The 2001 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 32nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 4th in the National League, and their 33rd overall. The Brewers finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. The 2001 Brewers scored 740 runs, 11th in the NL, and ranked 1st in strikeouts, with 1,399. It was their first season at the newly built Miller Park.

Offseason December 20, 2000: Brian Lesher was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. January 3, 2001: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. January 8, 2001: Jason McDonald was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. February 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. February 24, 2001: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Devon White. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ruddy Lugo (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.Marquis Grissom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions May 29, 2001: Tony Fernández was released by the Milwaukee Brewers. July 30, 2001: Dave Weathers was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Roberto Miniel (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ruben Quevedo and Pete Zoccolillo.

Roster 2001 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (Third Base) (Pitching) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Bench) (First Base)

Player stats = Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB C Henry Blanco 104 314 33 66 6 31 .210 3 1B Richie Sexson 158 598 94 162 45 125 .271 2 2B Ron Belliard 101 364 69 96 11 36 .264 5 3B Tyler Houston 75 235 36 68 12 38 .289 0 SS José Hernández 152 542 67 135 25 78 .249 5 LF Geoff Jenkins 105 397 60 105 20 63 .264 4 CF Devon White 126 390 52 108 14 47 .277 18 RF Jeromy Burnitz 154 562 104 141 34 100 .251 0

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB Kevin Brown 17 43 7 9 4 12 .209 0 Raul Casanova 71 192 21 50 11 33 .260 0 Lou Collier 50 127 19 32 2 14 .252 5 Mike Coolbaugh 39 70 10 14 2 7 .200 0 Angel Echevarria 75 133 12 34 5 13 .256 0 Tony Fernández 28 64 6 18 1 3 .281 1 Jeffrey Hammonds 49 174 20 43 6 21 .247 5 Jesse Levis 12 33 6 8 0 3 .242 0 Luis López 92 222 22 60 4 18 .270 0 Mark Loretta 102 384 40 111 2 29 .289 1 James Mouton 75 138 20 34 2 10 .246 7 15 40 5 9 0 6 .225 2 Robert Pérez 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Alex Sánchez 30 68 7 14 0 4 .206 6 Mark Sweeney 48 89 9 23 3 11 .258 2

Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

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 Jamey Wright 33 194.2 11 12 4.90 129 Jimmy Haynes 31 172.2 8 17 4.85 112 Ben Sheets 25 151.1 11 10 4.76 94 Paul Rigdon 15 79.1 3 5 5.79 49 Rubén Quevedo 10 56.2 4 5 4.61 60 Jeff D'Amico 10 47.1 2 4 6.08 32 Nick Neugebauer 2 6.0 1 1 7.50 11

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 Allen Levrault 32 130.2 6 10 6.06 80 Mac Suzuki 15 56.0 3 5 5.30 47 Rocky Coppinger 8 22.2 1 0 6.75 15 Kyle Peterson 3 14.2 1 2 5.52 12

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 Curt Leskanic 70 2 6 17 3.63 64 Ray King 82 0 4 1 3.60 49 Mike DeJean 75 4 2 2 2.77 68 Chad Fox 65 5 2 2 1.89 80 David Weathers 52 3 4 4 2.03 46 Will Cunnane 31 0 3 0 5.40 37 Mike Buddie 31 0 1 2 3.89 22 Mark Leiter 20 2 1 0 3.75 26 Gus Gandarillas 16 0 0 0 5.49 7 Lance Painter 13 1 0 0 4.22 6 Brandon Kolb 10 0 0 0 13.03 8 Mark Loretta 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Valerio De Los Santos 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2001. The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship, and the DSL Brewers won the Dominican Summer League championship.

References

2001 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference 2001 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com