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2001 Milwaukee Brewers season

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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)
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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

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  • 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

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Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 93 69 .574 — 44‍–‍37 49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 .574 — 54‍–‍28 39‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 88 74 .543 5 48‍–‍33 40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers 68 94 .420 25 36‍–‍45 32‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds 66 96 .407 27 27‍–‍54 39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates 62 100 .383 31 38‍–‍43 24‍–‍57


Record vs. opponents

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2001 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
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

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  • 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

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2001 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Henry Blanco 104 314 33 66 6 31 .210 3
1B Richie Sexson 158 598 94 162 45 125 .271 2
2B Ron Belliard 101 364 69 96 11 36 .264 5
3B Tyler Houston 75 235 36 68 12 38 .289 0
SS José Hernández 152 542 67 135 25 78 .249 5
LF Geoff Jenkins 105 397 60 105 20 63 .264 4
CF Devon White 126 390 52 108 14 47 .277 18
RF Jeromy Burnitz 154 562 104 141 34 100 .251 0

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Other batters

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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 Brown 17 43 7 9 4 12 .209 0
Raul Casanova 71 192 21 50 11 33 .260 0
Lou Collier 50 127 19 32 2 14 .252 5
Mike Coolbaugh 39 70 10 14 2 7 .200 0
Angel Echevarria 75 133 12 34 5 13 .256 0
Tony Fernández 28 64 6 18 1 3 .281 1
Jeffrey Hammonds 49 174 20 43 6 21 .247 5
Jesse Levis 12 33 6 8 0 3 .242 0
Luis López 92 222 22 60 4 18 .270 0
Mark Loretta 102 384 40 111 2 29 .289 1
James Mouton 75 138 20 34 2 10 .246 7
Elvis Peña 15 40 5 9 0 6 .225 2
Robert Pérez 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Alex Sánchez 30 68 7 14 0 4 .206 6
Mark Sweeney 48 89 9 23 3 11 .258 2

Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Wright 33 194.2 11 12 4.90 129
Jimmy Haynes 31 172.2 8 17 4.85 112
Ben Sheets 25 151.1 11 10 4.76 94
Paul Rigdon 15 79.1 3 5 5.79 49
Rubén Quevedo 10 56.2 4 5 4.61 60
Jeff D'Amico 10 47.1 2 4 6.08 32
Nick Neugebauer 2 6.0 1 1 7.50 11

Other pitchers

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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 Levrault 32 130.2 6 10 6.06 80
Mac Suzuki 15 56.0 3 5 5.30 47
Rocky Coppinger 8 22.2 1 0 6.75 15
Kyle Peterson 3 14.2 1 2 5.52 12

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Curt Leskanic 70 2 6 17 3.63 64
Ray King 82 0 4 1 3.60 49
Mike DeJean 75 4 2 2 2.77 68
Chad Fox 65 5 2 2 1.89 80
David Weathers 52 3 4 4 2.03 46
Will Cunnane 31 0 3 0 5.40 37
Mike Buddie 31 0 1 2 3.89 22
Mark Leiter 20 2 1 0 3.75 26
Gus Gandarillas 16 0 0 0 5.49 7
Lance Painter 13 1 0 0 4.22 6
Brandon Kolb 10 0 0 0 13.03 8
Mark Loretta 1 0 0 0 0.00 2
Valerio De Los Santos 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

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.[citation needed] 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

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  1. ^ "Brian Lesher Stats".
  2. ^ "Mark Sweeney Stats".
  3. ^ "Jason McDonald Stats".
  4. ^ a b "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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