2001 Milwaukee Brewers season

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2001  Milwaukee Brewers
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Miller Park
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Dean Taylor
Managers Davey Lopes
Television WCGV-TV
FSN Wisconsin
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper)
Radio WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Len Kasper, Jim Powell)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 2001 season involved the Brewers' finishing fourth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. The 2001 Brewers scored 740 runs, 11th in the NL, and ranked 1st in strikeouts, with 1,399. It was their first season at the newly built Miller Park.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season 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 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
C Henry Blanco 1043143366631.2103
1B Richie Sexson 1585989416245125.2712
2B Ron Belliard 10136469961136.2645
3B Tyler Houston 7523536681238.2890
SS José Hernández 152542671352578.2495
LF Geoff Jenkins 105397601052063.2644
CF Devon White 126390521081447.27718
RF Jeromy Burnitz 15456210414134100.2510

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
Kevin Brown 174379412.2090
Raul Casanova 7119221501133.2600
Lou Collier 501271932214.2525
Mike Coolbaugh 3970101427.2000
Angel Echevarria 751331234513.2560
Tony Fernández 286461813.2811
Jeffrey Hammonds 491742043621.2475
Jesse Levis 12336803.2420
Luis López 922222260418.2700
Mark Loretta 10238440111229.2891
James Mouton 751382034210.2467
Elvis Peña 15405906.2252
Robert Pérez 250000.0000
Alex Sánchez 306871404.2066
Mark Sweeney 4889923311.2582

Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jamey Wright 33194.211124.90129
Jimmy Haynes 31172.28174.85112
Ben Sheets 25151.111104.7694
Paul Rigdon 1579.1355.7949
Rubén Quevedo 1056.2454.6160
Jeff D'Amico 1047.1246.0832
Nick Neugebauer 26.0117.5011

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Allen Levrault 32130.26106.0680
Mac Suzuki 1556.0355.3047
Rocky Coppinger 822.2106.7515
Kyle Peterson 314.2125.5212

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Curt Leskanic 7026173.6364
Ray King 820413.6049
Mike DeJean 754222.7768
Chad Fox 655221.8980
David Weathers 523442.0346
Will Cunnane 310305.4037
Mike Buddie 310123.8922
Mark Leiter 202103.7526
Gus Gandarillas 160005.497
Lance Painter 131004.226
Brandon Kolb 1000013.038
Mark Loretta 10000.002
Valerio De Los Santos 10009.001

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2001. [8] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.[ citation needed ] The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship, [9] and the DSL Brewers won the Dominican Summer League championship. [10]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians International League Wendell Kim
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Ed Romero
Class A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks California League Frank Kremblas
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Ed Sedar
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Carlos Lezcano
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League Mike Guerrero
Rookie VSL San Joaquín Venezuelan Summer League
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References

  1. ↑ "Brian Lesher Stats".
  2. ↑ "Mark Sweeney Stats".
  3. ↑ "Jason McDonald Stats".
  4. 1 2 "Tony Fernandez Stats".
  5. ↑ Marquis Grissom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "David Weathers Stats".
  7. ↑ "2001 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics".
  8. ↑ "2001 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Southern League Champions". Southern League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Campeones". Dominican Summer League (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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