2001 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMiller Park
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersDean Taylor
ManagersDavey Lopes
TelevisionWCGV-TV
FSN Wisconsin
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Len Kasper, Jim Powell)
Seasons

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2001 season involved the Brewers' finishing fourth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. The 2001 Brewers scored 740 runs, 11th in the NL, and ranked 1st in strikeouts, with 1,399. It was their first season at the newly built Miller Park.

Offseason

  • December 20, 2000: Brian Lesher was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[1]
  • January 3, 2001: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[2]
  • January 8, 2001: Jason McDonald was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]
  • February 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]
  • February 24, 2001: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Devon White. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ruddy Lugo (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.[5]

Regular season

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 record

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

  • May 29, 2001: Tony Fernández was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]
  • 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]

Roster

2001 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
CHenry Blanco1043143366631.2103
1BRichie Sexson1585989416245125.2712
2BRon Belliard10136469961136.2645
3BTyler Houston7523536681238.2890
SSJosé Hernández152542671352578.2495
LFGeoff Jenkins105397601052063.2644
CFDevon White126390521081447.27718
RFJeromy Burnitz15456210414134100.2510

[7]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Kevin Brown174379412.2090
Raul Casanova7119221501133.2600
Lou Collier501271932214.2525
Mike Coolbaugh3970101427.2000
Angel Echevarria751331234513.2560
Tony Fernández286461813.2811
Jeffrey Hammonds491742043621.2475
Jesse Levis12336803.2420
Luis López922222260418.2700
Mark Loretta10238440111229.2891
James Mouton751382034210.2467
Elvis Peña15405906.2252
Robert Pérez250000.0000
Alex Sánchez306871404.2066
Mark Sweeney4889923311.2582

Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

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
Jamey Wright33194.211124.90129
Jimmy Haynes31172.28174.85112
Ben Sheets25151.111104.7694
Paul Rigdon1579.1355.7949
Rubén Quevedo1056.2454.6160
Jeff D'Amico1047.1246.0832
Nick Neugebauer26.0117.5011

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
Allen Levrault32130.26106.0680
Mac Suzuki1556.0355.3047
Rocky Coppinger822.2106.7515
Kyle Peterson314.2125.5212

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
Curt Leskanic7026173.6364
Ray King820413.6049
Mike DeJean754222.7768
Chad Fox655221.8980
David Weathers523442.0346
Will Cunnane310305.4037
Mike Buddie310123.8922
Mark Leiter202103.7526
Gus Gandarillas160005.497
Lance Painter131004.226
Brandon Kolb1000013.038
Mark Loretta10000.002
Valerio De Los Santos10009.001

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2001.[8] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship,[9] and the DSL Brewers won the Dominican Summer League championship.[10]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians International League Wendell Kim
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Ed Romero
Class A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks California League Frank Kremblas
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Ed Sedar
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Carlos Lezcano
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League Mike Guerrero
Rookie VSL San Joaquín Venezuelan Summer League
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References

  1. ↑ "Brian Lesher Stats".
  2. ↑ "Mark Sweeney Stats".
  3. ↑ "Jason McDonald Stats".
  4. 1 2 "Tony Fernandez Stats".
  5. ↑ Marquis Grissom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "David Weathers Stats".
  7. ↑ "2001 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics".
  8. ↑ "2001 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Southern League Champions". Southern League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Campeones". Dominican Summer League (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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