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The 2001 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the American League side in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2001 postseason, began on Tuesday, October 9, and ended on Monday, October 15, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
Pages in category "2001 Major League Baseball season" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. ... 2001 American League Division Series;
The Athletics entered the 2001 season with high expectations. Much of the excitement stemmed from the team's trio of promising young starting pitchers ( Barry Zito , Mark Mulder , and Tim Hudson ); after a strong showing in 2000, many expected the Athletics' rotation to rank among the American League's best in 2001.
In the American League, the New York Yankees made their seventh straight postseason appearance, the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics returned for the second straight year, and the Cleveland Indians returned for the sixth time in eight years. The 2001 Mariners set an MLB record by winning 116 games during the regular season.
In the NL Central division foes met 16 or 17 times per season and in the AL West there were 19 or 20 games between each division foe. This season was memorable for the Seattle Mariners tying the Major League regular season record of 116 wins, Barry Bonds breaking Mark McGwire's single-season home run record, and baseball's patriotic return ...
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.
The 2001 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball's 2001 postseason.It was a rematch of the previous year’s ALCS between the second-seeded New York Yankees, who had come off a dramatic comeback against the Oakland Athletics in the Division Series after being down two games to zero, and the overall top seed Seattle Mariners, who also rallied ...
June 20, 2001: Joe Oliver was released by the New York Yankees. [4] July 4, 2001: Bobby Estalella was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Joe Smith (minors) to the New York Yankees for Brian Boehringer. [14] July 30, 2001: Sterling Hitchcock was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely ...