2002 Season Review -- Toronto Blue Jays
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the Toronto Blue Jays 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 781 813
Runs allowed 839 828
Run Margin -58 -15
Wins 77 78
Pythagorean wins 76 80
Placement 3rd 3rd
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .278 .276
Difference +.008 +.006
Position Players
Tom Wilson, c /1b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 100 24 6 0 4 15 17 1 17 0 28 0 0 .240 .350 .420 .770 16
Prorated Tor 252 60 15 0 10 38 43 3 43 0 70 0 0 40
Actual Tor 265 68 10 0 8 33 37 5 28 0 79 0 0 .257 .334 .385 .719 35
Ken Huckaby, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 72 17 3 0 0 7 7 1 1 0 14 0 0 .236 .253 .278 .531 5
Prorated Tor 272 64 11 0 0 26 26 4 4 0 53 0 0 18
Actual Tor 273 67 6 1 3 29 22 0 9 1 44 0 0 .245 .270 .308 .577 20
Darrin Fletcher, c , bats left, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 468 120 23 0 16 41 63 7 22 3 50 0 0 .256 .296 .408 .704 53
Prorated Tor 125 32 6 0 4 11 17 2 6 1 13 0 0 14
Actual Tor 127 28 6 0 3 8 22 0 4 0 13 0 0 .220 .239 .339 .577 10
Kevin Cash, c , bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Tor 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .143 .200 .143 .343 0
Carlos Delgado, 1b, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 514 151 35 1 35 95 101 14 95 16 113 0 0 .294 .415 .570 .985 128
Prorated Tor 516 151 35 1 35 95 101 14 95 16 113 0 0 128
Actual Tor 505 140 34 2 33 103 108 13 102 18 126 1 0 .277 .406 .549 .955 121
Brian Lesher, 1b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 67 17 4 0 2 9 11 0 7 0 15 0 0 .254 .320 .403 .723 9
Prorated Tor 38 10 2 0 1 5 6 0 4 0 9 0 0 5
Actual Tor 38 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 15 0 0 .132 .209 .158 .367 1
Dave Berg, 2b/3b/ss/rf/1b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 80 20 5 0 1 9 6 1 6 0 15 0 0 .250 .307 .350 .657 9
Prorated Tor 372 93 23 0 5 42 28 5 28 0 70 0 0 42
Actual Tor 374 101 26 2 4 42 39 5 26 1 57 0 2 .270 .322 .382 .704 47
Orlando Hudson, 2b, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 211 57 14 4 2 31 29 2 21 2 32 7 2 .270 .339 .403 .742 30
Prorated Tor 184 50 12 3 2 27 25 2 18 2 28 6 2 26
Actual Tor 192 53 10 5 4 20 23 2 11 0 27 0 1 .276 .319 .443 .762 25
Joe Lawrence, 2b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 72 15 3 1 0 7 5 1 9 0 15 1 2 .208 .305 .278 .583 6
Prorated Tor 153 32 6 2 0 15 11 2 19 0 32 2 4 13
Actual Tor 150 27 4 0 2 16 15 2 16 0 38 2 1 .180 .262 .247 .508 11
Homer Bush, 2b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 364 100 15 1 3 46 30 8 14 1 68 14 6 .275 .313 .346 .659 40
Prorated Tor 77 21 3 0 1 10 6 2 3 0 14 3 1 9
Actual Tor 78 18 2 0 1 9 2 2 2 0 12 2 0 .231 .268 .295 .563 6
Prorated Flo 54 15 2 0 0 7 4 1 2 0 10 2 1 5
Actual Flo 54 12 0 0 0 7 5 0 3 0 13 2 1 .222 .263 .222 .485 3
Prorated Tot 130 36 5 0 1 16 11 3 5 0 24 5 2 14
Actual Tot 132 30 2 0 1 16 7 2 5 0 25 4 1 .227 .266 .265 .531 10
Eric Hinske, 3b, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 554 138 30 2 28 86 90 9 60 4 138 20 7 .249 .331 .462 .793 87
Prorated Tor 573 143 31 2 29 89 93 9 62 4 143 21 7 91
Actual Tor 566 158 38 2 24 99 84 2 77 5 138 13 1 .279 .365 .481 .845 104
Chris Woodward, 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 Tor 111 28 7 2 4 16 13 0 8 1 25 0 1 .252 .303 .459 .762 15
Prorated Tor 324 82 20 6 12 47 38 0 23 3 73 0 3 43
Actual Tor 312 86 13 4 13 48 45 3 26 0 72 3 0 .276 .330 .468 .797 49
Felipe Lopez, ss, bats switch, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 512 130 21 9 17 74 56 2 33 4 127 14 9 .254 .299 .430 .729 65
Prorated Tor 285 72 12 5 9 41 31 1 18 2 71 8 5 36
Actual Tor 282 64 15 3 8 35 34 1 23 1 90 5 4 .227 .287 .387 .673 31
Shannon Stewart, lf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 637 196 43 6 14 102 61 10 44 1 79 25 8 .308 .361 .460 .821 107
Prorated Tor 588 181 40 6 13 94 56 9 41 1 73 23 7 100
Actual Tor 577 175 38 6 10 103 45 9 54 2 60 14 2 .303 .371 .442 .813 95
Jose Cruz, lf/rf/cf, bats switch, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 597 152 36 4 32 91 81 2 57 4 138 25 5 .255 .321 .489 .810 96
Prorated Tor 472 120 28 3 25 72 64 2 45 3 109 20 4 75
Actual Tor 466 114 26 5 18 64 70 0 51 1 106 7 1 .245 .317 .438 .754 67
Vernon Wells, cf/rf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 557 144 36 5 14 75 62 5 35 0 100 21 8 .259 .306 .417 .723 72
Prorated Tor 601 155 39 5 15 81 67 5 38 0 108 23 9 77
Actual Tor 608 167 34 4 23 87 100 3 27 0 85 9 4 .275 .305 .457 .762 81
Raul Mondesi, rf, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 615 151 30 3 30 95 88 6 68 3 134 31 10 .246 .325 .450 .776 92
Prorated Tor 298 73 15 1 15 46 43 3 33 1 65 15 5 45
Actual Tor 299 67 16 1 15 51 45 3 31 1 57 9 2 .224 .301 .435 .736 39
Prorated NYA 268 66 13 1 13 41 38 3 30 1 58 14 4 41
Actual NYA 270 65 18 0 11 39 43 2 28 2 46 6 4 .241 .315 .430 .744 37
Prorated Tot 566 139 28 3 28 87 81 6 63 3 123 29 9 86
Actual Tot 569 132 34 1 26 90 88 5 59 3 103 15 6 .232 .308 .432 .740 76
Dewayne Wise, rf/lf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 72 15 3 1 1 8 7 0 2 0 13 2 1 .208 .230 .319 .549 5
Prorated Tor 111 23 5 2 2 12 11 0 3 0 20 3 2 8
Actual Tor 112 20 4 1 3 14 13 0 4 0 15 5 0 .179 .207 .313 .519 8
Jayson Werth, rf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 65 15 4 0 2 8 9 0 9 0 15 2 0 .231 .320 .385 .705 9
Prorated Tor 46 11 3 0 1 6 6 0 6 0 11 1 0 6
Actual Tor 46 12 2 1 0 4 6 0 6 0 11 1 0 .261 .340 .348 .687 5
Pedro Swann, rf, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 68 17 4 0 1 9 8 1 5 0 13 1 1 .250 .307 .353 .660 7
Prorated Tor 12 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Tor 12 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 0
Josh Phelps, dh, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 64 14 4 0 3 11 11 2 8 0 18 0 0 .219 .320 .422 .742 9
Prorated Tor 245 54 15 0 11 42 42 8 31 0 69 0 0 35
Actual Tor 265 82 20 1 15 41 58 3 19 0 82 0 0 .309 .362 .562 .925 52
Pitchers
Roy Halladay, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.07 32 32 11 11 0 197 204 18 61 144 .269 .736
Prorated Tor 38 38 13 13 0 235 243 21 73 172
Actual Tor 2.93 34 34 19 7 0 239 222 10 62 168 .243 .628
Esteban Loaiza, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.01 27 14 6 7 0 110 131 14 24 69 .298 .806
Prorated Tor 38 20 8 10 0 154 184 20 34 97
Actual Tor 5.71 25 25 9 10 0 151 192 18 38 87 .309 .828
Pete Walker, starter/reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.34 10 0 1 1 0 19 19 3 6 13 .268 .780
Prorated NYN 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Actual NYN 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .400 .800
Prorated Tor 74 0 7 7 0 139 141 22 45 97
Actual Tor 4.33 37 20 10 5 1 139 143 18 51 80 .270 .783
Prorated Tot 75 0 7 7 0 140 142 22 45 97
Actual Tot 4.36 38 20 10 5 1 140 145 18 51 80 .271 .783
Justin Miller, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.94 19 0 1 1 0 17 19 3 7 11 .288 .845
Prorated Tor 117 0 6 6 0 103 117 19 43 68
Actual Tor 5.63 25 18 9 5 0 102 103 12 66 68 .268 .808
Steve Parris, starter, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.53 34 4 2 4 0 54 64 8 18 30 .298 .852
Prorated Tor 50 6 3 6 0 78 93 12 26 44
Actual Tor 5.97 14 14 5 5 0 75 96 13 35 48 .314 .897
Luke Prokopec, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.38 32 32 8 14 0 191 214 34 55 122 .283 .828
Prorated Tor 13 13 3 6 0 77 86 14 22 49
Actual Tor 6.78 22 12 2 9 0 72 90 19 25 41 .302 .941
Chris Carpenter, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.75 32 32 10 13 0 207 222 27 68 146 .276 .790
Prorated Tor 12 12 4 5 0 75 81 10 25 53
Actual Tor 5.28 13 13 4 5 0 73 89 11 27 45 .306 .846
Brandon Lyon, starter/reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.21 19 19 6 6 0 109 114 13 25 66 .270 .750
Prorated Tor 12 12 4 4 0 67 70 8 15 40
Actual Tor 6.53 15 10 1 4 0 62 78 14 19 30 .308 .920
Brian Cooper, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.71 13 0 1 1 0 17 20 3 6 9 .290 .858
Prorated Tor 7 0 1 1 0 9 11 2 3 5
Actual Tor 14.04 2 2 0 1 0 8 14 5 4 3 .400 1.336
Corey Thurman, reliever/starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.18 44 4 3 4 0 64 65 12 33 53 .263 .821
Prorated Tor 48 4 3 4 0 70 71 13 36 58
Actual Tor 4.37 43 1 2 3 0 68 65 11 45 56 .248 .805
Scott Eyre, reliever/starter, 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
Scott Cassidy, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.77 34 4 2 4 0 53 59 9 23 37 .284 .858
Prorated Tor 40 5 2 5 0 63 70 11 27 44
Actual Tor 5.73 58 0 1 4 0 66 52 12 32 48 .222 .763
Felix Heredia, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.46 40 0 1 2 0 31 34 4 13 25 .276 .808
Prorated Tor 66 0 2 3 0 52 56 7 22 41
Actual Tor 3.61 53 0 1 2 0 52 51 5 26 31 .256 .747
Cliff Politte, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Phi 4.31 30 0 2 2 0 31 31 4 11 29 .258 .757
Prorated Phi 17 0 1 1 0 18 18 2 6 17
Actual Phi 3.86 13 0 2 0 0 16 19 0 9 15 .288 .745
Prorated Tor 50 0 3 3 0 53 52 7 18 49
Actual Tor 3.61 55 0 1 3 1 57 38 5 19 57 .186 .542
Prorated Tot 68 0 5 5 0 71 70 9 25 65
Actual Tot 3.67 68 0 3 3 1 74 57 5 28 72 .211 .593
Mike Smith, reliever/starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.00 3 3 1 1 0 18 19 3 6 11 .275 .830
Prorated Tor 7 7 2 2 0 40 42 7 13 25
Actual Tor 6.62 14 6 0 3 0 35 43 3 20 16 .301 .843
Mark Hendrickson, reliever/starter, throws left, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tor 2.45 16 4 3 0 0 37 25 1 12 21 .202 .553
Brian Bowles, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.50 10 0 1 1 0 18 15 1 10 17 .227 .660
Prorated Tor 11 0 1 1 0 20 17 1 11 19
Actual Tor 4.05 17 0 2 1 0 20 13 0 14 19 .183 .591
Pedro Borbon, reliever, throws left, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.36 53 0 2 2 0 43 40 6 16 34 .245 .766
Prorated Tor 17 0 1 1 0 14 13 2 5 11
Actual Tor 4.97 16 0 1 2 0 13 12 3 6 11 .231 .817
Prorated Hou 49 0 2 2 0 40 37 6 15 31
Actual Hou 5.50 56 0 3 2 1 38 41 7 19 39 .287 .884
Prorated Tot 66 0 2 2 0 54 50 7 20 42
Actual Tot 5.36 72 0 4 4 1 50 53 10 25 50 .272 .867
Dan Plesac, reliever, throws left, age 40
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 3.55 70 0 3 2 1 58 48 6 26 78 .224 .668
Prorated Tor 17 0 1 0 0 14 11 1 6 18
Actual Tor 3.38 19 0 1 2 0 13 11 1 6 14 .216 .666
Prorated Phi 27 0 1 1 0 23 19 2 10 30
Actual Phi 4.76 41 0 2 1 1 23 16 5 12 27 .193 .692
Prorated Tot 44 0 2 1 1 36 30 4 16 49
Actual Tot 4.25 60 0 3 3 1 36 27 6 18 41 .201 .682
Jason Kershner, reliever, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual SD 5.79 15 0 0 1 0 19 15 2 10 11 .217 .696
Actual Tor 1.69 10 0 0 0 1 5 5 1 4 7 .227 .710
Actual Tot 4.88 25 0 0 1 1 24 20 3 14 18 .220 .699
Bob File, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 2.76 70 0 5 2 2 78 62 7 21 45 .220 .624
Prorated Tor 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 3
Actual Tor 18.90 5 0 0 1 0 3 8 0 2 2 .471 1.115
Scott Wiggins, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tor 3.38 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 1 3 .417 1.212
Pasqual Coco, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.60 10 0 1 1 0 18 20 2 8 11 .290 .831
Prorated Tor 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1
Actual Tor 18.00 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 .571 1.414
Kelvim Escobar, closer, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 3.62 70 0 4 6 29 75 67 7 28 65 .240 .697
Prorated Tor 79 0 5 7 33 84 76 8 32 73
Actual Tor 4.27 76 0 5 7 38 78 75 10 44 85 .246 .737
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