2001 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 2001
misc = NL Wildcard
Albert Pujols Rookie Year
Mark McGwire's Final Season

current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = William DeWitt, Jr.
managers = Tony La Russa
television = Fox Sports Midwest
KPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 2001 season was the team's 120th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 110th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93-69 during the season and finished tied for first in the National League Central division with the Houston Astros. The Cardinals and Astros were declared co-champions of the division with Houston seeded as the NL Central champion in the playoffs due to a better head-to-head record and the Cardinals seeded as the wild-card. In the playoffs the Cardinals lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 2 in the NLDS.

Third baseman/Outfielder Albert Pujols won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .329, with 37 home runs and 130 RBIs. Second baseman Fernando Viña and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves in 2001.

Offseason

*December 22, 2000: Quinton McCracken was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccraqu01.shtml Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 5, 2001: Bobby Bonilla was Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bonilbo01.shtml Bobby Bonilla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 5, 2001: John Mabry was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mabryjo01.shtml John Mabry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 28, 2001: Quinton McCracken was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Albert Pujols made his major league debut on April 2, 2001 [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml] It was in a game against the Colorado Rockies and Pujols appeared in three at-bats and had one hit. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104020COL]

eason standings

Transactions

*April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.
*June 5, 2001: Dan Haren was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2001. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harenda01.shtml Danny Haren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 5, 2001: Joe Mather was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
*June 5, 2001: Skip Schumaker was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.

Roster

Starting pitchers

NLDS

Arizona wins the series, 3-2

Awards and Honors

* Jim Edmonds, OF, Gold Glove Award
* Albert Pujols, 3B, National League Rookie of the Year Award
* Fernando Viña, 2B, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game
* Matt Morris, Pitcher, Reserve
* Albert Pujols, 3B, Reserve

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/2001.shtml 2001 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=SLN 2001 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

succession box
title = NL Central Championship Season
shared with Houston Astros
years = 2001
before =St. Louis Cardinals
2000
after = St. Louis Cardinals
2001succession box
title = NL Wild Card
years = 2001
before = New York Mets
2000
after = San Francisco Giants
2002