2001 Boston Red Sox season

The 2001 Boston Red Sox season was the 101st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record , games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the AL championship. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Oakland Athletics, who finished second in the American League West with a record of .

In mid-August, manager Jimy Williams was dismissed by general manager Dan Duquette; Joe Kerrigan, who had been the team's pitching coach, served as manager for the remainder of the season. The 2001 Red Sox allowed the most stolen bases in a season in the live-ball era, with 223, breaking the record of 216 set by the 1986 Philadelphia Phillies.

The end of the regular season was pushed back from September 30 to October 7 due to the September 11 attacks. The Red Sox only played 161 games, as their rained out game of September 10 against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled, as it had no bearing on the postseason.

Offseason November 16, 2000: Chris Stynes was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler.Chris Stynes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 2000: Free agent Manny Ramirez signed an eight-year $160 million contract with the Red Sox. January 11, 2001: David Cone signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.David Cone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com January 19, 2001: Craig Grebeck was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.Craig Grebeck Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

+Red Sox vs. National League East TeamATLFLAMONNYMPHIBoston3–32–12–11–22–1

Transactions April 18, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com June 5, 2001: Kevin Youkilis was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2001.Kevin Youkilis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com June 12, 2001: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for Doug Mirabelli.Justin Duchscherer Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com July 2, 2001: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.Joe Oliver Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2001: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Tomokazu Ohka and Rich Rundles (minors).Ugueth Urbina Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com August 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.

Famous firsts involving the Red Sox Monday, August 6, 2001 – Scott Hatteberg became the first player to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam during the same game.Baseball Almanac, Steroid Era Famous Firsts Retrieved January 25, 2013.Box Score, Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox, August 6, 2001 Sunday, September 2, 2001 – This was the first day in Major League history where the final score in four games was 1-0: Yankees 1 vs. Red Sox 0, Padres 1 vs. Diamondbacks 0, Astros 1 vs. Brewers 0, and Blue Jays 1 vs. Tigers 0.

Opening Day line up 12 Chris Stynes 2B  7 Trot Nixon RF33 Jason Varitek C 24 Manny Ramírez DH  2 Carl Everett CF25 Troy O'Leary LF29 Shea Hillenbrand  3B23 Brian Daubach 1B15 Craig Grebeck SS45 Pedro Martínez P

Roster 2001 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Designated hitter Manager

Coaches (Bullpen, Pitching) (Hitting) (First base) (Bench) (Pitching) (Third base) (Bullpen catcher, Bullpen) (Infield) (Pitching assistant) (Pitching)

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; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB C Scott Hatteberg 94 278 68 .245 3 25 1 1B Brian Daubach 122 407 107 .263 22 71 1 2B José Offerman 128 524 140 .267 9 49 5 SS Mike Lansing 106 352 88 .250 8 34 3 3B Shea Hillenbrand 139 468 123 .263 12 49 3 LF Troy O'Leary 104 341 82 .240 13 50 1 CF Carl Everett 102 409 105 .257 14 58 9 RF Trot Nixon 148 535 150 .280 27 88 7 DH Manny Ramirez 142 529 162 .306 41 125 0

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB Dante Bichette 107 391 112 .286 12 49 2 Chris Stynes 96 361 101 .280 8 33 4 Jason Varitek 51 174 51 .293 7 25 0 Darren Lewis 82 164 46 .280 1 12 5 Lou Merloni 52 146 39 .267 3 13 2 Doug Mirabelli 54 141 38 .270 9 26 0 Nomar Garciaparra 27 83 24 .289 4 8 0 John Valentin 20 60 12 .200 1 5 0 Calvin Pickering 24 50 14 .280 3 7 0 Craig Grebeck 23 41 2 .049 0 2 0 Izzy Alcántara 14 38 10 .263 0 3 1 Morgan Burkhart 11 33 6 .182 1 4 0 James Lofton 8 26 5 .192 0 1 2 Ángel Santos 9 16 2 .125 0 1 0 Joe Oliver 5 12 3 .250 0 0 0 Marcus Jensen 1 4 1 .250 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Hideo Nomo 33 33 198.0 13 10 4.50 220 Frank Castillo 26 26 136.2 10 9 4.21 89 David Cone 25 25 135.2 9 7 4.31 115 Pedro Martínez 18 18 116.2 7 3 2.39 163 Tomo Ohka 12 11 52.1 2 5 6.19 37 Paxton Crawford 8 7 36.0 3 0 4.75 29 Bret Saberhagen 3 3 15.0 1 2 6.00 10

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Tim Wakefield 45 168.2 9 12 3 3.90 148 Rolando Arrojo 41 103.1 5 4 5 3.48 78 Casey Fossum 13 44.1 3 2 0 4.87 26

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO Derek Lowe 67 3 91.2 5 10 24 3.53 82 Rod Beck 68 0 80.2 6 4 6 3.90 63 Rich Garcés 62 0 67.0 6 1 1 3.90 51 Sun-woo Kim 20 2 41.2 0 2 0 5.83 27 Hipólito Pichardo 30 0 34.2 2 1 0 4.93 17 Pete Schourek 33 0 30.1 1 5 0 4.45 20 Bill Pulsipher 23 0 22.0 0 0 0 5.32 16 Ugueth Urbina 19 0 20.0 0 1 9 2.25 32 Todd Erdos 10 0 16.1 0 0 0 4.96 7 Allen McDill 15 0 14.2 0 0 0 5.52 16 Willie Banks 5 0 10.2 0 0 0 0.84 10 Bryce Florie 7 0 8.2 0 1 0 11.42 7 Carlos Castillo 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 6.00 0

Game log Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game postponed

|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 1 || April 2 || @ Orioles || 1–2 (11) || Kohlmeier (1–0) || Lowe (0–1) || — || Camden Yards || 46,547 || 0–1 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 2 || April 4 || @ Orioles || 3–0 || Nomo (1–0) || Ponson (0–1) || — || Camden Yards || 35,602 || 1–1 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 3 || April 5 || @ Orioles || 1–2 || Groom (1–0) || Lowe (0–2) || — || Camden Yards || 33,469 || 1–2 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 4 || April 6 || Devil Rays || 11–4 || Wakefield (1–0) || Rupe (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 33,525 || 2–2 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 5 || April 7 || Devil Rays || 6–2 || Crawford (1–0) || Harper (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 31,660 || 3–2 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 6 || April 8 || Devil Rays || 3–0 || Martínez (1–0) || Lopez (1–1) || Lowe (1) || Fenway Park || 31,383 || 4–2 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 7 || April 10 || Orioles || 10–1 || Nomo (2–0) || Ponson (0–2) || Wakefield (1) || Fenway Park || 27,664 || 5–2 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 8 || April 11 || Orioles || 4–5 || Roberts (1–0) || Castillo (0–1) || Groom (1) || Fenway Park || 26,302 || 5–3 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 9 || April 12 || Orioles || 8–2 || Ohka (1–0) || Mercedes (0–2) || Arrojo (1) || Fenway Park || 30,083 || 6–3 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 10 || April 13 || Yankees || 3–2 (10)|| Lowe (1–2) || Rivera (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 33,124 || 7–3 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 11 || April 14 || Yankees || 2–3 || Stanton (1–0) || Schourek (0–1) || Rivera (3) || Fenway Park || 33,396 || 7–4 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 12 || April 15 || Yankees || 5–4 || Garcés (1–0) || Pettitte (2–1) || Arrojo (2) || Fenway Park || 32,127 || 8–4 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 13 || April 16 || Yankees || 4–1 || Castillo (1–1) || Mussina (1–1) || Beck (1) || Fenway Park || 33,373 || 9–4 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 14 || April 17 || @ Devil Rays || 10–0 || Ohka (2–0) || Harper (0–2) || — || Tropicana Field || 19,433 || 10–4 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 15 || April 18 || @ Devil Rays || 9–1 || Arrojo (1–0) || Sturtze (0–2) || — || Tropicana Field || 16,622 || 11–4 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 16 || April 19 || @ Devil Rays || 8–3 || Martínez (2–0) || Wilson (0–2) || Lowe (2) || Tropicana Field || 22,026 || 12–4 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 17 || April 20 || @ Yankees || 1–6 || Pettitte (3–1) || Nomo (2–1) || — || Yankee Stadium || 54,366 || 12–5 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 18 || April 21 || @ Yankees || 8–3 || Castillo (2–1) || Mussina (1–2) || — || Yankee Stadium || 55,483 || 13–5 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 19 || April 22 || @ Yankees || 3–4 (10) || Rivera (1–1) || Lowe (1–3) || — || Yankee Stadium || 55,278 || 13–6 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 20 || April 24 || Twins || 9–4 || Crawford (2–0) || Redman (1–2) || Wakefield (2) || Fenway Park || 32,557 || 14–6 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 21 || April 25 || Twins || 6–4 (10)|| Wells (2–0) || Beck (0–1) || Hawkins (6) || Fenway Park || 33,177 || 14–7 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 22 || April 26 || Twins || 2–0 || Nomo (3–1) || Milton (3–1) || Lowe (3) || Fenway Park || 32,222 || 15–7 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 23 || April 27 || Royals || 9–2 || Castillo (3–1) || Stein (1–3) || Arrojo (3) || Fenway Park || 31,850 || 16–7 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 24 || April 28 || Royals || 2–8 || Reichert (3–1) || Ohka (2–1) || — || Fenway Park || 32,442 || 16–8 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 25 || April 29 || Royals || 8–11 (11) || Santiago (1–0) || Lowe (1–4) || Hernández (5) || Fenway Park || 32,791 || 16–9 || L2

|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 26 || May 1 || @ Mariners || 2–0 || Martínez (3–0) || Halama (2–2) || Arrojo (4) || Safeco Field || 36,642 || 17–9 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 27 || May 2 || @ Mariners || 1–5 || Sele (5–0) || Nomo (3–2) || — || Safeco Field || 40,170 || 17–10 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 28 || May 3 || @ Mariners || 3–10 || Moyer (5–0) || Castillo (3–2) || — || Safeco Field || 32,513 || 17–11 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 29 || May 4 || @ Athletics || 3–7 || Heredia (2–4) || Lowe (1–5) || Tam (1) || Network Associates Coliseum || 20,631 || 17–12 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 30 || May 5 || @ Athletics || 7–1 || Crawford (3–0) || Zito (3–3) || — || Network Associates Coliseum || 29,248 || 18–12 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 31 || May 6 || @ Athletics || 5–4 || Martínez (4–0) || Lidle (0–2) || Beck (2) || Network Associates Coliseum || 40,186 || 19–12 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 32 || May 8 || Mariners || 12–4 || Nomo (4–2) || Moyer (5–1) || — || Fenway Park || 32,941 || 20–12 || W3