2001 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 2001 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 119th season in the history of the franchise, and their first winning season, despite missing out on the playoffs, for the first time since their 1993 National League pennant winning season.
Offseason
- November 29, 2000: Mark Brownson was released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
- December 15, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
- January 29, 2001: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Regular season
Transactions
- June 5, 2001: Ryan Howard was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2001.
- June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for Jose Santiago.
- June 7, 2001: Rob Ducey was released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
- July 23, 2001: Gary Bennett was traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Todd Pratt.
- July 27, 2001: Felipe Crespo was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Gomes.
- July 27, 2001: Turk Wendell was traded by the New York Mets with Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam 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 | Johnny Estrada | 89 | 298 | 68 | .228 | 8 | 37 |
| 1B | Travis Lee | 157 | 555 | 143 | .258 | 20 | 90 |
| 2B | Marlon Anderson | 147 | 522 | 153 | .293 | 11 | 61 |
| SS | Jimmy Rollins | 158 | 656 | 180 | .274 | 14 | 54 |
| 3B | Scott Rolen | 151 | 554 | 160 | .289 | 25 | 107 |
| LF | Pat Burrell | 155 | 539 | 139 | .258 | 27 | 89 |
| CF | Doug Glanville | 153 | 634 | 166 | .262 | 14 | 55 |
| RF | Bobby Abreu | 162 | 588 | 170 | .289 | 31 | 110 |
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 |
| Brian Hunter | 83 | 145 | 40 | .276 | 2 | 16 |
| Tomás Pérez | 62 | 135 | 41 | .304 | 3 | 19 |
| Mike Lieberthal | 34 | 121 | 28 | .231 | 2 | 11 |
| Kevin Jordan | 68 | 113 | 27 | .239 | 1 | 13 |
| Todd Pratt | 35 | 93 | 19 | .204 | 2 | 7 |
| Gary Bennett | 26 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 1 | 6 |
| Felipe Crespo | 33 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 5 |
| Eric Valent | 22 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Ducey | 30 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 1 | 4 |
| Turner Ward | 17 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
| Reggie Taylor | 5 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Forbes | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| David Newhan | 7 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Michaels | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Punto | 4 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Walbeck | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Robert Person | 33 | 208.1 | 15 | 7 | 4.19 | 183 |
| Omar Daal | 32 | 185.2 | 13 | 7 | 4.46 | 107 |
| Randy Wolf | 28 | 163.0 | 10 | 11 | 3.70 | 152 |
| Dave Coggin | 17 | 95.0 | 6 | 7 | 4.17 | 62 |
| Bruce Chen | 16 | 86.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 | 79 |
| Brandon Duckworth | 11 | 69.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.52 | 40 |
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 |
| Amaury Telemaco | 24 | 89.1 | 5 | 5 | 5.54 | 59 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 19 | 89.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.94 | 61 |
| Paul Byrd | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 3 |
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 |
| José Mesa | 71 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 2.34 | 59 |
| Ricky Bottalico | 66 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.90 | 57 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 60 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4.21 | 37 |
| José Santiago | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.61 | 28 |
| Wayne Gomes | 42 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.31 | 35 |
| Eddie Oropesa | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 15 |
| Chris Brock | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 26 |
| Vicente Padilla | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.24 | 29 |
| Cliff Politte | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.42 | 23 |
| Turk Wendell | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.47 | 15 |
| Dennis Cook | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 4 |
| Ed Vosberg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 11 |
| Doug Nickle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |