The 2001 Kansas City Royals season was the 33rd season for the franchise, and their 29th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals failed to improve on their 77–85 record from 2000 and finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses. The Royals missed the postseason for the 16th consecutive season.
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.Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Kansas City Royals. June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for José Santiago.Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki. July 31, 2001: Rey Sánchez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Voyles (minors) and Alejandro Machado (minors).– Rey Sanchez at Baseball-Reference
Roster 2001 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (third base)
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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 C Brent Mayne 51 166 40 .241 2 20 1B Mike Sweeney 147 559 170 .304 29 99 2B Carlos Febles 79 292 69 .236 8 25 SS Rey Sánchez 100 390 118 .303 0 28 3B Joe Randa 151 581 147 .253 13 83 LF Dee Brown 106 380 93 .245 7 40 CF Carlos Beltrán 155 617 189 .306 24 101 RF Jermaine Dye 97 367 100 .272 13 47 DH Raúl Ibañez 104 279 78 .280 13 54
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 Quinn 118 453 122 .269 17 60 Luis Alicea 113 387 106 .274 4 32 Dave McCarty 98 200 50 .250 7 26 Neifi Pérez 49 199 48 .241 1 12 Héctor Ortiz 56 154 38 .247 0 11 Gregg Zaun 39 125 40 .320 6 18 A. J. Hinch 45 121 19 .157 6 15 Donnie Sadler 54 101 13 .129 0 2 Endy Chávez 29 77 16 .208 0 5 Luis Ordaz 28 56 14 .250 0 4 Ángel Berroa 15 53 16 .302 0 4 Wilson Delgado 14 25 3 .120 0 1 Brandon Berger 6 16 5 .313 2 2 Ken Harvey 4 12 3 .250 0 2 Trent Hubbard 5 12 3 .250 0 0 Sal Fasano 3 1 0 .000 0 0
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 Suppan 34 218.1 10 14 4.37 120 Chad Durbin 29 179.0 9 16 4.93 95 Dan Reichert 27 123.0 8 8 5.63 77 Paul Byrd 16 93.1 6 6 4.05 49 Chris George 13 74.0 4 8 5.59 32 Brian Meadows 10 50.1 1 6 6.97 21 Mike MacDougal 3 15.1 1 1 4.70 7
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 Stein 36 131.0 7 8 4.74 113 Kris Wilson 29 109.1 6 5 5.19 67 Mac Suzuki 15 56.0 2 5 5.30 37
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 Hernández 63 5 6 28 4.12 46 Jason Grimsley 73 1 5 0 3.02 61 Doug Henry 53 2 2 0 6.07 57 Cory Bailey 53 1 1 0 3.48 61 Tony Cogan 39 0 4 0 5.84 17 Jeff Austin 21 0 0 0 5.54 27 José Santiago 20 2 2 0 6.75 15 Scott Mullen 17 0 0 0 4.50 3 Brad Voyles 7 0 0 0 3.86 6
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
References 2001 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference 2001 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com