This article is about the 2001 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see
2001 in baseball .
Sports season
The2001 Major League Baseball season finished with theArizona Diamondbacks defeating theNew York Yankees in seven games for theWorld Series championship. TheSeptember 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 firstWorld 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 theSeattle Mariners tying theMajor League regular season record of 116 wins ,Barry Bonds breakingMark McGwire 'ssingle-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 ] TheAnaheim Angels hosting the season's eventual American League ChampionsNew York Yankees in August 2001 atEdison International Field of Anaheim . 1 All-time single-seasonhome runs record
±hosted theMLB 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 [ 2] 116 27.5% 3,507,326 20.3% 43,300 $74,720,834 23.5% San Francisco Giants [ 3] 90 −7.2% 3,311,958 −0.2% 40,888 $63,280,167 17.8% New York Yankees [ 4] 95 9.2% 3,264,907 6.9% 40,811 $112,787,143 21.1% Cleveland Indians [ 5] 91 1.1% 3,175,523 −8.1% 39,694 $93,360,001 21.3% Colorado Rockies [ 6] 73 −11.0% 3,166,821 −3.9% 39,097 $71,541,334 17.1% St. Louis Cardinals [ 7] 93 −2.1% 3,109,578 −6.8% 37,922 $79,373,333 28.7% Baltimore Orioles [ 8] 63 −14.9% 3,094,841 −6.1% 38,686 $74,279,540 −9.8% Los Angeles Dodgers [ 9] 86 0.0% 3,017,143 4.8% 37,249 $109,105,953 23.8% Houston Astros [ 10] 93 29.2% 2,904,277 −5.0% 35,855 $60,612,667 18.2% Texas Rangers [ 11] 73 2.8% 2,831,021 9.4% 34,525 $88,633,500 25.2% Atlanta Braves [ 12] 88 −7.4% 2,823,530 −12.7% 34,858 $91,936,166 8.5% Milwaukee Brewers [ 13] 68 −6.8% 2,811,041 78.6% 34,704 $43,886,833 17.6% Chicago Cubs [ 14] 88 35.4% 2,779,465 −0.4% 34,314 $64,715,833 6.9% Arizona Diamondbacks [ 15] 92 8.2% 2,736,451 −7.0% 33,783 $85,082,999 5.0% New York Mets [ 16] 82 −12.8% 2,658,330 −5.8% 32,819 $93,174,428 17.2% Boston Red Sox [ 17] 82 −3.5% 2,625,333 1.5% 32,412 $110,035,833 37.6% Pittsburgh Pirates [ 18] 62 −10.1% 2,464,870 40.9% 30,430 $57,760,833 84.4% San Diego Padres [ 19] 79 3.9% 2,378,128 1.1% 29,360 $39,182,833 −28.8% Oakland Athletics [ 20] 102 12.1% 2,133,277 33.0% 26,337 $33,810,750 1.9% Anaheim Angels [ 21] 75 −8.5% 2,000,919 −3.2% 24,703 $47,735,167 −9.4% Detroit Tigers [ 22] 66 −16.5% 1,921,305 −21.2% 23,720 $53,416,167 −10.4% Toronto Blue Jays [ 23] 80 −3.6% 1,915,438 12.3% 23,359 $76,895,999 67.0% Cincinnati Reds [ 24] 66 −22.4% 1,879,757 −27.1% 23,207 $48,986,000 4.5% Minnesota Twins [ 25] 85 23.2% 1,782,929 78.2% 22,011 $24,130,000 37.7% Philadelphia Phillies [ 26] 86 32.3% 1,782,054 10.5% 22,001 $41,663,833 −12.3% Chicago White Sox [ 27] 83 −12.6% 1,766,172 −9.3% 21,805 $65,653,667 106.8% Kansas City Royals [ 28] 65 −15.6% 1,536,371 −1.8% 18,968 $35,422,500 42.2% Tampa Bay Devil Rays [ 29] 62 −10.1% 1,298,365 −10.4% 16,029 $56,980,000 −9.9% Florida Marlins [ 30] 76 −3.8% 1,261,226 3.5% 15,765 $35,762,500 75.8% Montreal Expos [ 31] 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 betweenESPN andFox Sports . ESPN andESPN2 aired selected weeknight andSunday night games , and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televisedSaturday baseball , theAll-Star Game , selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and theWorld Series . Sister networkFX also aired Saturday primetime games. Thursday night games moved fromFox Sports Net toFox 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.
^ "Clemente Award to NYers" .Newsday But in an unprecedented decision, Major League Baseball gave out a second Clemente award to the residents of New York City, for their actions since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ^ "Seattle Mariners Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Colorado Rockies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Houston Astros Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Texas Rangers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Milwaukee Brewers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Arizona Diamondbacks Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "New York Mets Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "San Diego Padres Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Los Angeles Angels Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Toronto Blue Jays Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Kansas City Royals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Tampa Bay Rays Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Florida Marlins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .^ "Washington Nationals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" .Baseball-Reference.com . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2020 .
Pre-modern era
Beginnings Competition NL monopoly
Modern era
See also
.jpg)
