2001 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersAllard Baird
ManagersTony Muser
TelevisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 2001 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fifth in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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 record

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

Roster

2001 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Brent Mayne 51 166 40 .241 2 20
1B Mike Sweeney 147 559 170 .304 29 99
2B Carlos Febles 79 292 69 .236 8 25
SS Rey Sánchez 100 390 118 .303 0 28
3B Joe Randa 151 581 147 .253 13 83
LF Dee Brown 106 380 93 .245 7 40
CF Carlos Beltrán 155 617 189 .306 24 101
RF Jermaine Dye 97 367 100 .272 13 47
DH Raúl Ibañez 104 279 78 .280 13 54

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
Mark Quinn 118 453 122 .269 17 60
Luis Alicea 113 387 106 .274 4 32
Dave McCarty 98 200 50 .250 7 26
Neifi Pérez 49 199 48 .241 1 12
Héctor Ortiz 56 154 38 .247 0 11
Gregg Zaun 39 125 40 .320 6 18
A. J. Hinch 45 121 19 .157 6 15
Donnie Sadler 54 101 13 .129 0 2
Endy Chávez 29 77 16 .208 0 5
Luis Ordaz 28 56 14 .250 0 4
Ángel Berroa 15 53 16 .302 0 4
Wilson Delgado 14 25 3 .120 0 1
Brandon Berger 6 16 5 .313 2 2
Ken Harvey 4 12 3 .250 0 2
Trent Hubbard 5 12 3 .250 0 0
Sal Fasano 3 1 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
Jeff Suppan 34 218.1 10 14 4.37 120
Chad Durbin 29 179.0 9 16 4.93 95
Dan Reichert 27 123.0 8 8 5.63 77
Paul Byrd 16 93.1 6 6 4.05 49
Chris George 13 74.0 4 8 5.59 32
Brian Meadows 10 50.1 1 6 6.97 21
Mike MacDougal 3 15.1 1 1 4.70 7

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
Blake Stein 36 131.0 7 8 4.74 113
Kris Wilson 29 109.1 6 5 5.19 67
Mac Suzuki 15 56.0 2 5 5.30 37

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
Roberto Hernández 63 5 6 28 4.12 46
Jason Grimsley 73 1 5 0 3.02 61
Doug Henry 53 2 2 0 6.07 57
Cory Bailey 53 1 1 0 3.48 61
Tony Cogan 39 0 4 0 5.84 17
Jeff Austin 21 0 0 0 5.54 27
José Santiago 20 2 2 0 6.75 15
Scott Mullen 17 0 0 0 4.50 3
Brad Voyles 7 0 0 0 3.86 6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League John Mizerock
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Joe Szekely
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Lino Diaz

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Notes

  1. ^ Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ a b "Trent Hubbard Stats".
  3. ^ Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Brent Mayne Stats".
  5. ^ – Rey Sanchez at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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