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Major League Baseball During 2001

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Awards

During the 2001 season of baseball one of the biggest awards won was the person who holds the home run record and Barry Bonds hit 73 beating Mark Mcguire's record by 3. The MVP of the American league was Ichiro Suzuki and the MVP winner for the national league was Barry Bonds. The Cy Young award winner for the American league in the year of 2001 was Roger Clemens and the award for the National league went to Randy Johnson. Ichiro was also the Rookie of the Year for the American league and Albert Pujols was the Rookie of the year for the National league. The managers of the year were Lou Piniella from the Seattle Mariners for the American league and Larry Bowa from the Philadelphia Phillies for the National league. The 2001 American league Gold Glove winners were Mike Mussina, Ivan Rodriguez, Doug Mientkiewiez, Roberto Alomar, Eric Chavez, Omar Vizquel, Mike Cameron, Torii Hunter, and Ichiro Suzuki. The winners for the National league were Greg Maddux, Brad Ausmus, Todd Helton, Fernando Vina, Scott Rolen, Orlando Cabrera, Andrew Jones, Jim Edmonds, and Larry Walker. The Silver Slugger winners for the year 2001 were Jason Giambi, Bret Boone, Troy Glaus, Alex Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez, Manny Ramirez, Ichiro Suzuki, Jorge Posada, and Edgar Martinez from the American league. The winners from the National league were Todd Helton, Jeff Kent, Albert Pujols, Rich Aurilia , Barry Bonds, Luis Gonzalez, Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, and Mike Hampton. The winners of the Hank Aaron awards were Alex Rodriguez from the American league and Barry Bonds from the National.

The World Series

The biggest award won in 2001 was won by Bob Brenly and the Arizona Diamondbacks. And if you are a baseball fan than you should know what this award is. Yes, it is the World Series. It all came down to the last inning of the last game of the World Series. The series was tied and the Diamondbacks had just tied the game and the bases were loaded and guess who was up to bat Luis Gonzalez. The first pitch came and he hit it right up the middle and drove in the winning run. The MVP's of the World Series were Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. Now they are looking to win another World Series.

The All-Star Game's Starting Lineups

National League		American League
Todd Helton	1st base	John Olerud	1st base
Jeff Kent	2nd base	Bret Boone	2nd base
Rich Aurilia	Short Stop	Alex Rodriguez	Shortstop
Chipper Jones	3rd base	Cal Ripken Jr.	3rd base
Mike Piazza	catcher	Ivan Rodriguez	catcher
Barry Bonds	left field	Edgar Martinez	designated hitter
Sammy Sosa	outfield	Ichiro Suzuki	outfield
Luis Gonzalez	outfield	Manny Ramirez	outfield
Randy Johnson	pitcher	Roger Clemens	pitcher

How to Play Baseball

First to get a baseball game started you have to have 9 players on each team. 3 people to play in the outfield and 6 to play in the infield. To be able to go in and bat you must get the team that is batting out 3 times either by catching the ball that they hit before it hits the ground, throwing them out, tagging them out, or striking them out. If someone hits the ball over the fence in the outfield with out the ball bouncing it is called a home run. But if the ball bounces and then goes over the fence it is called a ground rule double. If you hit the ball over the lines on the right or left side or tip it back than it is called a foul ball. If you swing and miss the ball it is called a strike and if you don't swing and the ball goes over the plate it is called a strike also. If the pitcher throws 4 balls than you get to go to first base. A ball is when the pitcher throws the ball and you don't swing and the ball goes over the plate. A strike is when the ball goes over the plate and you don't swing at it. But if the ball bounces before it goes over the plate than it is a ball. A single is when you get a hit and stay on first base. A double is when you get a hit and stay on second base. A triple is when you get a hit and stay on third base. Now go out and play some baseball.
 
 

2001 Player Milestones

Games played

Active rank in 2001	Player	Career Rank
1	Cal Ripken Jr.	8
2	Rickey Henderson	10
3	Harold Baines	15
4	Tony Gwynn	58
5	Tim Raines	68
6	Barry Bonds	91
7	Rafael Palmeiro	100
8	Fred McGriff	n/a
9	Tony Fernandez	n/a
10	Bobby Bonilla	n/a
11	Mark Grace	n/a
12	Paul O'Neill	n/a
13	Andres Galarraga	n/a
14	Roberto Alomar	n/a
15	B.J. Surhoff	n/a

 
 
 
 
 

At Bats

Active rank in 2001	Player	Career Rank
1	Cal Ripken Jr.	4
2	Rickey Henderson	12
3	Harold Baines	25
4	Tony Gwynn	44
5	Tim Raines	66
6	Rafael Palmeiro	87
7	Barry Bonds	n/a
8	Tony Fernandez	n/a
9	Fred McGriff	n/a
10	Roberto Alomar	n/a
11	Mark Grace	n/a
12	Andres Galarraga	n/a
13	Graig Biggio	n/a
14	Devon White	n/a
15	Julio Franco	n/a

Runs Scored
 
 

Active rank in 2001	Player	Career in 2001
1	Rickey Henderson	1
2	Barry Bonds	23
3	Cal Ripken Jr.	30
4	Tim Raines	44
5	Tony Gwynn	74
6	Rafael Palmeiro	81
7	Roberto Alomar	86
8	Craig Biggio	96
9	Harold Baines	98
10	Fred McGriff	n/a
11	Ken Griffey Jr.	n/a
12	Jeff Bagwell	n/a
13	Jose Conseco	n/a
14	Mark McGwire	n/a
15	Barry Larkin	n/a

 Hits
 
 

Active Rank in 2001	Player	Career rank in 2001
1	Cal Ripken Jr.	14
2	Tony Gwynn	18
3	Rickey Henderson	26
4	Harold Baines	37
5	Tim Raines	69
6	Rafael Palmeiro	82
7	Mark Grace	97
8	Barry Bonds	n/a
9	Tony Fernandez	n/a
10	Fred McGriff	n/a
11	Julio Franco	n/a
12	Andres Galarraga	n/a
13	Tony Fernandez	n/a
14	Bobby Bonilla	n/a
15	Paul O'Neill	n/a

 Home Runs

Active rank in 2001	Player	Career rank in 2001
1	Mark McGwire	5
2	Barry Bonds	7
3	Jose Conseco	21
4	Ken Griffey Jr.	23
5	Sammy Sosa	26
6	Fred McGriff	27
7	Rafael Palmeiro	28
8	Cal Ripken Jr.	30
9	Juan Gonzalez	36
10	Harold Baines	41
11	Albert Belle	44
12	Andres Galarraga	49
13	Matt Williams	54
14	Jeff Bagwell	61
15	Frank Thomas	62

Runs Batted In
 
 

Active rank in 2001	Player	Career Rank
1	Cal Ripken Jr.	18
2	Harold Baines	21
3	Barry Bonds	36
4	Rafael Palmeiro	43
5	Mark McGwire	53
6	Jose Canseco	54
7	Fred McGriff	58
8	Andres Galarraga	67
9	Ken Griffey Jr.	72
10	Juan Gonzalez	88
11	Paul O'Neil	93
12	Albert Belle	99
13	Sammy Sosa	99
14	Jeff Bagwell	n/a
15	Frank Thomas	n/a

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