2001 Boston Red Sox season
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The 2001 Boston Red Sox season was the 101st season in the franchise's
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: Free agent Manny Ramirez signed an eight-year $160 million contract with the Red Sox.[2]
- January 11, 2001: David Cone signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[3]
- January 19, 2001: Craig Grebeck was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[4]
Regular season
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Green_Monster_2001.jpg/300px-Green_Monster_2001.jpg)
Season standings
AL East | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 65 | 0.594 | — | 51–28 | 44–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 79 | 0.509 | 13½ | 41–40 | 41–39 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 16 | 40–42 | 40–40 |
Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 98 | 0.391 | 32½ | 30–50 | 33–48 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 34 | 37–44 | 25–56 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 4–5 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 6–14 | 4–15 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
Baltimore | 5–4 | — | 9–10 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–12 | 6–12 |
Boston | 3–4 | 10–9 | — | 3–3 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 10–9 | 13–6 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
Cleveland | 4–5 | 5–1 | 6–3 | 9–10 | — | 13–6 | 11–8 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
Detroit | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 6–13 | 6–13 | — | 8–11 | 4–15 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–4 | 10–8 |
Kansas City | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 0–6 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 8–10 |
Minnesota | 6–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 15–4 | 13–6 | — | 4–2 | 5–4 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
New York | 3–4 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–6 | 3–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 14–6 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–3 | — | 9–10 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
Seattle | 15–4 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 7–2 | 15–5 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
Tampa Bay | 2–7 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 2–7 | 2–7 | — | 4–5 | 9–10 | 10–8 |
Texas | 12–7 | 7–2 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–15 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 8–10 |
Toronto | 4–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 10–9 | 6–3 | — | 8–10 |
Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
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Boston | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
Transactions
- April 18, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[5]
- 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.[6]
- June 12, 2001: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for Doug Mirabelli.[7]
- July 2, 2001: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[8]
- July 31, 2001: Tomokazu Ohka and Rich Rundles (minors).[9]
- August 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.[5]
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.[10][11]
- 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.[10]
Opening Day Line Up
12 | Chris Stynes | 2B |
7 | Trot Nixon | RF |
33 | Jason Varitek | C |
24 | Manny Ramírez |
DH |
2 | Carl Everett | CF |
25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
29 | Shea Hillenbrand | 3B |
23 | Brian Daubach | 1B |
15 | Craig Grebeck | SS |
45 | Pedro Martínez | P |
Roster
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; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Scott Hatteberg | 94 | 278 | 68 | .245 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
1B | Brian Daubach | 122 | 407 | 107 | .263 | 22 | 71 | 1 |
2B | José Offerman | 128 | 524 | 140 | .267 | 9 | 49 | 5 |
SS | Mike Lansing | 106 | 352 | 88 | .250 | 8 | 34 | 3 |
3B | Shea Hillenbrand | 139 | 468 | 123 | .263 | 12 | 49 | 3 |
LF | Troy O'Leary | 104 | 341 | 82 | .240 | 13 | 50 | 1 |
CF | Carl Everett | 102 | 409 | 105 | .257 | 14 | 58 | 9 |
RF | Trot Nixon | 148 | 535 | 150 | .280 | 27 | 88 | 7 |
DH | Manny Ramirez | 142 | 529 | 162 | .306 | 41 | 125 | 0 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Dante Bichette | 107 | 391 | 112 | .286 | 12 | 49 | 2 |
Chris Stynes | 96 | 361 | 101 | .280 | 8 | 33 | 4 |
Jason Varitek | 51 | 174 | 51 | .293 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
Darren Lewis | 82 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
Lou Merloni | 52 | 146 | 39 | .267 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Doug Mirabelli | 54 | 141 | 38 | .270 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
Nomar Garciaparra | 27 | 83 | 24 | .289 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
John Valentin | 20 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Calvin Pickering | 24 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Craig Grebeck | 23 | 41 | 2 | .049 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Izzy Alcántara | 14 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Morgan Burkhart | 11 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
James Lofton | 8 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ángel Santos | 9 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Oliver | 5 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marcus Jensen | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hideo Nomo | 33 | 33 | 198.0 | 13 | 10 | 4.50 | 220 |
Frank Castillo | 26 | 26 | 136.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.21 | 89 |
David Cone | 25 | 25 | 135.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.31 | 115 |
Pedro Martínez | 18 | 18 | 116.2 | 7 | 3 | 2.39 | 163 |
Tomo Ohka | 12 | 11 | 52.1 | 2 | 5 | 6.19 | 37 |
Paxton Crawford | 8 | 7 | 36.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.75 | 29 |
Bret Saberhagen | 3 | 3 | 15.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 10 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tim Wakefield | 45 | 168.2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3.90 | 148 |
Rolando Arrojo | 41 | 103.1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3.48 | 78 |
Casey Fossum | 13 | 44.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.87 | 26 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Derek Lowe | 67 | 3 | 91.2 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 3.53 | 82 |
Rod Beck | 68 | 0 | 80.2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3.90 | 63 |
Rich Garcés | 62 | 0 | 67.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.90 | 51 |
Sun-woo Kim | 20 | 2 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.83 | 27 |
Hipólito Pichardo | 30 | 0 | 34.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | 17 |
Pete Schourek | 33 | 0 | 30.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.45 | 20 |
Bill Pulsipher | 23 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.32 | 16 |
Ugueth Urbina | 19 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.25 | 32 |
Todd Erdos | 10 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.96 | 7 |
Allen McDill | 15 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 16 |
Willie Banks | 5 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.84 | 10 |
Bryce Florie | 7 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.42 | 7 |
Carlos Castillo | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
Game log
Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed |
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April: 16–9
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May: 13–13
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June: 17–11
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July: 14–12
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August: 11–17
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September: 6–15
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October: 5–2
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Reference:[14] |
Note: the Red Sox only played 161 games, as a September 10 rainout against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled.[12][13]
Awards and honors
- Pedro Martínez – AL Pitcher of the Month (May)
- Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF), AL Player of the Month (April)
- Manny Ramirez, starting LF
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Gary Jones
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AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League
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Billy Gardner Jr. |
A-Advanced
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Sarasota Red Sox
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Florida State League | Ron Johnson |
A
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Augusta GreenJackets | South Atlantic League | Mike Boulanger |
A-Short Season
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Lowell Spinners | New York–Penn League | Arnie Beyeler |
Rookie
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GCL Red Sox
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Gulf Coast League
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John Sanders |
Rookie
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DSL Red Sox | Dominican Summer League | Guadalupe Jabalera |
Rookie
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DSL cooperative | Dominican Summer League | |
Rookie
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VSL Red Sox (cooperative)
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Venezuelan Summer League |
In addition to the DSL Red Sox, the team shared a
VSL cooperative was with the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins.[citation needed]
Source:[16][17]
References
- ^ Chris Stynes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Bryant, Howard (2002). Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston. New York, New York: Routledge. p. 252.
- ^ David Cone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Craig Grebeck Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Kevin Youkilis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Justin Duchscherer Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Joe Oliver Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Ugueth Urbina Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Baseball Almanac, Steroid Era Famous Firsts Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Box Score, Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox, August 6, 2001
- ^ a b Amore, Dom (September 11, 2001). "One Way To Stop Him". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. C1. Retrieved September 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Red Sox Back To .500". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 29, 2001. p. C7. Retrieved September 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "2001 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ^ "2001 DSL Indians/Red Sox Statistics".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 2001. p. 418. Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
External links
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