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.
Offseason
- February 1, 2001: Billy Taylor was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Regular season
Season standings
Game log
Record vs. opponents
Detailed records
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | ||
| April | 23 | 9 | 14 | 85 | 108 | |
| May | 28 | 8 | 20 | 109 | 166 | |
| June | 27 | 12 | 15 | 134 | 156 | |
| July | 27 | 12 | 15 | 109 | 134 | |
| August | 28 | 8 | 20 | 99 | 149 | |
| September | 23 | 9 | 14 | 97 | 122 | |
| October | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 23 | |
| Total | 162 | 62 | 100 | 657 | 858 |
Roster
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions
- April 2, 2001: Billy Taylor was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- April 3, 2001: Billy Taylor was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- April 11, 2001: Ramón Martínez was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- June 5, 2001: Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.
- 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.
PNC Park
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. 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. 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." Major League Baseball executive Paul Beeston has said the park was the best he's seen so far in baseball. Many of the workers who built the park said that it was the nicest that they have seen. In 2008, Men's Fitness named the park one of "10 big league parks worth seeing this summer".
Awards and honors
2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game- Brian Giles, OF, Reserve
Statistics
| Player | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | |
| 88 | 158 | 49 | 0.310 | 13 | 32 | |
| 160 | 576 | 178 | 0.309 | 37 | 95 | |
| 17 | 46 | 14 | 0.304 | 1 | 3 | |
| 158 | 603 | 181 | 0.300 | 34 | 112 | |
| 97 | 313 | 87 | 0.278 | 11 | 50 | |
| 41 | 26 | 7 | 0.269 | 0 | 0 | |
| 83 | 214 | 57 | 0.266 | 4 | 21 | |
| 157 | 606 | 161 | 0.266 | 10 | 53 | |
| 115 | 301 | 79 | 0.262 | 1 | 21 | |
| 30 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 147 | 36 | 0.245 | 5 | 14 | |
| 22 | 43 | 10 | 0.233 | 0 | 4 | |
| 142 | 449 | 104 | 0.232 | 14 | 65 | |
| 37 | 125 | 28 | 0.224 | 1 | 4 | |
| 108 | 390 | 87 | 0.223 | 3 | 25 | |
| 7 | 9 | 2 | 0.222 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | 27 | 6 | 0.222 | 1 | 6 | |
| 87 | 270 | 57 | 0.211 | 4 | 25 | |
| 51 | 72 | 15 | 0.208 | 5 | 9 | |
| 56 | 120 | 25 | 0.208 | 2 | 13 | |
| 48 | 103 | 21 | 0.204 | 2 | 11 | |
| 61 | 123 | 25 | 0.203 | 3 | 13 | |
| 43 | 51 | 10 | 0.196 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | 31 | 6 | 0.194 | 1 | 2 | |
| 46 | 129 | 24 | 0.186 | 1 | 8 | |
| 12 | 23 | 4 | 0.174 | 1 | 1 | |
| 46 | 156 | 27 | 0.173 | 5 | 13 | |
| 22 | 55 | 9 | 0.164 | 2 | 5 | |
| 32 | 59 | 9 | 0.153 | 0 | 3 | |
| 32 | 59 | 7 | 0.119 | 0 | 3 | |
| 20 | 34 | 4 | 0.118 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | 11 | 1 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 21 | 1 | 0.048 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 17 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 66 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
;Pitching
| Player | ||||||
| 31 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2.68 | 24 | |
| 71 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 3.39 | 80 | |
| 40 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 3.67 | 43 | |
| 22 | 114 | 3 | 7 | 3.71 | 57 | |
| 22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 17 | |
| 33 | 207 | 11 | 15 | 4.47 | 124 | |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | |
| 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4.58 | 11 | |
| 14 | 84 | 6 | 6 | 4.61 | 77 | |
| 23 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4.71 | 39 | |
| 24 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 5.09 | 39 | |
| 34 | 206 | 9 | 17 | 5.10 | 89 | |
| 12 | 69 | 2 | 6 | 5.19 | 36 | |
| 42 | 115 | 7 | 11 | 5.23 | 58 | |
| 70 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 5.60 | 79 | |
| 45 | 110 | 6 | 9 | 6.55 | 69 | |
| 26 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 6.75 | 23 | |
| 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 11 | |
| 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 8.62 | 9 | |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 11.50 | 9 | |
| 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12.00 | 7 | |
| 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12.38 | 4 |
Draft Picks
| Rd | # | Player | Pos | DOB and Age | School |
| 1 | 8 | John Van Benschoten | RHP | Kent State University | |
| 3 | 84 | Jeremy Guthrie | RHP | Stanford University | |
| 4 | 114 | Jeff Keppinger | SS | University of Georgia | |
| 5 | 144 | Travis Chapman | 1B | Indian River Community College | |
| 6 | 174 | Drew Friedberg | LHP | Arizona State University | |
| 7 | 204 | Mike McCuistion | C | Yucaipa HS | |
| 8 | 234 | Chris Duffy | OF | Arizona State University | |
| 9 | 264 | Jason Fellows | 1B | — | Berkmar HS |
| 10 | 294 | Aaron Bulkley | SS | Port Byron HS |
;Note
- Age at time of draft.
Farm system