2001 Florida Marlins season

2001 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkDolphin Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJohn W. Henry
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersJohn Boles, Tony Pérez
TelevisionFSN Florida
WAMI-TV
(Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
RadioWQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez)
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The 2001 Florida Marlins season was the ninth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2000. Their managers were John Boles and Tony Pérez. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 76–86, fourth in the National League East.

Offseason

  • November 13, 2000: Matt Treanor was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[1]
  • December 18, 2000: Charles Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.[2]
  • March 28, 2001: Mark Kotsay was traded by the Florida Marlins with Cesar Crespo to the San Diego Padres for Matt Clement, Eric Owens, and Omar Ortíz (minors).[3]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 88 74 .543 — 40‍–‍41 48‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies 86 76 .531 2 47‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
New York Mets 82 80 .506 6 44‍–‍37 38‍–‍43
Florida Marlins 76 86 .469 12 46‍–‍34 30‍–‍52
Montreal Expos 68 94 .420 20 34‍–‍47 34‍–‍47


Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL 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 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.[4]

Citrus Series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the series 4-2.

  • June 15- @ Marlins 7- Devil Rays 4 [5]
  • June 16- @ Marlins 11- Devil Rays 0 [6]
  • June 17- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 4 [7]
  • July 6- @ Devil Rays 5- Marlins 4 (11 innings) [8]
  • July 7- @ Devil Rays 4- Marlins 3 [9]
  • July 8- Marlins 6- @ Devil Rays 1 [10]

Roster

2001 Florida Marlins
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
C Charles Johnson 128 451 117 .259 18 75
1B Derrek Lee 158 561 158 .282 21 75
2B Luis Castillo 134 537 141 .263 2 45
SS Álex González 145 515 129 .250 9 48
3B Mike Lowell 146 551 156 .283 18 100
LF Cliff Floyd 149 555 176 .317 31 103
CF Preston Wilson 123 468 128 .274 23 71
RF Eric Owens 119 400 101 .253 5 28

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
Kevin Millar 144 449 141 .314 20 85
Dave Berg 82 215 52 .242 4 16
John Mabry 82 147 32 .218 6 20
Mike Redmond 48 141 44 .312 4 14
Andy Fox 54 81 15 .185 3 7
Ryan McGuire 48 54 10 .185 1 8
Jeff Abbott 28 42 11 .262 0 5
Ryan Thompson 18 31 9 .290 0 2
Lyle Mouton 21 17 1 .059 0 1
Ramón Castro 7 11 2 .182 0 1
Chad Mottola 5 7 0 .000 0 1
Mike Gulan 6 6 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
Ryan Dempster 34 211.1 15 12 4.94 171
Brad Penny 31 205.0 10 10 3.69 154
A.J. Burnett 27 173.1 11 12 4.05 128
Matt Clement 31 169.1 9 10 5.05 134
Chuck Smith 15 88.0 5 5 4.70 71
Jason Grilli 6 26.2 2 2 6.08 17
Josh Beckett 4 24.0 2 2 1.50 24

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
Jesús Sánchez 16 62.2 2 4 4.74 46
Kevin Olsen 4 15.0 0 0 1.20 13
Gary Knotts 2 6.0 0 1 6.00 9

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
Antonio Alfonseca 58 4 4 28 3.06 40
Braden Looper 71 3 3 3 3.55 52
Ricky Bones 61 4 4 0 5.06 41
Vic Darensbourg 58 1 2 1 4.25 33
Vladimir Núñez 52 4 5 0 2.74 64
Armando Almanza 52 2 2 0 4.83 45
Dan Miceli 29 0 5 0 6.93 31
Juan Acevedo 20 2 3 0 2.54 21
Benito Báez 8 0 0 0 13.50 14
Joe Strong 5 0 0 0 1.35 4
Blaine Neal 4 0 0 0 6.75 3
Johnny Ruffin 3 0 0 0 4.91 4
John Mabry 1 0 0 0 135.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Chris Chambliss
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Rick Renteria
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Dave Huppert
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Russ Morman
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Kevin Boles
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jon Deeble

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kane County; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Brevard County[11]

References

  1. ^ "Matt Treanor Stats".
  2. ^ Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ "Mark Kotsay Stats".
  4. ^ John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 15, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
  6. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 16, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
  7. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 17, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium".
  8. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 6, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
  9. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, July 7, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
  10. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, July 8, 2001 at Tropicana Field".
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007