2001 Season Review -- 2001 Cleveland Indians

February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Cleveland Indians 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 872 897
Runs allowed 709 821
Run Margin 163 76
Wins 96 91
Pythagorean wins 96 88
Placement 1st 1st
Position Players
Einar Diaz, c , bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 439 124 24 2 5 52 45 9 23 1 44 7 4 .282 .330 .380 .710 54
Prorated Cle 437 123 24 2 5 52 45 9 23 1 44 7 4 53
Actual Cle 437 121 34 1 4 54 56 16 17 0 44 1 2 .277 .328 .387 .714 54
Eddie Taubensee, c , bats left, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 115 33 5 0 4 15 18 0 10 1 18 0 0 .287 .341 .435 .776 17
Prorated Cle 117 34 5 0 4 15 18 0 10 1 18 0 0 17
Actual Cle 116 29 2 1 3 16 11 1 10 1 19 0 0 .250 .315 .362 .677 13
Tim Laker, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 68 15 4 0 2 9 10 0 6 0 10 0 0 .221 .280 .368 .648 7
Prorated Cle 36 8 2 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 5 0 0 4
Actual Cle 33 6 0 0 1 5 5 0 6 0 8 0 0 .182 .308 .273 .580 3
Jim Thome, 1b, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 530 146 32 1 36 103 104 3 121 8 169 0 0 .275 .410 .543 .954 128
Prorated Cle 519 143 31 1 35 101 102 3 118 8 165 0 0 124
Actual Cle 526 153 26 1 49 101 124 4 111 14 185 0 1 .291 .416 .624 1.040 143
Roberto Alomar, 2b, bats switch, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 569 175 38 2 18 111 89 5 73 3 79 31 5 .308 .386 .476 .863 111
Prorated Cle 579 178 39 2 18 113 91 5 74 3 80 32 5 112
Actual Cle 575 193 34 12 20 113 100 4 80 5 71 30 6 .336 .415 .541 .956 138
Travis Fryman, 3b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 501 150 30 3 20 75 86 1 56 1 97 3 2 .299 .366 .491 .857 90
Prorated Cle 328 98 20 2 13 49 56 1 37 1 64 2 1 59
Actual Cle 334 88 15 0 3 34 38 3 30 1 63 1 2 .263 .327 .335 .662 37
Russell Branyan, 3b/lf, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 438 96 15 2 34 71 89 5 53 2 184 2 2 .219 .309 .495 .805 69
Prorated Cle 318 70 11 1 25 51 65 4 38 1 133 1 1 50
Actual Cle 315 73 16 2 20 48 54 3 38 1 132 1 1 .232 .316 .486 .802 51
Mark Lewis, 3b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected FA 69 17 5 0 1 7 9 0 5 0 12 1 1 .246 .293 .362 .656 7
Prorated Cle 12 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Cle 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 0
Omar Vizquel, ss, bats switch, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 583 173 30 3 4 98 61 3 75 0 62 29 10 .297 .376 .379 .755 90
Prorated Cle 596 177 31 3 4 100 62 3 77 0 63 30 10 92
Actual Cle 611 156 26 8 2 84 50 2 61 0 72 13 9 .255 .323 .334 .657 67
John McDonald, ss, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 70 17 3 0 0 8 7 0 3 0 7 1 1 .243 .270 .286 .556 5
Prorated Cle 23 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
Actual Cle 22 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 .091 .167 .136 .303 1
Marty Cordova, lf/rf, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 72 19 3 0 2 10 10 1 7 0 15 1 1 .264 .333 .389 .722 9
Prorated Cle 393 104 16 0 11 55 55 5 38 0 82 5 5 48
Actual Cle 409 123 20 2 20 61 69 8 23 0 81 0 3 .301 .348 .506 .855 69
Jolbert Cabrera, lf/cf/2b/3b/rf/ss, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 117 31 4 1 1 19 10 1 8 0 14 5 2 .265 .315 .342 .657 13
Prorated Cle 283 75 10 2 2 46 24 2 19 0 34 12 5 31
Actual Cle 287 75 16 3 1 50 38 6 16 0 41 10 4 .261 .312 .348 .660 32
Wil Cordero, lf/1b/rf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 251 73 18 2 9 37 37 4 17 0 39 0 1 .291 .344 .486 .830 39
Prorated Cle 275 80 20 2 10 41 41 4 19 0 43 0 1 43
Actual Cle 268 67 11 1 4 30 21 4 22 2 50 0 0 .250 .313 .343 .656 29
Dave Roberts, lf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 67 17 2 1 1 12 7 0 7 0 9 6 1 .254 .324 .358 .683 9
Prorated Cle 12 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1
Actual Cle 12 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .333 .385 .417 .801 2
Kenny Lofton, cf, bats left, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 567 158 27 5 12 113 62 4 86 2 83 33 8 .279 .373 .407 .781 95
Prorated Cle 488 136 23 4 10 97 53 3 74 2 71 28 7 81
Actual Cle 517 135 21 4 14 91 66 2 47 1 69 16 8 .261 .322 .398 .721 68
Jacob Cruz, cf/rf, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 68 18 3 0 2 10 11 1 6 0 10 1 1 .265 .333 .397 .730 9
Prorated Cle 69 18 3 0 2 10 11 1 6 0 10 1 1 8
Actual Cle 68 15 4 0 3 12 11 3 5 0 23 0 2 .221 .303 .412 .714 7
Prorated Col 82 22 4 0 2 12 13 1 7 0 12 1 1 10
Actual Col 76 16 1 0 1 7 7 1 10 0 27 0 2 .211 .303 .263 .567 7
Prorated Tot 151 40 7 0 4 22 24 2 13 0 22 2 2 19
Actual Tot 144 31 5 0 4 19 18 4 15 0 50 0 4 .215 .303 .333 .636 14
Milton Bradley, cf, bats switch, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Mon 68 17 3 0 1 10 6 0 7 0 12 1 1 .250 .320 .338 .658 7
Prorated Mon 219 55 10 0 3 32 19 0 23 0 39 3 3 24
Actual Mon 220 49 16 3 1 19 19 1 19 0 62 7 4 .223 .287 .336 .624 20
Prorated Cle 18 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 2
Actual Cle 18 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 .222 .300 .278 .578 1
Prorated Tot 238 59 10 0 3 35 21 0 24 0 42 3 3 25
Actual Tot 238 53 17 3 1 22 19 1 21 0 65 8 5 .223 .288 .332 .620 22
Juan Gonzalez, rf, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 567 176 39 1 37 101 113 3 46 6 109 1 2 .310 .361 .578 .940 115
Prorated Cle 542 168 37 1 35 96 108 3 44 6 104 1 2 110
Actual Cle 532 173 34 1 35 97 140 6 41 5 94 1 0 .325 .370 .590 .960 113
Karim Garcia, rf/lf, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 68 17 3 0 3 10 11 0 6 0 16 1 1 .250 .307 .426 .733 9
Prorated Cle 45 11 2 0 2 7 7 0 4 0 11 1 1 5
Actual Cle 45 14 3 0 5 8 9 1 3 0 13 0 0 .311 .360 .711 1.071 11
Ellis Burks, dh/lf, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 503 160 28 4 31 93 115 3 74 4 81 8 4 .318 .402 .575 .977 118
Prorated Cle 439 140 24 3 27 81 100 3 65 3 71 7 3 104
Actual Cle 439 123 29 1 28 83 74 5 62 2 85 5 1 .280 .369 .542 .911 88
Dave Hollins, dh, bats switch, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Cle 64 15 3 0 1 10 7 2 8 0 12 1 0 .234 .333 .328 .661 8
Prorated Cle 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Cle 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 1
Pitchers
Bartolo Colon, starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.75 32 32 14 8 0 197 179 21 84 184 .244 .711
Prorated Cle 36 36 16 9 0 224 204 24 96 209
Actual Cle 4.09 34 34 14 12 0 222 220 26 90 201 .261 .744
C.C. Sabathia, starter, throws left, age 20
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 7.17 13 13 3 5 0 70 85 15 47 60 .301 .940
Prorated Cle 29 29 7 11 0 159 192 34 106 135
Actual Cle 4.39 33 33 17 5 0 180 149 19 95 171 .228 .701
Dave Burba, starter/reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 4.71 32 32 12 10 0 189 197 23 85 158 .269 .775
Prorated Cle 26 26 10 8 0 156 162 19 70 130
Actual Cle 6.21 32 27 10 10 0 151 188 16 54 118 .306 .831
Chuck Finley, starter, throws left, age 38
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 4.55 32 32 13 10 0 204 210 24 98 185 .269 .770
Prorated Cle 18 18 7 6 0 113 116 13 54 102
Actual Cle 5.54 22 22 8 7 0 114 131 14 35 96 .291 .810
Charles Nagy, starter/reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 5.54 16 16 4 6 0 88 104 15 27 53 .299 .855
Prorated Cle 14 14 3 5 0 74 88 13 23 45
Actual Cle 6.40 15 13 5 6 0 70 102 10 20 29 .342 .906
Tim Drew, starter/reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 8.00 4 4 1 2 0 18 27 3 9 9 .351 .972
Prorated Cle 8 8 2 4 0 35 53 6 18 18
Actual Cle 7.97 8 6 0 2 0 35 51 9 16 15 .340 .999
Jaret Wright, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 4.66 14 14 5 4 0 75 76 9 40 53 .264 .783
Prorated Cle 6 6 2 2 0 31 32 4 17 22
Actual Cle 6.52 7 7 2 2 0 29 36 2 22 18 .313 .872
Steve Woodard, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 5.65 16 16 4 5 0 88 110 14 19 59 .309 .855
Prorated Cle 18 18 4 6 0 98 123 16 21 66
Actual Cle 5.20 29 10 3 3 0 97 129 10 17 52 .325 .844
Jake Westbrook, reliever/starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 7.50 4 4 1 2 0 18 26 2 9 9 .342 .927
Prorated Cle 13 13 3 7 0 59 86 7 30 30
Actual Cle 5.85 23 6 4 4 0 65 79 6 22 48 .306 .809
Paul Shuey, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 2.96 70 0 7 3 3 100 83 8 45 114 .227 .661
Prorated Cle 41 0 4 2 2 58 48 5 26 66
Actual Cle 2.82 47 0 5 3 2 54 53 1 26 70 .251 .656
Ricardo Rincon, reliever, throws left, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.70 70 0 3 2 1 49 43 5 25 40 .238 .717
Prorated Cle 74 0 3 2 1 52 46 5 27 42
Actual Cle 2.83 67 0 2 1 2 54 44 3 21 50 .223 .614
Danys Baez, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 6.75 13 0 1 1 0 16 22 3 9 11 .333 .976
Prorated Cle 34 0 3 3 0 41 57 8 23 28
Actual Cle 2.50 43 0 5 3 0 50 34 5 20 52 .191 .608
Rich Rodriguez, reliever, throws left, age 38
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected FA 5.40 11 0 1 1 0 17 21 3 7 11 .313 .919
Prorated Cle 25 0 2 2 0 38 47 7 16 25
Actual Cle 4.15 53 0 2 2 0 39 41 2 17 31 .270 .724
Steve Karsay, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.82 57 4 5 7 0 97 102 7 32 80 .273 .730
Prorated Cle 23 2 2 3 0 39 41 3 13 32
Actual Cle 1.25 31 0 0 1 1 43 29 1 8 44 .188 .480
Prorated Atl 26 2 2 3 0 44 47 3 15 37
Actual Atl 3.43 43 0 3 4 7 45 44 4 17 39 .265 .711
Prorated Tot 49 3 4 6 0 83 88 6 28 69
Actual Tot 2.35 74 0 3 5 8 88 73 5 25 83 .228 .602
John Rocker, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 2.84 70 0 5 5 36 73 51 6 47 101 .197 .623
Prorated Atl 30 0 2 2 15 31 22 3 20 43
Actual Atl 3.09 30 0 2 2 19 32 25 2 16 36 .216 .620
Prorated Cle 37 0 3 3 19 38 27 3 25 53
Actual Cle 5.45 38 0 3 7 4 35 33 2 25 43 .250 .712
Prorated Tot 67 0 5 5 34 70 49 6 45 96
Actual Tot 4.32 68 0 5 9 23 67 58 4 41 79 .234 .670
Ryan Drese, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Cle 3.44 9 4 1 2 0 37 32 2 15 24 .242 .680
David Riske, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 4.08 13 0 1 1 0 18 18 2 9 15 .269 .769
Prorated Cle 20 0 2 2 0 27 27 3 14 23
Actual Cle 1.98 26 0 2 0 1 27 20 3 18 29 .206 .669
Steve Reed, reliever, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.88 40 0 4 2 0 56 59 8 18 41 .273 .762
Prorated Cle 19 0 2 1 0 27 29 4 9 20
Actual Cle 3.62 31 0 1 1 0 27 22 3 10 21 .212 .668
Prorated Atl 22 0 2 1 0 31 33 4 10 23
Actual Atl 3.48 39 0 2 2 1 31 30 3 13 25 .259 .724
Prorated Tot 42 0 4 2 0 58 61 8 19 43
Actual Tot 3.55 70 0 3 3 1 58 52 6 23 46 .236 .698
Justin Speier, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 5.04 30 0 3 3 0 50 55 9 23 46 .279 .839
Prorated Cle 13 0 1 1 0 21 23 4 10 20
Actual Cle 6.97 12 0 2 0 0 21 24 5 8 15 .293 .913
Prorated Col 30 0 3 3 0 51 56 9 23 47
Actual Col 3.70 42 0 4 3 0 56 47 8 12 47 .229 .698
Prorated Tot 43 0 4 4 0 72 79 13 33 66
Actual Tot 4.58 54 0 6 3 0 77 71 13 20 62 .247 .760
Roy Smith, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 5.29 13 0 1 1 0 17 19 3 10 12 .288 .861
Prorated Cle 13 0 1 1 0 17 19 3 10 12
Actual Cle 6.06 9 0 0 0 0 16 16 3 13 17 .246 .864
Mike Bacsik, reliever, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Cle 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 9 13 0 3 4 .325 .778
Scott Radinsky, reliever, throws left, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 5.63 25 0 1 1 0 16 20 2 9 10 .313 .884
Prorated Cle 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 2
Actual Cle 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 3 .400 1.638
Bob Wickman, closer, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.61 70 0 4 5 28 72 75 5 33 56 .272 .735
Prorated Cle 60 0 3 4 24 62 64 4 28 48
Actual Cle 2.39 70 0 5 0 32 68 61 4 14 66 .240 .620
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Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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