2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887) Central Division (since 1994); ;
Location
	PNC Park (since 2001); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907);
Results
Record	62–100 (.383)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay; Roy Smith (interim); Dave Littlefield
Manager(s)	Lloyd McClendon
Local television	WCWB-TV; Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 120th season of the franchise; the 115th in the National League. This was their first season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 62–100, their first 100 loss season since 1952. The year also saw longtime Pirate Bill Mazeroski inducted into the Hall of Fame.^[2]

Offseason[]

February 1, 2001: Billy Taylor was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	93	69	0.574	—	44–37	49–32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	0.574	—	54–28	39–41
Chicago Cubs	88	74	0.543	5	48–33	40–41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	25	36–45	32–49
Cincinnati Reds	66	96	0.407	27	27–54	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	0.383	31	38–43	24–57

Game log[]

2001 Game Log (62–100)

April (9–14)

May (8–20)

June (12–15)

July (12–15)

August (8–20)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	@ San Francisco	1–3	Schmidt	Beimel	Nen	41,251	41–65
107	August 2	@ San Francisco	0–3	Rueter	McKnight	Nen	41,726	41–66
108	August 3	@ Colorado	7–12	Hampton	Anderson	—	38,836	41–67
109	August 4	@ Colorado	6–3	Ritchie	Chacon	—	44,294	42–67
110	August 5	@ Colorado	5–4	Lincoln	Bohanon	Fetters	36,570	43–67
111	August 7	Los Angeles	1–2	Adams	McKnight	Shaw	28,873	43–68
112	August 8	Los Angeles	4–9	Carrara	Anderson	—	29,528	43–69
113	August 9	Los Angeles	8–5	Ritchie	Park	Fetters	29,841	44–69
114	August 10	San Diego	2–3	Tollberg	Williams	Hoffman	36,588	44–70
115	August 11	San Diego	2–6	Lawrence	Beimel	—	39,388	44–71
116	August 12	San Diego	7–6	Manzanillo	Myers	—	37,150	45–71
117	August 13	@ Arizona	0–3	Johnson	Anderson	—	32,386	45–72
118	August 14	@ Arizona	3–4 (10)	Batista	Marte	—	31,006	45–73
119	August 15	@ Arizona	2–5	Schilling	Williams	—	28,703	45–74
120	August 16	@ Houston	3–4	Miller	Beimel	Wagner	26,518	45–75
121	August 17	@ Houston	5–6	Mlicki	McKnight	Wagner	37,363	45–76
122	August 18	@ Houston	0–3	Hernandez	Anderson	Dotel	41,955	45–77
123	August 19	@ Houston	2–12	Oswalt	Ritchie	—	35,915	45–78
124	August 21	Arizona	4–2	Olivares	Schilling	Fetters	35,131	46–78
125	August 22	Arizona	0–6	Lopez	Beimel	—	26,531	46–79
126	August 23	Arizona	5–1	McKnight	Johnson	Fetters	30,794	47–79
127	August 24	Houston	1–5	Oswalt	Anderson	—	37,324	47–80
128	August 25	Houston	8–2	Ritchie	Mlicki	—	37,665	48–80
129	August 26	Houston	1–3	Villone	Williams	Wagner	34,850	48–81
130	August 27	@ Milwaukee	5–12	Coppinger	Beimel	Buddie	26,289	48–82
131	August 28	@ Milwaukee	6–5	Sauerbeck	Leskanic	Fetters	23,579	49–82
132	August 29	@ Milwaukee	8–9	Levrault	Anderson	Fox	24,551	49–83
133	August 31	@ Cincinnati	3–11	Reitsma	Ritchie	—	19,090	49–84

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September (9–14)

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October (4–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents[]

2001 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	5–2	6–3	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–4	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	3–4	4–2	12–7	10–9	2–4	7–8
Atlanta	2–5	—	4–2	4–2	4–2	9–10	3–3	2–5	3–3	13–6	10–9	10–9	5–1	3–3	4–2	3–3	9–9
Chicago	3–6	2–4	—	13–4	3–3	3–3	8–9	4–2	8–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–6	2–4	3–3	9–8	9–6
Cincinnati	1–5	2–4	4–13	—	3–6	4–2	6–11	4–2	6–10	4–2	4–2	2–4	9–8	2–4	4–2	7–10	4–11
Colorado	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–3	—	4–2	2–4	8–11	5–1	3–4	4–3	2–4	2–4	9–10	9–10	6–3	2–10
Florida	2–4	10–9	3–3	2–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–5	4–2	12–7	7–12	5–14	4–2	3–4	2–4	3–3	12–6
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–8	11–6	4–2	3–3	—	2–4	12–5	6–0	3–3	3–3	9–8	3–6	3–3	9–7	9–6
Los Angeles	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–4	11–8	5–2	4–2	—	5–1	2–4	2–4	3–3	7–2	9–10	11–8	3–3	6–9
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	9–8	10–6	1–5	2–4	5–12	1–5	—	4–2	3–3	3–3	6–11	1–5	5–4	7–10	5–10
Montreal	3–3	6–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	7–12	0–6	4–2	2–4	—	8–11	9–10	5–1	3–3	2–5	2–4	8–10
New York	3–3	9–10	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–8	—	11–8	4–2	1–5	3–4	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	4–3	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	14–5	3–3	3–3	3–3	10–9	8–11	—	5–1	5–2	3–3	2–4	7–11
Pittsburgh	2–4	1–5	6–10	8–9	4–2	2–4	8–9	2–7	11–6	1–5	2–4	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	3–14	8–7
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	4–3	6–3	10–9	5–1	3–3	5–1	2–5	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	6–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–4	3–3	2–4	10–9	4–2	3–3	8–11	4–5	5–2	4–3	3–3	5–1	14–5	—	4–2	10–5
St. Louis	4–2	3–3	8–9	10–7	3–6	3–3	7–9	3–3	10–7	4–2	5–1	4–2	14–3	5–1	2–4	—	8–7

Detailed records[]

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	1	5	0.167	20	37
Florida Marlins	2	4	0.333	25	33
Montreal Expos	1	5	0.167	28	54
New York Mets	2	4	0.333	23	25
Philadelphia Phillies	1	5	0.167	23	35
Total	7	23	0.233	119	184
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	6	10	0.375	66	88
Cincinnati Reds	8	9	0.471	84	88
Houston Astros	8	9	0.471	67	75
Milwaukee Brewers	11	6	0.647	89	83
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	3	14	0.176	37	111
Total	36	48	0.429	343	445
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	2	4	0.333	14	21
Colorado Rockies	4	2	0.667	36	34
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	7	0.222	33	43
San Diego Padres	2	4	0.333	16	29
San Francisco Giants	1	5	0.167	24	35
Total	11	22	0.333	123	162
American League
Chicago White Sox	1	2	0.333	13	19
Cleveland Indians	3	0	1.000	13	7
Detroit Tigers	1	2	0.333	20	15
Kansas City Royals	2	1	0.667	7	7
Minnesota Twins	1	2	0.333	19	19
Total	8	7	0.533	72	67
Season Total	62	100	0.383	657	858

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	23	9	14	0.391	85	108
May	28	8	20	0.286	109	166
June	27	12	15	0.444	134	156
July	27	12	15	0.444	109	134
August	28	8	20	0.286	99	149
September	23	9	14	0.391	97	122
October	6	4	2	0.667	24	23
Total	162	62	100	0.383	657	858

Total	162	62	100	0.383	657	858
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	38	43	0.469	342	414
Away	81	24	57	0.296	315	444

Roster[]

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

55 Jimmy Anderson
69 Bronson Arroyo
53 Joe Beimel
39 Mike Fetters
57 Mike Lincoln
51 Rich Loiselle
49 Josías Manzanillo
46 Dámaso Marte
38 Ramón Martínez
45 Tony McKnight
45 Terry Mulholland
31 Omar Olivares
48 Todd Ritchie
47 Scott Sauerbeck
22 Jason Schmidt
56 José Silva
36 Billy Taylor
28 Ryan Vogelsong
38 Don Wengert
50 Marc Wilkins
58 Dave Williams
43 Mike Williams

Catchers

11 Humberto Cota
18 Jason Kendall
15 Keith Osik

Infielders

25 Luis Figueroa
25 Mendy López
2 Pat Meares
30 Warren Morris
10 Abraham Núñez
16 Aramis Ramírez
7 John Wehner
36 Craig Wilson
25 Enrique Wilson
12 Jack Wilson
29 Kevin Young

Outfielders

50 Andy Barkett
14 Derek Bell
13 Adrian Brown
17 Emil Brown
24 Brian Giles
3 Chad Hermansen
27 Alex Hernández
38 Adam Hyzdu
59 Rob Mackowiak
22 Gary Matthews, Jr.
5 Tike Redman
17 Armando Ríos
28 John Vander Wal

Manager

23 Lloyd McClendon

Coaches

35 Dave Clark (hitting)
44 Trent Jewett (third base)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)
52 Bruce Tanner (bullpen)
19 Bill Virdon (bench)
54 Spin Williams (pitching)

Opening Day lineup[]


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Adrian Brown	CF
Derek Bell	RF
Jason Kendall	C
Brian Giles	LF
Aramis Ramírez	3B
Kevin Young	1B
Pat Meares	2B
Jack Wilson	SS
Todd Ritchie	SP

Notable transactions[]

April 2, 2001: Billy Taylor was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]
April 3, 2001: Billy Taylor was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]
April 11, 2001: Ramón Martínez was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[4]
June 5, 2001: Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[5]
July 30, 2001: John Vander Wal and Jason Schmidt were traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Armando Ríos and Ryan Vogelsong.^[6]

PNC Park[]

Statue of Honus Wagner, outside the homeplate entrance

The Pirates opened the park with two pre-season games against the New York Mets, the first was played on March 31, 2001.^[7] The first official baseball game played in PNC Park was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates, on April 9, 2001. The Reds won the game by the final score of 8–2. The first pitch was thrown by Todd Ritchie, a ball to Barry Larkin. In the top of the first inning, Sean Casey's two-run home run was the first hit in the park. The first Pirates' batter, Adrian Brown, struck out; however, later in the inning Jason Kendall singled, the first hit by a Pirate. Two days later, John Vander Wal became the first Pirate to hit a home run in the park.^[8]

Upon opening in 2001, PNC Park was praised by fans and media alike. Jim Caple, of ESPN.com, ranked PNC Park as the best stadium in Major League Baseball, with a score of 95 out of 100.^[9] He compared the park to Fallingwater, calling the stadium itself "perfect", and citing the high ticket prices as the only negative aspect of visiting the park.^[10] Pirates' vice-president Steve Greenberg said, "We said when construction began that we would build the best ballpark in baseball, and we believe we've done that."^[8] Major League Baseball executive Paul Beeston has said the park was the best he's seen so far in baseball.^[8] Many of the workers who built the park said that it was the nicest that they have seen.^[11] In 2008, Men's Fitness named the park one of "10 big league parks worth seeing this summer".^[12]^[13]

An evening game between the Dodgers and Pirates – August 7, 2001

Awards and honors[]

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Brian Giles, OF, Reserve

Statistics[]

Hitting

Regular Season^[14]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
A. Ríos	2	3	1	0.333	0	1
C. Wilson	88	158	49	0.310	13	32
B. Giles	160	576	178	0.309	37	95
A. Barkett	17	46	14	0.304	1	3
A. Ramírez	158	603	181	0.300	34	112
J. Vander Wal	97	313	87	0.278	11	50
J. Beimel	41	26	7	0.269	0	0
R. Mackowiak	83	214	57	0.266	4	21
J. Kendall	157	606	161	0.266	10	53
A. Núñez	115	301	79	0.262	1	21
M. Lincoln	30	4	1	0.250	0	0
G. Matthews, Jr.	46	147	36	0.245	5	14
M. López	22	43	10	0.233	0	4
K. Young	142	449	104	0.232	14	65
T. Redman	37	125	28	0.224	1	4
J. Wilson	108	390	87	0.223	3	25
H. Cota	7	9	2	0.222	0	1
O. Olivares	44	27	6	0.222	1	6
P. Meares	87	270	57	0.211	4	25
A. Hyzdu	51	72	15	0.208	5	9
K. Osik	56	120	25	0.208	2	13
W. Morris	48	103	21	0.204	2	11
E. Brown	61	123	25	0.203	3	13
J. Wehner	43	51	10	0.196	0	2
A. Brown	8	31	6	0.194	1	2
E. Wilson	46	129	24	0.186	1	8
J. Schmidt	12	23	4	0.174	1	1
D. Bell	46	156	27	0.173	5	13
C. Hermansen	22	55	9	0.164	2	5
T. Ritchie	32	59	9	0.153	0	3
J. Anderson	32	59	7	0.119	0	3
D. Williams	20	34	4	0.118	0	2
A. Hernández	7	11	1	0.091	0	0
B. Arroyo	23	21	1	0.048	0	1
L. Figueroa	4	2	0	0.000	0	0
J. Manzanillo	68	1	0	0.000	0	0
D. Marte	23	4	0	0.000	0	0
R. Martínez	4	5	0	0.000	0	0
T. McKnight	12	17	0	0.000	0	0
T. Mulholland	21	3	0	0.000	0	0
S. Sauerbeck	66	2	0	0.000	0	0
J. Silva	26	2	0	0.000	0	0
R. Vogelsong	2	2	0	0.000	0	0
D. Wengert	4	3	0	0.000	0	0
M. Fetters	20	0	0	—	0	0
R. Loiselle	17	0	0	—	0	0
B. Taylor	1	0	0	—	0	0
M. Wilkins	14	0	0	—	0	0
M. Williams	38	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[15]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
M. Lincoln	31	401⁄3	2	1	2.68	24
J. Manzanillo	71	792⁄3	3	2	3.39	80
M. Williams	40	412⁄3	2	4	3.67	43
D. Williams	22	114	3	7	3.71	57
T. Mulholland	22	361⁄3	0	0	3.72	17
T. Ritchie	33	2071⁄3	11	15	4.47	124
B. Taylor	1	2	0	0	4.50	3
M. Fetters	20	172⁄3	1	1	4.58	11
J. Schmidt	14	84	6	6	4.61	77
D. Marte	23	361⁄3	0	1	4.71	39
B. Arroyo	24	881⁄3	5	7	5.09	39
J. Anderson	34	2061⁄3	9	17	5.10	89
T. McKnight	12	691⁄3	2	6	5.19	36
J. Beimel	42	1151⁄3	7	11	5.23	58
S. Sauerbeck	70	622⁄3	2	2	5.60	79
O. Olivares	45	110	6	9	6.55	69
J. Silva	26	32	3	3	6.75	23
M. Wilkins	14	171⁄3	0	1	6.75	11
R. Martínez	4	152⁄3	0	2	8.62	9
R. Loiselle	18	18	0	1	11.50	9
R. Vogelsong	2	6	0	2	12.00	7
D. Wengert	4	16	0	2	12.38	4

Draft picks[]

2001 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks^[16]
Rd	#	Player	Pos	DOB and Age	School
1	8	John Van Benschoten	RHP	(1980-04-14)April 14, 1980 (aged 21)	Kent State University (Kent, Ohio)
3	84	Jeremy Guthrie	RHP	(1979-04-08)April 8, 1979 (aged 22)	Stanford University (Palo Alto, California)
4	114	Jeff Keppinger	SS	(1980-04-21)April 21, 1980 (aged 21)	University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
5	144	Travis Chapman	1B	(1978-06-05)June 5, 1978 (aged 23)	Indian River Community College (Fort Pierce, Florida)
6	174	Drew Friedberg	LHP	(1979-03-03)March 3, 1979 (aged 22)	Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
7	204	Mike McCuistion	C	(1982-05-14)May 14, 1982 (aged 19)	Yucaipa HS (Yucaipa, California)
8	234	Chris Duffy	OF	(1980-04-20)April 20, 1980 (aged 21)	Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
9	264	Jason Fellows	1B	—	Berkmar HS (Lilburn, Georgia)
10	294	Aaron Bulkley	SS	(1983-05-06)May 6, 1983 (aged 18)	Port Byron HS (Cayuga, New York)

Note

Age at time of draft.

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Marty Brown
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Dale Sveum
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Curtis Wilkerson
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Pete Mackanin
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Tony Beasley
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Williamsport

References[]

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxxviii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/taylobi04.shtml
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martira02.shtml
^ Jeremy Guthrie Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ "PNC Park". Baseballparks.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
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^ McKay, Jim (April 15, 2001). "Workers proud of what they have wrought". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxxviii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3

[baseball-reference.com-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/taylobi04.shtml

[4] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martira02.shtml

[5] Jeremy Guthrie Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[6] John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[ballparks-7] "PNC Park". Baseballparks.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

[autogenerated1-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c PNC Park Gets Rave Reviews - Sports News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh Archived March 17, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

[ESPNbestII-9] Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2008.

[ESPNbest-10] Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2008.

[workers-11] McKay, Jim (April 15, 2001). "Workers proud of what they have wrought". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 20, 2008.

[Menfit-12] Pratt, Devin. "Top Stadiums: Pittsburgh's PNC Park". Men's Fitness. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2008.

[13] Langosch, Jenifer (April 2, 2008). "PNC in Men's Fitness top 10 stadiums". PittsburghPirates.com. Retrieved April 10, 2008.

[14] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[15] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

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2001 Pittsburgh Pirates

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
PNC Park (since 2001) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	62–100 (.383)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay Roy Smith (interim) Dave Littlefield
Manager(s)	Lloyd McClendon
Local television	WCWB-TV Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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