2002 Milwaukee Brewers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Milwaukee Brewers
season = 2002
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1998
division = Central Division
y2 = 1998
Uniform
ballpark = Miller Park
y4 = 2001
city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
y5 = 1970
owners = Bud Selig
managers = Davey Lopes and Jerry Royster
television =WCGV-TV
WISN-TV
FSN Wisconsin
(Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
radio = WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)|The Milwaukee Brewers' 2002 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the National League Central with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses.

Offseason

*January 21, 2002: Alex Ochoa was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Colorado Rockies to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Lenny Harris and Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile, and cash to the Colorado Rockies. The Colorado Rockies sent Craig House and Ross Gload to the New York Mets. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jeff D'Amico, Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Mark Sweeney, and cash to the New York Mets. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml]
*February 8, 2002: Midre Cummings was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml]

Regular season

On May 23, 2002, Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit four home runs in one game versus the Brewers. He also had one single and one double for a total of 19 total bases. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0] The number broke the previous record of 18 total bases set by Joe Adcock.

eason standings

All-Star Game

The 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 73rd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The game was held on July 9, 2002 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The game resulted in a 7-7 tie. The next year home field advantage in the World Series would be awarded to the winning league. The game is commonly referred to as a 'flop' by sports writers due to the lack of continuation of the game. [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=listranker/25biggestflops]

The roster selection for the 2002 game marked the inaugural All-Star Final Vote competition (then known as the "The All-Star 30th Man" competition). Johnny Damon and Andruw Jones represented the American and National Leagues as a result of this contest.

Notable transactions

*April 5, 2002: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scutama01.shtml Marco Scutaro Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 4, 2002: Prince Fielder was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2002. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fieldpr01.shtml Prince Fielder Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 4, 2002: Hunter Pence was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 40th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pencehu01.shtml]
*July 31, 2002: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Sal Fasano to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later and Jorge Fabregas. The Anaheim Angels sent Johnny Raburn (minors) (August 14, 2002) and Pedro Liriano (September 20, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml]

Awards and honors

* 1B Richie Sexson, All-Star Game Selection
* SS Jose Hernandez, All-Star Game Selection

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2002.shtml 2002 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=MIL 2002 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]