2001 Milwaukee Brewers season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Milwaukee Brewers

| season = 2001

| misc =

| league = National League

| division = Central

| ballpark = Miller Park

| city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

| record = {{winpct|68|94|record=y}}

| divisional_place = 4th

| owners = Bud Selig

| general_managers = Dean Taylor

| managers = Davey Lopes

| television =WCGV-TV
FSN Wisconsin
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper)

| radio = WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Len Kasper, Jim Powell)

|}}

The 2001 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 32nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 4th in the National League, and their 33rd overall.

The Brewers finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. The 2001 Brewers scored 740 runs, 11th in the NL, and ranked 1st in strikeouts, with 1,399. It was their first season at the newly built Miller Park.

Offseason

December 20, 2000: Brian Lesher was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leshebr01.shtml|title = Brian Lesher Stats}}
January 3, 2001: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml|title = Mark Sweeney Stats}}
January 8, 2001: Jason McDonald was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdonja02.shtml|title = Jason McDonald Stats}}
February 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernato01.shtml|title = Tony Fernandez Stats}}
February 24, 2001: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Devon White. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ruddy Lugo (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grissma02.shtml Marquis Grissom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]

Regular season

=Season standings=

==Record vs. opponents==

=Transactions=

May 29, 2001: Tony Fernández was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 30, 2001: Dave Weathers was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Roberto Miniel (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ruben Quevedo and Pete Zoccolillo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml|title=David Weathers Stats}}

=Roster=

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #003366; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|47\|Mike Buddie}} {{MLBplayer\|56\|Rocky Coppinger}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Will Cunnane}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Jeff D'Amico}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Valerio de los Santos}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Mike DeJean}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Chad Fox}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Gus Gandarillas}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Jimmy Haynes}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Ray King}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Brandon Kolb}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Mark Leiter}} {{MLBplayer\|00\|Curtis Leskanic}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|Allen Levrault}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Nick Neugebauer}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Lance Painter}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Kyle Peterson}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Rubén Quevedo}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Paul Rigdon}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Ben Sheets}} {{MLBplayer\|52\|Mac Suzuki}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|David Weathers}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Jamey Wright}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|12\|Henry Blanco}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Kevin Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Raul Casanova}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Jesse Levis}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|10\|Ronnie Belliard}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Mike Coolbaugh}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Tony Fernández}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|José Hernández}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Tyler Houston}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Luis López}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Mark Loretta}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Elvis Peña}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Richie Sexson}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|20\|Jeromy Burnitz}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Lou Collier}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Angel Echevarria}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Jeffrey Hammonds}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Geoff Jenkins}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|James Mouton}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Robert Perez}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Alex Sánchez}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Mark Sweeney}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Devon White}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|30\|Davey Lopes}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|45\|Gary Allenson}} (Third Base) {{MLBplayer\|36\|Bob Apodaca}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer\|29\|Rod Carew}} (Hitting) {{MLBplayer\|35\|Bill Castro}} (Bullpen) {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Jerry Royster}} (Bench) {{MLBplayer\|43\|Luis Salazar}} (First Base)

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #003366; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

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| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|45|Gary Allenson}} (Third Base)

{{MLBplayer|36|Bob Apodaca}} (Pitching)

{{MLBplayer|29|Rod Carew}} (Hitting)

{{MLBplayer|35|Bill Castro}} (Bullpen)

{{MLBplayer| 3|Jerry Royster}} (Bench)

{{MLBplayer|43|Luis Salazar}} (First Base)

Player stats

style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;" |

| = Indicates team leader

=Batting=

==Starters by position==

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="5%" \| Pos ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| AB ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| R ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| H ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| HR ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| RBI ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Henry Blanco	104	314	33	66	6	31	.210	3
align="center" \| 1B	Richie Sexson	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|158	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|598	94	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|162	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|45	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|125	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|.271	2
align="center" \| 2B	Ron Belliard	101	364	69	96	11	36	.264	5
align="center" \| 3B	Tyler Houston	75	235	36	68	12	38	.289	0
align="center" \| SS	José Hernández	152	542	67	135	25	78	.249	5
align="center" \| LF	Geoff Jenkins	105	397	60	105	20	63	.264	4
align="center" \| CF	Devon White	126	390	52	108	14	47	.277	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|18
align="center" \| RF	Jeromy Burnitz	154	562	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|104	141	34	100	.251	0
align="center"

{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2001.shtml|title = 2001 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics}}

==Other batters==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| AB ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| R ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| H ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| HR ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| RBI ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Kevin Brown	17	43	7	9	4	12	.209	0
align=center \| Raul Casanova	71	192	21	50	11	33	.260	0
align="center" \| Lou Collier	50	127	19	32	2	14	.252	5
align="center" \| Mike Coolbaugh	39	70	10	14	2	7	.200	0
align="center" \| Angel Echevarria	75	133	12	34	5	13	.256	0
align="center" \| Tony Fernández	28	64	6	18	1	3	.281	1
align="center" \| Jeffrey Hammonds	49	174	20	43	6	21	.247	5
align="center" \| Jesse Levis	12	33	6	8	0	3	.242	0
align=center \| Luis López	92	222	22	60	4	18	.270	0
align="center" \| Mark Loretta	102	384	40	111	2	29	.289	1
align="center" \| James Mouton	75	138	20	34	2	10	.246	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Elvis\|Peña}}	15	40	5	9	0	6	.225	2
align="center" \| Robert Pérez	2	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=center \| Alex Sánchez	30	68	7	14	0	4	.206	6
align=center \| Mark Sweeney	48	89	9	23	3	11	.258	2
align="center"

Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

=Pitching=

== Starting pitchers ==

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

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| IP ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| W ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| L ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Jamey Wright	33	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|194.2	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|11	12	4.90	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|129
align=center \| Jimmy Haynes	31	172.2	8	bgcolor="#FFCC00\|17	bgcolor="#FFCC00\|4.85	112
align=center \| Ben Sheets	25	151.1	bgcolor="#FFCC00\|11	10	4.76	94
align=center \| Paul Rigdon	15	79.1	3	5	5.79	49
align=center \| Rubén Quevedo	10	56.2	4	5	4.61	60
align=center \| Jeff D'Amico	10	47.1	2	4	6.08	32
align=center \| Nick Neugebauer	2	6.0	1	1	7.50	11

== Other pitchers ==

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

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| IP ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| W ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| L ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Allen Levrault	32	130.2	6	10	6.06	80
align=center \| Mac Suzuki	15	56.0	3	5	5.30	47
align=center \| Rocky Coppinger	8	22.2	1	0	6.75	15
align=center \| Kyle Peterson	3	14.2	1	2	5.52	12

== Relief pitchers ==

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

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| W ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| L ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SV ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Curt Leskanic	70	2	6	bgcolor="#FFCC00\|17	3.63	64
align=center \| Ray King	bgcolor="#FFCC00\|82	0	4	1	3.60	49
align=center \| Mike DeJean	75	4	2	2	2.77	68
align=center \| Chad Fox	65	5	2	2	1.89	80
align=center \| David Weathers	52	3	4	4	2.03	46
align=center \| Will Cunnane	31	0	3	0	5.40	37
align=center \| Mike Buddie	31	0	1	2	3.89	22
align=center \| Mark Leiter	20	2	1	0	3.75	26
align=center \| Gus Gandarillas	16	0	0	0	5.49	7
align=center \| Lance Painter	13	1	0	0	4.22	6
align=center \| Brandon Kolb	10	0	0	0	13.03	8
align=center \| Mark Loretta	1	0	0	0	0.00	2
align=center \| Valerio De Los Santos	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=2001|title=2001 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=December 30, 2020}} The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship,{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/southern/history/past-champions|title=Southern League Champions|website=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=January 2, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804174358/https://www.milb.com/southern/history/past-champions|archive-date=August 4, 2020}} and the DSL Brewers won the Dominican Summer League championship.{{cite web|url=http://dominicansummerleague.com/www/campeones/|title=Campeones|website=Dominican Summer League|language=es|access-date=January 2, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505143635/http://dominicansummerleague.com/www/campeones/|archive-date=May 5, 2020}}

{{MLB Farm System

|level1=Triple-A |team1=Indianapolis Indians |league1=International League |manager1=Wendell Kim

|level2=Double-A |team2=Huntsville Stars |league2=Southern League |manager2=Ed Romero

|level3=Class A-Advanced |team3=High Desert Mavericks |league3=California League |manager3=Frank Kremblas

|level4=Class A |team4=Beloit Snappers |league4=Midwest League |manager4=Don Money

|level5=Rookie |team5=Ogden Raptors |league5=Pioneer League |manager5=Ed Sedar

|level6=Rookie |team6=AZL Brewers |league6=Arizona League |manager6=Carlos Lezcano

|level7=Rookie |team7=DSL Brewers |league7=Dominican Summer League |manager7=Mike Guerrero

|level8=Rookie |team8=VSL San Joaquín |league8=Venezuelan Summer League |manager8={{Center|—}}

}}

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2001.shtml 2001 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=MIL 2001 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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