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Season Almanac

2001 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Ichiro Suzuki (H, SB) · Sammy Sosa (RBI, R)

Home Runs
  1. 1Barry BondsSF73
  2. 2Sammy SosaCHC64
  3. 3Luis GonzalezAZ57
Hits
  1. 1Ichiro SuzukiSEA242
  2. 2Bret BooneSEA206
  3. 3Rich AuriliaSF206
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Sammy SosaCHC160
  2. 2Todd HeltonCOL146
  3. 3Luis GonzalezAZ142
Runs
  1. 1Sammy SosaCHC146
  2. 2Alex RodriguezTEX133
  3. 3Todd HeltonCOL132
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Ichiro SuzukiSEA56
  2. 2Roger CedenoDET55
  3. 3Jimmy RollinsPHI46
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Randy JohnsonAZ372
  2. 2Curt SchillingAZ293
  3. 3Hideo NomoBOS220
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Curt SchillingAZ22
  2. 2Matt MorrisSTL22
  3. 3Mark MulderATH21
Saves
  1. 1Mariano RiveraNYY50
  2. 2Kazuhiro SasakiSEA45
  3. 3Robb NenSF45

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Barry BondsBAT22
  2. 2Sammy SosaBAT21.8
  3. 3Todd HeltonBAT21.3
  4. 4Luis GonzalezBAT20.8
  5. 5Alex RodriguezBAT19.9
  6. 6Jason GiambiBAT19.6
  7. 7Larry WalkerBAT19.6
  8. 8Jim ThomeBAT18.6
  9. 9Lance BerkmanBAT18.4
  10. 10Shawn GreenBAT18.4
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Albert Pujols1B312.4
  2. 2CC SabathiaP178.3
  3. 3Adam DunnLF173.5
  4. 4Ichiro SuzukiRF160.8
  5. 5Joaquín BenoitP144.6
  6. 6Roy OswaltP121.8
  7. 7Michael CuddyerRF115.4
  8. 8Kyle LohseP114.5

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Cal Ripken Jr.SS228.7
  2. 2Harold BainesDH227.8
  3. 3Mark McGwire1B206.7
  4. 4Tony GwynnRF201.2
  5. 5José CansecoRF194.2
  6. 6Paul O'NeillRF173.4
  7. 7Bobby Bonilla3B166.2
  8. 8Wally Joyner1B152.6

Teams · 30

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Seattle Mariners116-46322.9Bret BoonePlayoffs
Athletics102-60274.1Jason GiambiPlayoffs
New York Yankees95-65264.9Mariano RiveraPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals93-69325.7Albert PujolsPlayoffs
Houston Astros93-69254.2Lance BerkmanPlayoffs
Arizona Diamondbacks92-70317.1Luis GonzalezPlayoffs
Cleveland Indians91-71260.8Jim ThomePlayoffs
San Francisco Giants90-72262.9Barry Bonds
Chicago Cubs88-74294Sammy Sosa
Atlanta Braves88-74282Chipper JonesPlayoffs
Philadelphia Phillies86-76274.2Bobby Abreu
Los Angeles Dodgers86-76270.1Shawn Green
Minnesota Twins85-77223.7Corey Koskie
Chicago White Sox83-79257.6Magglio Ordonez
Boston Red Sox82-79286.2Manny Ramirez
New York Mets82-80253.1Mike Piazza
Toronto Blue Jays80-82225.9Carlos Delgado
San Diego Padres79-83248.2Phil Nevin
Miami Marlins76-86257.9Cliff Floyd
Los Angeles Angels75-87230.5Troy Glaus
Texas Rangers73-89214.7Alex Rodriguez
Colorado Rockies73-89204.2Todd Helton
Milwaukee Brewers68-94290Richie Sexson
Washington Nationals68-94245.6Vladimir Guerrero
Cincinnati Reds66-96265.4Dmitri Young
Detroit Tigers66-96183.6Bobby Higginson
Kansas City Royals65-97190.4Carlos Beltrán
Baltimore Orioles63-98199.9Buddy Groom
Pittsburgh Pirates62-100217.7Brian Giles
Tampa Bay Devil Rays62-100186.5Esteban Yan

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.