2002 National League Division Series

DatesOctober 2–7TelevisionABC 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)RadioESPNRadio announcersGary Cohen, Rob DibbleTeamsDatesOctober 1–5TelevisionABC FamilyTV announcersChris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe (Games 1–2)
Jon Miller, Joe Morgan (Game 3)RadioESPNRadio announcersJim Durham, Buck ShowalterUmpiresMike 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)

The 2002 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round on the National League side of Major League Baseball’s 2002 postseason, 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:

• (1) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champion, 101–59) vs. (4) San Francisco Giants (Wild Card, 95–66); Giants win series, 3–2.
• (2) Arizona Diamondbacks (Western Division champion, 98–64) vs. (3) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champion, 97–65); Cardinals win series, 3–0.

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 championAnaheim Angels in the 2002 World Series.