2001 Florida Marlins season

The 2001 Florida Marlins season was the ninth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2000. Their managers were John Boles and Tony Pérez. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 76–86, fourth in the National League East.

2001 Florida Marlins
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Dolphin Stadium
City	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record	76–86 (.469)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	John W. Henry
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	John Boles, Tony Pérez
Television	FSN Florida WAMI-TV (Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Radio	WQAM (Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Ángel Rodríguez)
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Offseason

• November 13, 2000: Matt Treanor was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[1]
• December 18, 2000: Charles Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[2]
• March 28, 2001: Mark Kotsay was traded by the Florida Marlins with Cesar Crespo to the San Diego Padres for Matt Clement, Eric Owens, and Omar Ortíz (minors).^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	—	40‍–‍41	48‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	2	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
New York Mets	82	80	.506	6	44‍–‍37	38‍–‍43
Florida Marlins	76	86	.469	12	46‍–‍34	30‍–‍52
Montreal Expos	68	94	.420	20	34‍–‍47	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2001
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	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

Notable transactions

April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.^[4]

Citrus Series

The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the series 4-2.

• June 15- @ Marlins 7- Devil Rays 4 ^[5]
• June 16- @ Marlins 11- Devil Rays 0 ^[6]
• June 17- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 4 ^[7]
• July 6- @ Devil Rays 5- Marlins 4 (11 innings) ^[8]
• July 7- @ Devil Rays 4- Marlins 3 ^[9]
• July 8- Marlins 6- @ Devil Rays 1 ^[10]

Roster

2001 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 53 Juan Acevedo 57 Antonio Alfonseca 55 Armando Almanza 49 Benito Báez 61 Josh Beckett 29 Ricky Bones 43 A. J. Burnett 51 Matt Clement 22 Vic Darensbourg 46 Ryan Dempster 37 Jason Grilli 56 Gary Knotts 41 Braden Looper 34 Dan Miceli 54 Blaine Neal 36 Vladimir Núñez 56 Kevin Olsen 28 Brad Penny 48 Johnny Ruffin 21 Jesús Sánchez 45 Chuck Smith 50 Joe Strong		Catchers 17 Ramón Castro 23 Charles Johnson 52 Mike Redmond Infielders 10 Dave Berg  1 Luis Castillo  6 Andy Fox 11 Álex González 27 Mike Gulan 25 Derrek Lee 19 Mike Lowell		Outfielders 18 Jeff Abbott 30 Cliff Floyd 47 John Mabry  9 Ryan McGuire 15 Kevin Millar 27 Chad Mottola  4 Lyle Mouton  4 Eric Owens 14 Ryan Thompson 44 Preston Wilson		Manager 13 John Boles 24 Tony Pérez Coaches 12 Joe Breeden (bench) 31 Rich Dubee (pitching) 33 Fredi González (third base) 35 Lynn Jones (first base) 16 Jack Maloof (hitting)  8 Tony Taylor (bullpen)

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
C	Charles Johnson	128	451	117	.259	18	75
1B	Derrek Lee	158	561	158	.282	21	75
2B	Luis Castillo	134	537	141	.263	2	45
SS	Álex González	145	515	129	.250	9	48
3B	Mike Lowell	146	551	156	.283	18	100
LF	Cliff Floyd	149	555	176	.317	31	103
CF	Preston Wilson	123	468	128	.274	23	71
RF	Eric Owens	119	400	101	.253	5	28

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
Kevin Millar	144	449	141	.314	20	85
Dave Berg	82	215	52	.242	4	16
John Mabry	82	147	32	.218	6	20
Mike Redmond	48	141	44	.312	4	14
Andy Fox	54	81	15	.185	3	7
Ryan McGuire	48	54	10	.185	1	8
Jeff Abbott	28	42	11	.262	0	5
Ryan Thompson	18	31	9	.290	0	2
Lyle Mouton	21	17	1	.059	0	1
Ramón Castro	7	11	2	.182	0	1
Chad Mottola	5	7	0	.000	0	1
Mike Gulan	6	6	0	.000	0	0

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
Ryan Dempster	34	211.1	15	12	4.94	171
Brad Penny	31	205.0	10	10	3.69	154
A.J. Burnett	27	173.1	11	12	4.05	128
Matt Clement	31	169.1	9	10	5.05	134
Chuck Smith	15	88.0	5	5	4.70	71
Jason Grilli	6	26.2	2	2	6.08	17
Josh Beckett	4	24.0	2	2	1.50	24

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
Jesús Sánchez	16	62.2	2	4	4.74	46
Kevin Olsen	4	15.0	0	0	1.20	13
Gary Knotts	2	6.0	0	1	6.00	9

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
Antonio Alfonseca	58	4	4	28	3.06	40
Braden Looper	71	3	3	3	3.55	52
Ricky Bones	61	4	4	0	5.06	41
Vic Darensbourg	58	1	2	1	4.25	33
Vladimir Núñez	52	4	5	0	2.74	64
Armando Almanza	52	2	2	0	4.83	45
Dan Miceli	29	0	5	0	6.93	31
Juan Acevedo	20	2	3	0	2.54	21
Benito Báez	8	0	0	0	13.50	14
Joe Strong	5	0	0	0	1.35	4
Blaine Neal	4	0	0	0	6.75	3
Johnny Ruffin	3	0	0	0	4.91	4
John Mabry	1	0	0	0	135.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Chris Chambliss
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Rick Renteria
A	Brevard County Manatees	Florida State League	Dave Huppert
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Russ Morman
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Kevin Boles
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Jon Deeble

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kane County; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Brevard County^[11]