2001 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	2001
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)
Espntn:	cin
Brtn:	CIN

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.^[1]
March 21, 2001: Drew Henson and Michael Coleman were traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Wily Mo Peña.^[2]

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.^[3]

June 23, 2001: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[4]
July 1, 2001: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[5]
July 19, 2001: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Reds to the Colorado Rockies for Robin Jennings and Todd Walker.^[6]

2001 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	121	364	86	.236	12	43
1B	145	533	165	.310	13	89
2B	66	261	77	.295	5	32
SS	133	428	96	.224	9	40
3B	103	381	112	.294	14	62
LF	142	540	163	.302	21	69
CF	111	364	104	.286	22	65
RF	90	349	101	.289	7	35

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
117	263	67	.255	10	34
66	244	64	.262	19	43
96	242	54	.223	3	13
86	231	56	.242	7	30
63	187	48	.257	9	25
45	156	40	.256	2	17
60	142	48	.338	1	8
89	129	34	.264	6	18
36	92	21	.228	2	12
39	84	17	.202	1	3
27	77	22	.286	3	14
32	75	13	.173	1	4
50	57	16	.281	5	12
17	49	9	.184	3	7
14	33	4	.121	0	1
11	14	3	.214	0	0
4	4	1	.250	0	1

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	205.0	10	14	4.48	128
36	182.0	7	15	5.29	96
20	106.1	8	4	4.74	53
18	96.0	5	7	5.44	68
9	44.1	0	5	5.48	33
9	40.1	0	7	7.81	22
7	35.1	1	3	6.37	17
4	17.1	1	2	6.23	10

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
46	129.1	7	10	3.97	94
20	79.1	5	6	6.92	35
5	12.1	0	1	4.38	5

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
66	6	5	32	4.15	49
79	7	1	0	3.31	82
56	3	2	0	4.08	59
36	0	3	1	4.46	33
35	2	6	0	4.92	52
30	3	1	0	3.94	21
29	1	1	1	2.41	23
24	0	1	0	4.02	18
15	0	0	0	6.10	8
13	0	0	0	2.12	12
12	0	2	0	4.50	9
11	0	0	0	2.38	7
7	0	0	0	11.42	9
2	0	0	0	0.00	0

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stynech01.shtml Chris Stynes page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hensodr01.shtml Drew Henson page at Baseball Reference
Numbelievable!, p.13, Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rijojo01.shtml José Rijo page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml Alex Ochoa page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007