2002 Pacific Coast League season

The 2002 Pacific Coast League season was the 100th season in the league's history. It ended with the Edmonton Trappers winning their first championship since 1997.

Oklahoma and New Orleans tied for the East division lead, but the RedHawks won the title based on a 10-6 record against the Zephyrs, the PCL's divisional tiebreaker.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Salt Lake Stingers	78	66	.542	--	Mike Brumley	Anaheim Angels
Omaha Royals	76	68	.528	2	Bucky Dent	Kansas City Royals
Iowa Cubs	71	73	.493	7	Bruce Kimm/Pat Listach	Chicago Cubs
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	62	79	.440	20	Chris Cron	Colorado Rockies

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Oklahoma RedHawks	75	69	.521	--	Bobby Jones	Texas Rangers
New Orleans Zephyrs	75	69	.521	--	Chris Maloney	Houston Astros
Nashville Sounds	72	71	.503	2½	Marty Brown	Pittsburgh Pirates
Memphis Redbirds	71	71	.500	3	Gaylen Pitts	St. Louis Cardinals

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Edmonton Trappers	81	59	.579	--	John Russell	Minnesota Twins
Portland Beavers	72	71	.503	10½	Rick Sweet	San Diego Padres
Calgary Cannons	67	71	.486	13	Dean Treanor	Florida Marlins
Tacoma Rainiers	65	76	.461	16½	Dan Rohn	Seattle Mariners

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Las Vegas 51s	85	59	.590	--	Brad Mills	Los Angeles Dodgers
Tucson Sidewinders	73	68	.518	10½	Al Pedrique	Arizona Diamondbacks
Sacramento River Cats	66	78	.458	19	Bob Geren	Oakland Athletics
Fresno Grizzlies	57	87	.396	28	Lenn Sakata	San Francisco Giants

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AN	Salt Lake Stingers	3
	AS	Oklahoma RedHawks	0
						AN	Salt Lake Stingers	1
						NN	Edmonton Trappers	3
	NN	Edmonton Trappers	3
	NS	Las Vegas 51s	1

Conference Championships

Salt Lake vs. Oklahoma Date Away Home September 4 Oklahoma 5 Salt Lake 7 September 5 Oklahoma 3 Salt Lake 7 September 6 Salt Lake 1 Oklahoma 0 Salt Lake wins series 3-0

Edmonton vs. Las Vegas Date Away Home September 4 Edmonton 9 Las Vegas 7 September 5 Edmonton 3 Las Vegas 7 September 6 Las Vegas 6 Edmonton 8 September 7 Las Vegas 2 Edmonton 5 Edmonton wins series 3-1

Championship Finals

Edmonton vs. Salt Lake Date Away Home September 10 Salt Lake 7 Edmonton 5 September 11 Salt Lake 4 Edmonton 7 September 13 Edmonton 6 Salt Lake 4 September 14 Edmonton 10 Salt Lake 7 Edmonton wins series 3-1

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Rick Short, Salt Lake, .356
• Runs Scored Joe Thurston, Las Vegas, 106
• Hits Thurston, 196
• Doubles Lyle Overbay, Tucson; Larry Sutton, Sacramento, 40
• Triples Chone Figgins, Salt Lake, 18
• Home Runs Iván Cruz, Memphis, 35
• Runs Batted In Robb Quinlan, Salt Lake, 112
• Stolen Bases Chad Meyers, Sacramento and Memphis, 43

Pitching

• Wins Stephen Randolph, Tucson, 15
• Earned Run Average Jeriome Robertson, New Orleans, 2.55
• Complete Games Three tied with 3
• Shutouts Three tied with 2
• Strikeouts Wayne Franklin, New Orleans, 141
• Saves Jeff Williams, Las Vegas, 28

All-Star Team

• First Base Lyle Overbay, Tucson
• Second Base Joe Thurston, Las Vegas
• Shortstop Aaron Holbert, Tacoma
• Third Base Jason Wood, Calgary
• Outfield Robb Quinlan, Salt Lake; Michael Restovich, Edmonton; Michael Ryan, Edmonton
• Catcher Javier Valentin, Edmonton
• Designated Hitter Iván Cruz, Memphis
• Right-Handed Pitcher Scott Randall, Edmonton
• Left-Handed Pitcher Jeriome Robertson, New Orleans
• Relief Pitcher Jeff Williams, Las Vegas

Sources include 2003 Baseball Almanac

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 2002 PCL - The Baseball Cube