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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.