2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2001 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fox Entertainment Group
General manager(s)	Kevin Malone, Dave Wallace
Manager(s)	Jim Tracy
Local television	Fox Sports Net West 2; KTLA(5)
Local radio	XTRA Sports 1150 Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
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The 2001 season saw Jim Tracy take over as the Manager, after serving as the Bench coach the previous two seasons. The Dodgers won 86 games, finishing third in the Western Division of the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks. This was their last season to be broadcast by KTLA (5).

Shawn Green had his best season, hitting a Dodger-record 49 home runs and also setting L.A. records for extra-base hits (84) and total bases (358). Paul Lo Duca became the full-time catcher and led the team with a .320 batting average and Jeff Shaw became the Dodgers all-time leader in saves, with 129.

Offseason

• February 25, 2001: Acquired Marquis Grissom and Ruddy Lugo from the Milwaukee Brewers for Devon White
• March 13, 2001: Scott Service was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[1]
• March 18, 2001: Acquired Gary Majewski, Andre Simpson and Orlando Rodriguez from the Chicago White Sox for Antonio Osuna and Carlos Ortega
• March 28, 2001: Traded Mike Judd to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later
• March 28, 2001: Ramón Martínez was released by the Dodgers.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	2	49–32	41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	6	44–37	42–39
San Diego Padres	79	83	0.488	13	35–46	44–37
Colorado Rockies	73	89	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	—	5–2	6–3	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–4	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	3–4	4–2	12–7	10–9	2–4	7–8
Atlanta	2–5	—	4–2	4–2	4–2	9–10	3–3	2–5	3–3	13–6	10–9	10–9	5–1	3–3	4–2	3–3	9–9
Chicago	3–6	2–4	—	13–4	3–3	3–3	8–9	4–2	8–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–6	2–4	3–3	9–8	9–6
Cincinnati	1–5	2–4	4–13	—	3–6	4–2	6–11	4–2	6–10	4–2	4–2	2–4	9–8	2–4	4–2	7–10	4–11
Colorado	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–3	—	4–2	2–4	8–11	5–1	3–4	4–3	2–4	2–4	9–10	9–10	6–3	2–10
Florida	2–4	10–9	3–3	2–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–5	4–2	12–7	7–12	5–14	4–2	3–4	2–4	3–3	12–6
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–8	11–6	4–2	3–3	—	2–4	12–5	6–0	3–3	3–3	9–8	3–6	3–3	9–7	9–6
Los Angeles	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–4	11–8	5–2	4–2	—	5–1	2–4	2–4	3–3	7–2	9–10	11–8	3–3	6–9
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	9–8	10–6	1–5	2–4	5–12	1–5	—	4–2	3–3	3–3	6–11	1–5	5–4	7–10	5–10
Montreal	3–3	6–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	7–12	0–6	4–2	2–4	—	8–11	9–10	5–1	3–3	2–5	2–4	8–10
New York	3–3	9–10	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–8	—	11–8	4–2	1–5	3–4	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	4–3	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	14–5	3–3	3–3	3–3	10–9	8–11	—	5–1	5–2	3–3	2–4	7–11
Pittsburgh	2–4	1–5	6–10	8–9	4–2	2–4	8–9	2–7	11–6	1–5	2–4	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	3–14	8–7
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	4–3	6–3	10–9	5–1	3–3	5–1	2–5	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	6–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–4	3–3	2–4	10–9	4–2	3–3	8–11	4–5	5–2	4–3	3–3	5–1	14–5	—	4–2	10–5
St. Louis	4–2	3–3	8–9	10–7	3–6	3–3	7–9	3–3	10–7	4–2	5–1	4–2	14–3	5–1	2–4	—	8–7

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Tom Goodwin	Center fielder
Mark Grudzielanek	Second baseman
Gary Sheffield	Left fielder
Shawn Green	Right fielder
Eric Karros	First baseman
Chris Donnels	Third baseman
Chad Kreuter	Catcher
Alex Cora	Shortstop
Chan Ho Park	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• April 1, 2001: Doug Linton was released.^[3]
• July 13, 2001: Acquired McKay Christensen from the Chicago White Sox for Wade Parrish
• July 26, 2001: Acquired James Baldwin and cash from the Chicago White Sox for Jeff Barry, Gary Majewski and Onan Masaoka^[4]
• July 31, 2001: Acquired Terry Mulholland from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adrian Burnside and Mike Fetters
• July 31, 2001: Acquired Mike Trombley from the Baltimore Orioles for Kris Foster and Gerónimo Gil

Roster

2001 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 51 Terry Adams 43 Andy Ashby 30 James Baldwin 27 Kevin Brown 55 Giovanni Carrara 37 Darren Dreifort 56 Mike Fetters 38 Éric Gagné 49 Matt Herges 45 Terry Mulholland 62 José Antonio Núñez 47 Jesse Orosco 30 Gregg Olson 61 Chan Ho Park 57 Luke Prokopec 52 Al Reyes 41 Jeff Shaw 56 Dennis Springer 40 Mike Trombley 54 Jeff Williams		Catchers 26 Brian Johnson 21 Chad Kreuter 16 Paul Lo Duca 36 Ángel Peña Infielders 29 Adrián Beltré 33 Hiram Bocachica 18 Tim Bogar  7 Jeff Branson  3 Alex Cora 50 Chris Donnels  8 Mark Grudzielanek 25 Dave Hansen 44 Phil Hiatt 23 Eric Karros 14 Jeff Reboulet		Outfielders 46 Bruce Aven 59 McKay Christensen 28 Tom Goodwin 15 Shawn Green  9 Marquis Grissom 10 Gary Sheffield		Manager 12 Jim Tracy Coaches 22 Jack Clark (hitting) 48 Jim Colborn (pitching) 35 Glenn Hoffman (third base) 17 Jim Lett (bullpen) 11 Manny Mota  5 Jim Riggleman (bench) 31 John Shelby (1st base)

Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Chan Ho Park	36	35	234.0	15-11	3.50	91	218	2
Éric Gagné	33	24	151.7	6-7	4.75	46	130	0
Terry Adams	43	22	166.3	12-8	4.33	54	141	0
Luke Prokopec	29	22	138.3	8-7	4.88	40	91	0
Kevin Brown	20	19	115.7	10-4	2.65	38	104	1
Darren Dreifort	16	16	94.7	4-7	5.13	47	91	0
James Baldwin	12	12	79.3	3-6	4.20	25	53	0
Andy Ashby	2	2	11.7	2-0	3.86	1	7	0
Dennis Springer	4	3	19.0	1-1	3.32	2	7	0

Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Jeff Shaw	77	0	74.7	3-5	3.62	18	58	43
Matt Herges	75	0	99.3	9-8	3.44	46	76	1
Giovanni Carrara	47	3	85.3	6-1	3.16	24	70	0
Jesse Orosco	35	0	16.0	0-1	3.94	7	21	0
Mike Fetters	34	0	29.7	2-1	6.07	13	26	1
Al Reyes	19	0	25.7	2-1	3.86	13	23	1
Gregg Olson	28	0	24.7	0-1	8.03	20	24	0
Jeff Williams	15	1	24.3	2-1	6.29	17	9	0
Mike Trombley	19	0	23.3	0-4	6.56	10	27	0
José Antonio Núñez	6	0	7.3	0-1	13.50	5	11	0

Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Paul Lo Duca	C/1B/LF/RF	125	460	.320	71	147	25	90	2
Chad Kreuter	C	73	191	.215	21	41	6	17	0
|Ángel Peña	C	22	54	.204	3	11	1	2	0
Brian Johnson	C	3	4	.250	0	1	0	1	0
Eric Karros	1B	121	438	.235	42	103	15	63	3
Mark Grudzielanek	2B	133	539	.271	83	146	13	55	4
Alex Cora	SS/2B	134	405	.217	38	88	4	29	0
Adrián Beltré	3B/SS	126	475	.265	59	126	13	60	13
Jeff Reboulet	2B/SS/3B/LF	94	215	.266	35	57	3	22	0
Dave Hansen	1B/3B	92	140	.236	13	33	2	20	0
Hiram Bocachica	2B/3B/LF/RF	75	133	.233	15	31	2	9	4
Chris Donnels	1B/3B	66	88	.170	8	15	3	8	0
Jeff Branson	2B/SS/3B	13	21	.286	3	6	0	0	0
Phil Hiatt	1B/3B	30	50	.240	6	12	2	6	0
Tim Bogar	1B/3B/SS	12	15	.333	4	5	2	2	0
Shawn Green	RF/CF/1B	161	619	.297	121	184	49	125	20
Marquis Grissom	CF/LF/RF	135	448	.221	56	99	21	60	7
Gary Sheffield	LF/RF	143	515	.311	98	160	36	100	10
Tom Goodwin	CF/LF	105	286	.231	51	66	4	22	22
McKay Christensen	CF/LF	28	49	.327	7	16	1	7	3
Bruce Aven	LF/RF	21	24	.333	3	8	1	2	0

2001 Awards

• 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Chan Ho Park reserve
  • Jeff Shaw reserve
• NL Player of the Week
  • Gary Sheffield (April 9–15)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sofield
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	John Shoemaker
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Bob Mariano
A	Wilmington Waves	South Atlantic League	Dino Ebel
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Dave Silvestri
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Juan Bustabad
Rookie	DSL Dodgers	Dominican Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 49 players in this draft. Of those, only three of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They lost their first round pick this year to the Atlanta Braves as a result of their signing free agent pitcher Andy Ashby. The second round pick was right handed pitcher Billy Pilkington from Santiago High School in Garden Grove, California. He played four seasons in the minors and had a record of 30-21 and a 3.67 ERA in 19 games (17 starts) before he was released. This years draft class was so bad that only four players in the top 20 picks even reached AAA.

The only player that made the Majors for more than a cameo appearance was Edwin Jackson, selected in the sixth round as an outfielder out of Shaw High School in Columbus, Georgia. He was converted to a pitcher and made it to the Majors in 2003 with the Dodgers and was then traded in 2006. He was a 2009 All-Star with the Detroit Tigers and also pitched a no-hitter in 2010 while a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

2001 Draft Picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 2 Billy Pilkington RHP Santiago High School Yes 2001–2005 AA 3 David Taylor RHP South Lake High School Yes 2001 Rookie 4 Kole Strayhorn RHP Shawnee High School Yes 2002–2006 AA 5 Steve Nelson RHP Cole Harbour District High School Yes 2001–2005 A+ 6 Edwin Jackson OF Shaw High School Yes 2001–present MLB 7 David Cuen LHP Cibola High School Yes 2001–2005 A 8 Dave Cardona OF Colegio San José High School Yes 2001–2010 A+ 9 Sean Pierce OF San Diego State University Yes 2002–2003 A+ 10 Thom Ott RHP University of Nebraska at Lincoln Yes 2001–2003 A 11 Luis Gonzalez LHP Florida Air Academy High School Yes 2001–2011 NPB 12 Cedric Benson OF Robert E. Lee High School Yes 2001–2002 Rookie 13 Matt Kauffman LHP San Jose State University Yes 2001–2002 Rookie 14 Ryan Carter OF Riverdale High School Yes 2001–2006 A+ 15 James Stewart RHP Sabino High School Yes 2001–2003 A+ 16 Josh Canales SS University of California, Los Angeles Yes 2001–2003 AAA 17 Michael Johnson OF University of Arkansas Yes 2001 Rookie 18 Vance McCracken RHP West Virginia University Yes 2001–2003 A+ 19 John Urick 1B Cowley County Community College No Yankees-2003 2003–2010 AAA 20 Billy Malone 2B Robert Morris College Yes 2001–2007 Rookie 21 Jereme Milons OF Starkville High School Yes 2002–2013 A+ 22 Scott Gillitzer 2B University of Wisconsin at Madison Yes 2001–2004 A+ 23 James Dykes LHP Parklane Academy High School No 24 Ryan Lennerton LHP Brookswood Secondary School No 25 Garrett Murdy RHP Mission Viejo High School No Astros-2004 2004–2008 A 26 Jay Sadlowe RHP Farragut High School No 27 Christopher Hutcheson LHP Florala High School No 28 Kyle Crist RHP Granite Bay High School No Royals-2004 2004–2009 AA 29 Dennis Bigley 1B Dallas Christian High School No Blue Jays-2005 2005–2006 A- 30 Thomas Wilson LHP Central Cabarrus High School No Expos-2004 2004–2007 A+ 31 David Parker RHP Sisler High School No Dodgers-2002 2002–2005 Rookie 32 Michael Hollimon SS Dallas Jesuit College Prep No Tigers-2005 2005–2012 MLB 33 Jason Stefai LHP Albertson College Yes 2001–2004 A+ 34 Brian Devereaux RHP Hollywood Christian High School No 35 Christopher Casey LHP Huntsville High School No 36 Brain Cleveland SS San Jose City College No Marlins-2004 2004–2006 AA 37 Dustin Schroer OF No 38 Ryan Hamilton SS Klein High School No 39 William Johnson 1B North Springs High School No 40 Cameron Feightner RHP Beaverton High School No 41 Jim Gregory LHP Crockett High School No 42 Jordan Kissock OF Delphi Academy No 43 Clint Sammons C Parkview High School No Braves-2004 2004–2012 MLB 44 Clay Wehner C Thomasville High School No 45 Mike Rodriguez RHP Sierra College Yes 2002–2006 A+ 46 Mike Lynch C South Suburban College Yes 2002–2006 Rookie 47 Devin Monds RHP Nepean High School No 48 Daniel Desclouds RHP Connors State College No 49 Jason Schuler C College of Lake County No 50 Brooks Bollinger 3B University of Wisconsin at Madison No [5]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martira02.shtml
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml
4. James Baldwin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

External links

• 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page