36  58  .275  .732

Troy Brohawn, reliever, throws left, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected FA   4.76  19  0   1  1  0   17  19  2   7  12  .284  .794

Prorated  SF          6  0   0  0  0    6   6  1   2   4            
Actual    SF   6.35  11  0   0  1  0    6   5  1   1   3  .227  .729

Jason Christiansen, reliever, throws left, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   3.05  70  0   4  2  1   59  49  5  22  55  .227  .640
Prorated  SF          6  0   0  0  0    5   4  0   2   5            
Actual    SF   5.40   6  0   0  1  0    5   6  1   2   1  .316  .960

Joe Nathan, reliever, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   6.48   3  3   1  1  0   17  19  3  10   9  .292  .913
Prorated  SF          0  0   0  0  0    3   3  0   2   1            
Actual    SF   0.00   4  0   0  0  0    4   1  0   0   2  .083  .250

Robb Nen, closer, throws right, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected SF   2.36  70  0   5  4 40   80  60  7  18  96  .208  .584
Prorated  SF         67  0   5  4 38   76  57  7  17  92            
Actual    SF   2.20  68  0   6  2 43   74  64  2  20  81  .232  .591

 

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