2001 Season Review -- 2001 Toronto Blue Jays
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Toronto Blue Jays 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 737 767
Runs allowed 762 753
Run Margin -25 14
Wins 78 80
Pythagorean wins 79 82
Placement 3rd 3rd
Position Players
Darrin Fletcher, c , bats left, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 507 149 26 1 21 51 75 6 29 4 55 0 0 .294 .336 .473 .810 77
Prorated Tor 420 123 22 1 17 42 62 5 24 3 46 0 0 64
Actual Tor 416 94 20 0 11 36 56 6 24 4 43 0 1 .226 .274 .353 .628 36
Alberto Castillo, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 75 18 3 0 1 6 7 0 8 0 14 0 0 .240 .310 .320 .630 8
Prorated Tor 129 31 5 0 2 10 12 0 14 0 24 0 0 14
Actual Tor 131 26 4 0 1 9 4 3 7 0 30 1 1 .198 .255 .252 .507 9
Josh Phelps, c , bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Tor 12 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 0
Carlos Delgado, 1b, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 531 163 46 0 39 105 124 13 99 13 114 0 0 .307 .424 .614 1.038 145
Prorated Tor 577 177 50 0 42 114 135 14 108 14 124 0 0 157
Actual Tor 574 160 31 1 39 102 102 16 111 22 136 3 0 .279 .408 .540 .948 134
Homer Bush, 2b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 601 165 25 2 5 85 53 7 34 0 111 28 10 .275 .319 .348 .667 67
Prorated Tor 267 73 11 1 2 38 24 3 15 0 49 12 4 29
Actual Tor 271 83 11 1 3 32 27 6 8 1 50 13 4 .306 .336 .387 .723 37
Jeff Frye, 2b/3b, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 67 19 4 0 0 9 3 0 7 0 10 1 1 .284 .351 .343 .695 8
Prorated Tor 173 49 10 0 0 23 8 0 18 0 26 3 3 21
Actual Tor 175 43 6 1 2 24 15 3 12 0 18 2 1 .246 .305 .326 .631 18
Cesar Izturis, 2b/ss, bats switch, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 71 14 2 1 0 8 4 0 2 0 7 3 2 .197 .219 .254 .473 4
Prorated Tor 133 26 4 2 0 15 7 0 4 0 13 6 4 7
Actual Tor 134 36 6 2 2 19 9 0 2 0 15 8 1 .269 .279 .388 .667 16
Chris Woodward, 2b/3b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 113 26 8 0 1 16 11 0 11 1 24 1 0 .230 .298 .327 .626 11
Prorated Tor 60 14 4 0 1 8 6 0 6 1 13 1 0 7
Actual Tor 63 12 3 2 2 9 5 0 1 0 14 0 1 .190 .203 .397 .600 4
Ryan Freel, 2b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 88 20 4 1 1 15 9 2 10 0 13 7 2 .227 .317 .330 .646 10
Prorated Tor 21 5 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 2
Actual Tor 22 6 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 2 1 .273 .333 .318 .652 2
Tony Batista, 3b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 565 150 30 1 36 87 104 5 38 2 106 5 2 .265 .315 .513 .828 89
Prorated Tor 268 71 14 0 17 41 49 2 18 1 50 2 1 41
Actual Tor 271 56 11 1 13 29 45 4 13 1 66 0 1 .207 .251 .399 .649 27
Prorated Bal 305 81 16 1 19 47 56 3 20 1 57 3 1 48
Actual Bal 308 82 16 5 12 41 42 0 19 0 47 5 1 .266 .305 .468 .773 43
Prorated Tot 572 152 30 1 36 88 105 5 38 2 107 5 2 89
Actual Tot 579 138 27 6 25 70 87 4 32 1 113 5 2 .238 .280 .435 .715 70
Felipe Lopez, 3b, bats switch, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Tor 177 46 5 4 5 21 23 0 12 1 39 4 3 .260 .304 .418 .722 22
Luis Lopez, 3b/1b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 69 19 4 0 0 8 9 0 5 0 6 0 0 .275 .320 .333 .653 7
Prorated Tor 118 32 7 0 0 14 15 0 9 0 10 0 0 12
Actual Tor 119 29 4 0 3 10 10 0 8 1 16 0 0 .244 .291 .353 .644 9
Alex S. Gonzalez, ss, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 536 136 31 1 13 68 60 5 44 0 109 8 6 .254 .316 .388 .704 64
Prorated Tor 628 159 36 1 15 80 70 6 52 0 128 9 7 75
Actual Tor 636 161 25 5 17 79 76 7 43 0 149 18 11 .253 .303 .388 .692 73
Shannon Stewart, lf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 587 181 36 3 17 106 68 8 53 1 79 31 10 .308 .372 .467 .839 104
Prorated Tor 627 193 38 3 18 113 73 9 57 1 84 33 11 111
Actual Tor 640 202 44 7 12 103 60 11 46 1 72 27 10 .316 .371 .463 .834 112
Brian Simmons, lf/cf/rf, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 91 22 4 1 2 14 12 1 9 0 19 3 1 .242 .317 .374 .690 11
Prorated Tor 105 25 5 1 2 16 14 1 10 0 22 3 1 12
Actual Tor 107 19 5 0 2 8 8 1 8 0 26 1 0 .178 .239 .280 .520 8
Chris Latham, lf/rf, bats switch, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 64 14 3 0 1 12 6 0 9 0 18 3 1 .219 .311 .313 .623 7
Prorated Tor 72 16 3 0 1 13 7 0 10 0 20 3 1 8
Actual Tor 73 20 3 1 2 12 10 1 10 1 28 4 1 .274 .369 .425 .794 12
Jose Cruz, cf/lf, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 476 115 25 4 22 76 61 1 73 4 109 15 5 .242 .342 .450 .791 77
Prorated Tor 539 130 28 5 25 86 69 1 83 5 123 17 6 87
Actual Tor 577 158 38 4 34 92 88 1 45 4 138 32 5 .274 .326 .530 .857 102
Vernon Wells, cf, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 69 17 4 1 2 9 8 0 5 0 12 2 1 .246 .293 .420 .714 8
Prorated Tor 95 23 5 1 3 12 11 0 7 0 16 3 1 12
Actual Tor 96 30 8 0 1 14 6 1 5 0 15 5 0 .313 .350 .427 .777 16
Raul Mondesi, rf, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 567 150 32 4 32 99 94 3 55 3 114 28 9 .265 .331 .504 .835 96
Prorated Tor 589 156 33 4 33 103 98 3 57 3 118 29 9 100
Actual Tor 572 144 26 4 27 88 84 6 73 3 128 30 11 .252 .342 .453 .794 90
Brad Fullmer, dh, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 620 176 47 0 32 91 115 6 44 6 79 6 3 .284 .334 .515 .849 101
Prorated Tor 526 149 40 0 27 77 97 5 37 5 67 5 3 85
Actual Tor 522 143 31 2 18 71 83 6 38 8 88 5 2 .274 .326 .444 .771 74
Tony Fernandez, dh, 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
Pitchers
Chris Carpenter, starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.18 32 32 10 12 0 188 212 25 77 128 .287 .818
Prorated Tor 36 36 11 13 0 210 237 28 86 143
Actual Tor 4.09 34 34 11 11 0 216 229 29 75 157 .274 .794
Esteban Loaiza, starter/reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.75 32 32 12 12 0 206 229 27 64 139 .283 .787
Prorated Tor 30 30 11 11 0 193 214 25 60 130
Actual Tor 5.02 36 30 11 11 0 190 239 27 40 110 .307 .829
Joey Hamilton, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.45 32 32 9 11 0 170 196 19 78 87 .293 .832
Prorated Tor 23 23 6 8 0 123 141 14 56 63
Actual Tor 5.89 22 22 5 8 0 122 170 17 38 82 .339 .923
Prorated Cin 3 3 1 1 0 17 20 2 8 9
Actual Cin 6.23 4 4 1 2 0 17 23 3 6 10 .329 .890
Prorated Tot 26 26 7 9 0 140 162 16 64 72
Actual Tot 5.93 26 26 6 10 0 140 193 20 44 92 .338 .919
Chris Michalak, starter/reliever, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 7.18 27 27 6 13 0 145 203 23 68 99 .325 .834
Prorated Tor 20 20 4 10 0 107 150 17 50 73
Actual Tor 4.62 24 18 6 7 0 115 133 14 49 57 .296 .854
Prorated Tex 4 4 1 2 0 19 27 3 9 13
Actual Tex 3.32 11 0 2 2 1 22 24 5 6 10 .279 .833
Prorated Tot 23 23 5 11 0 126 176 20 59 86
Actual Tot 4.41 35 18 8 9 1 137 157 19 55 67 .293 .851
Steve Parris, starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.40 32 32 10 12 0 188 216 27 69 119 .289 .833
Prorated Tor 18 18 6 7 0 107 122 15 39 67
Actual Tor 4.60 19 19 4 6 0 106 126 18 41 49 .299 .867
Roy Halladay, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 6.10 4 4 1 2 0 21 25 3 10 12 .301 .873
Prorated Tor 18 18 5 9 0 93 113 14 45 54
Actual Tor 3.16 17 16 5 3 0 105 97 3 25 96 .241 .615
Brandon Lyon, starter, throws right, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tor 4.29 11 11 5 4 0 63 63 6 15 35 .266 .727
Kelvim Escobar, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.79 74 4 7 7 3 120 126 15 55 95 .271 .789
Prorated Tor 72 4 7 7 3 117 122 15 53 92
Actual Tor 3.50 59 11 6 8 0 126 93 8 52 121 .204 .602
Paul Quantrill, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.19 53 0 4 3 0 73 84 6 23 43 .292 .779
Prorated Tor 57 0 4 3 0 78 90 6 25 46
Actual Tor 3.04 80 0 11 2 2 83 86 6 12 58 .274 .722
Bob File, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.19 13 0 1 1 0 17 19 3 8 12 .284 .841
Prorated Tor 50 0 4 4 0 66 73 12 31 46
Actual Tor 3.27 60 0 5 3 0 74 57 6 29 38 .220 .642
Pedro Borbon, reliever, throws left, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.94 53 0 3 3 0 51 51 6 36 32 .262 .804
Prorated Tor 48 0 3 3 0 46 46 5 33 29
Actual Tor 3.71 71 0 2 4 0 53 48 8 12 45 .244 .765
Dan Plesac, reliever, throws left, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.02 70 0 4 3 1 72 70 9 37 80 .256 .752
Prorated Tor 42 0 2 2 1 43 42 5 22 48
Actual Tor 3.57 62 0 4 5 1 45 34 4 24 68 .207 .652
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
Matt DeWitt, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 7.71 9 0 1 1 0 16 23 4 10 9 .338 1.028
Prorated Tor 10 0 1 1 0 18 25 4 11 10
Actual Tor 3.79 16 0 0 2 0 19 22 2 10 13 .293 .850
John Frascatore, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 4.94 23 0 2 2 0 31 35 5 12 14 .287 .825
Prorated Tor 12 0 1 1 0 16 18 3 6 7
Actual Tor 2.20 12 0 1 0 0 16 16 4 4 9 .246 .751
Scott Eyre, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 5.94 11 0 1 1 0 17 20 2 9 13 .303 .866
Prorated Tor 9 0 1 1 0 14 17 2 8 11
Actual Tor 3.45 17 0 1 2 2 16 15 1 7 16 .263 .752
Pasqual Coco, reliever/starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 7.32 4 4 1 2 0 20 25 4 12 15 .313 .961
Prorated Tor 3 3 1 1 0 13 16 3 8 10
Actual Tor 4.40 7 1 1 0 0 14 12 0 6 9 .226 .587
Kevin Beirne, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 6.52 30 0 2 3 0 48 61 8 21 33 .308 .890
Prorated Tor 5 0 0 1 0 9 11 1 4 6
Actual Tor 12.86 5 0 0 0 0 7 13 1 6 5 .394 1.093
Brian Bowles, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tor 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 4 .286 .619
Billy Koch, closer, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 3.36 70 0 4 5 30 75 73 6 24 61 .257 .703
Prorated Tor 68 0 4 5 29 73 71 6 23 60
Actual Tor 4.80 69 0 2 5 36 69 69 7 33 55 .265 .749
Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond
Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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