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2001 Season Review -- Arizona Diamondbacks

February 19, 2002

This article takes a look at how the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks performed relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:

2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March 22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone

Capsule Summary

                   Projected  Actual
Runs for               700      818
Runs allowed           665      677
Run Margin              35      141
Wins                    87       92
Pythagorean wins        85       96
Placement              2nd      1st

 

Position Players

 

Damian Miller, c , bats right, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   473 129 34  1 15  59  63  3  44  5 112  1  2 .273 .337 .444  .780  70
Prorated  Ari   383 104 28  1 12  48  51  2  36  4  91  1  2                       57
Actual    Ari   380 103 19  0 13  45  47  4  35  9  80  0  1 .271 .337 .424  .761  53

 

Rod Barajas, c , bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    92  19  5  0  2   9  14  1   2  0  14  1  0 .207 .227 .326  .553   7
Prorated  Ari   105  22  6  0  2  10  16  1   2  0  16  1  0                        8
Actual    Ari   106  17  3  0  3   9   9  0   4  0  26  0  0 .160 .191 .274  .464   6

 

Chad Moeller, c , bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    70  15  3  0  1   8   6  0   4  0  16  0  0 .214 .253 .300  .553   5
Prorated  Ari    59  13  3  0  1   7   5  0   3  0  13  0  0                        5
Actual    Ari    56  13  0  1  1   8   2  0   6  1  12  0  0 .232 .306 .321  .628   5

 

Mike DiFelice, c , bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam   121  30  7  0  3  12  13  1   7  0  22  0  0 .248 .292 .380  .672  13
Prorated  Tam   150  37  9  0  4  15  16  1   9  0  27  0  0                       16
Actual    Tam   149  31  5  1  2  13   9  3   8  0  39  1  1 .208 .259 .295  .555  11

Prorated  Ari    21   5  1  0  1   2   2  0   1  0   4  0  0                        2
Actual    Ari    21   1  0  0  0   1   1  1   0  0  10  0  0 .048 .091 .048  .139   0

Prorated  Tot   171  43 10  0  4  17  18  1  10  0  31  0  0                       18
Actual    Tot   170  32  5  1  2  14  10  4   8  0  49  1  1 .188 .239 .265  .504  11

 

Ken Huckaby, c , bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    72  16  3  0  0   7   7  0   2  0   8  0  0 .222 .240 .264  .504   4
Prorated  Ari     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Ari     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

 

Mark Grace, 1b, bats left, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   509 147 37  3 14  83  79  4  78  8  31  1  2 .289 .382 .456  .838  93
Prorated  Ari   469 135 34  3 13  76  73  4  72  7  29  1  2                       86
Actual    Ari   476 142 31  2 15  66  78  4  67  6  36  1  0 .298 .386 .466  .852  90

 

Erubiel Durazo, 1b, bats left, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    75  22  4  0  4  14  14  0  12  1  15  0  0 .293 .386 .507  .893  16
Prorated  Ari   176  52  9  0  9  33  33  0  28  2  35  0  0                       36
Actual    Ari   175  47 11  0 12  34  38  2  28  1  49  0  0 .269 .372 .537  .909  38

 

Greg Colbrunn, 1b/3b, bats right, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    65  20  4  0  3   9  11  2   7  0  10  0  0 .308 .387 .508  .894  13
Prorated  Ari    95  29  6  0  4  13  16  3  10  0  15  0  0                       18
Actual    Ari    97  28  8  0  4  12  18  4   9  0  14  0  0 .289 .373 .495  .868  17

 

Lyle Overbay, 1b, bats left, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    70  19  4  0  2  10  10  0   5  0  11  0  0 .271 .320 .414  .734   9
Prorated  Ari     2   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        1
Actual    Ari     2   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .500 .500 .500 1.000   1

 

Jay Bell, 2b/3b, bats right, age 35

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   584 155 30  6 26 101  82  4  78  1 111  6  3 .265 .353 .471  .824 101
Prorated  Ari   438 116 23  5 20  76  62  3  59  1  83  5  2                       77
Actual    Ari   428 106 24  1 13  59  46  4  65  3  79  0  1 .248 .349 .400  .749  63

 

Junior Spivey, 2b, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    67  15  4  1  1  11   7  0   8  0  11  2  1 .224 .307 .358  .665   7
Prorated  Ari   174  39 10  3  3  29  18  0  21  0  29  5  3                       19
Actual    Ari   163  42  6  3  5  33  21  2  23  0  47  3  0 .258 .354 .423  .778  26

 

Matt Williams, 3b, bats right, age 35

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   601 168 32  2 27  82 101  3  39  6  91  2  1 .280 .324 .474  .798  88
Prorated  Ari   404 113 22  1 18  55  68  2  26  4  61  1  1                       59
Actual    Ari   408 112 30  0 16  58  65  3  22  3  70  1  0 .275 .314 .466  .780  55

 

Juan Sosa, 3b, bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Col    71  18  3  1  1  10   9  0   3  0   8  4  2 .254 .284 .366  .650   7

Prorated  Ari     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Ari     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

 

Craig Counsell, ss/2b/3b, bats left, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    88  25  5  1  1  14   8  1  11  1  10  1  0 .284 .366 .398  .764  14
Prorated  Ari   462 131 26  5  5  73  42  5  58  5  52  5  0                       72
Actual    Ari   458 126 22  3  4  76  38  2  61  3  76  6  8 .275 .359 .362  .721  62

 

Tony Womack, ss, bats left, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   619 168 22 11  7  97  48  3  37  0  71 53 11 .271 .313 .376  .690  79
Prorated  Ari   479 130 17  9  5  75  37  2  29  0  55 41  9                       61
Actual    Ari   481 128 19  5  3  66  30  6  23  2  54 28  7 .266 .307 .345  .652  54

 

Alex Cintron, ss, bats switch, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    70  15  3  0  0   9   6  0   2  0   7  1  1 .214 .233 .257  .490   4
Prorated  Ari     7   1  0  0  0   1   1  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Ari     7   2  0  1  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0 .286 .286 .571  .857   1

 

Luis Gonzalez, lf, bats left, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   580 176 41  3 27  99  99 10  65  5  67  4  4 .303 .378 .524  .902 117
Prorated  Ari   635 193 45  3 30 108 108 11  71  5  73  4  4                      129
Actual    Ari   609 198 36  7 57 128 142 14 100 24  83  1  1 .325 .429 .688 1.117 182

 

Midre Cummings, lf, bats left, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    68  18  3  0  2  10  10  1   6  0  10  0  0 .265 .333 .397  .730   9
Prorated  Ari    19   5  1  0  1   3   3  0   2  0   3  0  0                        3
Actual    Ari    20   6  1  0  0   1   1  0   0  0   4  0  0 .300 .286 .350  .636   1

 

Ryan Christenson, lf, bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Oak    74  18  3  1  1  14   8  0  10  0  17  2  1 .243 .329 .351  .681   9
Prorated  Oak     3   1  0  0  0   1   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Oak     4   0  0  0  0   1   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Prorated  Ari     4   1  0  0  0   1   0  0   1  0   1  0  0                        1
Actual    Ari     4   1  1  0  0   3   1  0   1  0   1  1  0 .250 .400 .500  .900   1

Prorated  Tot     8   2  0  0  0   1   1  0   1  0   2  0  0                        1
Actual    Tot     8   1  1  0  0   4   1  0   1  0   2  1  0 .125 .222 .250  .472   1

 

Jack Cust, lf, bats left, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    61  14  4  0  3  12   8  0  14  2  19  1  1 .230 .373 .443  .816  11
Prorated  Ari     2   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   1  0   1  0  0                        1
Actual    Ari     2   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   1  0   0  0  0 .500 .667 .500 1.167   1

 

Steve Finley, cf, bats left, age 36

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   550 144 29  7 30  95  89  5  57  5  84  9  4 .262 .333 .504  .837  95
Prorated  Ari   486 127 26  6 27  84  79  4  50  4  74  8  4                       83
Actual    Ari   495 136 27  4 14  66  73  1  47  9  67 11  7 .275 .337 .430  .767  71

 

Rob Ryan, cf, bats left, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    65  16  3  0  2   9  10  2   8  1   9  0  0 .246 .347 .385  .731   9
Prorated  Ari     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Ari     1   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Prorated  Oak     6   1  0  0  0   1   1  0   1  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Oak     7   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   5  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Prorated  Tot     7   2  0  0  0   1   1  0   1  0   1  0  0                        1
Actual    Tot     8   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   6  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

 

Reggie Sanders, rf, bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   544 141 30  6 22  89  71  6  57  2 123 32 10 .259 .336 .458  .793  84
Prorated  Ari   442 114 24  5 18  72  58  5  46  2 100 26  8                       68
Actual    Ari   441 116 21  3 33  84  90  5  46  7 126 14 10 .263 .337 .549  .886  82

 

David Dellucci, rf/cf/lf, bats left, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    68  18  3  1  1   9   8  1   6  0  13  1  1 .265 .333 .382  .716   9
Prorated  Ari   219  58 10  3  3  29  26  3  19  0  42  3  3                       28
Actual    Ari   217  60 10  2 10  28  40  2  22  4  52  2  1 .276 .349 .479  .828  37

 

Danny Bautista, rf/cf, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    91  25  5  1  3  14  14  1   5  1  12  1  0 .275 .316 .451  .767  13
Prorated  Ari   220  60 12  2  7  34  34  2  12  2  29  2  0                       30
Actual    Ari   222  67 11  2  5  26  26  1  14  1  31  3  2 .302 .346 .437  .783  32

 

Jason Conti, rf, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    68  17  3  1  1  12   8  1   5  0  12  2  1 .250 .307 .368  .674   8
Prorated  Ari     5   1  0  0  0   1   1  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Ari     4   1  0  0  0   1   0  0   1  0   2  0  0 .250 .400 .250  .650   1

 

Pitchers

 

Curt Schilling, starter, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.70  32 32  14 11  0  233 228 32  49 192  .256  .720
Prorated  Ari        34 34  15 12  0  248 242 34  52 204            
Actual    Ari  2.98  35 35  22  6  0  257 237 37  39 293  .245  .675

 

Randy Johnson, starter, throws left, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.03  32 32  17  8  0  235 193 25  71 322  .224  .646
Prorated  Ari        33 33  18  8  0  243 200 26  74 333            
Actual    Ari  2.49  35 34  21  6  0  250 181 19  71 372  .203  .583

 

Brian Anderson, starter/reliever, throws left, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.43  32 32  11 11  0  199 215 35  33 102  .276  .776
Prorated  Ari        22 22   8  8  0  137 148 24  23  70            
Actual    Ari  5.20  29 22   4  9  0  133 156 25  30  55  .295  .842

 

Robert Ellis, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  5.77  19 17   6  5  0   92 106 12  34  41  .293  .793

 

Albie Lopez, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tam  4.39  32 32  10 13  0  209 222 27  75 115  .275  .766
Prorated  Tam        20 20   6  8  0  132 140 17  47  73            
Actual    Tam  5.34  20 20   5 12  0  125 152 16  51  67  .302  .841

Prorated  Ari        12 12   4  5  0   77  82 10  28  42            
Actual    Ari  4.00  13 13   4  7  0   81  74 10  24  69  .247  .694

Prorated  Tot        32 32  10 13  0  209 222 27  75 115            
Actual    Tot  4.81  33 33   9 19  0  206 226 26  75 136  .281  .786

 

Armando Reynoso, starter, throws right, age 35

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.76  27 27   7 10  0  149 161 20  49  76  .277  .783
Prorated  Ari         9  9   2  3  0   48  51  6  16  24            
Actual    Ari  5.98   9  9   1  6  0   47  58 13  13  15  .312  .941

 

Bobby Witt, starter/reliever, throws right, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  6.70  34 11   3  7  0   95 124 15  48  61  .317  .906
Prorated  Ari        15  5   1  3  0   41  53  6  21  26            
Actual    Ari  4.78  14  7   4  1  0   43  36  6  25  31  .222  .716

 

Nick Bierbrodt, starter, throws left, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  8.22   5  5   2  2  0   23  29  6  12  17  .305  .938
Actual    Tam  4.55  11 11   3  4  0   61  71 11  27  56  .285  .845
Actual    Tot  5.55  16 16   5  6  0   84 100 17  39  73  .291  .871

 

Miguel Batista, reliever/starter, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  5.61  30  0   2  4  0   59  69 10  27  40  .294  .856
Prorated  Ari        65  0   4  9  0  128 148 22  58  86            
Actual    Ari  3.36  48 18  11  8  0  139 113 13  60  90  .226  .669

 

Byung-Hyun Kim, reliever, throws right, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  2.91  70  0   7  3  3   99  63 10  56 141  .183  .624
Prorated  Ari        65  0   7  3  3   92  59  9  52 132            
Actual    Ari  2.94  78  0   5  6 19   98  58 10  44 113  .173  .583

 

Troy Brohawn, reliever, throws left, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  4.93  59  0   2  3  1   49  55  5  23  30  .289  .794

 

Erik Sabel, reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  4.38  42  0   3  2  0   51  57  8  12  25  .282  .767

 

Greg Swindell, reliever, throws left, age 36

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.50  70  0   6  3  1  100  94 12  29  80  .247  .701
Prorated  Ari        36  0   3  2  1   51  48  6  15  41            
Actual    Ari  4.53  64  0   2  6  2   54  51 12   8  42  .250  .792

 

Bret Prinz, reliever, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  6.35  13  0   1  1  0   17  21  3   7  15  .309  .906
Prorated  Ari        29  0   2  2  0   38  47  7  16  33            
Actual    Ari  2.63  46  0   4  1  9   41  33  4  19  27  .220  .637

 

Mike Morgan, reliever/starter, throws right, age 41

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  5.72  30  0   2  3  0   50  63  8  17  26  .312  .874
Prorated  Ari        22  0   1  2  0   38  47  6  13  19            
Actual    Ari  4.26  31  1   1  0  0   38  45  2  17  24  .306  .809

 

Russ Springer, reliever, throws right, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.98  53  0   4  3  0   72  66 11  34  70  .242  .753
Prorated  Ari        13  0   1  1  0   18  16  3   8  17            
Actual    Ari  7.13  18  0   0  0  1   18  20  5   4  12  .274  .828

 

Mike Mohler, reliever, throws left, age 32

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  6.06  13  0   1  1  0   16  20  2  10  10  .308  .880
Prorated  Ari        10  0   1  1  0   13  16  2   8   8            
Actual    Ari  7.24  13  0   0  0  0   14  14  3   9   7  .286  .920

 

Mike Koplove, reliever, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  3.60   9  0   0  1  0   10   8  1   9  14  .211  .730

 

Geraldo Guzman, reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.62  21  4   3  3  0   51  52  8  20  50  .265  .778
Prorated  Ari         3  1   0  0  0    8   9  1   3   8            
Actual    Ari  2.89   4  0   0  0  0    9   7  2   3   4  .206  .653

 

Matt Mantei, reliever, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.20  70  0   4  5 33   70  51  6  50  92  .202  .674
Prorated  Ari         7  0   0  0  3    7   5  1   5   9            
Actual    Ari  2.57   8  0   0  0  2    7   6  2   4  12  .222  .841

 

Eric Knott, reliever/starter, throws left, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  1.93   3  1   0  1  0    5   8  0   0   4  .348  .835

 

 

 

Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights reserved.