2001 Chicago Cubs

88-74 • .543 Win% • 3rd in NL C

The 2001 Chicago Cubs went 88-74 (.543) finishing 3rd in the NL C division. The club scored 777 runs, allowed 701, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Sammy Sosa (64 HR, 160 RBI) and Jon Lieber (20-6, 3.80 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
74 Losses
.543 Win %
3rd Rank
777 R 701 RA
Diff +76

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777 Runs Scored
701 Runs Allowed
+76 Run Diff
2,779K Attendance

📈 vs. 2001 NL Average

Batting Avg .260 equal to the 2001 league average (.261)
OBP .336 2% above the 2001 league average (.331)
SLG .429 1% above the 2001 league average (.425)
Team ERA 4.03 8% better than the 2001 league average (4.36)
Runs Scored 777 2% above the 2001 league average (762 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,779,465
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Avg per Game 34,314

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2001

Batting Avg

1 Sammy Sosa 0.328 2 Rondell White 0.307 3 Bill Mueller 0.295 4 Ricky Gutierrez 0.290 5 Miguel Cairo 0.285

Home Runs

1 Sammy Sosa 64 2 Matt Stairs 17 3 Rondell White 17 4 Todd Hundley 12 5 Fred McGriff 12

RBI

1 Sammy Sosa 160 2 Ricky Gutierrez 66 3 Matt Stairs 61 4 Ron Coomer 53 5 Rondell White 50
2001 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eric Young 149 603 98 168 43 4 6 42 42 45 31 0.279
Sammy Sosa 160 577 146 189 34 5 64 160 116 153 0 0.328
Ricky Gutierrez 147 528 76 153 23 3 10 66 40 56 4 0.290
Ron Coomer 111 349 25 91 19 1 8 53 29 70 0 0.261
Matt Stairs 128 340 48 85 21 0 17 61 52 76 2 0.250
Rondell White 95 323 43 99 19 1 17 50 26 56 1 0.307
Gary Matthews 106 258 41 56 9 1 9 30 38 55 5 0.217
Todd Hundley 79 246 23 46 10 0 12 31 25 89 0 0.187
Joe Girardi 78 229 22 58 10 1 3 25 21 50 0 0.253
Bill Mueller 70 210 38 62 12 1 6 23 37 19 1 0.295
Michael Tucker 63 205 31 54 9 7 5 31 23 47 4 0.263
Fred McGriff 49 170 27 48 7 2 12 41 26 37 0 0.282
Delino DeShields 68 163 26 45 9 3 2 16 28 35 12 0.276
Augie Ojeda 78 144 16 29 5 1 1 12 12 20 1 0.201
Robert Machado 52 135 13 30 10 0 2 13 7 26 0 0.222
Corey Patterson 59 131 26 29 3 0 4 14 6 33 4 0.221
Miguel Cairo 66 123 20 35 3 1 2 9 16 21 2 0.285
Julio Zuleta 49 106 11 23 3 0 6 24 8 32 0 0.217
Damon Buford 35 85 11 15 2 0 3 8 4 23 0 0.176
Roosevelt Brown 39 83 13 22 6 1 4 22 7 12 0 0.265
Jon Lieber 35 76 3 12 2 0 0 2 2 22 0 0.158
Jason Bere 32 62 2 12 4 0 0 2 0 18 0 0.194
Todd Dunwoody 33 61 6 13 4 0 1 3 3 14 0 0.213
Kevin Tapani 29 50 1 12 0 0 0 2 1 14 0 0.240
Kerry Wood 29 48 3 9 1 0 0 2 1 15 0 0.188
Julian Tavarez 34 41 4 5 0 0 0 4 3 17 0 0.122
Chad Meyers 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.118
Juan Cruz 11 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.125
Todd Van Poppel 59 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.286
Manny Aybar 17 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Courtney Duncan 36 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.000
Kyle Farnsworth 76 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jeff Fassero 82 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mike Fyhrie 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Will Ohman 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Carlos Zambrano 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Felix Heredia 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Smith 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Borowski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Chiasson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Weathers 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2001

ERA

1 Todd Van Poppel 2.52 2 Kyle Farnsworth 2.74 3 Juan Cruz 3.22 4 Kerry Wood 3.36 5 Tom Gordon 3.38

Wins

1 Jon Lieber 20 2 Kerry Wood 12 3 Jason Bere 11 4 Julian Tavarez 10 5 Kevin Tapani 9

Strikeouts

1 Kerry Wood 217 2 Jason Bere 175 3 Kevin Tapani 149 4 Jon Lieber 148 5 Kyle Farnsworth 107
2001 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jon Lieber 20 6 3.80 34 34 0 232.1 226 98 41 148
Jason Bere 11 11 4.31 32 32 0 188.0 171 90 77 175
Kerry Wood 12 6 3.36 28 28 0 174.1 127 65 92 217
Kevin Tapani 9 14 4.49 29 29 0 168.1 186 84 40 149
Julian Tavarez 10 9 4.52 34 28 0 161.1 172 81 69 107
Kyle Farnsworth 4 6 2.74 76 0 2 82.0 65 25 29 107
Todd Van Poppel 4 1 2.52 59 0 0 75.0 63 21 38 90
Jeff Fassero 4 4 3.42 82 0 12 73.2 66 28 23 79
Tom Gordon 1 2 3.38 47 0 27 45.1 32 17 16 67
Juan Cruz 3 1 3.22 8 8 0 44.2 40 16 17 39
Courtney Duncan 3 3 5.06 36 0 0 42.2 42 24 25 49
Felix Heredia 2 2 6.17 48 0 0 35.0 45 24 16 28
David Weathers 1 1 3.18 28 0 0 28.1 28 10 9 20
Manny Aybar 2 1 6.35 17 1 0 22.2 28 16 17 16
Ron Mahay 0 0 2.61 17 0 0 20.2 14 6 15 24
Mike Fyhrie 0 2 4.20 15 0 0 15.0 16 7 7 6
Will Ohman 0 1 7.71 11 0 0 11.2 14 10 6 12
Carlos Zambrano 1 2 15.26 6 1 0 7.2 11 13 8 4
Scott Chiasson 1 1 2.70 6 0 0 6.2 5 2 2 6
Joe Borowski 0 1 32.40 1 1 0 1.2 6 6 3 1

👥 Roster (43)

Manny Aybar Jason Bere Joe Borowski Roosevelt Brown Damon Buford Miguel Cairo Scott Chiasson Ron Coomer Juan Cruz Delino DeShields Courtney Duncan Todd Dunwoody +31 more

43 players

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The 2001 Chicago Cubs in brief

The 2001 Chicago Cubs finished 88-74, a .543 winning percentage, placing 3rd in the NL Central. Runs came in at 777 scored against 701 allowed (+76). The staff ERA of 4.03 was 8% better than the league average of 4.36. The 777 runs scored compare with a league average of 762 per club, 2% more. Attendance at Wrigley Field totaled 2,779,465 for the year.

The home run leader was Sammy Sosa, who hit 64. Jon Lieber was the top winner, with 20 victories. Kerry Wood struck out 217, the most on the club. Tom Gordon closed out 27 saves. In all, the roster shows 43 players. The 2000 season and the 2002 season are one click away.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2001 Chicago Cubs

What was the 2001 Chicago Cubs record?
The 2001 Chicago Cubs finished 88-74 (.543 win pct).
Who led the 2001 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Sammy Sosa led the 2001 Chicago Cubs with 64 home runs.
What was the 2001 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 2001 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 4.03.
Did the 2001 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 2001 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2001 Chicago Cubs play?
The 2001 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 2001 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Sammy Sosa (64 HR, 160 RBI) and Jon Lieber (20-6, 3.80 ERA).
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