Okay, so I wanted to mess around with some old baseball data, specifically the 2001 Florida Marlins roster (they were the Florida Marlins back then, not Miami). I’ve always been a bit of a baseball stats nerd, and I figured this would be a fun little project.
Getting Started
First things first, I needed to find the actual roster. You know, figure out who even played for the Marlins that year. I started by just Googling “2001 Marlins roster.” Honestly, that’s usually my go-to move for anything.
I poked around and found that information easily.
Digging into the Data
Once I had the player names, I wanted to see their stats. I checked several different sports pages, comparing the listed players from the 2001 season.
Putting it all Together
I decided to make a simple list of the players. Nothing fancy, just the names, positions, batting hand, and throwing hand.
Here’s a breakdown of how the roster looked, position by position:
- Pitchers:
- Brad Penny (RHP)
- Ryan Dempster (RHP)
- A. J. Burnett (RHP)
- Matt Clement (RHP)
- Vladimir Núñez (RHP)
- Vic Darensbourg (LHP)
- Armando Almanza (LHP)
- Dan Smith(LHP)
- Reid Cornelius (LHP)
- Ricky Bones (RHP)
- Joe Strong(RHP)
- Juan Acevedo (RHP)
- Brian Edmondson (RHP)
- Antonio Alfonseca (RHP)
- Catchers:
- Mike Redmond (C)
- Charles Johnson (C)
- Ramón Castro(C)
- Infielders:
- Derrek Lee (1B)
- Kevin Millar(1B)
- Dave Berg(IF)
- Luis Castillo (2B)
- Mike Lowell(3B)
- Chris Clapinski(IF)
- Alex Gonzalez(IF)
- Pablo Ozuna(IF)
- Outfielders:
- Cliff Floyd (OF)
- Preston Wilson (OF)
- Eric Owens (OF)
- Tim Raines(OF)
- John Mabry(OF)
- Kevin Millar(OF)
- Jeff Abbott(OF)
So yeah, that’s basically what I did. I found the roster, dug up some stats, and organized it all in a way that made sense to me. It was a fun little trip down memory lane, reminding me of some players I hadn’t thought about in years!
