2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season

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
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The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, in their fourth year of existence, looked to improve on their 2000 season. They had to contend in what was a strong National League West Division.

Arizona had the best one-two pitching combination in the majors: Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, who combined for 43 victories. Outfielder Luis Gonzalez slugged 57 home runs. They finished the regular season with a record of 92-70, which was 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 five games in the NLCS. In the World Series, they won a dramatic seven-game series against the New York Yankees on a walk-off hit by Gonzalez, against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. The Arizona Diamondbacks became the fastest expansion franchise in Major League Baseball history to win a World Series title in just their fourth season.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Opening Day starters 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Notable transactions 2.4 Roster 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 League leaders 9 Farm system 10 References 11 External links

Offseason

• November 2, 2000: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[1]
• December 8, 2000: Mark Grace signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[2]
• December 15, 2000: Midre Cummings was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[3]
• March 8, 2001: Mike Mohler was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[4]

Regular season

• Randy Johnson recorded 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Cincinnati Reds on May 8, 2001.^[5] Johnson shares the record with Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood.
• On July 19, 2001, Johnson set another record when the previous night's game against the San Diego Padres was delayed by two electrical explosions that knocked out a light tower in Qualcomm Stadium. When the game resumed the following day, Johnson replaced original starter Curt Schilling in the top of the third inning. He pitched the next seven innings, and struck out 16 Padres.^[5] Johnson set a new record for strikeouts in a relief appearance, a record that was set 88 years previously by Walter Johnson, who struck out 15 batters in 11 1/3 innings on July 25, 1913.^[5]
• Johnson went on to win 20 games for the second time in his career while striking out over 300 hitters for the fourth consecutive year. On October 2, 2001, Randy Johnson earned his 200th career win.^[5]

Opening Day starters

• Jay Bell
• David Dellucci
• Steve Finley
• Luis Gonzalez
• Mark Grace
• Damian Miller
• Armando Reynoso
• Matt Williams
• Tony Womack ^[6]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Arizona Diamondbacks	92	70	--	.568
San Francisco Giants	90	72	2	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	6	.531
San Diego Padres	79	83	13	.488
Colorado Rockies	73	89	19	.451

Notable transactions

• June 5, 2001: Dan Uggla was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2001.^[7]
• June 5, 2001: Ian Kinsler was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 26th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[8]

Roster

2001 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers 34 Brian Anderson 43 Miguel Batista 47 Nick Bierbrodt 54 Troy Brohawn 55 Robert Ellis 50 Geraldo Guzman 51 Randy Johnson 49 Byung-Hyun Kim 57 Eric Knott 58 Mike Koplove 32 Albie Lopez 31 Matt Mantei 52 Mike Mohler 36 Mike Morgan 41 Bret Prinz 27 Armando Reynoso 56 Erik Sabel 38 Curt Schilling 36,46 Russ Springer 22 Greg Swindell 40 Bobby Witt		Catchers 48 Rod Barajas  8 Mike DiFelice 45 Ken Huckaby 26 Damian Miller 39 Chad Moeller Infielders 33 Jay Bell 10 Alex Cintron 28 Greg Colbrunn  4 Craig Counsell 44 Erubiel Durazo 17 Mark Grace  2 Juan Sosa 37 Junior Spivey  9 Matt Williams  5 Tony Womack		Outfielders 29 Danny Bautista  6 Ryan Christenson  6 Jason Conti 13 Midre Cummings 19 Jack Cust 25 David Dellucci 12 Steve Finley 20 Luis Gonzalez 16 Reggie Sanders Other batters 61 Lyle Overbay  8 Rob Ryan	Manager 15 Bob Brenly Coaches  3 Bob Melvin (Bench) 21 Dwayne Murphy (Hitting) 14 Eddie Rodriguez (1st Base) 53 Glenn Sherlock (Bullpen) 16 Chris Speier (3rd Base) 32 Bob Welch (Pitching)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos.	Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
C	Damian Miller	123	380	103	13	47	.271
1B	Mark Grace	145	476	142	15	78	.298
2B	Jay Bell	129	428	106	13	46	.248
3B	Matt Williams	106	408	112	16	65	.275
SS	Tony Womack	125	481	128	3	30	.266
LF	Luis Gonzalez	162	609	198	57	142	.325
CF	Steve Finley	140	495	136	14	73	.275
RF	Reggie Sanders	126	441	116	33	90	.263

^[9]

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
Craig Counsell	141	458	126	4	38	.275
Danny Bautista	100	222	67	5	26	.302
David Dellucci	115	217	60	10	40	.276
Erubiel Durazo	92	175	47	12	38	.269

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Curt Schilling	35	256.7	22	6	2.98	293
Randy Johnson	35	249.7	21	6	2.49	372
Brian Anderson	29	133.3	4	9	5.20	55
Robert Ellis	19	92.0	6	5	5.77	41
Albie Lopez	13	81.0	4	7	4.00	69

^[9]

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Witt	14	43.3	4	1	4.78	31

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Byung-Hyun Kim	78	98.0	5	6	19	2.94	113
Greg Swindell	64	53.7	2	6	2	4.53	42

NLDS

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) 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 World series Main article: 2001 World Series 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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)   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) Awards and honors Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, Pitchers, Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, Pitchers, World Series Most Valuable Player Craig Counsell, National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Luis Gonzalez, National League Silver Slugger Award Randy Johnson, National League Cy Young Award Curt Schilling, Hutch Award[10] Curt Schilling, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game League leaders Luis Gonzalez #3 in NL in home runs (57) #3 in NL in RBI (142) #3 in NL in slugging percentage (.688) #4 in NL in runs scored (128) Randy Johnson Led MLB in ERA (2.49) Led MLB in strikeouts (372) #3 in NL in wins (21) Curt Schilling Led MLB in wins (22) Led NL in complete games (6) #2 in NL in ERA (2.98) #2 in NL in strikeouts (293) Farm system See also: Minor league baseball Level Team League Manager AAA Tucson Sidewinders Pacific Coast League Tom Spencer AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Al Pedrique A Lancaster JetHawks California League Scott Coolbaugh A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Steve Scarsone Short-Season A Yakima Bears Northwest League Greg Lonigro Rookie Missoula Osprey Pioneer League Chip Hale [11] References ^ Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ^ Mark Grace Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml ^ a b c d The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com ^ 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster by Baseball Almanac ^ Dan Uggla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinslia01.shtml ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2001.shtml ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007 External links Arizona Diamondbacks official web site 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at Baseball Reference 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 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 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 • Montréal 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 Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 World Series Champions 4 Craig Counsell | 5 Tony Womack | 9 Matt Williams | 12 Steve Finley | 13 Midre Cummings | 16 Reggie Sanders | 17 Mark Grace | 20 Luis Gonzalez | 22 Greg Swindell | 25 David Dellucci | 26 Damian Miller | 28 Greg Colbrunn | 29 Danny Bautista | 32 Albie Lopez | 33 Jay Bell | 34 Brian Anderson | 36 Mike Morgan | 37 Junior Spivey | 38 Curt Schilling (World Series MVP) | 40 Bobby Witt | 43 Miguel Batista | 44 Erubiel Durazo | 48 Rod Barajas | 49 Byung-Hyun Kim | 51 Randy Johnson (World Series MVP) | 54 Troy Brohawn Manager 15 Bob Brenly Coaches: Bob Melvin,Bench | Dwayne Murphy | Eddie Rodriguez.Third-Base | Glenn Sherlock | Chris Speier | Bob WelchPitching Regular season • National League Division Series • National League Championship Series Arizona Diamondbacks Based in Phoenix, Arizona Franchise History • Expansion • Expansion Draft • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Seasons • Opening Day starters • First-round draft picks Ballparks Chase Field • Spring training: Tucson Electric Park • Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Culture D. Baxter the Bobcat • The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty • Randy Johnson's perfect game Retired numbers 20 • 42 Key personnel Owner: Ken Kendrick • General Manager: Kevin Towers • Manager: Kirk Gibson World Series Championships (1) 2001 National League Pennants (1) 2001 NL West Division Championships (5) 1999 • 2001 • 2002 • 2007 • 2011 Seasons (15) 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 Minor league affiliates AAA: Reno Aces • AA: Mobile BayBears • A: Visalia Rawhide • South Bend Silver Hawks • Yakima Bears • Rookie: Missoula Osprey Other assets Hall of Fame Racing