2001 Cincinnati Reds season

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

Regular season

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.

Notable transactions

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

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	Jason LaRue	121	364	86	.236	12	43
1B	Sean Casey	145	533	165	.310	13	89
2B	Todd Walker	66	261	77	.295	5	32
SS	Pokey Reese	133	428	96	.224	9	40
3B	Aaron Boone	103	381	112	.294	14	62
LF	Dmitri Young	142	540	163	.302	21	69
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	111	364	104	.286	22	65
RF	Alex Ochoa	90	349	101	.289	7	35

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
Rubén Rivera	117	263	67	.255	10	34
Adam Dunn	66	244	64	.262	19	43
Juan Castro	96	242	54	.223	3	13
Michael Tucker	86	231	56	.242	7	30
Kelly Stinnett	63	187	48	.257	9	25
Barry Larkin	45	156	40	.256	2	17
Wilton Guerrero	60	142	48	.338	1	8
Brady Clark	89	129	34	.264	6	18
Bill Selby	36	92	21	.228	2	12
Donnie Sadler	39	84	17	.202	1	3
Robin Jennings	27	77	22	.286	3	14
Deion Sanders	32	75	13	.173	1	4
D.T. Cromer	50	57	16	.281	5	12
Corky Miller	17	49	9	.184	3	7
Brandon Larson	14	33	4	.121	0	1
Raúl González	11	14	3	.214	0	0
Calvin Pickering	4	4	1	.250	0	1

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
Elmer Dessens	34	205.0	10	14	4.48	128
Chris Reitsma	36	182.0	7	15	5.29	96
Lance Davis	20	106.1	8	4	4.74	53
José Acevedo	18	96.0	5	7	5.44	68
Rob Bell	9	44.1	0	5	5.48	33
Brian Reith	9	40.1	0	7	7.81	22
Pete Harnisch	7	35.1	1	3	6.37	17
Joey Hamilton	4	17.1	1	2	6.23	10

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
Jim Brower	46	129.1	7	10	3.97	94
Osvaldo Fernández	20	79.1	5	6	6.92	35
Jared Fernández	5	12.1	0	1	4.38	5

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
	66	6	5	32	4.15	49
	79	7	1	0	3.31	82
Héctor Mercado	56	3	2	0	4.08	59
Chris Nichting	36	0	3	1	4.46	33
Dennys Reyes	35	2	6	0	4.92	52
Mark Wohlers	30	3	1	0	3.94	21
John Riedling	29	1	1	1	2.41	23
Scott MacRae	24	0	1	0	4.02	18
Justin Atchley	15	0	0	0	6.10	8
José Rijo	13	0	0	0	2.12	12
Scott Winchester	12	0	2	0	4.50	9
Chris Piersoll	11	0	0	0	2.38	7
Frank Rodriguez	7	0	0	0	11.42	9
Scott Williamson	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Billings