# 2001 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2001 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 32nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 4th in the National League, and their 33rd overall. The Brewers finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. The 2001 Brewers scored 740 runs, 11th in the NL, and ranked 1st in strikeouts, with 1,399. It was their first season at the newly built Miller Park.

## Offseason

* December 20, 2000: Brian Lesher was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* January 3, 2001: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* January 8, 2001: Jason McDonald was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* February 8, 2001: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* February 24, 2001: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Devon White. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ruddy Lugo (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Houston Astros | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 44‍–‍37 | 49‍–‍32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 54‍–‍28 | 39‍–‍41 |
| Chicago Cubs | 88 | 74 | .543 | 5 | 48‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 68 | 94 | .420 | 25 | 36‍–‍45 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 96 | .407 | 27 | 27‍–‍54 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 100 | .383 | 31 | 38‍–‍43 | 24‍–‍57 |

#### 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 |

### Transactions

* May 29, 2001: Tony Fernández was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
* July 30, 2001: Dave Weathers was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Roberto Miniel (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ruben Quevedo and Pete Zoccolillo.

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB |
| C | Henry Blanco | 104 | 314 | 33 | 66 | 6 | 31 | .210 | 3 |
| 1B | Richie Sexson | 158 | 598 | 94 | 162 | 45 | 125 | .271 | 2 |
| 2B | Ron Belliard | 101 | 364 | 69 | 96 | 11 | 36 | .264 | 5 |
| 3B | Tyler Houston | 75 | 235 | 36 | 68 | 12 | 38 | .289 | 0 |
| SS | José Hernández | 152 | 542 | 67 | 135 | 25 | 78 | .249 | 5 |
| LF | Geoff Jenkins | 105 | 397 | 60 | 105 | 20 | 63 | .264 | 4 |
| CF | Devon White | 126 | 390 | 52 | 108 | 14 | 47 | .277 | 18 |
| RF | Jeromy Burnitz | 154 | 562 | 104 | 141 | 34 | 100 | .251 | 0 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB |
| Kevin Brown | 17 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 12 | .209 | 0 |
| Raul Casanova | 71 | 192 | 21 | 50 | 11 | 33 | .260 | 0 |
| Lou Collier | 50 | 127 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 14 | .252 | 5 |
| Mike Coolbaugh | 39 | 70 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 7 | .200 | 0 |
| Angel Echevarria | 75 | 133 | 12 | 34 | 5 | 13 | .256 | 0 |
| Tony Fernández | 28 | 64 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .281 | 1 |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | 49 | 174 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 21 | .247 | 5 |
| Jesse Levis | 12 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .242 | 0 |
| Luis López | 92 | 222 | 22 | 60 | 4 | 18 | .270 | 0 |
| Mark Loretta | 102 | 384 | 40 | 111 | 2 | 29 | .289 | 1 |
| James Mouton | 75 | 138 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 10 | .246 | 7 |
| Elvis Peña | 15 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | .225 | 2 |
| Robert Pérez | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Alex Sánchez | 30 | 68 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 4 | .206 | 6 |
| Mark Sweeney | 48 | 89 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 11 | .258 | 2 |
Note: Batting statistics for pitchers are not included above.

### 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 |
| Jamey Wright | 33 | 194.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.90 | 129 |
| Jimmy Haynes | 31 | 172.2 | 8 | 17 | 4.85 | 112 |
| Ben Sheets | 25 | 151.1 | 11 | 10 | 4.76 | 94 |
| Paul Rigdon | 15 | 79.1 | 3 | 5 | 5.79 | 49 |
| Rubén Quevedo | 10 | 56.2 | 4 | 5 | 4.61 | 60 |
| Jeff D'Amico | 10 | 47.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.08 | 32 |
| Nick Neugebauer | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Allen Levrault | 32 | 130.2 | 6 | 10 | 6.06 | 80 |
| Mac Suzuki | 15 | 56.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.30 | 47 |
| Rocky Coppinger | 8 | 22.2 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 15 |
| Kyle Peterson | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.52 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Curt Leskanic | 70 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 3.63 | 64 |
| Ray King | 82 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.60 | 49 |
| Mike DeJean | 75 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2.77 | 68 |
| Chad Fox | 65 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.89 | 80 |
| David Weathers | 52 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2.03 | 46 |
| Will Cunnane | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.40 | 37 |
| Mike Buddie | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.89 | 22 |
| Mark Leiter | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.75 | 26 |
| Gus Gandarillas | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.49 | 7 |
| Lance Painter | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 6 |
| Brandon Kolb | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.03 | 8 |
| Mark Loretta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Valerio De Los Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2001. The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. The Huntsville Stars won the Southern League championship, and the DSL Brewers won the Dominican Summer League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Indianapolis Indians | International League | Wendell Kim |
| Double-A | Huntsville Stars | Southern League | Ed Romero |
| Class A-Advanced | High Desert Mavericks | California League | Frank Kremblas |
| Class A | Beloit Snappers | Midwest League | Don Money |
| Rookie | Ogden Raptors | Pioneer League | Ed Sedar |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers | Arizona League | Carlos Lezcano |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers | Dominican Summer League | Mike Guerrero |
| Rookie | VSL San Joaquín | Venezuelan Summer League | — |