2002 National League Division Series

2002 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
San Francisco Giants (3) Dusty Baker 95–66, .590, GB: 2+12
Atlanta Braves (2) Bobby Cox 101–59, .631, GA: 19
DatesOctober 2–7
TelevisionABC Family (Game 1)
Fox (Games 2, 4–5)
FX (Game 3)
TV announcersDave O'Brien, Tony Gwynn (Game 1)
Thom Brennaman, Steve Lyons (Games 2, 4)
Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons (Game 3)
Joe Buck, Tim McCarver (Game 5)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersGary Cohen, Rob Dibble
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
St. Louis Cardinals (3) Tony La Russa 97–65, .599, GA: 13
Arizona Diamondbacks (0) Bob Brenly 98–64, .605, GA: 2+12
DatesOctober 1–5
TelevisionABC Family
TV announcersChris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe (Games 1–2)
Jon Miller, Joe Morgan (Game 3)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJim Durham, Buck Showalter
UmpiresMike Reilly, Paul Emmel, Angel Hernandez, Jerry Layne, Tim Tschida, Ted Barrett (Braves–Giants, Games 1–2, 5; Diamondbacks–Cardinals, Game 3)
Bruce Froemming, Bill Miller, Ron Kulpa, Gary Darling, Steve Rippley, Mark Hirschbeck (Diamondbacks–Cardinals, Games 1–2; Braves–Giants, Games 3–4)
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The 2002 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2002 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Monday, October 7, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:

The Cardinals and Giants went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Giants became the National League champion, and lost to the American League champion Anaheim Angels in the 2002 World Series.

  1. ^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage (Games 1, 2 and 5 at home), which was determined by playing record.