2001 Cleveland Indians season

Major League Baseball season

2001 Cleveland Indians
American League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Jacobs Field (since 1994) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Results
Record	91–71 (.561)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)	John Hart
Manager(s)	Charlie Manuel
Local television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning
Local radio	WTAM Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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A ticket for a 2001 game between the Cleveland Indians and Anaheim Angels.

The 2001 Cleveland Indians season was the 101st season for the franchise.

Offseason

• December 28, 2000: Fausto Carmona was signed by the Indians as an amateur free agent.^[1]
• January 9, 2001: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]

Regular season

• August 5, 2001: The Impossible Return – Notably, the Indians tied a Major League Baseball record by erasing a 12-run Seattle lead. Thus, despite its relatively low-profile as a regular season match, the game is vividly remembered and beloved around Cleveland today. For Seattle fans, it is not only a source of angst because of the game itself but because, had the Mariners held on, they would have broken the all-time Major League record for most wins in a season, instead of tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs with 116 wins.

The Fans Retired 2001

The number 455 was honored after the Indians sold out 455 consecutive games between 1995 and 2001, an MLB record at the time, subsequently broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008.

Season standings

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	91	71	0.562	—	44–36	47–35
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	6	47–34	38–43
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	8	46–35	37–44
Detroit Tigers	66	96	0.407	25	37–44	29–52
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401	26	35–46	30–51

Record vs. opponents

2001 American League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–5	4–3	6–3	5–4	5–4	5–4	3–6	4–3	6–14	4–15	7–2	7–12	5–4	10–8
Baltimore	5–4	—	9–10	3–4	1–5	4–2	5–2	3–3	5–13	2–7	1–8	10–9	2–7	7–12	6–12
Boston	3–4	10–9	—	3–3	3–6	4–5	3–3	3–3	5–13	4–5	3–6	14–5	5–2	12–7	10–8
Chicago	3–6	4–3	3–3	—	10–9	13–6	14–5	5–14	1–5	1–8	2–7	5–2	7–2	3–3	12–6
Cleveland	4–5	5–1	6–3	9–10	—	13–6	11–8	14–5	4–5	4–3	2–5	5–1	5–4	2–4	7–11
Detroit	4–5	2–4	5–4	6–13	6–13	—	8–11	4–15	4–5	1–6	2–5	4–2	8–1	2–4	10–8
Kansas City	4–5	2–5	3–3	5–14	8–11	11–8	—	6–13	0–6	3–6	3–6	4–2	4–5	4–3	8–10
Minnesota	6–3	3–3	3–3	14–5	5–14	15–4	13–6	—	4–2	5–4	1–8	1–6	4–5	2–5	9–9
New York	3–4	13–5	13–5	5–1	5–4	5–4	6–0	2–4	—	3–6	3–6	13–6	3–4	11–8	10–8
Oakland	14–6	7–2	5–4	8–1	3–4	6–1	6–3	4–5	6–3	—	9–10	7–2	9–10	6–3	12–6
Seattle	15–4	8–1	6–3	7–2	5–2	5–2	6–3	8–1	6–3	10–9	—	7–2	15–5	6–3	12–6
Tampa Bay	2–7	9–10	5–14	2–5	1–5	2–4	2–4	6–1	6–13	2–7	2–7	—	4–5	9–10	10–8
Texas	12–7	7–2	2–5	2–7	4–5	1–8	5–4	5–4	4–3	10–9	5–15	5–4	—	3–6	8–10
Toronto	4–5	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	8–11	3–6	3–6	10–9	6–3	—	8–10

Notable transactions

• June 22, 2001: Steve Karsay and Steve Reed were traded by the Indians to the Atlanta Braves for John Rocker and Troy Cameron (minors).^[3]
• July 31, 2001: Zach Day was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Milton Bradley.^[4]

Roster

2001 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 51 Mike Bacsik 55 Danys Báez 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 57 Ryan Drese 47 Tim Drew 31 Chuck Finley 20 Steve Karsay 41 Charles Nagy 36 Scott Radinsky 39 Steve Reed 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 49 John Rocker 44 Rich Rodriguez 52 CC Sabathia 53 Paul Shuey 48 Roy Smith 45 Justin Speier 37 Jake Westbrook 26 Bob Wickman 29 Steve Woodard 27 Jaret Wright		Catchers  2 Einar Díaz 45 Tim Laker 16 Eddie Taubensee Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 33 Russell Branyan 17 Travis Fryman  1 Mark Lewis  8 John McDonald 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 39 Milton Bradley 23 Ellis Burks  6 Jolbert Cabrera 30 Wil Cordero 46 Marty Cordova 51 Jacob Cruz 50 Karim García 22 Juan González  7 Kenny Lofton 10 Dave Roberts Other batters 20 Dave Hollins		Manager 32 Charlie Manuel Coaches  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 28 Clarence Jones (Hitting)  9 Grady Little (Bench) 38 Dick Pole (Pitching) 35 Joel Skinner (Third Base) 11 Ted Uhlaender (First Base) 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log

2001 Game Log: 91–71 (Home: 44–36; Away: 47–35)
April: 14–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap 18 April 24 Angels 2–7 Schoeneweis (2–1) Colón (2–2) Jacobs Field 31,942 11–7 L1 19 April 25 Angels 1–3 Valdez (1–2) Sabathia (2–1) Percival (3) Jacobs Field 31,396 11–8 L2 20 April 26 Angels 6–5 Shuey (1–1) Hasegawa (1–2) Wickman (4) Jacobs Field 29,427 12–8 W1
May: 19–8 (Home: 7–5; Away: 12–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap 39 May 18 @ Angels 7–2 Burba (6–2) Rapp (1–4) Edison International Field of Anaheim 39,177 27–12 W1 40 May 19 @ Angels 4–3 (10) Shuey (3–1) Percival (2–1) Wickman (7) Edison International Field of Anaheim 40,019 28–12 W2 41 May 20 @ Angels 6–9 Levine (2–2) Rodriguez (1–1) Percival (10) Edison International Field of Anaheim 36,339 28–13 L1
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
July: 15–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
August: 16–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap 121 August 17 Angels 2–7 Ortiz (11–7) Nagy (4–6) Jacobs Field 42,528 68–53 L1 122 August 18 Angels 4–2 Sabathia (13–4) Rapp (5–10) Wickman (21) Jacobs Field 42,610 69–53 W1 123 August 19 Angels 1–4 Washburn (11–6) Colón (10–9) Percival (35) Jacobs Field 42,510 69–54 L1
September: 13–8 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
October: 2–5 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

2001 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 White Sox 7 – 4 Wells (1-0) Colón (0-1) Foulke (1) 42,606 0-1 2 April 4 White Sox 8 – 4 Finley (1-0) Eldred (0-1) 32,763 1-1 3 April 6 Orioles 4 – 3 Rincón (1-0) Mercedes (0-1) Wickman (1) 32,738 2-1 4 April 7 Orioles 4 – 2 (11) Trombley (1-0) Reed (0-1) Kohlmeier (1) 40,704 2-2 5 April 8 Orioles 4 – 3 Speier (1-0) Maduro (0-1) Wickman (2) 40,754 3-2 6 April 9 @ White Sox 9 – 2 Biddle (1-0) Finley (1-1) 21,242 3-3 7 April 10 @ White Sox 8 – 7 Glover (1-0) Shuey (0-1) Foulke (2) 12,465 3-4 8 April 11 @ White Sox 7 – 6 Lowe (1-0) Burba (0-1) Foulke (3) 12,693 3-5 9 April 12 @ Tigers 5 – 3 Colón (1-1) Holt (1-1) Wickman (3) 15,639 4-5 10 April 13 @ Tigers 9 – 8 Sabathia (1-0) Weaver (1-2) Shuey (1) 20,334 5-5 11 April 14 @ Tigers 1 – 0 Sparks (1-1) Finley (1-2) 23,119 5-6 April 15 @ Tigers Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 28 12 April 17 @ Orioles 8 – 1 Burba (1-1) Mercedes (0-3) 28,679 6-6 13 April 18 @ Orioles 4 – 1 Colón (2-1) Hentgen (0-2) 28,801 7-6 14 April 19 @ Orioles 11 – 5 Sabathia (2-0) McElroy (0-1) 34,100 8-6 15 April 20 Tigers 5 – 4 Wickman (1-0) Nitkowski (0-1) 33,127 9-6 16 April 21 Tigers 5 – 4 (11) Reed (1-1) Jones (0-2) 42,068 10-6 17 April 22 Tigers 11 – 3 Burba (2-1) Mlicki (0-2) 34,125 11-6 18 April 24 Angels 7 – 2 Schoeneweis (2-1) Colón (2-2) 31,942 11-7 19 April 25 Angels 3 – 1 Valdez (1-2) Sabathia (2-1) Percival (3) 31,396 11-8 20 April 26 Angels 6 – 5 Shuey (1-1) Hasegawa (1-2) Wickman (4) 29,427 12-8 21 April 27 Rangers 11 – 9 Mahomes (1-2) Drew (0-1) Zimmerman (2) 40,320 12-9 22 April 28 Rangers 7 – 3 Burba (3-1) Helling (1-4) 41,147 13-9 23 April 29 Rangers 9 – 2 Colón (3-2) Davis (2-2) 40,132 14-9
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Royals 13 – 2 Finley (2-2) Durbin (0-1) 14,512 15-9 25 May 2 @ Royals 8 – 4 Sabathia (3-1) Suzuki (2-2) 13,401 16-9 26 May 3 @ Royals 9 – 4 Burba (4-1) Reichert (3-2) 23,869 17-9 27 May 4 @ Devil Rays 8 – 6 Colón (4-2) Lopez (3-3) Shuey (2) 16,478 18-9 28 May 5 @ Devil Rays 9 – 4 Speier (2-0) Wilson (1-4) 16,180 19-9 29 May 6 @ Devil Rays 10 – 3 Finley (3-2) Creek (1-1) 19,511 20-9 30 May 8 Royals 8 – 4 Burba (5-1) Cogan (0-2) 31,537 21-9 31 May 9 Royals 5 – 1 Sabathia (4-1) Reichert (3-3) 32,664 22-9 32 May 10 Royals 8 – 3 Meadows (1-4) Colón (4-3) 34,502 22-10 33 May 11 Devil Rays 10 – 6 Rodriguez (1-0) Rekar (0-5) 42,009 23-10 34 May 12 Devil Rays 8 – 0 Finley (4-2) Rose (0-1) 40,399 24-10 35 May 13 Devil Rays 7 – 0 Sturtze (1-2) Burba (5-2) 41,399 24-11 36 May 15 @ Rangers 8 – 6 Sabathia (5-1) Davis (2-4) Wickman (5) 39,348 25-11 37 May 16 @ Rangers 4 – 3 Shuey (2-1) Crabtree (0-2) Wickman (6) 33,695 26-11 38 May 17 @ Rangers 12 – 7 Rogers (2-3) Finley (4-3) 37,191 26-12 39 May 18 @ Angels 7 – 2 Burba (6-2) Rapp (1-4) 39,177 27-12 40 May 19 @ Angels 4 – 3 (10) Shuey (3-1) Percival (2-1) Wickman (7) 40,019 28-12 41 May 20 @ Angels 9 – 6 Levine (2-2) Rodriguez (1-1) Percival (10) 36,339 28-13 42 May 22 Tigers 3 – 0 Weaver (4-5) Colón (4-4) Jones (10) 35,362 28-14 43 May 23 Tigers 4 – 3 (10) Wickman (2-0) Borkowski (0-1) 36,804 29-14 44 May 24 Tigers 8 – 5 Burba (7-2) Santos (1-1) Wickman (8) 36,295 30-14 45 May 25 Yankees 6 – 4 Rodriguez (2-1) Hernández (0-5) Wickman (9) 42,455 31-14 46 May 26 Yankees 12 – 5 Clemens (5-1) Sabathia (5-2) 42,528 31-15 47 May 27 Yankees 6 – 2 Lilly (2-0) Colón (4-5) Rivera (14) 42,570 31-16 48 May 28 @ Tigers 12 – 6 Sparks (3-2) Finley (4-4) 24,615 31-17 49 May 29 @ Tigers 6 – 4 Shuey (4-1) Murray (0-2) Wickman (10) 21,404 32-17 50 May 30 @ Tigers 8 – 4 Wright (1-0) Holt (4-4) Wickman (11) 18,359 33-17
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 @ Yankees 7 – 4 (6) Sabathia (6-2) Lilly (2-1) Rincón (1) 42,032 34-17 52 June 2 @ Yankees 9 – 4 Clemens (6-1) Colón (4-6) Rivera (16) 46,618 34-18 53 June 3 @ Yankees 4 – 3 Nagy (1-0) Pettitte (6-4) Wickman (12) 47,300 35-18 54 June 4 @ Twins 11 – 10 Guardado (5-0) Shuey (4-2) 20,613 35-19 55 June 5 @ Twins 5 – 0 Wright (2-0) Romero (1-2) 22,022 36-19 56 June 6 @ Twins 5 – 2 Shuey (5-2) Cressend (2-1) Wickman (13) 24,031 37-19 57 June 7 @ Twins 6 – 2 Colón (5-6) Radke (7-2) 24,671 38-19 58 June 8 Reds 7 – 4 Brower (3-3) Rodriguez (2-2) Graves (14) 42,512 38-20 59 June 9 Reds 10 – 2 Burba (8-2) Fernández (5-6) 42,521 39-20 60 June 10 Reds 9 – 3 Reitsma (3-5) Wright (2-1) 49,479 39-21 61 June 12 Brewers 4 – 2 Fox (2-0) Shuey (5-3) Leskanic (7) 39,192 39-22 62 June 13 Brewers 5 – 2 (10) Wickman (3-0) Fox (2-1) 35,679 40-22 63 June 14 Brewers 9 – 4 Sheets (7-4) Nagy (1-1) 41,610 40-23 64 June 15 @ Pirates 6 – 3 Anderson (4-6) Burba (8-3) Williams (12) 36,235 40-24 65 June 16 @ Pirates 6 – 4 Schmidt (3-2) Wright (2-2) Williams (13) 37,056 40-25 66 June 17 @ Pirates 1 – 0 Ritchie (2-8) Karsay (0-1) 36,694 40-26 67 June 19 Twins 10 – 9 (12) Wells (5-2) Nagy (1-2) 39,190 40-27 68 June 20 Twins 4 – 2 Westbrook (1-0) Mays (8-5) Wickman (14) 40,213 41-27 69 June 21 Twins 9 – 6 (7) Woodard (1-0) Romero (1-4) Rincón (2) 39,755 42-27 70 June 22 @ Royals 6 – 5 Sabathia (7-2) Stein (3-6) Wickman (15) 31,572 43-27 71 June 23 @ Royals 3 – 2 Durbin (5-6) Burba (8-4) Hernández (13) 29,808 43-28 72 June 24 @ Royals 4 – 2 Colón (6-6) Suppan (3-7) Rocker (1) 25,127 44-28 73 June 25 @ Yankees 8 – 7 Witasick (1-0) Rincón (1-1) Rivera (24) 40,852 44-29 74 June 26 @ Yankees 5 – 3 Nagy (2-2) Hernández (0-2) Rocker (2) 40,346 45-29 75 June 27 @ Yankees 15 – 5 Mussina (8-7) Sabathia (7-3) 45,539 45-30 76 June 29 Royals 5 – 3 Suppan (4-7) Burba (8-5) Hernández (14) 42,500 45-31 77 June 30 Royals 11 – 7 Wilson (2-0) Colón (6-7) 42,446 45-32
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Royals 13-11 Stein (4-6) Nagy (2-3) Hernández (15) 42,457 45-33 79 July 2 Royals 2 – 1 Rocker (1-0) Cogan (0-3) 40,248 46-33 80 July 3 Red Sox 9 – 1 Westbrook (2-0) Ohka (2-3) 42,520 47-33 81 July 4 Red Sox 13 – 4 Wakefield (6-2) Burba (8-6) 42,382 47-34 82 July 5 Red Sox 5 – 4 Lowe (4-6) Rocker (1-1) 42,647 47-35 83 July 6 Cardinals 14 – 2 Nagy (3-3) Morris (10-5) 42,394 48-35 84 July 7 Cardinals 7 – 6 (10) Rocker (2-1) Veres (0-1) 42.467 49-35 85 July 8 Cardinals 4 – 3 Timlin (3-4) Rocker (2-2) 42,431 49-36 86 July 12 @ Reds 7 – 0 Colón (7-7) Reitsma (4-8) 28,816 50-36 87 July 13 @ Reds 5 – 1 Sabathia (8-3) Dessens (6-7) 38,790 51-36 88 July 14 @ Reds 6 – 5 (13) Graves (3-2) Rocker (2-3) 40,794 51-37 89 July 15 @ Astros 5 – 3 Redding (2-0) Westbrook (2-1) Wagner (20) 39,127 51-38 90 July 16 @ Astros 10 – 8 Villone (3-3) Rocker (2-4) 30,834 51-39 91 July 17 @ Astros 10 – 4 Colón (8-7) Reynolds (8-9) 32,284 52-39 92 July 18 @ White Sox 9 – 4 Sabathia (9-3) Buehrle (7-5) 22,634 53-39 93 July 19 @ White Sox 10 – 3 Burba (9-6) Lowe (5-2) 23,450 54-39 94 July 20 Tigers 7 – 3 Holt (7-7) Westbrook (2-2) 42,520 54-40 95 July 21 Tigers 8 – 4 Nagy (4-3) Pettyjohn (0-2) 42,316 55-40 96 July 22 Tigers 6 – 3 Colón (9-7) Weaver (9-9) 42,462 56-40 97 July 23 White Sox 2 – 0 Sabathia (10-3) Buehrle (7-6) Wickman (16) 41,317 57-40 98 July 24 White Sox 4 – 1 Lowe (6-2) Burba (9-7) Foulke (22) 42,175 57-41 99 July 25 White Sox 7 – 5 Westbrook (3-2) Biddle (2-7) Wickman (17) 42,645 58-41 100 July 26 White Sox 5 – 4 Ginter (1-0) Nagy (4-4) Foulke (23) 42,054 58-42 101 July 27 @ Tigers 7 – 4 Colón (10-7) Pettyjohn (0-3) Wickman (18) 39,504 59-42 102 July 28 @ Tigers 6 – 4 Báez (1-0) Murray (0-4) Wickman (19) 27,643 60-42 103 July 28 @ Tigers 4 – 2 Weaver (10-9) Woodard (1-1) Anderson (12) 34,916 60-43 104 July 29 @ Tigers 8 – 3 Sparks (8-5) Burba (9-8) 32,918 60-44 105 July 31 Athletics 11 – 2 Lidle (5-5) Westbrook (3-3) 38,830 60-45
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Athletics 6 – 5 Báez (2-0) Mecir (2-8) Wickman (20) 40,592 61-45 107 August 2 Athletics 17 – 4 Mulder (13-6) Sabathia (10-4) 38,226 61-46 108 August 3 Mariners 2 – 1 Moyer (12-5) Colón (10-8) Sasaki (35) 42,580 61-47 109 August 4 Mariners 8 – 5 García (13-3) Báez (2-1) Rhodes (3) 42,440 61-48 110 August 5 Mariners 15 -14 (11) Rocker (3-4) Paniagua (3-3) 42,494 62-48 111 August 6 Mariners 8 – 6 Abbott (12-2) Nagy (4-5) Paniagua (3) 42,058 62-49 112 August 7 @ Twins 7 – 2 Sabathia (11-4) Reed (1-1) 28,192 63-49 113 August 8 @ Twins 8 – 2 (10) Báez (3-1) Wells (8-4) 38,444 64-49 114 August 9 @ Twins 6 – 4 Milton (11-4) Finley (4-5) Hawkins (27) 30,080 64-50 115 August 10 @ Rangers 7 – 2 Davis (6-8) Woodard (1-2) 47,242 64-51 116 August 11 @ Rangers 6 – 5 Petkovsek (1-1) Rocker (3-5) Zimmerman (22) 43,145 64-52 117 August 12 @ Rangers 13 – 2 Sabathia (12-4) Bell (4-2) 28,765 65-52 118 August 14 Twins 8 – 7 (11) Báez (4-1) Wells (8-5) 42,619 66-52 119 August 15 Twins 8 – 2 Finley (5-5) Mays (12-11) 41,602 67-52 120 August 16 Twins 6 – 1 Woodard (2-2) Johnson (1-2) 40,672 68-52 121 August 17 Angels 7 – 2 Ortiz (11-7) Nagy (4-6) 42,528 68-53 122 August 18 Angels 4 – 2 Sabathia (13-4) Rapp (5-10) Wickman (21) 42,610 69-53 123 August 19 Angels 4 – 1 Washburn (11-6) Colón (10-9) Percival (35) 42,510 69-54 124 August 20 @ Athletics 9 – 0 Zito (9-8) Finley (5-6) 18,133 69-55 125 August 21 @ Athletics 2 – 1 Woodard (3-2) Lidle (8-6) Wickman (22) 19,343 70-55 126 August 22 @ Athletics 5 – 4 (11) Wickman (4-0) Vizcaíno (1-1) Riske (1) 40,992 71-55 127 August 23 @ Athletics 9 – 7 Nagy (5-6) Mulder (15-7) Wickman (23) 22,281 72-55 128 August 24 @ Mariners 4 – 1 Moyer (15-5) Colón (10-10) Charlton (1) 45,767 72-56 129 August 25 @ Mariners 3 – 2 (11) Halama (9-6) Rocker (3-6) 45,818 72-57 130 August 26 @ Mariners 4 – 3 Riske (1-0) Nelson (4-2) Wickman (24) 45,782 73-57 131 August 28 Red Sox 8 – 3 Burba (10-8) Cone (8-3) 41,048 74-57 132 August 29 Red Sox 2 – 1 Sabathia (14-4) Fossum (1-1) Wickman (25) 41,320 75-57 133 August 30 Red Sox 3 – 1 Colón (11-10) Nomo (11-6) Wickman (26) 40,616 76-57 134 August 31 @ White Sox 11 – 8 Howry (4-5) Westbrook (3-4) Foulke (36) 24,097 76-58
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ White Sox 4 – 3 Drese (1-0) Garland (6-5) Wickman (27) 27,869 77-58 136 September 2 @ White Sox 19 – 10 Biddle (6-8) Burba (10-9) 25,680 77-59 137 September 3 @ White Sox 6 – 3 Sabathia (15-4) Glover (4-2) Wickman (28) 28,135 78-59 138 September 4 @ Red Sox 8 – 5 Colón (12-10) Nomo (11-7) Wickman (29) 32,145 79-59 139 September 5 @ Red Sox 10 – 7 Arrojo (4-3) Woodard (3-3) Urbina (5) 32,029 79-60 140 September 6 @ Red Sox 6 – 4 Finley (6-6) Castillo (8-8) Rocker (3) 32,500 80-60 141 September 7 White Sox 10 – 7 Biddle (7-8) Burba (10-10) Foulke (38) 42,487 80-61 142 September 8 White Sox 8 – 7 Báez (5-1) Foulke (3-8) 42,488 81-61 143 September 9 White Sox 9 – 8 Wickman (5-0) Foulke (3-9) 42,377 82-61 144 September 10 White Sox 7 – 1 Wright (4-2) Colón (12-11) 38,244 82-62 September 11 @ Royals Postponed (September 11 attacks) 145 September 18 Royals 11 – 2 Finley (7-6) Durbin (7-15) 34,795 83-62 146 September 19 Royals 11 – 3 Colón (13-11) Suppan (9-12) 31,357 84-62 147 September 20 Royals 4 – 2 George (4-5) Drese (1-1) Hernández (24) 33,912 84-63 148 September 21 @ Twins 6 – 2 Reed (4-3) Sabathia (15-5) Guardado (7) 20,038 84-64 149 September 22 @ Twins 4 – 2 Rincón (2-1) Radke (13-10) Wickman (30) 33,733 85-64 150 September 23 @ Twins 4 – 2 Finley (8-6) Milton (14-7) Wickman (31) 21,928 86-64 151 September 24 Blue Jays 3 – 2 (11) File (4-3) Báez (5-2) Eyre (1) 32,425 86-65 152 September 25 Blue Jays 11 – 7 Riske (2-0) Plesac (4-5) 35,729 87-65 September 26 Blue Jays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 5 153 September 28 Twins 1 – 0 Milton (15-7) Báez (5-3) Guardado (9) 41,319 87-66 154 September 29 Twins 9 – 8 Westbrook (4-4) Guardado (7-1) 42,417 88-66 155 September 30 Twins 9 – 1 Colón (14-11) Reed (4-5) 42,323 89-66
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 156 October 2 @ Royals 5 -1 Hernández (5-6) Rocker (3-7) 12,016 89-67 157 October 3 @ Royals 4 – 1 Sabathia (16-5) MacDougal (1-1) Wickman (32) 12,581 90-67 158 October 4 @ Royals 8 – 4 Durbin (9-16) Colón (14-12) 12,672 90-68 159 October 5 @ Blue Jays 5 – 0 Halladay (5-3) Finley (8-7) 90-69 160 October 5 @ Blue Jays 4 – 3 (11) File (5-3) Drese (1-2) 19,387 90-70 161 October 6 @ Blue Jays 5 – 2 Carpenter (11-11) Drew (0-2) Quantrill (2) 20,762 90-71 162 October 7 @ Blue Jays 3 – 2 Sabathia (17-5) Lyon (5-4) Rocker (4) 28,217 91-71
American League Division Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 9 @ Mariners 5 – 0 Colón (1-0) García (0-1) 48,033 1-0 2 October 11 @ Mariners 5 – 1 Moyer (1-0) Finley (0-1) 48,052 1-1 3 October 13 Mariners 17 – 2 Sabathia (1-0) Sele (0-1) 45,069 2-1 4 October 14 Mariners 6 – 2 García (1-1) Colón (1-1) 45,025 2-2 5 October 15 @ Mariners 3 – 1 Moyer (2-0) Finley (0-2) Sasaki (1) 47,867 2-3

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	134	437	54	121	34	1	4	56	.277	1
1B	Jim Thome	156	526	101	153	26	1	49	124	.291	0
2B	Roberto Alomar	157	575	113	193	34	12	20	100	.336	30
3B	Travis Fryman	98	334	34	88	15	0	3	38	.263	1
SS	Omar Vizquel	155	611	84	156	26	8	2	50	.255	13
LF	Marty Cordova	122	409	61	123	20	2	20	69	.301	0
CF	Kenny Lofton	133	517	91	135	21	4	14	66	.261	16
RF	Juan González	140	532	97	173	34	1	35	140	.325	1
DH	Ellis Burks	124	439	83	123	29	1	28	74	.280	5

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Milton Bradley	10	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	.222	1
Russell Branyan	113	315	48	73	16	2	20	54	.232	1
Jolbert Cabrera	141	287	50	75	16	3	1	38	.261	10
Wil Cordero	89	268	30	67	11	1	4	21	.250	0
Jacob Cruz	28	68	12	15	4	0	3	11	.221	0
Karim García	20	45	8	14	3	0	5	9	.311	0
Dave Hollins	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
Tim Laker	16	33	5	6	0	0	1	5	.182	0
Mark Lewis	6	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.077	0
John McDonald	17	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	.091	0
Dave Roberts	15	12	3	4	1	0	0	2	.333	0
Eddie Taubensee	52	116	16	29	2	1	3	11	.250	0

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	BB	K
Bartolo Colón	13	13	4.09	34	34	222.1	90	201
CC Sabathia	17	5	4.39	33	33	180.1	95	171
Dave Burba	10	10	6.21	32	27	150.2	54	118
Chuck Finley	8	7	5.54	22	22	113.2	35	96
Charles Nagy	5	6	6.40	15	13	70.1	20	29
Jaret Wright	2	2	6.52	7	7	29.0	22	18
Tim Drew	0	2	7.97	8	6	35.0	16	15

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	K
Steve Woodard	3	3	5.20	29	10	0	97.0	17	52
Jake Westbrook	4	4	5.85	23	6	0	64.2	22	48
Ryan Drese	1	2	3.44	9	4	0	36.2	15	24

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	BB	K
Bob Wickman	5	0	2.39	70	32	67.2	14	66
Ricardo Rincón	2	1	2.83	67	2	54.0	21	50
Rich Rodriguez	2	2	4.15	53	0	39.0	17	31
Paul Shuey	5	3	2.82	47	2	54.1	26	70
Danys Báez	5	3	2.50	43	0	50.1	20	52
Steve Karsay	0	1	1.25	31	1	43.1	8	44
John Rocker	3	7	5.45	38	4	34.2	25	43
David Riske	2	0	1.98	26	1	27.1	18	29
Steve Reed	1	1	3.62	31	0	27.1	10	21
Justin Speier	2	0	6.97	12	0	20.2	8	15
Roy Smith	0	0	6.06	9	0	16.1	13	17
Mike Bacsik	0	0	9.00	3	0	9.0	3	4
Scott Radinsky	0	0	27.00	2	0	2.0	3	3
Tim Laker	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	1	1

ALDS

Seattle Mariners vs. Cleveland Indians Series Summary:

• Game 1 @ Safeco Field: Indians 5, Mariners 0
• Game 2 @ Safeco Field: Mariners 5, Indians 1
• Game 3 @ Jacobs Field: Indians 17, Mariners 2
• Game 4 @ Jacobs Field: Mariners 6, Indians 2
• Game 5 @ Safeco Field: Mariners 3, Indians 1

Mariners win series 3-2

Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	11	1
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
WP: Bartolo Colón (1-0)   LP: Freddy García (0-1) Home runs: CLE: Ellis Burks (1) SEA: None

Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
Seattle	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	0
WP: Jamie Moyer (1-0)   LP: Chuck Finley (0-1) Home runs: CLE: None SEA: Mike Cameron (1), Edgar Martínez (1), David Bell (1)

Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	3
Cleveland	2	2	4	0	1	3	0	5	-	17	19	0
WP: CC Sabathia (1-0)   LP: Aaron Sele (0-1) Home runs: SEA: None CLE: Juan González (1), Kenny Lofton (1), Jim Thome (1)

Game 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	6	11	0
Cleveland	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	2
WP: Freddy García (1-1)   LP: Bartolo Colón (1-1) Home runs: SEA: Edgar Martínez (2) CLE: Juan González (2)

Game 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Seattle	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	3	9	1
WP: Jamie Moyer (2-0)   LP: Chuck Finley (0-2)   Sv: Kazuhiro Sasaki (1)

Award winners

All-Star Game

• Juan Gonzalez, Right field, Starter
• Roberto Alomar, Second Base, Reserve

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

Notes

1. Fausto Carmona page at Baseball reference
2. Juan González at Baseball Reference
3. John Rocker at Baseball Reference
4. Milton Bradley at Baseball Reference

References

• 2001 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 2001 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac