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2001 Milwaukee Brewers season
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Milwaukee Brewers 2001 National League Central Miller Park Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 68 94 y 4th Bud Selig Dean Taylor Davey Lopes WCGV-TVFSN Wisconsin(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper) WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Len Kasper, Jim Powell)
The 2001 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 32nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 4th in the National League, and their 33rd overall.
The Brewers finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. The 2001 Brewers scored 740 runs, 11th in the NL, and ranked 1st in strikeouts, with 1,399. It was their first season at the newly built Miller Park.
Offseason
December 20, 2000: Brian Lesher was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leshebr01.shtml Brian Lesher Stats
January 3, 2001: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml Mark Sweeney Stats
January 8, 2001: Jason McDonald was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdonja02.shtml Jason McDonald Stats
February 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernato01.shtml Tony Fernandez Stats
February 24, 2001: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Devon White. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ruddy Lugo (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.Marquis Grissom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Milwaukee Brewers
Record vs. opponents
MIL
Transactions
May 29, 2001: Tony Fernández was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml David Weathers Stats
Roster
2001 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers
47 Mike Buddie
56 Rocky Coppinger
33 Will Cunnane
13 Jeff D'Amico
28 Valerio de los Santos
48 Mike DeJean
40 Chad Fox
53 Gus Gandarillas
51 Jimmy Haynes
46 Ray King
38 Brandon Kolb
23 Mark Leiter
00 Curtis Leskanic
55 Allen Levrault
32 Nick Neugebauer
27 Lance Painter
26 Kyle Peterson
37 Rubén Quevedo
31 Paul Rigdon
15 Ben Sheets
52 Mac Suzuki
49 David Weathers
21 Jamey Wright Catchers
12 Henry Blanco
49 Kevin Brown
25 Raul Casanova
50 Jesse Levis
Infielders
10 Ronnie Belliard
14 Mike Coolbaugh
7 Tony Fernández
18 José Hernández
2 Tyler Houston
1 Luis López
8 Mark Loretta
9 Elvis Peña
11 Richie Sexson Outfielders
20 Jeromy Burnitz
16 Lou Collier
39 Angel Echevarria
41 Jeffrey Hammonds
5 Geoff Jenkins
24 James Mouton
9 Robert Perez
7 Alex Sánchez
33 Mark Sweeney
22 Devon White Manager
30 Davey Lopes
Coaches
45 Gary Allenson (Third Base)
36 Bob Apodaca (Pitching)
29 Rod Carew (Hitting)
35 Bill Castro (Bullpen)
3 Jerry Royster (Bench)
43 Luis Salazar (First Base)
Player stats
= Indicates team leader
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB C Henry Blanco 104 314 33 66 6 31 .210 3 1B Richie Sexson 158 598 94 162 45 125 .271 2 2B Ron Belliard 101 364 69 96 11 36 .264 5 3B Tyler Houston 75 235 36 68 12 38 .289 0 SS José Hernández 152 542 67 135 25 78 .249 5 LF Geoff Jenkins 105 397 60 105 20 63 .264 4 CF Devon White 126 390 52 108 14 47 .277 18 RF Jeromy Burnitz 154 562 104 141 34 100 .251 0https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2001.shtml 2001 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB Kevin Brown 17 43 7 9 4 12 .209 0 Raul Casanova 71 192 21 50 11 33 .260 0 Lou Collier 50 127 19 32 2 14 .252 5 Mike Coolbaugh 39 70 10 14 2 7 .200 0 Angel Echevarria 75 133 12 34 5 13 .256 0 Tony Fernández 28 64 6 18 1 3 .281 1 Jeffrey Hammonds 49 174 20 43 6 21 .247 5 Jesse Levis 12 33 6 8 0 3 .242 0 Luis López 92 222 22 60 4 18 .270 0 Mark Loretta 102 384 40 111 2 29 .289 1 James Mouton 75 138 20 34 2 10 .246 7 Elvis Peña 15 40 5 9 0 6 .225 2 Robert Pérez 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Alex Sánchez 30 68 7 14 0 4 .206 6 Mark Sweeney 48 89 9 23 3 11 .258 2
Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.
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 Jamey Wright 33 194.2 11 12 4.90 129 Jimmy Haynes 31 172.2 8 17 4.85 112 Ben Sheets 25 151.1 11 10 4.76 94 Paul Rigdon 15 79.1 3 5 5.79 49 Rubén Quevedo 10 56.2 4 5 4.61 60 Jeff D'Amico 10 47.1 2 4 6.08 32 Nick Neugebauer 2 6.0 1 1 7.50 11
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 Allen Levrault 32 130.2 6 10 6.06 80 Mac Suzuki 15 56.0 3 5 5.30 47 Rocky Coppinger 8 22.2 1 0 6.75 15 Kyle Peterson 3 14.2 1 2 5.52 12
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 Curt Leskanic 70 2 6 17 3.63 64 Ray King 82 0 4 1 3.60 49 Mike DeJean 75 4 2 2 2.77 68 Chad Fox 65 5 2 2 1.89 80 David Weathers 52 3 4 4 2.03 46 Will Cunnane 31 0 3 0 5.40 37 Mike Buddie 31 0 1 2 3.89 22 Mark Leiter 20 2 1 0 3.75 26 Gus Gandarillas 16 0 0 0 5.49 7 Lance Painter 13 1 0 0 4.22 6 Brandon Kolb 10 0 0 0 13.03 8 Mark Loretta 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Valerio De Los Santos 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Farm system
Minor League Baseball
The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2001.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=2001 2001 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.October 2022 The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship,https://www.milb.com/southern/history/past-champions Southern League Champions Southern League Minor League Baseball January 2, 2021 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200804174358/https://www.milb.com/southern/history/past-champions August 4, 2020 and the DSL Brewers won the Dominican Summer League championship.http://dominicansummerleague.com/www/campeones/ Campeones Dominican Summer League es January 2, 2021 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200505143635/http://dominicansummerleague.com/www/campeones/ May 5, 2020
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians International League Wendell Kim Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Ed Romero Class A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks California League Frank Kremblas Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Ed Sedar Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Carlos Lezcano Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League Mike Guerrero Rookie VSL San Joaquín Venezuelan Summer League —
References
2001 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
2001 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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