# 2001 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 2001 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 119th season in the history of the franchise, and their first winning season, despite missing out on the playoffs, for the first time since their 1993 National League pennant winning season.

## Offseason

* November 29, 2000: Mark Brownson was released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
* December 15, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* January 29, 2001: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

## Regular season

| Jim Bunning RHP Retired 2001 |
| Grover C. Alexander RHP Honored 2001 | Chuck Klein OF Honored 2001 |

### 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 |

### Transactions

* June 5, 2001: Ryan Howard was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2001.
* June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for Jose Santiago.
* June 7, 2001: Rob Ducey was released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
* July 23, 2001: Gary Bennett was traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Todd Pratt.
* July 27, 2001: Felipe Crespo was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Gomes.
* July 27, 2001: Turk Wendell was traded by the New York Mets with Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker (minors).

### 2001 game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
2001 game log Overall Record: 86–76 :
April (14–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Marlins6–5 (13)Amaury Telemaco (1–0)Vladimir Núñez (0–1)None36,1461–0
2April 3@ Marlins4–3Chris Brock (1–0)Braden Looper (0–1)José Mesa (1)10,2572–0
3April 4@ Marlins7–3Rhéal Cormier (1–0)Dan Miceli (0–1)None8,4933–0
4April 6Cubs2–3Julián Tavárez (1–0)Randy Wolf (0–1)Jeff Fassero (2)36,3803–1
5April 7Cubs4–8Jason Bere (1–0)Vicente Padilla (0–1)None16,8473–2
6April 8Cubs3–1Robert Person (1–0)Jon Lieber (0–1)José Mesa (2)15,5504–2
7April 9Marlins5–4Ricky Bottalico (1–0)Ricky Bones (0–1)None11,3115–2
8April 10Marlins7–6Wayne Gomes (1–0)Antonio Alfonseca (0–1)José Mesa (3)11,3766–2
–April 11MarlinsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 28 as a traditional double-header
9April 13@ Braves2–4Tom Glavine (1–1)Randy Wolf (0–2)John Rocker (3)31,0176–3
10April 14@ Braves2–1Omar Daal (1–0)Kevin Millwood (0–2)José Mesa (4)35,9797–3
11April 15@ Braves0–3Odalis Pérez (1–1)Robert Person (1–1)John Rocker (4)24,4727–4
–April 16@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 18 as a traditional double-header
12April 17@ Cubs6–3Vicente Padilla (1–1)Jeff Fassero (0–1)José Mesa (5)18,1898–4
13April 18 (1)@ Cubs3–4Kevin Tapani (3–0)Bruce Chen (0–1)Jeff Fassero (7)see 2nd game8–5
14April 18 (2)@ Cubs3–5Jason Bere (3–0)Randy Wolf (0–3)Jeff Fassero (8)26,7938–6
15April 20Braves8–3Wayne Gomes (2–0)Odalis Pérez (1–2)None16,2459–6
16April 21Braves4–1Robert Person (2–1)Greg Maddux (2–1)None17,12310–6
17April 22Braves3–2Amaury Telemaco (2–0)John Burkett (0–3)Wayne Gomes (1)26,75611–6
18April 23@ Padres5–3Bruce Chen (1–1)Adam Eaton (2–2)Ricky Bottalico (1)42,93212–6
19April 24@ Padres12–7Randy Wolf (1–3)Woody Williams (1–3)None13,87213–6
20April 25@ Padres5–3Omar Daal (2–0)Brian Tollberg (1–2)José Mesa (6)12,57314–6
21April 26@ Padres0–11Kevin Jarvis (1–2)Robert Person (2–2)None12,78514–7
22April 27@ Dodgers3–4Terry Adams (2–1)Wayne Gomes (2–1)None40,64314–8
23April 28@ Dodgers6–7Matt Herges (1–1)Ricky Bottalico (1–1)Jeff Shaw (7)37,32214–9
24April 29@ Dodgers1–4Chan Ho Park (3–2)Randy Wolf (1–4)Jeff Shaw (8)43,58914–10 :
May (20–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Rockies7–1Omar Daal (3–0)Denny Neagle (2–1)None14,13815–10
26May 2Rockies2–6Brian Bohanon (1–3)Robert Person (2–3)José Jiménez (7)13,24315–11
27May 3Rockies7–5Amaury Telemaco (3–0)Pedro Astacio (3–2)None17,38316–11
28May 4Giants2–4Liván Hernández (2–4)Bruce Chen (1–2)Robb Nen (8)20,71316–12
29May 5Giants4–2Randy Wolf (2–4)Aaron Fultz (2–1)José Mesa (7)17,88717–12
30May 6Giants10–8Omar Daal (4–0)Kirk Rueter (3–3)José Mesa (8)25,20618–12
31May 7@ Astros5–0Robert Person (3–3)Kent Bottenfield (1–2)None31,51119–12
32May 8@ Astros3–2Amaury Telemaco (4–0)Mike Jackson (0–1)José Mesa (9)31,27820–12
33May 9@ Astros6–7Billy Wagner (2–1)Ricky Bottalico (1–2)None31,76920–13
34May 11@ Diamondbacks5–1Randy Wolf (3–4)Curt Schilling (5–1)None30,29121–13
35May 12@ Diamondbacks6–5 (10)Ricky Bottalico (2–2)Miguel Batista (1–2)José Mesa (10)33,51522–13
36May 13@ Diamondbacks1–6Randy Johnson (4–3)Robert Person (3–4)None32,22322–14
37May 15Brewers10–14Curtis Leskanic (2–2)Ricky Bottalico (2–3)None12,30722–15
38May 16Brewers1–6Jimmy Haynes (4–4)Bruce Chen (1–3)None12,10522–16
39May 17Brewers2–1 (12)Wayne Gomes (3–1)Mike DeJean (2–1)None12,43323–16
40May 18Cardinals5–4Omar Daal (5–0)Mike Timlin (1–2)José Mesa (11)17,08524–16
41May 19Cardinals3–2Robert Person (4–4)Andy Benes (3–3)None24,49925–16
42May 20Cardinals1–3Dustin Hermanson (5–1)Amaury Telemaco (4–1)Dave Veres (5)31,39125–17
–May 22PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 23 as a traditional double-header
43May 23 (1)Pirates4–0Randy Wolf (4–4)Jason Schmidt (1–2)Ricky Bottalico (2)see 2nd game26–17
44May 23 (2)Pirates5–2Omar Daal (6–0)Omar Olivares (2–5)José Mesa (12)13,33727–17
45May 24Pirates6–5Rhéal Cormier (2–0)Scott Sauerbeck (0–2)José Mesa (13)12,28728–17
46May 25Expos10–8Eddie Oropesa (1–0)Ugueth Urbina (0–1)None12,53829–17
–May 26ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 27 as a traditional double-header
47May 27 (1)Expos7–5Chris Brock (2–0)Britt Reames (2–7)José Mesa (14)see 2nd game30–17
48May 27 (2)Expos3–7Tony Armas Jr. (5–5)Paul Byrd (0–1)None22,45130–18
49May 28@ Mets5–3 (10)José Mesa (1–0)Armando Benítez (3–2)Rhéal Cormier (1)33,79131–18
50May 29@ Mets7–3Wayne Gomes (4–1)Dennis Cook (1–1)None26,57932–18
51May 30@ Mets6–3Vicente Padilla (2–1)John Franco (1–1)José Mesa (15)24,07733–18
52May 31@ Expos5–2Rhéal Cormier (3–0)Scott Strickland (0–2)José Mesa (16)5,04234–18 :
June (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1@ Expos13–2Bruce Chen (2–3)Britt Reames (2–8)None5,26735–18
54June 2@ Expos5–12Tony Armas Jr. (6–5)Randy Wolf (4–5)None7,81035–19
55June 3@ Expos3–10Masato Yoshii (2–2)Omar Daal (6–1)None6,50435–20
56June 5Mets0–9Rick Reed (6–2)Robert Person (4–5)None22,06035–21
57June 6Mets6–1Amaury Telemaco (5–1)Glendon Rusch (3–5)None32,70336–21
58June 7Mets5–6John Franco (2–1)José Mesa (1–1)Armando Benítez (9)20,63636–22
59June 8@ Red Sox2–3David Cone (1–1)Randy Wolf (4–6)Derek Lowe (7)33,43536–23
60June 9@ Red Sox5–2Omar Daal (7–1)Pedro Martínez (7–2)José Mesa (17)32,94437–23
61June 10@ Red Sox4–5Hideo Nomo (6–3)Rhéal Cormier (3–1)Derek Lowe (8)32,76737–24
62June 12@ Devil Rays5–9Joe Kennedy (2–0)Amaury Telemaco (5–2)None12,60237–25
63June 13@ Devil Rays3–5Bryan Rekar (1–7)Ricky Bottalico (2–4)Esteban Yan (7)10,53937–26
64June 14@ Devil Rays3–6Ryan Rupe (4–5)Randy Wolf (4–7)Esteban Yan (8)11,60637–27
65June 15Orioles15–7Vicente Padilla (3–1)Willis Roberts (5–6)None18,71038–27
66June 16Orioles14–6Chris Brock (3–0)B. J. Ryan (2–3)None21,79639–27
67June 17Orioles7–10José Mercedes (2–8)Amaury Telemaco (5–3)None36,91139–28
68June 19@ Pirates5–8Joe Beimel (3–2)Bruce Chen (2–4)Scott Sauerbeck (1)33,71339–29
69June 20@ Pirates9–5Omar Daal (8–1)Bronson Arroyo (3–6)None28,14540–29
70June 21@ Pirates6–3Robert Person (5–5)Jimmy Anderson (4–7)José Mesa (18)29,56041–29
71June 22@ Marlins1–8Ryan Dempster (8–7)Randy Wolf (4–8)None16,32141–30
72June 23@ Marlins1–12Matt Clement (4–5)Amaury Telemaco (5–4)None23,63841–31
73June 24@ Marlins9–3Bruce Chen (3–4)Chuck Smith (4–3)None17,69742–31
74June 25Braves4–9Greg Maddux (8–5)Omar Daal (8–2)None22,43942–32
75June 26Braves1–4 (11)Mike Remlinger (3–1)Wayne Gomes (4–2)José Cabrera (1)23,74742–33
76June 27Braves4–10Odalis Pérez (6–5)Randy Wolf (4–9)None31,99142–34
77June 28 (1)Marlins6–5Robert Person (6–5)Ryan Dempster (8–8)José Mesa (19)see 2nd game43–34
78June 28 (2)Marlins8–7Rhéal Cormier (4–1)Braden Looper (3–3)José Mesa (20)18,09444–34
79June 29Marlins5–0Bruce Chen (4–4)Chuck Smith (4–4)None36,43345–34
80June 30Marlins6–4Omar Daal (9–2)A. J. Burnett (5–5)José Mesa (21)45,20746–34 :
July (11–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Marlins8–1Nelson Figueroa (1–0)Brad Penny (7–2)None20,07847–34
82July 3@ Braves7–14José Cabrera (5–2)José Santiago (2–3)None34,14247–35
83July 4@ Braves4–1David Coggin (1–0)Odalis Pérez (6–6)José Mesa (22)46,57948–35
84July 5@ Braves5–9Greg Maddux (10–5)Bruce Chen (4–5)None32,03148–36
85July 6@ Orioles3–2 (10)Rhéal Cormier (5–1)Mike Trombley (2–2)José Mesa (23)40,08649–36
86July 7@ Orioles3–4Jason Johnson (8–5)Nelson Figueroa (1–1)Buddy Groom (6)49,07249–37
87July 8@ Orioles5–4Randy Wolf (5–9)Buddy Groom (1–3)José Mesa (24)47,21050–37
–July 102001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Safeco Field in Seattle
88July 12Blue Jays1–2 (11)Kelvim Escobar (1–4)José Santiago (2–4)Billy Koch (17)20,30650–38
89July 13Blue Jays5–2Omar Daal (10–2)Dan Plesac (2–3)José Mesa (25)18,27951–38
90July 14Blue Jays2–4Joey Hamilton (5–6)Nelson Figueroa (1–2)Billy Koch (18)22,41851–39
91July 15Yankees9–3Robert Person (7–5)Andy Pettitte (9–5)None59,47052–39
92July 16Yankees3–6 (13)Mike Stanton (7–2)Amaury Telemaco (5–5)Mariano Rivera (30)46,44652–40
93July 17Yankees1–4 (12)Randy Choate (3–1)Wayne Gomes (4–3)Mariano Rivera (31)47,52952–41
94July 18@ Expos6–7Ugueth Urbina (1–1)Rhéal Cormier (5–2)None5,15752–42
95July 19@ Expos2–5Scott Strickland (2–4)Rhéal Cormier (5–3)Ugueth Urbina (14)10,24252–43
96July 20Mets10–1Robert Person (8–5)Rick Reed (8–5)None22,88653–43
97July 21Mets3–6Steve Trachsel (4–10)Randy Wolf (5–10)Armando Benítez (23)33,18153–44
98July 22Mets3–2José Santiago (3–4)John Franco (4–2)José Mesa (26)30,81254–44
99July 23Expos0–3Javier Vázquez (9–9)Omar Daal (10–3)None16,92154–45
100July 24Expos10–2Nelson Figueroa (2–2)Tony Armas Jr. (8–9)None16,69955–45
101July 25Expos8–4Robert Person (9–5)Mike Thurman (5–7)None27,55556–45
102July 26@ Mets3–2José Santiago (4–4)Rick Reed (8–6)José Mesa (27)38,46857–45
103July 27@ Mets1–6Steve Trachsel (5–10)David Coggin (1–1)None31,26357–46
104July 28@ Mets3–4Armando Benítez (4–3)Turk Wendell (4–4)None38,97257–47
105July 29@ Mets5–6Armando Benítez (5–3)Rhéal Cormier (5–4)None38,53657–48
106July 31@ Rockies6–7José Jiménez (5–1)Rhéal Cormier (5–5)None36,00557–49 :
August (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Rockies8–1 (6)Randy Wolf (6–10)Denny Neagle (6–6)None34,02458–49
108August 2@ Rockies4–2David Coggin (2–1)John Thomson (0–4)José Mesa (28)37,07559–49
109August 3@ Giants2–4Félix Rodríguez (6–1)Rhéal Cormier (5–6)None41,67959–50
110August 4@ Giants12–2Nelson Figueroa (3–2)Shawn Estes (8–6)None41,72060–50
111August 5@ Giants4–8Liván Hernández (10–11)Robert Person (9–6)None41,65060–51
112August 7Padres7–3Brandon Duckworth (1–0)Bobby J. Jones (7–14)None19,46561–51
113August 8Padres4–3David Coggin (3–1)Junior Herndon (0–1)José Mesa (29)24,20262–51
114August 9Padres2–6Kevin Jarvis (9–9)Omar Daal (10–4)None21,58762–52
115August 10Dodgers10–5Nelson Figueroa (4–2)James Baldwin (8–6)None16,29863–52
116August 11Dodgers7–3Robert Person (10–6)Éric Gagné (4–5)None25,34464–52
117August 12Dodgers3–2Brandon Duckworth (2–0)Terry Adams (8–5)José Mesa (30)21,47765–52
118August 14@ Brewers10–4David Coggin (4–1)Allen Levrault (5–8)None34,27766–52
119August 15@ Brewers8–6Omar Daal (11–4)Jamey Wright (8–8)José Mesa (31)31,03067–52
120August 16@ Brewers4–5Rubén Quevedo (2–1)Nelson Figueroa (4–3)Curtis Leskanic (13)34,11067–53
121August 17@ Cardinals3–4Dave Veres (3–2)Turk Wendell (4–5)None38,43167–54
122August 18@ Cardinals3–6Steve Kline (3–3)Cliff Politte (0–1)Dave Veres (15)45,43767–55
123August 19@ Cardinals0–9Matt Morris (16–7)David Coggin (4–2)None38,26567–56
124August 21Astros2–8Pedro Astacio (8–14)Nelson Figueroa (4–4)None20,64767–57
125August 22Astros2–1Robert Person (11–6)Wade Miller (13–7)José Mesa (32)21,28868–57
126August 23Astros1–2 (11)Mike Jackson (4–2)José Santiago (4–5)Billy Wagner (29)16,06268–58
127August 24Diamondbacks6–5Omar Daal (12–4)Brian Anderson (3–9)José Mesa (33)35,17369–58
128August 25Diamondbacks3–4Miguel Batista (9–7)David Coggin (4–3)Byung-hyun Kim (13)23,95369–59
129August 26Diamondbacks3–4 (10)Byung-hyun Kim (4–3)Cliff Politte (0–2)None35,09369–60
130August 27Diamondbacks3–1Robert Person (12–6)Albie Lopez (8–16)José Mesa (34)18,30370–60
131August 28@ Mets9–6 (11)Cliff Politte (1–2)Donne Wall (0–4)Ricky Bottalico (3)21,74571–60
132August 29@ Mets5–7Bruce Chen (7–6)Omar Daal (12–5)Armando Benítez (34)24,14471–61
133August 30@ Mets2–6Steve Trachsel (8–11)David Coggin (4–4)None33,73471–62
134August 31Expos1–5Mike Thurman (7–10)Nelson Figueroa (4–5)Scott Strickland (4)14,27271–63 :
September (11–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Expos4–1Robert Person (13–6)Carl Pavano (0–3)José Mesa (35)16,77072–63
136September 2Expos2–6Javier Vázquez (15–11)José Mesa (1–2)None20,87172–64
137September 3Mets7–10C. J. Nitkowski (1–3)José Mesa (1–3)Armando Benítez (35)26,89172–65
138September 4Mets3–5Steve Trachsel (9–11)Omar Daal (12–6)Armando Benítez (36)14,02072–66
139September 5Mets4–7Al Leiter (11–10)David Coggin (4–5)None16,08972–67
140September 6@ Expos3–0Robert Person (14–6)Carl Pavano (0–4)José Mesa (36)3,40673–67
141September 7@ Expos2–4Javier Vázquez (16–11)Brandon Duckworth (2–1)Scott Stewart (3)4,45173–68
142September 8@ Expos6–0Randy Wolf (7–10)Tomo Ohka (3–8)None5,65074–68
143September 9@ Expos12–4Cliff Politte (2–2)Graeme Lloyd (8–5)None5,48075–68
–September 11–13@ BravesPostponed (September 11 attacks); Makeup: October 2–4
–September 14–16@ RedsPostponed (September 11 attacks); Makeup: October 5–7
144September 17Braves5–2Robert Person (15–6)Greg Maddux (17–9)José Mesa (37)27,91076–68
145September 18Braves4–3Ricky Bottalico (3–4)John Smoltz (2–3)None23,65377–68
146September 19Braves5–2David Coggin (5–5)John Burkett (11–11)José Mesa (38)24,03678–68
147September 20Braves1–5Kevin Millwood (6–6)Randy Wolf (7–11)None26,86378–69
148September 21Marlins1–0José Mesa (2–3)Vladimir Núñez (4–5)None15,12979–69
149September 22Marlins2–3Matt Clement (9–10)José Santiago (4–6)Antonio Alfonseca (27)23,01779–70
150September 23Marlins5–4 (10)José Mesa (3–3)Juan Acevedo (1–4)None29,10980–70
151September 25Reds1–8Joey Hamilton (6–9)David Coggin (5–6)None14,86380–71
152September 26Reds8–0Randy Wolf (8–11)Jared Fernández (0–1)None17,16981–71
153September 27Reds1–2Lance Davis (8–3)Omar Daal (12–7)Danny Graves (29)38,60281–72
154September 28@ Marlins5–6 (10)Antonio Alfonseca (4–4)Cliff Politte (2–3)None12,19981–73
155September 29@ Marlins5–4Brandon Duckworth (3–1)Brad Penny (9–10)José Mesa (39)19,73282–73
156September 30@ Marlins3–8Josh Beckett (2–1)David Coggin (5–7)None11,04182–74 :
October (4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
157October 2@ Braves3–1Randy Wolf (9–11)Greg Maddux (17–11)José Mesa (40)30,73983–74
158October 3@ Braves3–8Tom Glavine (16–7)Robert Person (15–7)None27,43183–75
159October 4@ Braves2–6John Burkett (12–12)Brandon Duckworth (3–2)None32,28383–76
–October 5@ RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 6 as a traditional double-header
160October 6 (1)@ Reds2–1Omar Daal (13–7)Elmer Dessens (10–14)José Mesa (41)see 2nd game84–76
161October 6 (2)@ Reds5–1David Coggin (6–7)Joey Hamilton (6–10)None22,88685–76
162October 7@ Reds4–1Randy Wolf (10–11)Lance Davis (8–4)José Mesa (42)20,09386–76 :

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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 | Johnny Estrada | 89 | 298 | 68 | .228 | 8 | 37 |
| 1B | Travis Lee | 157 | 555 | 143 | .258 | 20 | 90 |
| 2B | Marlon Anderson | 147 | 522 | 153 | .293 | 11 | 61 |
| SS | Jimmy Rollins | 158 | 656 | 180 | .274 | 14 | 54 |
| 3B | Scott Rolen | 151 | 554 | 160 | .289 | 25 | 107 |
| LF | Pat Burrell | 155 | 539 | 139 | .258 | 27 | 89 |
| CF | Doug Glanville | 153 | 634 | 166 | .262 | 14 | 55 |
| RF | Bobby Abreu | 162 | 588 | 170 | .289 | 31 | 110 |

#### 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 |
| Brian Hunter | 83 | 145 | 40 | .276 | 2 | 16 |
| Tomás Pérez | 62 | 135 | 41 | .304 | 3 | 19 |
| Mike Lieberthal | 34 | 121 | 28 | .231 | 2 | 11 |
| Kevin Jordan | 68 | 113 | 27 | .239 | 1 | 13 |
| Todd Pratt | 35 | 93 | 19 | .204 | 2 | 7 |
| Gary Bennett | 26 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 1 | 6 |
| Felipe Crespo | 33 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 5 |
| Eric Valent | 22 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Ducey | 30 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 1 | 4 |
| Turner Ward | 17 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
| Reggie Taylor | 5 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Forbes | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| David Newhan | 7 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Michaels | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Punto | 4 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Walbeck | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Robert Person | 33 | 208.1 | 15 | 7 | 4.19 | 183 |
| Omar Daal | 32 | 185.2 | 13 | 7 | 4.46 | 107 |
| Randy Wolf | 28 | 163.0 | 10 | 11 | 3.70 | 152 |
| Dave Coggin | 17 | 95.0 | 6 | 7 | 4.17 | 62 |
| Bruce Chen | 16 | 86.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 | 79 |
| Brandon Duckworth | 11 | 69.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.52 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Amaury Telemaco | 24 | 89.1 | 5 | 5 | 5.54 | 59 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 19 | 89.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.94 | 61 |
| Paul Byrd | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| José Mesa | 71 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 2.34 | 59 |
| Ricky Bottalico | 66 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.90 | 57 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 60 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4.21 | 37 |
| José Santiago | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.61 | 28 |
| Wayne Gomes | 42 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.31 | 35 |
| Eddie Oropesa | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 15 |
| Chris Brock | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 26 |
| Vicente Padilla | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.24 | 29 |
| Cliff Politte | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.42 | 23 |
| Turk Wendell | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.47 | 15 |
| Dennis Cook | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 4 |
| Ed Vosberg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 11 |
| Doug Nickle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | International League | Marc Bombard and Jerry Martin |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Gary Varsho |
| A | Clearwater Phillies | Florida State League | Ramón Avilés |
| A | Lakewood BlueClaws | South Atlantic League | Greg Legg |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Muckdogs | New York–Penn League | Frank Klebe |
| Rookie | GCL Phillies | Gulf Coast League | Roly de Armas |
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