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2002 Eastern League

2002 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 843 games, 12 teams, approx. 140 games in season
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Other Years: 2001 / 2003
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2001 / 2003

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2001 / 2003

League Standings

Regular Season

April 4, 2002 to September 2, 2002

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Norwich Navigators	NYY	76	64	.543	--
New Haven Ravens	STL	74	65	.532	1.5
Binghamton Mets	NYM	73	68	.518	3.5
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	67	72	.482	8.5
Trenton Thunder	BOS	63	77	.450	13
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	63	77	.450	13

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Akron Aeros	CLE	93	48	.660	--
Harrisburg Senators	MON	79	63	.556	14.5
Reading Phillies	PHI	76	66	.535	17.5
Altoona Curve	PIT	72	69	.511	21
Bowie Baysox	BAL	55	85	.393	37.5
Erie SeaWolves	DET	52	89	.369	41

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Akron Aeros	CLE	23.7	5.21	141	5435	4803	734	1305	283	43	150	682	95	38	487	915	.272	.342	.442	.785	2124	91	58	31	56	21
Trenton Thunder	BOS	24.9	4.94	140	5348	4688	692	1227	262	30	97	627	128	79	505	933	.262	.340	.392	.733	1840	115	79	28	48	15
New Haven Ravens	STL	24.8	4.83	139	5287	4754	671	1320	281	29	113	629	80	43	409	837	.278	.341	.420	.761	1998	128	61	32	31	16
Norwich Navigators	NYY	24.6	4.78	140	5117	4492	669	1156	249	26	123	609	113	74	499	927	.257	.338	.407	.744	1826	101	61	34	31	19
Harrisburg Senators	MON	24.3	4.76	142	5437	4706	676	1211	219	34	120	627	68	45	569	940	.257	.343	.395	.737	1858	101	69	41	52	21
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	24.1	4.68	139	5279	4662	651	1262	264	23	104	596	96	38	446	774	.271	.339	.404	.743	1884	97	56	69	46	15
Binghamton Mets	NYM	24.2	4.59	141	5307	4642	647	1217	239	35	99	586	215	93	485	968	.262	.338	.393	.731	1823	84	70	65	45	22
Altoona Curve	PIT	25.2	4.55	141	5243	4703	642	1261	244	33	115	596	99	55	386	849	.268	.331	.407	.738	1916	94	74	43	37	17
Reading Phillies	PHI	24.0	4.53	142	5373	4725	643	1201	241	25	86	594	172	63	445	922	.254	.328	.370	.699	1750	73	99	56	48	24
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	24.6	4.33	140	5081	4512	606	1138	255	34	95	556	143	67	437	1068	.252	.324	.387	.711	1746	86	57	43	32	15
Erie SeaWolves	DET	24.3	4.27	141	5262	4674	602	1220	247	34	112	556	124	36	465	1052	.261	.332	.400	.732	1871	105	52	30	41	10
Bowie Baysox	BAL	24.1	4.04	140	5119	4622	565	1178	222	23	79	502	149	68	372	808	.255	.316	.364	.680	1683	110	57	39	29	9
League Totals		24.4	4.63	1686	63288	55983	7798	14696	3006	369	1293	7160	1482	699	5505	10993	.263	.334	.399	.733	22319	1185	793	511	496	204

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Akron Aeros	CLE	24.6	3.49	93	48	.660	3.09	141	141	137	4	20	38	1239.0	1097	492	425	78	435	12	1020	78	7	47	5199	1.236	8.0	0.6	3.2	7.4	2.34
Norwich Navigators	NYY	25.1	4.05	76	64	.543	3.58	140	140	126	14	9	32	1192.2	1143	567	474	70	384	11	982	76	5	72	5109	1.280	8.6	0.5	2.9	7.4	2.56
Reading Phillies	PHI	24.3	4.29	76	66	.535	3.80	142	142	135	7	13	36	1247.1	1211	609	527	114	440	19	847	52	4	56	5298	1.324	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.1	1.93
Altoona Curve	PIT	24.9	4.38	72	69	.511	4.19	141	141	136	5	9	34	1221.0	1241	618	568	116	416	19	894	62	9	63	5248	1.357	9.1	0.9	3.1	6.6	2.15
Harrisburg Senators	MON	23.5	4.39	79	63	.556	3.92	142	142	141	1	13	33	1247.1	1226	624	543	118	438	9	944	66	9	72	5363	1.334	8.8	0.9	3.2	6.8	2.16
Binghamton Mets	NYM	24.2	4.50	73	68	.518	4.08	141	141	137	4	7	39	1225.2	1176	635	555	96	505	23	983	63	4	61	5248	1.371	8.6	0.7	3.7	7.2	1.95
New Haven Ravens	STL	24.6	4.54	74	65	.532	3.97	139	139	131	8	6	32	1213.2	1196	631	536	101	451	21	913	54	1	81	5226	1.357	8.9	0.7	3.3	6.8	2.02
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	24.4	4.72	63	77	.450	4.21	140	140	130	10	5	33	1192.2	1163	661	558	106	499	17	879	71	10	62	5175	1.394	8.8	0.8	3.8	6.6	1.76
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	24.9	4.94	67	72	.482	4.30	139	139	134	5	4	41	1202.1	1199	686	575	93	478	27	849	76	3	77	5207	1.395	9.0	0.7	3.6	6.4	1.78
Bowie Baysox	BAL	24.5	5.21	55	85	.393	4.62	140	140	139	1	6	26	1205.2	1308	729	619	112	487	14	901	70	8	83	5385	1.489	9.8	0.8	3.6	6.7	1.85
Trenton Thunder	BOS	24.0	5.29	63	77	.450	4.72	140	140	134	6	5	32	1217.0	1302	741	638	122	484	21	1008	57	8	95	5378	1.468	9.6	0.9	3.6	7.5	2.08
Erie SeaWolves	DET	25.4	5.71	52	89	.369	5.29	141	141	137	4	2	30	1202.0	1434	805	706	167	488	11	773	68	10	72	5460	1.599	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.8	1.58
League Totals		24.5	4.63	843	843	.500	4.14	1686	1686	1617	69	99	406	14606.1	14696	7798	6724	1293	5505	204	10993	793	78	841	63296	1.383	9.1	0.8	3.4	6.8	2.00

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Altoona Curve	PIT	141	3663	1420	113	128	.978	4	96	44	31%	Dale Sveum
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	139	3607	1539	134	121	.975	13	98	82	46%	Stan Cliburn
Binghamton Mets	NYM	141	3677	1474	133	130	.975	12	113	70	38%	Howie Freiling
Harrisburg Senators	MON	142	3742	1335	130	118	.975	16	114	56	33%	Dave Huppert
Reading Phillies	PHI	142	3742	1584	143	144	.974	15	117	46	28%	Greg Legg
Akron Aeros	CLE	141	3717	1394	136	111	.974	13	122	51	29%	Brad Komminsk
New Haven Ravens	STL	139	3641	1509	148	118	.972	22	144	51	26%	Mark DeJohn
Erie SeaWolves	DET	141	3606	1451	151	136	.971	17	142	51	26%	Kevin Bradshaw
Bowie Baysox	BAL	140	3617	1379	153	103	.970	19	117	50	30%	Dave Stockstill and Dave Cash
Trenton Thunder	BOS	140	3651	1411	160	122	.969	17	173	61	26%	Ron Johnson
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	140	3578	1457	163	128	.969	10	106	72	40%	Eric Fox
Norwich Navigators	NYY	140	3578	1271	159	100	.968	26	140	65	32%	Luis Sojo and Stump Merrill
League Totals		1686	43819	17224	1723	1459	.973	184	1482	699	32%

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