The Braves playing against the Boston Red Sox during a 2001 away game at Fenway Park.
The 2001 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 36th season in Atlanta and 131st overall. The Braves won their seventh consecutive division title. The season saw the team finish first in the NL East Division with an 88-74 record – the worst among playoff teams in 2001, and also the worst record for the Braves since the 1994 strike-reduced season (meaning the worst record through their run of 11 consecutive division titles starting in 1995). Atlanta finished the season with just a 2 game division lead over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Braves swept the favored Houston Astros in the NLDS before losing to the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS 4–1, in which Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling notably dominated Atlanta's offense.
Offseason
October 31, 2000: Bobby Bonilla was released by the Atlanta Braves.[1]
December 13, 2000: Rico Brogna was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[2]
January 26, 2001: Steve Avery was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[3]
March 30, 2001: Steve Avery was released by the Atlanta Braves.[3]
Regular season
The Braves played the Mets in the first game in New York after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11.[4] The game was played on September 21 and it was a 3-2 New York Mets victory over the Atlanta Braves.[4]
^Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN9781932391176. OCLC233698065.
Formerly the Boston Red Stockings, Boston Red Caps, Boston Beaneaters, Boston Doves, Boston Rustlers, Boston Bees, Boston Braves and the Milwaukee Braves