2001 San Diego Padres
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Qualcomm Stadium
City	San Diego, California
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	John Moores
General managers	Kevin Towers
Managers	Bruce Bochy
Television	KUSI-TV 4SD ( Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Bob Chandler, Rick Sutcliffe)
Radio	KOGO ( Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 2001 San Diego Padres season was the 33rd season in franchise history.

Offseason

• November 3, 2000: Buddy Carlyle was purchased by Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from the San Diego Padres. ^[1]
• December 10, 2000: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. ^[2]
• December 15, 2000: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. ^[3]
• January 12, 2001: Heathcliff Slocumb was released by the San Diego Padres. ^[4]
• March 19, 2001: Rickey Henderson signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
• March 28, 2001: Mark Kotsay was traded by the Florida Marlins with Cesar Crespo to the San Diego Padres for Matt Clement, Eric Owens, and Omar Ortíz (minors). ^[5]

Regular season

Rickey Henderson

• During the 2001 season, Rickey Henderson broke two major league records and reached a career milestone. He broke Babe Ruth's all-time record for walks, Ty Cobb's all-time record for runs (doing so with a home run), and on the final day of the season, he had his 3,000th career hit. That final game was also Padre legend Tony Gwynn's last major league game, and is the only time in Major League history in which two teammates had 3,000 hits each. Rickey had originally wanted to sit that game out so as not to detract from the occasion, but Gwynn insisted that Henderson play.

At the age of 42, his last substantial major league season, Henderson finished the year with 25 stolen bases, ninth in the NL. It also marked Rickey Henderson's 23rd consecutive season in which he'd stolen more than 20 bases.

Opening Day starters

• Chris Gomez – SS
• Mark Kotsay – CF
• Mike Darr – LF
• Ryan Klesko – 1B
• Tony Gwynn – RF
• Damian Jackson – 2B
• Ben Davis – C
• Phil Nevin – 3B
• Kevin Jarvis – SP

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	2	49–32	41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	6	44–37	42–39
San Diego Padres	79	83	0.488	13	35–46	44–37
Colorado Rockies	73	89	0.451	19	41–40	32–49

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	5–2	6–3	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–4	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	3–4	4–2	12–7	10–9	2–4	7–8
Atlanta	2–5	—	4–2	4–2	4–2	9–10	3–3	2–5	3–3	13–6	10–9	10–9	5–1	3–3	4–2	3–3	9–9
Chicago	3–6	2–4	—	13–4	3–3	3–3	8–9	4–2	8–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–6	2–4	3–3	9–8	9–6
Cincinnati	1–5	2–4	4–13	—	3–6	4–2	6–11	4–2	6–10	4–2	4–2	2–4	9–8	2–4	4–2	7–10	4–11
Colorado	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–3	—	4–2	2–4	8–11	5–1	3–4	4–3	2–4	2–4	9–10	9–10	6–3	2–10
Florida	2–4	10–9	3–3	2–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–5	4–2	12–7	7–12	5–14	4–2	3–4	2–4	3–3	12–6
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–8	11–6	4–2	3–3	—	2–4	12–5	6–0	3–3	3–3	9–8	3–6	3–3	9–7	9–6
Los Angeles	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–4	11–8	5–2	4–2	—	5–1	2–4	2–4	3–3	7–2	9–10	11–8	3–3	6–9
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	9–8	10–6	1–5	2–4	5–12	1–5	—	4–2	3–3	3–3	6–11	1–5	5–4	7–10	5–10
Montreal	3–3	6–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	7–12	0–6	4–2	2–4	—	8–11	9–10	5–1	3–3	2–5	2–4	8–10
New York	3–3	9–10	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–8	—	11–8	4–2	1–5	3–4	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	4–3	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	14–5	3–3	3–3	3–3	10–9	8–11	—	5–1	5–2	3–3	2–4	7–11
Pittsburgh	2–4	1–5	6–10	8–9	4–2	2–4	8–9	2–7	11–6	1–5	2–4	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	3–14	8–7
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	4–3	6–3	10–9	5–1	3–3	5–1	2–5	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	6–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–4	3–3	2–4	10–9	4–2	3–3	8–11	4–5	5–2	4–3	3–3	5–1	14–5	—	4–2	10–5
St. Louis	4–2	3–3	8–9	10–7	3–6	3–3	7–9	3–3	10–7	4–2	5–1	4–2	14–3	5–1	2–4	—	8–7

Notable transactions

• July 30, 2001: Sterling Hitchcock was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely (minors). ^[6]

Roster

2001 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 44 Tom Davey 53 Adam Eaton 57 Jeremy Fikac 59 Junior Herndon 41 Sterling Hitchcock 51 Trevor Hoffman 32 Kevin Jarvis 58 Brett Jodie 28 Bobby Jones 50 Brian Lawrence 36 David Lee 46 Carlton Loewer 49 David Lundquist 54 Dave Maurer 43 Chuck McElroy 54 Jason Middlebrook 29 Rodney Myers 37 José Núñez 40 Jimmy Osting 47 Rudy Seánez 39 Wascar Serrano 55 Brian Tollberg 56 Kevin Walker 18 Woody Williams 34 Jay Witasick		Catchers 13 Ben Davis  7 Wiki González 20 Rick Wilkins Infielders  9 Alex Arias  8 César Crespo 10 Chris Gomez  2 Damian Jackson  4 D'Angelo Jiménez 30 Ryan Klesko 12 Dave Magadan 17 Donaldo Méndez 23 Phil Nevin 16 Adam Riggs 18 Kevin Witt		Outfielders 10 Emil Brown 21 Mike Colangelo 26 Mike Darr 19 Tony Gwynn 24 Rickey Henderson 14 Mark Kotsay 16 Ray Lankford  1 Santiago Pérez 27 Bubba Trammell		Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 38 Greg Booker (bullpen) 52 Duane Espy (hitting) 11 Tim Flannery (third base)  5 Rob Picciolo (bench) 45 Dave Smith (pitching)  3 Alan Trammell (first base)

Player stats

Batting

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	Ben Davis	138	448	107	.239	11	57
1B	Ryan Klesko	146	538	154	.286	30	113
2B	Damian Jackson	122	440	106	.241	4	38
SS	D'Angelo Jiménez	86	308	85	.276	3	33
3B	Phil Nevin	149	546	167	.306	41	126
LF	Rickey Henderson	123	379	86	.227	8	42
CF	Mark Kotsay	119	406	118	.291	10	58
RF	Bubba Trammell	142	490	128	.261	25	92

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
Mike Darr	105	289	80	.277	2	34
Wiki Gonzalez	64	160	44	.275	8	27
César Crespo	55	153	32	.209	4	12
Alex Arias	70	137	31	.226	2	12
Dave Magadan	91	128	32	.250	1	12
Ray Lankford	40	125	36	.288	4	19
Donaldo Méndez	46	118	18	.153	1	5
Chris Gomez	40	112	21	.188	0	7
Tony Gwynn	71	102	33	.324	1	17
Mike Colangelo	50	91	22	.242	2	8
Santiago Pérez	43	81	16	.198	0	4
Adam Riggs	12	36	7	.194	0	1
Kevin Witt	14	27	5	.185	2	5
Rick Wilkins	12	22	4	.182	1	8
Emil Brown	13	14	1	.071	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
Bobby Jones	33	195.0	8	19	5.12	113
Kevin Jarvis	32	193.1	12	11	4.79	133
Woody Williams	23	145.0	8	8	4.97	102
Brian Tollberg	19	117.1	10	4	4.30	71
Adam Eaton	17	116.2	8	5	4.32	109
Sterling Hitchcock	3	19.0	2	1	3.32	15
Carlton Loewer	2	4.1	0	2	24.92	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
Brian Lawrence	27	114.2	5	5	3.45	84
Wascar Serrano	20	46.2	3	3	6.56	39
Junior Herndon	12	42.2	2	6	6.33	14
Brett Jodie	7	23.1	0	1	4.63	13
Jason Middlebrook	4	19.1	2	1	5.12	10

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
Trevor Hoffman	62	3	4	43	3.43	63
José Núñez	56	4	1	0	3.31	49
David Lee	41	1	0	0	3.70	42
Tom Davey	39	2	4	0	4.50	37
Rodney Myers	37	1	2	1	5.32	29
Jay Witasick	31	5	2	1	1.86	53
Chuck McElroy	31	1	1	0	5.16	25
Rudy Seánez	26	0	2	1	2.63	24
Jeremy Fikac	23	2	0	0	1.37	19
David Lundquist	17	0	1	0	5.95	19
Kevin Walker	16	0	0	0	3.00	17
Dave Maurer	3	0	0	0	10.80	4
Jimmy Osting	3	0	0	0	0.00	3

Award winners

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Ryan Klesko
• Phil Nevin

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
AA	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	Tracy Woodson
A	Lake Elsinore Storm	California League	Craig Colbert
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Tom Lawless
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Jeff Gardner
Rookie	Idaho Falls Padres	Pioneer League	Jake Molina

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Lake Elsinore ^[7]

References

External links

• 2001 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 2001 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac