2001 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 2001 American League West The Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, Texas Tom Hicks Doug Melvin Johnny Oates, Jerry Narron 73–89 (.451) 4th KDFWKDFI(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones) KRLD(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)KESS-FM(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez) The 2001 Texas Rangers season was the 41st of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 30th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 8th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses. Despite the team's batting leading the league in home runs and finishing second in on-base percentage and OPS, the team's pitching was historically poor; the team combined for an ERA of 5.71 (a franchise-worst mark), and led the league in hits allowed, earned runs surrendered, and total runs surrendered. Their 913 earned runs allowed would also be a franchise-worst, and out of all pitchers that recorded at least 75 innings, none had an ERA below 4.45. Offseason November 17, 2000: Aaron Harang was traded by the Texas Rangers with Ryan Cullen (minors) to the Oakland Athletics for Randy Velarde.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haranaa01.shtml Aaron Harang Stats December 10, 2000: Ken Caminiti was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caminke01.shtml Ken Caminiti Stats January 26, 2001 – Alex Rodriguez signed with the Texas Rangers, who had fallen to last in their division in 2000. The contract he signed was the most lucrative contract in sports history: a 10-year deal worth $252 million. The deal was worth $63 million more than the second-richest baseball deal at the time. Regular season Opening Day starters Iván Rodríguez, C Rafael Palmeiro, 1B Randy Velarde, 2B Ken Caminiti, 3B Alex Rodriguez, SS Rusty Greer, LF Bo Porter, CF Rubén Mateo, RF Andrés Galarraga, DH Rick Helling, RHP Season summary June 8, 2001 – The first interleague game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers took place at The Ballpark at Arlington. The rivalry would be known as the Lone Star Series. The Astros won the game by a score of 5-4.http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200106080TEX Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 8, 2001 at the Ballpark in Arlington The team that would win the most games between the two in a season would be awarded the Silver Boot. Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Transactions June 5, 2001: Mark Teixeira was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 24, 2001.https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/teixema01.shtml Mark Teixeira Stats June 12, 2001: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for Doug Mirabelli.https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/duchsju01.shtml Justin Duchscherer Stats July 2, 2001: Ken Caminiti was released by the Texas Rangers. July 24, 2001: Andrés Galarraga was traded by the Texas Rangers to the San Francisco Giants for Todd Ozias (minors), Chris Magruder and Erasmo Ramirez.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/galaran01.shtml Andres Galarraga Stats August 31, 2001: Randy Velarde was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for players to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Randy Flores (October 12, 2001) and Rosman García (October 11, 2001) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velarra01.shtml Randy Velarde Stats Roster 2001 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers  6 Rob Bell 53 Joaquín Benoit 45 Jeff Brantley 30 Francisco Cordero 35 Tim Crabtree 17 Doug Davis 51 R. A. Dickey 45 Justin Duchscherer 56 Kevin Foster 38 Ryan Glynn 32 Rick Helling 50 Jonathan Johnson 58 Mike Judd 52 Dan Kolb 23 Pat Mahomes 55 Chris Michalak 41,52 Juan Moreno 39 Aaron Myette 28 Darren Oliver 46 Mark Petkovsek 37 Kenny Rogers 44 J. D. Smart 43 Mike Venafro 50 Brandon Villafuerte 59 Jeff Zimmerman Catchers 33 Bill Haselman 36 Mike Hubbard 57 Marcus Jensen  6 Doug Mirabelli  7 Iván Rodríguez Infielders 11,41 Ken Caminiti 44 Kelly Dransfeldt 14 Andrés Galarraga 13 Mike Lamb 25 Rafael Palmeiro 15 Carlos Peña  3 Alex Rodriguez  4 Scott Sheldon 18 Randy Velarde  2 Michael Young Outfielders 57 Cliff Brumbaugh 27 Frank Catalanotto  9 Chad Curtis 29 Rusty Greer 19 Gabe Kapler 11,12 Ricky Ledée 11 Chris Magruder 21 Rubén Mateo 21 Craig Monroe 16 Bo Porter 24 Rubén Sierra Manager  5 Jerry Narron 26 Johnny Oates Coaches 40 Bobby Cuellar (Pitching) 20 Bucky Dent (Bench) 48 Larry Hardy (Bullpen)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (Hitting) 31 Bobby Jones (First Base)  5 Jerry Narron (Third Base) Alex Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez's power hitting numbers improved with his move to Texas. In his first season with the Rangers, Alex produced one of the top offensive seasons ever for a shortstop, leading the American League with 52 HR, 133 runs scored, and 393 total bases. He became the first player since 1932 with 50 homers and 200 hits in a season, just the third shortstop to ever lead his league in homers, and was just the second AL player in the last 34 seasons (beginning 1968) to lead the league in runs, homers, and total bases; his total base figure is the most ever for a major league shortstop. His 52 homers made him the sixth youngest to ever reach 50 homers and were the highest total ever by a shortstop, surpassing Ernie Banks' mark of 47 in 1958, and also the most ever for an infielder other than a first baseman, breaking Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt's record of 48 in 1980.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_season.shtml Single-Season Leaders & Records for Home Runs July 20, 2007 Baseball Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20070620135024/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_season.shtml June 20, 2007 live It was his 5th 30-homer campaign, tying Banks for most ever by a shortstop. He also tied for the league lead in extra base hits (87) and ranked 3rd in RBI (135) and slugging (.622). He was also among the AL leaders in hits (4th, 201), average (7th, .318), and on-base percentage (8th, .399). He established Rangers club records for homers, runs, total bases, and hit by pitches, had the 2nd most extra base hits, and the 4th highest RBI total. He led the club in runs, hits, doubles (34), homers, RBI, slugging, and on-base percentage and was 2nd in walks (75), stolen bases (18), and game-winning RBI (14) while posting career highs for homers, RBI, and total bases. Rodriguez started 161 games at shortstop and one as the DH, the only major league player to start all of his team's games in 2001. 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Iván Rodríguez 111 442 136 .308 25 65 1B Rafael Palmeiro 160 600 164 .273 47 123 2B Michael Young 101 386 96 .249 11 49 SS Alex Rodriguez 162 632 201 .318 52 135 3B Mike Lamb 76 284 87 .306 4 35 LF Frank Catalanotto 133 463 153 .330 11 54 CF Gabe Kapler 134 483 129 .267 17 72 RF Ricky Ledée 78 242 56 .231 2 36 DH Rubén Sierra 94 344 100 .291 23 67 Other batters 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 Randy Velarde 78 296 88 .297 9 31 Rusty Greer 62 245 67 .273 7 29 Andrés Galarraga 72 243 57 .235 10 34 Ken Caminiti 54 185 43 .232 9 25 Bill Haselman 47 130 37 .285 3 25 Rubén Mateo 40 129 32 .248 1 13 Scott Sheldon 61 120 24 .200 3 11 Chad Curtis 38 115 29 .252 3 10 Bo Porter 48 87 20 .230 1 6 Carlos Peña 22 62 16 .258 3 12 Craig Monroe 27 52 11 .212 2 5 Doug Mirabelli 23 49 5 .102 2 3 Chris Magruder 17 29 5 .172 0 1 Marcus Jensen 11 25 4 .160 0 2 Mike Hubbard 5 11 3 .273 1 1 Cliff Brumbaugh 7 10 0 .000 0 0 Kelly Dransfeldt 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Rick Helling 34 215.2 12 11 5.17 154 Doug Davis 30 186.0 11 10 4.45 115 Darren Oliver 28 154.0 11 11 6.02 104 Kenny Rogers 20 120.2 5 7 6.19 74 Rob Bell 18 105.1 5 5 7.18 64 Aaron Myette 19 80.2 4 5 7.14 67 Joaquin Benoit 1 5.0 0 0 10.80 4 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ryan Glynn 12 46.0 1 5 7.04 15 Justin Duchscherer 5 14.2 1 1 12.27 11 Mike Judd 4 9.0 0 1 8.00 5 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Jeff Zimmerman 66 4 4 28 2.40 72 Mike Venafro 70 5 5 4 4.80 29 Pat Mahomes 56 7 6 0 5.70 61 Mark Petkovsek 55 1 2 0 6.69 42 Juan Moreno 45 3 3 0 3.92 36 Tim Crabtree 21 0 5 4 6.56 16 Jeff Brantley 18 0 1 0 5.14 11 Danny Kolb 17 0 0 0 4.70 15 J.D. Smart 15 1 2 0 6.46 10 Chris Michalak 11 2 2 1 3.32 10 Kevin Foster 9 0 1 0 6.62 16 Brandon Villafuerte 6 0 0 0 14.29 4 Jonathan Johnson 5 0 0 0 9.58 11 R.A. Dickey 4 0 1 0 6.75 4 Francisco Cordero 3 0 1 0 3.86 1 Awards and honors Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron Award Alex Rodriguez, A.L. Home Run Champ Alex Rodriguez, Silver Slugger Award Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove Rubén Sierra, Comeback Player of The Year All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League DeMarlo Hale AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Paul Carey A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Darryl Kennedy A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Bill Slack and Pedro López Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Bruce Crabbe Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Carlos Subero References 2001 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 2001 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Range Texas Rangers