2001 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 2001 throughout the world.

Champions

Major League Baseball

League Eastern Division Champion Central Division Champion Western Division Champion Wild Card Qualifier
American League New York Yankees Cleveland Indians Seattle Mariners Oakland Athletics
National League Atlanta Braves Houston Astros Arizona Diamondbacks St. Louis Cardinals
  Division Series
TV: ESPN/ABC Family/FOX
League Championship Series
TV: FOX
World Series
TV: FOX
                           
  1  Seattle Mariners 3  
3  Cleveland Indians 0  
  1  Seattle Mariners 1  
American League
  2  New York Yankees 4  
2  New York Yankees 3
  4  Oakland Athletics 2  
    AL  New York Yankees 3
  NL  Arizona Diamondbacks 4
  1  Houston Astros 0  
3  Atlanta Braves 3  
  3  Atlanta Braves 1
National League
  2  Arizona Diamondbacks 4  
2  Arizona Diamondbacks 3
  4  St. Louis Cardinals 2  

Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
The National League Champion has home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the pre-2003 "alternating years" rule.
American League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of the AL regular season champion (Seattle Mariners) and the AL wild card (Oakland Athletics) coming from the same division.
National League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of the NL regular season champion (Houston Astros) and the NL wild card (St. Louis Cardinals) coming from the same division.

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Ichiro Suzuki SEA .350 Larry Walker COL .350
HR Alex Rodriguez TEX 52 Barry Bonds1 SFG 73
RBI Bret Boone SEA 141 Sammy Sosa CHC 160
Wins Mark Mulder OAK 21 Matt Morris STL
Curt Schilling ARI
22
ERA Freddy García SEA 3.05 Randy Johnson ARI 2.49
Ks Hideo Nomo BOS 220 Randy Johnson ARI 372

1Major League single season home run record

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st New York Yankees   95   65 .594     --
2nd Boston Red Sox   82   79 .509 13.5
3rd Toronto Blue Jays   80   82 .494 16.0
4th Baltimore Orioles   63   98 .391 32.5
5th Tampa Bay Devil Rays   62 100 .383 34.0
Central Division
1st Cleveland Indians   91   71 .562     --
2nd Minnesota Twins   85   77 .525   6.0
3rd Chicago White Sox   83   79 .512   8.0
4th Detroit Tigers   66   96 .407 25.0
5th Kansas City Royals   65   97 .401 26.0
West Division
1st Seattle Mariners ** 116   46 .716     --
2nd Oakland Athletics * 102   60 .630 14.0
3rd Anaheim Angels   75   87 .463 41.0
4th Texas Rangers   73   89 .451 43.0

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Atlanta Braves 88   74 .543     --
2nd Philadelphia Phillies 86   76 .531   2.0
3rd New York Mets 82   80 .506   6.0
4th Florida Marlins 76   86 .469 12.0
5th Montreal Expos 68   94 .420 20.0
Central Division
1st Houston Astros 93   69 .574     --
2nd St. Louis Cardinals * 93   69 .574     --
3rd Chicago Cubs 88   74 .543   5.0
4th Milwaukee Brewers 68   94 .420 25.0
5th Cincinnati Reds 66   96 .407 27.0
6th Pittsburgh Pirates 62 100 .383 31.0
WEST
1st Arizona Diamondbacks 92   70 .568     --
2nd San Francisco Giants 90   72 .556   2.0
3rd Los Angeles Dodgers 86   76 .531   6.0
4th San Diego Padres 79   83 .488 13.0
5th Colorado Rockies 73   89 .451 19.0

Events

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November

December

Movies

Deaths

January

February

March

April–June

July–September

October–December

References

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