# 2001 Atlanta Braves season

The 2001 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 36th season in Atlanta and 131st overall. The Braves won their seventh consecutive division title. The season saw the team finish first in the NL East Division with an 88-74 record – the worst among playoff teams in 2001, and also the worst record for the Braves since the 1994 strike-reduced season (meaning the worst record through their run of 11 consecutive division titles starting in 1995). Atlanta finished the season with just a 2 game division lead over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Braves swept the favored Houston Astros in the NLDS before losing to the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS 4–1, in which Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling notably dominated Atlanta's offense.

## Offseason

* October 31, 2000: Bobby Bonilla was released by the Atlanta Braves.
* December 13, 2000: Rico Brogna was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* January 26, 2001: Steve Avery was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* March 30, 2001: Steve Avery was released by the Atlanta Braves.

## Regular season

The Braves played the Mets in the first game in New York after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. The game was played on September 21 and it was a 3-2 New York Mets victory over the Atlanta Braves.

### Opening Day starters

* Rafael Furcal
* Tom Glavine
* Wes Helms
* Andruw Jones
* Chipper Jones
* Brian Jordan
* Javy López
* B. J. Surhoff
* Quilvio Veras

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 40‍–‍41 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2 | 47‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍42 |
| New York Mets | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | 44‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Florida Marlins | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 | 46‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍52 |
| Montreal Expos | 68 | 94 | .420 | 20 | 34‍–‍47 | 34‍–‍47 |

#### 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

* May 10, 2001: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* June 22, 2001: John Rocker was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Troy Cameron (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Karsay and Steve Reed.
* July 5, 2001: Ken Caminiti was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* July 31, 2001: Rey Sánchez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Voyles (minors) and Alejandro Machado (minors).
* August 7, 2001: Quilvio Veras was released by the Atlanta Braves.
* August 31, 2001: Julio Franco was purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

### Game log

2001 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 40–41; Away: 48–33) :
April: 12–14 (Home: 5–4; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Reds10–4Valdes (1–0)Reyes (0–1)—41,9011–0
2April 3Mets4–6 (10)Cook (1–0)Ligtenberg (0–1)Benitez (1)42,1171–1
3April 4Mets3–2Rocker (1–0)Wall (0–1)—27,9242–1
4April 5Mets1–7Reed (1–0)Perez (0–1)—34,2192–2
5April 6@ Marlins7–5Maddux (1–0)Grilli (0–1)Rocker (1)15,8573–2
6April 7@ Marlins0–8Dempster (1–0)Burkett (0–1)—27,2243–3
7April 8@ Marlins1–6Clement (1–0)Glavine (0–1)—20,8803–4
8April 9@ Mets4–9Appier (1–0)Millwood (0–1)—53,6403–5
9April 11@ Mets2–0Maddux (2–0)Reed (1–1)Rocker (2)36,0484–5
10April 12@ Mets0–1 (10)Benitez (1–0)Ligtenberg (0–2)—27,6944–6
11April 13Phillies4–2Glavine (1–1)Wolf (0–2)Rocker (3)31,0175–6
12April 14Phillies1–2Daal (1–0)Millwood (0–2)Mesa (4)35,9795–7
13April 15Phillies3–0Perez (1–1)Person (1–1)Rocker (4)24,4726–7
14April 16Marlins4–3Rocker (2–0)Miceli (0–2)—24,0157–7
15April 17Marlins2–3Nunez (1–1)Burkett (0–2)Alfonseca (2)27,5227–8
16April 18Marlins1–0Glavine (2–1)Dempster (2–1)Rocker (5)30,2338–8
17April 20@ Phillies3–8Gomes (2–0)Perez (1–2)—16,2458–9
18April 21@ Phillies1–4Person (2–1)Maddux (2–1)—17,1238–10
19April 22@ Phillies2–3Telemaco (2–0)Burkett (0–3)Gomes (1)26,7568–11
20April 23@ Astros9–7Glavine (3–1)Dotel (1–2)—29,1229–11
21April 24@ Astros6–11Reynolds (1–1)Perez (1–3)Bottenfield (1)29,2169–12
22April 25@ Astros11–3Millwood (1–2)Elarton (3–2)—31,22310–12
23April 26@ Diamondbacks6–13Ellis (3–0)Maddux (2–2)—27,36210–13
24April 27@ Diamondbacks9–0Burkett (1–3)Reynoso (1–4)—32,66311–13
25April 28@ Diamondbacks3–1Glavine (4–1)Johnson (3–3)Rocker (6)45,26412–13
26April 29@ Diamondbacks5–7Sabel (1–0)Perez (1–4)Brohawn (1)34,35612–14 :
May: 14–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 3–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1Brewers3–5Haynes (3–2)Millwood (1–3)Leskanic (3)24,92212–15
28May 2Brewers1–0Maddux (3–2)Rigdon (2–1)—24,80213–15
29May 3Brewers0–5Sheets (2–2)Burkett (1–4)—26,41113–16
30May 4Cardinals2–4Hermanson (2–1)Glavine (4–2)Veres (3)40,98113–17
31May 5Cardinals6–5Remlinger (1–0)Timlin (1–1)Rocker (7)48,54314–17
32May 6Cardinals7–5Cabrera (1–0)Stechschulte (0–2)Rocker (8)44,14415–17
33May 8@ Padres1–7Jarvis (2–3)Maddux (3–3)—20,49415–18
34May 9@ Padres3–0Burkett (2–4)Jones (1–4)Rocker (9)18,90216–18
35May 10@ Padres5–6Myers (1–1)Remlinger (1–1)Hoffman (5)20,05616–19
36May 11@ Dodgers5–1Perez (2–4)Gagne (1–2)—54,34317–19
37May 12@ Dodgers0–1Shaw (1–1)Whiteside (0–1)—53,00617–20
38May 13@ Dodgers1–3Prokopec (4–1)Maddux (3–4)Shaw (13)37,15217–21
39May 15Rockies5–3Remlinger (2–1)Hampton (5–1)Rocker (10)28,92118–21
40May 16Rockies6–4Cabrera (2–0)Wasdin (2–1)Rocker (11)32,46119–21
41May 17Rockies3–8Neagle (4–1)Smoltz (0–1)—31,22119–22
42May 18Giants6–5Cabrera (3–0)Nen (2–1)—34,42920–22
43May 19Giants3–6Worrell (1–0)Cabrera (3–1)Nen (10)42,78920–23
44May 20Giants11–6Ligtenberg (1–2)Hernandez (3–6)—33,69621–23
45May 21@ Marlins5–3Glavine (5–2)Clement (2–4)Rocker (12)12,16922–23
46May 22@ Marlins2–3Smith (3–0)Smoltz (0–2)Alfonseca (10)12,01422–24
–May 23@ MarlinsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27
47May 25Pirates1–0Maddux (4–4)Ritchie (0–6)—28,12023–24
48May 26Pirates9–3Burkett (3–4)Wengert (0–2)—40,78824–24
49May 27Pirates3–6Arroyo (3–4)Glavine (5–3)Williams (8)35,72824–25
50May 28Expos5–3 (8)Smoltz (1–2)Yoshii (1–2)Rocker (13)24,90425–25
51May 29Expos7–4Perez (3–4)Blank (0–1)Rocker (14)26,81826–25
52May 30Expos3–4Vazquez (5–5)Maddux (4–5)Urbina (8)27,93626–26 :
June: 19–9 (Home: 4–6; Away: 15–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1@ Pirates5–1Burkett (4–4)Ritchie (0–7)—34,23027–26
–June 2@ PiratesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for June 3
54June 3 (1)@ Pirates11–7Glavine (6–3)Olivares (2–6)—N/A28–26
55June 3 (2)@ Pirates8–3Smoltz (2–2)Anderson (3–5)—36,92429–26
56June 5@ Expos3–1Maddux (5–5)Vazquez (5–6)Rocker (15)7,01730–26
57June 6@ Expos2–0Burkett (5–4)Irabu (0–1)Rocker (16)5,10231–26
58June 7@ Expos4–3 (11)Marquis (1–0)Strickland (0–3)Ligtenberg (1)4,57532–26
59June 8@ Yankees4–7Pettitte (7–4)Glavine (6–4)Rivera (18)50,09032–27
60June 9@ Yankees10–6Cabrera (4–1)Choate (2–1)Rocker (17)55,10733–27
61June 10@ Yankees4–1Maddux (6–5)Mussina (5–7)Rocker (18)41,39234–27
62June 11@ Blue Jays4–9File (2–1)Burkett (5–5)—16,88534–28
63June 12@ Blue Jays3–0Perez (4–4)Parris (3–5)Rocker (19)20,44835–28
64June 13@ Blue Jays5–12Hamilton (3–3)Glavine (6–5)—19,90135–29
65June 15Red Sox5–9 (10)Beck (2–3)Cabrera (4–2)—48,46935–30
66June 16Red Sox8–0Burkett (6–5)Nomo (6–4)—50,52436–30
67June 17Red Sox3–4Castillo (7–4)Perez (4–5)Lowe (10)45,36236–31
68June 18Marlins6–7Looper (2–2)Rocker (2–1)Alfonseca (15)28,71936–32
69June 19Marlins2–12Smith (4–2)Marquis (1–1)—31,75936–33
70June 20Marlins7–2Maddux (7–5)Burnett (5–3)—28,86737–33
71June 21Marlins2–3Looper (3–2)Rocker (2–2)Alfonseca (16)33,35937–34
72June 22@ Mets10–1Perez (5–5)R. Reed (7–3)—40,12938–34
73June 23@ Mets9–3 (11)S. Reed (2–1)White (1–1)—42,73639–34
74June 24@ Mets8–4Marquis (2–1)Trachsel (1–9)—47,18140–34
75June 25@ Phillies9–4Maddux (8–5)Daal (8–2)—22,43941–34
76June 26@ Phillies4–1 (11)Remlinger (3–1)Gomes (4–2)Cabrera (1)23,74742–34
77June 27@ Phillies10–4Perez (6–5)Wolf (4–9)—31,99143–34
78June 28Mets6–2 (10)S. Reed (3–1)Benitez (3–3)—40,05544–34
79June 29Mets1–3Trachsel (2–9)Marquis (2–2)Benitez (15)48,16844–35
89June 30Mets5–2Maddux (9–5)Leiter (4–7)Karsay (2)49,56845–35 :
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Mets1–2Appier (5–8)Burkett (6–6)Benitez (16)37,51645–36
82July 3Phillies14–7Cabrera (5–2)Santiago (2–3)—34,14246–36
83July 4Phillies1–4Coggin (1–0)Perez (6–6)Mesa (22)46,57946–37
84July 5Phillies9–5Maddux (10–5)Chen (4–5)—32,03147–37
85July 6@ Red Sox6–5 (10)Karsay (1–1)Kim (0–1)Cabrera (2)33,72348–37
86July 7@ Red Sox1–3Nomo (8–4)Marquis (2–3)Lowe (15)33,35548–38
87July 8@ Red Sox8–0Glavine (7–5)Ohka (2–4)—32,67749–38
72nd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington
88July 12Orioles6–5Maddux (11–5)Ryan (2–4)Karsay (3)44,46550–38
89July 13Orioles7–1Glavine (8–5)Towers (6–4)—44,46151–38
90July 14Orioles1–4Roberts (7–7)Burkett (6–7)Groom (7)50,06951–39
91July 15Devil Rays1–9Lopez (5–11)Perez (6–7)—31,75351–40
92July 16Devil Rays5–6Zambrano (2–1)Karsay (1–2)Yan (9)26,19751–41
93July 17Devil Rays4–0Maddux (12–5)Sturtze (4–8)—32,28752–41
94July 18@ Reds3–1 (8)Glavine (9–5)Dessens (6–8)Reed (1)27,45853–41
95July 19@ Reds2–1Burkett (7–7)Brower (4–7)Karsay (4)26,03954–41
96July 20Expos3–6Thurman (5–6)Millwood (1–4)Urbina (15)32,84254–42
97July 21Expos2–1 (10)Cabrera (6–2)Lloyd (7–3)—46,36355–42
98July 22Expos8–2Maddux (13–5)Mattes (3–2)—29,08256–42
99July 23Reds4–5Sullivan (3–1)Remlinger (3–2)Graves (17)37,05256–43
100July 24Reds3–11Brower (5–7)Burkett (7–8)—34,95556–44
101July 25Reds11–3Millwood (2–4)Acevedo (2–3)—37,01557–44
102July 26@ Expos2–3 (10)Urbina (2–1)Reed (3–2)—7,63557–45
103July 27@ Expos7–3Maddux (14–5)Mattes (3–3)—8,29958–45
104July 28@ Expos10–5Glavine (10–5)Vazquez (9–10)—9,39059–45
105July 29@ Expos8–1Burkett (8–8)Armas (8–10)—9,80260–45
106July 31@ Cardinals2–6Hermanson (9–8)Reed (3–3)—39,01260–46 :
August: 12–16 (Home: 5–12; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Cardinals0–4Kile (11–7)Maddux (14–6)—37,63360–47
108August 2@ Cardinals2–1Glavine (11–5)Smith (3–1)Karsay (5)38,39461–47
109August 3@ Brewers2–3 (11)Painter (1–1)Cabrera (6–3)—42,25961–48
110August 4@ Brewers14–2Burkett (9–8)Quevedo (0–1)—42,64662–48
111August 5@ Brewers12–8Cabrera (7–3)Sheets (10–9)—42,26363–48
112August 7Astros6–5Maddux (15–6)Cruz (2–2)Karsay (6)35,64864–48
113August 8Astros1–2 (12)Jackson (3–2)Cabrera (7–4)Wagner (26)31,20164–49
114August 9Astros5–6Dotel (6–4)Ligtenberg (1–3)—30,49964–50
115August 10Diamondbacks0–7Schilling (17–5)Millwood (2–5)—40,10164–51
116August 11Diamondbacks1–3Batista (7–7)Marquis (2–4)Kim (10)48,36764–52
117August 12Diamondbacks1–9Lopez (6–15)Maddux (15–7)—34,70264–53
118August 14@ Rockies4–5 (10)Jimenez (6–1)Karsay (1–3)—40,67764–54
119August 15@ Rockies7–2Burkett (10–8)Hampton (12–9)—37,96265–54
120August 16@ Rockies4–1Millwood (3–5)Chacon (6–7)Karsay (7)37,08666–54
121August 17@ Giants2–1Maddux (16–7)Hernandez (11–12)Smoltz (1)41,71867–54
122August 18@ Giants3–1Marquis (3–4)Rueter (12–8)Karsay (8)41,72268–54
123August 19@ Giants1–4Schmidt (9–7)Glavine (11–6)Nen (36)41,52768–55
124August 21Padres1–3 (10)Nunez (2–2)Karsay (1–4)Hoffman (32)26,75668–56
125August 22Padres6–3Maddux (17–7)Tollberg (6–4)Remlinger (1)22,78769–56
126August 23Padres3–2Millwood (4–5)Lawrence (3–3)Smoltz (2)26,04370–56
127August 24Dodgers1–4Park (12–9)Glavine (11–7)—35,45170–57
128August 25Dodgers7–8Prokopec (7–6)Marquis (3–5)Shaw (36)48,22570–58
129August 26Dodgers9–2Burkett (11–8)Gagne (4–6)—34,46971–58
130August 27Dodgers2–4Adams (10–6)Remlinger (3–3)Shaw (37)26,03871–59
131August 28Expos0–7Vazquez (14–11)Millwood (4–6)—23,13171–60
132August 29Expos5–3Glavine (12–7)Armas (9–12)Smoltz (3)22,32772–60
133August 30Expos2–4Ohka (3–7)Marquis (3–6)Strickland (3)22,72572–61
134August 31Cubs2–8Cruz (2–1)Burkett (11–9)—37,04572–62 :
September: 12–10 (Home: 3–2; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Cubs3–5Tavarez (9–9)Maddux (17–8)Gordon (27)45,84272–63
136September 2Cubs7–4Millwood (5–6)Tapani (9–11)Smoltz (4)45,16573–63
137September 3@ Expos5–0Glavine (13–7)Ohka (3–8)—6,74874–63
138September 4@ Expos3–2Karsay (2–4)Strickland (2–5)Smoltz (5)3,61375–63
139September 5@ Expos4–10Thurman (8–10)Burkett (11–10)—3,80675–64
140September 7@ Cubs3–2Karsay (3–4)Farnsworth (4–4)Smoltz (6)37,71076–64
141September 8@ Cubs5–3Glavine (14–7)Tapani (9–12)Smoltz (7)38,70577–64
142September 9@ Cubs9–5Ligtenberg (2–3)Bere (10–9)—37,21378–64
–September 11PhilliesPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 2
–September 12PhilliesPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 3
–September 13PhilliesPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 4
–September 14MarlinsPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 5
–September 15MarlinsPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 6
–September 16MarlinsPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 7
143September 17@ Phillies2–5Person (15–6)Maddux (17–9)Mesa (37)27,91078–65
144September 18@ Phillies3–4Bottalico (3–4)Smoltz (2–3)—23,65378–66
145September 19@ Phillies2–5Coggin (5–5)Burkett (11–11)Mesa (38)24,03678–67
146September 20@ Phillies5–1Millwood (6–6)Wolf (7–11)—26,86379–67
147September 21@ Mets2–3Benitez (6–3)Karsay (3–5)—41,23579–68
148September 22@ Mets3–7Trachsel (10–12)Perez (6–8)Benitez (41)41,23079–69
149September 23@ Mets5–4 (11)Smoltz (3–3)Riggan (3–3)—41,16880–69
150September 24@ Marlins0–1Penny (9–9)Burkett (11–12)Alfonseca (28)10,47080–70
151September 25@ Marlins5–2 (11)Ligtenberg (3–3)Darensbourg (1–2)Smoltz (8)9,59781–70
152September 26@ Marlins4–1Marquis (4–6)Burnett (9–12)Smoltz (9)10,16882–70
153September 27@ Marlins1–7Acevedo (2–4)Maddux (17–10)—9,17782–71
154September 28Mets5–3Glavine (15–7)Trachsel (10–13)Smoltz (10)43,66483–71
155September 29Mets8–5Perez (7–8)Benitez (6–4)—46,18084–71
156September 30Mets6–9Appier (10–10)Millwood (6–7)Benitez (43)42,66784–72 :
October: 4–2 (Home: 4–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
157October 2Phillies1–3Wolf (9–11)Maddux (17–11)Mesa (40)30,73984–73
158October 3Phillies8–3Glavine (16–7)Person (15–7)—27,43185–73
159October 4Phillies6–2Burkett (12–12)Duckworth (3–2)—32,28386–73
160October 5Marlins20–3Millwood (7–7)Dempster (15–12)—29,29987–73
161October 6Marlins7–3Marquis (5–6)Beckett (2–2)—31,82688–73
162October 7Marlins2–4Burnett (11–12)Spooneybarger (0–1)Looper (3)26,10288–74 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Braves team member :

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Javy López | 128 | 438 | 117 | .267 | 17 | 66 |
| 1B | Rico Brogna | 72 | 206 | 51 | .248 | 3 | 21 |
| 2B | Quilvio Veras | 71 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 3 | 25 |
| 3B | Chipper Jones | 159 | 572 | 189 | .330 | 38 | 102 |
| SS | Rafael Furcal | 79 | 324 | 89 | .275 | 4 | 30 |
| LF | B. J. Surhoff | 141 | 484 | 131 | .271 | 10 | 58 |
| CF | Andruw Jones | 161 | 625 | 157 | .251 | 34 | 104 |
| RF | Brian Jordan | 148 | 560 | 165 | .295 | 25 | 97 |

#### 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 |
| Marcus Giles | 68 | 244 | 64 | .262 | 9 | 31 |
| Dave Martinez | 120 | 237 | 68 | .287 | 2 | 20 |
| Wes Helms | 100 | 216 | 48 | .222 | 10 | 36 |
| Keith Lockhart | 104 | 178 | 39 | .219 | 3 | 12 |
| Ken Caminiti | 64 | 171 | 38 | .222 | 6 | 16 |
| Mark DeRosa | 66 | 164 | 47 | .287 | 3 | 20 |
| Rey Sánchez | 49 | 154 | 35 | .227 | 0 | 9 |
| Paul Bako | 61 | 137 | 29 | .212 | 2 | 15 |
| Bernard Gilkey | 69 | 106 | 29 | .274 | 2 | 14 |
| Julio Franco | 25 | 90 | 27 | .300 | 3 | 11 |
| Eddie Pérez | 5 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Abbott | 6 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Garcia | 22 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Aldridge | 8 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson Betemit | 8 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Torrealba | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Greg Maddux | 34 | 233.0 | 17 | 11 | 3.05 | 173 |
| John Burkett | 34 | 219.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.04 | 187 |
| Tom Glavine | 35 | 219.1 | 16 | 7 | 3.57 | 116 |
| Kevin Millwood | 21 | 121.0 | 7 | 7 | 4.31 | 84 |

#### 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 |
| Jason Marquis | 38 | 129.1 | 5 | 6 | 3.48 | 98 |
| Odalis Pérez | 24 | 95.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.91 | 71 |
| Damian Moss | 5 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| John Rocker | 30 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 3.09 | 36 |
| John Smoltz | 36 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.36 | 57 |
| Mike Remlinger | 74 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.76 | 93 |
| José Cabrera | 55 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2.88 | 43 |
| Kerry Ligtenberg | 53 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.02 | 56 |
| Steve Karsay | 43 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3.43 | 39 |
| Steve Reed | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.48 | 25 |
| Rudy Seánez | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.75 | 41 |
| Matt Whiteside | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.16 | 10 |
| Marc Valdes | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 |
| Chris Seelbach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 8 |
| Joe Slusarski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 |
| Tim Spooneybarger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 |
| Trey Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 1 |
| Joe Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 0 |
| Scott Sobkowiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Postseason
### Game log

2001 Postseason Game Log :
National League Division Series: 3–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 9@ Astros7–4Seanez (1–0)Jackson (0–1)Smoltz (1)35,5531–0
2October 10@ Astros1–0Glavine (1–0)Mlicki (0–1)Smoltz (2)35,7042–0
3October 12Astros6–2Burkett (1–0)Reynolds (0–1)—39,9233–0 :
National League Championship Series: 1–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 16@ Diamondbacks0–2Johnson (1–1)Maddux (0–1)—37,7290–1
2October 17@ Diamondbacks8–1Glavine (2–0)Batista (1–1)—49,3341–1
3October 19Diamondbacks1–5Schilling (3–0)Burkett (1–1)—41,6241–2
4October 20Diamondbacks4–11Anderson (1–0)Maddux (0–2)Kim (2)42,2911–3
5October 21Diamondbacks2–3Johnson (2–1)Glavine (2–1)Kim (3)35,6521–4 :

## Award winners

* Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove
* Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, June
* Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, July
* Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove
2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Chipper Jones, 3B, starter
* John Burkett, P, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Richmond Braves | International League | Carlos Tosca |
| AA | Greenville Braves | Southern League | Paul Runge |
| A | Myrtle Beach Pelicans | Carolina League | Brian Snitker |
| A | Macon Braves | South Atlantic League | Randy Ingle |
| A-Short Season | Jamestown Jammers | New York–Penn League | Jim Saul |
| Rookie | Danville Braves | Appalachian League | Ralph Henriquez |
| Rookie | GCL Braves | Gulf Coast League | Rick Albert |