2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
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

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)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League Records

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

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

Statistics

Hitting
Pitching

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 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
  3. 1 2 3 https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/taylobi04.shtml
  4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martira02.shtml
  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. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  15. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  16. ↑ "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.
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