2001 International League season

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The 2001 International League season was the 116th in the league's history, and ended with the Louisville RiverBats winning their first Governors' Cup.

Due to the September 11th attacks, all Minor League Baseball playoffs were postponed and eventually canceled. Louisville and Scranton had played the first game of the finals the night before, and IL president Randy Mobley declared Louisville champions after players on both teams voted not to continue the series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Buffalo Bisons	91	51	.643	--	Eric Wedge	Cleveland Indians
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	78	65	.545	13½	Marc Bombard	Philadelphia Phillies
Syracuse SkyChiefs	71	73	.493	21	Omar Malave	Toronto Blue Jays
Ottawa Lynx	68	76	.472	24	Stan Hough	Montreal Expos
Pawtucket Red Sox	60	82	.423	31	Gary Jones	Boston Red Sox
Rochester Red Wings	60	84	.417	32	Andy Etchebarren	Baltimore Orioles

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Norfolk Tides	85	57	.599	--	John Gibbons	New York Mets
Durham Bulls	74	70	.514	12	Bill Evers	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Richmond Braves	68	76	.472	18	Carlos Tosca	Atlanta Braves
Charlotte Knights	67	77	.465	19	Nick Leyva	Chicago White Sox

West Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Louisville RiverBats	84	60	.583	--	Dave Miley	Cincinnati Reds
Columbus Clippers	67	76	.469	16½	Trey Hillman	New York Yankees
Indianapolis Indians	66	78	.458	18	Wendell Kim	Milwaukee Brewers
Toledo Mud Hens	65	79	.451	19	Bruce Fields	Detroit Tigers

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	N1	Buffalo Bisons	2
	WC	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	3
						WC	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	0
						W1	Louisville RiverBats	1
	S1	Norfolk Tides	2
	W1	Louisville RiverBats	3

First Round

Buffalo vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Date Away Home September 5 Buffalo 7 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3 September 6 Buffalo 2 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3 September 7 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 1 Buffalo 9 September 8 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4 Buffalo 3 September 9 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 6 Buffalo 2 19 innings Scranton/Wilkes-Barre wins series 3-2

Louisville vs. Norfolk Date Away Home September 5 Louisville 2 Norfolk 5 September 6 Louisville 4 Durham 0 September 7 Norfolk 0 Louisville 1 September 8 Norfolk 7 Louisville 1 September 9 Norfolk 0 Louisville 2 Louisville wins series 3-2

Governors' Cup Finals

Louisville vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Date Away Home September 10 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 1 Louisville 2 Louisville wins series 1-0

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Toby Hall, Durham, .335
• Runs Scored Raúl González, Louisville, 90
• Hits González, 161
• Doubles González, 39
• Triples Henry Mateo, Ottawa, 12
• Home Runs Izzy Alcantara, Pawtucket, 36
• Runs Batted In Calvin Pickering, Rochester and Louisville, 99
• Stolen Bases Mateo, 47

Pitching

• Wins Brandon Duckworth, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Pete Walker, Norfolk, 13
• Earned Run Average Duckworth, 2.63
• Complete Games Carlos Castillo, Pawtucket, 5
• Shutouts Dicky Gonzalez, Norfolk, 2
• Strikeouts Brandon Knight, Columbus, 173
• Saves Matt DeWitt, Syracuse, 27

All-Star Team

• First Base Calvin Pickering, Rochester
• Second Base P.J. Forbes, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Shortstop César Izturis, Syracuse
• Third Base Kevin Orie, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Utility Player Brian Rios, Toledo
• Outfield Karim García, Buffalo; Eric Valent, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Chris Wakeland, Toledo
• Catcher Toby Hall, Durham
• Designated Hitter Izzy Alcantara, Pawtucket
• Starting Pitcher Brandon Duckworth, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Relief Pitcher Matt DeWitt, Syracuse

References

Baseball America's 2002 Almanac.

External Links

2001 IL - The Baseball Cube