* 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player ( b. 1908 )

* 1928 – Bob Buhl, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

In 2001, the team was led by two of the most dominant pitchers in all of baseball: Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling.

* 2001 – Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager ( b. 1917 )

* Book on 2001 WS is " the last word on the inside game of baseball "

On September 11, 2001, Selig ordered all baseball games postponed for a week because of the terror attacks on New York and Washington.

The Indians finished with a 96 – 66 record tied with the Red Sox for best in baseball, their seventh Central Division title in 13 years and their first post-season trip since 2001.

* 1949 – Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1943 – Curt Blefary, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1940 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1931 – Eddie Mathews, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

Prior to the 2001 season, star free agent shortstop Alex Rodriguez, was signed by the Rangers in the most lucrative deal in baseball history: a 10-year, $ 252 million contract.

** Fern Battaglia, American professional baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* October 13 – Eddie Mathews, baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* July 5 – Curt Blefary, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* March 6 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* August 12 – Bob Buhl, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* February 10 – Karl Winsch, American professional baseball player and manager ( d. 2001 )

* March 6 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* June 13 – Nancy Warren, American female professional baseball player ( died 2001 )

In 2001, Aaron Webster was beaten to death by a group of youths armed with baseball bats and a pool cue while hanging around an area of Stanley Park frequented by gay men.

He has continued to publish hardcover books about baseball history, which have sold well and received admiring reviews ; these books include three editions of The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract ( 1985, 1988, 2001, the last entitled The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract.

* Dick Selma ( 1943 – 2001 ), American baseball player

There is also a Major League Soccer team called the Chicago Fire, and there are / were also NBA teams called the Memphis Grizzlies ( 2001 – present ) and Charlotte Hornets ( 1988 – 2002 ) ( although the nickname " Hornets " for minor league baseball teams in Charlotte long precedes the WFL entry, and the " Grizzlies " name for the Memphis NBA team was selected when the franchise was still in Vancouver ).

On September 11, 2001, Nami boarded United 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which crashed into a field in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger uprising, due to the passengers receiving information from their families of the 3 other hijacked planes that hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

On September 11, 2001, Haznawi boarded United Airlines Flight 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger uprising.

Former Pittsburgh Pirate manager Lloyd McClendon is jokingly referred to as having " stolen first " in a June 26, 2001 game – after disputing a call at first base, he yanked the base out of the ground and left the field with it, delaying the game.

LeRoy Wilton Homer, Jr. ( August 27, 1965 – September 11, 2001 ) was the First Officer of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 33 passengers and seven crew members.

PNC Park, the home ballpark of the Pirates which opened in 2001, includes a right field wall high, in reference to Clemente's uniform number and his normal fielding position during his years with the Pirates.

* Nathaniel Rochester ( computer scientist ) ( 1919 – 2001 ), designed the IBM 701, wrote the first assembler and participated in the founding of the field of artificial intelligence

On September 11, 2001, it was reported he boarded United 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which was crashed into a field in the control of hijacker-pilot Ziad Jarrah in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after the passengers attempted to take control of the plane in an uprising.

Women's field hockey: 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008

Ziad Samir Jarrah (, ) ( May 11, 1975 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of the masterminds of the September 11 attacks who served as the hijacker-pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, crashing the plane into a field in a rural area near Shanksville — after a passenger uprising — as part of the coordinated attacks.

The Lilian M. Gilbreth Lectureships were established in 2001 by the National Academy of Engineering, to recognize outstanding young American engineers, while the highest honor bestowed by the Institute of Industrial Engineers is the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award, for " those who have distinguished themselves through contributions to the welfare of mankind in the field of industrial engineering ".

Despite over fifty years of clinical use, Sackeim states that prior to 2001, " the field itself never really had an opportunity to have a discussion about patients who have complaints about long-term memory loss.

* 2001 Golden Wreath of Poetry, the main international award given by Struga Poetry Evenings to a world renowned living poet for life achievement in the field of poetry

Douglas and N. A. Nekrasov ( 2001 ) " Noncommutative field theory ," Rev.

In 2001, the ICA's official flag was changed from a rainbow flag to a rainbow logo flag on a white field, to clearly promote and strengthen the cooperative image, but still use the rainbow image.

Richmond has since regained a strong financial position, but with the exception of finals appearances in 1995 and 2001, the club has underachieved on the field.

On September 11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks on the United States, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in Stonycreek Township, north of the town of Shanksville.

Half of the " train park ", as some local youth refer to it, is the park, which was improved between 2001 and 2003 with a trail extension, field upgrades and a new playset.

In 2001, he received an Oscar " for significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar's RenderMan.

In addition to the views of the two sides, various non-Buddhist and non-committed to any of the two side-academics in the field of religion and history, presented their perspectives in several books, such as Daniel A. Metraux's 2001 book The International Expansion of a Modern Buddhist Movement: and: How the Soka Gakkai became a Global Buddhist Movement, the 1998 Oxford University Press book A Time to Chant by B. Wilson and K. Dobberlaere and :" Encountering the Dharma " by prof. Richard Seager, as well as various other publications.

During 2001 and 2002, the Green Monster's height record was temporarily beaten by the center field wall at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

During the period leading up to the dot-com crash circa 2001, photonics as a field focused largely on telecommunications.

Recent NESCAC champions include men's ice hockey ( 2011, albeit officially forfeited ), men's tennis ( 2008 ), women's volleyball ( 2011 ) men's cross country ( 2001, 2002 ), women's basketball ( 2001 – 2007, 2009 ), women's ice hockey ( 2002, 2004 ) and women's field hockey ( 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 ); recent NCAA tournament appearances include women's basketball ( Elite Eight, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 ; Final Four, 2004 ), women's field hockey ( Final Four, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 ) men's rugby ( sweet 16, 2001 ), women's ice hockey ( Final Four, 2002, 2003 ; Elite Eight, 2004, 2005 ), men's soccer ( Final Four, 2010 ) and women's lacrosse ( Final Four, 2011.