2001 Cincinnati Reds season

2001 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Cinergy Field
City	Cincinnati
Record	66–96 (.407)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Carl Lindner
General managers	Jim Bowden
Managers	Bob Boone
Television	FSN Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

The Reds playing host to the New York Mets during an April 2001 game at Cinergy Field.

The 2001 Cincinnati Reds season was the 132nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone.

Offseason

• November 16, 2000: Chris Stynes was traded by the Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler.
• March 21, 2001: Drew Henson and Michael Coleman were traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Wily Mo Peña.

Regular season

• May 8, 2001: Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks struck out 20 Cincinnati Reds batters, but left the game after nine innings with a no-decision tied at 1-1. The Reds scored two runs in the top of the 11th inning but the Diamondbacks scored three runs in the bottom of the inning to win, 4-3.

Season standings

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	93	69	.574	—	44‍–‍37	49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	—	54‍–‍28	39‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs	88	74	.543	5	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	25	36‍–‍45	32‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds	66	96	.407	27	27‍–‍54	39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	.383	31	38‍–‍43	24‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	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

• June 23, 2001: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• July 1, 2001: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• July 19, 2001: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Reds to the Colorado Rockies for Robin Jennings and Todd Walker.

Roster

2001 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 29 José Acevedo 39 Justin Atchley 29 Rob Bell 53 Jim Brower 59 Lance Davis 45 Elmer Dessens 54 Jared Fernández 43 Osvaldo Fernández 32 Danny Graves 50 Joey Hamilton 38 Pete Harnisch 51 Scott MacRae 52 Héctor Mercado 57 Chris Nichting 60 Chris Piersoll 50 Brian Reith 41 Chris Reitsma 49 Dennys Reyes 46 John Riedling 27 José Rijo 58 Frankie Rodriguez 56 Scott Sullivan 48 Scott Williamson 37 Scott Winchester 51 Mark Wohlers		Catchers 23 Jason LaRue 37 Corky Miller 31 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 17 Aaron Boone 21 Sean Casey 12 Juan Castro 36 D. T. Cromer  6 Wilton Guerrero 11 Barry Larkin  4 Brandon Larson  3 Pokey Reese 15 Donnie Sadler 54 Bill Selby  2 Todd Walker		Outfielders 22 Brady Clark 44 Adam Dunn 39 Raúl González 30 Ken Griffey Jr. 26 Robin Jennings  7 Alex Ochoa 28 Rubén Rivera  2 Deion Sanders 34 Michael Tucker 25 Dmitri Young Other batters 34 Calvin Pickering		Manager  9 Bob Boone Coaches 19 Bill Doran (first base) 10 Tim Foli (bench) 33 Ken Griffey, Sr. (hitting) 35 Don Gullett (pitching) 47 Tom Hume (bullpen) 16 Ron Oester (third base)

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	Jason LaRue	121	364	86	.236	12	43
1B	Sean Casey	145	533	165	.310	13	89
2B	Todd Walker	66	261	77	.295	5	32
SS	Pokey Reese	133	428	96	.224	9	40
3B	Aaron Boone	103	381	112	.294	14	62
LF	Dmitri Young	142	540	163	.302	21	69
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	111	364	104	.286	22	65
RF	Alex Ochoa	90	349	101	.289	7	35

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
Rubén Rivera	117	263	67	.255	10	34
Adam Dunn	66	244	64	.262	19	43
Juan Castro	96	242	54	.223	3	13
Michael Tucker	86	231	56	.242	7	30
Kelly Stinnett	63	187	48	.257	9	25
Barry Larkin	45	156	40	.256	2	17
Wilton Guerrero	60	142	48	.338	1	8
Brady Clark	89	129	34	.264	6	18
Bill Selby	36	92	21	.228	2	12
Donnie Sadler	39	84	17	.202	1	3
Robin Jennings	27	77	22	.286	3	14
Deion Sanders	32	75	13	.173	1	4
D.T. Cromer	50	57	16	.281	5	12
Corky Miller	17	49	9	.184	3	7
Brandon Larson	14	33	4	.121	0	1
Raúl González	11	14	3	.214	0	0
Calvin Pickering	4	4	1	.250	0	1

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
Elmer Dessens	34	205.0	10	14	4.48	128
Chris Reitsma	36	182.0	7	15	5.29	96
Lance Davis	20	106.1	8	4	4.74	53
José Acevedo	18	96.0	5	7	5.44	68
Rob Bell	9	44.1	0	5	5.48	33
Brian Reith	9	40.1	0	7	7.81	22
Pete Harnisch	7	35.1	1	3	6.37	17
Joey Hamilton	4	17.1	1	2	6.23	10

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
Jim Brower	46	129.1	7	10	3.97	94
Osvaldo Fernández	20	79.1	5	6	6.92	35
Jared Fernández	5	12.1	0	1	4.38	5

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
Danny Graves	66	6	5	32	4.15	49
Scott Sullivan	79	7	1	0	3.31	82
Héctor Mercado	56	3	2	0	4.08	59
Chris Nichting	36	0	3	1	4.46	33
Dennys Reyes	35	2	6	0	4.92	52
Mark Wohlers	30	3	1	0	3.94	21
John Riedling	29	1	1	1	2.41	23
Scott MacRae	24	0	1	0	4.02	18
Justin Atchley	15	0	0	0	6.10	8
José Rijo	13	0	0	0	2.12	12
Scott Winchester	12	0	2	0	4.50	9
Chris Piersoll	11	0	0	0	2.38	7
Frank Rodriguez	7	0	0	0	11.42	9
Scott Williamson	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville RiverBats	International League	Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Phillip Wellman
A	Mudville Nine	California League	Dave Oliver
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Donnie Scott
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Edgar Caceres
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Rick Burleson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Billings

External links

• 2001 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference