en 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	62–100 (.383)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Cam Bonifay; Roy Smith (interim); Dave Littlefield
Managers	Lloyd McClendon
Television	WCWB-TV; Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)

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

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NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	93	69	.574	—	44‍–‍37	49‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	—	54‍–‍28	39‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs	88	74	.543	5	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	25	36‍–‍45	32‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds	66	96	.407	27	27‍–‍54	39‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	100	.383	31	38‍–‍43	24‍–‍57

Game log

2001 Game Log (62–100)

April (9–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 3	@ Cincinnati	2–3	Fernandez	Ritchie	Graves	20,784	0–1
2	April 4	@ Cincinnati	6–5 (10)	Williams	Sullivan	—	18,330	1–1
3	April 5	@ Cincinnati	1–4	Dessens	Anderson	Riedling	20,482	1–2
4	April 6	@ Houston	1–4	Dotel	Olivares	Wagner	27,126	1–3
5	April 7	@ Houston	5–3	Arroyo	Bottenfield	Williams	30,046	2–3
6	April 8	@ Houston	9–3	Beimel	Elarton	—	30,174	3–3
7	April 9	Cincinnati	2–8	Reitsma	Ritchie	—	36,954	3–4
8	April 11	Cincinnati	6–5	Silva	Riedling	Williams	35,045	4–4
9	April 12	Cincinnati	6–11	Harnisch	Olivares	—	33,045	4–5
10	April 13	@ Chicago	2–4	Bere	Arroyo	Fassero	26,003	4–6
11	April 14	@ Chicago	6–7	Aybar	Silva	Fassero	34,220	4–7
12	April 15	@ Chicago	1–5	Duncan	Sauerbeck	—	21,061	4–8
13	April 16	Houston	3–0	Anderson	Miller	Williams	20,128	5–8
14	April 18	Houston	8–4	Arroyo	Reynolds	—	20,339	6–8
15	April 20	Chicago	2–8	Lieber	Martinez	—	31,692	6–9
16	April 21	Chicago	3–4	Heredia	Williams	Fassero	33,105	6–10
17	April 22	Chicago	4–3 (10)	Williams	Fassero	—	35,676	7–10
18	April 24	@ Los Angeles	5–1	Olivares	Park	—	23,596	8–10
19	April 25	@ Los Angeles	5–6	Adams	Manzanillo	—	22,495	8–11
20	April 26	@ Los Angeles	3–6	Brown	Ritchie	—	24,143	8–12
21	April 27	@ San Diego	3–0	Anderson	Jones	Williams	27,896	9–12
22	April 28	@ San Diego	1–8	Eaton	Arroyo	—	48,326	9–13
23	April 29	@ San Diego	1–6	Williams	Olivares	Hoffman	41,654	9–14

May (8–20)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
24	May 1	San Francisco	6–11	Rueter	Martinez	—	22,926	9–15
25	May 2	San Francisco	6–7	Ortiz	Silva	Nen	22,880	9–16
26	May 3	San Francisco	4–3	Silva	Estes	Williams	23,048	10–16
27	May 4	Colorado	3–9	Hampton	Arroyo	—	32,653	10–17
28	May 5	Colorado	11–3	Olivares	Chacon	—	37,596	11–17
29	May 6	Colorado	4–3 (11)	Beimel	White	—	34,915	12–17
30	May 7	@ St. Louis	0–7	Morris	Ritchie	—	31,891	12–18
31	May 8	@ St. Louis	2–8	Benes	Anderson	—	35,771	12–19
32	May 9	@ St. Louis	2–6	Hermanson	Arroyo	—	33,921	12–20
33	May 10	@ St. Louis	5–11	Matthews	Silva	—	45,008	12–21
34	May 11	@ Milwaukee	3–0	Schmidt	Haynes	Williams	31,525	13–21
35	May 12	@ Milwaukee	4–5 (12)	Leskanic	Beimel	—	42,004	13–22
36	May 13	@ Milwaukee	1–4	Sheets	Anderson	—	30,084	13–23
37	May 14	@ Milwaukee	8–11	Wright	Wengert	Leskanic	26,974	13–24
38	May 15	St. Louis	3–8	Hermanson	Olivares	—	30,883	13–25
39	May 16	St. Louis	0–3	Kile	Schmidt	—	29,128	13–26
40	May 17	St. Louis	2–12	Morris	Ritchie	—	29,835	13–27
41	May 19	Milwaukee	6–1	Anderson	Sheets	—	37,857	14–27
42	May 20	Milwaukee	8–7	Manzanillo	Weathers	Williams	35,728	15–27
43	May 23	@ Philadelphia	0–4	Wolf	Schmidt	Bottalico	—	15–28
44	May 23	@ Philadelphia	2–5	Daal	Olivares	Mesa	13,337	15–29
45	May 24	@ Philadelphia	5–6	Cormier	Sauerbeck	Mesa	12,287	15–30
46	May 25	@ Atlanta	0–1	Maddux	Ritchie	—	28,120	15–31
47	May 26	@ Atlanta	3–9	Burkett	Wengert	—	40,788	15–32
48	May 27	@ Atlanta	6–3	Arroyo	Glavine	Williams	35,728	16–32
49	May 28	Florida	8–5	Silva	Miceli	Williams	26,512	17–32
50	May 29	Florida	0–5	Burnett	Anderson	—	21,083	17–33
51	May 30	Florida	7–9 (10)	Alfonseca	Williams	Looper	24,343	17–34

June (12–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
52	June 1	Atlanta	1–5	Burkett	Ritchie	—	34,230	17–35
53	June 3	Atlanta	7–11	Glavine	Olivares	—	—	17–36
54	June 3	Atlanta	3–8	Smoltz	Anderson	—	36,924	17–37
55	June 5	@ Florida	5–2	Schmidt	Penny	Williams	10,138	18–37
56	June 6	@ Florida	2–7	Dempster	Ritchie	—	10,114	18–38
57	June 7	@ Florida	3–5	Bones	Manzanillo	Alfonseca	14,516	18–39
58	June 8	@ Minnesota	6–8	Carrasco	Olivares	Hawkins	29,587	18–40
59	June 9	@ Minnesota	2–3	Mays	Anderson	Hawkins	26,685	18–41
60	June 10	@ Minnesota	11–8	Sauerbeck	Miller	Williams	24,400	19–41
61	June 12	@ Detroit	13–3	Ritchie	Mlicki	—	15,919	20–41
62	June 13	@ Detroit	3–6	Weaver	Beimel	Anderson	17,639	20–42
63	June 14	@ Detroit	4–6	Sparks	Arroyo	Anderson	17,305	20–43
64	June 15	Cleveland	6–3	Anderson	Burba	Williams	36,235	21–43
65	June 16	Cleveland	6–4	Schmidt	Wright	Williams	37,056	22–43
66	June 17	Cleveland	1–0	Ritchie	Karsay	—	36,694	23–43
67	June 19	Philadelphia	8–5	Beimel	Chen	Sauerbeck	33,713	24–43
68	June 20	Philadelphia	5–9	Daal	Arroyo	—	28,145	24–44
69	June 21	Philadelphia	3–6	Person	Anderson	Mesa	29,560	24–45
70	June 22	Montréal	5–11	Armas	Schmidt	—	33,439	24–46
71	June 23	Montréal	7–4	Ritchie	Yoshii	Williams	38,169	25–46
72	June 24	Montréal	4–11	Mattes	Beimel	—	36,826	25–47
73	June 25	Milwaukee	6–4	Williams	Levrault	Williams	22,470	26–47
74	June 26	Milwaukee	7–6 (12)	Olivares	King	—	24,120	27–47
75	June 27	Milwaukee	6–2	Schmidt	Haynes	—	25,756	28–47
76	June 28	Milwaukee	1–0	Ritchie	Wright	Williams	36,390	29–47
77	June 29	@ Montréal	3–12	Mattes	Beimel	—	6,504	29–48
78	June 30	@ Montréal	6–7	Lloyd	Williams	—	8,711	29–49

July (12–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
79	July 1	@ Montréal	3–9	Thurman	Anderson	—	6,631	29–50
80	July 2	@ Cincinnati	10–5	Schmidt	Davis	—	22,397	30–50
81	July 3	@ Cincinnati	3–2	Ritchie	Dessens	Williams	21,724	31–50
82	July 4	@ Cincinnati	14–3	Beimel	Reith	—	17,972	32–50
83	July 5	@ Cincinnati	1–7	Acevedo	Williams	—	24,128	32–51
84	July 6	@ Chicago	10–6	Manzanillo	Howry	—	19,554	33–51
85	July 7	@ Chicago	1–4	Wells	Schmidt	Foulke	25,113	33–52
86	July 8	@ Chicago	2–9	Lowe	Ritchie	—	22,105	33–53
87	July 12	Kansas City	2–0	Anderson	Suppan	Williams	26,393	34–53
88	July 13	Kansas City	1–0	Ritchie	Grimsley	—	35,325	35–53
89	July 14	Kansas City	4–7	Wilson	Williams	Hernandez	37,789	35–54
90	July 15	Los Angeles	2–4	Brown	Schmidt	Shaw	38,152	35–55
91	July 16	Los Angeles	4–6	Gagne	Beimel	Shaw	26,145	35–56
92	July 17	Los Angeles	1–4	Adams	Anderson	Herges	30,150	35–57
93	July 18	Chicago	5–6	Fassero	Williams	Gordon	31,919	35–58
94	July 19	Chicago	3–2	Olivares	Duncan	Williams	34,921	36–58
95	July 20	@ St. Louis	4–1	Schmidt	Hermanson	Manzanillo	35,215	37–58
96	July 21	@ St. Louis	2–9	Smith	Beimel	—	44,930	37–59
97	July 22	@ St. Louis	2–0	Anderson	Timlin	Williams	33,546	38–59
98	July 24	@ Chicago	2–10	Tavarez	Ritchie	—	40,269	38–60
99	July 25	@ Chicago	5–6	Lieber	Williams	—	38,508	38–61
100	July 26	Houston	2–3	Mlicki	Schmidt	Wagner	30,245	38–62
101	July 27	Houston	3–2	Beimel	Reynolds	Williams	38,463	39–62
102	July 28	Houston	9–8	Olivares	Wagner	—	32,977	40–62
103	July 28	Houston	3–12	McKnight	Anderson	—	38,295	40–63
104	July 29	Houston	4–1	Ritchie	Miller	Williams	37,166	41–63
105	July 31	@ San Francisco	7–8 (11)	Gomes	Wilkins	—	41,529	41–64

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

September (9–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	@ Cincinnati	7–0	Williams	Acevedo	—	24,308	50–84
135	September 2	@ Cincinnati	6–8	Sullivan	Lincoln	Graves	21,881	50–85
136	September 3	Milwaukee	7–12	Leiter	Vogelsong	—	—	50–86
137	September 3	Milwaukee	3–2	Fetters	Fox	—	29,003	51–86
138	September 4	Milwaukee	5–2	Arroyo	Levrault	Fetters	17,293	52–86
139	September 5	Milwaukee	5–1	Ritchie	Wright	—	18,866	53–86
140	September 6	Cincinnati	6–8	Brower	Loiselle	Graves	20,683	53–87
141	September 7	Cincinnati	3–1	McKnight	Davis	Olivares	33,800	54–87
142	September 8	Cincinnati	5–2	Anderson	Dessens	—	38,638	55–87
143	September 9	Cincinnati	3–5	Reyes	Vogelsong	Graves	33,214	55–88
144	September 17	New York	1–4	Franco	Fetters	Benitez	25,902	55–89
145	September 18	New York	5–7	Riggan	Olivares	Benitez	19,285	55–90
146	September 19	New York	2–9	Gonzalez	McKnight	—	20,371	55–91
147	September 20	St. Louis	1–9	Williams	Anderson	—	21,678	55–92
148	September 21	St. Louis	5–9	Hackman	Olivares	—	36,209	55–93
149	September 22	St. Louis	1–4	Smith	Ritchie	Stechschulte	37,539	55–94
150	September 23	St. Louis	2–1	Williams	Hermanson	Manzanillo	33,633	56–94
151	September 24	Chicago	7–6	Lincoln	Chiasson	Loiselle	18,908	57–94
152	September 25	Chicago	13–1	Anderson	Bere	—	18,581	58–94
153	September 26	Chicago	4–8	Cruz	Arroyo	—	25,564	58–95
154	September 28	@ St. Louis	3–14	Hermanson	Ritchie	—	33,218	58–96
155	September 29	@ St. Louis	0–2	Morris	Williams	Stechschulte	39,782	58–97
156	September 30	@ St. Louis	3–7	Williams	McKnight	—	42,442	58–98

October (4–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
157	October 1	@ New York	5–1	Anderson	Rusch	Sauerbeck	6,315	59–98
158	October 2	@ New York	10–1	Arroyo	Chen	—	8,058	60–98
159	October 3	@ New York	0–3	Trachsel	Ritchie	—	6,627	60–99
160	October 5	@ Chicago	3–2	Beimel	Bere	Fetters	24,786	61–99
161	October 6	@ Chicago	2–13	Tavarez	McKnight	—	35,020	61–100
162	October 7	@ Chicago	4–3	Beimel	Zambrano	Fetters	35,083	62–100

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

*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]

Awards and honors

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Brian Giles, OF, reserve

Statistics

Hitting

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

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
Team Totals	162	5,398	1,333	0.247	161	618

Pitching

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

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
Team Totals	162	1,4161⁄3	62	100	5.05	908

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 Side in 1907.
^ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxxviii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
^ ^a ^b ^c "Billy Taylor Stats".
^ "Ramon Martinez Stats".
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c PNC Park Gets Rave Reviews - Sports News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh Archived March 17, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
^ Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
^ Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
^ McKay, Jim (April 15, 2001). "Workers proud of what they have wrought". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
^ Pratt, Devin. "Top Stadiums: Pittsburgh's PNC Park". Men's Fitness. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
^ 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.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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^ "2001 Pittsburgh Pirates Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[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

[baseball-reference.com-3] "Billy Taylor Stats".

[4] "Ramon Martinez Stats".

[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] 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. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2008.

[14] "Major League Baseball Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.

[15] "Major League Baseball Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.

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