2001 Detroit Tigers season

The 2001 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 101st season and its second at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers failed to win the American League Central and finished with a 66–96 record, missing the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.

2001 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comerica Park
City	Detroit
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Mike Ilitch
General managers	Randy Smith
Managers	Phil Garner
Television	WKBD (Frank Beckmann, Al Kaline) FSN Detroit (Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin)
Radio	WXYT (AM) (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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Offseason

• December 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[1]

Regular season

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

Opening Day lineup

Roger Cedeño, rf

Damion Easley, 2b

Bobby Higginson, lf

Tony Clark, 1b

Billy McMillon, dh

Deivi Cruz, ss

Juan Encarnación, cf

Shane Halter, 3b

Brandon Inge, c

Jeff Weaver, p

Notable transactions

• July 28, 2001: Todd Jones was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Minnesota Twins for Mark Redman.^[2]

Roster

2001 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 14 Matt Anderson 26 Adam Bernero 24 Willie Blair 45 Dave Borkowski 24 Jermaine Clark 24 Nate Cornejo 41 Chris Holt 59 Todd Jones 42 José Lima 58 Matt Miller 30 Dave Mlicki 38 Brian Moehler 18 Heath Murray 27 C. J. Nitkowski 28 Danny Patterson 40 Matt Perisho 57 Adam Pettyjohn 30 Luis Pineda 55 Mark Redman 55,22 Víctor Santos 37 Steve Sparks 36 Jeff Weaver		Catchers 15 Javier Cardona 25 Robert Fick 12 Brandon Inge 49 Mike Rivera Infielders 44 Tony Clark  8 Deivi Cruz  9 Damion Easley 17 Shane Halter 20 Ryan Jackson 39 José Macías 50 Eric Munson 43 Jarrod Patterson 49,71 Pedro Santana 35 Randall Simon		Outfielders 19 Roger Cedeño 34 Juan Encarnación  4 Bobby Higginson 29 Wendell Magee 43 Billy McMillon 43 Chris Wakeland Other batters 24 Jermaine Clark  7 Dean Palmer		Manager 33 Phil Garner Coaches 48 Bill Madlock (Hitting) 32 Doug Mansolino (Bench) 56 Ed Ott (Bullpen) 13 Lance Parrish (Third Base) 10 Juan Samuel (First Base) 31 Dan Warthen (Pitching)

Game log

Legend
Tigers win	Tigers loss	Game postponed

2001 Game Log
April (8–15) – home (5–9) – road (3–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 1 April 3 Twins 3–2 Radke (1–0) Weaver (0–1) Wells (1) 2:32 40,104 0–1 box 2 April 5 Twins 9–5 (10) Guardado (1–0) Jones (0–1) 3:12 20,836 0–2 box 3 April 6 @ White Sox 10–9 (10) Patterson (1–0) Foulke (0–1) Jones (1) 3:38 43,954 1–2 box[permanent dead link] 4 April 7 @ White Sox 5–3 Holt (1–0) Buehrle (0–1) Jones (2) 2:31 20,264 2–2 box[permanent dead link] 5 April 8 @ White Sox 5–3 Weaver (1–1) Wells (1–1) Jones (3) 2:49 19,887 3–2 box[permanent dead link] 6 April 9 @ Twins 11–5 Radke (2–0) Sparks (0–1) 3:01 46,101 3–3 box[permanent dead link] 7 April 10 @ Twins 8–2 Milton (1–0) Perisho (0–1) 2:43 9,130 3–4 box[permanent dead link] 8 April 11 @ Twins 12–1 Mays (2–0) Mlicki (0–1) 2:47 11,149 3–5 box[permanent dead link] 9 April 12 Indians 5–3 Colón (1–1) Holt (1–1) Wickman (3) 3:15 15,639 3–6 box 10 April 13 Indians 9–8 Sabathia (1–0) Weaver (1–2) Shuey (1) 3:27 20,334 3–7 box 11 April 14 Indians 1–0 Sparks (1–1) Finley (1–2) 2:03 23,119 4–7 box – April 15 Indians Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 28 12 April 17 White Sox 7–4 Anderson (1–0) Wunsch (0–1) Jones (4) 2:39 13,068 5–7 box 13 April 18 White Sox 6–4 Buehrle (1–2) Holt (1–2) Foulke (4) 2:49 13,180 5–8 box 14 April 19 White Sox 3–1 Wells (2–2) Weaver (1–3) 2:34 14,571 5–9 box 15 April 20 @ Indians 5–4 Wickman (1–0) Nitkowski (0–1) 3:19 33,127 5–10 box[permanent dead link] 16 April 21 @ Indians 5–4 (11) Reed (1–1) Jones (0–2) 3:27 42,068 5–11 box[permanent dead link] 17 April 22 @ Indians 11–3 Burba (2–1) Mlicki (0–2) 3:02 34,125 5–12 box[permanent dead link] 18 April 24 Orioles 8–3 Hentgen (1–2) Weaver (1–4) 2:41 14,101 5–13 box 19 April 25 Orioles 6–4 Roberts (3–0) Sparks (2–0) Kohlmeier (4) 2:48 18,919 5–14 box 20 April 26 Orioles 8–2 Holt (2–2) Johnson (1–2) 2:37 18,824 6–14 box 21 April 27 Devil Rays 4–2 Mlicki (1–2) Rupe (1–3) Jones (5) 2:49 16,458 7–14 box 22 April 28 Devil Rays 7–3 Judd (1–0) Perisho (0–2) 3:03 18,666 7–15 box 23 April 29 Devil Rays 6–1 Weaver (2–4) Lopez (3–2) 2:27 16,769 8–15 box
May (14–13) – home (6–6) – road (8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 24 May 1 @ Rangers 6–3 (10) Patterson (2–0) Zimmerman (1–2) Jones (6) 3:01 25,638 9–15 box[permanent dead link] 25 May 2 @ Rangers 8–4 Holt (3–2) Oliver (4–1) Anderson (1) 3:00 33,825 10–15 box[permanent dead link] 26 May 3 @ Rangers 9–4 Mlicki (2–2) Helling (1–5) 2:48 34,051 11–15 box[permanent dead link] 27 May 4 @ Angels 7–5 Weber (1–0) Murray (0–1) Percival (7) 3:16 36,690 11–16 box[permanent dead link] 28 May 5 @ Angels 11–2 Weaver (3–4) Ortiz (3–3) 2:49 24,758 12–16 box[permanent dead link] 29 May 6 @ Angels 3–2 Levine (1–1) Patterson (2–1) 2:56 29,353 12–17 box[permanent dead link] 30 May 8 Rangers 5–4 Jones (1–2) Crabtree (0–1) 3:36 21,662 13–17 box 31 May 9 Rangers 3–2 Mlicki (3–2) Davis (2–3) Jones (7) 2:55 17,933 14–17 box 32 May 10 Rangers 6–5 Patterson (3–1) Zimmerman (1–3) Jones (8) 2:56 25,306 15–17 box 33 May 11 Angels 7–6 Jones (2–2) Lukasiewicz (0–1) 4:17 18,811 16–17 box 34 May 12 Angels 4–1 Anderson (2–0) Hasegawa (1–3) 2:53 22,133 17–17 box 35 May 13 Angels 14–2 Washburn (2–4) Holt (3–3) 3:16 20,012 17–18 box 36 May 15 @ Orioles 11–3 Ponson (1–3) Mlicki (3–3) 3:07 33,853 17–19 box[permanent dead link] 37 May 16 @ Orioles 3–2 Hentgen (2–3) Weaver (3–5) Ryan (1) 2:24 27,722 17–20 box[permanent dead link] 38 May 17 @ Orioles 7–5 Sparks (2–2) Roberts (4–3) Jones (9) 2:52 27,508 18–20 box[permanent dead link] 39 May 18 @ Devil Rays 18–2 Santos (1–0) Sturtze (1–3) 3:00 12,131 19–20 box[permanent dead link] 40 May 19 @ Devil Rays 10–5 Holt (4–3) Lopez (3–4) Patterson (1) 2:59 13,304 20–20 box[permanent dead link] 41 May 20 @ Devil Rays 10–2 Wilson (2–5) Mlicki (3–4) 2:39 13,512 20–21 box[permanent dead link] 42 May 22 @ Indians 3–0 Weaver (4–5) Colón (4–4) Jones (10) 3:00 35,362 21–21 box[permanent dead link] 43 May 23 @ Indians 4–3 Wickman (2–0) Borkowski (0–1) 3:11 36,804 21–22 box[permanent dead link] 44 May 24 @ Indians 8–5 Burba (7–2) Santos (1–1) Wickman (8) 3:10 36,295 21–23 box[permanent dead link] 45 May 25 White Sox 8–4 Lowe (2–0) Jones (2–3) 3:08 21,053 21–24 box 46 May 26 White Sox 8–0 Buehrle (2–3) Mlicki (3–5) 2:39 25,881 21–25 box 47 May 27 White Sox 3–2 Barceló (1–0) Patterson (3–2) Lowe (1) 3:55 17,355 21–26 box 48 May 28 Indians 12–6 Sparks (3–2) Finley (4–4) 2:56 24,615 22–26 box 49 May 29 Indians 6–4 Shuey (4–1) Murray (0–2) Wickman (10) 3:20 21,404 22–27 box 50 May 30 Indians 8–4 Wright (1–0) Holt (4–4) Wickman (11) 3:31 18,359 22–28 box – May 31 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 4
June (10–17) – home (8–5) – road (2–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 51 June 1 @ White Sox 3–0 Buehrle (3–3) Mlicki (3–6) Foulke (10) 2:34 19,840 22–29 box[permanent dead link] 52 June 2 @ White Sox 5–3 Wells (4–5) Weaver (4–6) Foulke (11) 2:30 23,915 22–30 box[permanent dead link] 53 June 3 @ White Sox 9–6 (10) Howry (3–2) Jones (2–4) 3:17 19,446 22–31 box[permanent dead link] 54 June 5 @ Red Sox 4–3 (18) Wakefield (3–0) Borkowski (0–2) 5:52 32,814 22–32 box[permanent dead link] 55 June 6 @ Red Sox 7–3 Mlicki (4–6) Castillo (5–4) Anderson (2) 3:14 32,794 23–32 box[permanent dead link] 56 June 7 @ Red Sox 8–1 Wakefield (4–0) Santos (1–2) Arrojo (5) 2:59 32,132 23–33 box[permanent dead link] 57 June 8 Brewers 9–4 Weaver (5–6) Rigdon (3–4) 3:23 27,770 24–33 box 58 June 9 Brewers 6–5 Anderson (3–0) Leskanic (2–3) 2:52 26,276 25–33 box 59 June 10 Brewers 8–3 Wright (5–4) Holt (4–5) 2:51 23,070 25–34 box 60 June 12 Pirates 13–3 Ritchie (1–8) Mlicki (4–7) 2:41 15,919 25–35 box 61 June 13 Pirates 6–3 Weaver (6–6) Beimel (2–2) Anderson (3) 3:04 17,639 26–35 box 62 June 14 Pirates 6–4 Sparks (4–2) Arroyo (3–5) Anderson (4) 2:45 17,305 27–35 box 63 June 15 @ Diamondbacks 5–2 Holt (5–5) Brohawn (1–3) Anderson (5) 2:59 31,683 28–35 box[permanent dead link] 64 June 16 @ Diamondbacks 3–1 Ellis (6–2) Blair (0–1) Prinz (6) 2:44 35,028 28–36 box[permanent dead link] 65 June 17 @ Diamondbacks 8–3 Schilling (11–2) Mlicki (4–8) 2:34 39,760 28–37 box[permanent dead link] 66 June 18 Yankees 10–1 Clemens (9–1) Weaver (6–7) 3:03 29,365 28–38 box 67 June 19 Yankees 7–1 Sparks (5–2) Keisler (1–2) 2:20 24,171 29–38 box 68 June 20 Yankees 5–2 Holt (6–5) Hernández (0–1) Anderson (6) 3:18 23,618 30–38 box – June 21 Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 18 69 June 22 Twins 5–4 Jones (3–4) Wells (5–3) 3:01 28,282 31–38 box 70 June 23 Twins 10–9 Patterson (4–2) Carrasco (3–3) Jones (11) 3:18 28,935 32–38 box 71 June 24 Twins 14–5 Milton (8–3) Sparks (5–3) 3:04 27,024 32–39 box 72 June 25 Twins 6–3 Mays (9–5) Holt (6–6) Hawkins (17) 2:43 22,302 32–40 box 73 June 26 @ Royals 12–5 Reichert (7–6) Blair (0–2) 2:39 13,966 32–41 box[permanent dead link] 74 June 27 @ Royals 5–4 Hernández (2–2) Jones (3–5) 2:50 15,207 32–42 box[permanent dead link] 75 June 28 @ Royals 9–2 Durbin (6–6) Weaver (6–8) 2:39 22,239 32–43 box[permanent dead link] 76 June 29 @ Twins 3–2 Wells (6–3) Murray (0–3) Hawkins (19) 2:41 21,312 32–44 box[permanent dead link] 77 June 30 @ Twins 3–2 Mays (10–5) Holt (6–6) Guardado (3) 2:12 34,460 32–45 box[permanent dead link]
July (14–13) – home (9–5) – road (5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 78 July 1 @ Twins 8–3 Santana (1–0) Blair (0–3) 2:41 21,031 32–46 box[permanent dead link] 79 July 3 Royals 8–4 Lima (2–2) Durbin (6–7) 2:55 23,824 33–46 box 80 July 4 Royals 6–4 Weaver (7–8) Bailey (1–1) Anderson (7) 3:22 27,115 34–46 box 81 July 5 Royals 7–1 Sparks (6–3) Wilson (2–1) 2:20 22,281 35–46 box 82 July 6 Cubs 15–9 Heredia (2–0) Nitkowski (0–2) 3:49 39,906 35–47 box 83 July 7 Cubs 10–6 Lieber (11–4) Blair (0–4) 3:09 39,697 35–48 box 84 July 8 Cubs 9–6 Jones (4–5) Heredia (2–1) Anderson (8) 2:59 38,729 36–48 box 85 July 12 @ Cardinals 7–5 Weaver (8–8) Kile (9–7) Anderson (9) 3:14 35,554 37–48 box[permanent dead link] 86 July 13 @ Cardinals 4–1 Sparks (7–3) Matthews (3–4) 2:32 38,667 38–48 box[permanent dead link] 87 July 14 @ Cardinals 3–2 Morris (11–5) Lima (2–3) Kline (3) 2:36 47,176 38–49 box[permanent dead link] 88 July 15 @ Reds 8–5 Blair (1–4) Nichting (0–3) Anderson (10) 3:07 24,719 39–49 box[permanent dead link] 89 July 16 @ Reds 9–1 Davis (2–1) Pettyjohn (0–1) 2:28 19,757 39–50 box 90 July 17 @ Reds 3–1 Weaver (9–8) Reitsma (4–9) Anderson (11) 2:58 19,933 40–50 box[permanent dead link] 91 July 18 Yankees 8–5 Clemens (13–1) Sparks (7–4) Rivera (32) 2:49 14,800 40–51 box 92 July 18 Yankees 12–4 Santos (2–2) Lilly (3–3) 3:11 33,216 41–51 box 93 July 19 Yankees 11–2 Lima (3–3) Pettitte (9–6) 2:38 35,320 42–51 box 94 July 20 @ Indians 7–3 Holt (7–7) Westbrook (2–2) 3:03 42,520 43–51 box[permanent dead link] 95 July 21 @ Indians 8–4 Nagy (4–3) Pettyjohn (0–2) 2:31 42,316 43–52 box[permanent dead link] 96 July 22 @ Indians 6–3 Colón (9–7) Weaver (9–9) 3:07 42,462 43–53 box[permanent dead link] 97 July 24 @ Yankees 5–3 Pettitte (10–6) Sparks (7–5) Rivera (33) 2:58 34,519 43–54 box[permanent dead link] 98 July 25 @ Yankees 4–2 Witasick (7–2) Lima (3–4) Rivera (34) 2:40 34,480 43–55 box[permanent dead link] 99 July 26 @ Yankees 14–8 Mendoza (7–2) Holt (7–8) 3:13 45,221 43–56 box[permanent dead link] 100 July 27 Indians 7–4 Colón (10–7) Pettyjohn (0–3) Wickman (18) 2:57 39,504 43–57 box 101 July 28 Indians 6–4 Báez (1–0) Murray (0–4) Wickman (19) 3:09 27,643 43–58 box 102 July 28 Indians 4–2 Weaver (10–9) Woodard (1–1) Anderson (12) 2:44 34,916 44–58 box 103 July 29 Indians 8–3 Sparks (8–5) Burba (9–8) 2:38 32,918 45–58 box 104 July 31 Mariners 4–2 Lima (4–4) Sele (12–3) Anderson (13) 2:24 30,022 46–58 box
August (9–20) – home (4–11) – road (5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 105 August 1 Mariners 7–1 Abbott (11–2) Holt (7–9) 3:01 23,847 46–59 box 106 August 2 Mariners 2–1 Piñeiro (2–0) Pettyjohn (0–4) Sasaki (35) 2:23 27,097 46–60 box 107 August 3 Athletics 2–1 Hudson (13–6) Weaver (10–10) 2:25 30,071 46–61 box 108 August 4 Athletics 10–1 Zito (7–7) Sparks (8–6) 2:29 28,331 46–62 box 109 August 5 Athletics 4–1 Lidle (6–5) Lima (4–5) Isringhausen (20) 2:18 26,626 46–63 box 110 August 6 Athletics 6–3 Vizcaíno (1–0) Patterson (4–3) Isringhausen (21) 3:06 21,830 46–64 box 111 August 7 @ Rangers 7–3 Perisho (1–2) Venafro (4–3) 2:44 26,621 47–64 box[permanent dead link] 112 August 8 @ Rangers 19–6 Patterson (5–3) Venafro (4–4) 3:26 30,016 48–64 box[permanent dead link] 113 August 9 @ Rangers 7–3 Helling (9–9) Sparks (8–7) 3:08 27,652 48–65 box[permanent dead link] 114 August 10 @ Royals 7–3 Byrd (5–5) Weaver (10–11) Stein (1) 2:38 22,107 48–66 box[permanent dead link] 115 August 11 @ Royals 4–1 George (1–3) Lima (4–6) Hernández (21) 2:04 26,943 48–67 box[permanent dead link] 116 August 12 @ Royals 6–4 Suppan (6–10) Pettyjohn (0–5) Hernández (22) 2:31 17,811 48–68 box[permanent dead link] 117 August 14 Angels 7–1 Washburn (10–6) Cornejo (0–1) 2:52 24,082 48–69 box 118 August 15 Angels 5–1 Perisho (2–2) Holtz (0–1) 2:33 20,853 49–69 box 119 August 16 Angels 4–2 Schoeneweis (10–8) Weaver (10–12) Percival (34) 2:37 22,141 49–70 box 120 August 17 Royals 4–2 Lima (5–6) George (1–4) Anderson (14) 2:12 30,214 50–70 box 121 August 18 Royals 8–4 Suppan (7–10) Nitkowski (0–3) 2:50 31,897 50–71 box 122 August 19 Royals 4–3 Cornejo (1–1) Durbin (7–12) Anderson (15) 2:17 26,898 51–71 box 123 August 20 @ Mariners 4–1 Sparks (9–7) García (15–5) 2:22 45,972 52–71 box[permanent dead link] 124 August 21 @ Mariners 4–1 Sele (13–4) Weaver (10–13) Sasaki (40) 2:20 45,036 52–72 box[permanent dead link] 125 August 22 @ Mariners 16–1 Abbott (13–3) Lima (5–7) 2:57 45,814 52–73 box[permanent dead link] 126 August 23 @ Mariners 5–1 Piñeiro (3–0) Redman (2–5) 3:10 45,063 52–74 box[permanent dead link] 127 August 24 @ Athletics 8–4 Cornejo (2–1) Hudson (14–7) 3:20 41,646 53–74 box[permanent dead link] 128 August 25 @ Athletics 6–1 Zito (10–8) Sparks (9–8) 2:45 24,236 53–75 box[permanent dead link] 129 August 26 @ Athletics 7–6 Tam (2–3) Perisho (2–3) Isringhausen (26) 3:13 27,915 53–76 box[permanent dead link] 130 August 28 White Sox 8–6 Embree (1–3) Patterson (5–4) Howry (5) 2:59 19,129 53–77 box 131 August 29 White Sox 8–3 Glover (4–1) Redman (2–6) 3:19 21,998 53–78 box 132 August 30 White Sox 3–1 Cornejo (3–1) Buehrle (12–7) Anderson (16) 2:04 24,364 54–78 box 133 August 31 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Sparks (10–8) Borbón (2–4) Anderson (17) 2:49 22,383 55–78 box[permanent dead link]
September (9–14) – home (3–4) – road (6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 134 September 1 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Lyon (4–2) Weaver (10–14) Plesac (1) 2:13 22,052 55–79 box[permanent dead link] 135 September 2 @ Blue Jays 11–0 Loaiza (10–11) Lima (5–8) 2:39 24,146 55–80 box[permanent dead link] 136 September 4 @ White Sox 10–1 Buehrle (13–7) Cornejo (3–2) 2:41 N/A 55–81 box[permanent dead link] 137 September 4 @ White Sox 4–0 Lowe (7–4) Pettyjohn (0–6) 2:31 13,265 55–82 box[permanent dead link] 138 September 5 @ White Sox 5–3 Wright (3–2) Sparks (10–9) Foulke (37) 2:45 14,576 55–83 box[permanent dead link] 139 September 6 @ White Sox 6–2 Weaver (11–14) Garland (6–6) 3:27 13,602 56–83 box[permanent dead link] 140 September 7 Blue Jays 2–1 Lyon (5–2) Lima (5–9) Koch (31) 2:20 28,083 56–84 box 141 September 8 Blue Jays 4–3 Murray (1–4) Halladay (3–2) Anderson (18) 2:45 29,158 57–84 box 142 September 9 Blue Jays 6–3 Carpenter (10–11) Cornejo (3–3) Guardado (6) 2:56 24,652 57–85 box 143 September 10 Twins 3–2 Mays (15–13) Pineda (0–1) 2:48 19,456 57–86 box – September 11 Twins Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 2 – September 12 Twins Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 3 – September 13 Twins Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 4 – September 14 Royals Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 5 – September 15 Royals Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 6 – September 16 Royals Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 7 144 September 18 @ Twins 8–3 Radke (13–9) Weaver (11–15) 2:48 10,878 57–87 box[permanent dead link] 145 September 19 @ Twins 6–2 Sparks (11–9) Milton (14–6) 2:28 10,157 58–87 box[permanent dead link] 146 September 20 @ Twins 3–0 Mays (16–13) Lima (5–10) 2:07 9,754 58–88 box[permanent dead link] 147 September 21 @ Red Sox 5–2 Fossum (2–1) Murray (1–5) Urbina (21) 2:33 30,905 58–89 box[permanent dead link] 148 September 22 @ Red Sox 4–3 Pettyjohn (1–6) Arrojo (5–4) Anderson (19) 3:05 30,871 59–89 box[permanent dead link] 149 September 23 @ Red Sox 12–6 Weaver (12–15) Nomo (12–9) 3:04 31,333 60–89 box[permanent dead link] 150 September 24 @ Royals 4–2 Sparks (12–9) Suppan (9–13) Anderson (20) 2:34 12,152 61–89 box[permanent dead link] 151 September 25 @ Royals 6–4 Lima (6–10) George (4–6) Anderson (21) 2:47 11,160 62–89 box[permanent dead link] 152 September 26 @ Royals 8–6 Stein (6–8) Murray (1–6) Hernández (25) 3:05 11,097 62–90 box[permanent dead link] 153 September 27 @ Royals 8–7 MacDougal (1–0) Cornejo (3–4) Hernández (26) 3:35 11,978 62–91 box[permanent dead link] 154 September 28 Red Sox 4–1 Weaver (13–15) Nomo (12–10) Anderson (22) 2:54 32,453 63–91 box 155 September 29 Red Sox 7–2 Sparks (13–9) Kim (0–2) 2:25 30,089 64–91 box 156 September 30 Red Sox 8–5 Castillo (9–9) Lima (6–11) Urbina (23) 3:15 29,229 64–92 box
October (2–4) – home (2–4) – road (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 157 October 2 Twins 5–0 Radke (14–11) Murray (1–7) 2:20 11,941 64–93 box 158 October 3 Twins 9–5 Cornejo (4–4) Fiore (0–1) 2:39 12,318 65–93 box 159 October 4 Twins 5–4 Carrasco (4–3) Anderson (3–1) Guardado (10) 2:44 15,454 65–94 box – October 5 Royals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 6 160 October 6 Royals 8–3 Suppan (10–14) Weaver (13–16) Hernández (28) 2:50 N/A 65–95 box 161 October 6 Royals 2–1 Sparks (14–9) George (4–8) 1:56 18,884 66–95 box 162 October 7 Royals 10–4 Stein (7–8) Lima (6–12) 2:14 19,261 66–96 box

Player stats

Batting

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
Damion Easley	154	585	146	.250	11	65
Bobby Higginson	147	541	150	.277	17	71
Roger Cedeño	131	523	153	.293	6	48
José Macías	137	488	131	.268	8	51
Shane Halter	136	450	128	.284	12	65
Tony Clark	126	428	123	.287	16	75
Juan Encarnación	120	417	101	.242	12	52
Deivi Cruz	110	414	106	.256	7	52
Robert Fick	124	401	109	.272	19	61
Randall Simon	81	256	78	.305	6	37
Dean Palmer	57	216	48	.222	11	40
Wendell Magee	90	207	44	.213	5	17
Brandon Inge	79	189	34	.180	0	15
Ryan Jackson	79	118	25	.212	2	11
Javier Cardona	46	96	25	.260	1	10
Eric Munson	17	66	10	.152	1	6
Jarrod Patterson	13	41	11	.268	2	4
Chris Wakeland	10	36	9	.250	2	6
Billy McMillon	20	34	3	.088	1	4
Mike Rivera	4	12	4	.333	0	1
Jermaine Clark	3	0	0	----	0	0
Pedro Santana	1	0	0	----	0	0
Pitcher Totals	162	19	1	.053	0	0
Team Totals	162	5537	1439	.260	139	691

Note: Individual pitchers' batting statistics not included

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
Steve Sparks	35	232.0	14	9	3.65	116
Jeff Weaver	33	229.1	13	16	4.08	152
Chris Holt	30	151.1	7	9	5.77	80
José Lima	18	112.2	5	10	4.71	43
Dave Mlicki	15	81.0	4	8	7.33	48
Nate Cornejo	10	42.2	4	4	7.38	22
Mark Redman	2	9.0	0	2	6.00	4
Brian Moehler	1	8.0	0	0	3.38	2

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
Víctor Santos	33	76.1	2	2	3.30	52
Adam Pettyjohn	16	65.0	1	6	5.82	40
Willie Blair	9	24.0	1	4	10.50	15

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Matt Anderson	62	56.0	3	1	22	4.82	52
Danny Patterson	60	64.2	5	4	1	3.06	27
C.J. Nitkowski	56	45.1	0	3	0	5.56	38
Todd Jones	45	48.2	4	5	11	4.62	39
Heath Murray	40	63.1	1	7	0	6.54	42
Matt Perisho	30	39.1	2	3	0	5.72	19
Luis Pineda	16	18.1	0	1	0	4.91	13
Dave Borkowski	15	29.2	0	2	0	6.37	30
Matt Miller	13	9.2	0	0	0	7.45	6
Kevin Tolar	9	10.2	0	0	0	6.75	11
Adam Bernero	5	12.1	0	0	0	7.30	8
Team Pitching Totals	162	1429.1	66	96	34	5.01	859

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Bruce Fields
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Luis Pujols
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Kevin Bradshaw
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Brent Gates
A-Short Season	Oneonta Tigers	New York–Penn League	Gary Green
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Howard Bushong

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