2001 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON

The '2001 Major League Baseball season' finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in a Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. The attacks of September 11 pushed the end of the regular-season from September 30 to October 7. Because of that, the World Series was not completed until November 4, therefore it was called the 'The November Series'.

Major League Baseball final standings

'American League'
'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
'East Division'
1st	New York Yankees	95	65	.594	--
2nd	Boston Red Sox	82	79	.509	13.5
3rd	Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	16.0
4th	Baltimore Orioles	63	98	.391	32.5
5th	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	62	100	.383	34.0
'Central Division'
1st	Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562	--
2nd	Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	6.0
3rd	Chicago White Sox	83	79	.512	8.0
4th	Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	25.0
5th	Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	26.0
'West Division'
1st	Seattle Mariners	116	46	.716	--
2nd	Oakland Athletics ★	102	60	.630	14.0
3rd	Anaheim Angels	75	87	.463	41.0
4th	Texas Rangers	73	89	.451	43.0

'National League'
'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
'East Division'
1st	Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	--
2nd	Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	2.0
3rd	New York Mets	82	80	.506	6.0
4th	Florida Marlins	76	86	.469	12.0
5th	Montreal Expos	68	94	.420	20.0
'Central Division'
1st	Houston Astros	93	69	.574	--
2nd	St. Louis Cardinals ★	93	69	.574	--
3rd	Chicago Cubs	88	74	.543	5.0
4th	Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	25.0
5th	Cincinnati Reds	66	96	.407	27.0
6th	Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	.383	31.0
'West Division'
1st	Arizona Diamondbacks	92	70	.568	--
2nd	San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	2.0
3rd	Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	6.0
4th	San Diego Padres	79	83	.488	13.0
5th	Colorado Rockies	73	89	.451	19.0

★ Wild card

Postseason

★ World Series Champion - Arizona Diamondbacks

★ Postseason - October 9 to November 4
Click on any series score to link to that series' page.

Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.

The National League Champion has home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the pre-2003 "alternating years" rule.

American League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of the AL regular season champion (Seattle Mariners) and the AL wild card (Oakland Athletics) coming from the same division.

National League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of the NL regular season champion (Houston Astros) and the NL wild card (St. Louis Cardinals) coming from the same division.

★ Postseason MVPs

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★ World Series MVP - Randy Johnson/Curt Schilling (co-MVPs)

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★ ALCS MVP - Andy Pettitte

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★ NLCS MVP - Craig Counsell

★ All-Star Game, July 10 at Safeco Field: American League, 4-1; Cal Ripken, Jr., MVP

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★ Home Run Derby, July 9 - Luis González, Arizona Diamondbacks