2001 Kansas City Royals season

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)
| <- 2000 | Seasons | 2002 ->

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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.

## Offseason[edit]

* January 8, 2001: Johnny Damon was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Kansas City Royals with Mark Ellis to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Ben Grieve to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Oakland Athletics sent Ángel Berroa and A. J. Hinch to the Kansas City Royals. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals.[1]
* March 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[2]

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71  | 0.562  | —  | 44–36  | 47–35
Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77  | 0.525  | 6  | 47–34  | 38–43
Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79  | 0.512  | 8  | 46–35  | 37–44
Detroit Tigers | 66 | 96  | 0.407  | 25  | 37–44  | 29–52
Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97  | 0.401  | 26  | 35–46  | 30–51

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

2001 American League record

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

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 | 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 | 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[edit]

* May 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Kansas City Royals.[2]
* June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for José Santiago.[3]
* June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki.[4]
* July 31, 2001: Rey Sánchez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Voyles (minors) and Alejandro Machado (minors).[5]

### Roster[edit]

2001 Kansas City Royals

Roster
Pitchers

* 26 Jeff Austin
* 58 Cory Bailey
* 36 Paul Byrd
* 55 Tony Cogan
* 33 Chad Durbin
* 53 Chris George
* 38 Jason Grimsley
* 19 Doug Henry
* 39 Roberto Hernández
* 54 Mike MacDougal
* 31 Brian Meadows
* 57 Scott Mullen
* 41 Dan Reichert
* 46 José Santiago
* 34 Blake Stein
* 37 Jeff Suppan
* 17 Mac Suzuki
* 46 Brad Voyles
* 51 Kris Wilson

|  | Catchers

* 26 Sal Fasano
* 7 A. J. Hinch
* 2 Brent Mayne
* 22 Héctor Ortiz
* 44 Gregg Zaun

Infielders

* 12 Luis Alicea
* 4 Ángel Berroa
* 4 Wilson Delgado
* 3 Carlos Febles
* 28 Ken Harvey
* 6 David McCarty
* 8 Luis Ordaz
* 17 Neifi Pérez
* 16 Joe Randa
* 1 Rey Sánchez
* 29 Mike Sweeney

|  | Outfielders

* 15 Carlos Beltrán
* 30 Brandon Berger
* 27 Dee Brown
* 43 Endy Chávez
* 24 Jermaine Dye
* 28 Trenidad Hubbard
* 18 Raúl Ibañez
* 14 Mark Quinn
* 1 Donnie Sadler

|  | Manager

* 40 Tony Muser

Coaches

* 25 Rich Dauer (third base)
* 21 Tom Gamboa
* 23 Lamar Johnson
* 9 Jamie Quirk (bench)
* 30 Brent Strom
* 20 Frank White

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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 | Brent Mayne | 51 | 166 | 40 | .241 | 2 | 20
1B | Mike Sweeney | 147 | 559 | 170 | .304 | 29 | 99
2B | Carlos Febles | 79 | 292 | 69 | .236 | 8 | 25
SS | Rey Sánchez | 100 | 390 | 118 | .303 | 0 | 28
3B | Joe Randa | 151 | 581 | 147 | .253 | 13 | 83
LF | Dee Brown | 106 | 380 | 93 | .245 | 7 | 40
CF | Carlos Beltrán | 155 | 617 | 189 | .306 | 24 | 101
RF | Jermaine Dye | 97 | 367 | 100 | .272 | 13 | 47
DH | Raúl Ibañez | 104 | 279 | 78 | .280 | 13 | 54

#### Other batters[edit]

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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Mark Quinn | 118 | 453 | 122 | .269 | 17 | 60
Luis Alicea | 113 | 387 | 106 | .274 | 4 | 32
Dave McCarty | 98 | 200 | 50 | .250 | 7 | 26
Neifi Pérez | 49 | 199 | 48 | .241 | 1 | 12
Héctor Ortiz | 56 | 154 | 38 | .247 | 0 | 11
Gregg Zaun | 39 | 125 | 40 | .320 | 6 | 18
A. J. Hinch | 45 | 121 | 19 | .157 | 6 | 15
Donnie Sadler | 54 | 101 | 13 | .129 | 0 | 2
Endy Chávez | 29 | 77 | 16 | .208 | 0 | 5
Luis Ordaz | 28 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 4
Ángel Berroa | 15 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 4
Wilson Delgado | 14 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1
Brandon Berger | 6 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 2 | 2
Ken Harvey | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2
Trent Hubbard | 5 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0
Sal Fasano | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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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Jeff Suppan | 34 | 218.1 | 10 | 14 | 4.37 | 120
Chad Durbin | 29 | 179.0 | 9 | 16 | 4.93 | 95
Dan Reichert | 27 | 123.0 | 8 | 8 | 5.63 | 77
Paul Byrd | 16 | 93.1 | 6 | 6 | 4.05 | 49
Chris George | 13 | 74.0 | 4 | 8 | 5.59 | 32
Brian Meadows | 10 | 50.1 | 1 | 6 | 6.97 | 21
Mike MacDougal | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 7

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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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Blake Stein | 36 | 131.0 | 7 | 8 | 4.74 | 113
Kris Wilson | 29 | 109.1 | 6 | 5 | 5.19 | 67
Mac Suzuki | 15 | 56.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.30 | 37

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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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Roberto Hernández | 63 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 4.12 | 46
Jason Grimsley | 73 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.02 | 61
Doug Henry | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.07 | 57
Cory Bailey | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | 61
Tony Cogan | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.84 | 17
Jeff Austin | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 27
José Santiago | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 15
Scott Mullen | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3
Brad Voyles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 6

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[edit]

1. ^ Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ a b "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

## References[edit]

* 2001 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
* 2001 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com

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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
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Florida
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Montréal

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NL Central|

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

NL West|

* Arizona
* Colorado
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 2001 MLB draft
* 2001 All-Star Game
* 2001 World Series

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Kansas City Royals

* Established in 1969
* Based in Kansas City, Missouri

Franchise|

* History
* Expansion and draft
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* Current roster
* Owners and executives
* Managers
* Opening Day starting pitchers
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* First-round draft picks
* Records
* No-hitters
* Awards and league leaders
* Broadcasters
* Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy
* Fox Sports Kansas City
* Royals Sports Television Network

Ballparks|

Municipal Stadium
Kauffman Stadium (part of the Truman Sports Complex)
Spring training
Terry Park
Baseball City Stadium
Surprise Stadium

Culture|

* Sluggerrr
* Denny Matthews
* Ryan Lefebvre
* George Toma
* American Royal
* "Royals (song)"

Lore|

* Pine Tar Incident
* The Call
* 2014 AL Wild Card Game
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Team Hall of Fame|

* Steve Busby
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* Cookie Rojas
* Paul Splittorff
* Dennis Leonard
* Hal McRae
* Joe Burke
* Larry Gura
* Freddie Patek
* Ewing Kauffman
* George Brett
* Frank White
* Muriel Kauffman
* John Mayberry
* Dan Quisenberry
* Whitey Herzog
* Willie Wilson
* Jeff Montgomery
* Denny Matthews
* Bret Saberhagen
* Mark Gubicza
* Art Stewart
* Kevin Appier
* Mike Sweeney
* Ned Yost

Minor league
affiliates|

Triple-A
Omaha Storm Chasers
Double-A
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
High-A
Quad Cities River Bandits
Single-A
Columbia Fireflies
Rookie
ACL Royals
DSL Royals Blue
DSL Royals Gold

Key personnel|

* Owner: John Sherman
* President & General Manager: J. J. Picollo
* Manager: Matt Quatraro

World Series
championships (2)|

* 1985
* 2015

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pennants (4)|

* 1980
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* 2014
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1976
1977
1978
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1981 (second half)
1984
1985
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2015
Wild Card
2014

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