2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season

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2001 Arizona Diamondbacks World Series Champions National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1998) Western Division (Since 1998)
Location
BankOne Ballpark (Since 1998) Phoenix, Arizona (Since 1998)
2001 Information
Owner(s)	Ken Kendrick Jeff Moorad
Manager(s)	Bob Brenly
Local television	FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Jim Traber, Joe Garagiola, Sr.)
Local radio	KTAR (620 AM) (Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte, Jim Traber, Jeff Munn) KSUN (Spanish) (Richard Saenz, Oscar Soria, Miguel Quintana)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to improve on their 2000 season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League West Division. They finished the season with a record of 92-70, good enough for the division title. In the playoffs, they won their NLDS matchup vs. St. Louis on a walk-off hit by Tony Womack. They defeated the Braves in 5 games in the NLCS. In the World Series, they won a dramatic 7 game series on a walk-off hit by Luis Gonzalez.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Opening Day Starters 2.2 Season Standings 2.3 Notable Transactions 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 NLDS 5 NLCS 6 World Series 6.1 Game 1 6.2 Game 2 6.3 Game 3 6.4 Game 4 6.5 Game 5 6.6 Game 6 6.7 Game 7 7 Awards and Honors 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Offseason

December 8, 2000: Mark Grace signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks. ^[1]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season Standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Arizona Diamondbacks	92	70	--	.568
San Francisco Giants	90	72	2.0	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	6.0	.531
San Diego Padres	79	83	13.0	.488
Colorado Rockies	73	89	19.0	.451

[edit] Notable Transactions

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] NLDS

Main article: 2001 National League Division Series

Arizona wins the series, 3-2

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series 1 Arizona 1 St. Louis 0 October 1-0 (AZ) 2 Arizona 1 St. Louis 4 October 10 1-1 3 St. Louis 3 Arizona 5 October 12 2-1 (AZ) 4 St. Louis 4 Arizona 1 October 13 2-2 5 Arizona 2 St. Louis 1 October 14 3-2 (AZ) [edit] NLCS Main article: 2001 National League Championship Series Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record (ATL-ARI) Attendance 1 October 16 Atlanta 0 Arizona 2 0-1 37,729 2 October 17 Atlanta 8 Arizona 1 1-1 49,334 3 October 19 Arizona 5 Atlanta 1 1-2 41,624 4 October 20 Arizona 11 Atlanta 4 1-3 42,291 5 October 21 Arizona 3 Atlanta 2 1-4 35,652 Arizona wins series 4–1 and advances to the World Series [edit] World Series Main article: 2001 World Series [edit] Game 1 October 27, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 Arizona 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 x 9 10 0 W: Curt Schilling (1-0)   L: Mike Mussina (0-1)   HR: ARI – Craig Counsell (1), Luis Gonzalez (1) [edit] Game 2 October 28, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Arizona 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 4 5 0 W: Randy Johnson (1-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-1)   HR: ARI – Matt Williams (1) [edit] Game 3 October 30, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Arizona 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 New York 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 2 7 1 W: Roger Clemens (1-0)   L: Brian Anderson (0-1)  S: Mariano Rivera (1) HR: NYY – Jorge Posada (1) [edit] Game 4 October 31, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Arizona 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 7 0 W: Mariano Rivera (1-0)   L: Byung-Hyun Kim (0-1)   HR: ARI – Mark Grace (1)    NYY – Shane Spencer (1), Tino Martinez (1), Derek Jeter (1) [edit] Game 5 November 1, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Arizona 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 9 1 W: Sterling Hitchcock (1-0)   L: Albie Lopez (0-1)   HR: ARI – Steve Finley (1), Rod Barajas (1)    NYY – Scott Brosius (1) [edit] Game 6 November 3, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1 Arizona 1 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 x 15 22 0 W: Randy Johnson (2-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-2)   [edit] Game 7 November 4, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 3 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 11 0 W: Randy Johnson (3-0)   L: Mariano Rivera (1-1)   HR: NYY– Alfonso Soriano (1) [edit] Awards and Honors Craig Counsell, National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Curt Schilling, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, Pitchers, World Series Most Valuable Player Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, Pitchers, Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year [edit] References ^ Mark Grace Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com [edit] External links Arizona Diamondbacks official web site 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com v • d • e 2001 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto AL Central Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota AL West Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Atlanta • Florida • New York • Philadelphia • Montreal NL Central Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Milwaukee • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Arizona • Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 2001 All-Star Game • 2001 World Series Preceded by San Francisco Giants 2000 NL West Division Championship Season 2001 Succeeded by Arizona Diamondbacks 2002 Preceded by New York Mets 2000 National League Championship Season 2001 Succeeded by San Francisco Giants 2002 Preceded by New York Yankees 2000 World Series champion 2001 Succeeded by Anaheim Angels 2002 v • d • e Arizona Diamondbacks Based in Phoenix, Arizona The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and owners • Broadcasters Ballparks Chase Field Culture D. Baxter the Bobcat • "Remember the Name" Important Figures Randy Johnson • Steve Finley • Curt Schilling • Luis Gonzalez • Brandon Webb Retired Numbers 42 Key Personnel Owner: Ken Kendrick • General Manager: Josh Byrnes • Manager: Bob Melvin World Series Championships (1) 2001 National League Pennants (1) 2001 Seasons (11) 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 Minor League Affiliates Tucson Sidewinders (AAA) • Mobile BayBears (AA) • Visalia Oaks (A) • South Bend Silver Hawks (A) • Yakima Bears (A) • Missoula Osprey (Rookie) Other Assets Hall of Fame Racing