2001 Colorado Rockies season

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2001 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jerry McMorris
General manager(s) Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s) Buddy Bell
Local television KWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)
Local radio KOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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The Colorado Rockies' 2001 season was the 9th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73-89, last in the NL West.

Offseason

  • November 7, 2000: Mark Little was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • December 4, 2000: Denny Neagle was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 10, 2000: Ron Gant was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • December 12, 2000: Mike Hampton was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • January 5, 2001: Greg Norton was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[5]
  • March 28, 2001: Masato Yoshii was released by the Colorado Rockies.[6]

Regular season

  • Rockies pitcher Jason Jennings became the first pitcher since 1901 to throw a shutout and hit a Home Run in his first Major League game.[7]

Season standings

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 Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON 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

  • April 25, 2001: Ubaldo Jiménez was signed as an Amateur Free Agent by the Rockies.[8]
  • May 29, 2001: Justin Speier was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Mets.[9]
  • June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki.[10]
  • July 13, 2001: Chone Figgins was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Anaheim Angels for Kimera Bartee.[11]
  • July 19, 2001: Todd Walker was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Robin Jennings to the Cincinnati Reds for Alex Ochoa.[12]
  • July 25, 2001: Neifi Pérez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Jermaine Dye. Dye was then traded by the Rockies to the Oakland Athletics for José Ortiz, Todd Belitz, and Mario Encarnación.[13]
  • July 31, 2001: Pedro Astacio was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Houston Astros for Scott Elarton.[14]
  • August 23, 2001: Gary Bennett was traded by the New York Mets to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Ender Chavez (minors) (December 27, 2001) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.[15]
  • September 12, 2001: Ross Gload was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Chicago Cubs.[16]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Juan Uribe (Apr 8)
    • Cliff Brumbaugh (May 30)
    • Brent Butler (Jul 4)
    • Mario Encarnación (Aug 26)
  • Pitchers:
    • Tim Christman (Apr 21)
    • Shawn Chacón (Apr 29)
    • Jason Jennings (Aug 23) [17]

Roster

2001 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2001 Game Log

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Ben Petrick 85 244 58 .238 11 39
1B Todd Helton 159 587 197 .336 49 146
2B Todd Walker 85 290 86 .297 12 43
SS Neifi Pérez 87 382 114 .298 7 47
3B Jeff Cirillo 138 528 165 .313 17 83
LF Ron Gant 59 171 44 .257 8 22
CF Juan Pierre 156 617 202 .327 2 55
RF Larry Walker 142 497 174 .350 38 123

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
Juan Uribe 72 273 82 .300 8 53
Terry Shumpert 114 242 70 .289 4 24
Greg Norton 117 225 60 .267 13 40
José Ortiz 53 204 52 .255 13 35
Alex Ochoa 58 187 47 .251 1 17
Brent Mayne 49 160 53 .331 0 20

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
Mike Hampton 32 203.0 14 13 5.41 122
Denny Neagle 30 170.2 9 8 5.38 139
Shawn Chacón 27 160.0 6 10 5.06 134
Pedro Astacio 22 141.0 6 13 5.49 125
Brian Bohanon 20 97.0 5 8 7.14 47
John Thomson 14 93.2 4 5 4.04 68

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
Ron Villone 22 46.2 1 3 6.36 48
Jason Jennings 7 39.1 4 1 4.58 26
Jay Powell 39 38.2 3 1 2.79 26
Juan Acevedo 39 32.0 0 2 5.63 26

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
Mike Myers 73 2 3 0 3.60 36
Gabe White 69 1 7 0 6.25 47
Kane Davis 57 2 4 0 4.35 47
José Jiménez 56 6 1 17 4.09 37
Justin Speier 42 4 3 0 3.70 47

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Chris Cron
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Ron Gideon
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Dave Collins
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Stu Cole
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem[18]

References

  1. Mark Little at Baseball Reference
  2. Denny Neagle at Baseball Reference
  3. Ron Gant at Baseball Reference
  4. Mike Hampton at Baseball Reference
  5. Greg Norton at Baseball Reference
  6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yoshima01.shtml
  7. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  8. Ubaldo Jiménez at Baseball Reference
  9. Justin Speier at Baseball Reference
  10. Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
  11. Kimera Bartee at Baseball Reference
  12. Alex Ochoa at Baseball Reference
  13. José Ortiz at Baseball Reference
  14. Scott Elarton at Baseball Reference
  15. Gary Bennett at Baseball Reference
  16. Ross Gload at Baseball Reference
  17. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2001&l=NL
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007