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2001 Cleveland Indians
American League Central Champions
DivisionCentral Division
BallparkJacobs Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record91–71 (.561)
OwnersRichard Jacobs
ManagersCharlie Manuel
TelevisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
FSN Ohio
John Sanders, Rick Manning
RadioWTAM
Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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A ticket for a 2001 game between the Cleveland Indians and Anaheim Angels.

The 2001 Cleveland Indians season was the 101st season for the franchise.

Offseason

Regular season

  • August 5, 2001: The Impossible Return – Notably, the Indians tied a Major League Baseball record by erasing a 12-run Seattle lead. Thus, despite its relatively low-profile as a regular season match, the game is vividly remembered and beloved around Cleveland today. For Seattle fans, it is not only a source of angst because of the game itself but because, had the Mariners held on, they would have broken the all-time Major League record for most wins in a season, instead of tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs with 116 wins.

The Fans

Retired 2001

The number 455 was honored after the Indians sold out 455 consecutive games between 1995 and 2001, an MLB record at the time, subsequently broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008.

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 91 71 .562 44‍–‍36 47‍–‍35
Minnesota Twins 85 77 .525 6 47‍–‍34 38‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 83 79 .512 8 46‍–‍35 37‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 66 96 .407 25 37‍–‍44 29‍–‍52
Kansas City Royals 65 97 .401 26 35‍–‍46 30‍–‍51


Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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


Notable transactions

Roster

2001 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2001 Game Log: 91–71 (Home: 44–36; Away: 47–35)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member
2001 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
C Einar Díaz 134 437 54 121 34 1 4 56 .277 1
1B Jim Thome 156 526 101 153 26 1 49 124 .291 0
2B Roberto Alomar 157 575 113 193 34 12 20 100 .336 30
3B Travis Fryman 98 334 34 88 15 0 3 38 .263 1
SS Omar Vizquel 155 611 84 156 26 8 2 50 .255 13
LF Marty Cordova 122 409 61 123 20 2 20 69 .301 0
CF Kenny Lofton 133 517 91 135 21 4 14 66 .261 16
RF Juan González 140 532 97 173 34 1 35 140 .325 1
DH Ellis Burks 124 439 83 123 29 1 28 74 .280 5

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Milton Bradley 10 18 3 4 1 0 0 0 .222 1
Russell Branyan 113 315 48 73 16 2 20 54 .232 1
Jolbert Cabrera 141 287 50 75 16 3 1 38 .261 10
Wil Cordero 89 268 30 67 11 1 4 21 .250 0
Jacob Cruz 28 68 12 15 4 0 3 11 .221 0
Karim García 20 45 8 14 3 0 5 9 .311 0
Dave Hollins 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0
Tim Laker 16 33 5 6 0 0 1 5 .182 0
Mark Lewis 6 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 .077 0
John McDonald 17 22 1 2 1 0 0 0 .091 0
Dave Roberts 15 12 3 4 1 0 0 2 .333 0
Eddie Taubensee 52 116 16 29 2 1 3 11 .250 0

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS IP BB K
Bartolo Colón 13 13 4.09 34 34 222.1 90 201
CC Sabathia 17 5 4.39 33 33 180.1 95 171
Dave Burba 10 10 6.21 32 27 150.2 54 118
Chuck Finley 8 7 5.54 22 22 113.2 35 96
Charles Nagy 5 6 6.40 15 13 70.1 20 29
Jaret Wright 2 2 6.52 7 7 29.0 22 18
Tim Drew 0 2 7.97 8 6 35.0 16 15

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP BB K
Steve Woodard 3 3 5.20 29 10 0 97.0 17 52
Jake Westbrook 4 4 5.85 23 6 0 64.2 22 48
Ryan Drese 1 2 3.44 9 4 0 36.2 15 24

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G SV IP BB K
Bob Wickman 5 0 2.39 70 32 67.2 14 66
Ricardo Rincón 2 1 2.83 67 2 54.0 21 50
Rich Rodriguez 2 2 4.15 53 0 39.0 17 31
Paul Shuey 5 3 2.82 47 2 54.1 26 70
Danys Báez 5 3 2.50 43 0 50.1 20 52
Steve Karsay 0 1 1.25 31 1 43.1 8 44
John Rocker 3 7 5.45 38 4 34.2 25 43
David Riske 2 0 1.98 26 1 27.1 18 29
Steve Reed 1 1 3.62 31 0 27.1 10 21
Justin Speier 2 0 6.97 12 0 20.2 8 15
Roy Smith 0 0 6.06 9 0 16.1 13 17
Mike Bacsik 0 0 9.00 3 0 9.0 3 4
Scott Radinsky 0 0 27.00 2 0 2.0 3 3
Tim Laker 0 0 0.00 1 0 1.0 1 1

ALDS

Seattle Mariners vs. Cleveland Indians Series Summary:

Mariners win series 3-2

Game 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 11 1
Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
WP: Bartolo Colón (1-0)   LP: Freddy García (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Ellis Burks (1)
SEA: None

Game 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
Seattle 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 0
WP: Jamie Moyer (1-0)   LP: Chuck Finley (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: None
SEA: Mike Cameron (1), Edgar Martínez (1), David Bell (1)

Game 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 3
Cleveland 2 2 4 0 1 3 0 5 - 17 19 0
WP: CC Sabathia (1-0)   LP: Aaron Sele (0-1)
Home runs:
SEA: None
CLE: Juan González (1), Kenny Lofton (1), Jim Thome (1)

Game 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 11 0
Cleveland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 2
WP: Freddy García (1-1)   LP: Bartolo Colón (1-1)
Home runs:
SEA: Edgar Martínez (2)
CLE: Juan González (2)

Game 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Seattle 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1
WP: Jamie Moyer (2-0)   LP: Chuck Finley (0-2)   Sv: Kazuhiro Sasaki (1)

Award winners

All-Star Game

  • Juan Gonzalez, Right field, Starter
  • Roberto Alomar, Second Base, Reserve

Minor league affiliates

Classification level Team League
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

Notes

  1. ^ Fausto Carmona page at Baseball reference
  2. ^ Juan González at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ John Rocker at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Milton Bradley at Baseball Reference

References