2001

2001 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2001.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yakult Swallows (CL) over the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yakult Swallows (Details)
    • Pacific League: Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Doosan Bears defeated the Samsung Lions in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Brother Elephants defeated the Uni-President Lions in the Taiwan Series (Details)
• Taiwan Major League: Taichung Agan over Taipei Gida, 4 - 2 in the championship series (Details)
• Claxton Shield: IBLA Internationals, International Baseball League of Australia (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam, Hoofdklasse (Details)
  • Division Élite: Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Paderborn Untouchables
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam
    • Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the HCAW in the series, 3 - 1 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Danesi Nettuno

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Arizona Diamondbacks (NL) over the New York Yankees (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Arizona Diamondbacks (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • All-American Association: Baton Rouge Blue Marlins
  • Appalachian League: Bluefield Orioles
  • Arizona League: AZL Athletics
  • Atlantic League: Somerset Patriots
  • California League: Lake Elsinore Storm / San Jose Giants
  • Carolina League: Salem Avalanche
  • Eastern League: New Britain Rock Cats / Reading Phillies
  • Florida State League: Brevard County Manatees
  • Frontier League: Richmond Roosters
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Yankees
  • International League: Louisville RiverBats (Details)
  • Midwest League: Kane County Cougars
  • New York-Penn League: Brooklyn Cyclones / Williamsport Crosscutters
  • Northern League: Sioux Falls Canaries
  • Northern League East: New Jersey Jackals
  • Northwest League: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
  • Pacific Coast League: New Orleans Zephyrs/Tacoma Rainiers (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
  • South Atlantic League: Lexington Legends
  • Southern League: Huntsville Stars / Jacksonville Suns
  • Texas League: Arkansas Travelers
  • Texas-Louisiana League: Edinburg Roadrunners
  • Western League: Long Beach Breakers

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres Capitalinos defeated the Diablos Rojos del México in the finals, 4 - 2

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Santiago de Cuba (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Culiacán, México; Águilas Cibaeñas (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Leones del Escogido in the finals, 4 - 2
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Criollos de Caguas defeated the Indios de Mayagüez in the finals, 5 - 1
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Cardenales de Lara defeated the Navegantes del Magallanes in the finals, 4 - 2

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Miami defeated Stanford University in the finals, 12 - 1 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: St. Mary's University (Texas) over the Central Missouri State University, 11 - 3 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: The University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) over the Marietta College, 8 - 4 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Birmingham-Southern College over the Lewis-Clark State College, 8 - 3 in the finals
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: North Central Texas College
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Delaware Technical & Community College
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Eastfield College
• Community College League of California: Riverside Community College over Fresno City College 13 - 6 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Details)
• National Club Baseball Association: University of Texas
• Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: Université Laval
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Shikoku Gakuin University defeated the Nihon University in the final, 2 - 0 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Joso Gakuin High School (Ibaragi) defeat Sendai Ikuei High School (Miyagi), 7 - 6 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: The Third High School of Nihon University (West Tokyo) defeat Ohmi High School (Shiga), 5 - 2 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Kitasuna (Tokyo, Japan) defeat Apopka National (Apopka, FL), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Taiwan (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• World Youth Championship in Córdoba, Veracruz, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (Details)
  • United States (Gold); Venezuela (Silver); Australia (Bronze)
• Africa Cup Baseball Championship in Kampala, Uganda (Details)
  • South Africa (Gold); Nigeria (Silver); Uganda (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Sinjhuang City (Hsinchuang), Taiwan (Details)
  • Chinese Taipei (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• European Championship in Bonn and Cologne, Germany (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Russia (Silver); Italy (Bronze)
• Bolivarian Games in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Details)
  • Panama (Gold); Venezuela (Silver); Colombia (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Big Book of Jewish Baseball, by Peter Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz
• The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, by John Holway
• Early Baseball and the Rise of the National League, by Tom Melville
• Heartbreakers, by John Kuenster
• Inside Pitch, by George Gmelch
• The New Bill James Biographical Abstract, by Bill James
• The Oldest Rookie, by Jim Morris
• 60 Feet Six Inches and Other Distances from Home, by Todd Fuller

Song

• Batter Up, by St. Lunatics
• The Curse of the Bambino, by David Kruh and Stephen Bergman (musical)
• I Am Here, by John McCutcheon

Film

• 61*
• Hardball
• Summer Catch

Births

Further information: Births in 2001

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 2001

Further Reading

• Anthony Castrovince: "A look back at 9/11's impact on baseball", mlb.com, September 11, 2021. [1]
• Will Leitch: "The 2001 season remains vivid in fans' memories", mlb.com, June 20, 2020. [2]