2001 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	2001
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	63–98 (.391)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Peter Angelos
General Managers:	Syd Thrift
Managers:	Mike Hargrove
Television:	WJZ-TV WNUV Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)

The 2001 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 63 wins and 98 losses. It would also be the final season for Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.

Offseason

• October 5, 2000: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]
• December 20, 2000: Mike Bordick was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]

Regular season

In June 2001, Cal Ripken Jr. announced that he would retire at the end of the season. He was voted the starting third baseman in the All-Star game at Safeco Field on July 10, 2001 in Seattle. In a tribute to Ripken's achievements and stature in the game, shortstop Alex Rodriguez (unknowingly foreshadowing his own future) insisted on exchanging positions with third baseman Ripken for the first inning, so that Ripken could play shortstop as he had for most of his career. In the third inning, Ripken made his first plate appearance and was greeted with a standing ovation. Ripken then homered off the first pitch from Chan Ho Park. Ripken ended up with All-Star MVP honors.

Ripken's #8 was retired by the Baltimore Orioles in a ceremony before the final home game of the 2001 season. Ripken's final game was originally set to be played at Yankee Stadium; however, all Major League Baseball games from September 11 to 17 were postponed due to the terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. The Orioles were at home during the attacks, so the games missed were added on to the end of the season's schedule, which changed the location of Ripken's final game to Oriole Park, much to the delight of Orioles fans. Cal Ripken ended his career in the on deck circle in the bottom of the ninth inning. Longtime teammate Brady Anderson, also playing in his last game for the Orioles, swung and missed a fastball high and tight on a 3 - 2 count to end the game. In his final season, Ripken had the lowest zone rating of all major league third basemen (.734).http://sports.espn.go.com/mlbhist/stats/fielding?groupId=9&sortColumn=zoneRating&sortOrder=true&split=81&qualified=null&season=2001&seasonType=2

Opening Day starters

• Brady Anderson
• Mike Bordick
• Delino DeShields
• Brook Fordyce
• Jerry Hairston Jr.
• Pat Hentgen
• Melvin Mora
• Chris Richard
• Cal Ripken Jr.
• David Segui^[3]

Transactions

• June 25, 2001: Tony Batista was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[4]

Roster

2001 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		95	292	61	.209	5	19
1B		139	524	163	.311	14	97
2B		159	532	124	.233	8	47
SS		58	229	57	.249	7	30
3B		128	477	114	.239	14	68
LF		58	188	37	.197	3	21
CF		128	436	109	.250	7	48
RF		131	430	87	.202	8	45
DH		84	308	82	.266	12	42

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
	136	483	128	.265	15	61
	82	292	88	.301	10	46
	75	273	69	.253	2	17
	73	225	53	.236	15	36
	64	167	41	.246	0	16
	61	160	44	.275	4	16
	47	131	30	.229	2	11
	31	98	21	.214	4	12
	25	74	20	.270	4	18
	17	58	17	.293	0	6
	9	24	3	.125	0	0
	7	23	4	.174	0	0
	6	15	2	.133	1	2
	4	11	3	.273	1	5
	3	4	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
	32	196.0	10	12	4.09	114
	33	184.0	8	17	5.82	123
	24	140.1	8	10	4.49	58
	23	138.1	5	10	4.94	84
	9	62.1	2	3	3.47	33
	6	33.0	0	5	4.64	16
	4	20.1	2	1	5.31	17

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
	46	132.0	9	10	4.91	95
	22	93.2	5	6	4.23	51
	18	45.1	1	2	5.36	22

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
	70	1	4	11	3.55	54
	61	2	4	2	4.25	54
	50	3	4	6	3.46	45
	34	1	2	6	7.30	29
	26	1	1	0	4.17	47
	24	1	3	0	5.00	16
	18	1	1	0	3.80	22
	16	1	2	0	6.14	20
	15	1	1	0	9.64	9
	14	1	0	0	3.04	21
	7	0	0	0	2.70	8
	2	0	0	0	18.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Web site: Trent Hubbard Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 21, 2018.
2. Web site: Mike Bordick Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 21, 2018.
3. Web site: 2001 Baltimore Orioles Roster . Baseball Almanac, Inc.. November 27, 2019.
4. Web site: Tony Batista Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 21, 2018.
5. Book: Johnson . Lloyd . Wolff . Miles . Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . 2007 . Baseball America . Durham, North Carolina . 9781932391176 . 3rd . 233698065.
6. Baseball America 2002 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2002

• 2001 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 2001 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com