2001 Montreal Expos season

The 2001 Montreal Expos season was the 33rd season in franchise history.

Offseason December 21, 2000: Tim Raines signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 21, 2000: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.

Spring training In 2001, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their fourth season there.

Regular season April 6, 2001 – In an era where the only bright spot for Expos fans was Vladimir Guerrero, another bright spot emerges as hero Tim Raines returns to Montreal for one last hurrah. In Rock's first at-bat back at the Big O he drew a walk off Glendon Rusch. Throughout the whole at-bat every Expo fan at the stadium stood and clapped for Timmy...all 45,183 of them. In a season that ended with talks of contraction, Felipe Alou was released as the Expos manager. He was replaced by former Chicago White Sox manager Jeff Torborg. Future White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén was a coach for the Expos.

Opening Day lineup Source Montreal Expos at Chicago Cubs Box Score, April 2, 2001 at Baseball Reference

+Opening Day StartersName Position Peter Bergeron Center fielderJosé Vidro Second basemanFernando Tatís Third basemanVladimir Guerrero Right fielderLee Stevens First basemanMilton Bradley Left fielderOrlando Cabrera ShortstopMichael Barrett CatcherJavier Vázquez Starting pitcher

Season standings National League East

Record vs. opponents

+Expos vs. American LeagueTeamAL EastBALBOSNYYTBTORMontreal1–21–21–22–13–3

Transactions June 12, 2001: The Expos signed Rob Ducey as a free agent. July 31, 2001: The Expos traded Milton Bradley to the Cleveland Indians for Zach Day.Milton Bradley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2001: The Expos traded Ugueth Urbina to the Boston Red Sox for Tomokazu Ohka and Rich Rundles (minors).– Ugueth Urbina at Baseball Reference

Roster 2001 Montreal Expos Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Pitching) (Bullpen) (Third base) (First base) (First base) (Bench) (Hitting)

Game log

Legend Expos win Expos loss PostponementBoldExpos team member

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 2 || @ Cubs || 5–4 (10) || Lloyd (1–0) || Fyhrie (0–1) || Urbina (1) || 38,466 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 4 || @ Cubs || 3–2 || Reames (1–0) || Wood (0–1) || Urbina (2) || 23,070 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || @ Cubs || 1–2 || Tapani (1–0) || Armas (0–1) || Fassero (1) || 16,758 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 6 || Mets || 10–6 || Thurman (1–0) || Rose (0–1) || — || 45,183 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 7 || Mets || 10-0 || Vázquez (1–0) || Trachsel (0–1) || — || 15,317 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 8 || Mets || 5–2 || Peters (1–0) || Leiter (0–1) || Urbina (3) || 11,321 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 9 || Cubs || 7–5 || Lloyd (2–0) || Aybar (0–1) || Urbina (4) || 5,776 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 10 || Cubs || 2–4 || Tapani (2–0) || Armas (0–2) || Fassero (3) || 8,314 || 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 11 || Cubs || 2–4 || Tavárez (2–0) || Thurman (1-1) || Fassero (4) || 9,632 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 13 || Marlins || 3–9 || Dempster (2–0) || Vázquez (1-1) || — || 12,554 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 14 || Marlins || 8–2 || Reames (2–0) || Clement (1-1) || — || 9,514 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 15 || Marlins || 3–6 || Grilli (1-1) || Armas (0–3) || Alfonseca (1) || 8,090 || 7–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ Mets || 3–4 || Reed (2–1) || Thurman (1–2) || Benítez (2) || 18,241 || 7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 17 || @ Mets || 0–4 || Rusch (1–0) || Peters (1-1) || — || 20,177 || 7–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 18 || @ Mets || 7–1 || Vázquez (2–1) || Trachsel (0–3) || — || 20,721 || 8–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 19 || @ Marlins || 2–5 || Looper (1-1) || Strickland (0–1) || Alfonseca (3) || 10,940 || 8–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 20 || @ Marlins || 1–5 || Grilli (2–1) || Armas (0–4) || — || 11,551 || 8–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 21 || @ Marlins || 0–5 || Penny (1–0) || Thurman (1–3) || — || 17,587 || 8–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 22 || @ Marlins || 6–2 || Peters (2–1) || Núñez (1–2) || — || 10,609 || 9–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 24 || @ Cardinals || 2–7 || Kile (3–2) || Vázquez (2–2) || — || 28,345 || 9–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 25 || @ Cardinals || 2–5 || Benes (1-1) || Reames (2–1) || Stechschulte (1) || 28,858 || 9–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || April 26 || @ Cardinals || 4–3 (15) || Yoshii (1–0) || James (1-1) || — || 42,373 || 10–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 27 || @ Brewers || 6–1 || Thurman (2–3) || Leiter (0–1) || — || 26,350 || 11–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || April 28 || @ Brewers || 4–8 || Sheets (1–2) || Peters (2–2) || — || 40,877 || 11–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 29 || @ Brewers || 0–10 || Wright (3–2) || Vázquez (2–3) || — || 32,700 || 11–14

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || May 1 || Diamondbacks || 3–8 || Schilling (4–0) || Reames (2–2) || — || 4,340 || 11–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 2 || Diamondbacks || 4–3 || Armas (1–4) || Anderson (0–3) || Lloyd (1) || 4,352 || 12–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 3 || Diamondbacks || 1–2 || Kim (2–1) || Lloyd (2–1) || Prinz (2) || 4,788 || 12–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 4 || Astros || 4–8 || Miller (5–1) || Vázquez (2–4) || — || 6,017 || 12–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 5 || Astros || 3–4 || Reynolds (2–2) || Reames (2–3) || Wagner (6) || 20,541 || 12–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 6 || Astros || 7–13 || Elarton (4–3) || Telford (0–1) || — || 6,041 || 12–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 7 || @ Giants || 2–6 || Ortiz (5–1) || Armas (1–5) || — || 38,249 || 12–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 8 || @ Giants || 1–9 || Estes (3–2) || Thurman (2–4) || — || 38,123 || 12–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 9 || @ Giants || 8–0 || Vázquez (3–4) || Hernández (2–5) || — || 38,074 || 13–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 10 || @ Giants || 0–13 || Rueter (4–3) || Reames (2–4) || — || 41,059 || 13–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 11 || @ Rockies || 4–13 || Neale (3–1) || Peters (2–3) || — || 43,680 || 13–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 12 || @ Rockies || 8–4 || Armas (2–5) || Thomson (0–1) || — || 43,730 || 14–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 13 || @ Rockies || 14–10 || Lloyd (3–1) || Astacio (4–3) || — || 42,235 || 15–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 15 || Dodgers || 2–0 || Vázquez (4–4) || Park (4–4) || — || 4,714 || 16–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 16 ||Dodgers || 2–7 || Dreifort (3–2) || Reames (2–5) || — || 4,759 || 16–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 17 || Dodgers || 3–1 || Armas (3–5) || Gagné (1–3) || Urbina (5) || 12,926 || 17–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 18 || Padres || 3–1 || Thurman (3–4) || Jarvis (2–4) || Urbina (6) || 6,851 || 18–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 19 || Padres || 7–20 || Serrano (1-1) || Yoshii (1-1) || — || 7,297 || 18–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 20 || Padres || 3–5 || Jones (2–5) || Vázquez (4–5) || Hoffman (7) || 7,269 || 18–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 21 || Mets || 3–6 || Rusch (3–3) || Reames (2–6) || Benítez (6) || 5,449 || 18–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 22 || Mets || 3–0 || Armas (4–5) || Gonzalez (1–2) || Urbina (7) || 4,186 || 19–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 23 || Mets || 2–4 || Leiter (2–3) || Peters (2–4) || Benítez (6) || 5,292 || 19–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 25 || @ Phillies || 8–10 || Oropesa (1–0) || Urbina (1-1) || — || 12,538 || 19–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || May 26 || @ Phillies || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain): Rescheduled for May 27 as part of a doubleheader. |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 27 (1) || @ Phillies || 5–7 || Brock (2–0) || Reames (2–7) || Mesa (14) || rowspan=2| 22,451 || 19–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || May 27 (2) || @ Phillies || 7–3 || Armas (5-5) || Byrd (0–1) || || 20–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 28 || @ Braves || 3–5 (8)|| Smoltz (1–2) || Yoshii (1–2) || Rocker (13) || 24,904 || 20–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || May 29 || @ Braves || 4–7 || Pérez (3–4) || Blank (0–1) || Rocker (14) || 26,818 || 20–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || May 30 || @ Braves || 4–3 || Vázquez (5–5) || Maddux (4–5) || Urbina (8) || 27,936 || 21–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || May 31 || Phillies || 2–5 || Cormier (3–0) || Strickland (0–2) || Mesa (16) || 5,042 || 21–33

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || June 1 || Phillies || 2–13 || Chen (2–3) || Reames (2–8) || — || 5,267 || 21–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 2 || Phillies || 12–5 || Armas (6–5) || Wolf (4–5) || — || 7,810 || 22–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 3 || Phillies || 10–3 || Yoshii (2–2) || Daal (6–1) || — || 6,504 || 23–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 5 || Braves || 1–3 || Maddux (5–5) || Vázquez (5–6) || Rocker (15) || 7,017 || 23–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 6 || Braves || 0–2 || Burkett (5–4) || Irabu (0–1) || Rocker (16) || 5,102 || 23–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 7 || Braves || 3–4 (11) || Marquis (1–0) || Strickland (5–7) || Ligtenberg (1) || 4,575 || 23–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 8 || @ Orioles || 0–5 || Towers (3–1) || Blank (0–2) || — || 39,940 || 23–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 9 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || Lloyd (4–1) || Ryan (2–2) || Urbina (9) || 39,521 || 24–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 10 || @ Orioles || 2–3 || Johnson (6–3) || Vázquez (5–7) || Groom (2) || 36,868 || 24–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 12 || @ Yankees || 2–1 (12) || Strickland (1–3) || Mendoza (2–1) || — || 30,034 || 25–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 13 || @ Yankees || 3–9 || Clemens (8–1) || Irabu (0–2) || — || 24,960 || 25–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 14 || @ Yankees || 6–9 || Keisler (1–1) || Yoshii (2–3) || Rivera (19) || 33,306 || 25–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 15 || Blue Jays || 3–9 || Carpenter (1–0) || Vázquez (5–8) || — || 8,692 || 25–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 16 || Blue Jays || 7–2 || Blank (1–2) || Loaiza (5–7) || || 11,113 || 26–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 17 || Blue Jays || 4–1 || Mota (2–0) || Quantrill (5–1) || — || 8,440 || 27–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 18 || @ Mets || 1–2 || Wendell (3–2) || Yoshii (2–4) || Benítez (12) || 32,569 || 27–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 19 || @ Mets || 1–4 || White (1–0) || Mota (1–1) || Franco (2)|| 27,578 || 27–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 20 || @ Mets || 3–4 || Leiter (4–5) || Vázquez (5–9) || Benítez (13) || 28,617 || 27–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 21 || @ Mets || 10–3 || Blank (2–2) || Appier (4–7) || — || 32,668 || 28–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 22 || @ Pirates || 11–5 || Armas (7–5) || Schmidt (3–3) || — || 33,439 || 29–45