2001 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 2001 National League Wild Card winners St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League Central Busch Memorial Stadium St. Louis, Missouri 93–69 (.574) 2nd William DeWitt, Jr. Walt Jocketty Tony La Russa Fox Sports MidwestKPLR(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck) KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin) thumb|right|275px|Mark McGwire belting his 564th of his career home run (moving him ahead of Reggie Jackson for sixth all-time home run leader) during a July 2001 game against the Detroit Tigers. thumb|right|250px|A lineup card for a 2001 spring training game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves. The 2001 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 120th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 110th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 during the season and finished tied for first in the National League Central with the Houston Astros. Because the Cardinals and Astros were best two teams in the National League, both from the Central, and both finished five games ahead of the third-place Chicago Cubs, the Astros were awarded the NL Central champion and the number 1 seed in the playoffs due to winning the season series 9–7, and the Cardinals were awarded the wild-card.https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240919124 Ankiel throws two hitless innings September 19, 2004 ESPN.com https://web.archive.org/web/20130927215444/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240919124 September 27, 2013 dead Associated Press There may be another reason for La Russa's stance. St. Louis finished tied with Houston in 2001, but the Astros won the division based on head-to-head record while the Cardinals won the wild-card berth. Still, St. Louis tried to claim it was division co-champion, a position the commissioner's office rejected. mdy In the playoffs the Cardinals lost to the eventual World Champion Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 2 in the NLDS.2022-10-05 A look back at the St. Louis Cardinals Wild Card postseason history https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/mlb/stl-cardinals/st-louis-cardinals-wild-card-postseason-history/63-09e57137-a4da-4fe5-b18f-5150820b124c 2024-06-01 ksdk.com en-US Third baseman/Outfielder Albert Pujols won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .329, with 37 home runs and 130 RBIs. Second baseman Fernando Viña and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves in 2001.admin 2001-11-07 Two Redbirds Win Gold Glove https://www.missourinet.com/2001/11/07/two-redbirds-win-gold-glove/ 2024-06-01 Missourinet en-US This was also Jack Buck's final season as the team's broadcaster.Jack Buck https://baseballvoices.com/buy-online/jack-buck/ 2024-06-01 baseballvoices.com Offseason December 22, 2000: Quinton McCracken was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 5, 2001: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 5, 2001: John Mabry was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 28, 2001: Quinton McCracken was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. Regular season Albert Pujols made his major league debut on April 2 against the Colorado Rockies.https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml Albert Pujols Stats He appeared in three at-bats and collected one hit.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104020COL Box Score of Game played on Monday, April 2, 2001 at Coors Field On September 3, Bud Smith became the ninth Cardinal and eighteenth rookie to hurl a no-hitter. Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Transactions April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal. June 5, 2001: Dan Haren was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2001.Danny Haren Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 5, 2001: Joe Mather was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. June 5, 2001: Skip Schumaker was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Roster 2001 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 66 Rick Ankiel 31 Alan Benes 40 Andy Benes 48 Jason Christiansen 63 Luther Hackman 30 Dustin Hermanson 65 Chad Hutchinson 49 Mike James 41 Jason Karnuth 57 Darryl Kile 44 Steve Kline 37,33 T. J. Mathews 60 Mike Matthews 35 Matt Morris 51,52 Bud Smith 67,37,36 Gene Stechschulte 46 Jeff Tabaka 50 Mike Timlin 43 Dave Veres 19 Woody Williams Catchers 26 Eli Marrero 22 Mike Matheny 32 Keith McDonald Infielders 25 Mark McGwire 24 Bobby Bonilla 29 Stubby Clapp 47 John Mabry 27 Plácido Polanco  3 Édgar Rentería 28 Larry Sutton  4 Fernando Viña Outfielders 41 Miguel Cairo  7 J. D. Drew 15 Jim Edmonds 16 Ray Lankford 21 Craig Paquette  5 Albert Pujols 13 Kerry Robinson 23 Luis Saturria Other batters 28 Bill Ortega Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 34 Mark DeJohn 18 Dave Duncan 19 Mike Easler 38 Marty Mason 39 Dave McKay 11 José Oquendo 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 Mike Matheny 121 381 83 .218 7 42 1B Mark McGwire 97 299 56 .187 29 64 2B Fernando Viña 154 631 191 .303 9 56 SS Édgar Rentería 141 493 128 .260 10 57 3B Plácido Polanco 144 564 173 .307 3 38 LF Ray Lankford 91 264 62 .235 15 39 CF Jim Edmonds 150 500 152 .304 30 110 RF J.D. Drew 109 375 121 .323 27 73 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 Albert Pujols 161 590 194 .329 37 130 Craig Paquette 123 340 96 .282 15 64 Eli Marrero 86 203 54 .266 6 23 Kerry Robinson 114 186 53 .285 1 15 Bobby Bonilla 93 174 37 .213 5 21 Larry Sutton 33 42 5 .119 1 3 Miguel Cairo 27 33 11 .333 1 7 Stubby Clapp 23 25 5 .200 0 1 John Mabry 5 7 0 .000 0 0 Luis Saturria 13 5 1 .200 0 1 Bill Ortega 5 5 1 .200 0 0 Keith McDonald 2 2 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 Darryl Kile 34 227.1 16 11 3.09 179 Matt Morris 34 216.1 22 8 3.16 185 Dustin Hermanson 33 192.1 14 13 4.45 123 Bud Smith 16 84.2 6 3 3.83 59 Woody Williams 11 75.0 7 1 2.28 52 Rick Ankiel 6 24.0 1 2 7.13 27 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 Andy Benes 27 107.1 7 7 7.38 78 Mike Matthews 51 89.0 3 4 3.24 72 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 Dave Veres 71 3 2 15 3.70 61 Steve Kline 89 3 3 9 1.80 54 Mike Timlin 67 4 5 3 4.09 47 Gene Stechschulte 67 1 5 6 3.86 51 Mike James 40 1 2 0 5.21 26 Luther Hackman 35 1 2 1 4.29 24 Jason Christiansen 30 1 1 3 4.66 19 T.J. Mathews 10 1 0 0 3.07 10 Alan Benes 9 2 0 0 7.36 10 Jeff Tabaka 8 0 0 0 7.36 3 Jason Karnuth 4 0 0 0 1.80 1 Chad Hutchinson 3 0 0 0 24.75 2 Bobby Bonilla 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 NLDS 2001 National League Division Series Arizona wins the series, 3–2 GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries1Arizona1St. Louis0October 91–0 (AZ)2Arizona1St. Louis4October 101–13St. Louis3Arizona5October 122–1 (AZ)4St. Louis4Arizona1October 132–25Arizona2St. Louis1October 143–2 (AZ) Awards and honors Jim Edmonds, OF, Gold Glove Award Albert Pujols, 3B, National League Rookie of the Year Award Fernando Viña, 2B, Gold Glove Award All-Star Game Matt Morris, P, reserve Albert Pujols, 3B, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Gaylen Pitts AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Danny Sheaffer A Potomac Cannons Carolina League Joe Cunningham, Jr. A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Joe Hall A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Brian Rupp Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Chris MaloneyJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 2001 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 2001 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons St Louis Category:2001 in St. Louis Category:National League Wild Card winner seasons