2001 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2001 season was the team's 120th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 110th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93-69 during the season and finished tied for first in the National League Central division with the Houston Astros. Both the Cardinals and Astros finished five games ahead of the third-place Chicago Cubs. Because the best two teams in the National League were both from the Central Division, the Astros were awarded the NL Central champion seed in the playoffs due to a better head-to-head record, and the Cardinals were seeded as the wild-card.[1]

2001 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionFox Sports Midwest
KPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin)
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Mark McGwire belting his 564th of his career home run (moving him ahead of Reggie Jackson for sixth all-time home run leader) during a July 2001 game against the Detroit Tigers.
A lineup card for a 2001 spring training game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves.

The Cardinals were granted the right to claim the National League Central Division Co-Championship, which they still honor today. [2]

In the playoffs the Cardinals lost to the eventual World Champion Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 2 in the NLDS.

Third baseman/Outfielder Albert Pujols won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .329, with 37 home runs and 130 RBIs. Second baseman Fernando Viña and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves in 2001.

This was also Jack Buck's final season as the team's broadcaster.

Offseason
  • December 22, 2000: Quinton McCracken was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]
  • January 5, 2001: Bobby Bonilla was Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[4]
  • January 5, 2001: John Mabry was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]
  • March 28, 2001: Quinton McCracken was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Regular season

Albert Pujols made his major league debut on April 2 against the Colorado Rockies.[6] He appeared in three at-bats and collected one hit.[7]

On September 3, Bud Smith became the ninth Cardinal and eighteenth rookie to hurl a no-hitter.

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9369 0.574 — 44–37 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 — 54–28 39–41
Chicago Cubs 8874 0.543 5 48–33 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Cincinnati Reds 6696 0.407 27 27–54 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 62100 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 —5–26–35–113–64–22–410–93–33–33–33–44–212–710–92–47–8
Atlanta 2–5—4–24–24–29–103–32–53–313–610–910–95–13–34–23–39–9
Chicago 3–62–4—13–43–33–38–94–28–93–34–24–210–62–43–39–89–6
Cincinnati 1–52–44–13—3–64–26–114–26–104–24–22–49–82–44–27–104–11
Colorado 6–132–43–36–3—4–22–48–115–13–44–32–42–49–109–106–32–10
Florida 2–410–93–32–42–4—3–32–54–212–77–125–144–23–42–43–312–6
Houston 4–23–39–811–64–23–3—2–412–56–03–33–39–83–63–39–79–6
Los Angeles 9–105–22–42–411–85–24–2—5–12–42–43–37–29–1011–83–36–9
Milwaukee 3–33–39–810–61–52–45–121–5—4–23–33–36–111–55–47–105–10
Montreal 3–36–133–32–44–37–120–64–22–4—8–119–105–13–32–52–48–10
New York 3–39–102–42–43–412–73–34–23–311–8—11–84–21–53–41–510–8
Philadelphia 4–39–102–44–24–214–53–33–33–310–98–11—5–15–23–32–47–11
Pittsburgh 2–41–56–108–94–22–48–92–711–61–52–41–5—2–41–53–148–7
San Diego 7–123–34–24–210–94–36–310–95–13–35–12–54–2—5–141–56–9
San Francisco 9–102–43–32–410–94–23–38–114–55–24–33–35–114–5—4–210–5
St. Louis 4–23–38–910–73–63–37–93–310–74–25–14–214–35–12–4—8–7

Transactions
  • April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.[5]
  • June 5, 2001: Dan Haren was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2001.[8]
  • June 5, 2001: Joe Mather was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
  • June 5, 2001: Skip Schumaker was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.

Roster
2001 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CMike Matheny12138183.218742
1BMark McGwire9729956.1872964
2BFernando Viña154631191.303956
SSÉdgar Rentería141493128.2601057
3BPlácido Polanco144564173.307338
LFRay Lankford9126462.2351539
CFJim Edmonds150500152.30430110
RFJ.D. Drew109375121.3232773

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
Albert Pujols161590194.32937130
Craig Paquette12334096.2821564
Eli Marrero8620354.266623
Kerry Robinson11418653.285115
Bobby Bonilla9317437.213521
Larry Sutton33425.11913
Miguel Cairo273311.33317
Stubby Clapp23255.20001
John Mabry570.00000
Luis Saturria1351.20001
Bill Ortega551.20000
Keith McDonald220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Darryl Kile34227.116113.09179
Matt Morris34216.12283.16185
Dustin Hermanson33192.114134.45123
Bud Smith1684.2633.8359
Woody Williams1175712.2852
Rick Ankiel624127.1327

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Benes27107.1777.3878
Mike Matthews5189343.2472

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Kline893391.8054
Dave Veres7132153.7061
Mike Timlin674534.0947
Gene Stechschulte671563.8651
Mike James401205.2126
Luther Hackman351214.2924
Jason Christiansen301134.6619
T.J. Mathews101003.0710
Alan Benes92007.3610
Jeff Tabaka80007.363
Jason Karnuth40001.801
Chad Hutchinson300024.752
Bobby Bonilla100018.000

NLDS
Main article: 2001 National League Division Series

Arizona wins the series, 3-2

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Arizona1St. Louis0October1-0 (AZ)
2Arizona1St. Louis4October 101-1
3St. Louis3Arizona5October 122-1 (AZ)
4St. Louis4Arizona1October 132-2
5Arizona2St. Louis1October 143-2 (AZ)

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Gaylen Pitts
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Danny Sheaffer
A Potomac Cannons Carolina League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Joe Hall
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Brian Rupp
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Chris Maloney

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References
  1. "Ankiel throws two hitless innings". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 19, 2004. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. There may be another reason for La Russa's stance. St. Louis finished tied with Houston in 2001, but the Astros won the division based on head-to-head record while the Cardinals won the wild-card berth. Still, St. Louis tried to claim it was division co-champion, a position the commissioner's office rejected.
  2. County, Astros. "2001 Co-Champions?". Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml
  7. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104020COL
  8. Danny Haren Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  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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