2001 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2001 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General manager(s) Gord Ash
Manager(s) Buck Martinez
Local television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Pat Tabler)
CTV Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, Jerry Howarth)
Local radio CHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews)
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The 2001 Toronto Blue Jays was the franchise's twenty-fifth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

  • December 8, 2000: Dan Plesac was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[1]
  • December 19, 2000: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[2]

Regular season

  • August 17, 2001: Jeff Frye became the second Blue Jay in history to hit for the cycle. He achieved the feat against the Texas Rangers.

Opening Day starters[3]

  • Tony Batista
  • José Cruz, Jr.
  • Carlos Delgado
  • Darrin Fletcher
  • Homer Bush
  • Brad Fullmer
  • Alex Gonzalez
  • Esteban Loaiza
  • Raúl Mondesí
  • Shannon Stewart

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 65 0.594 51–28 44–37
Boston Red Sox 82 79 0.509 13½ 41–40 41–39
Toronto Blue Jays 80 82 0.494 16 40–42 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 63 98 0.391 32½ 30–50 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 62 100 0.383 34 37–44 25–56


Record vs. opponents

2001 American League Records

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


Transactions

  • June 5, 2001: Gabe Gross was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 1, 2001.[4]
  • June 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[5]
  • June 25, 2001: Tony Batista was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Toronto Blue Jays.[6]

2001 Draft picks

Source [7]

The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality
1 15 Gabe Gross OF Auburn University United States
2 59 Brandon League RHP St. Louis High School (Honolulu, HI) United States
3 91 Tyrell Godwin OF East Bladen High School United States
4 121 Chris Sheffield RHP University of Miami United States
5 151 Mike Rouse SS California State University, Fullerton United States
6 181 Lee Delfino SS East Carolina University United States
7 211 Jason Colson RHP Winthrop University United States
8 241 Sean Grimes LHP Saunders Secondary School Canada
9 271 Luke Hetherington OF Kentwood High School United States
10 301 Ryan Costello LHP Montclair State University United States

Roster

2001 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2001 Game Log

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

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
Luis Lopez 41 119 29 .244 3 10

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Omar Malavé
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Rolando Pino
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Paul Elliott
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Tom Bradley

[9]

References

  1. Dan Plesac at Baseball Reference
  2. Izzy Molina at Baseball Reference
  3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR200104010.shtml
  4. Gabe Gross at Baseball Reference
  5. Tony Fernández at Baseball Reference
  6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/batisto01.shtml
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

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