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St. Louis Cardinals
	2001 St. Louis Cardinals; NL Wildcard; Albert Pujols Rookie Year; Mark McGwire's Final Season
	Major league affiliations
	National League (since 1892) Central Division (since 1994); ;
	Location
	Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882);
	2001 information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest; KPLR; (Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck)
Local radio	KMOX; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

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.

[edit] Offseason

December 22, 2000: Quinton McCracken was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[1]
January 5, 2001: Bobby Bonilla was Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[2]
January 5, 2001: John Mabry was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[3]
March 28, 2001: Quinton McCracken was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

Albert Pujols made his major league debut on April 2, 2001 ^[4] It was in a game against the Colorado Rockies and Pujols appeared in three at-bats and had one hit.^[5]

[edit] Season standings

Central Division	W	L	GB	Pct.
Houston Astros	93	69	--	.574
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	--	.574
Chicago Cubs	88	74	5	.543
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	25	.420
Cincinnati Reds	66	96	27	.407
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	31	.346

[edit] Transactions

April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal. ^[3]
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. ^[6]
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.

[edit] Roster

2001 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

28 Bill Ortega

Manager

10 Tony LaRussa

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] NLDS

Main article: 2001 National League Division Series

Arizona wins the series, 3-2

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	Arizona	1	St. Louis	0	October	1-0 (AZ)
2	Arizona	1	St. Louis	4	October 10	1-1
3	St. Louis	3	Arizona	5	October 12	2-1 (AZ)
4	St. Louis	4	Arizona	1	October 13	2-2
5	Arizona	2	St. Louis	1	October 14	3-2 (AZ)

[edit] 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

[edit] Farm system

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Bobby Bonilla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b John Mabry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104020COL
^ Danny Haren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

[edit] External links

Preceded by St. Louis Cardinals 2000	NL Central Championship Season shared with Houston Astros 2001	Succeeded by St. Louis Cardinals 2001
Preceded by New York Mets 2000	NL Wild Card 2001	Succeeded by San Francisco Giants 2002

[autogenerated1-0] Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[1] Bobby Bonilla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[autogenerated2-2] John Mabry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[3] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml

[4] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104020COL

[5] Danny Haren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[6] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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