2001 St. Louis Cardinals season

2001 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Wild Card Winners
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersWilliam DeWitt, Jr.
General managersWalt Jocketty
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionFox Sports Midwest
KPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck)
RadioKMOX
(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 with the Houston Astros. Because the Cardinals and Astros were best two teams in the National League, both from the Central, and both finished five games ahead of the third-place Chicago Cubs, the Astros were awarded the NL Central champion and the number 1 seed in the playoffs due to winning the season series 9–7, and the Cardinals were awarded the wild-card.[1]

In the playoffs the Cardinals lost to the eventual World Champion Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 2 in the NLDS.[2]

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.[3]

This was also Jack Buck's final season as the team's broadcaster.[4]

Offseason

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  • December 22, 2000: Quinton McCracken was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]
  • January 5, 2001: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[6]
  • January 5, 2001: John Mabry was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[7]
  • March 28, 2001: Quinton McCracken was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]

Regular season

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Albert Pujols made his major league debut on April 2 against the Colorado Rockies.[8] He appeared in three at-bats and collected one hit.[9]

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

Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 93 69 .574 — 44‍–‍37 49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 .574 — 54‍–‍28 39‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 88 74 .543 5 48‍–‍33 40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers 68 94 .420 25 36‍–‍45 32‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds 66 96 .407 27 27‍–‍54 39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates 62 100 .383 31 38‍–‍43 24‍–‍57


Record vs. opponents

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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


Transactions

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  • April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.[7]
  • 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.[10]
  • 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

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2001 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mike Matheny 121 381 83 .218 7 42
1B Mark McGwire 97 299 56 .187 29 64
2B Fernando Viña 154 631 191 .303 9 56
SS Édgar Rentería 141 493 128 .260 10 57
3B Plácido Polanco 144 564 173 .307 3 38
LF Ray Lankford 91 264 62 .235 15 39
CF Jim Edmonds 150 500 152 .304 30 110
RF J.D. Drew 109 375 121 .323 27 73

Other batters

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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
Albert Pujols 161 590 194 .329 37 130
Craig Paquette 123 340 96 .282 15 64
Eli Marrero 86 203 54 .266 6 23
Kerry Robinson 114 186 53 .285 1 15
Bobby Bonilla 93 174 37 .213 5 21
Larry Sutton 33 42 5 .119 1 3
Miguel Cairo 27 33 11 .333 1 7
Stubby Clapp 23 25 5 .200 0 1
John Mabry 5 7 0 .000 0 0
Luis Saturria 13 5 1 .200 0 1
Bill Ortega 5 5 1 .200 0 0
Keith McDonald 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Darryl Kile 34 227.1 16 11 3.09 179
Matt Morris 34 216.1 22 8 3.16 185
Dustin Hermanson 33 192.1 14 13 4.45 123
Bud Smith 16 84.2 6 3 3.83 59
Woody Williams 11 75.0 7 1 2.28 52
Rick Ankiel 6 24.0 1 2 7.13 27

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Benes 27 107.1 7 7 7.38 78
Mike Matthews 51 89.0 3 4 3.24 72

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Veres 71 3 2 15 3.70 61
Steve Kline 89 3 3 9 1.80 54
Mike Timlin 67 4 5 3 4.09 47
Gene Stechschulte 67 1 5 6 3.86 51
Mike James 40 1 2 0 5.21 26
Luther Hackman 35 1 2 1 4.29 24
Jason Christiansen 30 1 1 3 4.66 19
T.J. Mathews 10 1 0 0 3.07 10
Alan Benes 9 2 0 0 7.36 10
Jeff Tabaka 8 0 0 0 7.36 3
Jason Karnuth 4 0 0 0 1.80 1
Chad Hutchinson 3 0 0 0 24.75 2
Bobby Bonilla 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

NLDS

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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

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Ankiel throws two hitless innings". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 19, 2004. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. 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.
  2. ^ "A look back at the St. Louis Cardinals Wild Card postseason history". ksdk.com. October 5, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  3. ^ admin (November 7, 2001). "Two Redbirds Win Gold Glove". Missourinet. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Jack Buck". baseballvoices.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ a b John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ "Albert Pujols Stats".
  9. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, April 2, 2001 at Coors Field".
  10. ^ Danny Haren Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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