2001 Chicago Cubs season

Major League Baseball team season

2001 Chicago Cubs

League| National League
Division| Central
Ballpark| Wrigley Field
City| Chicago
Record| 88–74 (.543)
Divisional place| 3rd
Owners| Tribune Company
General managers| Andy MacPhail
Managers| Don Baylor
Television| WCIU/Superstation WGN
(Chip Caray, Joe Carter)
FSN Chicago
(Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
Radio| WGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Stats| ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2001 Chicago Cubs season was the 130th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 126th in the National League and the 86th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League Central with a record of 88–74.

## Offseason

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* November 18, 2000: Bill Mueller was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tim Worrell.[1]
* December 18, 2000: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]
* December 19, 2000: Todd Hundley signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[3]
* January 10, 2001: Ron Coomer was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[4]

## Regular season

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During a forgettable 2000 season, Jim Hendry sent pitcher Scott Downs to Montreal and acquired Rondell White. This laid the groundwork for the 2001 season, which saw the North Siders make another drive for the playoffs. Mack Newton was brought in by the club to preach "positive mental thought", and it paid off. Matt Stairs started the season at first base, but ultimately the Cubs made a mid-June trade to acquire All-Star 1B Fred McGriff, though McGriff took over a month debating whether or not to approve the deal and leave his hometown Tampa Bay Devil Rays, ultimately waiving his no-trade clause and allow himself to be dealt to Chicago on July 27. "The Crime Dog" hit a respectable .282 with 12 homers in 49 games with the Cubs, hitting cleanup behind Sammy Sosa, who had perhaps his best season, hitting 64 homers with career highs in batting average (.328) and RBI (160) for Don Baylor's club. Jon Lieber had a 20 win season, and along with Kevin Tapani and Kerry Wood made up a solid rotation. The Cubs led the eventual Wild Card winning Cardinals by 2.5 games in early September, but Preston Wilson's walk-off homer off of closer Tom "Flash" Gordon took the wind out of the team's sails, failing to make another serious charge. The Cubs did manage to finish 88–74, only 5 games behind both St. Louis and Houston, who tied for first. One of the season's most memorable moments came on September 27, when Sammy Sosa carried an American flag around the bases after hitting a home run in the Cubs first home game since the September 11 attacks.

### Season standings

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NL Central Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Houston Astros | 93 | 69  | .574  | —  | 44‍–‍37  | 49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69  | .574  | —  | 54‍–‍28  | 39‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs | 88 | 74  | .543  | 5  | 48‍–‍33  | 40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers | 68 | 94  | .420  | 25  | 36‍–‍45  | 32‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 96  | .407  | 27  | 27‍–‍54  | 39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 100  | .383  | 31  | 38‍–‍43  | 24‍–‍57

#### Record vs. opponents

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2001 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Team  | AZ  | ATL  | CHC  | CIN  | COL  | FLA  | HOU  | LA  | MIL  | MTL  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL  | AL
Arizona | — | 5–2 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 7–8
Atlanta | 2–5 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–9
Chicago | 3–6 | 2–4 | — | 13–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 8–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 9–6
Cincinnati | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–13 | — | 3–6 | 4–2 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 6–10 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 9–8 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 7–10 | 4–11
Colorado | 6–13 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 2–10
Florida | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–6
Houston | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 11–6 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 12–5 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 9–6
Los Angeles | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–9
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 10–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 5–12 | 1–5 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–11 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 7–10 | 5–10
Montreal | 3–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–10
New York | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | — | 11–8 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 10–8
Philadelphia | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 8–11 | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11
Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 1–5 | 6–10 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–9 | 2–7 | 11–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–14 | 8–7
San Diego | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 6–9
San Francisco | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 14–5 | — | 4–2 | 10–5
St. Louis | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 10–7 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 10–7 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 14–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | — | 8–7

### Transactions

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* July 4, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[5]
* July 30, 2001: Dave Weathers was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Roberto Miniel (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ruben Quevedo and Pete Zoccolillo.[6]
* September 10, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs.[5]

#### Draft picks

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* June 5, 2001: Mark Prior was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 2001.[7]
* June 5, 2001: Geovany Soto was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2001.[8]

### Roster

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2001 Chicago Cubs

Roster
Pitchers

*   * 38 Manny Aybar
*   * 46 Jason Bere
*   * 48 Joe Borowski
*   * 37 Scott Chiasson
*   * 51 Juan Cruz
*   * 55 Courtney Duncan
*   * 44 Kyle Farnsworth
*   * 13 Jeff Fassero
*   * 31 Mike Fyhrie
*   * 45 Tom Gordon
*   * 94 Félix Heredia
*   * 32 Jon Lieber
*   * 54 Ron Mahay
*   * 35 Will Ohman
*   * 36 Kevin Tapani
*   * 50 Julián Tavárez
*   * 47 Todd Van Poppel
*   * 49 David Weathers
*   * 34 Kerry Wood
*   * 38 Carlos Zambrano

|  | Catchers

*   * 27 Joe Girardi
*   * 99,9 Todd Hundley
*   * 72 Robert Machado

Infielders

*   * 40 Miguel Cairo
*   * 6 Ron Coomer
*   * 16 Delino DeShields
*   * 12 Ricky Gutiérrez
*   * 29 Fred McGriff
*   * 33 Bill Mueller
*   * 1 Augie Ojeda
*   * 56 Jason Smith
*   * 30 Matt Stairs
*   * 7 Eric Young
*   * 15 Julio Zuleta

Outfielders

*   * 28 Roosevelt Brown
*   * 9 Damon Buford
*   * 11 Todd Dunwoody
*   * 19 Gary Matthews, Jr.
*   * 40 Chad Meyers
*   * 20 Corey Patterson
*   * 21 Sammy Sosa
*   * 24 Michael Tucker
*   * 22 Rondell White

|  | Manager

*   * 25 Don Baylor

Coaching Staff

*   * 8 Oscar Acosta (pitching)
*   * 2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (first base)
*   * 3 Gene Glynn (third base)
*   * 5 Rene Lachemann (bench)
*   * 4 Jeff Pentland (hitting)
*   * 26 Billy Williams (special asst)

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C  | Todd Hundley | 79  | 246  | 46  | .187  | 12  | 31
1B  | Matt Stairs | 128  | 340  | 85  | .250  | 17  | 61
2B  | Eric Young | 149  | 603  | 168  | .279  | 6  | 42
3B  | Ron Coomer | 147  | 528  | 153  | .290  | 8  | 53
SS  | Ricky Gutiérrez | 111  | 349  | 91  | .261  | 10  | 66
LF  | Rondell White | 95  | 323  | 99  | .307  | 17  | 50
CF  | Gary Matthews | 106  | 258  | 56  | .217  | 9  | 30
RF  | Sammy Sosa | 160  | 577  | 189  | .328  | 64  | 160

#### Other batters

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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

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Joe Girardi | 78 | 229 | 58 | .253 | 3 | 25
Bill Mueller | 70 | 210 | 62 | .295 | 6 | 23
Michael Tucker | 63 | 205 | 54 | .263 | 5 | 31
Fred McGriff | 49 | 170 | 48 | .282 | 12 | 41
Delino DeShields | 68 | 163 | 45 | .276 | 2 | 16
Augie Ojeda | 78 | 144 | 29 | .201 | 1 | 12
Robert Machado | 52 | 135 | 30 | .222 | 2 | 13
Corey Patterson | 59 | 131 | 29 | .221 | 4 | 14
Miguel Cairo | 66 | 123 | 35 | .285 | 2 | 9
Julio Zuleta | 49 | 106 | 23 | .217 | 6 | 24
Damon Buford | 35 | 85 | 15 | .176 | 3 | 8
Roosevelt Brown | 39 | 83 | 22 | .265 | 4 | 22
Todd Dunwoody | 33 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 1 | 3
Chad Meyers | 18 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0
Jason Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Jon Lieber | 34 | 232.1 | 20 | 6 | 3.80 | 148
Jason Bere | 32 | 188.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.31 | 175
Kerry Wood | 28 | 174.1 | 12 | 6 | 3.36 | 217
Kevin Tapani | 29 | 168.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.49 | 149
Julián Tavárez | 34 | 161.1 | 10 | 9 | 4.52 | 107
Juan Cruz | 8 | 44.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.22 | 39
Joe Borowski | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 32.40 | 1

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Carlos Zambrano | 6 | 7.2 | 1 | 2 | 15.26 | 4

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Tom Gordon | 47 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 3.38 | 67
Jeff Fassero | 82 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.42 | 79
Kyle Farnsworth | 76 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2.74 | 107
Todd Van Poppel | 59 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.52 | 90
Félix Heredia | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.17 | 28
Courtney Duncan | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.06 | 49
David Weathers | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 20
Manny Aybar | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.35 | 16
Ron Mahay | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 24
Mike Fyhrie | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 | 6
Will Ohman | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 12
Scott Chiasson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 6

## Awards and records

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* Sammy Sosa became the first player to hit at least 60 home runs in three different seasons.[9]

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Bruce Kimm
AA | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx | Southern League | Dave Bialas
A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Dave Trembley
A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | Julio Garcia
A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Steve McFarland
Rookie | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Carmelo Martínez

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## References

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1. ^ "Bill Mueller Stats".
2. ^ "Jason Bere Stats".
3. ^ Todd Hundley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. ^ "Ron Coomer Stats".
5. ^ a b "Trent Hubbard Stats".
6. ^ "David Weathers Stats".
7. ^ Mark Prior Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. ^ "Geovany Soto Stats".
9. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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2001 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* New York
* Tampa Bay
* Toronto

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AL Central|

* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Minnesota

AL West|

* Anaheim
* Oakland
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| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Florida
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Montréal

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NL Central|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

NL West|

* Arizona
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* San Diego
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* 2001 MLB draft
* 2001 All-Star Game
* 2001 World Series

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