2001 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2001 Toronto Blue Jays was the franchise's 25th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

2001 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General manager(s)Gord Ash
Manager(s)Buck Martinez
Local televisionCBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Pat Tabler)
CTV Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, Jerry Howarth)
Local radioCHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews)
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Offseason
  • December 8, 2000: Dan Plesac was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[1]
  • December 19, 2000: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[2]

Regular season
  • August 17, 2001: Jeff Frye became the second Blue Jay in history to hit for the cycle. He achieved the feat against the Texas Rangers.

Opening Day starters
  • Tony Batista
  • José Cruz, Jr.
  • Carlos Delgado
  • Darrin Fletcher
  • Homer Bush
  • Brad Fullmer
  • Alex Gonzalez
  • Esteban Loaiza
  • Raúl Mondesí
  • Shannon Stewart

[3]

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

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

Transactions
  • June 5, 2001: Gabe Gross was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 1, 2001.[4]
  • June 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[5]
  • June 25, 2001: Tony Batista was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Toronto Blue Jays.[6]

2001 Draft picks

Source [7]

The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality
1 15 Gabe Gross OF Auburn University
2 59 Brandon League RHP St. Louis High School (Honolulu, HI)
3 91 Tyrell Godwin OF East Bladen High School
4 121 Chris Sheffield RHP University of Miami
5 151 Mike Rouse SS California State University, Fullerton
6 181 Lee Delfino SS East Carolina University
7 211 Jason Colson RHP Winthrop University
8 241 Sean Grimes LHP Saunders Secondary School
9 271 Luke Hetherington OF Kentwood High School
10 301 Ryan Costello LHP Montclair State University

Roster
2001 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 23 José Cruz, Jr.

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log
2001 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1April 1Rangers †8–1Loaiza (1–0)Helling (0–1)19,8911–0
2April 3@ Devil Rays8–1Lopez (1–0)Parris (0–1)41,5461–1
3April 4@ Devil Rays11–8Quantrill (1–0)Hill (0–1)Koch (1)15,1722–1
4April 5@ Devil Rays11–0Carpenter (1–0)Rekar (0–1)14,0233–1
5April 6@ Yankees13–4Loaiza (2–0)Parker (0–1)29,6064–1
6April 7@ Yankees3–2Michalak (1–0)Hernández (0–1)Koch (2)30,4875–1
7April 8@ Yankees16–5Clemens (2–0)Parris (0–2)31,9705–2
8April 9Devil Rays8–1Hamilton (1–0)Wilson (0–1)48,1156–2
9April 10Devil Rays3 – 2 (10)Quantrill (2–0)Sturtze (0–1)18,0717–2
10April 11Devil Rays4–3Yan (1–0)Koch (0–1)24,0177–3
–April 12RoyalsPostponed (SkyDome roof malfunction) Rescheduled for April 30
11April 13Royals2–1Michalak (2–0)Suppan (1–2)Koch (3)26,1488–3
12April 14Royals5–4File (1–0)Hernández (0–2)26,0249–3
13April 15Royals4–2Stein (1–2)Carpenter (1–1)Hernández (2)21,3799–4
14April 17Yankees6–5Loaiza (3–0)Keisler (0–1)Koch (4)20,01910–4
15April 18Yankees7–2Michalak (3–0)Hernández (0–2)19,77011–4
16April 19Yankees6 – 5 (17)Choate (1–0)File (1–1)Mendoza (1)24,68411–5
17April 20@ Royals12–4Carpenter (2–1)Suzuki (1–1)28,01812–5
18April 21@ Royals5 – 4 (13)Henry (1–0)Plesac (0–1)18,24612–6
19April 22@ Royals5–1Reichert (2–1)Loaiza (3–1)Hernández (4)17,37112–7
20April 24Rangers7–5Frascatore (1–0)Mahomes (0–2)Koch (5)15,38113–7
21April 25Rangers8–5Quantrill (3–0)Rogers (1–2)Koch (6)15,02114–7
22April 27Angels12–4Loaiza (4–1)Washburn (0–3)16,17415–7
23April 28Angels4–1Ortiz (3–2)Michalak (3–1)Percival (4)19,26115–8
24April 29Angels2–0Parris (1–2)Schoeneweis (2–2)Koch (7)23,94916–8
25April 30Royals6–3Suppan (2–3)Hamilton (1–1)Hernández (6)13,76616–9
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
26May 1@ Athletics5 – 4 (10)Quantrill (4–0)Isringhausen (0–1)Koch (8)10,93517–9
27May 2@ Athletics6–0Mulder (3–2)Loaiza (4–2)14,04817–10
28May 3@ Athletics3 – 2 (15)Bradford (1–1)Borbón (0–1)10,58617–11
29May 4@ Mariners8–3Parris (2–2)Abbott (0–1)42,28418–11
30May 5@ Mariners7–5Rhodes (3–0)Borbón (0–2)Sasaki (14)42,89418–12
31May 6@ Mariners11–3Carpenter (3–1)Halama (2–3)45,08019–12
32May 8Athletics8–5Mulder (4–2)Loaiza (4–3)Mecir (1)16,47919–13
33May 9Athletics8–5Hudson (3–3)Michalak (3–2)Isringhausen (5)16,24119–14
34May 10Athletics14–8Guthrie (1–0)Painter (0–1)16,13019–15
35May 11Mariners7–2Abbott (1–1)Hamilton (1–2)20,27919–16
36May 12Mariners11–7Tomko (2–1)Escobar (0–1)24,90819–17
37May 13Mariners7–5Moyer (6–1)Loaiza (4–4)Sasaki (17)20,62419–18
38May 15@ Angels9–3Michalak (4–2)Valdez (2–3)15,90420–18
39May 16@ Angels3–1Schoeneweis (3–2)Parris (2–3)Percival (8)15,61120–19
40May 17@ Angels4–2Hasegawa (2–3)Escobar (0–2)Percival (9)15,20420–20
41May 18@ Rangers9–3Carpenter (4–1)Myette (0–1)35,36821–20
42May 19@ Rangers6–5Quantrill (5–0)Brantley (0–1)Koch (9)48,33622–20
43May 20@ Rangers3–2Mahomes (3–2)Michalak (4–3)Zimmerman (4)33,27222–21
44May 21White Sox10–3Parris (3–3)Biddle (1–4)20,80623–21
45May 23White Sox9–6Hamilton (2–2)Wells (3–5)Koch (10)19,11524–21
46May 24White Sox3–1Wells (1–1)Carpenter (4–2)Foulke (8)17,06224–22
47May 25@ Red Sox4–0Nomo (5–3)Loaiza (4–5)32,91224–23
48May 26@ Red Sox5–0Michalak (5–3)Castillo (5–3)31,03525–23
49May 27@ Red Sox4–2Wakefield (2–0)Parris (3–4)Lowe (4)31,42025–24
50May 28@ White Sox6–3Garland (2–2)Hamilton (2–3)Howry (1)20,63125–25
51May 29@ White Sox4–0Carpenter (5–2)Wells (1–2)13,35626–25
52May 30@ White Sox4–3Wunsch (1–1)Escobar (0–3)Foulke (9)13,20826–26
53May 31Red Sox11–5Beck (1–2)Escobar (0–4)21,74726–27
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54June 1Red Sox6 – 4 (11)Lowe (3–5)Koch (0–2)21,56426–28
55June 2Red Sox2–1Schourek (1–3)Plesac (0–2)Beck (3)24,60326–29
56June 3Red Sox5–4Pichardo (1–0)Carpenter (5–3)Lowe (6)24,65326–30
57June 5Devil Rays13–1Loaiza (5–5)Lopez (3–7)15,07827–30
58June 6Devil Rays6–2Kennedy (1–0)Michalak (5–4)16,29827–31
59June 7Devil Rays8–7Borbón (1–2)Phelps (0–1)26,83528–31
60June 8Marlins7 – 6 (10)Koch (1–2)Bones (2–2)18,62929–31
61June 9Marlins6–1Burnett (4–2)Carpenter (5–4)20,87529–32
62June 10Marlins7–2Penny (5–1)Loaiza (5–6)20,07029–33
63June 11Braves9–4File (2–1)Burkett (5–5)16,88530–33
64June 12Braves3–0Pérez (4–4)Parris (3–5)Rocker (19)20,44830–34
65June 13Braves12–5Hamilton (3–3)Glavine (6–5)19,90131–34
66June 15@ Expos9–3Carpenter (6–4)Vázquez (5–8)8,69232–34
67June 16@ Expos7–2Blank (1–2)Loaiza (5–7)11,11332–35
68June 17@ Expos4–1Mota (1–0)Quantrill (5–1)8,44032–36
69June 18@ Orioles3–2Ponson (4–4)Borbón (1–3)Trombley (5)33,60532–37
70June 19@ Orioles5–1Towers (5–1)Hamilton (3–4)Groom (4)31,00132–38
71June 20@ Orioles6–5Quantrill (6–1)McElroy (1–2)Koch (11)30,06233–38
72June 22@ Red Sox4–3Borbón (2–3)Schourek (1–4)Koch (12)33,84434–38
73June 23@ Red Sox9–6File (3–1)Castillo (7–5)Koch (13)33,26635–38
74June 24@ Red Sox5–2Plesac (1–2)Wakefield (5–2)Koch (14)32,80436–38
75June 25Orioles8–2Roberts (6–6)Hamilton (3–5)18,24336–39
76June 26Orioles3–1Carpenter (7–4)Johnson (6–5)Koch (15)18,17537–39
77June 27Orioles7–3Mercedes (4–8)Loaiza (5–8)17,51737–40
78June 28Orioles5–0Ponson (5–5)Michalak (5–5)17,32237–41
79June 29Red Sox8–4Quantrill (7–1)Florie (0–1)23,05538–41
80June 30Red Sox7–5Cone (4–1)Hamilton (3–6)28,54338–42
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81July 1Red Sox4–0Arrojo (2–2)Carpenter (7–5)34,34838–43
82July 2Red Sox16–4Nomo (7–4)Loaiza (5–9)38,23738–44
83July 3@ Devil Rays7–2Kennedy (3–1)Michalak (5–6)Phelps (3)13,78938–45
84July 4@ Devil Rays8–1Parris (4–5)Rekar (1–10)13,11939–45
85July 5@ Devil Rays7–4Hamilton (4–6)Rupe (4–8)Koch (16)10,70640–45
86July 6Expos10–7Lloyd (7–1)Quantrill (7–2)Urbina (13)20,07440–46
87July 7Expos9 – 8 (11)Plesac (2–2)Strickland (1–4)23,97641–46
88July 8Expos9–3Michalak (6–6)Armas (7–8)Quantrill (1)31,01242–46
89July 12@ Phillies2 – 1 (11)Escobar (1–4)Santiago (0–2)Koch (17)20,30643–46
90July 13@ Phillies5–2Daal (10–2)Plesac (2–3)Mesa (25)18,27943–47
91July 14@ Phillies4–2Hamilton (5–6)Figueroa (1–2)Koch (18)22,41844–47
92July 15@ Mets6–2Reed (8–4)Michalak (6–7)32,13844–48
93July 16@ Mets3–0Trachsel (3–10)Halladay (0–1)Benítez (21)34,20344–49
94July 17@ Mets1–0Leiter (6–8)Carpenter (7–6)Benítez (22)26,63044–50
95July 18Red Sox5–4Garcés (3–0)Koch (1–3)Lowe (19)30,44944–51
96July 19Red Sox4–3Escobar (2–4)Lowe (4–7)30,48845–51
97July 20@ Yankees10–4Loaiza (6–9)Jodie (0–1)46,63446–51
98July 21@ Yankees5–3Quantrill (8–2)Rivera (3–5)Koch (19)55,26447–51
99July 22@ Yankees7–3Mussina (10–8)Carpenter (7–7)51,13247–52
100July 23@ Yankees7–2Clemens (14–1)Parris (4–6)38,57347–53
101July 24@ Red Sox6–4Cone (6–1)Hamilton (5–7)Lowe (20)33,15447–54
102July 25@ Red Sox4 – 3 (10)Quantrill (9–2)Lowe (4–8)Koch (20)33,03048–54
103July 26@ Red Sox6–3Nomo (11–4)File (3–2)Beck (5)33,09448–55
104July 27Yankees9–1Mussina (11–8)Carpenter (7–8)36,66648–56
105July 28Yankees12–1Clemens (15–1)Escobar (2–5)44,10548–57
106July 29Yankees9–3Pettitte (11–6)Hamilton (5–8)40,14948–58
107July 31Twins3–1Loaiza (7–9)Mays (12–8)Koch (21)23,84949–58
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
108August 1Twins3–1Halladay (1–1)Lohse (3–4)Koch (22)26,06950–58
109August 2Twins9–4Reed (9–6)Carpenter (7–9)26,84950–59
110August 3Orioles10–1Escobar (3–5)Mercedes (5–13)20,11551–59
111August 4Orioles2–1Lyon (1–0)Ponson (5–7)Koch (23)22,32252–59
112August 5Orioles5–4Loaiza (8–9)Towers (6–7)Koch (24)27,72453–59
113August 7@ Mariners5 – 4 (14)Halama (8–6)DeWitt (0–1)45,63653–60
114August 8@ Mariners12–4Moyer (13–5)Carpenter (7–10)45,45053–61
115August 9@ Mariners6–5Quantrill (10–2)García (13–4)Koch (25)45,67054–61
116August 10@ Angels8–7Schoeneweis (9–8)Lyon (1–1)Percival (32)30,48454–62
117August 11@ Angels7 – 6 (10)Plesac (3–3)Levine (5–7)Koch (26)27,92755–62
118August 12@ Angels6–5Levine (6–7)Plesac (3–4)Percival (33)19,12955–63
119August 14Athletics6–3Koch (2–3)Isringhausen (4–3)25,12156–63
120August 15Athletics5–2Escobar (4–5)Zito (8–8)Koch (27)23,13557–63
121August 16Athletics8–4Lidle (8–5)Lyon (1–2)30,06257–64
122August 17Rangers11–3Loaiza (9–9)Oliver (9–8)22,38458–64
123August 18Rangers12–5Moreno (3–2)Koch (2–4)26,09258–65
124August 19Rangers8–4Myette (2–2)Carpenter (7–11)30,33658–66
125August 20@ Twins3–2Escobar (5–5)Mays (12–12)Koch (28)16,03259–66
126August 21@ Twins7–5Lyon (2–2)Cressend (2–2)Koch (29)13,02360–66
127August 22@ Twins6–3Reed (2–2)Loaiza (9–10)15,30360–67
128August 23@ Twins6–2Halladay (2–1)Lohse (4–6)16,48261–67
129August 24@ Orioles5–0Carpenter (8–11)Johnson (10–9)43,60662–67
130August 25@ Orioles9–0Escobar (6–5)Maduro (2–4)42,26063–67
131August 26@ Orioles5–1Lyon (3–2)Mercedes (7–15)37,99464–67
132August 28@ Yankees4–0Mussina (13–11)Loaiza (9–11)Rivera (41)37,45064–68
133August 29@ Yankees3–2Halladay (3–1)Hitchcock (3–3)Koch (30)36,85565–68
134August 30@ Yankees5 – 4 (11)Witasick (3–0)Eyre (0–1)42,53765–69
135August 31Tigers4–3Sparks (10–8)Borbón (2–4)Anderson (17)22,38365–70
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
136September 1Tigers3–1Lyon (4–2)Weaver (10–14)Plesac (1)22,05266–70
137September 2Tigers11–0Loaiza (10–11)Lima (4–6)24,14667–70
138September 3Yankees7–5Wohlers (1–0)Koch (2–5)Mendoza (6)28,40467–71
139September 4Yankees14–0Carpenter (9–11)Pettitte (14–9)20,03668–71
140September 5Yankees4–3Clemens (19–1)Escobar (6–6)Rivera (44)29,23568–72
141September 7@ Tigers2–1Lyon (5–2)Lima (4–7)Koch (31)28,08369–72
142September 8@ Tigers4–3Murray (1–4)Halladay (3–2)Anderson (18)29,15869–73
143September 9@ Tigers6–3Carpenter (10–11)Cornejo (3–3)24,65270–73
–September 11@ OriolesPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 1
–September 12@ OriolesPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 2
–September 13@ OriolesPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 3
–September 14IndiansPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 5
–September 15IndiansPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 6
–September 16IndiansPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 7
144September 18Orioles8–5Plesac (4–4)Julio (1–1)Koch (32)18,60471–73
145September 19Orioles4–1Halladay (4–2)Maduro (3–6)Koch (33)31,30372–73
146September 20Orioles12–6Parrish (1–1)File (3–3)21,89572–74
147September 21Devil Rays7–4Rekar (2–13)Lyon (5–3)Yan (18)25,34472–75
148September 22Devil Rays8–7Coco (1–0)Colomé (1–2)Koch (34)24,69173–75
149September 23Devil Rays1–0Kennedy (6–8)Escobar (6–7)Yan (19)31,35173–76
150September 24@ Indians3 – 2 (11)File (4–3)Báez (5–2)Eyre (1)32,42574–76
151September 25@ Indians11–7Riske (2–0)Plesac (4–5)35,72974–77
–September 26@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 5 ‡
152September 27@ Devil Rays5–1Colomé (2–2)Eyre (0–2)13,04574–78
153September 28@ Devil Rays6–1Rekar (3–13)Escobar (6–8)Phelps (5)10,58674–79
154September 29@ Devil Rays5–2Bierbrodt (2–4)Halladay (4–3)Yan (20)17,63574–80
155September 30@ Devil Rays6 – 5 (12)Quantrill (11–2)Creek (2–5)Eyre (2)14,21775–80
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
156October 1@ Orioles1–0Loaiza (11–11)Bauer (0–4)Koch (35)37,10876–80
157October 2@ Orioles4–3Roberts (9–9)DeWitt (0–2)29,39076–81
158October 3@ Orioles7–6Eyre (1–2)Groom (1–4)Koch (36)33,70577–81
159October 5Indians5–0Halladay (5–3)Finley (8–7)78–81
160October 5Indians4 – 3 (11)File (5–3)Drese (1–2)19,38779–81
161October 6Indians5–2Carpenter (11–11)Drew (0–2)Quantrill (2)20,76280–81
162October 7Indians3–2Sabathia (17–5)Lyon (5–4)Rocker (4)28,21780–82

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

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
Luis Lopez4111929.244310

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Omar Malavé
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Rolando Pino
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Paul Elliott
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Tom Bradley

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References
  1. Dan Plesac at Baseball Reference
  2. Izzy Molina at Baseball Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR200104010.shtml
  4. Gabe Gross at Baseball Reference
  5. Tony Fernández at Baseball Reference
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/batisto01.shtml
  7. "Feature: 2001 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  8. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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