2001 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 2001 throughout the world.
Champions
Major League Baseball
Regular Season Champions
World Series Champion – Arizona Diamondbacks
Postseason – October 9 to November 4
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 as a result of the pre-2003 "alternating years" rule.
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.
Postseason MVPs
World Series MVP – Randy Johnson/Curt Schilling (co-MVPs)