2001 Houston Astros season

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2001  Houston Astros
National League Central Champions
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Enron Field
City Houston, Texas
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place1st
Owners Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers Gerry Hunsicker
Managers Larry Dierker
Television KNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
Radio KTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
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The 2001 Houston Astros season was the 40th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.

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For the fourth time in five seasons, the Astros won the National League Central title, having won 93 games, tied with the St. Louis Cardinals, by virtue of beating them in the final game of the year on October 7, winning the season series 9–7 (after the season had been stopped for ten days due to the September 11 attacks).. [1] In addition to the win, Shane Reynolds became the seventh Astro to win 100 games and the first since Mike Scott in 1989. [2]

Offseason

Regular season

With a triple on May 7 against the Chicago Cubs, first baseman Jeff Bagwell achieved the 700th extra base hit of his career. [5]

On June 8, the first interleague game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers took place at The Ballpark at Arlington, part of a rivalry known as the Lone Star Series. The Astros won the game by a score of 5-4. [6] The team that would win the most games between the two in a season would be awarded the Silver Boot.

For the second time in his career, Bagwell reached seven runs batted in (RBI) in a game – the second time he tied the club record – against the Kansas City Royals on July 7. [5] Over four successive games from July 8–13, Bagwell homered and totaled five home runs in that span. [7]

In a contest at Enron Field against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 18, Bagwell hit for the cycle. He went 4-for-5 with a BB and five RBI as the Astros won, 17–11. [8] [9] He was the NL Player of the Month that July after batting .333 with nine HR, breaking his own club record with 36 RBI in a month, exceeding 34 RBI in August 2000. [5]

While hitting his 32nd HR on August 19, 2001, against Pittsburgh, Bagwell collected his 100th RBI. It was the sixth consecutive season he reached at least 30 HR and 100 RBI, making him the eighth player in MLB history to achieve such a streak, and the only Houston player to do so. Five days later, also against Pittsburgh, he scored his 100th run, joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth as the only players in MLB history with six consecutive seasons of 30 homers, 100 RBI and 100 runs scored. On September 30 at Chicago, Bagwell walked for his 100th of the season, thus making him the only player in MLB history register six consecutive seasons of at least 30 HR, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 100 walks. [5]

On October 4, Barry Bonds hit his 70th home run of the season off Houston pitcher Wilfredo Rodríguez to tie Mark McGwire's single season home run record. [10]

Standings

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 93690.574—44–3749–32
St. Louis Cardinals 93690.574—54–2839–41
Chicago Cubs 88740.543548–3340–41
Milwaukee Brewers 68940.4202536–4532–49
Cincinnati Reds 66960.4072727–5439–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 621000.3833138–4324–57

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record

Sources:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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

Roster

2001 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Brad Ausmus 12842298.232534
1B Jeff Bagwell 161600173.28839130
2B Craig Biggio 155617180.2922070
SS Julio Lugo 140513135.2631037
3B Vinny Castilla 122445120.2702382
LF Lance Berkman 156577191.33134126
CF Richard Hidalgo 146512141.2751980
RF Moisés Alou 136513170.33127108

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
José Vizcaíno 10725671.277114
Daryle Ward 9521356.263939
Tony Eusebio 5915439.253514
Orlando Merced 9413736.263629
Chris Truby 4813628.206823
Charlie Hayes 315010.20004
Glen Barker 70242.08301
Scott Servais 11166.37500
Mendy López 10154.26713
Bill Spiers 431.33300
Adam Everett 930.00000
Keith Ginter 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Wade Miller 32212.01683.40183
Shane Reynolds 28182.214114.34102
Roy Oswalt 28141.21432.73144
Scott Elarton 20109.2487.1476
Pedro Astacio 428.2213.1419
Tony McKnight 318.0104.0010
Carlos Hernández 317.2101.0217
Brian Powell 13.00118.003

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Mlicki 1986.2735.0949
Ron Villone 3168.0575.5665
Tim Redding 1355.2315.5055
José Lima 1453.0127.3041
Kent Bottenfield 1352.0256.4039

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Wagner 6425392.7379
Mike Jackson 675344.7046
Nelson Cruz 663324.1575
Octavio Dotel 617522.66145
Jay Powell 352203.7228
Mike Williams 254004.0316
Wayne Franklin 110006.759
Scott Linebrink 90002.619
Joe Slusarski 80109.006
Ricky Stone 60002.354
Jim Mann 40003.385
Wilfredo Rodríguez 200015.003

National League Divisional Playoffs

Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves

Atlanta wins the series, 3-0

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries
1Houston4Atlanta7October 91-0 (ATL)
2Houston0Atlanta1October 102-0 (ATL)
3Atlanta6Houston2October 123-0 (ATL)

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Tony Peña
AA Round Rock Express Texas League Jackie Moore
A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League John Massarelli
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Joe Cannon
A-Short Season Pittsfield Astros New York–Penn League Iván DeJesús
Rookie Martinsville Astros Appalachian League Jorge Orta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lexington; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: New Orleans

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  3. 1 2 Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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