2001 Boston Red Sox season
2001 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 82–79 (.509) | |
Divisional place | 2nd (13+1⁄2 GB) | |
Owners | JRY Trust | |
President | John Harrington | |
General manager | Dan Duquette | |
Managers |
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Television | WFXT (Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy) NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy) | |
Radio | WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WRCA (Adrian García Márquez, Bobby Serano and J. P. Villaman) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2001 Boston Red Sox season was the 101st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 82 wins and 79 losses, 13+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the AL championship. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Oakland Athletics, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 102–60. The end of the regular season was pushed back from September 30th to October 7th due to the September 11 attacks.
Offseason
[edit]- November 16, 2000: Chris Stynes was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler.[1]
- December 2000: Free agent Manny Ramirez signed an eight-year $160 million contract with the Red Sox.[2]
- January 11, 2001: David Cone signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[3]
- January 19, 2001: Craig Grebeck was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[4]
Regular season
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Green_Monster_2001.jpg/300px-Green_Monster_2001.jpg)
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 65 | .594 | — | 51–28 | 44–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 79 | .509 | 13½ | 41–40 | 41–39 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 16 | 40–42 | 40–40 |
Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 98 | .391 | 32½ | 30–50 | 33–48 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 37–44 | 25–56 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 4–5 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 6–14 | 4–15 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
Baltimore | 5–4 | — | 9–10 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–12 | 6–12 |
Boston | 3–4 | 10–9 | — | 3–3 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 10–9 | 13–6 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
Cleveland | 4–5 | 5–1 | 6–3 | 9–10 | — | 13–6 | 11–8 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
Detroit | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 6–13 | 6–13 | — | 8–11 | 4–15 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–4 | 10–8 |
Kansas City | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 0–6 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 8–10 |
Minnesota | 6–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 15–4 | 13–6 | — | 4–2 | 5–4 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
New York | 3–4 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–6 | 3–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 14–6 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–3 | — | 9–10 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
Seattle | 15–4 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 7–2 | 15–5 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
Tampa Bay | 2–7 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 2–7 | 2–7 | — | 4–5 | 9–10 | 10–8 |
Texas | 12–7 | 7–2 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–15 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 8–10 |
Toronto | 4–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 10–9 | 6–3 | — | 8–10 |
Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
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Boston | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
Transactions
[edit]- April 18, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[5]
- June 5, 2001: Kevin Youkilis was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2001.[6]
- June 12, 2001: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for Doug Mirabelli.[7]
- July 2, 2001: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[8]
- July 31, 2001: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Tomokazu Ohka and Rich Rundles (minors).[9]
- August 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.[5]
Famous Firsts involving the Red Sox
[edit]- Monday, August 6, 2001 – Scott Hatteberg became the first player to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam during the same game.[10][11]
- Sunday, September 2, 2001 – This was the first day in Major League history where the final score in four games was 1-0: Yankees 1 vs. Red Sox 0, Padres 1 vs. Diamondbacks 0, Astros 1 vs. Brewers 0, and Blue Jays 1 vs. Tigers 0.[10]
Opening Day Line Up
[edit]12 | Chris Stynes | 2B |
7 | Trot Nixon | RF |
33 | Jason Varitek | C |
24 | Manny Ramírez | DH |
2 | Carl Everett | CF |
25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
29 | Shea Hillenbrand | 3B |
23 | Brian Daubach | 1B |
15 | Craig Grebeck | SS |
45 | Pedro Martínez | P |
Roster
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Scott Hatteberg | 94 | 278 | 68 | .245 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
1B | Brian Daubach | 122 | 407 | 107 | .263 | 22 | 71 | 1 |
2B | José Offerman | 128 | 524 | 140 | .267 | 9 | 49 | 5 |
SS | Mike Lansing | 106 | 352 | 88 | .250 | 8 | 34 | 3 |
3B | Shea Hillenbrand | 139 | 468 | 123 | .263 | 12 | 49 | 3 |
LF | Troy O'Leary | 104 | 341 | 82 | .240 | 13 | 50 | 1 |
CF | Carl Everett | 102 | 409 | 105 | .257 | 14 | 58 | 9 |
RF | Trot Nixon | 148 | 535 | 150 | .280 | 27 | 88 | 7 |
DH | Manny Ramirez | 142 | 529 | 162 | .306 | 41 | 125 | 0 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Dante Bichette | 107 | 391 | 112 | .286 | 12 | 49 | 2 |
Chris Stynes | 96 | 361 | 101 | .280 | 8 | 33 | 4 |
Jason Varitek | 51 | 174 | 51 | .293 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
Darren Lewis | 82 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
Lou Merloni | 52 | 146 | 39 | .267 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Doug Mirabelli | 54 | 141 | 38 | .270 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
Nomar Garciaparra | 27 | 83 | 24 | .289 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
John Valentin | 20 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Calvin Pickering | 24 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Craig Grebeck | 23 | 41 | 2 | .049 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Izzy Alcántara | 14 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Morgan Burkhart | 11 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
James Lofton | 8 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ángel Santos | 9 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Oliver | 5 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marcus Jensen | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hideo Nomo | 33 | 33 | 198.0 | 13 | 10 | 4.50 | 220 |
Frank Castillo | 26 | 26 | 136.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.21 | 89 |
David Cone | 25 | 25 | 135.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.31 | 115 |
Pedro Martínez | 18 | 18 | 116.2 | 7 | 3 | 2.39 | 163 |
Tomo Ohka | 12 | 11 | 52.1 | 2 | 5 | 6.19 | 37 |
Paxton Crawford | 8 | 7 | 36.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.75 | 29 |
Bret Saberhagen | 3 | 3 | 15.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 10 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tim Wakefield | 45 | 168.2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3.90 | 148 |
Rolando Arrojo | 41 | 103.1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3.48 | 78 |
Casey Fossum | 13 | 44.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.87 | 26 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Derek Lowe | 67 | 3 | 91.2 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 3.53 | 82 |
Rod Beck | 68 | 0 | 80.2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3.90 | 63 |
Rich Garcés | 62 | 0 | 67.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.90 | 51 |
Sun-woo Kim | 20 | 2 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.83 | 27 |
Hipólito Pichardo | 30 | 0 | 34.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | 17 |
Pete Schourek | 33 | 0 | 30.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.45 | 20 |
Bill Pulsipher | 23 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.32 | 16 |
Ugueth Urbina | 19 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.25 | 32 |
Todd Erdos | 10 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.96 | 7 |
Allen McDill | 15 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 16 |
Willie Banks | 5 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.84 | 10 |
Bryce Florie | 7 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.42 | 7 |
Carlos Castillo | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
Game log
[edit]Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed |
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April: 16–9
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May: 13–13
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June: 17–11
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July: 14–12
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August: 11–17
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September: 6–15
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October: 5–2
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Reference:[14] |
Note: the Red Sox only played 161 games, as a September 10 rainout against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled.[12][13]
Awards and honors
[edit]- Pedro Martínez – AL Pitcher of the Month (May)
- Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF), AL Player of the Month (April)
- Manny Ramirez, starting LF
Farm system
[edit]In addition to the DSL Red Sox, the team shared a DSL team with the Cleveland Indians.[15]
VSL cooperative was with the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins.[citation needed]
Source:[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ Chris Stynes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Bryant, Howard (2002). Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston. New York, New York: Routledge. p. 252.
- ^ David Cone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Craig Grebeck Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Kevin Youkilis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Justin Duchscherer Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Joe Oliver Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Ugueth Urbina Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Baseball Almanac, Steroid Era Famous Firsts Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Box Score, Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox, August 6, 2001
- ^ a b Amore, Dom (September 11, 2001). "One Way To Stop Him". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. C1. Retrieved September 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Red Sox Back To .500". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 29, 2001. p. C7. Retrieved September 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "2001 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ^ "2001 DSL Indians/Red Sox Statistics".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 2001. p. 418. Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
External links
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