2001 Detroit Tigers season
The 2001 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 101st season and its second at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers failed to win the American League Central and finished with a 66–96 record, missing the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.
Offseason
- December 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
Regular season
Opening Day lineup
Roger Cedeño, rfDamion Easley, 2b
Bobby Higginson, lf
Tony Clark, 1b
Billy McMillon, dh
Deivi Cruz, ss
Juan Encarnación, cf
Shane Halter, 3b
Brandon Inge, c
Jeff Weaver, p
Notable transactions
- July 28, 2001: Todd Jones was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Minnesota Twins for Mark Redman.
Player stats
Batting
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 |
| Damion Easley | 154 | 585 | 146 | .250 | 11 | 65 |
| Bobby Higginson | 147 | 541 | 150 | .277 | 17 | 71 |
| Roger Cedeño | 131 | 523 | 153 | .293 | 6 | 48 |
| José Macías | 137 | 488 | 131 | .268 | 8 | 51 |
| Shane Halter | 136 | 450 | 128 | .284 | 12 | 65 |
| Tony Clark | 126 | 428 | 123 | .287 | 16 | 75 |
| Juan Encarnación | 120 | 417 | 101 | .242 | 12 | 52 |
| Deivi Cruz | 110 | 414 | 106 | .256 | 7 | 52 |
| Robert Fick | 124 | 401 | 109 | .272 | 19 | 61 |
| Randall Simon | 81 | 256 | 78 | .305 | 6 | 37 |
| Dean Palmer | 57 | 216 | 48 | .222 | 11 | 40 |
| Wendell Magee | 90 | 207 | 44 | .213 | 5 | 17 |
| Brandon Inge | 79 | 189 | 34 | .180 | 0 | 15 |
| Ryan Jackson | 79 | 118 | 25 | .212 | 2 | 11 |
| Javier Cardona | 46 | 96 | 25 | .260 | 1 | 10 |
| Eric Munson | 17 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 1 | 6 |
| Jarrod Patterson | 13 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 2 | 4 |
| Chris Wakeland | 10 | 36 | 9 | .250 | 2 | 6 |
| Billy McMillon | 20 | 34 | 3 | .088 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Rivera | 4 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Jermaine Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Santana | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 19 | 1 | .053 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5537 | 1439 | .260 | 139 | 691 |
''Note: Individual pitchers' batting statistics not included''
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 |
| Steve Sparks | 35 | 232.0 | 14 | 9 | 3.65 | 116 |
| Jeff Weaver | 33 | 229.1 | 13 | 16 | 4.08 | 152 |
| Chris Holt | 30 | 151.1 | 7 | 9 | 5.77 | 80 |
| José Lima | 18 | 112.2 | 5 | 10 | 4.71 | 43 |
| Dave Mlicki | 15 | 81.0 | 4 | 8 | 7.33 | 48 |
| Nate Cornejo | 10 | 42.2 | 4 | 4 | 7.38 | 22 |
| Mark Redman | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 4 |
| Brian Moehler | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 |
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 |
| Víctor Santos | 33 | 76.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.30 | 52 |
| Adam Pettyjohn | 16 | 65.0 | 1 | 6 | 5.82 | 40 |
| Willie Blair | 9 | 24.0 | 1 | 4 | 10.50 | 15 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO =Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Matt Anderson | 62 | 56.0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 4.82 | 52 |
| Danny Patterson | 60 | 64.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.06 | 27 |
| C.J. Nitkowski | 56 | 45.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.56 | 38 |
| Todd Jones | 45 | 48.2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4.62 | 39 |
| Heath Murray | 40 | 63.1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6.54 | 42 |
| Matt Perisho | 30 | 39.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.72 | 19 |
| Luis Pineda | 16 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 13 |
| Dave Borkowski | 15 | 29.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.37 | 30 |
| Matt Miller | 13 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.45 | 6 |
| Kevin Tolar | 9 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 11 |
| Adam Bernero | 5 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.30 | 8 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1429.1 | 66 | 96 | 34 | 5.01 | 859 |