2001 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersAllard Baird
ManagersTony Muser
TelevisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
Seasons

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 9171 0.562 — 44–36 47–35
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 6 47–34 38–43
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 8 46–35 37–44
Detroit Tigers 6696 0.407 25 37–44 29–52
Kansas City Royals 6597 0.401 26 35–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents

2001 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —4–54–36–35–45–45–43–64–36–144–157–27–125–410–8
Baltimore 5–4—9–103–41–54–25–23–35–132–71–810–92–77–126–12
Boston 3–410–9—3–33–64–53–33–35–134–53–614–55–212–710–8
Chicago 3–64–33–3—10–913–614–55–141–51–82–75–27–23–312–6
Cleveland 4–55–16–39–10—13–611–814–54–54–32–55–15–42–47–11
Detroit 4–52–45–46–136–13—8–114–154–51–62–54–28–12–410–8
Kansas City 4–52–53–35–148–1111–8—6–130–63–63–64–24–54–38–10
Minnesota 6–33–33–314–55–1415–413–6—4–25–41–81–64–52–59–9
New York 3–413–513–55–15–45–46–02–4—3–63–613–63–411–810–8
Oakland 14–67–25–48–13–46–16–34–56–3—9–107–29–106–312–6
Seattle 15–48–16–37–25–25–26–38–16–310–9—7–215–56–312–6
Tampa Bay 2–79–105–142–51–52–42–46–16–132–72–7—4–59–1010–8
Texas 12–77–22–52–74–51–85–45–44–310–95–155–4—3–68–10
Toronto 4–512–77–123–34–24–23–45–28–113–63–610–96–3—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
CBrent Mayne5116640.241220
1BMike Sweeney147559170.3042999
2BCarlos Febles7929269.236825
SSRey Sánchez100390118.303028
3BJoe Randa151581147.2531383
LFDee Brown10638093.245740
CFCarlos Beltrán155617189.30624101
RFJermaine Dye97367100.2721347
DHRaúl Ibañez10427978.2801354

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 Quinn118453122.2691760
Luis Alicea113387106.274432
Dave McCarty9820050.250726
Neifi Pérez4919948.241112
Héctor Ortiz5615438.247011
Gregg Zaun3912540.320618
A. J. Hinch4512119.157615
Donnie Sadler5410113.12902
Endy Chávez297716.20805
Luis Ordaz285614.25004
Ángel Berroa155316.30204
Wilson Delgado14253.12001
Brandon Berger6165.31322
Ken Harvey4123.25002
Trent Hubbard5123.25000
Sal Fasano310.00000

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 Suppan34218.110144.37120
Chad Durbin29179.09164.9395
Dan Reichert27123.0885.6377
Paul Byrd1693.1664.0549
Chris George1374.0485.5932
Brian Meadows1050.1166.9721
Mike MacDougal315.1114.707

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 Stein36131.0784.74113
Kris Wilson29109.1655.1967
Mac Suzuki1556.0255.3037

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 Hernández6356284.1246
Jason Grimsley731503.0261
Doug Henry532206.0757
Cory Bailey531103.4861
Tony Cogan390405.8417
Jeff Austin210005.5427
José Santiago202206.7515
Scott Mullen170004.503
Brad Voyles70003.866

Farm system

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

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Notes

  1. ↑ Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. 1 2 "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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