2001 Cleveland Indians season

The 2001 Cleveland Indians season was the 101st season for the franchise and the 8th season at Jacobs Field.

Offseason

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

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.

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.''

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.
July 31, 2001: Zach Day was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Milton Bradley.

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; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Bartolo Colón	13	13	4.09	34	34	222.1	220	106	101	90	201
CC Sabathia	17	5	4.39	33	33	180.1	149	93	88	95	171
Dave Burba	10	10	6.21	32	27	150.2	188	112	104	54	118
Chuck Finley	8	7	5.54	22	22	113.2	131	78	70	35	96
Charles Nagy	5	6	6.40	15	13	70.1	102	53	50	20	29
Jaret Wright	2	2	6.52	7	7	29.0	36	22	21	22	18
Tim Drew	0	2	7.97	8	6	35.0	51	39	31	16	15

Other pitchers

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Steve Woodard	3	3	5.20	29	10	0	97.0	129	60	56	17	52
Jake Westbrook	4	4	5.85	23	6	0	64.2	79	43	42	22	48
Ryan Drese	1	2	3.44	9	4	0	36.2	32	15	14	15	24

Relief pitchers

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Bob Wickman	5	0	2.39	70	32	67.2	61	18	18	14	66
Ricardo Rincón	2	1	2.83	67	2	54.0	44	18	17	21	50
Rich Rodriguez	2	2	4.15	53	0	39.0	41	24	18	17	31
Paul Shuey	5	3	2.82	47	2	54.1	53	25	17	26	70
Danys Báez	5	3	2.50	43	0	50.1	34	22	14	20	52
Steve Karsay	0	1	1.25	31	1	43.1	29	6	6	8	44
John Rocker	3	7	5.45	38	4	34.2	33	23	21	25	43
David Riske	2	0	1.98	26	1	27.1	20	7	6	18	29
Steve Reed	1	1	3.62	31	0	27.1	22	11	11	10	21
Justin Speier	2	0	6.97	12	0	20.2	24	16	16	8	15
Roy Smith	0	0	6.06	9	0	16.1	16	14	11	13	17
Mike Bacsik	0	0	9.00	3	0	9.0	13	10	9	3	4
Scott Radinsky	0	0	27.00	2	0	2.0	4	6	6	3	3
Tim Laker	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1

Postseason

Postseason rosters

Pitchers: 55 Danys Báez 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 31 Chuck Finley 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 49 John Rocker 52 CC Sabathia 53 Paul Shuey 26 Bob Wickman
Catchers: 2 Einar Díaz
Infielders: 12 Roberto Alomar 33 Russell Branyan 17 Travis Fryman 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel
Outfielders: 6 Jolbert Cabrera 30 Wil Cordero 46 Marty Cordova 22 Juan González 7 Kenny Lofton
Designated hitter: 23 Ellis Burks

Award winners

All-Star Game

Juan Gonzalez, right field, starter
Roberto Alomar, second base, reserve