2001 Kansas City Royals season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Royals 2001 Kansas City Royals Insignia (1969–2001).svg American League Central Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 65–97 (65 97) 5th David Glass Allard Baird Tony Muser KMBC-TVKCWEFSN Rocky Mountain(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) KMBZ(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre) The 2001 Kansas City Royals season was the 33rd season for the franchise, and their 29th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals failed to improve on their 77–85 record from 2000 and finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses. The Royals missed the postseason for the 16th consecutive season. Offseason 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.Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml Trent Hubbard Stats Regular season Season standings Kansas City Royals Record vs. opponents KC Notable transactions May 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Kansas City Royals. June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for José Santiago.Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maynebr01.shtml Brent Mayne Stats July 31, 2001: Rey Sánchez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Voyles (minors) and Alejandro Machado (minors).– Rey Sanchez at Baseball-Reference Roster 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 Minor League Baseball 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 DiazJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 2001 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference 2001 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Royals seasons Kansas City Royals season Kansas