This article is about the 2001 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see
2001 in baseball .
Sports season
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. pushed the end of the regular season from September 30 to October 7. Because of the attacks, the World Series was not completed until November 4. The 2001 World Series was the first World Series to end in November.
MLB used an unbalanced schedule for the first time since 1992 in the National League and 1976 in the American League. In all divisions except the NL Central and AL West each team played each of the other four teams in the same division 19 times. In the NL Central division foes met 16 or 17 times per season and in the AL West there were 19 or 20 games between each division foe.
This season was memorable for the Seattle Mariners tying the Major League regular season record of 116 wins , Barry Bonds breaking Mark McGwire 's single-season home run record , and baseball's patriotic return after a week's worth of games being postponed due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Standings
American League
National League
Postseason
Bracket
Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.
MLB statistical leaders
The Anaheim Angels hosting the season's eventual American League Champions New York Yankees in August 2001 at Edison International Field of Anaheim .
Managers
±hosted the MLB All Star Game
Awards
Other awards
Player of the Month
Pitcher of the Month
Rookie of the Month
Home field attendance and payroll
Team name
Wins
%±
Home attendance
%±
Per game
Est. payroll
%±
Seattle Mariners
116
27.5%
3,507,326
20.3%
43,300
$74,720,834
23.5%
San Francisco Giants
90
-7.2%
3,311,958
-0.2%
40,888
$63,280,167
17.8%
New York Yankees
95
9.2%
3,264,907
6.9%
40,811
$112,787,143
21.1%
Cleveland Indians
91
1.1%
3,175,523
-8.1%
39,694
$93,360,001
21.3%
Colorado Rockies
73
-11.0%
3,166,821
-3.9%
39,097
$71,541,334
17.1%
St. Louis Cardinals
93
-2.1%
3,109,578
-6.8%
37,922
$79,373,333
28.7%
Baltimore Orioles
63
-14.9%
3,094,841
-6.1%
38,686
$74,279,540
-9.8%
Los Angeles Dodgers
86
0.0%
3,017,143
4.8%
37,249
$109,105,953
23.8%
Houston Astros
93
29.2%
2,904,277
-5.0%
35,855
$60,612,667
18.2%
Texas Rangers
73
2.8%
2,831,021
9.4%
34,525
$88,633,500
25.2%
Atlanta Braves
88
-7.4%
2,823,530
-12.7%
34,858
$91,936,166
8.5%
Milwaukee Brewers
68
-6.8%
2,811,041
78.6%
34,704
$43,886,833
17.6%
Chicago Cubs
88
35.4%
2,779,465
-0.4%
34,314
$64,715,833
6.9%
Arizona Diamondbacks
92
8.2%
2,736,451
-7.0%
33,783
$85,082,999
5.0%
New York Mets
82
-12.8%
2,658,330
-5.8%
32,819
$93,174,428
17.2%
Boston Red Sox
82
-3.5%
2,625,333
1.5%
32,412
$110,035,833
37.6%
Pittsburgh Pirates
62
-10.1%
2,464,870
40.9%
30,430
$57,760,833
84.4%
San Diego Padres
79
3.9%
2,378,128
1.1%
29,360
$39,182,833
-28.8%
Oakland Athletics
102
12.1%
2,133,277
33.0%
26,337
$33,810,750
1.9%
Anaheim Angels
75
-8.5%
2,000,919
-3.2%
24,703
$47,735,167
-9.4%
Detroit Tigers
66
-16.5%
1,921,305
-21.2%
23,720
$53,416,167
-10.4%
Toronto Blue Jays
80
-3.6%
1,915,438
12.3%
23,359
$76,895,999
67.0%
Cincinnati Reds
66
-22.4%
1,879,757
-27.1%
23,207
$48,986,000
4.5%
Minnesota Twins
85
23.2%
1,782,929
78.2%
22,011
$24,130,000
37.7%
Philadelphia Phillies
86
32.3%
1,782,054
10.5%
22,001
$41,663,833
-12.3%
Chicago White Sox
83
-12.6%
1,766,172
-9.3%
21,805
$65,653,667
106.8%
Kansas City Royals
65
-15.6%
1,536,371
-1.8%
18,968
$35,422,500
42.2%
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
62
-10.1%
1,298,365
-10.4%
16,029
$56,980,000
-9.9%
Florida Marlins
76
-3.8%
1,261,226
3.5%
15,765
$35,762,500
75.8%
Montreal Expos
68
1.5%
642,745
-30.6%
7,935
$35,159,500
6.6%
Television coverage
This was the first season that national TV coverage was split between ESPN and Fox Sports . ESPN and ESPN2 aired selected weeknight and Sunday night games , and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televised Saturday baseball , the All-Star Game , selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and the World Series . Sister network FX also aired Saturday primetime games. Thursday night games moved from Fox Sports Net to Fox Family . Fox Family also aired selected Division Series games. This was the last season that Fox Sports broadcast regular season games on either Fox Family or FX.
See also
Pre-modern era Beginnings Competition NL monopoly
Modern era See also