2001 Major League Baseball season
| 2001 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 1, 2001 – November 4, 2001 |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Season MVP |
AL: Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) NL: Barry Bonds (SF) |
| League Postseason | |
| AL champions | New York Yankees |
| AL runners-up | Seattle Mariners |
| NL champions | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| NL runners-up | Atlanta Braves |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Runners-up | New York Yankees |
| Finals MVP | Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling (ARI) |
The 2001 Major League Baseball season, the first of the 21st century, finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in a Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. pushed the end of the regular-season from September 30 to October 7. Because of the tragedy, the World Series was not completed until November 4; therefore, it was called The November Series. The 2001 World Series was the only World Series to end in November, until the 2009 Series, which was scheduled to end on November 1 at the earliest and ended on November 4.
This season was memorable for the Seattle Mariners equaling 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 after a week's worth of games being postponed due to 9/11.
Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
The National League Champion has home field advantage during the World Series. (Rotated between NL and AL each year until 2003)
American League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of the AL regular season champion (Seattle Mariners) and the AL wild card (Oakland Athletics) coming from the same division.
National League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of the NL regular season champion (Houston Astros) and the NL wild card (St. Louis Cardinals) coming from the same division.
±hosted the MLB All Star Game
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