2001 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2001 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2001

World Series Champions

Arizona Diamondbacks

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: Ichiro Suzuki NL: Barry Bonds

Cy Young Winners

AL: Roger Clemens NL: Randy Johnson

Rookies of the Year

AL: Ichiro Suzuki NL: Albert Pujols

Managers of the Year

AL: Lou Piniella NL: Larry Bowa

#1 Draft Pick

Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins)

All-Star Game

Seattle,Washington

Teams

Players

1218

Attendance

72,581,101

Payroll

$1,962,841,814

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2001 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	7	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	897	821	76	Lost in 1st Round (Mariners)	3,175,523	4	$ 92,660,001	3	John Hart	Charlie Manuel	Jacobs Field
2	5	13	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	6.0	771	766	5	dnq	1,782,929	24	$ 24,130,000	14	Terry Ryan	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
3	6	14	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	8.0	798	795	3	dnq	1,766,172	26	$ 65,628,667	8	Ken Williams	Jerry Manuel	Comiskey Park II
4	11	25	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	25.0	724	876	-152	dnq	1,921,305	21	$ 49,356,167	10	Randy Smith	Phil Garner	Comerica Park
5	12	27	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	26.0	729	858	-129	dnq	1,536,371	27	$ 35,422,500	12	Allard Baird	Tony Muser	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	160	95	65	.594	--	804	713	91	Lost World Series (Diamondbacks)	3,264,907	3	$ 112,287,143	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	7	15	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	161	82	79	.509	13.5	772	745	27	dnq	2,625,333	16	$ 109,675,833	2	Dan Duquette	Jimy Williams, Joe Kerrigan	Fenway Park
3	8	17	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	16.0	767	753	14	dnq	1,915,438	22	$ 76,895,999	5	Gord Ash	Buck Martinez	SkyDome
4	13	28	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	161	63	98	.391	32.5	687	829	-142	dnq	3,094,841	7	$ 74,279,540	7	Syd Thrift	Mike Hargrove	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	14	29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	162	62	100	.383	34.0	672	887	-215	dnq	1,298,365	28	$ 56,980,000	9	Chuck Lamar	Hal McRae, Larry Rothschild	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	116	46	.716	--	927	627	300	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	3,507,326	1	$ 74,720,834	6	Pat Gillick	Lou Piniella	Safeco Field
2	2	2	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	102	60	.630	14.0	884	645	239	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	2,133,277	19	$ 33,810,750	13	Billy Beane	Art Howe	Network Associates Coliseum
3	9	20	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	41.0	691	730	-39	dnq	2,000,919	20	$ 47,735,168	11	Bill Stoneman	Mike Scioscia	Edison International Field
4	10	21	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	43.0	890	968	-78	dnq	2,831,021	10	$ 88,633,500	4	Douglas Melvin	Jerry Narron, Johnny Oates	The Ballpark in Arlington
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	5	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	847	769	78	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)	2,904,277	9	$ 60,387,667	9	Gerry Hunsicker	Larry Dierker	Enron Field
1	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	814	684	130	Lost in 1st Round (Diamondbacks)	3,109,578	6	$ 78,333,333	5	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
3	6	10	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	5.0	777	701	76	dnq	2,779,465	13	$ 64,515,833	7	Andy MacPhail	Don Baylor	Wrigley Field
4	14	24	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	25.0	740	806	-66	dnq	2,811,041	12	$ 45,099,333	12	Dean Taylor	Dave Lopes	Miller Park
5	15	26	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	27.0	735	850	-115	dnq	1,879,757	23	$ 48,784,000	11	Jim Bowden	Bob Boone	Cinergy Field
6	16	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	62	100	.383	31.0	657	858	-201	dnq	2,464,870	17	$ 57,760,833	10	Dave Littlefield, Cam Bonifay	Lloyd McClendon	PNC Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	9	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	729	643	86	Lost in 1st Round (Diamondbacks)	2,823,530	11	$ 91,936,166	3	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	8	11	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	2.0	746	719	27	dnq	1,782,054	25	$ 41,663,833	13	Ed Wade	Larry Bowa	Veterans Stadium
3	9	16	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	6.0	642	713	-71	dnq	2,658,330	15	$ 93,674,428	2	Steve Phillips	Bobby Valentine	Shea Stadium
4	11	19	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	12.0	742	744	-2	dnq	1,261,226	29	$ 35,562,500	15	Dave Dombrowski	Tony Perez, John Boles	Pro Player Stadium
5	13	23	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	20.0	670	812	-142	dnq	642,745	30	$ 34,849,500	16	Jim Beattie	Jeff Torborg, Felipe Alou	Olympic Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	818	677	141	Won World Series (Yankees)	2,736,451	14	$ 85,247,999	4	Joe Garagiola	Bob Brenly	Bank One Ballpark
2	4	8	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	2.0	799	748	51	dnq	3,311,958	2	$ 63,280,167	8	Brian Sabean	Dusty Baker	Pacific Bell Park
3	7	12	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	6.0	758	744	14	dnq	3,017,143	8	$ 109,105,953	1	Kevin Malone	Jim Tracy	Dodger Stadium
4	10	18	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	13.0	789	812	-23	dnq	2,378,128	18	$ 38,882,833	14	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Qualcomm Stadium
5	12	22	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	19.0	923	906	17	dnq	3,166,821	5	$ 71,541,334	6	Daniel O'Dowd	Buddy Bell	Coors Field
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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