2001 Oakland Athletics season

2001 Oakland Athletics 2001 AL Wild Card
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Network Associates Coliseum (since 1968) Oakland, California (since 1968)
2001 information
Owner(s)	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)	Billy Beane
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	KICU-TV FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Local radio	KABL (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 2001 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 102 wins and 60 losses. Their 102 wins is the most wins ever by a team that won the Wild Card.

Offseason

• November 17, 2000: Randy Velarde was traded by the Athletics to the Texas Rangers for Aaron Harang and Ryan Cullen (minors).
• January 8, 2001: Ben Grieve was traded by the Athletics to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Ángel Berroa and A. J. Hinch were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals as part of a three-team trade. The Royals sent Johnny Damon and Mark Ellis to the Athletics, and the Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Athletics. The Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernández to the Royals.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB
Seattle Mariners	116	46	.716	--
Oakland Athletics	102	60	.630	14
Anaheim Angels	75	87	.463	41
Texas Rangers	73	89	.451	43

Notable transactions

• June 5, 2001: 2001 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Neal Cotts was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round. Player signed June 13, 2001.
  • Dan Johnson was drafted by the Athletics in the 7th round. Player signed June 18, 2001.
• July 25, 2001: José Ortiz, Todd Belitz and Mario Encarnación were traded by the Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for Jermaine Dye.

Roster

2001 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 53 Chad Bradford 49 Mike Fyhrie 19 Mark Guthrie 32 Chad Harville 31 Gil Heredia 37 Erik Hiljus 15 Tim Hudson 44 Jason Isringhausen 21 Cory Lidle 52 Mike Magnante 33 T.J. Mathews 45 Jim Mecir 20 Mark Mulder 29 Jeff Tam 51 Luis Vizcaíno 75 Barry Zito		Catchers 13 Sal Fasano 55 Ramón Hernández 24,28 Greg Myers 17 Tom Wilson Infielders 30 Andy Abad 14 Mark Bellhorn  3 Eric Chavez 16 Jason Giambi 11 Frank Menechino  2 José Ortiz  9 Olmedo Sáenz  2 F. P. Santangelo  4 Miguel Tejada		Outfielders 22 Eric Byrnes 28 Ryan Christenson  8 Johnny Damon 26,24 Jermaine Dye  5 Ron Gant  7 Jeremy Giambi 30 Robin Jennings 12 Terrence Long 13 Billy McMillon  6 Adam Piatt 26 Rob Ryan 23 Mario Valdez Other batters  5 John Jaha		Manager 18 Art Howe Coaches 41 Thad Bosley (Hitting) 35 Brad Fischer (Bullpen) 39 Ken Macha (Bench) 47 Rick Peterson (Pitching) 48 Mike Quade (First Base) 38 Ron Washington (Third Base)

Postseason

The A's lost 3-2 to the New York Yankees in the 2001 American League Division Series.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ramon Hernandez	156	453	115	.254	15	60
1B	Jason Giambi	154	520	178	.342	38	120
2B	Frank Menechino	139	471	114	.242	12	60
SS	Miguel Tejada	162	622	166	.267	31	113
3B	Eric Chavez	151	552	159	.288	32	114
LF	Terrence Long	162	629	178	.283	12	85
CF	Johnny Damon	155	644	165	.256	9	49
RF	Jermaine Dye	61	232	69	.297	13	59
DH	Jeremy Giambi	124	371	105	.283	12	57

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
José Ortiz	11	42	7	.167	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tim Hudson	35	235.0	18	9	3.37	181
Mark Mulder	34	229.1	21	8	3.45	153
Barry Zito	35	214.1	17	8	3.49	205
Cory Lidle	29	188.0	13	6	3.59	118
Gil Heredia	24	109.2	7	8	5.58	48
Erik Hiljus	16	66.0	5	0	3.41	67

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and records

• Jason Giambi, Silver Slugger award

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento RiverCats	Pacific Coast League	Bob Geren
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Tony DeFrancesco
A	Modesto A's	California League	Greg Sparks
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Juan Navarrete
Short-Season A	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Webster Garrison
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ricky Nelson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Athletics

References

• 2001 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 2001 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6. 

Preceded by Seattle Mariners 2000

AL Wild Card 2001

Succeeded by Anaheim Angels 2002