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Sports season
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. pushed the end of the regular season from September 30 to October 7. Because of the attacks, the World Series was not completed until November 4. The 2001 World Series was the first World Series to end in November.
MLB used an unbalanced schedule for the first time since 1992 in the National League and 1978 in the American League. In all divisions except the NL Central and AL West each team played each of the other four teams in the same division 19 times. In the NL Central division foes met 16 or 17 times per season and in the AL West there were 19 or 20 games between each division foe.
This season was memorable for the Seattle Mariners tying the Major League regular season record of 116 wins , Barry Bonds breaking Mark McGwire 's single-season home run record , and baseball's patriotic return after a week's worth of games being postponed due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.
MLB statistical leaders [ edit ] The Anaheim Angels hosting the season's eventual American League Champions New York Yankees in August 2001 at Edison International Field of Anaheim . ±hosted the MLB All Star Game
Player of the Month [ edit ] Pitcher of the Month [ edit ] Rookie of the Month [ edit ] Home field attendance and payroll [ edit ]
Team name
Wins
%±
Home attendance
%±
Per game
Est. payroll
%±
Seattle Mariners [ 1] 116
27.5%
3,507,326
20.3%
43,300
$74,720,834
23.5%
San Francisco Giants [ 2] 90
−7.2%
3,311,958
−0.2%
40,888
$63,280,167
17.8%
New York Yankees [ 3] 95
9.2%
3,264,907
6.9%
40,811
$112,787,143
21.1%
Cleveland Indians [ 4] 91
1.1%
3,175,523
−8.1%
39,694
$93,360,001
21.3%
Colorado Rockies [ 5] 73
−11.0%
3,166,821
−3.9%
39,097
$71,541,334
17.1%
St. Louis Cardinals [ 6] 93
−2.1%
3,109,578
−6.8%
37,922
$79,373,333
28.7%
Baltimore Orioles [ 7] 63
−14.9%
3,094,841
−6.1%
38,686
$74,279,540
−9.8%
Los Angeles Dodgers [ 8] 86
0.0%
3,017,143
4.8%
37,249
$109,105,953
23.8%
Houston Astros [ 9] 93
29.2%
2,904,277
−5.0%
35,855
$60,612,667
18.2%
Texas Rangers [ 10] 73
2.8%
2,831,021
9.4%
34,525
$88,633,500
25.2%
Atlanta Braves [ 11] 88
−7.4%
2,823,530
−12.7%
34,858
$91,936,166
8.5%
Milwaukee Brewers [ 12] 68
−6.8%
2,811,041
78.6%
34,704
$43,886,833
17.6%
Chicago Cubs [ 13] 88
35.4%
2,779,465
−0.4%
34,314
$64,715,833
6.9%
Arizona Diamondbacks [ 14] 92
8.2%
2,736,451
−7.0%
33,783
$85,082,999
5.0%
New York Mets [ 15] 82
−12.8%
2,658,330
−5.8%
32,819
$93,174,428
17.2%
Boston Red Sox [ 16] 82
−3.5%
2,625,333
1.5%
32,412
$110,035,833
37.6%
Pittsburgh Pirates [ 17] 62
−10.1%
2,464,870
40.9%
30,430
$57,760,833
84.4%
San Diego Padres [ 18] 79
3.9%
2,378,128
1.1%
29,360
$39,182,833
−28.8%
Oakland Athletics [ 19] 102
12.1%
2,133,277
33.0%
26,337
$33,810,750
1.9%
Anaheim Angels [ 20] 75
−8.5%
2,000,919
−3.2%
24,703
$47,735,167
−9.4%
Detroit Tigers [ 21] 66
−16.5%
1,921,305
−21.2%
23,720
$53,416,167
−10.4%
Toronto Blue Jays [ 22] 80
−3.6%
1,915,438
12.3%
23,359
$76,895,999
67.0%
Cincinnati Reds [ 23] 66
−22.4%
1,879,757
−27.1%
23,207
$48,986,000
4.5%
Minnesota Twins [ 24] 85
23.2%
1,782,929
78.2%
22,011
$24,130,000
37.7%
Philadelphia Phillies [ 25] 86
32.3%
1,782,054
10.5%
22,001
$41,663,833
−12.3%
Chicago White Sox [ 26] 83
−12.6%
1,766,172
−9.3%
21,805
$65,653,667
106.8%
Kansas City Royals [ 27] 65
−15.6%
1,536,371
−1.8%
18,968
$35,422,500
42.2%
Tampa Bay Devil Rays [ 28] 62
−10.1%
1,298,365
−10.4%
16,029
$56,980,000
−9.9%
Florida Marlins [ 29] 76
−3.8%
1,261,226
3.5%
15,765
$35,762,500
75.8%
Montreal Expos [ 30] 68
1.5%
642,745
−30.6%
7,935
$35,159,500
6.6%
Television coverage [ edit ] This was the first season that national television coverage was split between ESPN and Fox Sports . ESPN and ESPN2 aired selected weeknight and Sunday night games , and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televised Saturday baseball , the All-Star Game , selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and the World Series . Sister network FX also aired Saturday primetime games. Thursday night games moved from Fox Sports Net to Fox Family . Fox Family also aired selected Division Series games. This was the last season that Fox Sports broadcast regular season games on either Fox Family or FX.
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