# 2001 San Diego Padres season

The 2001 San Diego Padres season was the 33rd season in franchise history.

## Offseason

* November 3, 2000: Buddy Carlyle was purchased by Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from the San Diego Padres.
* December 10, 2000: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* December 15, 2000: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* January 12, 2001: Heathcliff Slocumb was released by the San Diego Padres.
* March 19, 2001: Rickey Henderson signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* March 28, 2001: Mark Kotsay was traded by the Florida Marlins with Cesar Crespo to the San Diego Padres for Matt Clement, Eric Owens, and Omar Ortíz (minors).

## Regular season
### Rickey Henderson

* During the 2001 season, Rickey Henderson broke two major league records and reached a career milestone. He broke Babe Ruth's all-time record for walks, Ty Cobb's all-time record for runs (doing so with a home run), and on the final day of the season, he had his 3,000th career hit. That final game was also Padre legend Tony Gwynn's last major league game, and is the only time in Major League history in which two teammates had 3,000 hits each. Rickey had originally wanted to sit that game out so as not to detract from the occasion, but Gwynn insisted that Henderson play.
At the age of 42, his last substantial major league season, Henderson finished the year with 25 stolen bases, ninth in the NL. It also marked Rickey Henderson's 23rd consecutive season in which he'd stolen more than 20 bases.

### Opening Day starters

* Chris Gomez – SS
* Mark Kotsay – CF
* Mike Darr – LF
* Ryan Klesko – 1B
* Tony Gwynn – RF
* Damian Jackson – 2B
* Ben Davis – C
* Phil Nevin – 3B
* Kevin Jarvis – SP

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍37 |
| San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 | 49‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| San Diego Padres | 79 | 83 | .488 | 13 | 35‍–‍46 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Colorado Rockies | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 | 41‍–‍40 | 32‍–‍49 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2001 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 5–2 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 7–8 |
| Atlanta | 2–5 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 2–4 | — | 13–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 8–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 9–6 |
| Cincinnati | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–13 | — | 3–6 | 4–2 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 6–10 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 9–8 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 7–10 | 4–11 |
| Colorado | 6–13 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 2–10 |
| Florida | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
| Houston | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 11–6 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 12–5 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 9–6 |
| Los Angeles | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–9 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 10–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 5–12 | 1–5 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–11 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 7–10 | 5–10 |
| Montreal | 3–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| New York | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | — | 11–8 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 10–8 |
| Philadelphia | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 8–11 | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 1–5 | 6–10 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–9 | 2–7 | 11–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–14 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 14–5 | — | 4–2 | 10–5 |
| St. Louis | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 10–7 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 10–7 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 14–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | — | 8–7 |

### Notable transactions

* July 30, 2001: Sterling Hitchcock was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely (minors).

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

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 | Ben Davis | 138 | 448 | 107 | .239 | 11 | 57 |
| 1B | Ryan Klesko | 146 | 538 | 154 | .286 | 30 | 113 |
| 2B | Damian Jackson | 122 | 440 | 106 | .241 | 4 | 38 |
| SS | D'Angelo Jiménez | 86 | 308 | 85 | .276 | 3 | 33 |
| 3B | Phil Nevin | 149 | 546 | 167 | .306 | 41 | 126 |
| LF | Rickey Henderson | 123 | 379 | 86 | .227 | 8 | 42 |
| CF | Mark Kotsay | 119 | 406 | 118 | .291 | 10 | 58 |
| RF | Bubba Trammell | 142 | 490 | 128 | .261 | 25 | 92 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Darr | 105 | 289 | 80 | .277 | 2 | 34 |
| Wiki Gonzalez | 64 | 160 | 44 | .275 | 8 | 27 |
| César Crespo | 55 | 153 | 32 | .209 | 4 | 12 |
| Alex Arias | 70 | 137 | 31 | .226 | 2 | 12 |
| Dave Magadan | 91 | 128 | 32 | .250 | 1 | 12 |
| Ray Lankford | 40 | 125 | 36 | .288 | 4 | 19 |
| Donaldo Méndez | 46 | 118 | 18 | .153 | 1 | 5 |
| Chris Gomez | 40 | 112 | 21 | .188 | 0 | 7 |
| Tony Gwynn | 71 | 102 | 33 | .324 | 1 | 17 |
| Mike Colangelo | 50 | 91 | 22 | .242 | 2 | 8 |
| Santiago Pérez | 43 | 81 | 16 | .198 | 0 | 4 |
| Adam Riggs | 12 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Witt | 14 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 2 | 5 |
| Rick Wilkins | 12 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 1 | 8 |
| Emil Brown | 13 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 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 |
| Bobby Jones | 33 | 195.0 | 8 | 19 | 5.12 | 113 |
| Kevin Jarvis | 32 | 193.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.79 | 133 |
| Woody Williams | 23 | 145.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.97 | 102 |
| Brian Tollberg | 19 | 117.1 | 10 | 4 | 4.30 | 71 |
| Adam Eaton | 17 | 116.2 | 8 | 5 | 4.32 | 109 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.32 | 15 |
| Carlton Loewer | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 2 | 24.92 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Brian Lawrence | 27 | 114.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.45 | 84 |
| Wascar Serrano | 20 | 46.2 | 3 | 3 | 6.56 | 39 |
| Junior Herndon | 12 | 42.2 | 2 | 6 | 6.33 | 14 |
| Brett Jodie | 7 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.63 | 13 |
| Jason Middlebrook | 4 | 19.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.12 | 10 |

##### 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 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 62 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 3.43 | 63 |
| José Núñez | 56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.31 | 49 |
| David Lee | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 42 |
| Tom Davey | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 | 37 |
| Rodney Myers | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.32 | 29 |
| Jay Witasick | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1.86 | 53 |
| Chuck McElroy | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.16 | 25 |
| Rudy Seánez | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.63 | 24 |
| Jeremy Fikac | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | 19 |
| David Lundquist | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.95 | 19 |
| Kevin Walker | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 17 |
| Dave Maurer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 |
| Jimmy Osting | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |

## Award winners

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Ryan Klesko
* Phil Nevin

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Rick Sweet |
| AA | Mobile BayBears | Southern League | Tracy Woodson |
| A | Lake Elsinore Storm | California League | Craig Colbert |
| A | Fort Wayne Wizards | Midwest League | Tom Lawless |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Jeff Gardner |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Padres | Pioneer League | Jake Molina |
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Lake Elsinore