# 2001 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2001 Cincinnati Reds season was the 132nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone.

## Offseason

* November 16, 2000: Chris Stynes was traded by the Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler.
* March 21, 2001: Drew Henson and Michael Coleman were traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Wily Mo Peña.

## Regular season

* May 8, 2001: Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks struck out 20 Cincinnati Reds batters, but left the game after nine innings with a no-decision tied at 1-1. The Reds scored two runs in the top of the 11th inning but the Diamondbacks scored three runs in the bottom of the inning to win, 4-3.

### 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 |

### Notable transactions

* June 23, 2001: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
* July 1, 2001: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
* July 19, 2001: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Reds to the Colorado Rockies for Robin Jennings and Todd Walker.

### 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 | Jason LaRue | 121 | 364 | 86 | .236 | 12 | 43 |
| 1B | Sean Casey | 145 | 533 | 165 | .310 | 13 | 89 |
| 2B | Todd Walker | 66 | 261 | 77 | .295 | 5 | 32 |
| SS | Pokey Reese | 133 | 428 | 96 | .224 | 9 | 40 |
| 3B | Aaron Boone | 103 | 381 | 112 | .294 | 14 | 62 |
| LF | Dmitri Young | 142 | 540 | 163 | .302 | 21 | 69 |
| CF | Ken Griffey Jr. | 111 | 364 | 104 | .286 | 22 | 65 |
| RF | Alex Ochoa | 90 | 349 | 101 | .289 | 7 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Rubén Rivera | 117 | 263 | 67 | .255 | 10 | 34 |
| Adam Dunn | 66 | 244 | 64 | .262 | 19 | 43 |
| Juan Castro | 96 | 242 | 54 | .223 | 3 | 13 |
| Michael Tucker | 86 | 231 | 56 | .242 | 7 | 30 |
| Kelly Stinnett | 63 | 187 | 48 | .257 | 9 | 25 |
| Barry Larkin | 45 | 156 | 40 | .256 | 2 | 17 |
| Wilton Guerrero | 60 | 142 | 48 | .338 | 1 | 8 |
| Brady Clark | 89 | 129 | 34 | .264 | 6 | 18 |
| Bill Selby | 36 | 92 | 21 | .228 | 2 | 12 |
| Donnie Sadler | 39 | 84 | 17 | .202 | 1 | 3 |
| Robin Jennings | 27 | 77 | 22 | .286 | 3 | 14 |
| Deion Sanders | 32 | 75 | 13 | .173 | 1 | 4 |
| D.T. Cromer | 50 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 5 | 12 |
| Corky Miller | 17 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 3 | 7 |
| Brandon Larson | 14 | 33 | 4 | .121 | 0 | 1 |
| Raúl González | 11 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Pickering | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Elmer Dessens | 34 | 205.0 | 10 | 14 | 4.48 | 128 |
| Chris Reitsma | 36 | 182.0 | 7 | 15 | 5.29 | 96 |
| Lance Davis | 20 | 106.1 | 8 | 4 | 4.74 | 53 |
| José Acevedo | 18 | 96.0 | 5 | 7 | 5.44 | 68 |
| Rob Bell | 9 | 44.1 | 0 | 5 | 5.48 | 33 |
| Brian Reith | 9 | 40.1 | 0 | 7 | 7.81 | 22 |
| Pete Harnisch | 7 | 35.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.37 | 17 |
| Joey Hamilton | 4 | 17.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.23 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Brower | 46 | 129.1 | 7 | 10 | 3.97 | 94 |
| Osvaldo Fernández | 20 | 79.1 | 5 | 6 | 6.92 | 35 |
| Jared Fernández | 5 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.38 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Graves | 66 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 4.15 | 49 |
| Scott Sullivan | 79 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3.31 | 82 |
| Héctor Mercado | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.08 | 59 |
| Chris Nichting | 36 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.46 | 33 |
| Dennys Reyes | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4.92 | 52 |
| Mark Wohlers | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 | 21 |
| John Riedling | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.41 | 23 |
| Scott MacRae | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.02 | 18 |
| Justin Atchley | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 8 |
| José Rijo | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 12 |
| Scott Winchester | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 |
| Chris Piersoll | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 | 7 |
| Frank Rodriguez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.42 | 9 |
| Scott Williamson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Louisville RiverBats | International League | Dave Miley |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Phillip Wellman |
| A | Mudville Nine | California League | Dave Oliver |
| A | Dayton Dragons | Midwest League | Donnie Scott |
| Rookie | GCL Reds | Gulf Coast League | Edgar Caceres |
| Rookie | Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Rick Burleson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Billings