2001 St. Louis Cardinals season

2001 St. Louis Cardinals
NL Wildcard
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	93–69 (.574)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)	Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest KPLR (Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin)
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Mark McGwire belting his 564th of his career home run (moving him ahead of Reggie Jackson for sixth all-time home run leader) during a July 2001 game against the Detroit Tigers.

A lineup card for a 2001 spring training game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves.

The St. Louis Cardinals 2001 season was the team's 120th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 110th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93-69 during the season and finished tied for first in the National League Central division with the Houston Astros. Both the Cardinals and Astros finished five games ahead of the third-place Chicago Cubs. The Astros were declared the NL Central champion in the playoffs due to a better head-to-head record, and the Cardinals were seeded as the wild-card.^[1] In the playoffs the Cardinals lost to the eventual World Champion Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 2 in the NLDS.

Third baseman/Outfielder Albert Pujols won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .329, with 37 home runs and 130 RBIs. Second baseman Fernando Viña and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves in 2001.

Offseason

December 22, 2000: Quinton McCracken was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]
January 5, 2001: Bobby Bonilla was Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]
January 5, 2001: John Mabry was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]
March 28, 2001: Quinton McCracken was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]

Regular season

Albert Pujols made his major league debut on April 2 against the Colorado Rockies.^[5] He appeared in three at-bats and collected one hit.^[6]

On September 3, Bud Smith became the ninth Cardinal and eighteenth rookie to hurl a no-hitter.

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	93	69	0.574	—	44–37	49–32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	0.574	—	54–28	39–41
Chicago Cubs	88	74	0.543	5	48–33	40–41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	25	36–45	32–49
Cincinnati Reds	66	96	0.407	27	27–54	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	0.383	31	38–43	24–57

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League Records Sources:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	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

Transactions

April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.^[4]
June 5, 2001: Dan Haren was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2001.^[7]
June 5, 2001: Joe Mather was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
June 5, 2001: Skip Schumaker was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.

Roster

2001 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

66 Rick Ankiel

31 Alan Benes

40 Andy Benes

48 Jason Christiansen

63 Luther Hackman

30 Dustin Hermanson

65 Chad Hutchinson

49 Mike James

41 Jason Karnuth

57 Darryl Kile

44 Steve Kline

37,33 T. J. Mathews

60 Mike Matthews

35 Matt Morris

51,52 Bud Smith

67,37,36 Gene Stechschulte

46 Jeff Tabaka

50 Mike Timlin

43 Dave Veres

19 Woody Williams

Catchers

26 Eli Marrero

22 Mike Matheny

32 Keith McDonald

Infielders

25 Mark McGwire

24 Bobby Bonilla

29 Stubby Clapp

47 John Mabry

27 Plácido Polanco

3 Edgar Rentería

28 Larry Sutton

4 Fernando Viña

Outfielders

41 Miguel Cairo

7 J. D. Drew

15 Jim Edmonds

16 Ray Lankford

21 Craig Paquette

5 Albert Pujols

13 Kerry Robinson

23 Luis Saturria

Other batters

28 Bill Ortega

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

34 Mark DeJohn

18 Dave Duncan

19 Mike Easler

38 Marty Mason

39 Dave McKay

11 José Oquendo

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

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

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

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

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

NLDS

Main article: 2001 National League Division Series

Arizona wins the series, 3-2

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	Arizona	1	St. Louis	0	October	1-0 (AZ)
2	Arizona	1	St. Louis	4	October 10	1-1
3	St. Louis	3	Arizona	5	October 12	2-1 (AZ)
4	St. Louis	4	Arizona	1	October 13	2-2
5	Arizona	2	St. Louis	1	October 14	3-2 (AZ)

Awards and honors

Jim Edmonds, OF, Gold Glove Award
Albert Pujols, 3B, National League Rookie of the Year Award
Fernando Viña, 2B, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

Matt Morris, Pitcher, Reserve
Albert Pujols, 3B, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Gaylen Pitts
AA	New Haven Ravens	Eastern League	Danny Sheaffer
A	Potomac Cannons	Carolina League	Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Joe Hall
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Brian Rupp
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Chris Maloney

References

↑ "Ankiel throws two hitless innings". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 19, 2004. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. There may be another reason for La Russa's stance. St. Louis finished tied with Houston in 2001, but the Astros won the division based on head-to-head record while the Cardinals won the wild-card berth. Still, St. Louis tried to claim it was division co-champion, a position the commissioner's office rejected.
1 2 Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104020COL
↑ Danny Haren Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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National League Wild Card teams

1995: Colorado Rockies
1996: Los Angeles Dodgers
1997: Florida Marlins
1998: Chicago Cubs
1999: New York Mets
2000: New York Mets
2001: St. Louis Cardinals
2002: San Francisco Giants
2003: Florida Marlins
2004: Houston Astros
2005: Houston Astros
2006: Los Angeles Dodgers
2007: Colorado Rockies
2008: Milwaukee Brewers
2009: Colorado Rockies
2010: Atlanta Braves
2011: St. Louis Cardinals
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2016: New York Mets & San Francisco Giants

2001 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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General Manager: John Mozeliak
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