2001 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2001 season was the ninth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73–89, last in the NL West.

2001 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Buddy Bell
Local televisionKWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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Offseason

  • November 7, 2000: Mark Little was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • December 4, 2000: Denny Neagle was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 10, 2000: Ron Gant was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • December 12, 2000: Mike Hampton was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • January 5, 2001: Greg Norton was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[5]
  • March 28, 2001: Masato Yoshii was released by the Colorado Rockies.[6]

Regular season

  • Rockies pitcher Jason Jennings became the first pitcher since 1901 to throw a shutout and hit a Home Run in his first Major League game.[7]

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9270 0.568 48–33 44–37
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 2 49–32 41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 6 44–37 42–39
San Diego Padres 7983 0.488 13 35–46 44–37
Colorado Rockies 7389 0.451 19 41–40 32–49

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League Records

Sources:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona 5–26–35–113–64–22–410–93–33–33–33–44–212–710–92–47–8
Atlanta 2–54–24–24–29–103–32–53–313–610–910–95–13–34–23–39–9
Chicago 3–62–413–43–33–38–94–28–93–34–24–210–62–43–39–89–6
Cincinnati 1–52–44–133–64–26–114–26–104–24–22–49–82–44–27–104–11
Colorado 6–132–43–36–34–22–48–115–13–44–32–42–49–109–106–32–10
Florida 2–410–93–32–42–43–32–54–212–77–125–144–23–42–43–312–6
Houston 4–23–39–811–64–23–32–412–56–03–33–39–83–63–39–79–6
Los Angeles 9–105–22–42–411–85–24–25–12–42–43–37–29–1011–83–36–9
Milwaukee 3–33–39–810–61–52–45–121–54–23–33–36–111–55–47–105–10
Montreal 3–36–133–32–44–37–120–64–22–48–119–105–13–32–52–48–10
New York 3–39–102–42–43–412–73–34–23–311–811–84–21–53–41–510–8
Philadelphia 4–39–102–44–24–214–53–33–33–310–98–115–15–23–32–47–11
Pittsburgh 2–41–56–108–94–22–48–92–711–61–52–41–52–41–53–148–7
San Diego 7–123–34–24–210–94–36–310–95–13–35–12–54–25–141–56–9
San Francisco 9–102–43–32–410–94–23–38–114–55–24–33–35–114–54–210–5
St. Louis 4–23–38–910–73–63–37–93–310–74–25–14–214–35–12–48–7

Notable transactions

  • April 25, 2001: Ubaldo Jiménez was signed as an Amateur Free Agent by the Rockies.[8]
  • May 29, 2001: Justin Speier was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.[9]
  • June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki.[10]
  • July 13, 2001: Chone Figgins was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Anaheim Angels for Kimera Bartee.[11]
  • July 19, 2001: Todd Walker was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Robin Jennings to the Cincinnati Reds for Alex Ochoa.[12]
  • July 25, 2001: Neifi Pérez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Jermaine Dye. Dye was then traded by the Rockies to the Oakland Athletics for José Ortiz, Todd Belitz, and Mario Encarnación.[13]
  • July 31, 2001: Pedro Astacio was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Houston Astros for Scott Elarton.[14]
  • August 23, 2001: Gary Bennett was traded by the New York Mets to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Ender Chavez (minors) (December 27, 2001) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.[15]
  • September 12, 2001: Ross Gload was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Chicago Cubs.[16]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Juan Uribe (Apr 8)
    • Cliff Brumbaugh (May 30)
    • Brent Butler (Jul 4)
    • Mario Encarnación (Aug 26)
  • Pitchers:
    • Tim Christman (Apr 21)
    • Shawn Chacón (Apr 29)
    • Jason Jennings (Aug 23) [17]

Roster

2001 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2001 Game Log

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Ben Petrick 85 244 58 .238 11 39
1B Todd Helton 159 587 197 .336 49 146
2B Todd Walker 85 290 86 .297 12 43
SS Neifi Pérez 87 382 114 .298 7 47
3B Jeff Cirillo 138 528 165 .313 17 83
LF Ron Gant 59 171 44 .257 8 22
CF Juan Pierre 156 617 202 .327 2 55
RF Larry Walker 142 497 174 .350 38 123

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Juan Uribe7227382.300853
Terry Shumpert11424270.289424
Greg Norton11722560.2671340
José Ortiz5320452.2551335
Alex Ochoa5818747.251117
Brent Mayne4916053.331020

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Hampton32203.014135.41122
Denny Neagle30170.2985.38139
Shawn Chacón27160.06105.06134
Pedro Astacio22141.06135.49125
Brian Bohanon2097.0587.1447
John Thomson1493.2454.0468

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Villone2246.2136.3648
Jason Jennings739.1414.5826
Jay Powell3938.2312.7926
Juan Acevedo3932.0025.6326

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Myers732303.6036
Gabe White691706.2547
Kane Davis572404.3547
José Jiménez5661174.0937
Justin Speier424303.7047

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Chris Cron
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Ron Gideon
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Dave Collins
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Stu Cole
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem[18]

References

  1. Mark Little at Baseball Reference
  2. Denny Neagle at Baseball Reference
  3. Ron Gant at Baseball Reference
  4. Mike Hampton at Baseball Reference
  5. Greg Norton at Baseball Reference
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yoshima01.shtml
  7. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  8. Ubaldo Jiménez at Baseball Reference
  9. Justin Speier at Baseball Reference
  10. Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
  11. Kimera Bartee at Baseball Reference
  12. Alex Ochoa at Baseball Reference
  13. José Ortiz at Baseball Reference
  14. Scott Elarton at Baseball Reference
  15. Gary Bennett at Baseball Reference
  16. Ross Gload at Baseball Reference
  17. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2001&l=NL
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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