2001 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 82–79 (.509) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | JRY Trust | |
President | John Harrington | |
General manager | Dan Duquette | |
Managers |
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Television | WFXT (Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy) NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy) | |
Radio | WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WRCA (Adrian García Márquez, Bobby Serano and J. P. Villaman) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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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, 13+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the AL championship. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Oakland Athletics, who finished second in the American League West with a record of 102–60.
In mid-August, manager Jimy Williams was dismissed by general manager Dan Duquette; Joe Kerrigan, who had been the team's pitching coach, served as manager for the remainder of the season. [1]
The end of the regular season was pushed back from September 30 to October 7 due to the September 11 attacks. The Red Sox only played 161 games, [2] as their rained out game of September 10 against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled, as it had no bearing on the postseason. [3]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 65 | .594 | — | 51–28 | 44–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 79 | .509 | 13½ | 41–40 | 41–39 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 16 | 40–42 | 40–40 |
Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 98 | .391 | 32½ | 30–50 | 33–48 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 37–44 | 25–56 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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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Reference: [17] |
Note: the Red Sox only played 161 games, as a September 10 rainout against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled. [15] [16]
In addition to the DSL Red Sox, the team shared a DSL team with the Cleveland Indians. [18]
VSL cooperative was with the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins.[ citation needed ]
Source: [19] [20]
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