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2001 Season Review -- 2001 Milwaukee Brewers

February 19, 2002

This article takes a look at how the 2001 Milwaukee Brewers 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               713      740
Runs allowed           777      806
Run Margin             -64      -66
Wins                    74       68
Pythagorean wins        75       74
Placement              5th      4th

 

Position Players

 

Henry Blanco, c , bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   459 102 32  1 10  46  49  1  57  6  89  1  2 .222 .307 .362  .668  51
Prorated  Mil   312  69 22  1  7  31  33  1  39  4  61  1  1                       35
Actual    Mil   314  66 18  3  6  33  31  2  34  6  72  3  1 .210 .290 .344  .634  31

 

Raul Casanova, c , bats switch, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    87  19  4  0  3   9  13  1   8  0  17  0  0 .218 .289 .368  .656   9
Prorated  Mil   187  41  9  0  6  19  28  2  17  0  36  0  0                       19
Actual    Mil   192  50 10  0 11  21  33  1  12  2  29  0  0 .260 .303 .484  .787  28

 

Kevin L. Brown, c , bats right, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    72  18  5  0  2   8   9  0   3  0  19  0  0 .250 .280 .403  .683   8
Prorated  Mil    44  11  3  0  1   5   6  0   2  0  12  0  0                        5
Actual    Mil    43   9  0  1  4   7  12  1   2  0  18  0  0 .209 .261 .535  .796   6

 

Jesse Levis, c , bats left, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Atl    66  17  3  0  0   7   7  1   6  0   7  0  0 .258 .324 .303  .627   6

Prorated  Mil    32   8  1  0  0   3   3  0   3  0   3  0  0                        3
Actual    Mil    33   8  2  0  0   6   3  0   3  0   7  0  0 .242 .306 .303  .609   3

 

Richie Sexson, 1b, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   544 142 27  3 33  88 107  7  56  1 148  3  1 .261 .334 .504  .838  91
Prorated  Mil   592 155 29  3 36  96 116  8  61  1 161  3  1                      100
Actual    Mil   598 162 24  3 45  94 125  6  60  5 178  2  4 .271 .342 .547  .889 106

 

Mark Loretta, 2b/3b/ss, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   439 125 27  2  7  67  53  6  44  2  50  2  2 .285 .356 .403  .759  64
Prorated  Mil   377 107 23  2  6  58  46  5  38  2  43  2  2                       55
Actual    Mil   384 111 14  2  2  40  29  7  28  0  46  1  2 .289 .346 .352  .698  48

 

Ronnie Belliard, 2b, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   583 159 33  8 11  90  66  3  82  2  84 11  9 .273 .362 .413  .775  88
Prorated  Mil   353  96 20  5  7  54  40  2  50  1  51  7  5                       54
Actual    Mil   364  96 30  3 11  69  36  5  35  2  65  5  2 .264 .335 .453  .788  57

 

Elvis Pena, 2b, bats switch, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Col    66  20  3  1  1  12   6  1   7  0   8  5  1 .303 .378 .424  .803  11

Prorated  Mil    42  13  2  1  1   8   4  1   4  0   5  3  1                        8
Actual    Mil    40   9  2  0  0   5   6  1   6  0   6  2  0 .225 .333 .275  .608   4

 

Tyler Houston, 3b, bats left, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    90  22  4  0  5  10  12  0   7  1  23  0  0 .244 .299 .456  .755  11
Prorated  Mil   235  57 10  0 13  26  31  0  18  3  60  0  0                       29
Actual    Mil   235  68  7  0 12  36  38  1  18  1  62  0  0 .289 .343 .472  .815  38

 

Luis M. Lopez, 3b/ss/2b, bats switch, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    77  20  5  0  2  10  10  2   5  0  17  0  1 .260 .318 .403  .720  10
Prorated  Mil   219  57 14  0  6  28  28  6  14  0  48  0  3                       28
Actual    Mil   222  60  8  3  4  22  18  5  14  2  44  0  1 .270 .326 .387  .714  27

 

Lou Collier, 3b/lf/cf, bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    66  15  3  0  1  10   9  0   8  0  13  1  1 .227 .307 .318  .625   7
Prorated  Mil   130  30  6  0  2  20  18  0  16  0  26  2  2                       14
Actual    Mil   127  32  8  1  2  19  14  1  17  0  30  5  1 .252 .340 .378  .718  19

 

Mike Coolbaugh, 3b, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    66  16  5  0  3   9   9  0   8  0  17  1  1 .242 .320 .455  .775  10
Prorated  Mil    68  16  5  0  3   9   9  0   8  0  17  1  1                        9
Actual    Mil    70  14  6  0  2  10   7  2   5  0  16  0  0 .200 .273 .371  .644   7

 

Tony Fernandez, 3b, bats switch, age 39

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   386 113 27  1  5  52  53  8  50  7  55  5  5 .293 .382 .407  .788  62
Prorated  Mil    62  18  4  0  1   8   8  1   8  1   9  1  1                       10
Actual    Mil    64  18  0  0  1   6   3  0   7  0   9  1  2 .281 .352 .328  .680   7

Prorated  Tor    53  16  4  0  1   7   7  1   7  1   8  1  1                        9
Actual    Tor    59  18  4  0  1   5  12  1   1  0   8  0  1 .305 .323 .424  .746   7

Prorated  Tot   115  34  8  0  1  16  16  2  15  2  16  1  1                       18
Actual    Tot   123  36  4  0  2  11  15  1   8  0  17  1  3 .293 .338 .374  .712  15

 

Jose Hernandez, ss, bats right, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   345  88 16  2 13  48  46  4  34  3  99  4  4 .255 .328 .426  .754  47
Prorated  Mil   530 135 25  3 20  74  71  6  52  5 152  6  6                       72
Actual    Mil   542 135 26  2 25  67  78  2  39  8 185  5  4 .249 .300 .443  .743  70

 

Geoff Jenkins, lf, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   570 176 45  5 35 106 107 13  42  7 139  8  2 .309 .368 .589  .957 123
Prorated  Mil   404 125 32  4 25  75  76  9  30  5  99  6  1                       88
Actual    Mil   397 105 21  1 20  60  63  8  36  7 120  4  2 .264 .334 .474  .808  62

 

Angel Echevarria, lf/1b/rf, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    69  17  3  0  2   8  10  1   5  0  12  0  0 .246 .307 .377  .683   8
Prorated  Mil   133  33  6  0  4  15  19  2  10  0  23  0  0                       15
Actual    Mil   133  34 11  0  5  12  13  3   8  0  29  0  1 .256 .310 .451  .761  18

 

Mark Sweeney, lf, bats left, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    63  18  4  0  2  11   9  1  11  1  11  0  0 .286 .400 .444  .844  12
Prorated  Mil    87  25  5  0  3  15  12  1  15  1  15  0  0                       16
Actual    Mil    89  23  3  1  3   9  11  0  12  0  23  2  1 .258 .347 .416  .762  14

 

Devon White, cf/lf, bats switch, age 38

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    69  17  3  0  2  10   9  1   5  0  13  2  1 .246 .307 .377  .683   8
Prorated  Mil   397  98 17  0 12  58  52  6  29  0  75 12  6                       47
Actual    Mil   390 108 25  2 14  52  47 12  28  1  95 18  3 .277 .343 .459  .802  64

 

Jeffrey Hammonds, cf, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   519 147 25  2 20  91  95  5  53  3 109 11  9 .283 .352 .455  .806  82
Prorated  Mil   172  49  8  1  7  30  31  2  18  1  36  4  3                       28
Actual    Mil   174  43 11  1  6  20  21  4  14  1  42  5  3 .247 .314 .425  .740  24

 

James Mouton, cf/lf/rf, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil    63  15  3  0  1  11   7  1  10  0  15  4  1 .238 .351 .333  .685   8
Prorated  Mil   133  32  6  0  2  23  15  2  21  0  32  8  2                       17
Actual    Mil   138  34  8  0  2  20  10  6  11  0  40  7  3 .246 .329 .348  .677  17

 

Alex Sanchez, cf, bats left, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Tam    71  17  2  0  0  11   4  0   3  0  10  6  3 .239 .270 .268  .538   5

Prorated  Mil    69  17  2  0  0  11   4  0   3  0  10  6  3                        5
Actual    Mil    68  14  3  2  0   7   4  0   5  0  13  6  2 .206 .260 .309  .569   6

 

Jeromy Burnitz, rf, bats left, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Mil   507 128 31  2 33  87  99 12  88  8 126  5  3 .252 .371 .517  .888 102
Prorated  Mil   538 136 33  2 35  92 105 13  93  8 134  5  3                      108
Actual    Mil   562 141 32  4 34 104 100  5  80  9 150  0  4 .251 .347 .504  .851 100

 

Robert Perez, rf, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected NYA    74  18  3  0  2   7  10  0   1  0  11  1  1 .243 .253 .365  .618   6
Prorated  NYA    16   4  1  0  0   1   2  0   0  0   2  0  0                        1
Actual    NYA    15   4  1  0  0   1   0  0   1  0   7  0  1 .267 .313 .333  .646   1

Prorated  Mil     5   1  0  0  0   0   1  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Mil     5   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Prorated  Tot    21   5  1  0  1   2   3  0   0  0   3  0  0                        2
Actual    Tot    20   4  1  0  0   1   0  0   1  0   7  0  1 .200 .238 .250  .488   1

 

Pitchers

 

Jamey Wright, starter, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  4.82  32 32   9 15  0  198 212 19 102 122  .278  .783
Prorated  Mil        31 31   9 15  0  192 205 18  99 118            
Actual    Mil  4.90  33 33  11 12  0  195 201 26  98 129  .272  .812

 

Jimmy Haynes, starter/reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.74  32 32   7 16  0  194 229 26  99 119  .296  .841
Prorated  Mil        27 27   6 14  0  164 193 22  84 100            
Actual    Mil  4.85  31 29   8 17  0  173 182 20  78 112  .279  .796

 

Ben Sheets, starter, throws right, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.11  32 32   7 12  0  185 199 25  88 143  .276  .809
Prorated  Mil        25 25   5  9  0  145 156 20  69 112            
Actual    Mil  4.76  25 25  11 10  0  151 166 23  48  94  .283  .806

 

Allen Levrault, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.82  11  0   1  1  0   17  19  3   8  13  .288  .868
Prorated  Mil        85  0   8  8  0  131 146 23  62 100            
Actual    Mil  6.06  32 20   6 10  0  131 146 27  59  80  .281  .854

 

Paul Rigdon, starter, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.23  27 27   6 11  0  148 163 27  52  98  .280  .828
Prorated  Mil        15 15   3  6  0   82  91 15  29  54            
Actual    Mil  5.79  15 15   3  5  0   79  86 13  46  49  .287  .861

 

Ruben Quevedo, starter, throws right, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected ChN  6.10  34  4   3  5  0   62  69 14  32  55  .282  .877

Prorated  Mil        30  4   3  4  0   55  61 12  29  49            
Actual    Mil  4.61  10 10   4  5  0   57  56  9  30  60  .257  .821

 

Mac Suzuki, starter/reliever, throws right, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected KC   5.18  32 32  10 13  0  200 211 30 104 136  .273  .813
Prorated  KC          9  9   3  4  0   56  59  8  29  38            
Actual    KC   5.30  15  9   2  5  0   56  61 12  25  37  .277  .850

Prorated  Col         1  1   0  1  0    9   9  1   5   6            
Actual    Col 15.63   3  1   0  2  0    6   9  3  11   5  .333 1.242

Prorated  Mil         9  9   3  4  0   56  59  8  29  38            
Actual    Mil  5.30  15  9   3  5  0   56  52  5  37  47  .251  .771

Prorated  Tot        19 19   6  8  0  121 128 18  63  82            
Actual    Tot  5.86  33 19   5 12  0  118 122 20  73  89  .269  .840

 

Jeff D'Amico, starter, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  3.77  32 32  13 10  0  215 201 26  62 143  .248  .710
Prorated  Mil         8  8   3  2  0   52  48  6  15  34            
Actual    Mil  6.08  10 10   2  4  0   47  60 11  16  32  .306  .941

 

Kyle Peterson, starter, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  4.67  11  0   1  1  0   17  19  2   7  11  .284  .803
Prorated  Mil        10  0   1  1  0   15  17  2   6  10            
Actual    Mil  5.52   3  2   1  2  0   15  19  3   4  12  .302  .867

 

Nick Neugebauer, starter, throws right, age 20

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Mil  7.50   2  2   1  1  0    6   6  1   6  11  .250  .817

 

Mike DeJean, reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Col  5.22  53  0   4  4  0   71  82 11  32  40  .294  .847

Prorated  Mil        62  0   5  5  0   82  96 13  37  47            
Actual    Mil  2.77  75  0   4  2  2   84  75  4  39  68  .236  .663

 

Curtis Leskanic, reliever, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  3.52  70  0   4  3 30   72  62  6  43  69  .236  .720
Prorated  Mil        66  0   4  3 28   68  58  6  41  65            
Actual    Mil  3.63  70  0   2  6 17   69  63 11  31  64  .241  .752

 

Chad Fox, reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.51  11  0   1  1  0   16  19  2   9  16  .292  .859
Prorated  Mil        41  0   4  4  0   61  71  7  34  60            
Actual    Mil  1.89  65  0   5  2  2   67  44  6  36  80  .181  .595

 

Will Cunnane, reliever/starter, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  4.58  44  4   3  4  0   77  78 10  32  73  .264  .764
Prorated  Mil        31  3   2  3  0   54  55  7  23  52            
Actual    Mil  5.40  31  1   0  3  0   52  66  6  22  37  .320  .885

 

Ray King, reliever, throws left, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  3.86  70  0   4  4  1   72  66  7  38  55  .245  .727
Prorated  Mil        52  0   3  3  1   54  49  5  28  41            
Actual    Mil  3.60  82  0   0  4  1   55  49  5  25  49  .241  .734

 

Dave Weathers, reliever, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  4.23  70  0   5  5  2   96 104 11  37  76  .280  .780
Prorated  Mil        39  0   3  3  1   53  58  6  21  42            
Actual    Mil  2.03  52  0   3  4  4   58  37  3  25  46  .188  .564

Prorated  ChN        20  0   1  1  1   27  29  3  10  21            
Actual    ChN  3.18  28  0   1  1  0   28  28  3   9  20  .269  .760

Prorated  Tot        59  0   4  4  2   80  87  9  31  64            
Actual    Tot  2.41  80  0   4  5  4   86  65  6  34  66  .216  .631

 

Mike Buddie, reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.18  30  0   1  3  0   40  43  6  20  28  .277  .830
Prorated  Mil        29  0   1  3  0   39  42  6  19  27            
Actual    Mil  3.89  31  0   0  1  2   42  34  2  17  22  .225  .660

 

Mark Leiter, reliever/starter, throws right, age 38

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Col  4.08  17  0   1  1  0   18  16  2   9  15  .246  .742

Prorated  Mil        33  0   2  2  0   34  31  4  17  29            
Actual    Mil  3.75  20  3   2  1  0   36  32  6   8  26  .232  .690

 

Rocky Coppinger, reliever/starter, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.94  11  0   1  1  0   17  18  3  10  16  .277  .861
Prorated  Mil        15  0   1  1  0   23  24  4  14  22            
Actual    Mil  6.75   8  3   1  0  0   23  24  5  15  15  .282  .969

 

Gus Gandarillas, reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Mil  5.49  16  0   0  0  0   20  25  2  10   7  .321  .846

 

Brandon Kolb, reliever, throws right, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  4.74  23  0   2  2  0   38  40  4  22  35  .274  .799
Prorated  Mil         7  0   1  1  0   12  12  1   7  11            
Actual    Mil 13.03  10  0   0  0  0   10  16  6   8   8  .372 1.383

 

Lance Painter, reliever, throws left, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Tor  4.69  34  4   4  4  0   71  77  9  29  60  .279  .789
Prorated  Tor        10  1   1  1  0   21  22  3   8  17            
Actual    Tor  7.85  10  0   0  1  0   18  27  4  11  14  .342  .998

Prorated  Mil         5  1   1  1  0   11  12  1   4   9            
Actual    Mil  4.22  13  0   1  0  0   11  11  3   7   6  .268  .863

Prorated  Tot        15  2   2  2  0   32  34  4  13  27            
Actual    Tot  6.52  23  0   1  1  0   29  38  7  18  20  .317  .952

 

Valerio de los Santos, reliever, throws left, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Mil  5.17  57  4   3  6  0   92  97 19  35  88  .269  .829
Prorated  Mil         1  0   0  0  0    1   1  0   0   1            
Actual    Mil  9.00   1  0   0  0  0    1   1  0   1   1  .333  .833

 

 

 

 

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