2001 Serie A1

Serie A1
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The 2001 Serie A1 championship was won by Caffe Danesi Nettuno. They beat two-time defending champions Semenzato Rimini in the Italian Series. It was the 16th scudetto for Nettuno.

Ragalnà Paternò made their Serie A1 debut and finished tied for seventh place. Italeri Bologna RHP Yoshimune Wakita, the first Japanese to play in Serie A1, led the league in ERA and won 10 games. Former major leaguer Jim Vatcher of Rimini led the league in RBI's for the second straight year.

Standings

1. Semenzato Rimini, 43-11 (Mike Romano)
2. Italeri Bologna, 39-15 (Mauro Mazzotti)
3. Caffe Danesi Nettuno, 33-21 (Giampiero Faraone)
4. MySpace Grosseto, 33-21 (Marco Mazzieri)
5. Auriga Caserta, 29-25 (Luis Lunar)
6. Cantine Ceci Parma, 23-31 (Claudio Corradi)
7. Colavita Anzio, 19-35 (Mario Colaianni)
8. Ragalnà Paternò, 19-35 (Luis Galindo)
9. GB Ricambi Modena, 19-35 (Juan Castro)
10. T&A San Marino, 13-41 (Doriano Bindi)

Semi Finals: Rimini beat Grosseto, Nettuno beat Bologna

• 2001 Italian Series: Nettuno beat Rimini

Leaders

• AVG: Manny Francois, Nettuno .431
• HR: Jairo Ramos, Grosseto 15
• RBI: Jim Vatcher, Rimini 65
• ERA: Yoshimune Wakita, Bologna 1.59
• Wins: Three tied with 11
• SO: John Kelly, Modena 184

Awards

• MVP: Juan Carlos Vigna, Nettuno P

All-Star Team

(Fan Pick/Editor Pick)

• P: John Kelly, Modena/Kelly
• C: Elio Gambuti, San Marino/Gambuti
• 1B: Dean Rovinelli, San Marino/Paolo Ceccaroli, Parma
• 2B: Davide Dallospedale, Bologna/Dallospedale
• SS: Orlando Muñoz, Modena/Muñoz
• 3B: David Sheldon, Rimini/Sheldon
• RF: Claudio Liverziani, Rimini/Liverziani
• CF: Jim Vatcher, Rimini/Vatcher
• LF: Filippo Crociati, Rimini/Daniele Frignani, Bologna
• UT: Daniel Newman, Bologna/Newman