2001 Chicago Cubs season

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.

2001 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersTribune Company
General managersAndy MacPhail
ManagersDon Baylor
Local televisionWCIU/Superstation WGN
(Chip Caray, Joe Carter)
FSN Chicago
(Chip Caray, Dave Otto)
Local radioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • November 18, 2000: Bill Mueller was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tim Worrell.[1]
  • December 18, 2000: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]
  • December 19, 2000: Todd Hundley signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[3]
  • January 10, 2001: Ron Coomer was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[4]

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
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9369 0.574 — 44–37 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 — 54–28 39–41
Chicago Cubs 8874 0.543 5 48–33 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Cincinnati Reds 6696 0.407 27 27–54 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 62100 0.383 31 38–43 24–57

Record vs. opponents
2001 National League record

Sources:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —5–26–35–113–64–22–410–93–33–33–33–44–212–710–92–47–8
Atlanta 2–5—4–24–24–29–103–32–53–313–610–910–95–13–34–23–39–9
Chicago 3–62–4—13–43–33–38–94–28–93–34–24–210–62–43–39–89–6
Cincinnati 1–52–44–13—3–64–26–114–26–104–24–22–49–82–44–27–104–11
Colorado 6–132–43–36–3—4–22–48–115–13–44–32–42–49–109–106–32–10
Florida 2–410–93–32–42–4—3–32–54–212–77–125–144–23–42–43–312–6
Houston 4–23–39–811–64–23–3—2–412–56–03–33–39–83–63–39–79–6
Los Angeles 9–105–22–42–411–85–24–2—5–12–42–43–37–29–1011–83–36–9
Milwaukee 3–33–39–810–61–52–45–121–5—4–23–33–36–111–55–47–105–10
Montreal 3–36–133–32–44–37–120–64–22–4—8–119–105–13–32–52–48–10
New York 3–39–102–42–43–412–73–34–23–311–8—11–84–21–53–41–510–8
Philadelphia 4–39–102–44–24–214–53–33–33–310–98–11—5–15–23–32–47–11
Pittsburgh 2–41–56–108–94–22–48–92–711–61–52–41–5—2–41–53–148–7
San Diego 7–123–34–24–210–94–36–310–95–13–35–12–54–2—5–141–56–9
San Francisco 9–102–43–32–410–94–23–38–114–55–24–33–35–114–5—4–210–5
St. Louis 4–23–38–910–73–63–37–93–310–74–25–14–214–35–12–4—8–7

Transactions
  • July 4, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • September 10, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs.[5]

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.[7]
  • 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.[8]

Roster
2001 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaching Staff

Player stats

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 Todd Hundley 79 246 46 .187 12 31
1B Matt Stairs 128 340 85 .250 17 61
2B Eric Young 149 603 168 .279 6 42
3B Ron Coomer 147 528 153 .290 8 53
SS Ricky Gutiérrez 111 349 91 .261 10 66
LF Rondell White 95 323 99 .307 17 50
CF Gary Matthews 106 258 56 .217 9 30
RF Sammy Sosa 160 577 189 .328 64 160

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 Girardi7822958.253325
Bill Mueller7021062.295623
Michael Tucker6320554.263531
Fred McGriff4917048.2821241
Delino DeShields6816345.276216
Augie Ojeda7814429.201112
Robert Machado5213530.222213
Corey Patterson5913129.221414
Miguel Cairo6612335.28529
Julio Zuleta4910623.217624
Damon Buford358515.17638
Roosevelt Brown398322.265422
Todd Dunwoody336113.21313
Chad Meyers18172.11800
Jason Smith210.00000

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 Lieber34232.12063.80148
Jason Bere32188.011114.31175
Kerry Wood28174.11263.36217
Kevin Tapani29168.19144.49149
Julián Tavárez34161.11094.52107
Juan Cruz844.2313.2239
Joe Borowski11.20132.401

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 Zambrano67.21215.264

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 Gordon4712273.3867
Jeff Fassero8244123.4279
Kyle Farnsworth764622.74107
Todd Van Poppel594102.5290
Félix Heredia482206.1728
Courtney Duncan363305.0649
David Weathers281103.1820
Manny Aybar172106.3516
Ron Mahay170002.6124
Mike Fyhrie150204.206
Will Ohman110107.7112
Scott Chiasson61102.706

Awards and records
  • Sammy Sosa became the first player to hit at least 60 home runs in three different seasons.[9]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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 Martínez

[10]

References
  1. "Bill Mueller Stats".
  2. "Jason Bere Stats".
  3. Todd Hundley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Ron Coomer Stats".
  5. "Trent Hubbard Stats".
  6. "David Weathers Stats".
  7. Mark Prior Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. "Geovany Soto Stats".
  9. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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