# 2001 Cleveland Indians season

The 2001 Cleveland Indians season was the 101st season for the franchise and the 8th season at Jacobs Field.

## Offseason

* December 28, 2000: Fausto Carmona was signed by the Indians as an amateur free agent.
* January 9, 2001: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

## Regular season

* August 5, 2001: The Impossible Return – Notably, the Indians tied a Major League Baseball record by erasing a 12-run Seattle lead. Thus, despite its relatively low-profile as a regular season match, the game is vividly remembered and beloved around Cleveland today. For Seattle fans, it is not only a source of angst because of the game itself but because, had the Mariners held on, they would have broken the all-time Major League record for most wins in a season, instead of tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs with 116 wins.
* The Fans Retired 2001
The number 455 was honored after the Indians sold out 455 consecutive games between 1995 and 2001, an MLB record at the time, subsequently broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008.

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 44‍–‍36 | 47‍–‍35 |
| Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 8 | 46‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 66 | 96 | .407 | 25 | 37‍–‍44 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97 | .401 | 26 | 35‍–‍46 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

2001 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 4–5 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 6–14 | 4–15 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
| Baltimore | 5–4 | — | 9–10 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–12 | 6–12 |
| Boston | 3–4 | 10–9 | — | 3–3 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 10–9 | 13–6 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 4–5 | 5–1 | 6–3 | 9–10 | — | 13–6 | 11–8 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
| Detroit | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 6–13 | 6–13 | — | 8–11 | 4–15 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–4 | 10–8 |
| Kansas City | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 0–6 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 8–10 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 15–4 | 13–6 | — | 4–2 | 5–4 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 3–4 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–6 | 3–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 14–6 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–3 | — | 9–10 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
| Seattle | 15–4 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 7–2 | 15–5 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
| Tampa Bay | 2–7 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 2–7 | 2–7 | — | 4–5 | 9–10 | 10–8 |
| Texas | 12–7 | 7–2 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–15 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 8–10 |
| Toronto | 4–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 10–9 | 6–3 | — | 8–10 |

### Notable transactions

* June 22, 2001: Steve Karsay and Steve Reed were traded by the Indians to the Atlanta Braves for John Rocker and Troy Cameron (minors).
* July 31, 2001: Zach Day was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Milton Bradley.

### Game log

2001 Game Log: 91–71 (Home: 44–36; Away: 47–35) :
April: 14–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 2White Sox4–7Wells (1–0)Colón (0–1)Foulke (1)Jacobs Field42,6060–1L1
2April 4White Sox8–4Finley (1–0)Eldred (0–1)—Jacobs Field32,7631–1W1
3April 6Orioles4–3Rincón (1–0)Mercedes (0–1)Wickman (1)Jacobs Field32,7382–1W2
4April 7Orioles2–4 (11)Trombley (1–0)Reed (0–1)Kohlmeier (1)Jacobs Field40,7042–2L1
5April 8Orioles4–3Speier (1–0)Maduro (0–1)Wickman (2)Jacobs Field40,7543–2W1
6April 9@ White Sox2–9Biddle (1–0)Finley (1–1)—Comiskey Park21,2423–3L1
7April 10@ White Sox7–8Glover (1–0)Shuey (0–1)Foulke (2)Comiskey Park12,4653–4L2
8April 11@ White Sox6–7Lowe (1–0)Burba (0–1)Foulke (3)Comiskey Park12,6933–5L3
9April 12@ Tigers5–3Colón (1–1)Holt (1–1)Wickman (2)Comerica Park15,6394–5W1
10April 13@ Tigers9–8Sabathia (1–0)Weaver (1–2)Shuey (1)Comerica Park20,3345–5W2
11April 14@ Tigers0–1Sparks (1–1)Finley (1–2)—Comerica Park23,1195–6L1
–April 15@ TigersPostponed (rain, makeup July 28)
12April 17@ Orioles8–1Burba (1–1)Mercedes (0–3)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards28,6796–6W1
13April 18@ Orioles4–1Colón (2–1)Hentgen (0–2)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards28,8017–6W2
14April 19@ Orioles11–5Sabathia (2–0)McElroy (0–1)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards34,1008–6W3
15April 20Tigers5–4Wickman (1–0)Nitkowski (0–1)—Jacobs Field33,1279–6W4
16April 21Tigers5–4 (11)Reed (1–1)Jones (0–2)—Jacobs Field42,06810–6W5
17April 22Tigers11–3Burba (2–1)Mlicki (0–2)—Jacobs Field34,12511–6W6
18April 24Angels2–7Schoeneweis (2–1)Colón (2–2)—Jacobs Field31,94211–7L1
19April 25Angels1–3Valdez (1–2)Sabathia (2–1)Percival (3)Jacobs Field31,39611–8L2
20April 26Angels6–5Shuey (1–1)Hasegawa (1–2)Wickman (4)Jacobs Field29,42712–8W1
21April 27Rangers9–11Mahomes (1–2)Drew (0–1)Zimmerman (2)Jacobs Field40,32012–9L1
22April 28Rangers7–3Burba (3–1)Helling (1–4)—Jacobs Field41,14713–9W1
23April 29Rangers9–2Colón (3–2)Davis (2–2)—Jacobs Field40,13214–9W2 :
May: 19–8 (Home: 7–5; Away: 12–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1@ Royals13–2Finley (2–2)Durbin (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium14,51215–9W3
25May 2@ Royals8–4Sabathia (3–1)Suzuki (2–2)—Kauffman Stadium13,40116–9W4
26May 3@ Royals9–4Burba (4–1)Reichert (3–2)—Kauffman Stadium23,86917–9W5
27May 4@ Devil Rays8–6Colón (4–2)Lopez (3–3)Shuey (2)Tropicana Field14,28718–9W6
28May 5@ Devil Rays9–4Speier (2–0)Wilson (1–4)Karsay (1)Tropicana Field14,14419–9W7
29May 6@ Devil Rays10–3Finley (3–2)Creek (1–1)—Tropicana Field17,75920–9W8
30May 8Royals8–4Burba (5–1)Cogan (0–2)—Jacobs Field31,53721–9W9
31May 9Royals5–1Sabathia (4–1)Reichert (3–3)—Jacobs Field32,66422–9W10
32May 10Royals3–8Meadows (1–4)Colón (4–3)—Jacobs Field34,50222–10L1
33May 11Devil Rays10–6Rodriguez (1–0)Rekar (0–5)—Jacobs Field42,00923–10W1
34May 12Devil Rays8–0Finley (4–2)Rose (0–2)—Jacobs Field40,39924–10W2
35May 13Devil Rays0–7Sturtze (1–2)Burba (5–2)—Jacobs Field41,39924–11L1
36May 15@ Rangers8–6Sabathia (5–1)Davis (2–4)Wickman (5)The Ballpark in Arlington39,34825–11W1
37May 16@ Rangers4–3Shuey (2–1)Crabtree (0–2)Wickman (6)The Ballpark in Arlington33,69526–11W2
38May 17@ Rangers7–12Rogers (2–3)Finley (4–3)—The Ballpark in Arlington37,19126–12L1
39May 18@ Angels7–2Burba (6–2)Rapp (1–4)Edison International Field of Anaheim39,17727–12W1
40May 19@ Angels4–3 (10)Shuey (3–1)Percival (2–1)Wickman (7)Edison International Field of Anaheim40,01928–12W2
41May 20@ Angels6–9Levine (2–2)Rodriguez (1–1)Percival (10)Edison International Field of Anaheim36,33928–13L1
42May 22Tigers0–3Weaver (4–5)Colón (4–4)Jones (10)Jacobs Field35,36228–14L2
43May 23Tigers4–3 (10)Wickman (2–0)Borkowski (0–1)—Jacobs Field36,80429–14W1
44May 24Tigers8–5Burba (7–2)Santos (1–1)Wickman (8)Jacobs Field36,29530–14W2
45May 25Yankees6–4Rodriguez (2–1)Hernandez (0–5)Wickman (9)Jacobs Field42,45531–14W3
46May 26Yankees5–12Clemens (5–1)Sabathia (5–2)—Jacobs Field42,52831–15L1
47May 27Yankees2–6Lilly (2–0)Colón (4–5)Rivera (14)Jacobs Field42,57031–16L2
48May 28@ Tigers6–12Sparks (3–2)Finley (4–4)—Comerica Park24,61531–17L3
49May 29@ Tigers6–4Shuey (4–1)Murray (0–2)Wickman (10)Comerica Park21,40432–17W1
50May 30@ Tigers8–4Wright (1–0)Holt (4–4)Wickman (11)Comerica Park18,35933–17W2 :
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
51June 1@ Yankees7–4 (6)Sabathia (6–2)Lilly (2–1)Rincón (1)Yankee Stadium42,03234–17W3
52June 2@ Yankees4–9Clemens (6–1)Colón (4–6)Rivera (16)Yankee Stadium46,61834–18L1
53June 3@ Yankees4–3Nagy (1–0)Pettitte (6–4)Wickman (12)Yankee Stadium47,30035–18W1
54June 4@ Twins10–11Guerrero (5–0)Shuey (4–2)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome20,61335–19L1
55June 5@ Twins5–0Wright (2–0)Romero (1–2)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome22,02236–19W1
56June 6@ Twins5–2Shuey (5–2)Cressend (2–1)Wickman (13)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome24,03137–19W2
57June 7@ Twins6–2Colón (5–6)Radke (7–2)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome24,67138–19W3
58June 8Reds4–7Brower (3–3)Rodriguez (2–2)Graves (14)Jacobs Field42,51238–20L1
59June 9Reds10–2Burba (8–2)Fernandez (5–6)—Jacobs Field42,52139–20W1
60June 10Reds3–9Reitsma (3–5)Wright (2–1)—Jacobs Field49,47939–21L1
61June 12Brewers2–4Fox (2–0)Shuey (5–3)Leskanic (7)Jacobs Field39,19239–22L2
62June 13Brewers5–2 (10)Wickman (3–0)Fox (2–1)—Jacobs Field35,67940–22L1
63June 14Brewers4–9Sheets (7–4)Nagy (1–1)—Jacobs Field41,61040–23L1
64June 15@ Pirates3–6Anderson (4–6)Burba (8–3)Williams (12)PNC Park36,23540–24L2
65June 16@ Pirates4–6Schmidt (3–2)Wright (2–2)Williams (13)PNC Park37,05640–25L3
66June 17@ Pirates0–1Ritchie (2–0)Karsay (0–1)—PNC Park36,69440–26L4
67June 19Twins9–10 (12)Wells (5–2)Nagy (1–2)—Jacobs Field39,19040–27L5
68June 20Twins4–2Westbrook (1–0)Mays (8–5)Wickman (14)Jacobs Field40,21341–27W1
69June 21Twins9–6 (7)Woodard (1–0)Romero (1–4)Rincón (2)Jacobs Field39,75542–27W2
70June 22@ Royals6–5Sabathia (7–2)Stein (3–6)Wickman (15)Kauffman Stadium31,57243–27W3
71June 23@ Royals2–3Durbin (5–6)Burba (8–4)R. Hernandez (13)Kauffman Stadium29,80843–28L1
72June 24@ Royals4–2Colón (6–6)Suppan (3–7)Rocker (20)Kauffman Stadium25,12744–28W1
73June 25@ Yankees7–8Witasick (6–2)Rincón (1–1)Rivera (24)Yankee Stadium40,85244–29L1
74June 26@ Yankees5–3Nagy (2–2)A. Hernandez (0–2)Rocker (21)Yankee Stadium40,34645–29W1
75June 27@ Yankees5–15Mussina (8–7)Sabathia (7–3)—Yankee Stadium45,53945–30L1
76June 29Royals3–5Suppan (4–7)Burba (8–5)R. Hernandez (14)Jacobs Field42,50045–31L2
77June 30Royals7–11Wilson (2–0)Colón (6–7)—Jacobs Field42,44645–32L3 :
July: 15–13 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
78July 1Royals11–13Stein (4–6)Nagy (2–3)R. Hernandez (15)Jacobs Field42,45745–33L4
79July 2Royals2–1Rocker (3–2)Cogan (0-3)—Jacobs Field40,24846–33W1
80July 3Red Sox9–1Westbrook (2–0)Ohka (2–3)—Jacobs Field42,52047–33W2
81July 4Red Sox4–13Wakefield (6–2)Burba (8–6)—Jacobs Field42,38247–34L1
82July 5Red Sox4–5Lowe (4–6)Rocker (3–3)—Jacobs Field42,64747–35L2
83July 6Cardinals14–2Nagy (3–3)Morris (10–5)—Jacobs Field42,39448–35W1
84July 7Cardinals7–6 (10)Rocker (4–3)Veres (0–1)—Jacobs Field42,46749–35W2
85July 8Cardinals3–4Timlin (3–4)Rocker (4–4)—Jacobs Field42,43149–36L1
–July 1072nd All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington)
86July 12@ Reds7–0Colón (7–7)Reitsma (4–8)—Cinergy Field28,81650–36W1
87July 13@ Reds5–1Sabathia (8–3)Dessens (6–7)—Cinergy Field38,79051–36W2
88July 14@ Reds5–6 (13)Graves (3–2)Rocker (4–5)—Cinergy Field40,79451–37L1
89July 15@ Astros3–5Redding (2–0)Westbrook (2–1)Wagner (20)Enron Field39,12751–38L2
90July 16@ Astros8–10Villone (3–3)Rocker (4–6)—Enron Field30,83451–39L3
91July 17@ Astros10–4Colón (8–7)Reynolds (8–9)—Enron Field32,28452–39W1
92July 18@ White Sox9–4Sabathia (9–3)Buehrle (7–5)—Comiskey Park22,63453–39W2
93July 19@ White Sox10–3Burba (9–6)Lowe (5–2)—Comiskey Park23,45054–39W3
94July 20Tigers3–7Holt (7–7)Westbrook (2–2)—Jacobs Field42,52054–40L1
95July 21Tigers8–4Nagy (4–3)Pettyjohn (0–2)—Jacobs Field42,31655–40W1
96July 22Tigers6–3Colón (9–7)Weaver (9–9)—Jacobs Field42,46256–40W2
97July 23White Sox2–0Sabathia (10–3)Buehrle (7–6)Wickman (16)Jacobs Field41,31757–40W3
98July 24White Sox1–4Lowe (6–2)Burba (9–7)Foulke (22)Jacobs Field42,17557–41L1
99July 25White Sox7–5Westbrook (3–2)Biddle (2–7)Wickman (17)Jacobs Field42,64558–41W1
100July 26White Sox4–5Ginter (1–0)Nagy (4–4)Foulke (23)Jacobs Field42,05458–42L1
101July 27@ Tigers7–4Colón (10–7)Pettyjohn (0–3)Wickman (18)Comerica Park39,50459–42W1
102July 28 (1)@ Tigers6–4Báez (1–0)Murray (0–4)Wickman (19)Comerica Park27,64360–42W2
103July 28 (2)@ Tigers2–4Weaver (10–9)Woodard (1–1)Anderson (12)Comerica Park34,91660–43L1
104July 29@ Tigers3–8Sparks (8–5)Burba (9–8)—Comerica Park32,91860–44L2
105July 31Athletics2–11Lidle (5–5)Westbrook (3–3)—Jacobs Field38,83060–45L3 :
August: 16–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
106August 1Athletics6–5Báez (2–0)Mecir (2–8)Wickman (20)Jacobs Field40,59261–45W1
107August 2Athletics4–17Mulder (13–6)Sabathia (10–4)—Jacobs Field38,22661–46L1
108August 3Mariners1–2Moyer (12–5)Colón (10–8)Sasaki (35)Jacobs Field42,58061–47L2
109August 4Mariners5–8Garcia (13–3)Báez (2–1)Rhodes (3)Jacobs Field42,44061–48L3
110August 5Mariners15–14 (11)Rocker (5–6)Paniagua (3–3)—Jacobs Field42,49462–48W1
111August 6Mariners6–8Abbott (12–2)Nagy (4–5)Paniagua (3)Jacobs Field42,05862–49L1
112August 7@ Twins7–2Sabathia (11–4)Reed (9–7)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome28,19263–49W1
113August 8@ Twins8–2 (10)Báez (3–1)Wells (8–4)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome38,44464–49W2
114August 9@ Twins4–6Milton (11–4)Finley (4–5)Hawkins (27)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome30,08064–50L1
115August 10@ Rangers2–7Davis (6–8)Woodard (1–2)—The Ballpark in Arlington47,24264–51L2
116August 11@ Rangers5–6Petkovsek (1–1)Rocker (5–7)Zimmerman (22)The Ballpark in Arlington43,14564–52L3
117August 12@ Rangers13–2Sabathia (12–4)Bell (4–7)—The Ballpark in Arlington28,76565–52W1
118August 14Twins8–7 (11)Báez (4–1)Wells (8–5)—Jacobs Field42,61966–52W2
119August 15Twins8–2Finley (5–5)Mays (12–11)—Jacobs Field41,60267–52W3
120August 16Twins6–1Woodard (2–2)Johnson (1–2)—Jacobs Field40,67268–52W4
121August 17Angels2–7Ortiz (11–7)Nagy (4–6)—Jacobs Field42,52868–53L1
122August 18Angels4–2Sabathia (13–4)Rapp (5–10)Wickman (21)Jacobs Field42,61069–53W1
123August 19Angels1–4Washburn (11–6)Colón (10–9)Percival (35)Jacobs Field42,51069–54L1
124August 20@ Athletics0–9Zito (9–8)Finley (5–6)—Network Associates Coliseum18,13369–55L2
125August 21@ Athletics2–1Woodard (3–2)Lidle (8–6)Wickman (22)Network Associates Coliseum19,34370–55W1
126August 22@ Athletics5–4 (11)Wickman (4–0)Vizcaino (1–1)Riske (1)Network Associates Coliseum40,99271–55W2
127August 23@ Athletics9–7Nagy (5–6)Mulder (15–7)Wickman (23)Network Associates Coliseum22,28172–55W3
128August 24@ Mariners1–4Moyer (15–5)Colón (10–10)Charlton (1)Safeco Field45,76772–56L1
129August 25@ Mariners2–3 (11)Halama (9–6)Rocker (5–8)—Safeco Field45,81872–57L2
130August 26@ Mariners4–3Riske (1–0)Nelson (4–2)Wickman (24)Safeco Field45,78273–57W1
131August 28Red Sox8–3Burba (10–8)Cone (8–3)—Jacobs Field41,04874–57W2
132August 29Red Sox2–1Sabathia (14–4)Fossum (1–1)Wickman (25)Jacobs Field41,32075–57W3
133August 30Red Sox3–1Colón (11–10)Nomo (11–6)Wickman (26)Jacobs Field40,61676–57W4
134August 31@ White Sox8–11Howry (4–5)Westbrook (3–4)Foulke (36)Comiskey Park24,09776–58L1 :
September: 13–8 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
135September 1@ White Sox4–3Drese (1–0)Garland (6–5)Wickman (27)Comiskey Park27,86977–58W1
136September 2@ White Sox10–19Biddle (6–8)Burba (10–9)—Comiskey Park25,68077–59L1
137September 3@ White Sox6–3Sabathia (15–4)Glover (4–2)Wickman (28)Comiskey Park28,13578–59W1
138September 4@ Red Sox8–5Colón (12–10)Nomo (11–7)Wickman (29)Fenway Park32,14579–59W2
139September 5@ Red Sox7–10Arrojo (4–3)Woodard (3–3)Urbina (20)Fenway Park32,02979–60L1
140September 6@ Red Sox6–4Finley (6–6)Castillo (8–8)Rocker (22)Fenway Park32,50080–60W1
141September 7White Sox7–10Biddle (7–8)Burba (10–10)Foulke (38)Jacobs Field42,48780–61L1
142September 8White Sox8–7Báez (5–1)Foulke (3–8)—Jacobs Field42,48881–61W1
143September 9White Sox9–8Wickman (5–0)Foulke (3–9)—Jacobs Field42,37782–61W2
144September 10White Sox1–7Wright (4–2)Colón (12–11)—Jacobs Field38,24482–62L1
–September 11@ RoyalsPostponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 2)
–September 12@ RoyalsPostponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 3)
–September 13@ RoyalsPostponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 4)
–September 14@ Blue JaysPostponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 5)
–September 15@ Blue JaysPostponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 6)
–September 16@ Blue JaysPostponed (9/11 attacks, makeup October 7)
145September 18Royals11–2Finley (7–6)Durbin (7–15)—Jacobs Field34,79583–62W1
146September 19Royals11–3Colón (13–11)Suppan (9–12)—Jacobs Field31,35784–62W2
147September 20Royals2–4George (4–5)Drese (1–1)Hernandez (24)Jacobs Field33,91284–63L1
148September 21@ Twins2–6Reed (12–9)Sabathia (15–5)Guerrero (7)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome20,03884–64L2
149September 22@ Twins4–2Rincón (2–1)Radke (13–10)Wickman (30)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome33,73385–64W1
150September 23@ Twins4–2Finley (8–6)Milton (14–7)Wickman (31)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome21,92886–64W2
151September 24Blue Jays2–3 (11)File (4–3)Báez (5–2)Eyre (1)Jacobs Field32,42586–65L1
152September 25Blue Jays11–7Riske (2–0)Plesac (4–5)—Jacobs Field35,72987–65W1
–September 26Blue JaysPostponed (rain, makeup October 5 in Toronto)
153September 28Twins0–1Milton (15–7)Báez (5–3)Guerrero (9)Jacobs Field41,31987–66L1
154September 29Twins9–8Westbrook (4–4)Guerrero (7–1)—Jacobs Field42,41788–66W1
155September 30Twins9–1Colón (14–11)Reed (12–11)—Jacobs Field42,32389–66W2 :
October: 2–5 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
156October 2@ Royals1–5Hernandez (5–6)Rocker (5–9)—Kauffman Stadium12,01689–67L1
157October 3@ Royals4–1Sabathia (16–5)MacDougal (1–1)Wickman (32)Kauffman Stadium12,58190–67W1
158October 4@ Royals4–8Durbin (9–16)Colón (14–12)—Kauffman Stadium12,67290–68L1
159October 5 (1)@ Blue Jays0–5Halladay (5–3)Finley (8–7)—SkyDomeN/A90–69L2
160October 5 (2)@ Blue Jays3–4 (11)File (5–3)Drese (1–2)—SkyDome19,38790–70L3
161October 6@ Blue Jays2–5Carpenter (11–11)Drew (0–2)Quantrill (2)SkyDome20,76290–71L4
162October 7@ Blue Jays3–2Sabathia (17–5)Lyon (5–4)Rocker (23)SkyDome28,21791–71W1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| C | Einar Díaz | 134 | 437 | 54 | 121 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 56 | .277 | 1 |
| 1B | Jim Thome | 156 | 526 | 101 | 153 | 26 | 1 | 49 | 124 | .291 | 0 |
| 2B | Roberto Alomar | 157 | 575 | 113 | 193 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 100 | .336 | 30 |
| 3B | Travis Fryman | 98 | 334 | 34 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 38 | .263 | 1 |
| SS | Omar Vizquel | 155 | 611 | 84 | 156 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 50 | .255 | 13 |
| LF | Marty Cordova | 122 | 409 | 61 | 123 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 69 | .301 | 0 |
| CF | Kenny Lofton | 133 | 517 | 91 | 135 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 66 | .261 | 16 |
| RF | Juan González | 140 | 532 | 97 | 173 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 140 | .325 | 1 |
| DH | Ellis Burks | 124 | 439 | 83 | 123 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 74 | .280 | 5 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Milton Bradley | 10 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | 1 |
| Russell Branyan | 113 | 315 | 48 | 73 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 54 | .232 | 1 |
| Jolbert Cabrera | 141 | 287 | 50 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 38 | .261 | 10 |
| Wil Cordero | 89 | 268 | 30 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .250 | 0 |
| Jacob Cruz | 28 | 68 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .221 | 0 |
| Karim García | 20 | 45 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .311 | 0 |
| Dave Hollins | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Tim Laker | 16 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | 0 |
| Mark Lewis | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | 0 |
| John McDonald | 17 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | 0 |
| Dave Roberts | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 |
| Eddie Taubensee | 52 | 116 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .250 | 0 |
Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Bartolo Colón | 13 | 13 | 4.09 | 34 | 34 | 222.1 | 220 | 106 | 101 | 90 | 201 |
| CC Sabathia | 17 | 5 | 4.39 | 33 | 33 | 180.1 | 149 | 93 | 88 | 95 | 171 |
| Dave Burba | 10 | 10 | 6.21 | 32 | 27 | 150.2 | 188 | 112 | 104 | 54 | 118 |
| Chuck Finley | 8 | 7 | 5.54 | 22 | 22 | 113.2 | 131 | 78 | 70 | 35 | 96 |
| Charles Nagy | 5 | 6 | 6.40 | 15 | 13 | 70.1 | 102 | 53 | 50 | 20 | 29 |
| Jaret Wright | 2 | 2 | 6.52 | 7 | 7 | 29.0 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 18 |
| Tim Drew | 0 | 2 | 7.97 | 8 | 6 | 35.0 | 51 | 39 | 31 | 16 | 15 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Steve Woodard | 3 | 3 | 5.20 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 97.0 | 129 | 60 | 56 | 17 | 52 |
| Jake Westbrook | 4 | 4 | 5.85 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 64.2 | 79 | 43 | 42 | 22 | 48 |
| Ryan Drese | 1 | 2 | 3.44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 36.2 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 24 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Bob Wickman | 5 | 0 | 2.39 | 70 | 32 | 67.2 | 61 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 66 |
| Ricardo Rincón | 2 | 1 | 2.83 | 67 | 2 | 54.0 | 44 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 50 |
| Rich Rodriguez | 2 | 2 | 4.15 | 53 | 0 | 39.0 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 31 |
| Paul Shuey | 5 | 3 | 2.82 | 47 | 2 | 54.1 | 53 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 70 |
| Danys Báez | 5 | 3 | 2.50 | 43 | 0 | 50.1 | 34 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 52 |
| Steve Karsay | 0 | 1 | 1.25 | 31 | 1 | 43.1 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 44 |
| John Rocker | 3 | 7 | 5.45 | 38 | 4 | 34.2 | 33 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 43 |
| David Riske | 2 | 0 | 1.98 | 26 | 1 | 27.1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 29 |
| Steve Reed | 1 | 1 | 3.62 | 31 | 0 | 27.1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Justin Speier | 2 | 0 | 6.97 | 12 | 0 | 20.2 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 15 |
| Roy Smith | 0 | 0 | 6.06 | 9 | 0 | 16.1 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 17 |
| Mike Bacsik | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| Scott Radinsky | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Tim Laker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Postseason
### Game log

2001 Postseason Game Log :
American League Division Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecord
1October 9@ Mariners5–0Colón (1–0)Garcia (0–1)—Safeco Field48,0331–0
2October 11@ Mariners1–5Moyer (1–0)Finley (0–1)—Safeco Field48,0521–1
3October 13Mariners17–2Sabathia (1–0)Sele (0–1)—Jacobs Field45,0692–1
4October 14Mariners2–6Garcia (1–1)Colón (1–1)—Jacobs Field45,0252–2
5October 15@ Mariners1–3Moyer (2–0)Finley (0–2)Sasaki (1)Safeco Field47,8672–3 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

### Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters :
American League Division Series
Pitchers: 55 Danys Báez 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 31 Chuck Finley 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 49 John Rocker 52 CC Sabathia 53 Paul Shuey 26 Bob Wickman
Catchers: 2 Einar Díaz
Infielders: 12 Roberto Alomar 33 Russell Branyan 17 Travis Fryman 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel
Outfielders: 6 Jolbert Cabrera 30 Wil Cordero 46 Marty Cordova 22 Juan González 7 Kenny Lofton
Designated hitter: 23 Ellis Burks :

## Award winners

All-Star Game
* Juan Gonzalez, right field, starter
* Roberto Alomar, second base, reserve

## Minor league affiliates

| Classification level | Team | League |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League |
| AA | Akron Aeros | Eastern League |
| Advanced A | Kinston Indians | Carolina League |
| A | Columbus RedStixx | South Atlantic League |
| Short Season A | Mahoning Valley Scrappers | New York–Penn League |
| Rookie | Burlington Indians | Appalachian League |