2001 Kansas City Royals season

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2001  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners David Glass
General managers Allard Baird
Managers Tony Muser
Television KMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Radio KMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 2001 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fifth in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 91710.562—44–3647–35
Minnesota Twins 85770.525647–3438–43
Chicago White Sox 83790.512846–3537–44
Detroit Tigers 66960.4072537–4429–52
Kansas City Royals 65970.4012635–4630–51

Record vs. opponents

2001 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —4–54–36–35–45–45–43–64–36–144–157–27–125–410–8
Baltimore 5–4—9–103–41–54–25–23–35–132–71–810–92–77–126–12
Boston 3–410–9—3–33–64–53–33–35–134–53–614–55–212–710–8
Chicago 3–64–33–3—10–913–614–55–141–51–82–75–27–23–312–6
Cleveland 4–55–16–39–10—13–611–814–54–54–32–55–15–42–47–11
Detroit 4–52–45–46–136–13—8–114–154–51–62–54–28–12–410–8
Kansas City 4–52–53–35–148–1111–8—6–130–63–63–64–24–54–38–10
Minnesota 6–33–33–314–55–1415–413–6—4–25–41–81–64–52–59–9
New York 3–413–513–55–15–45–46–02–4—3–63–613–63–411–810–8
Oakland 14–67–25–48–13–46–16–34–56–3—9–107–29–106–312–6
Seattle 15–48–16–37–25–25–26–38–16–310–9—7–215–56–312–6
Tampa Bay 2–79–105–142–51–52–42–46–16–132–72–7—4–59–1010–8
Texas 12–77–22–52–74–51–85–45–44–310–95–155–4—3–68–10
Toronto 4–512–77–123–34–24–23–45–28–113–63–610–96–3—8–10

Notable transactions

Roster

2001 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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 Brent Mayne 5116640.241220
1B Mike Sweeney 147559170.3042999
2B Carlos Febles 7929269.236825
SS Rey Sánchez 100390118.303028
3B Joe Randa 151581147.2531383
LF Dee Brown 10638093.245740
CF Carlos Beltrán 155617189.30624101
RF Jermaine Dye 97367100.2721347
DH Raúl Ibañez 10427978.2801354

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mark Quinn 118453122.2691760
Luis Alicea 113387106.274432
Dave McCarty 9820050.250726
Neifi Pérez 4919948.241112
Héctor Ortiz 5615438.247011
Gregg Zaun 3912540.320618
A. J. Hinch 4512119.157615
Donnie Sadler 5410113.12902
Endy Chávez 297716.20805
Luis Ordaz 285614.25004
Ángel Berroa 155316.30204
Wilson Delgado 14253.12001
Brandon Berger 6165.31322
Ken Harvey 4123.25002
Trent Hubbard 5123.25000
Sal Fasano 310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeff Suppan 34218.110144.37120
Chad Durbin 29179.09164.9395
Dan Reichert 27123.0885.6377
Paul Byrd 1693.1664.0549
Chris George 1374.0485.5932
Brian Meadows 1050.1166.9721
Mike MacDougal 315.1114.707

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Blake Stein 36131.0784.74113
Kris Wilson 29109.1655.1967
Mac Suzuki 1556.0255.3037

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Roberto Hernández 6356284.1246
Jason Grimsley 731503.0261
Doug Henry 532206.0757
Cory Bailey 531103.4861
Tony Cogan 390405.8417
Jeff Austin 210005.5427
José Santiago 202206.7515
Scott Mullen 170004.503
Brad Voyles 70003.866

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League John Mizerock
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Joe Szekely
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Lino Diaz

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Notes

  1. ↑ Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. 1 2 "Trent Hubbard Stats".
  3. ↑ Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Brent Mayne Stats".
  5. ↑ – Rey Sanchez at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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