2001 Kansas City Royals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 2001
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Kauffman Stadium
y4 = 1973
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1969
owners = David Glass
managers = Tony Muser
television =KMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
radio =KMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)|The 2001 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason

* January 8, 2001: Johnny Damon was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Kansas City Royals with Mark Ellis to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Ben Grieve to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Oakland Athletics sent Angel Berroa and A.J. Hinch to the Kansas City Royals. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/damonjo01.shtml Johnny Damon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for Jose Santiago. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrdpa01.shtml Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/2001.shtml 2001 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=KCA 2001 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]