2001 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 2001 season was the 99th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 95-65 finishing 13.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Roger Clemens had sixteen straight wins, tying an American League mark shared by Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Schoolboy Rowe, and Smoky Joe Wood. Clemens would finish the season with the AL Cy Young Award and become the first pitcher to win six Cy Young Awards.[1]

2001 New York Yankees
American League Champions
American League East Champions
Yankees' fielders huddling on the
pitcher's mound during an August 2001 away game
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–65 (.594)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWNYW
(Bobby Murcer, Tim McCarver)
MSG
(Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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Another chapter was written in the story of the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry. On September 2, 2001, Mike Mussina came within one strike of a perfect game before surrendering a bloop single to Carl Everett. This was Mussina's third time he has taken a perfect game to or beyond the 8th inning. Coincidentally, it would have been the 3rd perfect game in for the Yankees in a span of 4 seasons and could have been the 4th perfect game in franchise history.

In the emotional times of September 2001 in New York City, following the September 11 attack on New York's World Trade Center, the Yankees defeated the Oakland A's three games to two in the ALDS, and then the Seattle Mariners, who had won 116 games, four games to one in the ALCS. By winning the pennant for a fourth straight year, the 1998–2001 Yankees joined the 1921–1924 New York Giants, and the Yankee teams of 1936–1939, 1949–1953, 1955–1958 and 1960–1964 as the only dynasties to reach at least four straight pennants. The Yankees had now won eleven consecutive postseason series over a four-year period. However, the Yankees lost the World Series in a dramatic 7 game series to the Arizona Diamondbacks, when Yankees star closer Mariano Rivera uncharacteristically lost the lead – and the Series – in the bottom of the ninth inning of the final game. With the loss, this marked the second time in five years that a team lost the World Series after taking a lead into the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 (following the Cleveland Indians in 1997) and the first time since 1991 that the home team won the seventh game of a World Series.[2][3]

Despite the loss in the series, Derek Jeter provided one bright spot. Despite a very poor series overall, batting under .200, he got the nickname, "Mr. November", for his walk-off home run in Game 4, though it began October 31, as the game ended in the first minutes of November 1. In calling the home run, Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay said "See ya! See ya! See ya! A home run for Derek Jeter! He is Mr. November! Oh what a home run by Derek Jeter!" He said this after noticing a fan's sign that said "Mr. November".

Also, during the emotional times following the attacks, Yankee Stadium played host to a memorial service, just before the Yankees played their first home game following the attacks. The service was titled "Prayer for America".

Offseason
  • November 21, 2000: Joe Oliver was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[4]
  • November 30, 2000: Mike Mussina was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[5]
  • December 7, 2000: Dwight Gooden signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[6]
  • December 7, 2000: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[7]
  • December 11, 2000: Brandon Knight was drafted by the Minnesota Twins from the New York Yankees in the 2000 rule 5 draft.[8]
  • February 15, 2001: Henry Rodriguez was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[9]
  • March 21, 2001: Drew Henson was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Michael Coleman to the New York Yankees for Wily Mo Pena.[10]
  • March 28, 2001: Glenallen Hill was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for Darren Blakely (minors).[11]
  • March 28, 2001: Brandon Knight was returned (earlier draft pick) by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees.[8]
  • March 30, 2001: Brandon Knight was released by the New York Yankees.[8]

Notable transactions
  • April 1, 2001: Brandon Knight was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[8]
  • June 5, 2001: John Ford Griffin was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2001.[12]
  • June 5, 2001: Bronson Sardinha was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (34th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2001.[13]
  • June 19, 2001: Henry Rodríguez was released by the New York Yankees.[9]
  • June 20, 2001: Joe Oliver was released by the New York Yankees.[4]
  • July 4, 2001: Bobby Estalella was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Joe Smith (minors) to the New York Yankees for Brian Boehringer.[14]
  • July 30, 2001: Sterling Hitchcock was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely (minors).[15]
  • August 31, 2001: Randy Velarde was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for players to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Randy Flores (October 12, 2001) and Rosman Garcia (October 11, 2001) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.[16]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9565 0.594 — 51–28 44–37
Boston Red Sox 8279 0.509 13½ 41–40 41–39
Toronto Blue Jays 8082 0.494 16 40–42 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 6398 0.391 32½ 30–50 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 62100 0.383 34 37–44 25–56

Season summary
The Yankees taking the field during a late August 2001 game at Edison Field.

Record vs. opponents
2001 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —4–54–36–35–45–45–43–64–36–144–157–27–125–410–8
Baltimore 5–4—9–103–41–54–25–23–35–132–71–810–92–77–126–12
Boston 3–410–9—3–33–64–53–33–35–134–53–614–55–212–710–8
Chicago 3–64–33–3—10–913–614–55–141–51–82–75–27–23–312–6
Cleveland 4–55–16–39–10—13–611–814–54–54–32–55–15–42–47–11
Detroit 4–52–45–46–136–13—8–114–154–51–62–54–28–12–410–8
Kansas City 4–52–53–35–148–1111–8—6–130–63–63–64–24–54–38–10
Minnesota 6–33–33–314–55–1415–413–6—4–25–41–81–64–52–59–9
New York 3–413–513–55–15–45–46–02–4—3–63–613–63–411–810–8
Oakland 14–67–25–48–13–46–16–34–56–3—9–107–29–106–312–6
Seattle 15–48–16–37–25–25–26–38–16–310–9—7–215–56–312–6
Tampa Bay 2–79–105–142–51–52–42–46–16–132–72–7—4–59–1010–8
Texas 12–77–22–52–74–51–85–45–44–310–95–155–4—3–68–10
Toronto 4–512–77–123–34–24–23–45–28–113–63–610–96–3—8–10

Detailed records

Roster
2001 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
2001 Game Log (95–65) Home: 51–28 Away: 44–37

Postseason Game log
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed

Player stats

Batting

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

= Indicates team leader
Pos. Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
CJorge Posada138484591342295.2772
1BTino Martinez1545898916534113.2801
2BAlfonso Soriano158574771541873.26843
3BScott Brosius120428571231349.2873
SSDerek Jeter1506141101912174.31127
LFChuck Knoblauch13752166130944.25038
CFBernie Williams1465401021662694.30711
RFPaul O'Neill137510771362170.26722
DHDavid Justice11138158921851.2411

[17]

Other batters
Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Erick Almonte840200.5002
Clay Bellinger51811213512.1601
Darren Bragg541100.2500
Michael Coleman12385817.2110
Bobby Estalella341000.0000
Todd Greene3596920111.2080
Nick Johnson236761328.1940
Donzell McDonald530100.3330
Joe Oliver12363912.2500
Robert Pérez6151400.2670
Juan Rivera340000.0000
Henry Rodríguez580000.0000
Scott Seabol110000.0000
Luis Sojo397951309.1651
Shane Spencer8028340731046.2584
Randy Velarde15464701.1522
Gerald Williams384712802.1703
Enrique Wilson48991024112.2420

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA CG SO BB
Mike Mussina34228.717113.15421442
Roger Clemens33220.32033.51021372
Andy Pettitte31200.715103.99216441
Ted Lilly26120.7565.37011251
Orlando Hernández1794.7474.8507742
Randy Keisler1050.7126.2203634
Sterling Hitchcock1051.3446.4912818
Christian Parker130121.00011
Brett Jodie120127.00001

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Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Adrián Hernández622033.6810
Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Mariano Rivera7180.746502.348312
Mike Stanton7680.39402.587829
Ramiro Mendoza56100.78463.757023
Randy Choate3748.33103.353527
Jay Witasick3240.33004.695318
Mark Wohlers3135.21004.543318
Brian Boehringer2234.20113.123312
Todd Williams1515.11004.70139
Carlos Almanzar1010.20103.3862
Brandon Knight410.200010.1373

ALDS
Main article: 2001 American League Division Series

Series Summary:

Yankees win series 3-2, becoming the first team in MLB history to win the ALDS after dropping the first two games at home.

ALCS
Main article: 2001 American League Championship Series
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1New York – 4, Seattle – 2October 17Safeco Field47,644
2New York – 3, Seattle – 2October 18Safeco Field47,791
3Seattle – 14, New York – 3October 20Yankee Stadium56,517
4Seattle – 1, New York – 3October 21Yankee Stadium56,375
5Seattle – 3, New York – 12October 22Yankee Stadium56,370

World series
Main article: 2001 World Series
President Bush tosses out the ceremonial first pitch before a 2-1 Yankee victory in Game 3 of the 2001 World Series.

Game 1

October 27, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York1000 00000132
Arizona1044 0000x9100
W: Curt Schilling (1-0)   L: Mike Mussina (0-1)  
HR: ARI – Craig Counsell (1), Luis Gonzalez (1)

Game 2

October 28, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York0000 00000030
Arizona0100 0030x450
W: Randy Johnson (1-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-1)  
HR: ARI – Matt Williams (1)

Game 3

October 30, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Arizona0001 00000133
New York0100 0100x271
W: Roger Clemens (1-0)   L: Brian Anderson (0-1)  S: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: NYY – Jorge Posada (1)

Game 4

October 31, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Arizona0001 000200360
New York0010 000021470
W: Mariano Rivera (1-0)   L: Byung-hyun Kim (0-1)  
HR: ARI – Mark Grace (1)    NYY – Shane Spencer (1), Tino Martinez (1), Derek Jeter (1)

Game 5

November 1, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Arizona0000 200000002 80
New York0000 000020013 91
W: Sterling Hitchcock (1-0)   L: Albie Lopez (0-1)  
HR: ARI – Steve Finley (1), Rod Barajas (1)    NYY – Scott Brosius (1)

Game 6

November 3, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York0000 02000271
Arizona1383 0000x15220
W: Randy Johnson (2-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-2)  

Game 7

November 4, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York0000 00110263
Arizona0000 010023110
W: Randy Johnson (3-0)   L: Mariano Rivera (1-1)  
HR: NYY– Alfonso Soriano (1)

Awards and records
  • Roger Clemens became the first pitcher to reach his 20th win with only 1 loss.[18]
  • Roger Clemens, AL Cy Young Award

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Trey Hillman
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Stump Merrill
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Brian Butterfield
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Joe Arnold
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Derek Shelton

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tampa[19]

References
  1. Nemec, David; Flatow, Scott. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures (2008 ed.). New York: Penguin Group. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0.
  2. Olney, Buster (November 5, 2001). "In Final Twist, New York Falls in Ninth". New York Times. p. A1.
  3. Walker, Ben (November 5, 2001). "Diamondbacks 3, Yankees 2". Associated Press. The other two all-home victory Series were both won by Minnesota, 1987 and 1991.
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olivejo01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mussimi01.shtml
  6. Dwight Gooden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/knighbr01.shtml
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrihe02.shtml
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hensodr01.shtml
  11. Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. John-Ford Griffin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  13. Bronson Sardinha Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  14. Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  15. Sterling Hitchcock Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velarra01.shtml
  17. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2001.shtml
  18. 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
  19. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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