2001 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2001 season involved the Brewers' finishing 4th in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. The 2001 Brewers scored in 740 runs, 11th in the NL, and ranked 1st in strikeouts, 1,399.

2001 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Dean Taylor
Manager(s)Davey Lopes
Local televisionWCGV-TV
FSN Wisconsin
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Len Kasper, Jim Powell)
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Offseason
  • December 20, 2000: Brian Lesher was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[1]
  • January 3, 2001: Mark Sweeney was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[2]
  • January 8, 2001: Jason McDonald was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]
  • February 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]
  • February 24, 2001: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Devon White. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ruddy Lugo (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.[5]

Regular season

Season 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
  • May 29, 2001: Tony Fernández was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]
  • July 30, 2001: Dave Weathers was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Roberto Miniel (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ruben Quevedo and Pete Zoccolillo.[6]

Roster
2001 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
CHenry Blanco1043143366631.2103
1BRichie Sexson1585989416245125.2712
2BRon Belliard10136469961136.2645
3BTyler Houston7523536681238.2890
SSJosé Hernández152542671352578.2495
LFGeoff Jenkins105397601052063.2644
CFDevon White126390521081447.27718
RFJeromy Burnitz15456210414134100.2510

[7]

Other batters
Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Raul Casanova7119221501133.2600
Lou Collier501271932214.2525
Mike Coolbaugh3970101427.2000
Angel Echevarria751331234513.2560
Tony Fernández286461813.2811
Jeffrey Hammonds491742043621.2475
Luis López922222260418.2700
Mark Loretta10238440111229.2891
James Mouton751382034210.2467
Elvis Peña15405906.2252
Mark Sweeney4889923311.2582

Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2001.[8][9] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.[9] The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship,[10] and the DSL Brewers won the Dominican Summer League championship.[11]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians International League Wendell Kim
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Ed Romero
Class A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks California League Frank Kremblas
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Ed Sedar
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Carlos Lezcano
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League Mike Guerrero
Rookie VSL San Joaquin Venezuelan Summer League
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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leshebr01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdonja02.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernato01.shtml
  5. Marquis Grissom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2001.shtml
  8. "2001 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  9. "Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  10. "Southern League Champions". Southern League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  11. "Campeones". Dominican Summer League (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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