2002 Carolina Dragons
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in NL East Division Division
Runs Scored: 875
Runs Allowed: 826
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Motorola Park
Attendance: 1,400,079
Manager: Mike Jarvis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-59, 2nd in the National League
AA: 73-65, 5th in the National League
A: 70-68, 6th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Baltimore Orioles
Won NL League Series 4-3 over Philadelphia Phillies
Won Division Series 3-0 over Las Vegas Gamblers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Barry Larkin 38 160 662 121 198 33 8 27 114 49 15 57 97 .299 .354 .495 .850 111.6 18.8 12.2
RF *Ichiro Suzuki 28 156 657 131 238 29 13 11 76 43 16 34 39 .362 .408 .496 .904 122.4 25.7 3.9
3B  Paul Konerko 26 158 630 96 167 44 4 40 126 0 0 39 100 .265 .307 .538 .845 96.2 14.2 6.4
CF *Mark Kotsay 26 145 582 116 189 35 5 32 121 14 1 57 99 .325 .381 .567 .948 114.1 22.4 4.4
1B *Aubrey Huff 25 152 577 78 181 46 8 17 92 1 0 48 69 .314 .370 .510 .880 100.5 19.3 3.6
2B #Ray Durham 30 153 510 73 119 27 6 20 76 17 3 58 91 .233 .321 .427 .748 71.2 8.2 4.5
C #Matt Walbeck 32 114 328 41 88 18 5 6 49 0 0 34 85 .268 .333 .409 .742 43.4 5.6 1.8
C  Matt Lecroy 26 78 262 27 52 20 1 5 31 0 0 14 73 .198 .260 .340 .599 22.2 0.0 1.7
RF *Trot Nixon 28 88 257 36 59 22 2 4 20 0 0 18 61 .230 .283 .377 .660 25.6 1.7 1.6
LF  Marty Cordova 32 60 219 39 59 16 1 21 43 2 1 27 61 .269 .363 .639 1.003 49.2 9.6 1.3
LF *Brent Bowers 31 112 206 27 58 11 2 4 22 0 0 10 43 .282 .315 .413 .727 23.9 2.9 0.9
SS  Tony Graffanino 30 114 143 22 39 10 1 1 17 0 0 13 39 .273 .352 .378 .729 18.9 2.6 1.0
LF  Damon Hollins 28 46 118 14 29 9 0 0 13 0 0 4 25 .246 .270 .322 .593 7.5 0.0 0.7
SS  Mark Lewis 32 86 109 16 29 5 0 4 20 0 0 12 28 .266 .333 .422 .755 16.0 2.2 0.6
P  Steve Green 24 34 63 5 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 28 .095 .130 .111 .242 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Javier Vazquez 25 35 61 5 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 16 .213 .234 .246 .480 3.8 0.0 0.0
P  Octavio Dotel 28 35 54 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 33 .093 .183 .148 .331 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Ortiz 28 24 47 5 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 20 .234 .265 .255 .521 3.2 0.0 0.0
C #Marcus Jensen 29 17 33 6 7 2 0 2 4 0 0 9 14 .212 .381 .455 .835 6.1 0.9 0.1
LF *Garret Anderson 30 17 40 6 8 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 11 .200 .238 .425 .663 4.0 0.2 0.3
P #Bruce Chen 25 37 33 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .030 .030 .061 .091 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Brian Barber 29 14 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 .083 .267 .083 .350 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Fernando Hernandez 31 70 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Keith Glauber 30 106 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Linebrink 25 28 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Benj Sampson 27 49 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Brian Fuentes 26 85 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Brett Laxton 28 8 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.9 0.2 0.0
C  Shawn Wooten 29 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Macrae 27 98 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ramon Morel 27 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2308 5660 874 1564 336 58 196 846 126 36 451 1081 .276 .334 .460 .794 839.4 134.4 45.1
  Rank among 14 NL teams 3 7 3 7 2 10 6 1 12 14 1 3 8 6 7 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Javier Vazquez 25 14 9 .609 34 34 0 199.0 214 108 31 58 215 4.88 12.3
 Octavio Dotel 28 14 3 .824 35 35 0 191.7 143 60 20 71 284 2.82 21.4
 Steve Green 24 12 9 .571 33 33 0 179.3 187 104 10 92 157 5.22 8.4
 Russ Ortiz 28 10 10 .500 24 24 0 132.3 132 74 19 59 131 5.03 7.7
 Keith Glauber 30 9 7 .563 106 0 5 130.7 148 67 4 44 97 4.62 10.6
*Bruce Chen 25 5 11 .313 37 21 2 121.7 139 93 28 76 137 6.88 0.0
 Scott Macrae 27 0 6 .000 98 0 2 93.3 111 64 9 51 69 6.17 0.8
 Brian Barber 29 7 5 .583 14 14 0 89.3 84 45 12 41 98 4.53 6.3
*Brian Fuentes 26 5 3 .625 85 0 5 86.7 72 47 16 40 100 4.88 6.7
 Fernando Hernandez 31 8 4 .667 69 0 24 76.3 70 30 2 35 95 3.54 15.0
*Benj Sampson 27 3 1 .750 49 0 3 66.0 58 38 11 33 69 5.18 4.9
 Scott Linebrink 25 3 0 1.000 28 0 1 33.7 28 21 2 20 38 5.61 2.0
 Ramon Morel 27 3 0 1.000 27 0 3 27.7 28 9 2 11 23 2.93 4.5
 Brett Laxton 28 1 0 1.000 8 1 0 14.3 6 7 1 3 20 4.40 1.4
 Marcus Jensen 29 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 27.3 94 68 .580 648 162 46 1442.9 1420 767 167 634 1534 4.78 102.5
Rank among 14 NL teams 3 3 3 3 9 6 3 5 13 3 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .997 28.1
M.Walbeck 690.3 77 88 744 15 4 2 .995 23.3
M.Lecroy 667.0 77 78 719 19 3 0 .996 28.6
M.Jensen 78.7 8 11 77 2 2 0 .975 0.0
S.Wooten 7.0 0 1 6 0 1 0 .857 0.0
Team Total 1443.0 162 178 1546 36 10 2 .994 24.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.85
A.Huff 1303.0 149 150 1215 90 7 143 .995 9.01
G.Anderson 84.0 8 12 87 4 0 5 1.000 9.75
M.Walbeck 52.0 5 10 58 3 0 4 1.000 10.56
P.Konerko 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.0 162 174 1362 97 7 152 .995 9.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.01
R.Durham 1289.0 149 151 217 448 26 102 .962 4.64
M.Lewis 113.3 10 19 23 36 1 10 .983 4.69
T.Graffanino 40.7 3 11 7 17 1 3 .960 5.31
Team Total 1443.0 162 181 247 501 28 115 .964 4.67
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.36
P.Konerko 1369.0 155 156 89 244 17 23 .951 2.19
T.Graffanino 69.0 7 12 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.22
J.Carroll 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Lewis 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.0 162 172 94 257 17 23 .954 2.19
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.43
B.Larkin 1388.0 155 158 197 479 22 106 .968 4.38
T.Graffanino 46.0 6 6 3 18 1 3 .955 4.11
M.Lewis 9.0 1 1 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 165 204 500 23 110 .968 4.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.60
T.Nixon 521.0 61 70 94 3 2 0 .980 1.68
M.Cordova 495.2 58 58 79 3 1 1 .988 1.49
B.Bowers 350.3 37 54 54 4 0 0 1.000 1.49
D.Hollins 31.7 3 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.57
G.Anderson 20.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Lewis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.2 161 197 233 10 3 1 .988 1.54
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.03
M.Kotsay 1263.7 142 144 265 10 1 3 .996 1.96
D.Hollins 179.3 20 22 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
M.Cordova 3.4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1446.4 162 166 303 10 1 3 .997 1.95
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.65
I.Suzuki 1336.0 151 155 239 10 0 2 1.000 1.68
T.Nixon 78.0 8 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.27
D.Hollins 27.0 3 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.67
M.Cordova 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1444.0 162 169 257 12 0 2 1.000 1.68
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.77
J.Vazquez 199.0 34 34 9 31 0 2 1.000 1.81
O.Dotel 191.7 35 35 5 19 1 2 .960 1.13
S.Green 179.3 33 33 7 21 1 1 .966 1.41
R.Ortiz 132.3 24 24 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.84
K.Glauber 130.7 0 106 7 19 0 0 1.000 1.79
B.Chen 121.7 21 37 3 9 0 2 1.000 0.89
S.Macrae 93.3 0 98 1 23 0 4 1.000 2.31
B.Barber 89.3 14 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.31
B.Fuentes 86.7 0 85 5 10 1 1 .938 1.56
F.Hernandez 76.3 0 69 5 7 1 0 .923 1.41
B.Sampson 66.0 0 49 4 10 1 1 .933 1.91
S.Linebrink 33.7 0 28 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.80
R.Morel 27.7 0 27 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.30
B.Laxton 14.3 1 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
M.Jensen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.9 162 648 62 183 5 14 .980 1.53
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Suzuki .362
On-Base Pct Suzuki .408
Slugging Pct Kotsay .567
OPS Kotsay .948
XR Suzuki 122.4
Games Larkin 160
At-Bats Larkin 662
Runs Suzuki 131
Hits Suzuki 238
Total Bases Konerko 339
Singles Suzuki 185
Doubles Huff 46
Triples Suzuki 13
Homeruns Konerko 40
RBIs Konerko 126
Stolen Bases Larkin 49
Caught Stealing Suzuki 16
Walks Durham 58
Strikeouts Konerko 100
ERA Dotel 2.82
Wins Dotel, Vazquez 14
Losses Chen 11
Winning Pct Dotel .824
Saves Hernandez 24
Games Pitched Glauber 106
Games Started Dotel 35
Complete Games Barber, Ortiz 1
Shutouts Barber 1
Innings Pitched Vazquez 199.0
Hits Allowed Vazquez 214
Homeruns Allowed Vazquez 31
Strikeouts Dotel 284
Walks Allowed Green 92
Walks per 9IP Vazquez 2.6
Hits per 9IP Dotel 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Dotel 13.3
WHiP Dotel 1.12
OAVG Dotel .204
OOBP Dotel .293
OSLG Dotel .334
OOPS Dotel .628
Team All-Stars
Octavio Dotel
Paul Konerko
Mark Kotsay
Barry Larkin
Ichiro Suzuki
Player Salaries
Barry Larkin $ 15,000,000
Marty Cordova $ 8,080,000
Ray Durham $ 3,500,000
Octavio Dotel $ 3,265,714
Mark Kotsay $ 3,207,143
Garret Anderson $ 2,750,000
Vladimir Guerrero $ 2,750,000
Ramon Morel $ 2,250,000
Brent Bowers $ 1,907,143
Mark Lewis $ 1,750,000
Brian Barber $ 1,250,000
Matt Walbeck $ 1,230,000
Marcus Jensen $ 750,000
Tony Graffanino $ 550,000
Keith Glauber $ 371,429
Russ Ortiz $ 350,000
Brian Bevil $ 350,000
Ray King $ 350,000
Tim Davis $ 350,000
Bruce Chen $ 300,000
Jamey Carroll $ 300,000
Brian Fuentes $ 300,000
Steve Green $ 300,000
Fernando Hernandez $ 300,000
Aubrey Huff $ 300,000
Shawn Wooten $ 300,000
Paul Konerko $ 300,000
Brett Laxton $ 300,000
Matt Lecroy $ 300,000
Scott Linebrink $ 300,000
Scott Macrae $ 300,000
Trot Nixon $ 300,000
Benj Sampson $ 300,000
Ichiro Suzuki $ 300,000
Javier Vazquez $ 300,000
Damon Hollins $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Marcus Jensen
2/1 Signed     Ramon Morel
2/4 Signed     Vladimir Guerrero
2/4 Signed     Tom Martin
2/4 Signed     Brian Barber
2/14 Traded Bartolo Colon
Chris Woodward
New Orleans Jeremi Gonzalez
2/14 Traded Jeremi Gonzalez Philadelphia Barry Larkin
3/2 Signed     Willie Adams
3/2 Traded Willie Adams Toronto Erik Bedard
3/2 Traded Zach Day Philadelphia Jeremi Gonzalez
3/2 Traded Jeremi Gonzalez Texas Brandon Phillips
4/16 Released Brian Cooper    
4/16 Released Steve Rodriguez    
4/16 Released Bobby Ayala    
4/16 Released Jim Crowell    
4/16 Released Mike Buddie    
4/16 Released Rafael Medina    
4/16 Signed     Cory Vance
4/16 Signed     Ben Kozlowski
5/16 Signed     Francis Beltran
5/16 Signed     John Foster
6/16 Released Tom Martin    
7/16 Signed     Bobby Ayala
7/16 Traded Bobby Ayala Minnesota Marty Cordova