2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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2001 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1890) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962) Los Angeles, California (since 1958)
2001 information
Owner(s)	News Corporation
General manager(s)	Kevin Malone and Dave Wallace
Manager(s)	Jim Tracy
Local television	FSN West 2; KTLA (5)
Local radio	XTRA Sports 1150 Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrin, Pepe Yñiguez
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The 2001 season saw Jim Tracy take over as the Manager, after serving as the Bench coach the previous two seasons. The Dodgers won 86 games, finishing third in the Western Division of the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks.

Shawn Green had his best season, hitting a Dodger-record 49 home runs and also setting L.A. records for extra-base hits (84) and total bases (358). Paul LoDuca became the full time catcher and led the team with a .320 batting average and Jeff Shaw became the Dodgers all-time leader in saves, with 129.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Starting Pitchers stats
4 Relief Pitchers stats
5 Batting Stats
6 2001 Awards
7 Farm system
8 References
9 External links

Offseason

February 25, 2001: Acquired Marquis Grissom and Ruddy Lugo from the Milwaukee Brewers for Devon White
March 13, 2001: Scott Service was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[1]
March 18, 2001: Acquired Gary Majewski, Andre Simpson and Orlando Rodriguez from the Chicago White Sox for Antonio Osuna and Carlos Ortega
March 28, 2001: Traded Mike Judd to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later
March 28, 2001: Ramon Martinez was released by the Dodgers.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Arizona Diamondbacks	92	70	--	.568
San Francisco Giants	90	72	2	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	6	.531
San Diego Padres	79	83	13	.488
Colorado Rockies	73	89	19	.451

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Tom Goodwin	Center fielder
Mark Grudzielanek	Second baseman
Gary Sheffield	Left fielder
Shawn Green	Right fielder
Eric Karros	First baseman
Chris Donnels	Third baseman
Chad Kreuter	Catcher
Alex Cora	Shortstop
Chan Ho Park	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

April 1, 2001: Doug Linton was released.^[3]
June 5, 2001: 2001 Major League Baseball Draft notable picks:

Round 6: Edwin Jackson

Round 32: Mike Hollimon (did not sign)

Round 50: Brooks Bollinger (did not sign)^[4]

July 13, 2001: Acquired McKay Christensen from the Chicago White Sox for Wade Parrish
July 26, 2001: Acquired James Baldwin and cash from the Chicago White Sox for Jeff Barry, Gary Majewski and Onan Masaoka
July 31, 2001: Acquired Terry Mulholland from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adrian Burnside and Mike Fetters
July 31, 2001: Acquired Mike Trombley from the Baltimore Orioles for Kris Foster and Geronimo Gil

Roster

2001 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Jim Tracy

Coaches

22 Jack Clark
(hitting)
48 Jim Colborn
(pitching)
35 Glenn Hoffman
(third base)
17 Jim Lett
(bullpen)
11 Manny Mota
5 Jim Riggleman
(bench)
31 John Shelby
(1st base)

Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Chan Ho Park	36	35	234.0	15-11	3.50	91	218	2
Eric Gagné	33	24	151.7	6-7	4.75	46	130	0
Terry Adams	43	22	166.3	12-8	4.33	54	141	0
Luke Prokopec	29	22	138.3	8-7	4.88	40	91	0
Kevin Brown	20	19	115.7	10-4	2.65	38	104	1
Darren Dreifort	16	16	94.7	4-7	5.13	47	91	0
James Baldwin	12	12	79.3	3-6	4.20	25	53	0
Andy Ashby	2	2	11.7	2-0	3.86	1	7	0
Dennis Springer	4	3	19.0	1-1	3.32	2	7	0

Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Jeff Shaw	77	0	74.7	3-5	3.62	18	58	43
Matt Herges	75	0	99.3	9-8	3.44	46	76	1
Giovanni Carrara	47	3	85.3	6-1	3.16	24	70	0
Jesse Orosco	35	0	16.0	0-1	3.94	7	21	0
Mike Fetters	34	0	29.7	2-1	6.07	13	26	1
Al Reyes	19	0	25.7	2-1	3.86	13	23	1
Gregg Olson	28	0	24.7	0-1	8.03	20	24	0
Jeff Williams	15	1	24.3	2-1	6.29	17	9	0
Mike Trombley	19	0	23.3	0-4	6.56	10	27	0
Jose Antonio Nunez	6	0	7.3	0-1	13.50	5	11	0

Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Paul LoDuca	C/1B/LF/RF	125	460	.320	71	147	25	90	2
Chad Kreuter	C	73	191	.215	21	41	6	17	0
\|Ángel Peña	C	22	54	.204	3	11	1	2	0
Brian Johnson	C	3	4	.250	0	1	0	1	0
Eric Karros	1B	121	438	.235	42	103	15	63	3
Mark Grudzielanek	2B	133	539	.271	83	146	13	55	4
Alex Cora	SS/2B	134	405	.217	38	88	4	29	0
Adrián Beltré	3B/SS	126	475	.265	59	126	13	60	13
Jeff Reboulet	2B/SS/3B/LF	94	215	.266	35	57	3	22	0
Dave Hansen	1B/3B	92	140	.236	13	33	2	20	0
Hiram Bocachica	2B/3B/LF/RF	75	133	.233	15	31	2	9	4
Chris Donnels	1B/3B	66	88	.170	8	15	3	8	0
Jeff Branson	2B/SS/3B	13	21	.286	3	6	0	0	0
Phil Hiatt	1B/3B	30	50	.240	6	12	2	6	0
Tim Bogar	1B/3B/SS	12	15	.333	4	5	2	2	0
Shawn Green	RF/CF/1B	161	619	.297	121	184	49	125	20
Marquis Grissom	CF/LF/RF	135	448	.221	56	99	21	60	7
Gary Sheffield	LF/RF	143	515	.311	98	160	36	100	10
Tom Goodwin	CF/LF	105	286	.231	51	66	4	22	22
McKay Christensen	CF/LF	28	49	.327	7	16	1	7	3
Bruce Aven	LF/RF	21	24	.333	3	8	1	2	0

2001 Awards

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Chan Ho Park reserve
- Jeff Shaw reserve
NL Player of the Week
- Gary Sheffield (April 9–15)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sofield
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	John Shoemaker
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Bob Mariano
A	Wilmington Waves	South Atlantic League	Dino Ebel
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Dave Silvestri
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Juan Bustabad
Rookie	DSL Dodgers	Dominican Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

References

External links

2001 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto

AL Central	Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Atlanta • Florida • New York • Philadelphia • Montréal

NL Central	Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Milwaukee • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Arizona • Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

2001 All-Star Game • 2001 World Series

Los Angeles Dodgers

Formerly the Brooklyn Robins and the Brooklyn Dodgers • Based in Los Angeles, California

The Franchise

History in Brooklyn • History in Los Angeles • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • First-round draft picks • Managers • Owners & Executives • Broadcasters • Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network • Prime Ticket • KCAL-TV • Hall of Famers • Opening Day Starting Pitchers • Opening Day Starting Lineups

Ballparks

Washington Park • Eastern Park • Ridgewood Park • Washington Park • Ebbets Field • Roosevelt Stadium • Brooklyn Dodgers proposed domed stadium • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Dodger Stadium
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Tinker Field • Clearwater Athletic Field • City Island Ball Park • Gran Stadium de La Habana • Holman Stadium • Camelback Ranch

Culture

Dodger Dog • This is Next Year • Fernandomania • Kirk Gibson Walk-Off Home Run • Sandy Koufax's Perfect Game • Flag Burning • Chávez Ravine • Dodger Blue • I Love L.A. • Shot Heard 'Round the World • Vin Scully • Nancy Bea

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San Francisco Giants • Freeway Series • Subway Series / New York Yankees

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Retired Numbers

1 • 2 • 4 • 19 • 20 • 24 • 32 • 39 • 42 • 53

Key Personnel

Owner: Frank McCourt • General Manager: Ned Colletti • Manager: Don Mattingly

Championships (6)

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League Pennants

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Wild Card

1996 • 2006

Minors

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