Sport Baseball AL champions New York Yankees NL champions Arizona Diamondbacks Dates 1 Apr 2001 – 5 Nov 2001 | Season champions Arizona Diamondbacks AL runners-up Seattle Mariners Champion Arizona Diamondbacks Finals champion Arizona Diamondbacks | |
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Duration April 1, 2001 – November 4, 2001 Season MVPs Ichiro Suzuki, Barry Bonds Similar 2003 Major League Baseball, 1999 Major League Baseball, 2002 Major League Baseball, 1998 Major League Baseball, 2006 Major League Baseball | ||
The 2001 Major League Baseball season, the first of the 21st century, finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in a Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. pushed the end of the regular-season from September 30 to October 7. Because of the tragedy, the World Series was not completed until November 4; therefore, it was called The November Series. The 2001 World Series was the only World Series to end in November, until the 2009 Series, which was scheduled to end on November 1 at the earliest and ended on November 4.
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This season was memorable for the Seattle Mariners equaling the Major League regular season record of 116 wins, Barry Bonds breaking Mark McGwire's single-season home run record, and baseball's patriotic return after a week's worth of games being postponed due to 9/11.
Postseason
National League
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