2001 Chicago Cubs | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | Central | |||
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Record | 88–74 (.543) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owners | Tribune Company | |||
General managers | Andy MacPhail | |||
Managers | Don Baylor | |||
Television | WCIU/Superstation WGN (Chip Caray,Joe Carter) FSN Chicago (Chip Caray,Dave Otto) | |||
Radio | WGN (Pat Hughes,Ron Santo) | |||
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |||
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The2001 Chicago Cubs season was the 130th season of theChicago Cubs franchise, the 126th in theNational League and the 86th atWrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in theNational League Central with a record of 88–74.
During a forgettable 2000 season,Jim Hendry sent pitcherScott Downs to Montreal and acquiredRondell White. This laid the groundwork for the 2001 season, which saw the North Siders make another drive for the playoffs. Mack Newton was brought in by the club to preach "positive mental thought", and it paid off.Matt Stairs started the season at first base, but ultimately the Cubs made a mid-June trade to acquire All-Star 1BFred McGriff, though McGriff took over a month debating whether or not to approve the deal and leave his hometownTampa Bay Devil Rays, ultimately waiving his no-trade clause and allow himself to be dealt to Chicago on July 27. "The Crime Dog" hit a respectable .282 with 12 homers in 49 games with the Cubs, hitting cleanup behind Sammy Sosa, who had perhaps his best season, hitting 64 homers with career highs in batting average (.328) and RBI (160) for Don Baylor's club.Jon Lieber had a 20 win season, and along withKevin Tapani andKerry Wood made up a solid rotation. The Cubs led the eventual Wild Card winning Cardinals by 2.5 games in early September, butPreston Wilson's walk-off homer off of closerTom "Flash" Gordon took the wind out of the team's sails, failing to make another serious charge. The Cubs did manage to finish 88–74, only 5 games behind bothSt. Louis andHouston, who tied for first.One of the season's most memorable moments came on September 27, whenSammy Sosa carried an American flag around the bases after hitting a home run in the Cubs first home game since theSeptember 11 attacks.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 |
2001 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders
Outfielders | Manager Coaching Staff
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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 |
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C | Todd Hundley | 79 | 246 | 46 | .187 | 12 | 31 |
1B | Matt Stairs | 128 | 340 | 85 | .250 | 17 | 61 |
2B | Eric Young | 149 | 603 | 168 | .279 | 6 | 42 |
3B | Ron Coomer | 147 | 528 | 153 | .290 | 8 | 53 |
SS | Ricky Gutiérrez | 111 | 349 | 91 | .261 | 10 | 66 |
LF | Rondell White | 95 | 323 | 99 | .307 | 17 | 50 |
CF | Gary Matthews | 106 | 258 | 56 | .217 | 9 | 30 |
RF | Sammy Sosa | 160 | 577 | 189 | .328 | 64 | 160 |
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 |
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Joe Girardi | 78 | 229 | 58 | .253 | 3 | 25 |
Bill Mueller | 70 | 210 | 62 | .295 | 6 | 23 |
Michael Tucker | 63 | 205 | 54 | .263 | 5 | 31 |
Fred McGriff | 49 | 170 | 48 | .282 | 12 | 41 |
Delino DeShields | 68 | 163 | 45 | .276 | 2 | 16 |
Augie Ojeda | 78 | 144 | 29 | .201 | 1 | 12 |
Robert Machado | 52 | 135 | 30 | .222 | 2 | 13 |
Corey Patterson | 59 | 131 | 29 | .221 | 4 | 14 |
Miguel Cairo | 66 | 123 | 35 | .285 | 2 | 9 |
Julio Zuleta | 49 | 106 | 23 | .217 | 6 | 24 |
Damon Buford | 35 | 85 | 15 | .176 | 3 | 8 |
Roosevelt Brown | 39 | 83 | 22 | .265 | 4 | 22 |
Todd Dunwoody | 33 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 1 | 3 |
Chad Meyers | 18 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jon Lieber | 34 | 232.1 | 20 | 6 | 3.80 | 148 |
Jason Bere | 32 | 188.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.31 | 175 |
Kerry Wood | 28 | 174.1 | 12 | 6 | 3.36 | 217 |
Kevin Tapani | 29 | 168.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.49 | 149 |
Julián Tavárez | 34 | 161.1 | 10 | 9 | 4.52 | 107 |
Juan Cruz | 8 | 44.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.22 | 39 |
Joe Borowski | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 32.40 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Carlos Zambrano | 6 | 7.2 | 1 | 2 | 15.26 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Gordon | 47 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 3.38 | 67 |
Jeff Fassero | 82 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.42 | 79 |
Kyle Farnsworth | 76 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2.74 | 107 |
Todd Van Poppel | 59 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.52 | 90 |
Félix Heredia | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.17 | 28 |
Courtney Duncan | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.06 | 49 |
David Weathers | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 20 |
Manny Aybar | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.35 | 16 |
Ron Mahay | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 24 |
Mike Fyhrie | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 | 6 |
Will Ohman | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 12 |
Scott Chiasson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 6 |