2001 Milwaukee Brewers season

2001 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Miller Park (since 2001)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Dean Taylor
Manager(s)	Davey Lopes
Local television	WCGV-TV FSN Wisconsin (Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Len Kasper, Jim Powell)
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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.

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	93	69	0.574	—	44–37	49–32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	0.574	—	54–28	39–41
Chicago Cubs	88	74	0.543	5	48–33	40–41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	25	36–45	32–49
Cincinnati Reds	66	96	0.407	27	27–54	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	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	—	5–2	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

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

47 Mike Buddie

56 Rocky Coppinger

33 Will Cunnane

13 Jeff D'Amico

28 Valerio de los Santos

48 Mike DeJean

40 Chad Fox

53 Gus Gandarillas

51 Jimmy Haynes

46 Ray King

38 Brandon Kolb

23 Mark Leiter

00 Curtis Leskanic

55 Allen Levrault

32 Nick Neugebauer

27 Lance Painter

26 Kyle Peterson

37 Rubén Quevedo

31 Paul Rigdon

15 Ben Sheets

52 Mac Suzuki

49 David Weathers

21 Jamey Wright

Catchers

12 Henry Blanco

49 Kevin Brown

25 Raul Casanova

50 Jesse Levis

Infielders

10 Ronnie Belliard

14 Mike Coolbaugh

7 Tony Fernández

18 José Hernández

2 Tyler Houston

1 Luis López

8 Mark Loretta

9 Elvis Peña

11 Richie Sexson

Outfielders

20 Jeromy Burnitz

16 Lou Collier

39 Angel Echevarria

41 Jeffrey Hammonds

5 Geoff Jenkins

24 James Mouton

9 Robert Perez

7 Alex Sánchez

33 Mark Sweeney

22 Devon White

Manager

30 Davey Lopes

Coaches

45 Gary Allenson (Third Base)

36 Bob Apodaca (Pitching)

29 Rod Carew (Hitting)

35 Bill Castro (Bullpen)

3 Jerry Royster (Bench)

43 Luis Salazar (First Base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
C	Henry Blanco	104	314	33	66	6	31	.210	3
1B	Richie Sexson	158	598	94	162	45	125	.271	2
2B	Ron Belliard	101	364	69	96	11	36	.264	5
3B	Tyler Houston	75	235	36	68	12	38	.289	0
SS	José Hernández	152	542	67	135	25	78	.249	5
LF	Geoff Jenkins	105	397	60	105	20	63	.264	4
CF	Devon White	126	390	52	108	14	47	.277	18
RF	Jeromy Burnitz	154	562	104	141	34	100	.251	0

^[7]

Other batters

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
Raul Casanova	71	192	21	50	11	33	.260	0
Lou Collier	50	127	19	32	2	14	.252	5
Mike Coolbaugh	39	70	10	14	2	7	.200	0
Angel Echevarria	75	133	12	34	5	13	.256	0
Tony Fernández	28	64	6	18	1	3	.281	1
Jeffrey Hammonds	49	174	20	43	6	21	.247	5
Luis López	92	222	22	60	4	18	.270	0
Mark Loretta	102	384	40	111	2	29	.289	1
James Mouton	75	138	20	34	2	10	.246	7
Peña, ElvisElvis Peña	15	40	5	9	0	6	.225	2
Mark Sweeney	48	89	9	23	3	11	.258	2

Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

Pitching

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Wendell Kim
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Ed Romero
A	High Desert Mavericks	California League	Frank Kremblas
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Don Money
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Carlos Lezcano
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Ed Sedar

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leshebr01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdonja02.shtml
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernato01.shtml
↑ Marquis Grissom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2001.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

2001 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Milwaukee Brewers

Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sun City Stadium
Compadre Stadium
Maryvale Baseball Park

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: David Stearns
Manager: Craig Counsell

Minors

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

League pennants

American League: 1982
National League: none

Division titles

AL East: 1981 (second half)
1982
NL Central: 2011
AL Wild Card: none
NL Wild Card: 2008

Seasons (48)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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