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30 teams in AL, NL · 2429 regular-season games · 2001-04-01 to 2001-10-07 · attendance 72,581,101

◀ 2000 2002 ▶

World Series champion

Arizona Diamondbacks

MVP

Ichiro Suzuki AL
Barry Bonds NL

Cy Young

Roger Clemens AL
Randy Johnson NL

Rookie of the Year

Ichiro Suzuki AL
Albert Pujols NL

All-Star Game

2001-07-10 at Safeco Field

Hall of Fame class of 2001

Bill Mazeroski, Dave Winfield, Hilton Smith, Kirby Puckett

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Division Series	Seattle Mariners 3–2 Cleveland Indians	5
Division Series	Atlanta Braves 3–0 Houston Astros	3
Division Series	Arizona Diamondbacks 3–2 St. Louis Cardinals	5
Division Series	New York Yankees 3–2 Oakland Athletics	5
League Championship	Arizona Diamondbacks 4–1 Atlanta Braves	5
League Championship	New York Yankees 4–1 Seattle Mariners	5
World Series	Arizona Diamondbacks 4–3 New York Yankees	7

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562	—	821	3,175,523	Charlie Manuel, Grady Little	Division
2	Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	6	766	1,782,929	Tom Kelly
3	Chicago White Sox	83	79	.512	8	795	1,766,172	Jerry Manuel
4	Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	25	876	1,921,305	Phil Garner
5	Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	26	858	1,536,371	Tony Muser, Jamie Quirk

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	95	65	.594	—	713	3,264,907	Joe Torre	Pennant Division
2	Boston Red Sox	82	79	.509	13.5	745	2,625,333	Jimy Williams, Joe Kerrigan
3	Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	16	753	1,915,438	Buck Martinez, Cookie Rojas
4	Baltimore Orioles	63	98	.391	32.5	829	3,094,841	Mike Hargrove
5	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	62	100	.383	34	887	1,298,365	Larry Rothschild, Hal McRae

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Seattle Mariners	116	46	.716	—	627	3,507,326	Lou Piniella, John McLaren	Division
2	Oakland Athletics	102	60	.630	14	645	2,133,277	Art Howe	Wild Card
3	Anaheim Angels	75	87	.463	41	730	2,000,919	Mike Scioscia
4	Texas Rangers	73	89	.451	43	968	2,831,021	Johnny Oates, Jerry Narron

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Houston Astros	93	69	.574	—	769	2,904,277	Larry Dierker	Division
2	St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	—	684	3,109,578	Tony LaRussa	Wild Card
3	Chicago Cubs	88	74	.543	5	701	2,779,465	Don Baylor
4	Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	25	806	2,811,041	Davey Lopes
5	Cincinnati Reds	66	96	.407	27	850	1,879,757	Bob Boone
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	.383	31	858	2,464,870	Lloyd McClendon

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	—	643	2,823,530	Bobby Cox	Division
2	Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	2	719	1,782,054	Larry Bowa
3	New York Mets	82	80	.506	6	713	2,658,330	Bobby Valentine
4	Florida Marlins	76	86	.469	12	744	1,261,226	John Boles, Tony Perez
5	Montreal Expos	68	94	.420	20	812	642,745	Felipe Alou, Jeff Torborg

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	92	70	.568	—	677	2,736,451	Bob Brenly	World Series Division
2	San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	2	748	3,311,958	Dusty Baker
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	6	744	3,017,143	Jim Tracy
4	San Diego Padres	79	83	.488	13	812	2,378,128	Bruce Bochy
5	Colorado Rockies	73	89	.451	19	906	3,166,821	Buddy Bell

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Hideo Nomo, Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles, 2001-04-04
A. J. Burnett, Florida Marlins vs. San Diego Padres, 2001-05-12
Bud Smith, St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres, 2001-09-03

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