2002 St. Louis Cardinals season
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 Rockies 10-2 Morris Hampton 48,397 1-0
2 April 3 Rockies 3-6 Neagle Stephenson Jiménez 26,557 1-1
3 April 4 Rockies 1-6 Thomson Benes 27,691 1-2
4 April 5 @ Astros 5-1 Stechschulte Mlicki 27,189 2-2
5 April 6 @ Astros 8-4 Morris Cruz 36,255 3-2
6 April 7 @ Astros 6-7 Stone Hackman 28,206 3-3
7 April 9 Brewers 6-5 Veres Cabrera Isringhausen 28,488 4-3
8 April 10 Brewers 6-5 Isringhausen Vizcaino 28,271 5-3
9 April 11 Brewers 6-5 Veres Cabrera Kline 28,165 6-3
10 April 12 Astros 7-3 Morris Miller 34,120 7-3
11 April 13 Astros 2-1 Isringhausen Stone 41,552 8-3
12 April 14 Astros 4-5 Reynolds Stephenson Wagner 38,609 8-4
13 April 15 @ D'Backs 5-14 Helling Benes 32,116 8-5
14 April 16 @ D'Backs 3-5 Johnson B. Smith Myers 37,505 8-6
15 April 17 @ D'Backs 8-4 Morris Schilling Isringhausen 35,147 9-6
16 April 18 @ Brewers 5-7 Cabrera Hackman DeJean 17,717 9-7
17 April 19 @ Brewers 1-6 Quevedo Timlin Vizcaino 23,865 9-8
18 April 20 @ Brewers 3-5 Vizcaino Veres DeJean 30,600 9-9
19 April 21 @ Brewers 3-5 Neugebauer B. Smith DeJean 24,592 9-10
20 April 23 @ Mets 3-4 D'Amico Morris Benitez 33,333 9-11
The St. Louis Cardinals 2002 season was the team's 121st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 111th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season and won the National League Central division by 13 games over the Houston Astros. In the playoffs, the Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 1 in the NLCS. Second baseman Fernando Viña, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds each won Gold Gloves this year. On June 18, long-time broadcaster Jack Buck died at the age of 77, while four days later, pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in a Chicago hotel room, at age 33.