2001 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 2001 National League Central Wrigley Field Chicago 88–74 (.543) 3rd Tribune Company Andy MacPhail Don Baylor WCIU/Superstation WGN(Chip Caray, Joe Carter)FSN Chicago(Chip Caray, Dave Otto) WGN(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo) chc CHC The 2001 Chicago Cubs season was the 130th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 126th in the National League and the 86th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League Central with a record of 88–74. Offseason November 18, 2000: Bill Mueller was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tim Worrell.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muellbi02.shtml Bill Mueller Stats December 18, 2000: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml Jason Bere Stats December 19, 2000: Todd Hundley signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.Todd Hundley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 10, 2001: Ron Coomer was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coomero01.shtml?redir Ron Coomer Stats Regular season During a forgettable 2000 season, Jim Hendry sent pitcher Scott Downs to Montreal and acquired Rondell White. This laid the groundwork for the 2001 season, which saw the North Siders make another drive for the playoffs. Mack Newton was brought in by the club to preach "positive mental thought", and it paid off. Matt Stairs started the season at first base, but ultimately the Cubs made a mid-June trade to acquire All-Star 1B Fred McGriff, though McGriff took over a month debating whether or not to approve the deal and leave his hometown Tampa Bay Devil Rays, ultimately waiving his no-trade clause and allow himself to be dealt to Chicago on July 27. "The Crime Dog" hit a respectable .282 with 12 homers in 49 games with the Cubs, hitting cleanup behind Sammy Sosa, who had perhaps his best season, hitting 64 homers with career highs in batting average (.328) and RBI (160) for Don Baylor's club. Jon Lieber had a 20 win season, and along with Kevin Tapani and Kerry Wood made up a solid rotation. The Cubs led the eventual Wild Card winning Cardinals by 2.5 games in early September, but Preston Wilson's walk-off homer off of closer Tom "Flash" Gordon took the wind out of the team's sails, failing to make another serious charge. The Cubs did manage to finish 88–74, only 5 games behind both St. Louis and Houston, who tied for first. One of the season's most memorable moments came on September 27, when Sammy Sosa carried an American flag around the bases after hitting a home run in the Cubs first home game since the September 11 attacks. Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Transactions July 4, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml Trent Hubbard Stats 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 September 10, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs. Draft picks June 5, 2001: Mark Prior was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 2001.Mark Prior Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 5, 2001: Geovany Soto was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2001.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sotoge01.shtml Geovany Soto Stats Roster 2001 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 38 Manny Aybar 46 Jason Bere 48 Joe Borowski 37 Scott Chiasson 51 Juan Cruz 55 Courtney Duncan 44 Kyle Farnsworth 13 Jeff Fassero 31 Mike Fyhrie 45 Tom Gordon 94 Félix Heredia 32 Jon Lieber 54 Ron Mahay 35 Will Ohman 36 Kevin Tapani 50 Julián Tavárez 47 Todd Van Poppel 49 David Weathers 34 Kerry Wood 38 Carlos Zambrano Catchers 27 Joe Girardi 99,9 Todd Hundley 72 Robert Machado Infielders 40 Miguel Cairo  6 Ron Coomer 16 Delino DeShields 12 Ricky Gutiérrez 29 Fred McGriff 33 Bill Mueller  1 Augie Ojeda 56 Jason Smith 30 Matt Stairs  7 Eric Young 15 Julio Zuleta Outfielders 28 Roosevelt Brown  9 Damon Buford 11 Todd Dunwoody 19 Gary Matthews, Jr. 40 Chad Meyers 20 Corey Patterson 21 Sammy Sosa 24 Michael Tucker 22 Rondell White Manager 25 Don Baylor Coaching Staff  8 Oscar Acosta (pitching)  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (first base)  3 Gene Glynn (third base)  5 Rene Lachemann (bench)  4 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 26 Billy Williams (special asst) 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 RBICTodd Hundley7924646.18712311BMatt Stairs12834085.25017612BEric Young149603168.2796423BRon Coomer147528153.290853SSRicky Gutiérrez11134991.26110 66LFRondell White9532399.3071750CFGary Matthews10625856.217930RFSammy Sosa160577189.32864160 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 Joe Girardi 78 229 58 .253 3 25 Bill Mueller 70 210 62 .295 6 23 Michael Tucker 63 205 54 .263 5 31 Fred McGriff 49 170 48 .282 12 41 Delino DeShields 68 163 45 .276 2 16 Augie Ojeda 78 144 29 .201 1 12 Robert Machado 52 135 30 .222 2 13 Corey Patterson 59 131 29 .221 4 14 Miguel Cairo 66 123 35 .285 2 9 Julio Zuleta 49 106 23 .217 6 24 Damon Buford 35 85 15 .176 3 8 Roosevelt Brown 39 83 22 .265 4 22 Todd Dunwoody 33 61 13 .213 1 3 Chad Meyers 18 17 2 .118 0 0 Jason Smith 2 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 Jon Lieber 34 232.1 20 6 3.80 148 Jason Bere 32 188.0 11 11 4.31 175 Kerry Wood 28 174.1 12 6 3.36 217 Kevin Tapani 29 168.1 9 14 4.49 149 Julián Tavárez 34 161.1 10 9 4.52 107 Juan Cruz 8 44.2 3 1 3.22 39 Joe Borowski 1 1.2 0 1 32.40 1 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 Carlos Zambrano 6 7.2 1 2 15.26 4 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 Tom Gordon 47 1 2 27 3.38 67 Jeff Fassero 82 4 4 12 3.42 79 Kyle Farnsworth 76 4 6 2 2.74 107 Todd Van Poppel 59 4 1 0 2.52 90 Félix Heredia 48 2 2 0 6.17 28 Courtney Duncan 36 3 3 0 5.06 49 David Weathers 28 1 1 0 3.18 20 Manny Aybar 17 2 1 0 6.35 16 Ron Mahay 17 0 0 0 2.61 24 Mike Fyhrie 15 0 2 0 4.20 6 Will Ohman 11 0 1 0 7.71 12 Scott Chiasson 6 1 1 0 2.70 6 Awards and records Sammy Sosa became the first player to hit at least 60 home runs in three different seasons.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Bruce Kimm AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Dave Bialas A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Dave Trembley A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Julio Garcia A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Steve McFarland Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo MartínezJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2001 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Cub Category:2001 in Chicago