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. Offseason December 11, 2001: Signed free agent pitcher Jason Isringhausen. Regular season Season standings National League Central Record vs. opponents Game log |- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 || April 1 || Rockies || 10–2 || Morris || Hampton || || 48,397 || 1–0 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 2 || April 3 || Rockies || 3–6 || Neagle || Stephenson || Jiménez || 26,557 || 1–1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 3 || April 4 || Rockies || 1–6 || Thomson || Benes || || 27,691 || 1–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 || April 5 || @ Astros || 5–1 || Stechschulte || Mlicki || || 27,189 || 2–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 || April 6 || @ Astros || 8–4 || Morris || Cruz || || 36,255 || 3–2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 6 || April 7 || @ Astros || 6–7 || Stone || Hackman || || 28,206 || 3–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 7 || April 9 || Brewers || 6–5 || Veres || Cabrera || Isringhausen || 28,488 || 4–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 8 || April 10 || Brewers || 6–5 || Isringhausen || Vizcaino || || 28,271 || 5–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 9 || April 11 || Brewers || 6–5 || Veres || Cabrera || Kline || 28,165 || 6–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 10 || April 12 || Astros || 7–3 || Morris || Miller || || 34,120 || 7–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 11 || April 13 || Astros || 2–1 || Isringhausen || Stone || || 41,552 || 8–3 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 12 || April 14 || Astros || 4–5 || Reynolds || Stephenson || Wagner || 38,609 || 8–4 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 13 ||