2001 Colorado Rockies
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCoors Field
CityDenver, Colorado
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place5th
OwnersJerry McMorris
General managersDan O'Dowd
ManagersBuddy Bell
TelevisionKWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)
RadioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
Seasons

The Colorado Rockies' 2001 season was the ninth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73–89, last in the NL West.

Offseason

  • November 7, 2000: Mark Little was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • December 4, 2000: Denny Neagle was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 10, 2000: Ron Gant was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • December 12, 2000: Mike Hampton was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • January 5, 2001: Greg Norton was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[5]
  • March 28, 2001: Masato Yoshii was released by the Colorado Rockies.[6]

Regular season

  • Rockies pitcher Jason Jennings became the first pitcher since 1901 to throw a shutout and hit a home run in his first Major League game.[7]

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9270 0.568 48–33 44–37
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 2 49–32 41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 6 44–37 42–39
San Diego Padres 7983 0.488 13 35–46 44–37
Colorado Rockies 7389 0.451 19 41–40 32–49

Record vs. opponents


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 2–54–24–24–29–103–32–53–313–610–910–95–13–34–23–39–9
Chicago 3–62–413–43–33–38–94–28–93–34–24–210–62–43–39–89–6
Cincinnati 1–52–44–133–64–26–114–26–104–24–22–49–82–44–27–104–11
Colorado 6–132–43–36–34–22–48–115–13–44–32–42–49–109–106–32–10
Florida 2–410–93–32–42–43–32–54–212–77–125–144–23–42–43–312–6
Houston 4–23–39–811–64–23–32–412–56–03–33–39–83–63–39–79–6
Los Angeles 9–105–22–42–411–85–24–25–12–42–43–37–29–1011–83–36–9
Milwaukee 3–33–39–810–61–52–45–121–54–23–33–36–111–55–47–105–10
Montreal 3–36–133–32–44–37–120–64–22–48–119–105–13–32–52–48–10
New York 3–39–102–42–43–412–73–34–23–311–811–84–21–53–41–510–8
Philadelphia 4–39–102–44–24–214–53–33–33–310–98–115–15–23–32–47–11
Pittsburgh 2–41–56–108–94–22–48–92–711–61–52–41–52–41–53–148–7
San Diego 7–123–34–24–210–94–36–310–95–13–35–12–54–25–141–56–9
San Francisco 9–102–43–32–410–94–23–38–114–55–24–33–35–114–54–210–5
St. Louis 4–23–38–910–73–63–37–93–310–74–25–14–214–35–12–48–7

Notable transactions

  • April 25, 2001: Ubaldo Jiménez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Rockies.[8]
  • May 29, 2001: Justin Speier was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.[9]
  • June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki.[10]
  • July 13, 2001: Chone Figgins was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Anaheim Angels for Kimera Bartee.[11]
  • July 19, 2001: Todd Walker was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Robin Jennings to the Cincinnati Reds for Alex Ochoa.[12]
  • July 25, 2001: Neifi Pérez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Jermaine Dye. Dye was then traded by the Rockies to the Oakland Athletics for José Ortiz, Todd Belitz, and Mario Encarnación.[13]
  • July 31, 2001: Pedro Astacio was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Houston Astros for Scott Elarton.[14]
  • August 23, 2001: Gary Bennett was traded by the New York Mets to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Ender Chavez (minors) (December 27, 2001) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.[15]
  • September 12, 2001: Ross Gload was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Chicago Cubs.[16]

Major League debuts

Roster

2001 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2001 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Cardinals80Hampton (10)Kile (01)48,11310
2April 4Cardinals139Neagle (10)Benes (01)Jiménez (1)36,66720
3April 5Cardinals112Astacio (10)Morris (01)35,14230
4April 6Padres106Eaton (10)Bohanon (01)37,43131
5April 7Padres1410Williams (10)Myers (01)Hoffman (1)41,02632
6April 8Padres113Tollberg (10)Estrada (01)40,44633
7April 9@ Cardinals32Timlin (10)White (01)48,70234
8April 11@ Cardinals31Morris (11)Astacio (11)Veres (1)30,11535
9April 12@ Cardinals64Wasdin (10)Kline (01)Jiménez (2)35,12745
10April 13Diamondbacks73Johnson (21)Bohanon (02)38,56446
11April 14Diamondbacks98Myers (11)Kim (01)Jiménez (3)42,31956
12April 15Diamondbacks107 (10)Estrada (11)Brohawn (01)36,84166
13April 17@ Padres95Astacio (21)Jones (02)Jiménez (4)16,61576
14April 18@ Padres80Hampton (20)Eaton (21)17,04086
15April 19@ Padres40Neagle (20)Williams (12)15,89696
16April 20@ Diamondbacks32Kim (11)White (02)32,01197
17April 21@ Diamondbacks105Ellis (20)Villone (01)31,72498
18April 22@ Diamondbacks21Astacio (31)Reynoso (13)Jiménez (5)31,076108
19April 24Cubs141Hampton (30)Tapani (31)43,562118
20April 25Cubs65Jiménez (10)Duncan (11)42,514128
21April 26Cubs72Lieber (21)Bohanon (03)47,336129
22April 27Reds129Mercado (10)Myers (12)Graves (8)44,5021210
23April 28Reds94Dessens (21)Davis (01)47,1431211
24April 29Reds147Wasdin (20)Mercado (11)Jiménez (6)47,0471311
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Phillies71Daal (30)Neagle (21)14,1381312
26May 2@ Phillies62Bohanon (13)Person (23)Jiménez (7)13,2431412
27May 3@ Phillies75Telemaco (30)Astacio (32)17,3831413
28May 4@ Pirates93Hampton (40)Arroyo (23)32,6531513
29May 5@ Pirates113Olivares (23)Chacón (01)37,5961514
30May 6@ Pirates43 (11)Beimel (20)White (03)34,9151515
31May 7Mets109Gonzalez (10)Bohanon (14)34,6441516
32May 8Mets124Astacio (42)Appier (23)36,6021616
33May 9Mets60Hampton (50)Reed (42)35,9521716
34May 10Mets82Chacón (11)Rusch (22)40,6031816
35May 11Expos134Neagle (31)Peters (23)43,6801916
36May 12Expos84Armas (25)Thomson (01)43,7301917
37May 13Expos1410Lloyd (31)Astacio (43)42,2351918
38May 15@ Braves53Remlinger (21)Hampton (51)Rocker (10)28,9211919
39May 16@ Braves64Cabrera (20)Wasdin (21)Rocker (11)32,4611920
40May 17@ Braves83Neagle (41)Smoltz (01)31,2212020
41May 18@ Marlins21Burnett (21)Astacio (44)Alfonseca (8)20,3362021
42May 19@ Marlins10Penny (40)Thomson (02)Alfonseca (9)23,1222022
43May 20@ Marlins72Hampton (61)Dempster (36)13,3672122
44May 21Dodgers63Chacón (21)Dreifort (33)Jiménez (8)38,1962222
45May 22Dodgers118White (13)Herges (14)Jiménez (9)41,5632322
46May 23Dodgers64Brown (62)Astacio (45)Shaw (14)46,8362323
47May 24@ Giants51Estes (42)Thomson (03)40,8562324
48May 25@ Giants61Hampton (71)Hernández (37)41,3412424
49May 26@ Giants104Chacón (31)Rueter (46)41,3412524
50May 27@ Giants54Ortiz (73)Neagle (42)Nen (11)41,3412525
51May 28@ Dodgers1110 (11)Herges (24)Villone (02)27,8122526
52May 29@ Dodgers72Bohanon (24)Brown (63)22,5702626
53May 30@ Dodgers41Park (64)Hampton (72)Shaw (16)30,4112627
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Giants117Rueter (56)Chacón (32)40,6302628
55June 2Giants75Jiménez (20)Nen (22)40,6572728
56June 3Giants112Astacio (55)Gardner (14)41,6842828
57June 5Astros94Hampton (82)Miller (73)37,1162928
58June 6Astros98Bohanon (34)Elarton (45)Jiménez (10)36,1383028
59June 7Astros21Reynolds (64)Chacón (33)Jackson (1)35,3593029
60June 8Cardinals91Neagle (52)Matthews (22)46,1883129
61June 9Cardinals82Benes (54)Astacio (56)47,0433130
62June 10Cardinals123Hampton (92)Hermanson (55)47,1393230
63June 12Mariners109Fuentes (10)Acevedo (01)Sasaki (25)41,2633231
64June 14Mariners82Chacón (43)Moyer (82)45,2613331
65June 14Mariners51Abbott (62)Astacio (57)37,0483332
66June 15@ Reds84Villone (12)Reitsma (36)28,3013432
67June 16@ Reds87 (12)Jiménez (30)Brower (35)Dingman (1)29,9373532
68June 17@ Reds43Bohanon (44)Dessens (54)Jiménez (11)25,9473632
69June 18@ Astros135Reynolds (75)Astacio (58)31,5293633
70June 19@ Astros64Oswalt (51)Chacón (44)Wagner (14)30,0203634
71June 20@ Astros72Miller (83)Villone (13)Dotel (1)30,6373635
72June 21Diamondbacks145Bierbrodt (20)Hampton (93)40,0363636
73June 22Diamondbacks54 (10)Swindell (21)Jiménez (31)Prinz (7)44,6553637
74June 23Diamondbacks95Kim (32)White (14)41,6123638
75June 24Diamondbacks76Neagle (62)Johnson (95)Jiménez (12)41,6823738
76June 25Padres64Jarvis (47)White (15)Hoffman (16)37,1413739
77June 26Padres113Jones (410)Hampton (94)37,3153740
78June 27Padres109Jiménez (41)Davey (23)38,0463840
79June 29@ Diamondbacks53Johnson (105)Astacio (59)Kim (4)34,2913841
80June 30@ Diamondbacks65Brohawn (23)Davis (02)Prinz (8)36,1653842
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Diamondbacks54 (13)Prinz (30)White (16)31,9993843
82July 3@ Padres65Núñez (12)Davis (03)Hoffman (17)25,0223844
83July 4@ Padres83Hitchcock (10)Suzuki (26)34,1883845
84July 5@ Padres40Astacio (69)Eaton (85)20,5413945
85July 6Angels65Ortiz (76)Hampton (95)Percival (21)48,5763946
86July 7Angels103Washburn (74)Suzuki (27)47,5173947
87July 8Angels113Rapp (39)Chacón (45)Pote (1)37,5773948
88July 12@ Rangers63Rogers (56)Astacio (610)Zimmerman (13)29,3223949
89July 13@ Rangers102Helling (68)Hampton (96)37,8123950
90July 14@ Rangers112Chacón (55)Davis (47)38,0094050
91July 15@ Athletics63Lidle (34)Bohanon (45)Vizcaíno (1)24,3274051
92July 16@ Athletics51Heredia (57)Neagle (63)13,8084052
93July 17@ Athletics32Mulder (116)Astacio (611)Isringhausen (19)22,0994053
94July 18@ Giants100Ortiz (115)Hampton (97)41,5844054
95July 19@ Giants21Rodríguez (51)Acevedo (02)40,8504055
96July 20Dodgers113Bohanon (55)Prokopec (65)47,7044155
97July 21Dodgers227Gagné (34)Neagle (64)43,0114156
98July 22Dodgers98Adams (63)Astacio (612)Shaw (28)40,0854157
99July 23Giants82Hampton (107)Ortiz (116)37,4244257
100July 24Giants64Chacón (65)Estes (75)Jiménez (13)40,1324357
101July 25Giants93Jensen (12)Bohanon (56)42,0884358
102July 26@ Dodgers31Gagné (44)Neagle (65)Shaw (30)32,7504359
103July 27@ Dodgers42Adams (73)Astacio (613)Shaw (31)40,1144360
104July 28@ Dodgers106Park (116)Hampton (108)Shaw (32)34,8084361
105July 29@ Dodgers32Powell (32)Herges (88)Jiménez (14)54,5564461
106July 31Phillies76Jiménez (51)Cormier (55)36,0054561
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Phillies81 (6)Wolf (610)Neagle (66)34,0244562
108August 2Phillies42Coggin (21)Thomson (04)Mesa (28)37,0754563
109August 3Pirates127Hampton (118)Anderson (611)38,8364663
110August 4Pirates63Ritchie (810)Chacón (66)44,2944664
111August 5Pirates54Lincoln (10)Bohanon (57)Fetters (2)36,5704665
112August 7@ Cubs54Farnsworth (23)Speier (21)40,2664666
113August 8@ Cubs21Bere (85)Thomson (05)Gordon (23)38,8014667
114August 9@ Cubs145Hampton (128)Tavárez (88)38,3454767
115August 10@ Reds167Miceli (15)Reitsma (512)22,7784867
116August 11@ Reds73Acevedo (33)Bohanon (58)28,7514868
117August 12@ Reds76Powell (42)Graves (54)Jiménez (15)23,8874968
118August 14Braves54 (10)Jiménez (61)Karsay (13)40,6775068
119August 15Braves72Burkett (108)Hampton (129)37,9625069
120August 16Braves41Millwood (35)Chacón (67)Karsay (7)37,0865070
121August 17Marlins125Speier (31)Dempster (1410)35,5125170
122August 18Marlins83Neagle (76)Almanza (12)Powell (1)39,0735270
123August 19Marlins65Thomson (15)Sánchez (23)Miceli (1)34,5255370
124August 21@ Mets52Leiter (810)Hampton (1210)Benítez (30)28,5105371
125August 22@ Mets21Appier (710)Chacón (68)Benítez (31)34,4155372
126August 23@ Mets100Jennings (10)Rusch (69)27,4305472
127August 24@ Brewers126Neagle (86)Neugebauer (11)40,6475572
128August 25@ Brewers54DeJean (42)White (17)Leskanic (15)42,1395573
129August 26@ Brewers32Hampton (1310)Quevedo (32)Powell (2)42,2395673
130August 28@ Dodgers43Davis (13)Shaw (34)Powell (3)39,0515773
131August 29@ Dodgers53Jennings (20)Baldwin (97)Powell (4)27,6975873
132August 30@ Dodgers54Park (139)Neagle (87)Shaw (38)36,2545874
133August 31@ Giants52Thomson (25)Ortiz (148)Powell (5)41,0815974
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Giants21Nen (43)Speier (32)41,0345975
135September 2@ Giants31Hernández (1213)Chacón (69)Nen (38)41,8125976
136September 3@ Giants41Jennings (30)Rueter (1211)Powell (6)41,5286076
137September 4Dodgers52Neagle (97)Baldwin (98)Powell (7)30,4556176
138September 5Dodgers72Herges (98)Myers (13)31,7916177
139September 6Dodgers95Adams (126)Hampton (1311)31,4076178
140September 7Giants32 (12)Miceli (25)Worrell (23)33,4736278
141September 8Giants73Rueter (1311)Jennings (31)32,8256279
142September 9Giants94 (11)Gomes (63)Belitz (01)36,8626280
143September 17Diamondbacks73Johnson (196)Davis (14)31,1116281
144September 18Diamondbacks109Myers (23)Kim (56)30,5526381
145September 19Diamondbacks82Hampton (1411)Lopez (818)30,3016481
146September 20@ Expos83Lloyd (95)Powell (43)3,3076482
147September 21@ Expos119 (11)Davis (24)Mota (13)10,5106582
148September 22@ Expos31Yoshii (45)Elarton (49)Strickland (6)9,7076583
149September 23@ Expos53Speier (42)Stewart (11)Jiménez (16)9,2826683
150September 24Padres1511Speier (52)Lundquist (01)30,7746783
151September 25Padres87Tollberg (84)Hampton (1412)Hoffman (40)31,1936784
152September 26Padres31Lawrence (54)Speier (53)Hoffman (41)30,7116785
153September 27Padres139Belitz (11)Herndon (26)31,1626885
154September 28Brewers65Powell (53)Leskanic (26)44,1096985
155September 29Brewers1412Speier (63)Haynes (816)Jiménez (17)35,8487085
156September 30Brewers100Thomson (35)D'Amico (24)31,5457185
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
157October 2@ Diamondbacks101Johnson (216)Hampton (1413)36,2637186
158October 3@ Diamondbacks43Schilling (226)Chacón (610)Kim (18)32,5217187
159October 4@ Diamondbacks54Anderson (49)Neagle (98)Kim (19)29,3827188
160October 5@ Padres40Jennings (41)Jarvis (1211)27,6467288
161October 6@ Padres104Tollberg (104)Elarton (410)30,6377289
162October 7@ Padres145Thomson (45)Lawrence (55)60,1037389

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
C Ben Petrick 85 244 58 .238 11 39
1B Todd Helton 159 587 197 .336 49 146
2B Todd Walker 85 290 86 .297 12 43
SS Neifi Pérez 87 382 114 .298 7 47
3B Jeff Cirillo 138 528 165 .313 17 83
LF Ron Gant 59 171 44 .257 8 22
CF Juan Pierre 156 617 202 .327 2 55
RF Larry Walker 142 497 174 .350 38 123

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
Juan Uribe7227382.300853
Terry Shumpert11424270.289424
Greg Norton11722560.2671340
José Ortiz5320452.2551335
Alex Ochoa5818747.251117
Brent Mayne4916053.331020
Brent Butler5311929.244114
Todd Hollandsworth3311743.368619
Mark Little518529.341313
Jacob Cruz447616.21117
Adam Melhuse407113.18318
Sal Fasano256316.25439
Mario Encarnación206214.22603
Gary Bennett195515.27314
Brooks Kieschnick354210.23839
Cliff Brumbaugh143610.27814
Kimera Bartee12150.00001
Robin Jennings130.00000
Kevin Sefcik110.00000

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
Mike Hampton32203.014135.41122
Denny Neagle30170.2985.38139
Shawn Chacón27160.06105.06134
Pedro Astacio22141.06135.49125
Brian Bohanon2097.0587.1447
John Thomson1493.2454.0468
Jason Jennings739.1414.5826
Scott Elarton423.0026.6511

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
Ron Villone2246.2136.3648
Mac Suzuki36.10215.635

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
José Jiménez5661174.0937
Mike Myers732303.6036
Gabe White691706.2547
Kane Davis572404.3547
Justin Speier424303.7047
Jay Powell393172.7926
Juan Acevedo390205.6326
Dan Miceli222012.2117
John Wasdin182107.0317
Todd Belitz81107.715
Bobby Chouinard80008.225
Joe Davenport70003.488
Craig Dingman700013.502
Chris Nichting70004.507
Horacio Estrada411014.544
Tim Christman10004.502

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Chris Cron
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Ron Gideon
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Dave Collins
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Stu Cole
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem[18]

References

  1. Mark Little at Baseball Reference
  2. Denny Neagle at Baseball Reference
  3. Ron Gant at Baseball Reference
  4. Mike Hampton at Baseball Reference
  5. Greg Norton at Baseball Reference
  6. "Masato Yoshii Stats".
  7. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  8. Ubaldo Jiménez at Baseball Reference
  9. Justin Speier at Baseball Reference
  10. Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
  11. Kimera Bartee at Baseball Reference
  12. Alex Ochoa at Baseball Reference
  13. José Ortiz at Baseball Reference
  14. Scott Elarton at Baseball Reference
  15. Gary Bennett at Baseball Reference
  16. Ross Gload at Baseball Reference
  17. "2001 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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