2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Los Angeles Dodgers
season = 2001
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Dodger Stadium
y4 = 1962
city = Los Angeles, California
y5 = 1958
owners = News Corporation
general managers = Kevin Malone and Dave Wallace
managers = Jim Tracy
television = FSN West 2; KTLA (5)
radio = XTRA Sports 1150
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrin, Pepe Yñiguez|

The 2001 season saw Jim Tracy take over as the Manager, after serving as the Bench coach the previous two seasons. He Dodgers won 86 games, finishing third in the Western Division of the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks.

Shawn Green had his best season, hitting a Dodger-record 49 home runs and also setting L.A. records for extra-base hits (84) and total bases (358). Paul LoDuca became the full time catcher and led the team with a .320 batting average and Jeff Shaw became the Dodgers all-time leader in saves, with 129.

eason standings

2001 roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

2001 Awards

*2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Chan Ho Park reserve
**Jeff Shaw reserve
*NL Player of the Week
**Gary Sheffield (April 9-15)

2001 Transactions

* February 25: Acquired Marquis Grissom and Ruddy Lugo from the Milwaukee Brewers for Devon White
*March 13: Scott Service was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml]
*March 18: Acquired Gary Majewski, [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Andre-Simpson.shtml Andre Simpson] and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/Orlando-Rodriguez.shtml Orlando Rodriguez] from the Chicago White Sox for Antonio Osuna and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/O/Carlos-Ortega.shtml Carlos Ortega]
*March 28: Traded Mike Judd to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later
*March 28: Ramon Martinez was released by the Dodgers. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martira02.shtml]
*July 13: Acquired McKay Christensen from the Chicago White Sox for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/Wade-Parrish.shtml Wade Parrish]
*July 26: Acquired James Baldwin and cash from the Chicago White Sox for Jeff Barry, Gary Majewski and Onan Masaoka
*July 31: Acquired Terry Mulholland from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adrian Burnside and Mike Fetters
*July 31: Acquired Mike Trombley from the Baltimore Orioles for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/Kris-Foster.shtml Kris Foster] and Geronimo Gil

2001 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Las Vegas 51s (managed by Rick Sofield) - Pacific Coast League
*AA: Jacksonville Suns (managed by John Shoemaker) - Southern League - LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS
*A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by Bob Mariano) - Florida State League
*A: Wilmington Waves (managed by Dino Ebel) - South Atlantic League
*Rookie: Great Falls Dodgers (managed by Dave Silvestri) - Pioneer League
*Rookie: Gulf Coast Dodgers (managed by Juan Bustabad) - Gulf Coast League

References

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_2001_losangeles.gif&Entryid=1995 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.Dodgers.com Los Angeles Dodgers official web site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2001.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=LAN Baseball Almanac season page]