The 2001 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 119th season in the history of the franchise. Offseason November 29, 2000: Mark Brownson was released by the Philadelphia Phillies. December 15, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. January 29, 2001: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Transactions June 5, 2001: Ryan Howard was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2001. June 5, 2001: Paul Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for Jose Santiago. June 7, 2001: Rob Ducey was released by the Philadelphia Phillies. July 23, 2001: Gary Bennett was traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Todd Pratt. July 27, 2001: Felipe Crespo was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Gomes. July 27, 2001: Turk Wendell was traded by the New York Mets with Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker (minors). 2001 Game Log |- style="background:#bfb" | 1 || April 2 || @ Marlins || 6–5 (13) || Amaury Telemaco (1–0) || Vladimir Núñez (0–1) || None || 36,146 || 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb" | 2 || April 3 || @ Marlins || 4–3 || Chris Brock (1–0) || Braden Looper (0–1) || José Mesa (1) || 10,257 || 2–0 |- style="background:#bfb" | 3 || April 4 || @ Marlins || 7–3 || Rhéal Cormier (1–0) || Dan Miceli (0–1) || None || 8,493 || 3–0 |- style="background:#fbb" | 4 || April 6 || Cubs || 2–3 || Julián Tavárez (1–0) || Randy Wolf (0–1) || Jeff Fassero (2) || 36,380 || 3–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 5 || April 7 || Cubs || 4–8 || Jason Bere (1–0) || Vicente Padilla (0–1) || None || 16,847 || 3–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 6 || April 8 || Cubs || 3–1 || Robert Person (1–0) || Jon Lieber (0–1) || José Mesa (2) || 15,550 || 4–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 7 || April 9 || Marlins || 5–4 || Ricky Bottalico (1–0) || Ricky Bones (0–1) || None || 11,311 || 5–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 8 || April 10 || Marlins || 7–6 || Wayne Gomes (1–0) || Antonio Alfonseca (0–1) || José Mesa (3) || 11,376 || 6–2 |-