2001 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 2001 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros winning the National League Central.

2001 Houston Astros
National League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)Gerry Hunsicker
Manager(s)Larry Dierker
Local televisionKNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
Local radioKTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
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Offseason
  • January 2, 2001: Charlie Hayes was signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.[1]
  • January 3, 2001: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.[2]

Regular season

With a triple on May 7 against the Chicago Cubs, first baseman Jeff Bagwell achieved the 700th extra base hit of his career.[3]

On June 8, the first interleague game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers took place at The Ballpark at Arlington, part of a rivalry known as the Lone Star Series. The Astros won the game by a score of 5-4.[4] The team that would win the most games between the two in a season would be awarded the Silver Boot.

For the second time in his career, Bagwell reached seven runs batted in (RBI) in a game – the second time he tied the club record – against the Kansas City Royals on July 7.[3] Over four successive games from July 8–13, Bagwell homered and totaled five home runs in that span.[5]

In a contest at Enron Field against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 18, Bagwell hit for the cycle. He went 4-for-5 with a BB and five RBI as the Astros won, 17–11.[6][7] He was the NL Player of the Month that July after batting .333 with nine HR, breaking his own club record with 36 RBI in a month, exceeding 34 RBI in August 2000.[3]

While hitting his 32nd HR on August 19, 2001, against Pittsburgh, Bagwell collected his 100th RBI. It was the sixth consecutive season he reached at least 30 HR and 100 RBI, making him the eighth player in MLB history to achieve such a streak, and the only Houston player to do so. Five days later, also against Pittsburgh, he scored his 100th run, joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth as the only players in MLB history with six consecutive seasons of 30 homers, 100 RBI and 100 runs scored. On September 30 at Chicago, Bagwell walked for his 100th of the season, thus making him the only player in MLB history register six consecutive seasons of at least 30 HR, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 100 walks.[3]

On October 4, Barry Bonds hit his 70th home run of the season off Houston pitcher Wilfredo Rodríguez to tie Mark McGwire's single season home run record.[8]

Standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9369 0.574 — 44–37 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 — 54–28 39–41
Chicago Cubs 8874 0.543 5 48–33 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Cincinnati Reds 6696 0.407 27 27–54 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 62100 0.383 31 38–43 24–57

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

Transactions
  • June 5, 2001: Kirk Saarloos was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2001.[9]
  • July 9, 2001: Charlie Hayes was released by the Houston Astros.[1]

Roster
2001 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBrad Ausmus12842298.232534
1BJeff Bagwell161600173.28839130
2BCraig Biggio155617180.2922070
SSJulio Lugo140513135.2631037
3BVinny Castilla122445120.2702382
LFLance Berkman156577191.33134126
CFRichard Hidalgo146512141.2751980
RFMoisés Alou136513170.33127108

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
José Vizcaíno10725671.277114
Daryle Ward9521356.263939
Tony Eusebio5915439.253514
Orlando Merced9413736.263629
Chris Truby4813628.206823
Charlie Hayes315010.20004
Glen Barker70242.08301
Scott Servais11166.37500
Mendy López10154.26713
Bill Spiers431.33300
Adam Everett930.00000
Keith Ginter110.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wade Miller322121683.40183
Shane Reynolds28182.214114.34102
Roy Oswalt28141.21432.73144
Scott Elarton20109.2487.1476
Pedro Astacio428.2213.1419
Tony McKnight318104.0010
Carlos Hernández317.2101.0217
Brian Powell130118.003

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Mlicki1986.2735.0949
Ron Villone3168575.5665
Tim Redding1355.2315.5055
José Lima1453127.3041
Kent Bottenfield1352256.4039

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Jackson675344.7046
Nelson Cruz663324.1575
Billy Wagner6425392.7379
Octavio Dotel617522.66145
Jay Powell352203.7228
Mike Williams254004.0316
Wayne Franklin110006.759
Scott Linebrink90002.619
Joe Slusarski80109.006
Ricky Stone60002.354
Jim Mann40003.385
Wilfredo Rodríguez200015.003

National League Divisional Playoffs
Main article: 2001 National League Division Series

Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves

Atlanta wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Houston4Atlanta7October 91-0 (ATL)
2Houston0Atlanta1October 102-0 (ATL)
3Atlanta6Houston2October 123-0 (ATL)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Tony Peña
AA Round Rock Express Texas League Jackie Moore
A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League John Massarelli
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Joe Cannon
A-Short Season Pittsfield Astros New York–Penn League Iván DeJesús
Rookie Martinsville Astros Appalachian League Jorge Orta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lexington; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: New Orleans

References
  1. Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
  3. "Jeff Bagwell player page bio". MLB.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  4. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200106080TEX
  5. "Homers power Astro victory". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. July 14, 2001. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  6. Duarte, Joseph (July 18, 2001). "Astros outslug Cards: Bagwell hits for cycle". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  7. "Houston Astros 17, St. Louis Cardinals 11: Game played on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 (N) at Enron Field". Retrosheet (retrosheet.org). Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  8. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.10, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saarlki01.shtml
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