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.

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

Contents

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  1 Offseason
  


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  2 Regular season
  
  
  
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    2.1 Season standings
    
    
    
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      2.1.1 Record vs. opponents
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    2.2 Transactions
    
  
  
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    2.3 Roster
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Player stats
  
  
  
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    3.1 Batting
    
    
    
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      3.1.1 Starters by position
      
    
    
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      3.1.2 Other batters
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    3.2 Pitching
    
    
    
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      3.2.1 Starting pitchers
      
    
    
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      3.2.2 Other pitchers
      
    
    
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      3.2.3 Relief pitchers
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 NLDS
  


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  5 Awards and honors
  


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  6 Farm system
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

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

v t e 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 v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
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 Édgar 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

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  Jim Edmonds, OF, Gold Glove Award
  


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  Albert Pujols, 3B, National League Rookie of the Year Award


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  Fernando Viña, 2B, Gold Glove Award
  

All-Star Game

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  Matt Morris, Pitcher, Reserve


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  Albert Pujols, 3B, Reserve

Farm system

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

1. 
   ^ "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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


2. 
   ^ ^ab Quinton McCracken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
   


3. 
   ^ Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
   


4. 
   ^ ^ab John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
   


5. 
   ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml
   


6. 
   ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104020COL
   


7. 
   ^ Danny Haren Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
   


8. 
   ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
   

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