2001 Cleveland Indians season

The 2001 Cleveland Indians season was the 101st season for the franchise and the 8th season at Jacobs Field.

2001 Cleveland Indians
American League Central champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	91–71 (.562)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Richard Jacobs
General managers	John Hart
Managers	Charlie Manuel
Television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning
Radio	WTAM Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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A ticket for a 2001 game between the Cleveland Indians and Anaheim Angels.

Offseason

• December 28, 2000: Fausto Carmona was signed by the Indians as an amateur free agent.^[1]
• January 9, 2001: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]

Regular season

• August 5, 2001: The Impossible Return – Notably, the Indians tied a Major League Baseball record by erasing a 12-run Seattle lead. Thus, despite its relatively low-profile as a regular season match, the game is vividly remembered and beloved around Cleveland today. For Seattle fans, it is not only a source of angst because of the game itself but because, had the Mariners held on, they would have broken the all-time Major League record for most wins in a season, instead of tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs with 116 wins.

The Fans Retired 2001

The number 455 was honored after the Indians sold out 455 consecutive games between 1995 and 2001, an MLB record at the time, subsequently broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008.

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562	—	44‍–‍36	47‍–‍35
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	6	47‍–‍34	38‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	83	79	.512	8	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	25	37‍–‍44	29‍–‍52
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	26	35‍–‍46	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

2001 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2001 v t e
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	5–13–1	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	13–5–1	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

• June 22, 2001: Steve Karsay and Steve Reed were traded by the Indians to the Atlanta Braves for John Rocker and Troy Cameron (minors).^[3]
• July 31, 2001: Zach Day was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Milton Bradley.^[4]

Roster

2001 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 51 Mike Bacsik 55 Danys Báez 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 57 Ryan Drese 47 Tim Drew 31 Chuck Finley 20 Steve Karsay 41 Charles Nagy 36 Scott Radinsky 39 Steve Reed 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 49 John Rocker 44 Rich Rodriguez 52 CC Sabathia 53 Paul Shuey 48 Roy Smith 45 Justin Speier 37 Jake Westbrook 26 Bob Wickman 29 Steve Woodard 27 Jaret Wright		Catchers  2 Einar Díaz 45 Tim Laker 16 Eddie Taubensee Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 33 Russell Branyan 17 Travis Fryman  1 Mark Lewis  8 John McDonald 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 39 Milton Bradley 23 Ellis Burks  6 Jolbert Cabrera 30 Wil Cordero 46 Marty Cordova 51 Jacob Cruz 50 Karim García 22 Juan González  7 Kenny Lofton 10 Dave Roberts Other batters 20 Dave Hollins		Manager 32 Charlie Manuel Coaches  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 28 Clarence Jones (Hitting)  9 Grady Little (Bench) 38 Dick Pole (Pitching) 35 Joel Skinner (Third Base) 11 Ted Uhlaender (First Base) 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log

2001 Game Log: 91–71 (Home: 44–36; Away: 47–35)
April: 14–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 2 White Sox 4–7 Wells (1–0) Colón (0–1) Foulke (1) Jacobs Field 42,606 0–1 L1 2 April 4 White Sox 8–4 Finley (1–0) Eldred (0–1) — Jacobs Field 32,763 1–1 W1 3 April 6 Orioles 4–3 Rincón (1–0) Mercedes (0–1) Wickman (1) Jacobs Field 32,738 2–1 W2 4 April 7 Orioles 2–4 (11) Trombley (1–0) Reed (0–1) Kohlmeier (1) Jacobs Field 40,704 2–2 L1 5 April 8 Orioles 4–3 Speier (1–0) Maduro (0–1) Wickman (2) Jacobs Field 40,754 3–2 W1 6 April 9 @ White Sox 2–9 Biddle (1–0) Finley (1–1) — Comiskey Park 21,242 3–3 L1 7 April 10 @ White Sox 7–8 Glover (1–0) Shuey (0–1) Foulke (2) Comiskey Park 12,465 3–4 L2 8 April 11 @ White Sox 6–7 Lowe (1–0) Burba (0–1) Foulke (3) Comiskey Park 12,693 3–5 L3 9 April 12 @ Tigers 5–3 Colón (1–1) Holt (1–1) Wickman (2) Comerica Park 15,639 4–5 W1 10 April 13 @ Tigers 9–8 Sabathia (1–0) Weaver (1–2) Shuey (1) Comerica Park 20,334 5–5 W2 11 April 14 @ Tigers 0–1 Sparks (1–1) Finley (1–2) — Comerica Park 23,119 5–6 L1 – April 15 @ Tigers Postponed (rain, makeup July 28) 12 April 17 @ Orioles 8–1 Burba (1–1) Mercedes (0–3) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 28,679 6–6 W1 13 April 18 @ Orioles 4–1 Colón (2–1) Hentgen (0–2) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 28,801 7–6 W2 14 April 19 @ Orioles 11–5 Sabathia (2–0) McElroy (0–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 34,100 8–6 W3 15 April 20 Tigers 5–4 Wickman (1–0) Nitkowski (0–1) — Jacobs Field 33,127 9–6 W4 16 April 21 Tigers 5–4 (11) Reed (1–1) Jones (0–2) — Jacobs Field 42,068 10–6 W5 17 April 22 Tigers 11–3 Burba (2–1) Mlicki (0–2) — Jacobs Field 34,125 11–6 W6 18 April 24 Angels 2–7 Schoeneweis (2–1) Colón (2–2) — Jacobs Field 31,942 11–7 L1 19 April 25 Angels 1–3 Valdez (1–2) Sabathia (2–1) Percival (3) Jacobs Field 31,396 11–8 L2 20 April 26 Angels 6–5 Shuey (1–1) Hasegawa (1–2) Wickman (4) Jacobs Field 29,427 12–8 W1 21 April 27 Rangers 9–11 Mahomes (1–2) Drew (0–1) Zimmerman (2) Jacobs Field 40,320 12–9 L1 22 April 28 Rangers 7–3 Burba (3–1) Helling (1–4) — Jacobs Field 41,147 13–9 W1 23 April 29 Rangers 9–2 Colón (3–2) Davis (2–2) — Jacobs Field 40,132 14–9 W2
May: 19–8 (Home: 7–5; Away: 12–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 24 May 1 @ Royals 13–2 Finley (2–2) Durbin (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 14,512 15–9 W3 25 May 2 @ Royals 8–4 Sabathia (3–1) Suzuki (2–2) — Kauffman Stadium 13,401 16–9 W4 26 May 3 @ Royals 9–4 Burba (4–1) Reichert (3–2) — Kauffman Stadium 23,869 17–9 W5 27 May 4 @ Devil Rays 8–6 Colón (4–2) Lopez (3–3) Shuey (2) Tropicana Field 14,287 18–9 W6 28 May 5 @ Devil Rays 9–4 Speier (2–0) Wilson (1–4) Karsay (1) Tropicana Field 14,144 19–9 W7 29 May 6 @ Devil Rays 10–3 Finley (3–2) Creek (1–1) — Tropicana Field 17,759 20–9 W8 30 May 8 Royals 8–4 Burba (5–1) Cogan (0–2) — Jacobs Field 31,537 21–9 W9 31 May 9 Royals 5–1 Sabathia (4–1) Reichert (3–3) — Jacobs Field 32,664 22–9 W10 32 May 10 Royals 3–8 Meadows (1–4) Colón (4–3) — Jacobs Field 34,502 22–10 L1 33 May 11 Devil Rays 10–6 Rodriguez (1–0) Rekar (0–5) — Jacobs Field 42,009 23–10 W1 34 May 12 Devil Rays 8–0 Finley (4–2) Rose (0–2) — Jacobs Field 40,399 24–10 W2 35 May 13 Devil Rays 0–7 Sturtze (1–2) Burba (5–2) — Jacobs Field 41,399 24–11 L1 36 May 15 @ Rangers 8–6 Sabathia (5–1) Davis (2–4) Wickman (5) The Ballpark in Arlington 39,348 25–11 W1 37 May 16 @ Rangers 4–3 Shuey (2–1) Crabtree (0–2) Wickman (6) The Ballpark in Arlington 33,695 26–11 W2 38 May 17 @ Rangers 7–12 Rogers (2–3) Finley (4–3) — The Ballpark in Arlington 37,191 26–12 L1 39 May 18 @ Angels 7–2 Burba (6–2) Rapp (1–4) Edison International Field of Anaheim 39,177 27–12 W1 40 May 19 @ Angels 4–3 (10) Shuey (3–1) Percival (2–1) Wickman (7) Edison International Field of Anaheim 40,019 28–12 W2 41 May 20 @ Angels 6–9 Levine (2–2) Rodriguez (1–1) Percival (10) Edison International Field of Anaheim 36,339 28–13 L1 42 May 22 Tigers 0–3 Weaver (4–5) Colón (4–4) Jones (10) Jacobs Field 35,362 28–14 L2 43 May 23 Tigers 4–3 (10) Wickman (2–0) Borkowski (0–1) — Jacobs Field 36,804 29–14 W1 44 May 24 Tigers 8–5 Burba (7–2) Santos (1–1) Wickman (8) Jacobs Field 36,295 30–14 W2 45 May 25 Yankees 6–4 Rodriguez (2–1) Hernandez (0–5) Wickman (9) Jacobs Field 42,455 31–14 W3 46 May 26 Yankees 5–12 Clemens (5–1) Sabathia (5–2) — Jacobs Field 42,528 31–15 L1 47 May 27 Yankees 2–6 Lilly (2–0) Colón (4–5) Rivera (14) Jacobs Field 42,570 31–16 L2 48 May 28 @ Tigers 6–12 Sparks (3–2) Finley (4–4) — Comerica Park 24,615 31–17 L3 49 May 29 @ Tigers 6–4 Shuey (4–1) Murray (0–2) Wickman (10) Comerica Park 21,404 32–17 W1 50 May 30 @ Tigers 8–4 Wright (1–0) Holt (4–4) Wickman (11) Comerica Park 18,359 33–17 W2
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 51 June 1 @ Yankees 7–4 (6) Sabathia (6–2) Lilly (2–1) Rincón (1) Yankee Stadium 42,032 34–17 W3 52 June 2 @ Yankees 4–9 Clemens (6–1) Colón (4–6) Rivera (16) Yankee Stadium 46,618 34–18 L1 53 June 3 @ Yankees 4–3 Nagy (1–0) Pettitte (6–4) Wickman (12) Yankee Stadium 47,300 35–18 W1 54 June 4 @ Twins 10–11 Guerrero (5–0) Shuey (4–2) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,613 35–19 L1 55 June 5 @ Twins 5–0 Wright (2–0) Romero (1–2) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,022 36–19 W1 56 June 6 @ Twins 5–2 Shuey (5–2) Cressend (2–1) Wickman (13) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 24,031 37–19 W2 57 June 7 @ Twins 6–2 Colón (5–6) Radke (7–2) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 24,671 38–19 W3 58 June 8 Reds 4–7 Brower (3–3) Rodriguez (2–2) Graves (14) Jacobs Field 42,512 38–20 L1 59 June 9 Reds 10–2 Burba (8–2) Fernandez (5–6) — Jacobs Field 42,521 39–20 W1 60 June 10 Reds 3–9 Reitsma (3–5) Wright (2–1) — Jacobs Field 49,479 39–21 L1 61 June 12 Brewers 2–4 Fox (2–0) Shuey (5–3) Leskanic (7) Jacobs Field 39,192 39–22 L2 62 June 13 Brewers 5–2 (10) Wickman (3–0) Fox (2–1) — Jacobs Field 35,679 40–22 L1 63 June 14 Brewers 4–9 Sheets (7–4) Nagy (1–1) — Jacobs Field 41,610 40–23 L1 64 June 15 @ Pirates 3–6 Anderson (4–6) Burba (8–3) Williams (12) PNC Park 36,235 40–24 L2 65 June 16 @ Pirates 4–6 Schmidt (3–2) Wright (2–2) Williams (13) PNC Park 37,056 40–25 L3 66 June 17 @ Pirates 0–1 Ritchie (2–0) Karsay (0–1) — PNC Park 36,694 40–26 L4 67 June 19 Twins 9–10 (12) Wells (5–2) Nagy (1–2) — Jacobs Field 39,190 40–27 L5 68 June 20 Twins 4–2 Westbrook (1–0) Mays (8–5) Wickman (14) Jacobs Field 40,213 41–27 W1 69 June 21 Twins 9–6 (7) Woodard (1–0) Romero (1–4) Rincón (2) Jacobs Field 39,755 42–27 W2 70 June 22 @ Royals 6–5 Sabathia (7–2) Stein (3–6) Wickman (15) Kauffman Stadium 31,572 43–27 W3 71 June 23 @ Royals 2–3 Durbin (5–6) Burba (8–4) R. Hernandez (13) Kauffman Stadium 29,808 43–28 L1 72 June 24 @ Royals 4–2 Colón (6–6) Suppan (3–7) Rocker (20) Kauffman Stadium 25,127 44–28 W1 73 June 25 @ Yankees 7–8 Witasick (6–2) Rincón (1–1) Rivera (24) Yankee Stadium 40,852 44–29 L1 74 June 26 @ Yankees 5–3 Nagy (2–2) A. Hernandez (0–2) Rocker (21) Yankee Stadium 40,346 45–29 W1 75 June 27 @ Yankees 5–15 Mussina (8–7) Sabathia (7–3) — Yankee Stadium 45,539 45–30 L1 76 June 29 Royals 3–5 Suppan (4–7) Burba (8–5) R. Hernandez (14) Jacobs Field 42,500 45–31 L2 77 June 30 Royals 7–11 Wilson (2–0) Colón (6–7) — Jacobs Field 42,446 45–32 L3
July: 15–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 78 July 1 Royals 11–13 Stein (4–6) Nagy (2–3) R. Hernandez (15) Jacobs Field 42,457 45–33 L4 79 July 2 Royals 2–1 Rocker (3–2) Cogan (0-3) — Jacobs Field 40,248 46–33 W1 80 July 3 Red Sox 9–1 Westbrook (2–0) Ohka (2–3) — Jacobs Field 42,520 47–33 W2 81 July 4 Red Sox 4–13 Wakefield (6–2) Burba (8–6) — Jacobs Field 42,382 47–34 L1 82 July 5 Red Sox 4–5 Lowe (4–6) Rocker (3–3) — Jacobs Field 42,647 47–35 L2 83 July 6 Cardinals 14–2 Nagy (3–3) Morris (10–5) — Jacobs Field 42,394 48–35 W1 84 July 7 Cardinals 7–6 (10) Rocker (4–3) Veres (0–1) — Jacobs Field 42,467 49–35 W2 85 July 8 Cardinals 3–4 Timlin (3–4) Rocker (4–4) — Jacobs Field 42,431 49–36 L1 – July 10 72nd All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington) 86 July 12 @ Reds 7–0 Colón (7–7) Reitsma (4–8) — Cinergy Field 28,816 50–36 W1 87 July 13 @ Reds 5–1 Sabathia (8–3) Dessens (6–7) — Cinergy Field 38,790 51–36 W2 88 July 14 @ Reds 5–6 (13) Graves (3–2) Rocker (4–5) — Cinergy Field 40,794 51–37 L1 89 July 15 @ Astros 3–5 Redding (2–0) Westbrook (2–1) Wagner (20) Enron Field 39,127 51–38 L2 90 July 16 @ Astros 8–10 Villone (3–3) Rocker (4–6) — Enron Field 30,834 51–39 L3 91 July 17 @ Astros 10–4 Colón (8–7) Reynolds (8–9) — Enron Field 32,284 52–39 W1 92 July 18 @ White Sox 9–4 Sabathia (9–3) Buehrle (7–5) — Comiskey Park 22,634 53–39 W2 93 July 19 @ White Sox 10–3 Burba (9–6) Lowe (5–2) — Comiskey Park 23,450 54–39 W3 94 July 20 Tigers 3–7 Holt (7–7) Westbrook (2–2) — Jacobs Field 42,520 54–40 L1 95 July 21 Tigers 8–4 Nagy (4–3) Pettyjohn (0–2) — Jacobs Field 42,316 55–40 W1 96 July 22 Tigers 6–3 Colón (9–7) Weaver (9–9) — Jacobs Field 42,462 56–40 W2 97 July 23 White Sox 2–0 Sabathia (10–3) Buehrle (7–6) Wickman (16) Jacobs Field 41,317 57–40 W3 98 July 24 White Sox 1–4 Lowe (6–2) Burba (9–7) Foulke (22) Jacobs Field 42,175 57–41 L1 99 July 25 White Sox 7–5 Westbrook (3–2) Biddle (2–7) Wickman (17) Jacobs Field 42,645 58–41 W1 100 July 26 White Sox 4–5 Ginter (1–0) Nagy (4–4) Foulke (23) Jacobs Field 42,054 58–42 L1 101 July 27 @ Tigers 7–4 Colón (10–7) Pettyjohn (0–3) Wickman (18) Comerica Park 39,504 59–42 W1 102 July 28 (1) @ Tigers 6–4 Báez (1–0) Murray (0–4) Wickman (19) Comerica Park 27,643 60–42 W2 103 July 28 (2) @ Tigers 2–4 Weaver (10–9) Woodard (1–1) Anderson (12) Comerica Park 34,916 60–43 L1 104 July 29 @ Tigers 3–8 Sparks (8–5) Burba (9–8) — Comerica Park 32,918 60–44 L2 105 July 31 Athletics 2–11 Lidle (5–5) Westbrook (3–3) — Jacobs Field 38,830 60–45 L3
August: 16–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 Athletics 6–5 Báez (2–0) Mecir (2–8) Wickman (20) Jacobs Field 40,592 61–45 W1 107 August 2 Athletics 4–17 Mulder (13–6) Sabathia (10–4) — Jacobs Field 38,226 61–46 L1 108 August 3 Mariners 1–2 Moyer (12–5) Colón (10–8) Sasaki (35) Jacobs Field 42,580 61–47 L2 109 August 4 Mariners 5–8 Garcia (13–3) Báez (2–1) Rhodes (3) Jacobs Field 42,440 61–48 L3 110 August 5 Mariners 15–14 (11) Rocker (5–6) Paniagua (3–3) — Jacobs Field 42,494 62–48 W1 111 August 6 Mariners 6–8 Abbott (12–2) Nagy (4–5) Paniagua (3) Jacobs Field 42,058 62–49 L1 112 August 7 @ Twins 7–2 Sabathia (11–4) Reed (9–7) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 28,192 63–49 W1 113 August 8 @ Twins 8–2 (10) Báez (3–1) Wells (8–4) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 38,444 64–49 W2 114 August 9 @ Twins 4–6 Milton (11–4) Finley (4–5) Hawkins (27) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 30,080 64–50 L1 115 August 10 @ Rangers 2–7 Davis (6–8) Woodard (1–2) — The Ballpark in Arlington 47,242 64–51 L2 116 August 11 @ Rangers 5–6 Petkovsek (1–1) Rocker (5–7) Zimmerman (22) The Ballpark in Arlington 43,145 64–52 L3 117 August 12 @ Rangers 13–2 Sabathia (12–4) Bell (4–7) — The Ballpark in Arlington 28,765 65–52 W1 118 August 14 Twins 8–7 (11) Báez (4–1) Wells (8–5) — Jacobs Field 42,619 66–52 W2 119 August 15 Twins 8–2 Finley (5–5) Mays (12–11) — Jacobs Field 41,602 67–52 W3 120 August 16 Twins 6–1 Woodard (2–2) Johnson (1–2) — Jacobs Field 40,672 68–52 W4 121 August 17 Angels 2–7 Ortiz (11–7) Nagy (4–6) — Jacobs Field 42,528 68–53 L1 122 August 18 Angels 4–2 Sabathia (13–4) Rapp (5–10) Wickman (21) Jacobs Field 42,610 69–53 W1 123 August 19 Angels 1–4 Washburn (11–6) Colón (10–9) Percival (35) Jacobs Field 42,510 69–54 L1 124 August 20 @ Athletics 0–9 Zito (9–8) Finley (5–6) — Network Associates Coliseum 18,133 69–55 L2 125 August 21 @ Athletics 2–1 Woodard (3–2) Lidle (8–6) Wickman (22) Network Associates Coliseum 19,343 70–55 W1 126 August 22 @ Athletics 5–4 (11) Wickman (4–0) Vizcaino (1–1) Riske (1) Network Associates Coliseum 40,992 71–55 W2 127 August 23 @ Athletics 9–7 Nagy (5–6) Mulder (15–7) Wickman (23) Network Associates Coliseum 22,281 72–55 W3 128 August 24 @ Mariners 1–4 Moyer (15–5) Colón (10–10) Charlton (1) Safeco Field 45,767 72–56 L1 129 August 25 @ Mariners 2–3 (11) Halama (9–6) Rocker (5–8) — Safeco Field 45,818 72–57 L2 130 August 26 @ Mariners 4–3 Riske (1–0) Nelson (4–2) Wickman (24) Safeco Field 45,782 73–57 W1 131 August 28 Red Sox 8–3 Burba (10–8) Cone (8–3) — Jacobs Field 41,048 74–57 W2 132 August 29 Red Sox 2–1 Sabathia (14–4) Fossum (1–1) Wickman (25) Jacobs Field 41,320 75–57 W3 133 August 30 Red Sox 3–1 Colón (11–10) Nomo (11–6) Wickman (26) Jacobs Field 40,616 76–57 W4 134 August 31 @ White Sox 8–11 Howry (4–5) Westbrook (3–4) Foulke (36) Comiskey Park 24,097 76–58 L1
September: 13–8 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 135 September 1 @ White Sox 4–3 Drese (1–0) Garland (6–5) Wickman (27) Comiskey Park 27,869 77–58 W1 136 September 2 @ White Sox 10–19 Biddle (6–8) Burba (10–9) — Comiskey Park 25,680 77–59 L1 137 September 3 @ White Sox 6–3 Sabathia (15–4) Glover (4–2) Wickman (28) Comiskey Park 28,135 78–59 W1 138 September 4 @ Red Sox 8–5 Colón (12–10) Nomo (11–7) Wickman (29) Fenway Park 32,145 79–59 W2 139 September 5 @ Red Sox 7–10 Arrojo (4–3) Woodard (3–3) Urbina (20) Fenway Park 32,029 79–60 L1 140 September 6 @ Red Sox 6–4 Finley (6–6) Castillo (8–8) Rocker (22) Fenway Park 32,500 80–60 W1 141 September 7 White Sox 7–10 Biddle (7–8) Burba (10–10) Foulke (38) Jacobs Field 42,487 80–61 L1 142 September 8 White Sox 8–7 Báez (5–1) Foulke (3–8) — Jacobs Field 42,488 81–61 W1 143 September 9 White Sox 9–8 Wickman (5–0) Foulke (3–9) — Jacobs Field 42,377 82–61 W2 144 September 10 White Sox 1–7 Wright (4–2) Colón (12–11) — Jacobs Field 38,244 82–62 L1 – September 11 @ Royals Postponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 2) – September 12 @ Royals Postponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 3) – September 13 @ Royals Postponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 4) – September 14 @ Blue Jays Postponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 5) – September 15 @ Blue Jays Postponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 6) – September 16 @ Blue Jays Postponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 7) 145 September 18 Royals 11–2 Finley (7–6) Durbin (7–15) — Jacobs Field 34,795 83–62 W1 146 September 19 Royals 11–3 Colón (13–11) Suppan (9–12) — Jacobs Field 31,357 84–62 W2 147 September 20 Royals 2–4 George (4–5) Drese (1–1) Hernandez (24) Jacobs Field 33,912 84–63 L1 148 September 21 @ Twins 2–6 Reed (12–9) Sabathia (15–5) Guerrero (7) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,038 84–64 L2 149 September 22 @ Twins 4–2 Rincón (2–1) Radke (13–10) Wickman (30) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 33,733 85–64 W1 150 September 23 @ Twins 4–2 Finley (8–6) Milton (14–7) Wickman (31) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 21,928 86–64 W2 151 September 24 Blue Jays 2–3 (11) File (4–3) Báez (5–2) Eyre (1) Jacobs Field 32,425 86–65 L1 152 September 25 Blue Jays 11–7 Riske (2–0) Plesac (4–5) — Jacobs Field 35,729 87–65 W1 – September 26 Blue Jays Postponed (rain, makeup October 5 in Toronto) 153 September 28 Twins 0–1 Milton (15–7) Báez (5–3) Guerrero (9) Jacobs Field 41,319 87–66 L1 154 September 29 Twins 9–8 Westbrook (4–4) Guerrero (7–1) — Jacobs Field 42,417 88–66 W1 155 September 30 Twins 9–1 Colón (14–11) Reed (12–11) — Jacobs Field 42,323 89–66 W2
October: 2–5 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 156 October 2 @ Royals 1–5 Hernandez (5–6) Rocker (5–9) — Kauffman Stadium 12,016 89–67 L1 157 October 3 @ Royals 4–1 Sabathia (16–5) MacDougal (1–1) Wickman (32) Kauffman Stadium 12,581 90–67 W1 158 October 4 @ Royals 4–8 Durbin (9–16) Colón (14–12) — Kauffman Stadium 12,672 90–68 L1 159 October 5 (1) @ Blue Jays 0–5 Halladay (5–3) Finley (8–7) — SkyDome N/A 90–69 L2 160 October 5 (2) @ Blue Jays 3–4 (11) File (5–3) Drese (1–2) — SkyDome 19,387 90–70 L3 161 October 6 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Carpenter (11–11) Drew (0–2) Quantrill (2) SkyDome 20,762 90–71 L4 162 October 7 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Sabathia (17–5) Lyon (5–4) Rocker (23) SkyDome 28,217 91–71 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	134	437	54	121	34	1	4	56	.277	1
1B	Jim Thome	156	526	101	153	26	1	49	124	.291	0
2B	Roberto Alomar	157	575	113	193	34	12	20	100	.336	30
3B	Travis Fryman	98	334	34	88	15	0	3	38	.263	1
SS	Omar Vizquel	155	611	84	156	26	8	2	50	.255	13
LF	Marty Cordova	122	409	61	123	20	2	20	69	.301	0
CF	Kenny Lofton	133	517	91	135	21	4	14	66	.261	16
RF	Juan González	140	532	97	173	34	1	35	140	.325	1
DH	Ellis Burks	124	439	83	123	29	1	28	74	.280	5

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Milton Bradley	10	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	.222	1
Russell Branyan	113	315	48	73	16	2	20	54	.232	1
Jolbert Cabrera	141	287	50	75	16	3	1	38	.261	10
Wil Cordero	89	268	30	67	11	1	4	21	.250	0
Jacob Cruz	28	68	12	15	4	0	3	11	.221	0
Karim García	20	45	8	14	3	0	5	9	.311	0
Dave Hollins	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
Tim Laker	16	33	5	6	0	0	1	5	.182	0
Mark Lewis	6	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.077	0
John McDonald	17	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	.091	0
Dave Roberts	15	12	3	4	1	0	0	2	.333	0
Eddie Taubensee	52	116	16	29	2	1	3	11	.250	0

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Bartolo Colón	13	13	4.09	34	34	222.1	220	106	101	90	201
CC Sabathia	17	5	4.39	33	33	180.1	149	93	88	95	171
Dave Burba	10	10	6.21	32	27	150.2	188	112	104	54	118
Chuck Finley	8	7	5.54	22	22	113.2	131	78	70	35	96
Charles Nagy	5	6	6.40	15	13	70.1	102	53	50	20	29
Jaret Wright	2	2	6.52	7	7	29.0	36	22	21	22	18
Tim Drew	0	2	7.97	8	6	35.0	51	39	31	16	15

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Steve Woodard	3	3	5.20	29	10	0	97.0	129	60	56	17	52
Jake Westbrook	4	4	5.85	23	6	0	64.2	79	43	42	22	48
Ryan Drese	1	2	3.44	9	4	0	36.2	32	15	14	15	24

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Bob Wickman	5	0	2.39	70	32	67.2	61	18	18	14	66
Ricardo Rincón	2	1	2.83	67	2	54.0	44	18	17	21	50
Rich Rodriguez	2	2	4.15	53	0	39.0	41	24	18	17	31
Paul Shuey	5	3	2.82	47	2	54.1	53	25	17	26	70
Danys Báez	5	3	2.50	43	0	50.1	34	22	14	20	52
Steve Karsay	0	1	1.25	31	1	43.1	29	6	6	8	44
John Rocker	3	7	5.45	38	4	34.2	33	23	21	25	43
David Riske	2	0	1.98	26	1	27.1	20	7	6	18	29
Steve Reed	1	1	3.62	31	0	27.1	22	11	11	10	21
Justin Speier	2	0	6.97	12	0	20.2	24	16	16	8	15
Roy Smith	0	0	6.06	9	0	16.1	16	14	11	13	17
Mike Bacsik	0	0	9.00	3	0	9.0	13	10	9	3	4
Scott Radinsky	0	0	27.00	2	0	2.0	4	6	6	3	3
Tim Laker	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1

Postseason

Game log

2001 Postseason Game Log
American League Division Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record 1 October 9 @ Mariners 5–0 Colón (1–0) Garcia (0–1) — Safeco Field 48,033 1–0 2 October 11 @ Mariners 1–5 Moyer (1–0) Finley (0–1) — Safeco Field 48,052 1–1 3 October 13 Mariners 17–2 Sabathia (1–0) Sele (0–1) — Jacobs Field 45,069 2–1 4 October 14 Mariners 2–6 Garcia (1–1) Colón (1–1) — Jacobs Field 45,025 2–2 5 October 15 @ Mariners 1–3 Moyer (2–0) Finley (0–2) Sasaki (1) Safeco Field 47,867 2–3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

American League Division Series Pitchers: 55 Danys Báez 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 31 Chuck Finley 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 49 John Rocker 52 CC Sabathia 53 Paul Shuey 26 Bob Wickman Catchers: 2 Einar Díaz Infielders: 12 Roberto Alomar 33 Russell Branyan 17 Travis Fryman 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel Outfielders: 6 Jolbert Cabrera 30 Wil Cordero 46 Marty Cordova 22 Juan González 7 Kenny Lofton Designated hitter: 23 Ellis Burks

Award winners

All-Star Game

• Juan Gonzalez, right field, starter
• Roberto Alomar, second base, reserve

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League