2001 Boston Red Sox season

The 2001 Boston Red Sox season was the 101st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 82 wins and 79 losses, 13½ games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card was the Oakland Athletics who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 102–60.

2001 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–79 (.509)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)JRY Trust
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Jimy Williams
Joe Kerrigan
Local televisionWFXT
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Adrian García Márquez, Bobby Serano and J. P. Villaman)
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Offseason
  • November 16, 2000: Chris Stynes was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler.[1]
  • December 2000: Manny Ramirez signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
  • January 11, 2001: David Cone signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.[2]
  • January 19, 2001: Craig Grebeck was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.[3]

Regular season
The Red Sox hosting a home game against the season's eventual NL East Division Champions Atlanta Braves in July 2001.

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
  • April 18, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.[4]
  • June 5, 2001: Kevin Youkilis was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2001.[5]
  • June 12, 2001: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for Doug Mirabelli.[6]
  • July 2, 2001: Joe Oliver was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.[7]
  • July 31, 2001: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Tomokazu Ohka and Rich Rundles (minors).[8]
  • August 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.[4]

Famous Firsts involving the Red Sox
  • Monday, August 6, 2001 – Scott Hatteberg became the first player to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam during the same game.[9][10]
  • Sunday, September 2, 2001 – This was the first day in Major League history where the final score in four games was 1-0: Yankees 1 vs. Red Sox 0, Padres 1 vs. Diamondbacks 0, Astros 1 vs. Brewers 0, and Blue Jays 1 vs. Tigers 0.[9]

Opening Day Line Up
12Chris Stynes2B
  7Trot NixonRF
33Jason VaritekC
24Manny RamírezDH
  2Carl EverettCF
25Troy O'LearyLF
29Shea Hillenbrand 3B
23Brian Daubach1B
15Craig GrebeckSS
45Pedro MartínezP

Roster
2001 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 62 Sun-Woo Kim
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated hitter

  • 24 Manny Ramírez
 Manager

Coaches

  • 67 Ed Riley (Pitching assistant)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases

Starters by position
Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
CScott Hatteberg9427868.2453251
1BBrian Daubach122407107.26322711
2BJosé Offerman128524140.2679495
SSMike Lansing10635288.2508343
3BShea Hillenbrand139468123.26312493
LFTroy O'Leary10434182.24013501
CFCarl Everett102409105.25714589
RFTrot Nixon148535150.28027887
DHManny Ramirez142529162.306411250

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Dante Bichette107391112.28612492
Chris Stynes96361101.2808334
Jason Varitek5117451.2937250
Darren Lewis8216446.2801125
Doug Mirabelli5414138.2709260
Lou Merloni5214639.2673132
Nomar Garciaparra278324.289480
John Valentin206012.200150
Calvin Pickering245014.280370
Craig Grebeck23412.049020
Izzy Alcántara143810.263031
Morgan Burkhart11336.182140
James Lofton8265.192012
Ángel Santos9162.125010
Joe Oliver5123.250000
Marcus Jensen141.250000

Pitching

Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Starting pitchers
Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Hideo Nomo3333198.013104.50220
Frank Castillo2626136.21094.2189
David Cone2525135.2974.31115
Pedro Martínez1818116.2732.39163
Tomo Ohka121152.1256.1937
Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Derek Lowe6791.2510243.5382
Tim Wakefield45168.291233.90148
Rolando Arrojo41103.15453.4878
Rod Beck6880.26463.9063
Rich Garces6267.06113.9051
Ugueth Urbina1920.001130.9532
Other pitchers
Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO
Casey Fossum13744.13204.8726
Sun-woo Kim20241.20205.8327
Paxton Crawford8736.03004.7529
Hipólito Pichardo30034.22104.9317
Pete Schourek33030.11504.4520
Bill Pulsipher23022.00005.3216
Todd Erdos10016.10004.967
Bret Saberhagen3315.01206.0010
Allen McDill15014.20005.5216
Willie Banks5010.20000.8410
Bryce Florie708.201011.427
Carlos Castillo203.00006.000

Game Log
Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed
2001 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 82–79 (Home: 41–40; Away: 41–39)

Reference:[13]

Note: the Red Sox only played 161 games, as a September 10 rainout against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled.[11][12]

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Gary Jones
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Billy Gardner Jr.
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Ron Johnson
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Mike Boulanger
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Arnie Beyeler
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League John Sanders
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Guadalupe Jabalera
Rookie cooperative Venezuelan Summer League  

[14]

References
  1. Chris Stynes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. David Cone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Craig Grebeck Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Kevin Youkilis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Justin Duchscherer Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Joe Oliver Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Ugueth Urbina Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. Baseball Almanac, Steroid Era Famous Firsts Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  10. Box Score, Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox, August 6, 2001
  11. Amore, Dom (September 11, 2001). "One Way To Stop Him". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. C1. Retrieved September 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  12. "Red Sox Back To .500". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 29, 2001. p. C7. Retrieved September 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  13. "2001 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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