Kirk Rueter ERA in 2002
3.232002 Regular Season
Kirk Rueter posted a 3.23 ERA in the 2002 regular season.
| ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |||
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| Sep 28, 2002 |  vs HOU | W 5-2 | 3.23 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 22, 2002 |  @ MIL | W 3-1 | 3.22 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sep 17, 2002 |  @ LAD | W 6-4 | 3.29 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2002 | vs LAD | L 7-3 | 3.23 | 4.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 6, 2002 |  vs ARI | W 1-0 | 3.05 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Aug 31, 2002 | @ ARI | W 5-0 | 3.19 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Aug 26, 2002 |  @ COL | W 4-3 | 3.30 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 21, 2002 |  vs NYM | W 3-1 | 3.36 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aug 16, 2002 |  @ MIA | L 4-2 | 3.53 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 10, 2002 |  vs PIT | W 8-3 | 3.47 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aug 4, 2002 | @ PIT | W 10-5 | 3.41 | 5.1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Jul 30, 2002 |  @ PHI | W 10-3 | 3.28 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jul 24, 2002 |  vs STL | W 6-4 | 3.29 | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 19, 2002 | @ LAD | W 3-2 F/12 | 3.48 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jul 14, 2002 | vs COL | L 5-3 | 3.51 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Jul 6, 2002 | @ ARI | W 3-2 | 3.45 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 1, 2002 | @ COL | W 8-6 | 3.63 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jun 26, 2002 |  vs SD | W 6-5 F/12 | 3.50 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jun 21, 2002 |  vs BAL | W 4-3 | 3.34 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Jun 16, 2002 |  vs ATH | L 2-1 | 3.26 | 7.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jun 10, 2002 |  @ TOR | L 6-5 | 3.32 | 3.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Jun 4, 2002 | @ SD | W 3-1 | 2.78 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| May 30, 2002 | vs ARI | L 1-0 | 2.88 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| May 25, 2002 | @ COL | L 6-3 | 3.09 | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| May 18, 2002 | vs MIA | W 10-5 | 2.51 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| May 13, 2002 |  vs ATL | W 7-6 F/11 | 2.33 | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | @ NYM | W 8-2 | 1.84 | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| May 3, 2002 |  vs CIN | W 6-1 | 1.74 | 8.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 28, 2002 | @ CIN | W 5-4 | 1.89 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 23, 2002 |  @ CHC | W 12-4 | 1.93 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Apr 16, 2002 | @ SD | W 5-1 | 1.71 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Apr 11, 2002 | vs LAD | L 4-3 | 2.57 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Apr 5, 2002 | vs SD | W 3-1 F/10 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
- 2nd-best of Kirk Rueter's 13 seasons on file; the best is 2.73 in 1993.
- Down 1.19 from 4.42 in 2001.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on November 6, 2026.