2002 Season Review -- St. Louis Cardinals
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the St. Louis Cardinals 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 797 787
Runs allowed 711 648
Run Margin +86 +139
Wins 90 97
Pythagorean wins 89 97
Placement 1st 1st
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .273 .246
Difference +.017 -.010
Position Players
Mike Matheny, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 409 92 15 0 7 39 42 4 28 6 86 0 0 .225 .279 .313 .592 35
Prorated StL 328 74 12 0 6 31 34 3 22 5 69 0 0 28
Actual StL 315 77 12 1 3 31 35 2 32 6 49 1 3 .244 .313 .317 .630 33
Mike DiFelice, c , bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 149 31 5 0 3 13 10 2 8 0 36 0 0 .208 .256 .302 .558 11
Prorated StL 181 38 6 0 4 16 12 2 10 0 44 0 0 14
Actual StL 174 40 11 0 4 17 19 1 17 3 42 0 0 .230 .297 .362 .660 19
Tino Martinez, 1b, bats left, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 543 142 25 3 26 74 92 4 46 4 86 1 1 .262 .323 .462 .785 80
Prorated StL 526 137 24 3 25 72 89 4 45 4 83 1 1 77
Actual StL 511 134 25 1 21 63 75 2 58 9 71 3 2 .262 .337 .438 .776 75
Ivan Cruz, 1b, bats left, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Mon 70 17 4 0 3 9 12 0 4 0 15 0 0 .243 .280 .429 .709 8
Prorated StL 14 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2
Actual StL 14 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 .357 .400 .571 .971 3
Fernando Vina, 2b, bats left, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 654 192 31 7 8 96 51 26 37 2 39 15 7 .294 .355 .399 .754 96
Prorated StL 626 184 30 7 8 92 49 25 35 2 37 14 7 92
Actual StL 622 168 29 5 1 75 54 18 44 2 36 17 11 .270 .333 .338 .670 72
Miguel Cairo, 2b/lf/3b/ss/rf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 98 27 4 1 1 13 8 1 7 0 11 4 2 .276 .327 .367 .694 12
Prorated StL 185 51 8 2 2 25 15 2 13 0 21 8 4 23
Actual StL 184 46 9 2 2 28 23 3 13 2 36 1 1 .250 .307 .353 .660 20
Placido Polanco, 3b/ss/2b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 628 190 28 4 6 94 50 6 28 0 50 11 4 .303 .337 .389 .726 78
Prorated StL 340 103 15 2 3 51 27 3 15 0 27 6 2 42
Actual StL 342 97 19 1 5 47 27 4 12 1 27 3 1 .284 .316 .389 .705 39
Prorated Phi 211 64 9 1 2 32 17 2 9 0 17 4 1 26
Actual Phi 206 61 13 1 4 28 22 4 14 0 15 2 1 .296 .353 .427 .780 32
Prorated Tot 551 167 25 4 5 82 44 5 25 0 44 10 4 68
Actual Tot 548 158 32 2 9 75 49 8 26 1 42 5 2 .288 .330 .403 .733 70
Scott Rolen, 3b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Phi 559 158 39 2 27 97 103 11 70 6 130 14 3 .283 .369 .504 .873 111
Prorated StL 198 56 14 1 10 34 36 4 25 2 46 5 1 40
Actual StL 205 57 8 4 14 37 44 4 20 2 34 3 2 .278 .354 .561 .915 37
Prorated Phi 378 107 26 1 18 66 70 7 47 4 88 9 2 74
Actual Phi 375 97 21 4 17 52 66 8 52 2 68 5 2 .259 .358 .472 .830 64
Prorated Tot 575 163 40 2 28 100 106 11 72 6 134 14 3 115
Actual Tot 580 154 29 8 31 89 110 12 72 4 102 8 4 .266 .357 .503 .860 101
Mike Coolbaugh, 3b, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 65 14 4 0 2 9 8 1 7 0 18 0 0 .215 .297 .369 .667 7
Prorated StL 12 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1
Actual StL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 0
Edgar Renteria, ss, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 543 143 26 2 13 72 64 3 46 3 79 21 7 .263 .321 .390 .711 67
Prorated StL 545 143 26 2 13 72 64 3 46 3 79 21 7 67
Actual StL 544 166 36 2 11 77 83 4 49 7 57 22 7 .305 .364 .439 .803 86
Wilson Delgado, ss, bats switch, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 71 15 2 0 1 6 6 0 4 0 13 1 1 .211 .253 .282 .535 5
Prorated StL 20 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 1
Actual StL 20 4 2 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 2
Albert Pujols, lf/3b/1b, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 534 167 40 3 33 96 111 8 63 5 81 1 2 .313 .390 .584 .974 118
Prorated StL 589 184 44 3 36 106 122 9 69 6 89 1 2 129
Actual StL 590 185 40 2 34 118 127 9 72 13 69 2 4 .314 .394 .561 .955 126
Kerry Robinson, lf/rf/cf, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 96 27 3 1 0 15 7 1 7 0 12 7 2 .281 .333 .333 .667 12
Prorated StL 175 49 5 2 0 27 13 2 13 0 22 13 4 21
Actual StL 181 47 7 4 1 27 15 0 11 3 29 7 4 .260 .301 .359 .660 20
Jim Edmonds, cf, bats left, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 506 147 34 0 32 101 101 5 92 8 142 6 4 .291 .399 .547 .946 117
Prorated StL 475 138 32 0 30 95 95 5 86 8 133 6 4 110
Actual StL 476 148 31 2 28 96 83 8 86 14 134 4 3 .311 .420 .561 .981 117
So Taguchi, cf/lf, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 69 18 3 0 1 10 6 1 5 0 12 2 1 .261 .320 .348 .668 8
Prorated StL 17 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 2
Actual StL 15 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 .400 .471 .400 .871 3
J.D. Drew, rf/cf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 533 160 25 6 32 106 88 7 80 5 115 22 6 .300 .396 .550 .946 123
Prorated StL 420 126 20 5 25 84 69 6 63 4 91 17 5 97
Actual StL 424 107 19 1 18 61 56 8 57 4 104 8 2 .252 .349 .429 .778 69
Eli Marrero, rf/c/lf/cf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 100 24 5 1 3 16 11 1 7 1 17 3 1 .240 .294 .400 .694 11
Prorated StL 405 97 20 4 12 65 45 4 28 4 69 12 4 45
Actual StL 397 104 19 1 18 63 66 0 40 11 72 14 2 .262 .327 .451 .777 61
Eduardo Perez, rf/1b/lf/3b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 79 22 4 0 4 11 14 1 8 0 16 2 1 .278 .348 .481 .829 13
Prorated StL 157 44 8 0 8 22 28 2 16 0 32 4 2 27
Actual StL 154 31 9 0 10 22 26 3 17 0 36 0 0 .201 .290 .455 .744 19
Pitchers
Matt Morris, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 3.67 32 32 15 9 0 213 215 13 53 175 .264 .693
Prorated StL 32 32 15 9 0 212 214 13 53 174
Actual StL 3.42 32 32 17 9 0 210 210 16 64 171 .261 .687
Jason Simontacchi, starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 4.02 24 24 11 5 0 143 134 18 54 72 .253 .751
Andy Benes, starter, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 6.23 35 5 3 5 0 69 76 16 33 54 .279 .882
Prorated StL 46 7 4 7 0 92 101 21 44 71
Actual StL 2.78 18 17 5 4 0 97 80 10 51 64 .228 .695
Woody Williams, starter, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 4.88 32 32 12 12 0 208 220 37 59 141 .271 .797
Prorated StL 15 15 6 6 0 96 101 17 27 65
Actual StL 2.53 17 17 9 4 0 103 84 10 25 76 .222 .614
Darryl Kile, starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 4.09 32 32 13 10 0 211 210 25 62 168 .260 .731
Prorated StL 13 13 5 4 0 86 85 10 25 68
Actual StL 3.72 14 14 5 4 0 85 82 9 28 50 .257 .737
Chuck Finley, starter, throws left, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 4.56 32 32 10 10 0 178 188 20 65 158 .273 .769
Prorated Cle 19 19 6 6 0 106 112 12 39 94
Actual Cle 4.44 18 18 4 11 0 105 114 6 48 91 .284 .747
Prorated StL 15 15 5 5 0 81 86 9 30 72
Actual StL 3.80 14 14 7 4 0 85 69 7 30 83 .219 .637
Prorated Tot 34 34 11 11 0 187 198 21 68 166
Actual Tot 4.15 32 32 11 15 0 191 183 13 78 174 .255 .699
Travis Smith, starter/reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 7.17 12 10 4 2 0 54 69 10 20 32 .322 .907
Bud Smith, starter, throws left, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 3.76 27 27 12 7 0 168 162 17 48 116 .254 .706
Prorated StL 9 9 4 2 0 55 53 6 16 38
Actual StL 6.94 11 10 1 5 0 48 67 4 22 22 .338 .885
Garrett Stephenson, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 4.53 14 14 5 5 0 91 96 14 24 60 .270 .782
Prorated StL 7 7 3 3 0 48 50 7 13 31
Actual StL 5.40 12 10 2 5 0 45 48 4 25 34 .282 .829
Jamey Wright, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Mil 4.72 32 32 10 12 0 187 194 22 85 126 .272 .782
Prorated Mil 20 20 6 7 0 116 120 14 53 78
Actual Mil 5.35 19 19 5 13 0 114 115 15 63 69 .270 .801
Prorated StL 3 3 1 1 0 16 16 2 7 11
Actual StL 4.80 4 3 2 0 0 15 15 2 12 8 .259 .817
Prorated Tot 23 23 7 8 0 131 136 15 60 89
Actual Tot 5.29 23 22 7 13 0 129 130 17 75 77 .269 .803
Josh Pearce, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 5.94 19 0 1 1 0 17 20 3 6 10 .299 .882
Prorated StL 17 0 1 1 0 14 17 3 5 9
Actual StL 7.62 3 3 0 0 0 13 20 1 8 1 .377 1.026
Luther Hackman, reliever/starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 5.01 23 0 1 1 0 23 26 4 9 15 .283 .850
Prorated StL 81 0 4 4 0 82 92 14 32 53
Actual StL 4.11 43 6 5 4 0 81 90 7 39 46 .287 .800
Dave Veres, reliever, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 3.96 70 0 4 3 2 75 66 11 27 69 .237 .718
Prorated StL 77 0 4 3 2 82 72 12 30 76
Actual StL 3.48 71 0 5 8 4 83 67 12 39 68 .224 .706
Steve Kline, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 3.00 70 0 4 2 1 60 49 4 19 47 .225 .633
Prorated StL 69 0 4 2 1 59 48 4 19 46
Actual StL 3.39 66 0 2 1 6 58 54 3 21 41 .251 .667
Mike Timlin, reliever/starter, throws right, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 4.01 40 0 2 2 0 43 44 5 12 31 .270 .743
Prorated StL 52 0 3 3 0 56 58 7 16 41
Actual StL 2.51 42 1 1 3 0 61 48 9 7 35 .215 .624
Prorated Phi 32 0 2 2 0 34 35 4 9 24
Actual Phi 3.75 30 0 3 3 0 36 27 6 8 14 .206 .652
Prorated Tot 84 0 4 4 0 90 92 11 25 65
Actual Tot 2.97 72 1 4 6 0 97 75 15 15 49 .212 .635
Mike Crudale, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 1.88 49 1 3 0 0 53 43 3 14 47 .228 .615
Mike Matthews, reliever, throws left, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 4.16 57 4 4 3 0 76 68 11 33 63 .239 .741
Prorated StL 32 2 2 2 0 43 38 6 19 35
Actual StL 3.89 43 0 2 1 0 42 40 5 22 32 .260 .761
Prorated Mil 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 2 4
Actual Mil 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 7 2 .214 .690
Prorated Tot 36 3 3 2 0 47 43 7 21 39
Actual Tot 3.94 47 0 2 1 0 46 43 5 29 34 .256 .757
Gene Stechschulte, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 5.04 30 0 2 2 0 30 32 5 13 23 .274 .832
Prorated StL 31 0 2 2 0 31 33 5 13 24
Actual StL 4.78 29 0 6 2 0 32 27 4 17 21 .235 .702
Rick White, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 4.98 70 0 4 4 2 72 84 10 19 51 .293 .811
Prorated Col 40 0 2 2 1 42 49 6 11 29
Actual Col 6.20 41 0 2 6 0 41 49 4 18 27 .310 .876
Prorated StL 18 0 1 1 1 19 22 3 5 13
Actual StL 0.82 20 0 3 1 0 22 13 0 3 14 .169 .434
Prorated Tot 59 0 3 3 2 61 70 8 16 43
Actual Tot 4.31 61 0 5 7 0 63 62 4 21 41 .264 .735
Jeff Fassero, reliever, throws left, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.44 70 0 4 4 1 73 77 10 24 67 .272 .773
Prorated ChN 53 0 3 3 1 56 59 8 18 51
Actual ChN 6.18 57 0 5 6 0 51 65 5 22 44 .313 .832
Prorated StL 17 0 1 1 0 17 18 2 6 16
Actual StL 3.00 16 0 3 0 0 18 16 4 5 12 .232 .719
Prorated Tot 70 0 4 4 1 73 77 10 24 67
Actual Tot 5.35 73 0 8 6 0 69 81 9 27 56 .292 .804
Kevin Joseph, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 4.91 11 0 0 1 0 11 16 1 6 2 .364 .916
Gabe Molina, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 1.59 12 0 1 0 0 11 6 1 6 4 .162 .522
Matt Duff, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 4.76 7 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 8 4 .150 .543
Nerio Rodriguez, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 4.15 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 2 .222 .652
Actual Cle 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Actual Tot 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 1 2 .211 .618
Jose Rodriguez, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual StL 54.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 .800 1.657
Actual Min 14.73 4 0 0 1 0 4 8 0 4 1 .421 1.259
Actual Tot 18.00 6 0 0 1 0 4 12 0 6 1 .500 1.350
Jason Isringhausen, closer, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected StL 3.03 70 0 5 5 33 77 62 7 25 76 .221 .642
Prorated StL 57 0 4 4 27 63 51 6 20 62
Actual StL 2.48 60 0 3 2 32 65 46 0 18 68 .199 .499
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