2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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]

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

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 40​^1⁄3 2 1 2.68 24 J. Manzanillo 71 79​^2⁄3 3 2 3.39 80 M. Williams 40 41​^2⁄3 2 4 3.67 43 D. Williams 22 114 3 7 3.71 57 T. Mulholland 22 36​^1⁄3 0 0 3.72 17 T. Ritchie 33 207​^1⁄3 11 15 4.47 124 B. Taylor 1 2 0 0 4.50 3 M. Fetters 20 17​^2⁄3 1 1 4.58 11 J. Schmidt 14 84 6 6 4.61 77 D. Marte 23 36​^1⁄3 0 1 4.71 39 B. Arroyo 24 88​^1⁄3 5 7 5.09 39 J. Anderson 34 206​^1⁄3 9 17 5.10 89 T. McKnight 12 69​^1⁄3 2 6 5.19 36 J. Beimel 42 115​^1⁄3 7 11 5.23 58 S. Sauerbeck 70 62​^2⁄3 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 17​^1⁄3 0 1 6.75 11 R. Martínez 4 15​^2⁄3 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	April 14, 1980 (aged 21)	Kent State University (Kent, Ohio)
3	84	Jeremy Guthrie	RHP	April 8, 1979 (aged 22)	Stanford University (Palo Alto, California)
4	114	Jeff Keppinger	SS	April 21, 1980 (aged 21)	University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
5	144	Travis Chapman	1B	June 5, 1978 (aged 23)	Indian River Community College (Fort Pierce, Florida)
6	174	Drew Friedberg	LHP	March 3, 1979 (aged 22)	Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
7	204	Mike McCuistion	C	May 14, 1982 (aged 19)	Yucaipa HS (Yucaipa, California)
8	234	Chris Duffy	OF	April 20, 1980 (aged 21)	Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
9	264	Jason Fellows	1B	—	Berkmar HS (Lilburn, Georgia)
10	294	Aaron Bulkley	SS	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

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. 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. 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.
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