2001 San Diego Padres season

Offseason

• November 3, 2000: Buddy Carlyle was purchased by Hanshin Tigers from the San Diego Padres.
• December 10, 2000: Ernie Young was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
• December 15, 2000: Adam Riggs was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
• January 12, 2001: Heathcliff Slocumb was released by the San Diego Padres.
• March 19, 2001: Rickey Henderson signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
• March 28, 2001: Mark Kotsay was traded by the Florida Marlins with Cesar Crespo to the San Diego Padres for Matt Clement, Eric Owens, and Omar Ortíz.

  Regular season

Rickey Henderson

• During the 2001 season, Rickey Henderson broke two major league records and reached a career milestone. He broke Babe Ruth's all-time record for walks, Ty Cobb's all-time record for runs, and on the final day of the season, he had his 3,000th career hit. That final game was also Padre legend Tony Gwynn's last major league game, and is the only time in Major League history in which 2 teammates had 3,000 hits each. Rickey had originally wanted to sit that game out so as not to detract from the occasion, but Gwynn insisted that Henderson play.

Opening Day starters

• Chris Gomez – SS
• Mark Kotsay – CF
• Mike Darr – LF
• Ryan Klesko – 1B
• Tony Gwynn – RF
• Damian Jackson – 2B
• Ben Davis – C
• Phil Nevin – 3B
• Kevin Jarvis – SP

  Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• July 30, 2001: Sterling Hitchcock was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely.

  Roster

Player stats

Batting

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Award winners

• Ryan Klesko
• Phil Nevin

  Farm system