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2001 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	2001
league	American League
division	Central
ballpark	Comerica Park
city	Detroit
record
divisional_place	4th
owners	Mike Ilitch
general_managers	Randy Smith
managers	Phil Garner
television	WKBD
(Frank Beckmann, Al Kaline)
FSN Detroit
(Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin)
radio	WXYT (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)

(Frank Beckmann, Al Kaline) FSN Detroit (Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin) (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson) |}} The 2001 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 101st season and its second at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers failed to win the American League Central and finished with a 66–96 record, missing the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.

Offseason

December 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roger Cedeño, rf

Damion Easley, 2b

Bobby Higginson, lf

Tony Clark, 1b

Billy McMillon, dh

Deivi Cruz, ss

Juan Encarnación, cf

Shane Halter, 3b

Brandon Inge, c

Jeff Weaver, p

Notable transactions

July 28, 2001: Todd Jones was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Minnesota Twins for Mark Redman.

Roster

2001 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Legend	Tigers win	Tigers loss	Game postponed

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 3 || Twins || 3–2 || Radke (1–0) || Weaver (0–1) || Wells (1) || 2:32 || 40,104 || 0–1 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 5 || Twins || 9–5 (10) || Guardado (1–0) || Jones (0–1) || || 3:12 || 20,836 || 0–2 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 6 || @ White Sox || 10–9 (10) || Patterson (1–0) || Foulke (0–1) || Jones (1) || 3:38 || 43,954 || 1–2 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Holt (1–0) || Buehrle (0–1) || Jones (2) || 2:31 || 20,264 || 2–2 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Weaver (1–1) || Wells (1–1) || Jones (3) || 2:49 || 19,887 || 3–2 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || April 9 || @ Twins || 11–5 || Radke (2–0)|| Sparks (0–1) || || 3:01 || 46,101 || 3–3 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 10 || @ Twins || 8–2 || Milton (1–0)|| Perisho (0–1) || || 2:43 || 9,130 || 3–4 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 11 || @ Twins || 12–1 || Mays (2–0)|| Mlicki (0–1) || || 2:47 || 11,149 || 3–5 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 12 || Indians || 5–3 || Colón (1–1) || Holt (1–1) || Wickman (3) || 3:15 || 15,639 || 3–6 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 13 || Indians || 9–8 || Sabathia (1–0) || Weaver (1–2) || Shuey (1) || 3:27 || 20,334 || 3–7 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 14 || Indians || 1–0 || Sparks (1–1) || Finley (1–2) || || 2:03 || 23,119 || 4–7 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || April 15 || Indians || colspan=8 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 28 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || April 17 || White Sox || 7–4 || Anderson (1–0) || Wunsch (0–1) || Jones (4) || 2:39 || 13,068 || 5–7 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 18 || White Sox || 6–4 || Buehrle (1–2) || Holt (1–2) || Foulke (4) || 2:49 || 13,180 || 5–8 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 19 || White Sox || 3–1 || Wells (2–2) || Weaver (1–3) || || 2:34 || 14,571 || 5–9 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 20 || @ Indians || 5–4 || Wickman (1–0) || Nitkowski (0–1) || || 3:19 || 33,127 || 5–10 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 21 || @ Indians || 5–4 (11) || Reed (1–1) || Jones (0–2) || || 3:27 || 42,068 || 5–11 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 22 || @ Indians || 11–3 || Burba (2–1) || Mlicki (0–2) || || 3:02 || 34,125 || 5–12 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || April 24 || Orioles || 8–3 || Hentgen (1–2) || Weaver (1–4) || || 2:41 || 14,101 || 5–13 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || April 25 || Orioles || 6–4 || Roberts (3–0) || Sparks (2–0) || Kohlmeier (4) || 2:48 || 18,919 || 5–14 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 || April 26 || Orioles || 8–2 || Holt (2–2) || Johnson (1–2) || || 2:37 || 18,824 || 6–14 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 || April 27 || Devil Rays || 4–2 || Mlicki (1–2) || Rupe (1–3) || Jones (5) || 2:49 || 16,458 || 7–14 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 28 || Devil Rays || 7–3 || Judd (1–0) || Perisho (0–2) || || 3:03 || 18,666 || 7–15 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 || April 29 || Devil Rays || 6–1 || Weaver (2–4) || Lopez (3–2) || || 2:27 || 16,769 || 8–15 || box |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 || May 1 || @ Rangers || 6–3 (10) || Patterson (2–0) || Zimmerman (1–2) || Jones (6) || 3:01 || 25,638 || 9–15 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 || May 2 || @ Rangers || 8–4 || Holt (3–2) || Oliver (4–1) || Anderson (1) || 3:00 || 33,825 || 10–15 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 || May 3 || @ Rangers || 9–4 || Mlicki (2–2) || Helling (1–5) || || 2:48 || 34,051 || 11–15 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 4 || @ Angels || 7–5 || Weber (1–0) || Murray (0–1) || Percival (7) || 3:16 || 36,690 || 11–16 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 || May 5 || @ Angels || 11–2 || Weaver (3–4) || Ortiz (3–3) || || 2:49 || 24,758 || 12–16 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 6 || @ Angels || 3–2 || Levine (1–1) || Patterson (2–1) || || 2:56 || 29,353 || 12–17 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 || May 8 || Rangers || 5–4 || Jones (1–2) || Crabtree (0–1) || || 3:36 || 21,662 || 13–17 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 || May 9 || Rangers || 3–2 || Mlicki (3–2) || Davis (2–3) || Jones (7) || 2:55 || 17,933 || 14–17 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 || May 10 || Rangers || 6–5 || Patterson (3–1) || Zimmerman (1–3) || Jones (8) || 2:56 || 25,306 || 15–17 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 || May 11 || Angels || 7–6 || Jones (2–2) ||Lukasiewicz (0–1) || || 4:17 || 18,811 || 16–17 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || May 12 || Angels || 4–1 || Anderson (2–0) || Hasegawa (1–3) || || 2:53 || 22,133 || 17–17 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 35 || May 13 || Angels || 14–2 || Washburn (2–4) || Holt (3–3) || || 3:16 || 20,012 || 17–18 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 15 || @ Orioles || 11–3 || Ponson (1–3) || Mlicki (3–3) || || 3:07 || 33,853 || 17–19 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 16 || @ Orioles || 3–2 || Hentgen (2–3) || Weaver (3–5) || Ryan (1) || 2:24 || 27,722 || 17–20 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || May 17 || @ Orioles || 7–5 || Sparks (2–2) || Roberts (4–3) || Jones (9) || 2:52 || 27,508 || 18–20 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || May 18 || @ Devil Rays || 18–2 || Santos (1–0) || Sturtze (1–3) || || 3:00 || 12,131 || 19–20 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 40 || May 19 || @ Devil Rays || 10–5 || Holt (4–3) || Lopez (3–4) || Patterson (1) || 2:59 || 13,304 || 20–20 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 20 || @ Devil Rays || 10–2 || Wilson (2–5) || Mlicki (3–4) || || 2:39 || 13,512 || 20–21 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 || May 22 || @ Indians || 3–0 || Weaver (4–5) || Colón (4–4) || Jones (10) || 3:00 || 35,362 || 21–21 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 23 || @ Indians || 4–3 || Wickman (2–0) || Borkowski (0–1) || || 3:11 || 36,804 || 21–22 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 24 || @ Indians || 8–5 || Burba (7–2) || Santos (1–1) || Wickman (8) || 3:10 || 36,295 || 21–23 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 25 || White Sox || 8–4 || Lowe (2–0) || Jones (2–3) || || 3:08 || 21,053 || 21–24 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 26 || White Sox || 8–0 || Buehrle (2–3) || Mlicki (3–5) || || 2:39 || 25,881 || 21–25 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 27 || White Sox || 3–2 || Barceló (1–0) || Patterson (3–2) || Lowe (1) || 3:55 || 17,355 || 21–26 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 28 || Indians || 12–6 || Sparks (3–2) || Finley (4–4) || || 2:56 || 24,615 || 22–26 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 49 || May 29 || Indians || 6–4 || Shuey (4–1) || Murray (0–2) || Wickman (10) || 3:20 || 21,404 || 22–27 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 50 || May 30 || Indians || 8–4 || Wright (1–0) || Holt (4–4) || Wickman (11) || 3:31 || 18,359 || 22–28 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || May 31 || @ White Sox || colspan=8 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 4 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 51 || June 1 || @ White Sox || 3–0 || Buehrle (3–3) || Mlicki (3–6) || Foulke (10) || 2:34 || 19,840 || 22–29 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 52 || June 2 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Wells (4–5) || Weaver (4–6) || Foulke (11) || 2:30 || 23,915 || 22–30 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 53 || June 3 || @ White Sox || 9–6 (10) || Howry (3–2) || Jones (2–4) || || 3:17 || 19,446 || 22–31 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 54 || June 5 || @ Red Sox || 4–3 (18) || Wakefield (3–0) || Borkowski (0–2) || || 5:52 || 32,814 || 22–32 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 || June 6 || @ Red Sox || 7–3 || Mlicki (4–6) || Castillo (5–4) || Anderson (2) || 3:14 || 32,794 || 23–32 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 56 || June 7 || @ Red Sox || 8–1 || Wakefield (4–0) || Santos (1–2)|| Arrojo (5) || 2:59 || 32,132 || 23–33 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 || June 8 || Brewers || 9–4 || Weaver (5–6) || Rigdon (3–4) || || 3:23 || 27,770 || 24–33 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 || June 9 || Brewers || 6–5 || Anderson (3–0) || Leskanic (2–3) || || 2:52 || 26,276 || 25–33 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 59 || June 10 || Brewers || 8–3 || Wright (5–4) || Holt (4–5) || || 2:51 || 23,070 || 25–34 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 12 || Pirates || 13–3 || Ritchie (1–8)|| Mlicki (4–7) || || 2:41 || 15,919 || 25–35 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 61 || June 13 || Pirates || 6–3 || Weaver (6–6) || Beimel (2–2)|| Anderson (3) || 3:04 || 17,639 || 26–35 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 || June 14 || Pirates || 6–4 || Sparks (4–2) || Arroyo (3–5) || Anderson (4) || 2:45 || 17,305 || 27–35 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 || June 15 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–2 || Holt (5–5) || Brohawn (1–3) || Anderson (5) || 2:59 || 31,683 || 28–35 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 64 || June 16 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–1 || Ellis (6–2) || Blair (0–1) || Prinz (6) || 2:44 || 35,028 || 28–36 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 65 || June 17 || @ Diamondbacks || 8–3 || Schilling (11–2) || Mlicki (4–8) || || 2:34 || 39,760 || 28–37 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 18 || Yankees || 10–1 || Clemens (9–1) || Weaver (6–7) || || 3:03 || 29,365 || 28–38 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 || June 19 || Yankees || 7–1 || Sparks (5–2) || Keisler (1–2) || || 2:20 || 24,171 || 29–38 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 || June 20 || Yankees || 5–2 || Holt (6–5) || Hernández (0–1) || Anderson (6) || 3:18 || 23,618 || 30–38 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || June 21 || Yankees || colspan=8 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 18 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 || June 22 || Twins || 5–4 || Jones (3–4) || Wells (5–3) || || 3:01 || 28,282 || 31–38 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 70 || June 23 || Twins || 10–9 || Patterson (4–2) || Carrasco (3–3) || Jones (11) || 3:18 || 28,935 || 32–38 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 71 || June 24 || Twins || 14–5 || Milton (8–3) || Sparks (5–3) || || 3:04 || 27,024 || 32–39 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 25 || Twins || 6–3 || Mays (9–5) || Holt (6–6) || Hawkins (17) || 2:43 || 22,302 || 32–40 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 73 || June 26 || @ Royals || 12–5 || Reichert (7–6) || Blair (0–2) || || 2:39 || 13,966 || 32–41 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 27 || @ Royals || 5–4 || Hernández (2–2) || Jones (3–5) || || 2:50 || 15,207 || 32–42 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 75 || June 28 || @ Royals || 9–2 || Durbin (6–6) || Weaver (6–8) || || 2:39 || 22,239 || 32–43 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || June 29 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Wells (6–3) || Murray (0–3) || Hawkins (19) || 2:41 || 21,312 || 32–44 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 77 || June 30 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Mays (10–5) || Holt (6–6) || Guardado (3) || 2:12 || 34,460 || 32–45 || box |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 78 || July 1 || @ Twins || 8–3 || Santana (1–0) || Blair (0–3) || || 2:41 || 21,031 || 32–46 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 || July 3 || Royals || 8–4 || Lima (2–2) || Durbin (6–7) || || 2:55 || 23,824 || 33–46 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 || July 4 || Royals || 6–4 || Weaver (7–8) || Bailey (1–1) || Anderson (7) || 3:22 || 27,115 || 34–46 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 || July 5 || Royals || 7–1 || Sparks (6–3) || Wilson (2–1) || || 2:20 || 22,281 || 35–46 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 82 || July 6 || Cubs || 15–9 || Heredia (2–0) || Nitkowski (0–2) || || 3:49 || 39,906 || 35–47 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 83 || July 7 || Cubs || 10–6 || Lieber (11–4) || Blair (0–4) || || 3:09 || 39,697 || 35–48 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 84 || July 8 || Cubs || 9–6 || Jones (4–5) || Heredia (2–1) || Anderson (8) || 2:59 || 38,729 || 36–48 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 85 || July 12 || @ Cardinals || 7–5 || Weaver (8–8) || Kile (9–7) || Anderson (9) || 3:14 || 35,554 || 37–48 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 86 || July 13 || @ Cardinals || 4–1 || Sparks (7–3) || Matthews (3–4) || || 2:32 || 38,667 || 38–48 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 87 || July 14 || @ Cardinals || 3–2 || Morris (11–5) || Lima (2–3) || Kline (3) || 2:36 || 47,176 || 38–49 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 88 || July 15 || @ Reds || 8–5 || Blair (1–4) || Nichting (0–3) || Anderson (10) || 3:07 || 24,719 || 39–49 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 89 || July 16 || @ Reds || 9–1 || Davis (2–1) || Pettyjohn (0–1) || || 2:28 || 19,757 || 39–50 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 90 || July 17 || @ Reds || 3–1 || Weaver (9–8) || Reitsma (4–9) || Anderson (11) || 2:58 || 19,933 || 40–50 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 91 || July 18 || Yankees || 8–5 || Clemens (13–1) || Sparks (7–4) || Rivera (32) || 2:49 || 14,800 || 40–51 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 92 || July 18 || Yankees || 12–4 || Santos (2–2) || Lilly (3–3) || || 3:11 || 33,216 || 41–51 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 93 || July 19 || Yankees || 11–2 || Lima (3–3) || Pettitte (9–6) || || 2:38 || 35,320 || 42–51 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 94 || July 20 || @ Indians || 7–3 || Holt (7–7) || Westbrook (2–2) || || 3:03 || 42,520 || 43–51 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 95 || July 21 || @ Indians || 8–4 || Nagy (4–3) || Pettyjohn (0–2) || || 2:31 || 42,316 || 43–52 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 96 || July 22 || @ Indians || 6–3 || Colón (9–7) || Weaver (9–9) || || 3:07 || 42,462 || 43–53 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 97 || July 24 || @ Yankees || 5–3 || Pettitte (10–6) || Sparks (7–5) || Rivera (33) || 2:58 || 34,519 || 43–54 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 98 || July 25 || @ Yankees || 4–2 || Witasick (7–2) || Lima (3–4) || Rivera (34) || 2:40 || 34,480 || 43–55 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 99 || July 26 || @ Yankees || 14–8 || Mendoza (7–2) || Holt (7–8) || || 3:13 || 45,221 || 43–56 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 100 || July 27 || Indians || 7–4 || Colón (10–7) || Pettyjohn (0–3) || Wickman (18) || 2:57 || 39,504 || 43–57 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 101 || July 28 || Indians || 6–4 || Báez (1–0) || Murray (0–4) || Wickman (19) || 3:09 || 27,643 || 43–58 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 102 || July 28 || Indians || 4–2 || Weaver (10–9) || Woodard (1–1) || Anderson (12) || 2:44 || 34,916 || 44–58 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 103 || July 29 || Indians || 8–3 || Sparks (8–5) || Burba (9–8) || || 2:38 || 32,918 || 45–58 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 104 || July 31 || Mariners || 4–2 || Lima (4–4) || Sele (12–3) || Anderson (13) || 2:24 || 30,022 || 46–58 || box |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 105 || August 1 || Mariners || 7–1 || Abbott (11–2) || Holt (7–9) || || 3:01 || 23,847 || 46–59 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 106 || August 2 || Mariners || 2–1 || Piñeiro (2–0) || Pettyjohn (0–4) || Sasaki (35) || 2:23 || 27,097 || 46–60 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 107 || August 3 || Athletics || 2–1 || Hudson (13–6) || Weaver (10–10) || || 2:25 || 30,071 || 46–61 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 108 || August 4 || Athletics || 10–1 || Zito (7–7) || Sparks (8–6) || || 2:29 || 28,331 || 46–62 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 109 || August 5 || Athletics || 4–1 || Lidle (6–5) || Lima (4–5) || Isringhausen (20) || 2:18 || 26,626 || 46–63 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 110 || August 6 || Athletics || 6–3 || Vizcaíno (1–0) || Patterson (4–3) || Isringhausen (21) || 3:06 || 21,830 || 46–64 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 111 || August 7 || @ Rangers || 7–3 || Perisho (1–2) || Venafro (4–3) || || 2:44 || 26,621 || 47–64 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 112 || August 8 || @ Rangers || 19–6 || Patterson (5–3) || Venafro (4–4) || || 3:26 || 30,016 || 48–64 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 113 || August 9 || @ Rangers || 7–3 || Helling (9–9) || Sparks (8–7) || || 3:08 || 27,652 || 48–65 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 114 || August 10 || @ Royals || 7–3 || Byrd (5–5) || Weaver (10–11) || Stein (1) || 2:38 || 22,107 || 48–66 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 115 || August 11 || @ Royals || 4–1 || George (1–3) || Lima (4–6) || Hernández (21) || 2:04 || 26,943 || 48–67 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 116 || August 12 || @ Royals || 6–4 || Suppan (6–10) || Pettyjohn (0–5) || Hernández (22) || 2:31 || 17,811 || 48–68 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 117 || August 14 || Angels || 7–1 || Washburn (10–6) || Cornejo (0–1) || || 2:52 || 24,082 || 48–69 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 118 || August 15 || Angels || 5–1 || Perisho (2–2) || Holtz (0–1) || || 2:33 || 20,853 || 49–69 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 119 || August 16 || Angels || 4–2 || Schoeneweis (10–8) || Weaver (10–12) || Percival (34) || 2:37 || 22,141 || 49–70 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 120 || August 17 || Royals || 4–2 || Lima (5–6) || George (1–4) || Anderson (14) || 2:12 || 30,214 || 50–70 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 121 || August 18 || Royals || 8–4 || Suppan (7–10) || Nitkowski (0–3) || || 2:50 || 31,897 || 50–71 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 122 || August 19 || Royals || 4–3 || Cornejo (1–1) || Durbin (7–12) || Anderson (15) || 2:17 || 26,898 || 51–71 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 123 || August 20 || @ Mariners || 4–1 || Sparks (9–7) || García (15–5) || || 2:22 || 45,972 || 52–71 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 124 || August 21 || @ Mariners || 4–1 || Sele (13–4) || Weaver (10–13) || Sasaki (40) || 2:20 || 45,036 || 52–72 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 125 || August 22 || @ Mariners || 16–1 || Abbott (13–3) || Lima (5–7) || || 2:57 || 45,814 || 52–73 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 126 || August 23 || @ Mariners || 5–1 || Piñeiro (3–0) || Redman (2–5) || || 3:10 || 45,063 || 52–74 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 127 || August 24 || @ Athletics || 8–4 || Cornejo (2–1) || Hudson (14–7) || || 3:20 || 41,646 || 53–74 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 128 || August 25 || @ Athletics || 6–1 || Zito (10–8) || Sparks (9–8) || || 2:45 || 24,236 || 53–75 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 129 || August 26 || @ Athletics || 7–6 || Tam (2–3) || Perisho (2–3) || Isringhausen (26) || 3:13 || 27,915 || 53–76 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 130 || August 28 || White Sox || 8–6 || Embree (1–3) || Patterson (5–4) || Howry (5) || 2:59 || 19,129 || 53–77 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 131 || August 29 || White Sox || 8–3 || Glover (4–1) || Redman (2–6) || || 3:19 || 21,998 || 53–78 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 132 || August 30 || White Sox || 3–1 || Cornejo (3–1) || Buehrle (12–7) || Anderson (16) || 2:04 || 24,364 || 54–78 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 133 || August 31 || @ Blue Jays || 4–3 || Sparks (10–8) || Borbón (2–4) || Anderson (17) || 2:49 || 22,383 || 55–78 || box |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 134 || September 1 || @ Blue Jays || 3–1 || Lyon (4–2) || Weaver (10–14) || Plesac (1) || 2:13 || 22,052 || 55–79 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 135 || September 2 || @ Blue Jays || 11–0 || Loaiza (10–11) || Lima (5–8) || || 2:39 || 24,146 || 55–80 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 136 || September 4 || @ White Sox || 10–1 || Buehrle (13–7) || Cornejo (3–2) || || 2:41 || N/A || 55–81 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 137 || September 4 || @ White Sox || 4–0 || Lowe (7–4) || Pettyjohn (0–6) || || 2:31 || 13,265 || 55–82 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 138 || September 5 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Wright (3–2) || Sparks (10–9) || Foulke (37) || 2:45 || 14,576 || 55–83 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 139 || September 6 || @ White Sox || 6–2 || Weaver (11–14) || Garland (6–6) || || 3:27 || 13,602 || 56–83 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 140 || September 7 || Blue Jays || 2–1 || Lyon (5–2) || Lima (5–9) || Koch (31) || 2:20 || 28,083 || 56–84 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 141 || September 8 || Blue Jays || 4–3 || Murray (1–4) || Halladay (3–2) || Anderson (18) || 2:45 || 29,158 || 57–84 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 142 || September 9 || Blue Jays || 6–3 || Carpenter (10–11) || Cornejo (3–3) || Guardado (6) || 2:56 || 24,652 || 57–85 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 143 || September 10 || Twins || 3–2 || Mays (15–13) || Pineda (0–1) || || 2:48 || 19,456 || 57–86 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || September 11 || Twins || colspan=8 | Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || September 12 || Twins || colspan=8 | Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || September 13 || Twins || colspan=8 | Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || September 14 || Royals || colspan=8 | Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || September 15 || Royals || colspan=8 | Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || September 16 || Royals || colspan=8 | Postponed (9/11 attack) Rescheduled for October 7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 144 || September 18 || @ Twins || 8–3 || Radke (13–9) || Weaver (11–15) || || 2:48 || 10,878 || 57–87 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 145 || September 19 || @ Twins || 6–2 || Sparks (11–9) || Milton (14–6) || || 2:28 || 10,157 || 58–87 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 146 || September 20 || @ Twins || 3–0 || Mays (16–13) || Lima (5–10) || || 2:07 || 9,754 || 58–88 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 147 || September 21 || @ Red Sox || 5–2 || Fossum (2–1) || Murray (1–5) || Urbina (21) || 2:33 || 30,905 || 58–89 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 148 || September 22 || @ Red Sox || 4–3 || Pettyjohn (1–6) || Arrojo (5–4) || Anderson (19) || 3:05 || 30,871 || 59–89 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 149 || September 23 || @ Red Sox || 12–6 || Weaver (12–15) || Nomo (12–9) || || 3:04 || 31,333 || 60–89 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 150 || September 24 || @ Royals || 4–2 || Sparks (12–9) || Suppan (9–13) || Anderson (20) || 2:34 || 12,152 || 61–89 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 151 || September 25 || @ Royals || 6–4 || Lima (6–10) || George (4–6) || Anderson (21) || 2:47 || 11,160 || 62–89 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 152 || September 26 || @ Royals || 8–6 || Stein (6–8) || Murray (1–6) || Hernández (25) || 3:05 || 11,097 || 62–90 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 153 || September 27 || @ Royals || 8–7 || MacDougal (1–0) || Cornejo (3–4) || Hernández (26) || 3:35 || 11,978 || 62–91 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 154 || September 28 || Red Sox || 4–1 || Weaver (13–15) || Nomo (12–10) || Anderson (22) || 2:54 || 32,453 || 63–91 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 155 || September 29 || Red Sox || 7–2 || Sparks (13–9) || Kim (0–2) || || 2:25 || 30,089 || 64–91 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 156 || September 30 || Red Sox || 8–5 || Castillo (9–9) || Lima (6–11) || Urbina (23) || 3:15 || 29,229 || 64–92 || box |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 157 || October 2 || Twins || 5–0 || Radke (14–11) || Murray (1–7) || || 2:20 || 11,941 || 64–93 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 158 || October 3 || Twins || 9–5 || Cornejo (4–4) || Fiore (0–1) || || 2:39 || 12,318 || 65–93 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 159 || October 4 || Twins || 5–4 || Carrasco (4–3) || Anderson (3–1) || Guardado (10) || 2:44 || 15,454 || 65–94 || box |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || October 5 || Royals || colspan=8 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 160 || October 6 || Royals || 8–3 || Suppan (10–14) || Weaver (13–16) || Hernández (28) || 2:50 || N/A || 65–95 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 161 || October 6 || Royals || 2–1 || Sparks (14–9) || George (4–8) || || 1:56 || 18,884 || 66–95 || box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 162 || October 7 || Royals || 10–4 || Stein (7–8) || Lima (6–12) || || 2:14 || 19,261 || 66–96 || box |-

Player stats

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
Damion Easley	154	585	146	.250	11	65
Bobby Higginson	147	541	150	.277	17	71
Roger Cedeño	131	523	153	.293	6	48
José Macías	137	488	131	.268	8	51
Shane Halter	136	450	128	.284	12	65
Tony Clark	126	428	123	.287	16	75
Juan Encarnación	120	417	101	.242	12	52
Deivi Cruz	110	414	106	.256	7	52
Robert Fick	124	401	109	.272	19	61
Randall Simon	81	256	78	.305	6	37
Dean Palmer	57	216	48	.222	11	40
Wendell Magee	90	207	44	.213	5	17
Brandon Inge	79	189	34	.180	0	15
Ryan Jackson	79	118	25	.212	2	11
Javier Cardona	46	96	25	.260	1	10
Eric Munson	17	66	10	.152	1	6
Jarrod Patterson	13	41	11	.268	2	4
Chris Wakeland	10	36	9	.250	2	6
Billy McMillon	20	34	3	.088	1	4
Mike Rivera	4	12	4	.333	0	1
Jermaine Clark	3	0	0	----	0	0
Pedro Santana	1	0	0	----	0	0
Pitcher Totals	162	19	1	.053	0	0
Team Totals	162	5537	1439	.260	139	691

Note: Individual pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Sparks	35	232.0	14	9	3.65	116
Jeff Weaver	33	229.1	13	16	4.08	152
Chris Holt	30	151.1	7	9	5.77	80
José Lima	18	112.2	5	10	4.71	43
Dave Mlicki	15	81.0	4	8	7.33	48
Nate Cornejo	10	42.2	4	4	7.38	22
Mark Redman	2	9.0	0	2	6.00	4
Brian Moehler	1	8.0	0	0	3.38	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Víctor Santos	33	76.1	2	2	3.30	52
Adam Pettyjohn	16	65.0	1	6	5.82	40
Willie Blair	9	24.0	1	4	10.50	15

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO =Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Matt Anderson	62	56.0	3	1	22	4.82	52
Danny Patterson	60	64.2	5	4	1	3.06	27
C.J. Nitkowski	56	45.1	0	3	0	5.56	38
Todd Jones	45	48.2	4	5	11	4.62	39
Heath Murray	40	63.1	1	7	0	6.54	42
Matt Perisho	30	39.1	2	3	0	5.72	19
Luis Pineda	16	18.1	0	1	0	4.91	13
Dave Borkowski	15	29.2	0	2	0	6.37	30
Matt Miller	13	9.2	0	0	0	7.45	6
Kevin Tolar	9	10.2	0	0	0	6.75	11
Adam Bernero	5	12.1	0	0	0	7.30	8
Team Pitching Totals	162	1429.1	66	96	34	5.01	859

Farm system

References

2001 Detroit Tigers First Half Season Schedule/Results
2001 Detroit Tigers Second Half Season Schedule/Results
2001 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

References

"Randall Simon Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesto02.shtml Todd Jones Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (2011-04-12 ''Baseball-Reference.com'')
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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