2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record62–100 (.383)
Divisional place6th
OwnersKevin McClatchy
General managersCam Bonifay
Roy Smith (interim)
Dave Littlefield
ManagersLloyd McClendon
TelevisionWCWB-TV
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
Seasons

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 1985. 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

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9369 0.574 — 44–37 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9369 0.574 — 54–28 39–41
Chicago Cubs 8874 0.543 5 48–33 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Cincinnati Reds 6696 0.407 27 27–54 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 62100 0.383 31 38–43 24–57

Game log

2001 Game Log (62–100)
April (9–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Cincinnati2–3FernandezRitchieGraves20,7840–1
2April 4@ Cincinnati6–5 (10)WilliamsSullivan—18,3301–1
3April 5@ Cincinnati1–4DessensAndersonRiedling20,4821–2
4April 6@ Houston1–4DotelOlivaresWagner27,1261–3
5April 7@ Houston5–3ArroyoBottenfieldWilliams30,0462–3
6April 8@ Houston9–3BeimelElarton—30,1743–3
7April 9Cincinnati2–8ReitsmaRitchie—36,9543–4
8April 11Cincinnati6–5SilvaRiedlingWilliams35,0454–4
9April 12Cincinnati6–11HarnischOlivares—33,0454–5
10April 13@ Chicago2–4BereArroyoFassero26,0034–6
11April 14@ Chicago6–7AybarSilvaFassero34,2204–7
12April 15@ Chicago1–5DuncanSauerbeck—21,0614–8
13April 16Houston3–0AndersonMillerWilliams20,1285–8
14April 18Houston8–4ArroyoReynolds—20,3396–8
15April 20Chicago2–8LieberMartinez—31,6926–9
16April 21Chicago3–4HerediaWilliamsFassero33,1056–10
17April 22Chicago4–3 (10)WilliamsFassero—35,6767–10
18April 24@ Los Angeles5–1OlivaresPark—23,5968–10
19April 25@ Los Angeles5–6AdamsManzanillo—22,4958–11
20April 26@ Los Angeles3–6BrownRitchie—24,1438–12
21April 27@ San Diego3–0AndersonJonesWilliams27,8969–12
22April 28@ San Diego1–8EatonArroyo—48,3269–13
23April 29@ San Diego1–6WilliamsOlivaresHoffman41,6549–14
May (8–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1San Francisco6–11RueterMartinez—22,9269–15
25May 2San Francisco6–7OrtizSilvaNen22,8809–16
26May 3San Francisco4–3SilvaEstesWilliams23,04810–16
27May 4Colorado3–9HamptonArroyo—32,65310–17
28May 5Colorado11–3OlivaresChacon—37,59611–17
29May 6Colorado4–3 (11)BeimelWhite—34,91512–17
30May 7@ St. Louis0–7MorrisRitchie—31,89112–18
31May 8@ St. Louis2–8BenesAnderson—35,77112–19
32May 9@ St. Louis2–6HermansonArroyo—33,92112–20
33May 10@ St. Louis5–11MatthewsSilva—45,00812–21
34May 11@ Milwaukee3–0SchmidtHaynesWilliams31,52513–21
35May 12@ Milwaukee4–5 (12)LeskanicBeimel—42,00413–22
36May 13@ Milwaukee1–4SheetsAnderson—30,08413–23
37May 14@ Milwaukee8–11WrightWengertLeskanic26,97413–24
38May 15St. Louis3–8HermansonOlivares—30,88313–25
39May 16St. Louis0–3KileSchmidt—29,12813–26
40May 17St. Louis2–12MorrisRitchie—29,83513–27
41May 19Milwaukee6–1AndersonSheets—37,85714–27
42May 20Milwaukee8–7ManzanilloWeathersWilliams35,72815–27
43May 23@ Philadelphia0–4WolfSchmidtBottalico—15–28
44May 23@ Philadelphia2–5DaalOlivaresMesa13,33715–29
45May 24@ Philadelphia5–6CormierSauerbeckMesa12,28715–30
46May 25@ Atlanta0–1MadduxRitchie—28,12015–31
47May 26@ Atlanta3–9BurkettWengert—40,78815–32
48May 27@ Atlanta6–3ArroyoGlavineWilliams35,72816–32
49May 28Florida8–5SilvaMiceliWilliams26,51217–32
50May 29Florida0–5BurnettAnderson—21,08317–33
51May 30Florida7–9 (10)AlfonsecaWilliamsLooper24,34317–34
June (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Atlanta1–5BurkettRitchie—34,23017–35
53June 3Atlanta7–11GlavineOlivares——17–36
54June 3Atlanta3–8SmoltzAnderson—36,92417–37
55June 5@ Florida5–2SchmidtPennyWilliams10,13818–37
56June 6@ Florida2–7DempsterRitchie—10,11418–38
57June 7@ Florida3–5BonesManzanilloAlfonseca14,51618–39
58June 8@ Minnesota6–8CarrascoOlivaresHawkins29,58718–40
59June 9@ Minnesota2–3MaysAndersonHawkins26,68518–41
60June 10@ Minnesota11–8SauerbeckMillerWilliams24,40019–41
61June 12@ Detroit13–3RitchieMlicki—15,91920–41
62June 13@ Detroit3–6WeaverBeimelAnderson17,63920–42
63June 14@ Detroit4–6SparksArroyoAnderson17,30520–43
64June 15Cleveland6–3AndersonBurbaWilliams36,23521–43
65June 16Cleveland6–4SchmidtWrightWilliams37,05622–43
66June 17Cleveland1–0RitchieKarsay—36,69423–43
67June 19Philadelphia8–5BeimelChenSauerbeck33,71324–43
68June 20Philadelphia5–9DaalArroyo—28,14524–44
69June 21Philadelphia3–6PersonAndersonMesa29,56024–45
70June 22Montréal5–11ArmasSchmidt—33,43924–46
71June 23Montréal7–4RitchieYoshiiWilliams38,16925–46
72June 24Montréal4–11MattesBeimel—36,82625–47
73June 25Milwaukee6–4WilliamsLevraultWilliams22,47026–47
74June 26Milwaukee7–6 (12)OlivaresKing—24,12027–47
75June 27Milwaukee6–2SchmidtHaynes—25,75628–47
76June 28Milwaukee1–0RitchieWrightWilliams36,39029–47
77June 29@ Montréal3–12MattesBeimel—6,50429–48
78June 30@ Montréal6–7LloydWilliams—8,71129–49
July (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Montréal3–9ThurmanAnderson—6,63129–50
80July 2@ Cincinnati10–5SchmidtDavis—22,39730–50
81July 3@ Cincinnati3–2RitchieDessensWilliams21,72431–50
82July 4@ Cincinnati14–3BeimelReith—17,97232–50
83July 5@ Cincinnati1–7AcevedoWilliams—24,12832–51
84July 6@ Chicago10–6ManzanilloHowry—19,55433–51
85July 7@ Chicago1–4WellsSchmidtFoulke25,11333–52
86July 8@ Chicago2–9LoweRitchie—22,10533–53
87July 12Kansas City2–0AndersonSuppanWilliams26,39334–53
88July 13Kansas City1–0RitchieGrimsley—35,32535–53
89July 14Kansas City4–7WilsonWilliamsHernandez37,78935–54
90July 15Los Angeles2–4BrownSchmidtShaw38,15235–55
91July 16Los Angeles4–6GagneBeimelShaw26,14535–56
92July 17Los Angeles1–4AdamsAndersonHerges30,15035–57
93July 18Chicago5–6FasseroWilliamsGordon31,91935–58
94July 19Chicago3–2OlivaresDuncanWilliams34,92136–58
95July 20@ St. Louis4–1SchmidtHermansonManzanillo35,21537–58
96July 21@ St. Louis2–9SmithBeimel—44,93037–59
97July 22@ St. Louis2–0AndersonTimlinWilliams33,54638–59
98July 24@ Chicago2–10TavarezRitchie—40,26938–60
99July 25@ Chicago5–6LieberWilliams—38,50838–61
100July 26Houston2–3MlickiSchmidtWagner30,24538–62
101July 27Houston3–2BeimelReynoldsWilliams38,46339–62
102July 28Houston9–8OlivaresWagner—32,97740–62
103July 28Houston3–12McKnightAnderson—38,29540–63
104July 29Houston4–1RitchieMillerWilliams37,16641–63
105July 31@ San Francisco7–8 (11)GomesWilkins—41,52941–64
August (8–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ San Francisco1–3SchmidtBeimelNen41,25141–65
107August 2@ San Francisco0–3RueterMcKnightNen41,72641–66
108August 3@ Colorado7–12HamptonAnderson—38,83641–67
109August 4@ Colorado6–3RitchieChacon—44,29442–67
110August 5@ Colorado5–4LincolnBohanonFetters36,57043–67
111August 7Los Angeles1–2AdamsMcKnightShaw28,87343–68
112August 8Los Angeles4–9CarraraAnderson—29,52843–69
113August 9Los Angeles8–5RitchieParkFetters29,84144–69
114August 10San Diego2–3TollbergWilliamsHoffman36,58844–70
115August 11San Diego2–6LawrenceBeimel—39,38844–71
116August 12San Diego7–6ManzanilloMyers—37,15045–71
117August 13@ Arizona0–3JohnsonAnderson—32,38645–72
118August 14@ Arizona3–4 (10)BatistaMarte—31,00645–73
119August 15@ Arizona2–5SchillingWilliams—28,70345–74
120August 16@ Houston3–4MillerBeimelWagner26,51845–75
121August 17@ Houston5–6MlickiMcKnightWagner37,36345–76
122August 18@ Houston0–3HernandezAndersonDotel41,95545–77
123August 19@ Houston2–12OswaltRitchie—35,91545–78
124August 21Arizona4–2OlivaresSchillingFetters35,13146–78
125August 22Arizona0–6LopezBeimel—26,53146–79
126August 23Arizona5–1McKnightJohnsonFetters30,79447–79
127August 24Houston1–5OswaltAnderson—37,32447–80
128August 25Houston8–2RitchieMlicki—37,66548–80
129August 26Houston1–3VilloneWilliamsWagner34,85048–81
130August 27@ Milwaukee5–12CoppingerBeimelBuddie26,28948–82
131August 28@ Milwaukee6–5SauerbeckLeskanicFetters23,57949–82
132August 29@ Milwaukee8–9LevraultAndersonFox24,55149–83
133August 31@ Cincinnati3–11ReitsmaRitchie—19,09049–84
September (9–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Cincinnati7–0WilliamsAcevedo—24,30850–84
135September 2@ Cincinnati6–8SullivanLincolnGraves21,88150–85
136September 3Milwaukee7–12LeiterVogelsong——50–86
137September 3Milwaukee3–2FettersFox—29,00351–86
138September 4Milwaukee5–2ArroyoLevraultFetters17,29352–86
139September 5Milwaukee5–1RitchieWright—18,86653–86
140September 6Cincinnati6–8BrowerLoiselleGraves20,68353–87
141September 7Cincinnati3–1McKnightDavisOlivares33,80054–87
142September 8Cincinnati5–2AndersonDessens—38,63855–87
143September 9Cincinnati3–5ReyesVogelsongGraves33,21455–88
144September 17New York1–4FrancoFettersBenitez25,90255–89
145September 18New York5–7RigganOlivaresBenitez19,28555–90
146September 19New York2–9GonzalezMcKnight—20,37155–91
147September 20St. Louis1–9WilliamsAnderson—21,67855–92
148September 21St. Louis5–9HackmanOlivares—36,20955–93
149September 22St. Louis1–4SmithRitchieStechschulte37,53955–94
150September 23St. Louis2–1WilliamsHermansonManzanillo33,63356–94
151September 24Chicago7–6LincolnChiassonLoiselle18,90857–94
152September 25Chicago13–1AndersonBere—18,58158–94
153September 26Chicago4–8CruzArroyo—25,56458–95
154September 28@ St. Louis3–14HermansonRitchie—33,21858–96
155September 29@ St. Louis0–2MorrisWilliamsStechschulte39,78258–97
156September 30@ St. Louis3–7WilliamsMcKnight—42,44258–98
October (4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
157October 1@ New York5–1AndersonRuschSauerbeck6,31559–98
158October 2@ New York10–1ArroyoChen—8,05860–98
159October 3@ New York0–3TrachselRitchie—6,62760–99
160October 5@ Chicago3–2BeimelBereFetters24,78661–99
161October 6@ Chicago2–13TavarezMcKnight—35,02061–100
162October 7@ Chicago4–3BeimelZambranoFetters35,08362–100
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record

Sources:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —5–26–35–113–64–22–410–93–33–33–33–44–212–710–92–47–8
Atlanta 2–5—4–24–24–29–103–32–53–313–610–910–95–13–34–23–39–9
Chicago 3–62–4—13–43–33–38–94–28–93–34–24–210–62–43–39–89–6
Cincinnati 1–52–44–13—3–64–26–114–26–104–24–22–49–82–44–27–104–11
Colorado 6–132–43–36–3—4–22–48–115–13–44–32–42–49–109–106–32–10
Florida 2–410–93–32–42–4—3–32–54–212–77–125–144–23–42–43–312–6
Houston 4–23–39–811–64–23–3—2–412–56–03–33–39–83–63–39–79–6
Los Angeles 9–105–22–42–411–85–24–2—5–12–42–43–37–29–1011–83–36–9
Milwaukee 3–33–39–810–61–52–45–121–5—4–23–33–36–111–55–47–105–10
Montreal 3–36–133–32–44–37–120–64–22–4—8–119–105–13–32–52–48–10
New York 3–39–102–42–43–412–73–34–23–311–8—11–84–21–53–41–510–8
Philadelphia 4–39–102–44–24–214–53–33–33–310–98–11—5–15–23–32–47–11
Pittsburgh 2–41–56–108–94–22–48–92–711–61–52–41–5—2–41–53–148–7
San Diego 7–123–34–24–210–94–36–310–95–13–35–12–54–2—5–141–56–9
San Francisco 9–102–43–32–410–94–23–38–114–55–24–33–35–114–5—4–210–5
St. Louis 4–23–38–910–73–63–37–93–310–74–25–14–214–35–12–4—8–7

Detailed records

Roster

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Adrian BrownCF
Derek BellRF
Jason KendallC
Brian GilesLF
Aramis Ramírez3B
Kevin Young1B
Pat Meares2B
Jack WilsonSS
Todd RitchieSP

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

J. P. "Honus" Wagner, a statue of Honus Wagner by Frank Vittor, 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

Statistics

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Draft picks

2001 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks[16]
Rd # Player Pos DOB and Age School
18John Van BenschotenRHPApril 14, 1980 (aged 21)Kent State University (Kent, Ohio)
384Jeremy GuthrieRHPApril 8, 1979 (aged 22)Stanford University (Palo Alto, California)
4114Jeff KeppingerSSApril 21, 1980 (aged 21)University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
5144Travis Chapman1BJune 5, 1978 (aged 23)Indian River Community College (Fort Pierce, Florida)
6174Drew FriedbergLHPMarch 3, 1979 (aged 22)Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
7204Mike McCuistionCMay 14, 1982 (aged 19)Yucaipa HS (Yucaipa, California)
8234Chris DuffyOFApril 20, 1980 (aged 21)Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
9264Jason Fellows1B—Berkmar HS (Lilburn, Georgia)
10294Aaron BulkleySSMay 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

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxxviii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
  3. 1 2 3 "Billy Taylor Stats".
  4. ↑ "Ramon Martinez Stats".
  5. ↑ Jeremy Guthrie Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ "PNC Park". Baseballparks.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  8. 1 2 3 PNC Park Gets Rave Reviews - Sports News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh Archived March 17, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
  10. ↑ Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
  11. ↑ McKay, Jim (April 15, 2001). "Workers proud of what they have wrought". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
  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. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  16. ↑ "2001 Pittsburgh Pirates Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.
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