2001 Cincinnati Reds season

2001 Cincinnati Reds
2001 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Cinergy Field
City	Cincinnati
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Carl Lindner
General managers	Jim Bowden
Managers	Bob Boone
Television	FSN Ohio ; (George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio	WLW; (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

The 2001 Cincinnati Reds season was the 132nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone.

Offseason[edit]

November 16, 2000: Chris Stynes was traded by the Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler.^[1]
March 21, 2001: Drew Henson and Michael Coleman were traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Wily Mo Peña.^[2]

Regular season[edit]

May 8, 2001: Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks struck out 20 Cincinnati Reds batters, but left the game after nine innings with a no-decision tied at 1-1. The Reds scored two runs in the top of the 11th inning but the Diamondbacks scored three runs in the bottom of the inning to win, 4-3.^[3]

Season standings[edit]

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	93	69	0.574	—	44–37	49–32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	0.574	—	54–28	39–41
Chicago Cubs	88	74	0.543	5	48–33	40–41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	25	36–45	32–49
Cincinnati Reds	66	96	0.407	27	27–54	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	0.383	31	38–43	24–57

Record vs. opponents[edit]

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[edit]

June 23, 2001: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[4]
July 1, 2001: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[5]
July 19, 2001: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Reds to the Colorado Rockies for Robin Jennings and Todd Walker.^[6]

Roster[edit]

2001 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

34 Calvin Pickering

Manager

9 Bob Boone

Coaches

19 Bill Doran (first base)
10 Tim Foli (bench)
33 Ken Griffey, Sr. (hitting)
35 Don Gullett (pitching)
47 Tom Hume (bullpen)
16 Ron Oester (third base)

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Jason LaRue	121	364	86	.236	12	43
1B	Sean Casey	145	533	165	.310	13	89
2B	Todd Walker	66	261	77	.295	5	32
SS	Pokey Reese	133	428	96	.224	9	40
3B	Aaron Boone	103	381	112	.294	14	62
LF	Dmitri Young	142	540	163	.302	21	69
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	111	364	104	.286	22	65
RF	Alex Ochoa	90	349	101	.289	7	35

Other batters[edit]

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
Rubén Rivera	117	263	67	.255	10	34
Adam Dunn	66	244	64	.262	19	43
Juan Castro	96	242	54	.223	3	13
Michael Tucker	86	231	56	.242	7	30
Kelly Stinnett	63	187	48	.257	9	25
Barry Larkin	45	156	40	.256	2	17
Wilton Guerrero	60	142	48	.338	1	8
Brady Clark	89	129	34	.264	6	18
Bill Selby	36	92	21	.228	2	12
Donnie Sadler	39	84	17	.202	1	3
Robin Jennings	27	77	22	.286	3	14
Deion Sanders	32	75	13	.173	1	4
D.T. Cromer	50	57	16	.281	5	12
Corky Miller	17	49	9	.184	3	7
Brandon Larson	14	33	4	.121	0	1
Raúl González	11	14	3	.214	0	0
Calvin Pickering	4	4	1	.250	0	1

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Elmer Dessens	34	205.0	10	14	4.48	128
Chris Reitsma	36	182.0	7	15	5.29	96
Lance Davis	20	106.1	8	4	4.74	53
José Acevedo	18	96.0	5	7	5.44	68
Rob Bell	9	44.1	0	5	5.48	33
Brian Reith	9	40.1	0	7	7.81	22
Pete Harnisch	7	35.1	1	3	6.37	17
Joey Hamilton	4	17.1	1	2	6.23	10

Other pitchers[edit]

Note; G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Brower	46	129.1	7	10	3.97	94
Osvaldo Fernández	20	79.1	5	6	6.92	35
Jared Fernández	5	12.1	0	1	4.38	5

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Danny Graves	66	6	5	32	4.15	49
Scott Sullivan	79	7	1	0	3.31	82
Héctor Mercado	56	3	2	0	4.08	59
Chris Nichting	36	0	3	1	4.46	33
Dennys Reyes	35	2	6	0	4.92	52
Mark Wohlers	30	3	1	0	3.94	21
John Riedling	29	1	1	1	2.41	23
Scott MacRae	24	0	1	0	4.02	18
Justin Atchley	15	0	0	0	6.10	8
José Rijo	13	0	0	0	2.12	12
Scott Winchester	12	0	2	0	4.50	9
Chris Piersoll	11	0	0	0	2.38	7
Frank Rodriguez	7	0	0	0	11.42	9
Scott Williamson	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville RiverBats	International League	Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Phillip Wellman
A	Mudville Nine	California League	Dave Oliver
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Donnie Scott
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Edgar Caceres
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Rick Burleson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Billings^[7]

References[edit]

^ Chris Stynes page at Baseball Reference
^ Drew Henson page at Baseball Reference
^ Numbelievable!, p.13, Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
^ Scott Service page at Baseball Reference
^ José Rijo page at Baseball Reference
^ Alex Ochoa page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links[edit]

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[1] Chris Stynes page at Baseball Reference

[2] Drew Henson page at Baseball Reference

[3] Numbelievable!, p.13, Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0

[4] Scott Service page at Baseball Reference

[5] José Rijo page at Baseball Reference

[6] Alex Ochoa page at Baseball Reference

[7] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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