2001 Chicago Cubs season
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The 2001 Chicago Cubs season was the 130th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 126th in the National League and the 86th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League Central with a record of 88–74.
Offseason
- November 18, 2000: Bill Mueller was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tim Worrell.[1]
- December 18, 2000: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]
- December 19, 2000: Todd Hundley signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[3]
- January 10, 2001: Ron Coomer was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[4]
Regular season
During a forgettable 2000 season,
Season standings
NL Central | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | 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
- July 4, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[5]
- 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]
- September 10, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs.[5]
Draft picks
- June 5, 2001: Mark Prior was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 2001.[7]
- June 5, 2001: Geovany Soto was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2001.[8]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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Manager
Coaching Staff
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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 |
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C | Todd Hundley | 79 | 246 | 46 | .187 | 12 | 31 |
1B | Matt Stairs | 128 | 340 | 85 | .250 | 17 | 61 |
2B | Eric Young | 149 | 603 | 168 | .279 | 6 | 42 |
3B | Ron Coomer | 147 | 528 | 153 | .290 | 8 | 53 |
SS | Ricky Gutiérrez | 111 | 349 | 91 | .261 | 10 | 66 |
LF | Rondell White | 95 | 323 | 99 | .307 | 17 | 50 |
CF | Gary Matthews | 106 | 258 | 56 | .217 | 9 | 30 |
RF | Sammy Sosa | 160 | 577 | 189 | .328 | 64 | 160 |
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 |
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Joe Girardi | 78 | 229 | 58 | .253 | 3 | 25 |
Bill Mueller | 70 | 210 | 62 | .295 | 6 | 23 |
Michael Tucker | 63 | 205 | 54 | .263 | 5 | 31 |
Fred McGriff | 49 | 170 | 48 | .282 | 12 | 41 |
Delino DeShields | 68 | 163 | 45 | .276 | 2 | 16 |
Augie Ojeda | 78 | 144 | 29 | .201 | 1 | 12 |
Robert Machado | 52 | 135 | 30 | .222 | 2 | 13 |
Corey Patterson | 59 | 131 | 29 | .221 | 4 | 14 |
Miguel Cairo | 66 | 123 | 35 | .285 | 2 | 9 |
Julio Zuleta | 49 | 106 | 23 | .217 | 6 | 24 |
Damon Buford | 35 | 85 | 15 | .176 | 3 | 8 |
Roosevelt Brown | 39 | 83 | 22 | .265 | 4 | 22 |
Todd Dunwoody | 33 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 1 | 3 |
Chad Meyers | 18 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Jon Lieber | 34 | 232.1 | 20 | 6 | 3.80 | 148 |
Jason Bere | 32 | 188.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.31 | 175 |
Kerry Wood | 28 | 174.1 | 12 | 6 | 3.36 | 217 |
Kevin Tapani | 29 | 168.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.49 | 149 |
Julián Tavárez | 34 | 161.1 | 10 | 9 | 4.52 | 107 |
Juan Cruz | 8 | 44.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.22 | 39 |
Joe Borowski | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 32.40 | 1 |
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 |
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Carlos Zambrano | 6 | 7.2 | 1 | 2 | 15.26 | 4 |
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 |
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Tom Gordon | 47 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 3.38 | 67 |
Jeff Fassero | 82 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.42 | 79 |
Kyle Farnsworth | 76 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2.74 | 107 |
Todd Van Poppel | 59 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.52 | 90 |
Félix Heredia | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.17 | 28 |
Courtney Duncan | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.06 | 49 |
David Weathers | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 20 |
Manny Aybar | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.35 | 16 |
Ron Mahay | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 24 |
Mike Fyhrie | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 | 6 |
Will Ohman | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 12 |
Scott Chiasson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 6 |
Awards and records
- Sammy Sosa became the first player to hit at least 60 home runs in three different seasons.[9]
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Bruce Kimm |
AA | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
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Southern League
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Dave Bialas |
A
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Daytona Cubs
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Florida State League | Dave Trembley |
A
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Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | Julio Garcia |
A-Short Season
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Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Steve McFarland |
Rookie
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AZL Cubs
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Arizona League
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Carmelo Martínez |
References
- ^ "Bill Mueller Stats".
- ^ "Jason Bere Stats".
- ^ Todd Hundley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Ron Coomer Stats".
- ^ a b "Trent Hubbard Stats".
- ^ "David Weathers Stats".
- ^ Mark Prior Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Geovany Soto Stats".
- ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007