2001 Atlanta Braves season

The 2001 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 36th season in Atlanta and 131st overall. The Braves won their seventh consecutive division title. The season saw the team finish first in the NL East Division with an 88-74 record – the worst among playoff teams in 2001, and also the worst record for the Braves since the 1994 strike-reduced season (meaning the worst record through their run of 11 consecutive division titles starting in 1995). Atlanta finished the season with just a 2 game division lead over the Philadelphia Phillies.

2001 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	AOL Time Warner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	TBS Superstation Turner South (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
Radio	WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) WATB (Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
Seasons

The Braves playing against the Boston Red Sox during a 2001 away game at Fenway Park.

The Braves swept the favored Houston Astros in the NLDS before losing to the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS 4–1, in which Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling notably dominated Atlanta's offense.

Offseason

• October 31, 2000: Bobby Bonilla was released by the Atlanta Braves.
• December 13, 2000: Rico Brogna was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
• January 26, 2001: Steve Avery was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
• March 30, 2001: Steve Avery was released by the Atlanta Braves.

Regular season

The Braves played the Mets in the first game in New York after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. The game was played on September 21 and it was a 3-2 New York Mets victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Opening Day starters

• Rafael Furcal
• Tom Glavine
• Wes Helms
• Andruw Jones
• Chipper Jones
• Brian Jordan
• Javy López
• B. J. Surhoff
• Quilvio Veras

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	—	40‍–‍41	48‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	2	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
New York Mets	82	80	.506	6	44‍–‍37	38‍–‍43
Florida Marlins	76	86	.469	12	46‍–‍34	30‍–‍52
Montreal Expos	68	94	.420	20	34‍–‍47	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	5–2	6–3	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–4	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	3–4	4–2	12–7	10–9	2–4	7–8
Atlanta	2–5	—	4–2	4–2	4–2	9–10	3–3	2–5	3–3	13–6	10–9	10–9	5–1	3–3	4–2	3–3	9–9
Chicago	3–6	2–4	—	13–4	3–3	3–3	8–9	4–2	8–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–6	2–4	3–3	9–8	9–6
Cincinnati	1–5	2–4	4–13	—	3–6	4–2	6–11	4–2	6–10	4–2	4–2	2–4	9–8	2–4	4–2	7–10	4–11
Colorado	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–3	—	4–2	2–4	8–11	5–1	3–4	4–3	2–4	2–4	9–10	9–10	6–3	2–10
Florida	2–4	10–9	3–3	2–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–5	4–2	12–7	7–12	5–14	4–2	3–4	2–4	3–3	12–6
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–8	11–6	4–2	3–3	—	2–4	12–5	6–0	3–3	3–3	9–8	3–6	3–3	9–7	9–6
Los Angeles	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–4	11–8	5–2	4–2	—	5–1	2–4	2–4	3–3	7–2	9–10	11–8	3–3	6–9
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	9–8	10–6	1–5	2–4	5–12	1–5	—	4–2	3–3	3–3	6–11	1–5	5–4	7–10	5–10
Montreal	3–3	6–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	7–12	0–6	4–2	2–4	—	8–11	9–10	5–1	3–3	2–5	2–4	8–10
New York	3–3	9–10	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–8	—	11–8	4–2	1–5	3–4	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	4–3	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	14–5	3–3	3–3	3–3	10–9	8–11	—	5–1	5–2	3–3	2–4	7–11
Pittsburgh	2–4	1–5	6–10	8–9	4–2	2–4	8–9	2–7	11–6	1–5	2–4	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	3–14	8–7
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	4–3	6–3	10–9	5–1	3–3	5–1	2–5	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	6–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–4	3–3	2–4	10–9	4–2	3–3	8–11	4–5	5–2	4–3	3–3	5–1	14–5	—	4–2	10–5
St. Louis	4–2	3–3	8–9	10–7	3–6	3–3	7–9	3–3	10–7	4–2	5–1	4–2	14–3	5–1	2–4	—	8–7

Notable transactions

A lineup card for a 2001 spring training game between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals.

• May 10, 2001: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
• June 22, 2001: John Rocker was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Troy Cameron (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Karsay and Steve Reed.
• July 5, 2001: Ken Caminiti was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
• July 31, 2001: Rey Sánchez was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Voyles (minors) and Alejandro Machado (minors).
• August 7, 2001: Quilvio Veras was released by the Atlanta Braves.
• August 31, 2001: Julio Franco was purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

Roster

2001 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 19 John Burkett 32 José Cabrera 47 Tom Glavine 20 Steve Karsay 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Greg Maddux 38 Jason Marquis 34 Kevin Millwood 50 Trey Moore 27 Damian Moss 40 Joe Nelson 45 Odalis Pérez 36 Steve Reed 37 Mike Remlinger 49 John Rocker 48 Rudy Seánez 51 Chris Seelbach 36 Joe Slusarski 29 John Smoltz 49,64 Scott Sobkowiak 43 Tim Spooneybarger 43 Marc Valdes 48 Matt Whiteside		Catchers  9 Paul Bako  8 Javy López 12 Eddie Pérez 50 Steve Torrealba Infielders 11 Kurt Abbott 30 Wilson Betemit  2 Rico Brogna 11 Ken Caminiti 16 Mark DeRosa 28,4 Julio Franco  1 Rafael Furcal 22 Jesse Garcia 24 Marcus Giles 18 Wes Helms 10 Chipper Jones  7 Keith Lockhart  2 Rey Sánchez  4 Quilvio Veras		Outfielders 40 Cory Aldridge 23 Bernard Gilkey 25 Andruw Jones 33 Brian Jordan 14 Dave Martinez 15 B. J. Surhoff		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 52 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 17 Glenn Hubbard (1st base) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching) 28 Merv Rettenmund (hitting)  5 Ned Yost (3rd base)

Game log

2001 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 40–41; Away: 48–33)
April: 12–14 (Home: 5–4; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 @ Reds 10–4 Valdes (1–0) Reyes (0–1) — 41,901 1–0 2 April 3 Mets 4–6 (10) Cook (1–0) Ligtenberg (0–1) Benitez (1) 42,117 1–1 3 April 4 Mets 3–2 Rocker (1–0) Wall (0–1) — 27,924 2–1 4 April 5 Mets 1–7 Reed (1–0) Perez (0–1) — 34,219 2–2 5 April 6 @ Marlins 7–5 Maddux (1–0) Grilli (0–1) Rocker (1) 15,857 3–2 6 April 7 @ Marlins 0–8 Dempster (1–0) Burkett (0–1) — 27,224 3–3 7 April 8 @ Marlins 1–6 Clement (1–0) Glavine (0–1) — 20,880 3–4 8 April 9 @ Mets 4–9 Appier (1–0) Millwood (0–1) — 53,640 3–5 9 April 11 @ Mets 2–0 Maddux (2–0) Reed (1–1) Rocker (2) 36,048 4–5 10 April 12 @ Mets 0–1 (10) Benitez (1–0) Ligtenberg (0–2) — 27,694 4–6 11 April 13 Phillies 4–2 Glavine (1–1) Wolf (0–2) Rocker (3) 31,017 5–6 12 April 14 Phillies 1–2 Daal (1–0) Millwood (0–2) Mesa (4) 35,979 5–7 13 April 15 Phillies 3–0 Perez (1–1) Person (1–1) Rocker (4) 24,472 6–7 14 April 16 Marlins 4–3 Rocker (2–0) Miceli (0–2) — 24,015 7–7 15 April 17 Marlins 2–3 Nunez (1–1) Burkett (0–2) Alfonseca (2) 27,522 7–8 16 April 18 Marlins 1–0 Glavine (2–1) Dempster (2–1) Rocker (5) 30,233 8–8 17 April 20 @ Phillies 3–8 Gomes (2–0) Perez (1–2) — 16,245 8–9 18 April 21 @ Phillies 1–4 Person (2–1) Maddux (2–1) — 17,123 8–10 19 April 22 @ Phillies 2–3 Telemaco (2–0) Burkett (0–3) Gomes (1) 26,756 8–11 20 April 23 @ Astros 9–7 Glavine (3–1) Dotel (1–2) — 29,122 9–11 21 April 24 @ Astros 6–11 Reynolds (1–1) Perez (1–3) Bottenfield (1) 29,216 9–12 22 April 25 @ Astros 11–3 Millwood (1–2) Elarton (3–2) — 31,223 10–12 23 April 26 @ Diamondbacks 6–13 Ellis (3–0) Maddux (2–2) — 27,362 10–13 24 April 27 @ Diamondbacks 9–0 Burkett (1–3) Reynoso (1–4) — 32,663 11–13 25 April 28 @ Diamondbacks 3–1 Glavine (4–1) Johnson (3–3) Rocker (6) 45,264 12–13 26 April 29 @ Diamondbacks 5–7 Sabel (1–0) Perez (1–4) Brohawn (1) 34,356 12–14
May: 14–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 3–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 Brewers 3–5 Haynes (3–2) Millwood (1–3) Leskanic (3) 24,922 12–15 28 May 2 Brewers 1–0 Maddux (3–2) Rigdon (2–1) — 24,802 13–15 29 May 3 Brewers 0–5 Sheets (2–2) Burkett (1–4) — 26,411 13–16 30 May 4 Cardinals 2–4 Hermanson (2–1) Glavine (4–2) Veres (3) 40,981 13–17 31 May 5 Cardinals 6–5 Remlinger (1–0) Timlin (1–1) Rocker (7) 48,543 14–17 32 May 6 Cardinals 7–5 Cabrera (1–0) Stechschulte (0–2) Rocker (8) 44,144 15–17 33 May 8 @ Padres 1–7 Jarvis (2–3) Maddux (3–3) — 20,494 15–18 34 May 9 @ Padres 3–0 Burkett (2–4) Jones (1–4) Rocker (9) 18,902 16–18 35 May 10 @ Padres 5–6 Myers (1–1) Remlinger (1–1) Hoffman (5) 20,056 16–19 36 May 11 @ Dodgers 5–1 Perez (2–4) Gagne (1–2) — 54,343 17–19 37 May 12 @ Dodgers 0–1 Shaw (1–1) Whiteside (0–1) — 53,006 17–20 38 May 13 @ Dodgers 1–3 Prokopec (4–1) Maddux (3–4) Shaw (13) 37,152 17–21 39 May 15 Rockies 5–3 Remlinger (2–1) Hampton (5–1) Rocker (10) 28,921 18–21 40 May 16 Rockies 6–4 Cabrera (2–0) Wasdin (2–1) Rocker (11) 32,461 19–21 41 May 17 Rockies 3–8 Neagle (4–1) Smoltz (0–1) — 31,221 19–22 42 May 18 Giants 6–5 Cabrera (3–0) Nen (2–1) — 34,429 20–22 43 May 19 Giants 3–6 Worrell (1–0) Cabrera (3–1) Nen (10) 42,789 20–23 44 May 20 Giants 11–6 Ligtenberg (1–2) Hernandez (3–6) — 33,696 21–23 45 May 21 @ Marlins 5–3 Glavine (5–2) Clement (2–4) Rocker (12) 12,169 22–23 46 May 22 @ Marlins 2–3 Smith (3–0) Smoltz (0–2) Alfonseca (10) 12,014 22–24 – May 23 @ Marlins Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27 47 May 25 Pirates 1–0 Maddux (4–4) Ritchie (0–6) — 28,120 23–24 48 May 26 Pirates 9–3 Burkett (3–4) Wengert (0–2) — 40,788 24–24 49 May 27 Pirates 3–6 Arroyo (3–4) Glavine (5–3) Williams (8) 35,728 24–25 50 May 28 Expos 5–3 (8) Smoltz (1–2) Yoshii (1–2) Rocker (13) 24,904 25–25 51 May 29 Expos 7–4 Perez (3–4) Blank (0–1) Rocker (14) 26,818 26–25 52 May 30 Expos 3–4 Vazquez (5–5) Maddux (4–5) Urbina (8) 27,936 26–26
June: 19–9 (Home: 4–6; Away: 15–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 @ Pirates 5–1 Burkett (4–4) Ritchie (0–7) — 34,230 27–26 – June 2 @ Pirates Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 3 54 June 3 (1) @ Pirates 11–7 Glavine (6–3) Olivares (2–6) — N/A 28–26 55 June 3 (2) @ Pirates 8–3 Smoltz (2–2) Anderson (3–5) — 36,924 29–26 56 June 5 @ Expos 3–1 Maddux (5–5) Vazquez (5–6) Rocker (15) 7,017 30–26 57 June 6 @ Expos 2–0 Burkett (5–4) Irabu (0–1) Rocker (16) 5,102 31–26 58 June 7 @ Expos 4–3 (11) Marquis (1–0) Strickland (0–3) Ligtenberg (1) 4,575 32–26 59 June 8 @ Yankees 4–7 Pettitte (7–4) Glavine (6–4) Rivera (18) 50,090 32–27 60 June 9 @ Yankees 10–6 Cabrera (4–1) Choate (2–1) Rocker (17) 55,107 33–27 61 June 10 @ Yankees 4–1 Maddux (6–5) Mussina (5–7) Rocker (18) 41,392 34–27 62 June 11 @ Blue Jays 4–9 File (2–1) Burkett (5–5) — 16,885 34–28 63 June 12 @ Blue Jays 3–0 Perez (4–4) Parris (3–5) Rocker (19) 20,448 35–28 64 June 13 @ Blue Jays 5–12 Hamilton (3–3) Glavine (6–5) — 19,901 35–29 65 June 15 Red Sox 5–9 (10) Beck (2–3) Cabrera (4–2) — 48,469 35–30 66 June 16 Red Sox 8–0 Burkett (6–5) Nomo (6–4) — 50,524 36–30 67 June 17 Red Sox 3–4 Castillo (7–4) Perez (4–5) Lowe (10) 45,362 36–31 68 June 18 Marlins 6–7 Looper (2–2) Rocker (2–1) Alfonseca (15) 28,719 36–32 69 June 19 Marlins 2–12 Smith (4–2) Marquis (1–1) — 31,759 36–33 70 June 20 Marlins 7–2 Maddux (7–5) Burnett (5–3) — 28,867 37–33 71 June 21 Marlins 2–3 Looper (3–2) Rocker (2–2) Alfonseca (16) 33,359 37–34 72 June 22 @ Mets 10–1 Perez (5–5) R. Reed (7–3) — 40,129 38–34 73 June 23 @ Mets 9–3 (11) S. Reed (2–1) White (1–1) — 42,736 39–34 74 June 24 @ Mets 8–4 Marquis (2–1) Trachsel (1–9) — 47,181 40–34 75 June 25 @ Phillies 9–4 Maddux (8–5) Daal (8–2) — 22,439 41–34 76 June 26 @ Phillies 4–1 (11) Remlinger (3–1) Gomes (4–2) Cabrera (1) 23,747 42–34 77 June 27 @ Phillies 10–4 Perez (6–5) Wolf (4–9) — 31,991 43–34 78 June 28 Mets 6–2 (10) S. Reed (3–1) Benitez (3–3) — 40,055 44–34 79 June 29 Mets 1–3 Trachsel (2–9) Marquis (2–2) Benitez (15) 48,168 44–35 89 June 30 Mets 5–2 Maddux (9–5) Leiter (4–7) Karsay (2) 49,568 45–35
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Mets 1–2 Appier (5–8) Burkett (6–6) Benitez (16) 37,516 45–36 82 July 3 Phillies 14–7 Cabrera (5–2) Santiago (2–3) — 34,142 46–36 83 July 4 Phillies 1–4 Coggin (1–0) Perez (6–6) Mesa (22) 46,579 46–37 84 July 5 Phillies 9–5 Maddux (10–5) Chen (4–5) — 32,031 47–37 85 July 6 @ Red Sox 6–5 (10) Karsay (1–1) Kim (0–1) Cabrera (2) 33,723 48–37 86 July 7 @ Red Sox 1–3 Nomo (8–4) Marquis (2–3) Lowe (15) 33,355 48–38 87 July 8 @ Red Sox 8–0 Glavine (7–5) Ohka (2–4) — 32,677 49–38 72nd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington 88 July 12 Orioles 6–5 Maddux (11–5) Ryan (2–4) Karsay (3) 44,465 50–38 89 July 13 Orioles 7–1 Glavine (8–5) Towers (6–4) — 44,461 51–38 90 July 14 Orioles 1–4 Roberts (7–7) Burkett (6–7) Groom (7) 50,069 51–39 91 July 15 Devil Rays 1–9 Lopez (5–11) Perez (6–7) — 31,753 51–40 92 July 16 Devil Rays 5–6 Zambrano (2–1) Karsay (1–2) Yan (9) 26,197 51–41 93 July 17 Devil Rays 4–0 Maddux (12–5) Sturtze (4–8) — 32,287 52–41 94 July 18 @ Reds 3–1 (8) Glavine (9–5) Dessens (6–8) Reed (1) 27,458 53–41 95 July 19 @ Reds 2–1 Burkett (7–7) Brower (4–7) Karsay (4) 26,039 54–41 96 July 20 Expos 3–6 Thurman (5–6) Millwood (1–4) Urbina (15) 32,842 54–42 97 July 21 Expos 2–1 (10) Cabrera (6–2) Lloyd (7–3) — 46,363 55–42 98 July 22 Expos 8–2 Maddux (13–5) Mattes (3–2) — 29,082 56–42 99 July 23 Reds 4–5 Sullivan (3–1) Remlinger (3–2) Graves (17) 37,052 56–43 100 July 24 Reds 3–11 Brower (5–7) Burkett (7–8) — 34,955 56–44 101 July 25 Reds 11–3 Millwood (2–4) Acevedo (2–3) — 37,015 57–44 102 July 26 @ Expos 2–3 (10) Urbina (2–1) Reed (3–2) — 7,635 57–45 103 July 27 @ Expos 7–3 Maddux (14–5) Mattes (3–3) — 8,299 58–45 104 July 28 @ Expos 10–5 Glavine (10–5) Vazquez (9–10) — 9,390 59–45 105 July 29 @ Expos 8–1 Burkett (8–8) Armas (8–10) — 9,802 60–45 106 July 31 @ Cardinals 2–6 Hermanson (9–8) Reed (3–3) — 39,012 60–46
August: 12–16 (Home: 5–12; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 @ Cardinals 0–4 Kile (11–7) Maddux (14–6) — 37,633 60–47 108 August 2 @ Cardinals 2–1 Glavine (11–5) Smith (3–1) Karsay (5) 38,394 61–47 109 August 3 @ Brewers 2–3 (11) Painter (1–1) Cabrera (6–3) — 42,259 61–48 110 August 4 @ Brewers 14–2 Burkett (9–8) Quevedo (0–1) — 42,646 62–48 111 August 5 @ Brewers 12–8 Cabrera (7–3) Sheets (10–9) — 42,263 63–48 112 August 7 Astros 6–5 Maddux (15–6) Cruz (2–2) Karsay (6) 35,648 64–48 113 August 8 Astros 1–2 (12) Jackson (3–2) Cabrera (7–4) Wagner (26) 31,201 64–49 114 August 9 Astros 5–6 Dotel (6–4) Ligtenberg (1–3) — 30,499 64–50 115 August 10 Diamondbacks 0–7 Schilling (17–5) Millwood (2–5) — 40,101 64–51 116 August 11 Diamondbacks 1–3 Batista (7–7) Marquis (2–4) Kim (10) 48,367 64–52 117 August 12 Diamondbacks 1–9 Lopez (6–15) Maddux (15–7) — 34,702 64–53 118 August 14 @ Rockies 4–5 (10) Jimenez (6–1) Karsay (1–3) — 40,677 64–54 119 August 15 @ Rockies 7–2 Burkett (10–8) Hampton (12–9) — 37,962 65–54 120 August 16 @ Rockies 4–1 Millwood (3–5) Chacon (6–7) Karsay (7) 37,086 66–54 121 August 17 @ Giants 2–1 Maddux (16–7) Hernandez (11–12) Smoltz (1) 41,718 67–54 122 August 18 @ Giants 3–1 Marquis (3–4) Rueter (12–8) Karsay (8) 41,722 68–54 123 August 19 @ Giants 1–4 Schmidt (9–7) Glavine (11–6) Nen (36) 41,527 68–55 124 August 21 Padres 1–3 (10) Nunez (2–2) Karsay (1–4) Hoffman (32) 26,756 68–56 125 August 22 Padres 6–3 Maddux (17–7) Tollberg (6–4) Remlinger (1) 22,787 69–56 126 August 23 Padres 3–2 Millwood (4–5) Lawrence (3–3) Smoltz (2) 26,043 70–56 127 August 24 Dodgers 1–4 Park (12–9) Glavine (11–7) — 35,451 70–57 128 August 25 Dodgers 7–8 Prokopec (7–6) Marquis (3–5) Shaw (36) 48,225 70–58 129 August 26 Dodgers 9–2 Burkett (11–8) Gagne (4–6) — 34,469 71–58 130 August 27 Dodgers 2–4 Adams (10–6) Remlinger (3–3) Shaw (37) 26,038 71–59 131 August 28 Expos 0–7 Vazquez (14–11) Millwood (4–6) — 23,131 71–60 132 August 29 Expos 5–3 Glavine (12–7) Armas (9–12) Smoltz (3) 22,327 72–60 133 August 30 Expos 2–4 Ohka (3–7) Marquis (3–6) Strickland (3) 22,725 72–61 134 August 31 Cubs 2–8 Cruz (2–1) Burkett (11–9) — 37,045 72–62
September: 12–10 (Home: 3–2; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 Cubs 3–5 Tavarez (9–9) Maddux (17–8) Gordon (27) 45,842 72–63 136 September 2 Cubs 7–4 Millwood (5–6) Tapani (9–11) Smoltz (4) 45,165 73–63 137 September 3 @ Expos 5–0 Glavine (13–7) Ohka (3–8) — 6,748 74–63 138 September 4 @ Expos 3–2 Karsay (2–4) Strickland (2–5) Smoltz (5) 3,613 75–63 139 September 5 @ Expos 4–10 Thurman (8–10) Burkett (11–10) — 3,806 75–64 140 September 7 @ Cubs 3–2 Karsay (3–4) Farnsworth (4–4) Smoltz (6) 37,710 76–64 141 September 8 @ Cubs 5–3 Glavine (14–7) Tapani (9–12) Smoltz (7) 38,705 77–64 142 September 9 @ Cubs 9–5 Ligtenberg (2–3) Bere (10–9) — 37,213 78–64 – September 11 Phillies Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 2 – September 12 Phillies Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 3 – September 13 Phillies Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 4 – September 14 Marlins Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 5 – September 15 Marlins Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 6 – September 16 Marlins Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 7 143 September 17 @ Phillies 2–5 Person (15–6) Maddux (17–9) Mesa (37) 27,910 78–65 144 September 18 @ Phillies 3–4 Bottalico (3–4) Smoltz (2–3) — 23,653 78–66 145 September 19 @ Phillies 2–5 Coggin (5–5) Burkett (11–11) Mesa (38) 24,036 78–67 146 September 20 @ Phillies 5–1 Millwood (6–6) Wolf (7–11) — 26,863 79–67 147 September 21 @ Mets 2–3 Benitez (6–3) Karsay (3–5) — 41,235 79–68 148 September 22 @ Mets 3–7 Trachsel (10–12) Perez (6–8) Benitez (41) 41,230 79–69 149 September 23 @ Mets 5–4 (11) Smoltz (3–3) Riggan (3–3) — 41,168 80–69 150 September 24 @ Marlins 0–1 Penny (9–9) Burkett (11–12) Alfonseca (28) 10,470 80–70 151 September 25 @ Marlins 5–2 (11) Ligtenberg (3–3) Darensbourg (1–2) Smoltz (8) 9,597 81–70 152 September 26 @ Marlins 4–1 Marquis (4–6) Burnett (9–12) Smoltz (9) 10,168 82–70 153 September 27 @ Marlins 1–7 Acevedo (2–4) Maddux (17–10) — 9,177 82–71 154 September 28 Mets 5–3 Glavine (15–7) Trachsel (10–13) Smoltz (10) 43,664 83–71 155 September 29 Mets 8–5 Perez (7–8) Benitez (6–4) — 46,180 84–71 156 September 30 Mets 6–9 Appier (10–10) Millwood (6–7) Benitez (43) 42,667 84–72
October: 4–2 (Home: 4–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 157 October 2 Phillies 1–3 Wolf (9–11) Maddux (17–11) Mesa (40) 30,739 84–73 158 October 3 Phillies 8–3 Glavine (16–7) Person (15–7) — 27,431 85–73 159 October 4 Phillies 6–2 Burkett (12–12) Duckworth (3–2) — 32,283 86–73 160 October 5 Marlins 20–3 Millwood (7–7) Dempster (15–12) — 29,299 87–73 161 October 6 Marlins 7–3 Marquis (5–6) Beckett (2–2) — 31,826 88–73 162 October 7 Marlins 2–4 Burnett (11–12) Spooneybarger (0–1) Looper (3) 26,102 88–74
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Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Javy López	128	438	117	.267	17	66
1B	Rico Brogna	72	206	51	.248	3	21
2B	Quilvio Veras	71	258	65	.252	3	25
3B	Chipper Jones	159	572	189	.330	38	102
SS	Rafael Furcal	79	324	89	.275	4	30
LF	B. J. Surhoff	141	484	131	.271	10	58
CF	Andruw Jones	161	625	157	.251	34	104
RF	Brian Jordan	148	560	165	.295	25	97

Other batters

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
Marcus Giles	68	244	64	.262	9	31
Dave Martinez	120	237	68	.287	2	20
Wes Helms	100	216	48	.222	10	36
Keith Lockhart	104	178	39	.219	3	12
Ken Caminiti	64	171	38	.222	6	16
Mark DeRosa	66	164	47	.287	3	20
Rey Sánchez	49	154	35	.227	0	9
Paul Bako	61	137	29	.212	2	15
Bernard Gilkey	69	106	29	.274	2	14
Julio Franco	25	90	27	.300	3	11
Eddie Pérez	5	10	3	.300	0	0
Kurt Abbott	6	9	2	.222	0	0
Jesse Garcia	22	5	1	.200	0	0
Cory Aldridge	8	5	0	.000	0	0
Wilson Betemit	8	3	0	.000	0	0
Steve Torrealba	2	2	1	.500	0	0

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
Greg Maddux	34	233.0	17	11	3.05	173
John Burkett	34	219.1	12	12	3.04	187
Tom Glavine	35	219.1	16	7	3.57	116
Kevin Millwood	21	121.0	7	7	4.31	84

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
Jason Marquis	38	129.1	5	6	3.48	98
Odalis Pérez	24	95.1	7	8	4.91	71
Damian Moss	5	9.0	0	0	3.00	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Rocker	30	2	2	19	3.09	36
John Smoltz	36	3	3	10	3.36	57
Mike Remlinger	74	3	3	1	2.76	93
José Cabrera	55	7	4	2	2.88	43
Kerry Ligtenberg	53	3	3	1	3.02	56
Steve Karsay	43	3	4	7	3.43	39
Steve Reed	39	2	2	1	3.48	25
Rudy Seánez	38	0	2	1	2.75	41
Matt Whiteside	13	0	1	0	7.16	10
Marc Valdes	9	1	0	0	7.71	3
Chris Seelbach	5	0	0	0	7.88	8
Joe Slusarski	4	0	0	0	9.00	5
Tim Spooneybarger	4	0	1	0	2.25	3
Trey Moore	2	0	0	0	11.25	1
Joe Nelson	2	0	0	0	36.00	0
Scott Sobkowiak	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Postseason

Game log

2001 Postseason Game Log
National League Division Series: 3–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 9 @ Astros 7–4 Seanez (1–0) Jackson (0–1) Smoltz (1) 35,553 1–0 2 October 10 @ Astros 1–0 Glavine (1–0) Mlicki (0–1) Smoltz (2) 35,704 2–0 3 October 12 Astros 6–2 Burkett (1–0) Reynolds (0–1) — 39,923 3–0
National League Championship Series: 1–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 16 @ Diamondbacks 0–2 Johnson (1–1) Maddux (0–1) — 37,729 0–1 2 October 17 @ Diamondbacks 8–1 Glavine (2–0) Batista (1–1) — 49,334 1–1 3 October 19 Diamondbacks 1–5 Schilling (3–0) Burkett (1–1) — 41,624 1–2 4 October 20 Diamondbacks 4–11 Anderson (1–0) Maddux (0–2) Kim (2) 42,291 1–3 5 October 21 Diamondbacks 2–3 Johnson (2–1) Glavine (2–1) Kim (3) 35,652 1–4

Award winners

• Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove
• Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, June
• Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, July
• Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Chipper Jones, 3B, starter
• John Burkett, P, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Carlos Tosca
AA	Greenville Braves	Southern League	Paul Runge
A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League	Brian Snitker
A	Macon Braves	South Atlantic League	Randy Ingle
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Jim Saul
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Ralph Henriquez
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Rick Albert

External links

• 2001 Atlanta Braves team page at Baseball Reference