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
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Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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