2001 Anaheim Angels season

2001 Anaheim Angels
2001 Anaheim Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Edison International Field of Anaheim
City	Anaheim, CA
Owners	The Walt Disney Company
General managers	Bill Stoneman
Managers	Mike Scioscia
Television	Fox Sports Net West ; KCAL-9 ; •Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
Radio	KLAC (AM 570); •Mario Impemba, Daron Sutton ; KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish); •José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
Stats	ESPN.com ; Baseball Reference
	← 2000 2002 →

Last updated February 09, 2025

The 2001 Anaheim Angels season was the 41st season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League, the 36th in Anaheim, and their 36th season playing their home games at Edison International Field of Anaheim. The Angels finished third in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

December 7, 2000: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[1]
December 21, 2000: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[2]
January 16, 2001: José Canseco signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.
March 25, 2001: Tim Belcher retired during spring training.
March 28, 2001: José Canseco was released by the Anaheim Angels.
March 28, 2001: Glenallen Hill was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for Darren Blakely (minors).^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	116	46	.716	—	57‍–‍24	59‍–‍22
Oakland Athletics	102	60	.630	14	53‍–‍28	49‍–‍32
Anaheim Angels	75	87	.463	41	39‍–‍42	36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers	73	89	.451	43	41‍–‍41	32‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

2001 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–5	4–3	6–3	5–4	5–4	5–4	3–6	4–3	6–14	4–15	7–2	7–12	5–4	10–8
Baltimore	5–4	—	9–10	3–4	1–5	4–2	5–2	3–3	5–13–1	2–7	1–8	10–9	2–7	7–12	6–12
Boston	3–4	10–9	—	3–3	3–6	4–5	3–3	3–3	5–13	4–5	3–6	14–5	5–2	12–7	10–8
Chicago	3–6	4–3	3–3	—	10–9	13–6	14–5	5–14	1–5	1–8	2–7	5–2	7–2	3–3	12–6
Cleveland	4–5	5–1	6–3	9–10	—	13–6	11–8	14–5	4–5	4–3	2–5	5–1	5–4	2–4	7–11
Detroit	4–5	2–4	5–4	6–13	6–13	—	8–11	4–15	4–5	1–6	2–5	4–2	8–1	2–4	10–8
Kansas City	4–5	2–5	3–3	5–14	8–11	11–8	—	6–13	0–6	3–6	3–6	4–2	4–5	4–3	8–10
Minnesota	6–3	3–3	3–3	14–5	5–14	15–4	13–6	—	4–2	5–4	1–8	1–6	4–5	2–5	9–9
New York	3–4	13–5–1	13–5	5–1	5–4	5–4	6–0	2–4	—	3–6	3–6	13–6	3–4	11–8	10–8
Oakland	14–6	7–2	5–4	8–1	3–4	6–1	6–3	4–5	6–3	—	9–10	7–2	9–10	6–3	12–6
Seattle	15–4	8–1	6–3	7–2	5–2	5–2	6–3	8–1	6–3	10–9	—	7–2	15–5	6–3	12–6
Tampa Bay	2–7	9–10	5–14	2–5	1–5	2–4	2–4	6–1	6–13	2–7	2–7	—	4–5	9–10	10–8
Texas	12–7	7–2	2–5	2–7	4–5	1–8	5–4	5–4	4–3	10–9	5–15	5–4	—	3–6	8–10
Toronto	4–5	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	8–11	3–6	3–6	10–9	6–3	—	8–10

Notable transactions

May 4, 2001: Aaron Small was released by the Anaheim Angels.^[2]
June 1, 2001: Glenallen Hill was released by the Anaheim Angels.^[3]
July 13, 2001: Chone Figgins was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Anaheim Angels for Kimera Bartee.^[4]

Roster

2001 Anaheim Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

31 Glenallen Hill

Manager

14 Mike Scioscia

Coaches

24 Bud Black (Pitching)
4 Alfredo Griffin (First Base)
7 Mickey Hatcher (Hitting)
70 Joe Maddon (Bench)
13 Bobby Ramos (Bullpen)
12 Ron Roenicke (Third Base)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bengie Molina	96	325	85	.262	6	40
1B	Scott Spiezio	139	457	124	.271	13	54
2B	Adam Kennedy	137	478	129	.270	6	40
SS	David Eckstein	153	582	166	.285	4	41
3B	Troy Glaus	161	588	147	.250	41	108
LF	Garret Anderson	161	672	194	.289	28	123
CF	Darin Erstad	157	631	163	.258	9	63
RF	Tim Salmon	137	475	108	.227	17	49
DH	Orlando Palmeiro	104	230	56	.243	2	23

Other batters

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
Benji Gil	104	260	77	.296	8	39
Shawn Wooten	79	221	69	.312	8	32
Wally Joyner	53	148	36	.243	3	14
Jorge Fábregas	53	148	33	.223	2	16
Jeff DaVanon	40	88	17	.193	5	9
Glenallen Hill	16	66	9	.136	1	2
José Nieves	29	53	13	.245	2	3
Larry Barnes	16	40	4	.100	1	2
José Molina	15	37	10	.270	2	4
José Fernández	13	25	2	.080	0	0
Jamie Burke	9	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ramón Ortiz	32	208.2	13	11	4.36	135
Scott Schoeneweis	32	205.1	10	11	5.08	104
Jarrod Washburn	30	193.1	11	10	3.77	126
Pat Rapp	31	170.0	5	12	4.76	82
Ismael Valdez	27	163.2	9	13	4.45	100
Matt Wise	11	49.1	1	4	4.38	50
Steve Green	1	6.0	0	0	3.00	4

Other pitchers