2001 Seattle Mariners season


The Seattle Mariners' 2001 season was the 25th since the franchise's inception. The Mariners finished with a record, tying the major league record for wins set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs, and setting the record for wins by an American League team. Of those wins, 59 were by four or more runs, a record for the number of games won by such a margin. They also led the majors in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed.
Winning the American League West division, the 2001 season marked the only time the Mariners reached the postseason in consecutive seasons to date, following their wild card berth in 2000. The team went on to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series, but fell to the New York Yankees in five games in the American League Championship Series.
The 2001 season was also notable for the Major League debut of star Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who led the league in batting average and won both the AL Rookie of the Year and the AL MVP. Additionally, the Mariners hosted their second All-Star Game during the season.
Despite the Mariners' success, the 2001 season marks the last time that the team has reached the postseason. Their 18 years without a postseason reappearance is the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports.

Offseason

Roster

Season standings

Detailed records

Record vs. opponents

Game log: 116–46 (Home: 57–24; Road: 59–22)

#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscoreStreak
1April 2Athletics5–4Rhodes Mecir Sasaki 45,9111–0W1
2April 3Athletics1–5Zito Halama –27,2121–1L1
3April 4Athletics10–2Sele Heredia –31,3822–1W1
4April 6@ Rangers9–7 Rhodes Zimmerman Sasaki 34,6843–1W2
5April 7@ Rangers6–5Franklin Davis Sasaki 41,6514–1W3
6April 8@ Rangers4–5Venafro Paniagua Crabtree 44,3064–2L1
7April 10@ Athletics5–1Halama Heredia Sasaki 14,8805–2W1
8April 11@ Athletics3–0Sele Mecir Sasaki 16,6526–2W2
9April 12@ Athletics7–3Moyer Hudson –15,4147–2W3
10April 13@ Angels3–4Hasegawa Sasaki –31,0877–3L1
11April 14@ Angels2–1García Valdez Sasaki 34,7808–3W1
12April 15@ Angels7–5Paniagua Hasegawa Nelson 20,7339–3W2
13April 16Rangers9–7Franklin Glynn –45,65710–3W3
14April 17Rangers6–4Moyer Helling Sasaki 34,53611–3W4
15April 18Rangers6–8Davis Tomko Zimmerman 48,82311–4L1
16April 19Angels3–2García Valdez Sasaki 25,01612–4W1
17April 20Angels4–1Halama Rapp Sasaki 39,27413–4W2
18April 21Angels5–2Moyer Washburn Nelson 39,27414–4W3
19April 22Angels5–0Sele Ortiz –44,19215–4W4
20April 24@ Yankees7–5García Stanton Sasaki 29,52216–4W5
21April 25@ Yankees7–5Charlton Pettitte Sasaki 23,68417–4W6
22April 26@ Yankees7–3Moyer Mussina Rhodes 30,21818–4W7
23April 27@ White Sox8–3Sele Baldwin Sasaki 16,27619–4W8
24April 28@ White Sox8–5Tomko Biddle Sasaki 25,54220–4W9
25April 29@ White Sox1–2 Glover Franklin –25,44220–5L1

#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscoreStreak
26May 1Red Sox0–2Martínez Halama Arrojo 36,64220–6L2
27May 2Red Sox5–1Sele Nomo –40,17021–6W1
28May 3Red Sox10–3Moyer Castillo –32,51322–6W2
29May 4Blue Jays3–8Parris Abott –42,28422–7L1
30May 5Blue Jays7–5Rhodes Borbón Sasaki 42,89423–7W1
31May 6Blue Jays3–11Carpenter Halama –45,08023–8L1
32May 8@ Red Sox4–12Nomo Moyer –32,94123–9L2
33May 9@ Red Sox10–5Nelson Arrojo Sasaki 31,61624–9W1
34May 10@ Red Sox5–2Halama Ohka Sasaki 31,42825–9W2
35May 11@ Blue Jays7–2Abbott Hamilton –20,27926–9W3
36May 12@ Blue Jays11–7Tomko Escobar –24,90827–9W4
37May 13@ Blue Jays7–5Moyer Loaiza Sasaki 20,62428–9W5
38May 15White Sox4–3Nelson Howry Paniagua 31,09629–9W6
39May 16White Sox7–2Abbott Biddle Paniagua 33,74830–9W7
40May 17White Sox5–1García Wells Nelson 43,51031–9W8
41May 18Yankees10–14Mendoza Halama –45,79431–10L1
42May 19Yankees1–2 Stanton Sasaki Rivera 45,88031–11L2
43May 20Yankees6–2Sele Clemens –45,95332–11W1
44May 22@ Twins11–12Wells Abbott –29,00532–12L1
45May 23@ Twins5–4Rhodes Carrasco Sasaki 26,60533–12W1
46May 25@ Royals9–6Franklin Grimsley Sasaki 17,55534–12W2
47May 26@ Royals7–2Sele Meadows –21,36835–12W3
48May 27@ Royals5–4Charlton Santiago –19,52436–12W4
49May 28@ Royals13–3Abbott Durbin –20,14237–12W5
50May 29Orioles3–2García Roberts Sasaki 30,41338–12W6
51May 30Orioles12–5Halama Johnson –34,75739–12W7
52May 31Orioles2–1Sele Mercedes Sasaki 37,61240–12W8

#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscoreStreak
107August 1@ Tigers7–1Abbott Holt –23,84777–30W1
108August 2@ Tigers2–1Piñeiro Pettyjohn Sasaki 27,09778–30W2
109August 3@ Indians2–1Moyer Colón Sasaki 42,58079–30W3
110August 4@ Indians8–5García Báez Rhodes 42,44080–30W4
111August 5@ Indians14–15 Rocker Paniagua –42,49480–31L1
112August 6@ Indians8–6Abbott Nagy Paniagua 42,05881–31W1
113August 7Blue Jays5–4 Halama DeWitt –45,63682–31W2
114August 8Blue Jays12–4Moyer Carpenter –45,45083–31W3
115August 9Blue Jays5–6Quantrill García Koch 45,67083–32L1
116August 10White Sox6–8Biddle Sasaki Foulke 45,66583–33L2
117August 11White Sox4–3Franklin Foulke –45,66584–33W1
118August 12White Sox2–1Rhodes Wells Sasaki 45,76585–33W2
119August 14@ Red Sox6–3Paniagua Beck Sasaki 33,79086–33W3
120August 15@ Red Sox6–2García Castillo –33,18687–33W4
121August 16@ Red Sox4–6Garcés Sele Urbina 33,54887–34L1
122August 17@ Yankees0–4Mussina Abbott Mendoza 54,61687–35L2
123August 18@ Yankees7–6Rhodes Lilly Sasaki 55,29488–35W1
124August 19@ Yankees10–2Moyer Pettitte –54,33989–35W2
125August 20Tigers1–4Sparks García –45,97289–36L1
126August 21Tigers4–1Sele Weaver Sasaki 45,03690–36W1
127August 22Tigers16–1Abbott Lima –45,81491–36W2
128August 23Tigers5–1Piñeiro Redman –45,06392–36W3
129August 24Indians4–1Moyer Colón Charlton 45,76793–36W4
130August 25Indians3–2 Halama Rocker –45,81894–36W5
131August 26Indians3–4Riske Nelson Wickman 45,78294–37L1
132August 28@ Devil Rays0–6Wilson Piñeiro –11,68794–38L2
133August 29@ Devil Rays5–2Moyer Sturtze –12,79295–38W1
134August 30@ Devil Rays4–0García Rupe –12,26096–38W2
135August 31@ Orioles0–3Maduro Sele –37,08496–39L1

#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscoreStreak
157October 2@ Angels14–5Abbott Washburn –18,600112–45W2
158October 3@ Angels4–3Charlton Levine Sasaki 18,503113–45W3
159October 4Rangers16–1Tomko Myette –45,302114–45W4
160October 5Rangers6–2Moyer Helling –45,333115–45W5
161October 6Rangers1–0Piñeiro Davis Sasaki 45,607116–45W6
162October 7Rangers3–4Mahomes Nelson Zimmerman 45,578116–46L1

All-Star Game

The Mariners hosted the 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 10, 2001 at Safeco Field. It was the second time the Mariners hosted the Midsummer Classic, and the first at Safeco Field. Eight Mariners were in the game, including four in the starting lineup. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League by the final score of 4–1. This would be the final All-Star Game for Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn.

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; SB = Stolen bases
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBISB
C123377100.26510423
1B159572173.30221953
2B158623206.331371415
3B135470122.26015642
SS140456118.2595534
LF10028368.2407429
CF150540144.2672511034
RF157692242.35086956
DH132470144.306231164

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBISB
125409117.28655739
8928182.29243311
7920446.2255221
459428.2982160
946414.219051
194510.222250
17358.229040
9173.176020
10155.333012
563.500000
561.167030

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
3434238.21863.05163
34332151553.60114
3333209.22063.43119
28271631744.25118
3117110.11074.7350

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGPGSIPWLERASO
171175.1622.0356
11434.2315.1922
4314.2119.2010

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; SVO = Save opportunities; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLSVSVOERASO
6966.20445523.2462
3878.151013.5660
7168.080371.7283
6965.143452.7688
4447.242123.0248
6066.043344.3646
1011.211014.6310

Postseason

ALDS

ALCS

Postseason Game log: 4–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–3)

GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1October 9Indians0–5Colón García –48,0330–1
2October 11Indians5–1Moyer Finley –48,0521–1
3October 13@ Indians2–17Sabathia Sele –45,0691–2
4October 14@ Indians6–2García Colón –45,0252–2
5October 15Indians3–1Moyer Finley Sasaki 47,8673–2

GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1October 17Yankees2–4Pettitte Sele Rivera 47,6440–1
2October 18Yankees2–3Mussina García Rivera 47,7910–2
3October 20@ Yankees14–3Moyer Hernández –56,5171–2
4October 21@ Yankees1–3Rivera Sasaki –56,3751–3
5October 22@ Yankees3–12Pettitte Sele –56,3701–4

Awards and records

All-Star Game
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tacoma

Major League Baseball Draft

The following is a list of 2001 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in the June regular draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. The Mariners made 52 selections in the 2001 draft, the first being shortstop Michael Garciaparra in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 23 pitchers, 13 outfielders, 7 catchers, 5 shortstops, 2 third basemen, 1 first baseman, and 1 second baseman.

Draft

Key

Table