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2001 Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners David Glass
General managers Allard Baird
Managers Tony Muser
Television KMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
( Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Radio KMBZ
( Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 2001 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fifth in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason

  • January 8, 2001: Johnny Damon was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Kansas City Royals with Mark Ellis to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Ben Grieve to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Oakland Athletics sent Ángel Berroa and A. J. Hinch to the Kansas City Royals. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals. [1]
  • March 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals. [2]

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 91 71 0.562 — 44–36 47–35
Minnesota Twins 85 77 0.525 6 47–34 38–43
Chicago White Sox 83 79 0.512 8 46–35 37–44
Detroit Tigers 66 96 0.407 25 37–44 29–52
Kansas City Royals 65 97 0.401 26 35–46 30–51


Record vs. opponents

2001 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 4–5 4–3 6–3 5–4 5–4 5–4 3–6 4–3 6–14 4–15 7–2 7–12 5–4 10–8
Baltimore 5–4 — 9–10 3–4 1–5 4–2 5–2 3–3 5–13 2–7 1–8 10–9 2–7 7–12 6–12
Boston 3–4 10–9 — 3–3 3–6 4–5 3–3 3–3 5–13 4–5 3–6 14–5 5–2 12–7 10–8
Chicago 3–6 4–3 3–3 — 10–9 13–6 14–5 5–14 1–5 1–8 2–7 5–2 7–2 3–3 12–6
Cleveland 4–5 5–1 6–3 9–10 — 13–6 11–8 14–5 4–5 4–3 2–5 5–1 5–4 2–4 7–11
Detroit 4–5 2–4 5–4 6–13 6–13 — 8–11 4–15 4–5 1–6 2–5 4–2 8–1 2–4 10–8
Kansas City 4–5 2–5 3–3 5–14 8–11 11–8 — 6–13 0–6 3–6 3–6 4–2 4–5 4–3 8–10
Minnesota 6–3 3–3 3–3 14–5 5–14 15–4 13–6 — 4–2 5–4 1–8 1–6 4–5 2–5 9–9
New York 3–4 13–5 13–5 5–1 5–4 5–4 6–0 2–4 — 3–6 3–6 13–6 3–4 11–8 10–8
Oakland 14–6 7–2 5–4 8–1 3–4 6–1 6–3 4–5 6–3 — 9–10 7–2 9–10 6–3 12–6
Seattle 15–4 8–1 6–3 7–2 5–2 5–2 6–3 8–1 6–3 10–9 — 7–2 15–5 6–3 12–6
Tampa Bay 2–7 9–10 5–14 2–5 1–5 2–4 2–4 6–1 6–13 2–7 2–7 — 4–5 9–10 10–8
Texas 12–7 7–2 2–5 2–7 4–5 1–8 5–4 5–4 4–3 10–9 5–15 5–4 — 3–6 8–10
Toronto 4–5 12–7 7–12 3–3 4–2 4–2 3–4 5–2 8–11 3–6 3–6 10–9 6–3 — 8–10


Notable transactions

  • May 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Kansas City Royals. [2]
  • June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for José Santiago. [3]
  • June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki. [4]
  • July 31, 2001: Rey Sánchez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Voyles (minors) and Alejandro Machado (minors). [5]

Roster

2001 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Brent Mayne 51 166 40 .241 2 20
1B Mike Sweeney 147 559 170 .304 29 99
2B Carlos Febles 79 292 69 .236 8 25
SS Rey Sánchez 100 390 118 .303 0 28
3B Joe Randa 151 581 147 .253 13 83
LF Dee Brown 106 380 93 .245 7 40
CF Carlos Beltrán 155 617 189 .306 24 101
RF Jermaine Dye 97 367 100 .272 13 47
DH Raúl Ibañez 104 279 78 .280 13 54

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
Mark Quinn 118 453 122 .269 17 60
Luis Alicea 113 387 106 .274 4 32
Dave McCarty 98 200 50 .250 7 26
Neifi Pérez 49 199 48 .241 1 12
Héctor Ortiz 56 154 38 .247 0 11
Gregg Zaun 39 125 40 .320 6 18
A. J. Hinch 45 121 19 .157 6 15
Donnie Sadler 54 101 13 .129 0 2
Endy Chávez 29 77 16 .208 0 5
Luis Ordaz 28 56 14 .250 0 4
Ángel Berroa 15 53 16 .302 0 4
Wilson Delgado 14 25 3 .120 0 1
Brandon Berger 6 16 5 .313 2 2
Ken Harvey 4 12 3 .250 0 2
Trent Hubbard 5 12 3 .250 0 0
Sal Fasano 3 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
Jeff Suppan 34 218.1 10 14 4.37 120
Chad Durbin 29 179.0 9 16 4.93 95
Dan Reichert 27 123.0 8 8 5.63 77
Paul Byrd 16 93.1 6 6 4.05 49
Chris George 13 74.0 4 8 5.59 32
Brian Meadows 10 50.1 1 6 6.97 21
Mike MacDougal 3 15.1 1 1 4.70 7

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
Blake Stein 36 131.0 7 8 4.74 113
Kris Wilson 29 109.1 6 5 5.19 67
Mac Suzuki 15 56.0 2 5 5.30 37

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
Roberto Hernández 63 5 6 28 4.12 46
Jason Grimsley 73 1 5 0 3.02 61
Doug Henry 53 2 2 0 6.07 57
Cory Bailey 53 1 1 0 3.48 61
Tony Cogan 39 0 4 0 5.84 17
Jeff Austin 21 0 0 0 5.54 27
José Santiago 20 2 2 0 6.75 15
Scott Mullen 17 0 0 0 4.50 3
Brad Voyles 7 0 0 0 3.86 6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League John Mizerock
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Joe Szekely
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Lino Diaz

[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ a b "Trent Hubbard Stats".
  3. ^ Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Brent Mayne Stats".
  5. ^ – Rey Sanchez at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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