2002 International League season

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The 2002 International League season was the 117th in the league's history, and ended with the Durham Bulls winning their first Governors' Cup.

This would be the final season for the Rochester Red Wings and Baltimore Orioles' partnership. The 42-year affiliation was the longest in Triple-A baseball.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	91	53	.632	--	Marc Bombard	Philadelphia Phillies
Buffalo Bisons	87	57	.604	4	Eric Wedge	Cleveland Indians
Ottawa Lynx	80	61	.567	9½	Tim Leiper	Montreal Expos
Syracuse SkyChiefs	64	80	.444	27	Omar Malave	Toronto Blue Jays
Pawtucket Red Sox	60	84	.417	31	Buddy Bailey	Boston Red Sox
Rochester Red Wings	55	89	.382	36	Andy Etchebarren	Baltimore Orioles

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Durham Bulls	80	64	.556	--	Bill Evers	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Richmond Braves	75	67	.528	4	Carlos Tosca	Atlanta Braves
Norfolk Tides	70	73	.490	9½	Bobby Floyd	New York Mets
Charlotte Knights	55	88	.385	24½	Nick Capra	Chicago White Sox

West Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Toledo Mud Hens	81	63	.562	--	Bruce Fields	Detroit Tigers
Louisville Bats	79	65	.549	2	Dave Miley	Cincinnati Reds
Indianapolis Indians	67	76	.469	13½	Ed Romero	Milwaukee Brewers
Columbus Clippers	59	83	.415	21	Brian Butterfield/Frank Howard/Stump Merrill	New York Yankees

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	N1	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	0
	WC	Buffalo Bisons	3
						WC	Buffalo Bisons	0
						S1	Durham Bulls	3
	S1	Durham Bulls	3
	W1	Toledo Mud Hens	0

First Round

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre vs. Buffalo Date Away Home September 4 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4 Buffalo 12 September 5 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5 Buffalo 6 10 innings September 6 Buffalo 5 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4 Buffalo wins series 3-0

Toledo vs. Durham Date Away Home September 4 Durham 4 Toledo 3 September 5 Durham 8 Toledo 5 13 innings September 6 Toledo 2 Durham 4 Durham wins series 3-0

Governors' Cup Finals

Buffalo vs. Durham Date Away Home September 11 Durham 6 Buffalo 4 12 innings Game 2 Durham 8 Buffalo 1 September 12 Buffalo 0 Durham 2 Durham wins series 3-0

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Endy Chávez, Ottawa, .343
• Runs Scored Marlon Byrd, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 103
• Hits Dave Doster, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 171
• Doubles Chase Utley, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 39
• Triples Zach Sorensen, Buffalo, 12
• Home Runs Izzy Alcantara, Indianapolis, 27
• Runs Batted In Kevin Witt, Louisville, 107
• Stolen Bases Andrés Torres, Toledo; Nick Punto, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 42

Pitching

• Wins Trey Hodges, Richmond, 15
• Earned Run Average Luis de los Santos, Durham, 2.42
• Complete Games Shane Loux, Toledo, 5
• Shutouts Loux, 3
• Strikeouts Doug Linton, Richmond, 160
• Saves Edwin Almonte, Charlotte, 26

All-Star Team

• First Base Joe Vitiello, Omaha
• Second Base Marco Scútaro, Norfolk
• Shortstop Nick Punto, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Third Base Joe Crede, Charlotte
• Utility Player Dave Doster, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Outfield Marlon Byrd, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Endy Chávez, Ottawa; Raúl González, Louisville
• Catcher Johnny Estrada, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Designated Hitter Kevin Witt, Louisville
• Starting Pitcher Joe Roa, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Relief Pitcher Lee Gardner, Durham

References

Baseball America's 2003 Almanac. Allan Simpson, editor. Simon & Schuster, 2002.

External Links

2002 IL - The Baseball Cube