2001 Kansas City Royals season

2001 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Allard Baird
Manager(s)	Tony Muser
Local television	KMBC-TV KCWE FSN Rocky Mountain (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radio	KMBZ (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 2001 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses.

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.^[1]
• March 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[2]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	91	71	0.562	—	44–36	47–35
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	6	47–34	38–43
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	8	46–35	37–44
Detroit Tigers	66	96	0.407	25	37–44	29–52
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401	26	35–46	30–51

Record vs. opponents[]

2001 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–5	4–3	6–3	5–4	5–4	5–4	3–6	4–3	6–14	4–15	7–2	7–12	5–4	10–8
Baltimore	5–4	—	9–10	3–4	1–5	4–2	5–2	3–3	5–13	2–7	1–8	10–9	2–7	7–12	6–12
Boston	3–4	10–9	—	3–3	3–6	4–5	3–3	3–3	5–13	4–5	3–6	14–5	5–2	12–7	10–8
Chicago	3–6	4–3	3–3	—	10–9	13–6	14–5	5–14	1–5	1–8	2–7	5–2	7–2	3–3	12–6
Cleveland	4–5	5–1	6–3	9–10	—	13–6	11–8	14–5	4–5	4–3	2–5	5–1	5–4	2–4	7–11
Detroit	4–5	2–4	5–4	6–13	6–13	—	8–11	4–15	4–5	1–6	2–5	4–2	8–1	2–4	10–8
Kansas City	4–5	2–5	3–3	5–14	8–11	11–8	—	6–13	0–6	3–6	3–6	4–2	4–5	4–3	8–10
Minnesota	6–3	3–3	3–3	14–5	5–14	15–4	13–6	—	4–2	5–4	1–8	1–6	4–5	2–5	9–9
New York	3–4	13–5	13–5	5–1	5–4	5–4	6–0	2–4	—	3–6	3–6	13–6	3–4	11–8	10–8
Oakland	14–6	7–2	5–4	8–1	3–4	6–1	6–3	4–5	6–3	—	9–10	7–2	9–10	6–3	12–6
Seattle	15–4	8–1	6–3	7–2	5–2	5–2	6–3	8–1	6–3	10–9	—	7–2	15–5	6–3	12–6
Tampa Bay	2–7	9–10	5–14	2–5	1–5	2–4	2–4	6–1	6–13	2–7	2–7	—	4–5	9–10	10–8
Texas	12–7	7–2	2–5	2–7	4–5	1–8	5–4	5–4	4–3	10–9	5–15	5–4	—	3–6	8–10
Toronto	4–5	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	8–11	3–6	3–6	10–9	6–3	—	8–10

Notable transactions[]

• May 23, 2001: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Kansas City Royals.^[2]
• June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for Jose Santiago.^[3]
• June 24, 2001: Brent Mayne was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki.^[4]
• July 31, 2001: Rey Sánchez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Voyles (minors) and Alejandro Machado (minors).^[5]

Roster[]

2001 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 26 Jeff Austin 58 Cory Bailey 36 Paul Byrd 55 Tony Cogan 33 Chad Durbin 53 Chris George 38 Jason Grimsley 19 Doug Henry 39 Roberto Hernández 54 Mike MacDougal 31 Brian Meadows 57 Scott Mullen 41 Dan Reichert 46 José Santiago 34 Blake Stein 37 Jeff Suppan 17 Mac Suzuki 46 Brad Voyles 51 Kris Wilson		Catchers 26 Sal Fasano  7 A. J. Hinch  2 Brent Mayne 22 Héctor Ortiz 44 Gregg Zaun Infielders 12 Luis Alicea  4 Ángel Berroa  4 Wilson Delgado  3 Carlos Febles 28 Ken Harvey  6 David McCarty  8 Luis Ordaz 17 Neifi Pérez 16 Joe Randa  1 Rey Sánchez 29 Mike Sweeney		Outfielders 15 Carlos Beltrán 30 Brandon Berger 27 Dee Brown 43 Endy Chávez 24 Jermaine Dye 28 Trenidad Hubbard 18 Raúl Ibañez 14 Mark Quinn  1 Donnie Sadler		Manager 40 Tony Muser Coaches 25 Rich Dauer (third base) 21 Tom Gamboa 23 Lamar Johnson  9 Jamie Quirk (bench) 30 Brent Strom 20 Frank White

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

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Golden Spikes	Pacific Coast League	John Mizerock
AA	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	Keith Bodie
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Jeff Garber
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Joe Szekely
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Tom Poquette
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Lino Diaz

^[6]

Notes[]

References[]

• 2001 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
• 2001 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com