2001 American League

2001 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 1,133 games, 14 teams, approx. 161 games in season
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Other Years: 2000 / 2002
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2000 / 2002

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

Central Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562	--
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	6
Chicago White Sox	83	79	.512	8
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	25
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	26

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
New York Yankees	95	65	.594	--
Boston Red Sox	82	79	.509	13.5
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	16
Baltimore Orioles	63	98	.391	32.5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	62	100	.383	34

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Seattle Mariners	116	46	.716	--
Oakland Athletics	102	60	.630	14
Anaheim Angels	75	87	.463	41
Texas Rangers	73	89	.451	43

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Seattle Mariners	SEA	31.3	5.72	162	6474	5680	927	1637	310	38	169	881	174	42	614	989	.288	.360	.445	.805	2530	112	62	48	70	54
Cleveland Indians	CLE	31.0	5.54	162	6357	5600	897	1559	294	37	212	868	79	41	577	1076	.278	.350	.458	.807	2563	126	69	49	62	32
Texas Rangers	TEX	29.8	5.49	162	6388	5685	890	1566	326	23	246	844	97	32	548	1093	.275	.344	.471	.815	2676	131	75	25	55	27
Oakland Athletics	OAK	27.4	5.46	162	6385	5573	884	1469	334	22	199	835	68	29	640	1021	.264	.345	.439	.784	2444	131	88	25	59	57
New York Yankees	NYY	31.1	4.99	161	6233	5577	804	1488	289	20	203	774	161	53	519	1035	.267	.334	.435	.769	2426	119	64	30	43	38
Chicago White Sox	CHW	28.4	4.93	162	6150	5464	798	1463	300	29	214	770	123	59	520	998	.268	.334	.451	.785	2463	128	52	63	51	31
Boston Red Sox	BOS	30.0	4.80	161	6264	5605	772	1493	316	29	198	739	46	35	520	1131	.266	.334	.439	.773	2461	132	70	28	41	50
Minnesota Twins	MIN	26.3	4.76	162	6182	5560	771	1514	328	38	164	717	146	67	495	1083	.272	.337	.433	.770	2410	124	64	25	38	42
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	28.2	4.73	162	6284	5663	767	1489	287	36	195	728	156	55	470	1094	.263	.325	.430	.755	2433	111	74	34	43	47
Kansas City Royals	KCR	28.2	4.50	162	6176	5643	729	1503	277	37	152	691	100	42	406	898	.266	.318	.409	.727	2310	134	44	36	47	31
Detroit Tigers	DET	28.2	4.47	162	6144	5537	724	1439	291	60	139	691	133	61	466	972	.260	.320	.409	.730	2267	120	51	41	49	26
Anaheim Angels	ANA	28.1	4.27	162	6221	5551	691	1447	275	26	158	662	116	52	494	1001	.261	.327	.405	.732	2248	109	77	46	53	34
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	30.0	4.24	162	6150	5472	687	1359	262	24	136	663	133	53	514	989	.248	.319	.380	.699	2077	121	77	38	49	26
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	TBD	27.9	4.15	162	6104	5524	672	1426	311	21	121	645	115	52	456	1116	.258	.320	.388	.707	2142	130	54	45	25	24
League Totals		29.0	4.86	2266	87512	78134	11013	20852	4200	440	2506	10508	1647	673	7239	14496	.267	.334	.428	.762	33450	1728	921	533	685	519

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Seattle Mariners	SEA	30.8	3.87	116	46	.716	3.54	162	162	154	8	14	56	1465.0	1293	627	576	160	465	28	1051	64	1	40	6096	1.200	7.9	1.0	2.9	6.5	2.26
Oakland Athletics	OAK	28.0	3.98	102	60	.630	3.59	162	162	149	13	9	44	1463.1	1384	645	583	153	440	49	1117	46	3	42	6115	1.246	8.5	0.9	2.7	6.9	2.54
New York Yankees	NYY	30.9	4.43	95	65	.594	4.02	161	161	154	7	9	57	1451.1	1429	713	649	158	465	29	1266	55	6	54	6174	1.305	8.9	1.0	2.9	7.9	2.72
Anaheim Angels	ANA	28.9	4.51	75	87	.463	4.20	162	162	156	6	1	43	1437.2	1452	730	671	168	525	47	947	64	2	46	6195	1.375	9.1	1.1	3.3	5.9	1.80
Boston Red Sox	BOS	30.7	4.63	82	79	.509	4.15	161	161	158	3	9	48	1448.0	1412	745	667	146	544	50	1259	93	7	54	6272	1.351	8.8	0.9	3.4	7.8	2.31
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	28.5	4.65	80	82	.494	4.28	162	162	155	7	10	41	1462.2	1553	753	696	165	490	60	1041	76	8	33	6305	1.397	9.6	1.0	3.0	6.4	2.12
Minnesota Twins	MIN	27.4	4.73	85	77	.525	4.51	162	162	150	12	8	45	1441.1	1494	766	722	192	445	16	965	56	2	58	6187	1.345	9.3	1.2	2.8	6.0	2.17
Chicago White Sox	CHW	26.2	4.91	83	79	.512	4.55	162	162	154	8	9	51	1433.1	1465	795	725	181	500	38	921	88	5	57	6200	1.371	9.2	1.1	3.1	5.8	1.84
Cleveland Indians	CLE	29.1	5.07	91	71	.562	4.64	162	162	159	3	4	42	1446.2	1512	821	746	148	573	44	1218	49	11	58	6312	1.441	9.4	0.9	3.6	7.6	2.13
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	27.6	5.12	63	98	.391	4.67	162	162	152	10	6	31	1432.1	1504	829	744	194	528	28	938	74	5	37	6273	1.419	9.5	1.2	3.3	5.9	1.78
Kansas City Royals	KCR	27.3	5.30	65	97	.401	4.87	162	162	157	5	1	30	1440.0	1537	858	779	209	576	26	911	61	2	73	6289	1.467	9.6	1.3	3.6	5.7	1.58
Detroit Tigers	DET	28.1	5.41	66	96	.407	5.01	162	162	146	16	2	34	1429.1	1624	876	795	180	553	56	859	73	4	40	6361	1.523	10.2	1.1	3.5	5.4	1.55
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	TBD	26.9	5.48	62	100	.383	4.94	162	162	161	1	6	30	1423.2	1513	887	781	207	569	21	1030	75	7	75	6288	1.462	9.6	1.3	3.6	6.5	1.81
Texas Rangers	TEX	28.5	5.98	73	89	.451	5.71	162	162	158	4	3	37	1438.1	1670	968	913	222	596	33	951	63	9	70	6469	1.575	10.4	1.4	3.7	6.0	1.60
League Totals		28.5	4.86	1138	1126	.503	4.47	2266	2266	2163	103	91	589	20213.0	20842	11013	10047	2483	7269	525	14474	937	72	737	87536	1.391	9.3	1.1	3.2	6.4	1.99

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Seattle Mariners	SEA	162	4395	1534	83	137	.986	6	73	29	28%	Lou Piniella and John McLaren
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	162	4388	1831	97	184	.985	10	112	47	30%	Cookie Rojas and Buck Martinez
Anaheim Angels	ANA	162	4313	1690	103	142	.983	16	109	59	35%	Mike Scioscia
Cleveland Indians	CLE	162	4340	1610	107	137	.982	12	128	60	32%	Grady Little and Charlie Manuel
Minnesota Twins	MIN	162	4324	1542	108	118	.982	4	73	43	37%	Tom Kelly
New York Yankees	NYY	161	4354	1529	109	132	.982	21	146	45	24%	Joe Torre
Boston Red Sox	BOS	161	4344	1558	113	129	.981	23	223	51	19%	Jimy Williams and Joe Kerrigan
Texas Rangers	TEX	162	4315	1638	114	167	.981	2	79	66	46%	Jerry Narron and Johnny Oates
Kansas City Royals	KCR	162	4320	1801	117	204	.981	10	105	45	30%	Jamie Quirk and Tony Muser
Chicago White Sox	CHW	162	4300	1731	118	149	.981	13	107	40	27%	Jerry Manuel
Oakland Athletics	OAK	162	4390	1756	125	151	.980	4	124	55	31%	Art Howe
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	162	4297	1599	125	137	.979	15	157	51	25%	Mike Hargrove
Detroit Tigers	DET	162	4288	1775	131	164	.979	30	104	50	32%	Phil Garner
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	TBD	162	4271	1531	139	144	.977	8	113	44	28%	Larry Rothschild and Hal McRae
League Totals		2266	60639	23125	1589	2095	.981	174	1653	685	29%

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