2000 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th
OwnersKevin McClatchy
General managersCam Bonifay
ManagersGene Lamont
TelevisionWPGH-TV & WCWB-TV
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
Seasons

The 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 119th season of the franchise; the 114th in the National League. This was their 31st and final season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 69–93.

Offseason

  • December 10, 1999: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]
  • December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.[3]
  • January 19, 2000: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[4]
  • February 9, 2000: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[5]
  • February 23, 2000: Al Martin was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the San Diego Padres for John Vander Wal, Geraldo Padua (minors), and James Sak (minors).[6]

Regular season

Aerial view of Three Rivers Stadium, Its final year in 2000.

Season standings

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567 0.586 — 50–31 45–36
Cincinnati Reds 8577 0.525 10 43–38 42–39
Milwaukee Brewers 7389 0.451 22 42–39 31–50
Houston Astros 7290 0.444 23 39–42 33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 26 37–44 32–49
Chicago Cubs 6597 0.401 30 38–43 27–54

Game log

2000 Game Log (69–93)
April (9–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4Astros2–5ReynoldsSchmidt (0–1)Wagner54,3990–1
2April 5Astros2–11LimaBenson (0–1)—12,2080–2
3April 6Astros10–1Cordova (1–0)Holt—11,8601–2
4April 7@ Diamondbacks7–2Christiansen (1–0)Reynoso—32,5362–2
5April 8@ Diamondbacks5–6SwindellChristiansen (1–1)—33,2982–3
6April 9@ Diamondbacks0–1JohnsonSchmidt (0–2)—34,2042–4
7April 11Expos3–7VazquezBenson (0–2)Kline11,3352–5
8April 12Expos6–4Silva (1–0)BatistaWilliams (1)10,2903–5
9April 13Expos4–3Silva (2–0)Urbina—11,1624–5
10April 14Mets5–8 (12)FrancoSilva (2–1)—20,7254–6
11April 15Mets2–0Anderson (1–0)RuschWilliams (2)19,5925–6
12April 16Mets9–12MahomesPeters (0–1)Benitez20,7245–7
13April 18@ Marlins5–12PennyCordova (1–1)—9,4945–8
14April 19@ Marlins5–1Ritchie (1–0)Fernandez—10,9116–8
15April 20@ Marlins2–3 (14)DarensbourgWilliams (0–1)—9,3966–9
16April 21@ Braves2–6MulhollandGarcia (0–1)—33,7906–10
17April 22@ Braves2–4ChenBenson (0–3)Rocker41,3896–11
18April 23@ Braves3–5MadduxCordova (1–2)Rocker29,4636–12
19April 25Padres4–3 (11)Sauerbeck (1–0)Almanzar—12,2957–12
20April 26Padres9–8Williams (1–1)Whisenant—13,7658–12
21April 27Padres4–12ClementParra (0–1)—15,4598–13
22April 28Reds2–1Benson (1–3)HarnischWilliams (3)25,5579–13
23April 29Reds5–6WilliamsonChristiansen (1–2)Graves28,7319–14
24April 30Reds2–6BellRitchie (1–1)Williamson29,7289–15
May (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 2@ Cardinals10–7Wallace (1–0)Slocumb—38,58810–15
26May 3@ Cardinals8–2Benson (2–3)Hentgen—32,27011–15
27May 4@ Cardinals0–5StephensonCordova (1–3)—45,99411–16
28May 5@ Cubs4–2Ritchie (2–1)TapaniWilliams (4)26,68912–16
29May 6@ Cubs11–9Wallace (2–0)FarnsworthWilliams (5)38,95713–16
30May 7@ Cubs11–3Schmidt (1–2)Wood—38,30714–16
31May 9Mets0–2HamptonBenson (2–4)Benitez14,01514–17
32May 10Mets13–9Silva (3–1)Cook—13,71115–17
33May 11Mets2–3LeiterAnderson (1–1)—16,26415–18
34May 12Brewers1–6HaynesSchmidt (1–3)—18,52415–19
35May 13Brewers11–8Sauerbeck (2–0)AcevedoWilliams (6)26,68216–19
36May 14Brewers3–0Benson (3–4)D'AmicoChristiansen (1)19,65717–19
37May 16@ Reds2–6BellRitchie (2–2)—26,27117–20
38May 17@ Reds9–6Silva (4–1)Sullivan—23,19318–20
39May 18@ Reds3–4 (10)GravesGarcia (0–2)—26,25218–21
40May 19Cardinals13–1Benson (4–4)Ankiel—24,28119–21
41May 20Cardinals4–19HentgenCordova (1–4)—36,33119–22
42May 21Cardinals5–7BenesRitchie (2–3)Veres33,03419–23
43May 23@ Diamondbacks1–6AndersonAnderson (1–2)—31,72619–24
44May 24@ Diamondbacks5–6StottlemyreSchmidt (1–4)Kim30,46219–25
45May 25@ Diamondbacks5–7DaalBenson (4–5)Mantei30,75919–26
46May 26@ Rockies2–1Cordova (2–4)YoshiiWilliams (7)40,18820–26
47May 27@ Rockies6–7WhiteChristiansen (1–3)—42,18420–27
48May 28@ Rockies2–11ArrojoAnderson (1–3)—41,64120–28
49May 29Marlins10–4Schmidt (2–4)Nunez—17,28221–28
50May 30Marlins3–2 (10)Williams (2–1)Alfonseca—14,74222–28
51May 31Marlins5–2Cordova (3–4)SanchezWilliams (8)17,73123–28
June (11–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 2Royals9–3Ritchie (3–3)Batista—23,52724–28
53June 3Royals3–16WitasickSchmidt (2–5)—26,26424–29
54June 4Royals5–7 (11)RakersChristiansen (1–4)Reichert27,91524–30
55June 5Tigers5–1Cordova (4–4)Mlicki—12,47925–30
56June 6Tigers1–2NitkowskiAnderson (1–4)Jones13,17425–31
57June 7Tigers4–3Ritchie (4–3)NomoWilliams (9)15,06726–31
58June 9@ Royals5–6 (10)SpradlinChristiansen (1–5)—30,96326–32
59June 10@ Royals1–2 (12)BottalicoSilva (4–2)—34,86826–33
60June 11@ Royals10–6 (10)Sauerbeck (3–0)Spradlin—26,49527–33
61June 12Braves8–10LigtenbergChristiansen (1–6)Remlinger15,19627–34
62June 13Braves7–6 (10)Silva (5–2)Wengert—17,97128–34
63June 14Braves4–8MadduxAnderson (1–5)Ligtenberg16,97228–35
64June 15Braves2–0Benson (5–5)Millwood—19,06529–35
65June 16Marlins3–8CorneliusCordova (4–5)Looper29,73729–36
66June 17Marlins3–4 (11)AlfonsecaLoiselle (0–1)Strong23,55229–37
67June 18Marlins4–5BonesChristiansen (1–7)Alfonseca24,91629–38
68June 19@ Expos1–2PavanoLoiselle (0–2)Kline7,48329–39
69June 20@ Expos2–1Benson (6–5)JohnsonWilliams (10)8,05630–39
70June 21@ Expos8–3Cordova (5–5)ArmasPeters (1)8,32431–39
71June 22@ Expos5–6HermansonRitchie (4–4)Telford8,63531–40
72June 23@ Mets2–12JonesArroyo (0–1)—39,84931–41
73June 24@ Mets8–10FrancoLoiselle (0–3)Benitez34,89431–42
74June 25@ Mets0–9HamptonBenson (6–6)—38,98431–43
75June 27Cubs6–0Ritchie (5–4)Wood—18,68832–43
76June 28Cubs4–5LieberCordova (5–6)Aguilera29,66532–44
77June 29Cubs5–4 (10)Wilkins (1–0)Worrell—19,53133–44
78June 30@ Phillies8–3Benson (7–6)Wolf—38,22134–44
July (11–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Phillies3–4ByrdArroyo (0–2)Brantley48,40634–45
80July 2@ Phillies1–9SchillingRitchie (5–5)—20,29034–46
81July 3@ Cubs0–3LieberCordova (5–7)—40,52434–47
82July 4@ Cubs10–4Wilkins (2–0)Aguilera—37,04335–47
83July 5@ Cubs9–6Anderson (2–5)Downs—35,39136–47
84July 7Twins8–6Christiansen (2–7)WellsWilliams (11)22,13437–47
85July 8Twins4–1Benson (8–6)MiltonWilliams (12)33,81438–47
86July 9Twins2–3RedmanSilva (5–3)Hawkins23,15438–48
87July 13@ Indians3–4 (10)KarsaySauerbeck (3–1)—43,22538–49
88July 14@ Indians3–9FinleyBenson (8–7)—43,04638–50
89July 15@ Indians4–6BrewingtonSilva (5–4)Karsay43,04938–51
90July 16@ Dodgers3–7AdamsWilliams (2–2)—34,11638–52
91July 17@ Dodgers6–9DreifortArroyo (0–3)Shaw25,26138–53
92July 18@ Dodgers8–6Manzanillo (1–0)JuddWilliams (13)34,87239–53
93July 19@ Brewers0–6D'AmicoBenson (8–8)—20,84039–54
94July 20@ Brewers9–2Silva (6–4)Haynes—29,38940–54
95July 21Phillies9–2Anderson (3–5)Byrd—22,43841–54
96July 22Phillies2–1Arroyo (1–3)PersonWilliams (14)28,48542–54
97July 23Phillies1–4SchillingRitchie (5–6)—23,84042–55
98July 25Brewers1–4 (11)LeskanicChristiansen (2–8)Wickman15,80842–56
99July 26Brewers5–4Silva (7–4)HaynesWilliams (15)20,42143–56
100July 27Brewers3–4LeskanicManzanillo (1–1)Wickman16,63643–57
101July 28Padres16–5Arroyo (2–3)Clement—20,68644–57
102July 29Padres10–2Cordova (6–7)Tollberg—30,11845–57
103July 30Padres8–9WallWilkins (2–1)Hoffman19,68045–58
August (8–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Dodgers6–0Anderson (4–5)Perez——46–58
105August 1Dodgers3–5HergesWilkins (2–2)Shaw21,02846–59
106August 2Dodgers5–11DreifortSilva (7–5)—19,53746–60
107August 3@ Giants2–10OrtizCordova (6–8)—40,93046–61
108August 4@ Giants3–5HenryBenson (8–9)Nen40,93046–62
109August 5@ Giants7–2Serafini (1–0)Gardner—40,93047–62
110August 6@ Giants1–7EstesArroyo (2–4)—40,93047–63
111August 7@ Rockies8–7Sauerbeck (4–1)JimenezWilliams (16)39,69148–63
112August 8@ Rockies1–6RoseSilva (7–6)—38,53548–64
113August 9@ Rockies3–4WhiteWilliams (2–3)—39,32848–65
114August 11Diamondbacks1–6ReynosoSerafini (1–1)—25,28148–66
115August 12Diamondbacks9–6Sauerbeck (5–1)Schilling—34,10149–66
116August 13Diamondbacks6–7MorganArroyo (2–5)Mantei25,32149–67
117August 14@ Astros2–16HoltSilva (7–7)—30,22049–68
118August 15@ Astros4–5LimaBenson (8–10)Dotel30,02049–69
119August 16@ Astros10–11ElartonSerafini (1–2)Dotel30,16549–70
120August 18@ Reds6–3Ritchie (6–6)SullivanWilliams (17)31,89150–70
121August 19@ Reds1–7ParrisAnderson (4–6)—34,37050–71
122August 20@ Reds7–3Silva (8–7)Dessens—32,54551–71
123August 21@ Cardinals4–7StephensonBenson (8–11)Veres35,64451–72
124August 22@ Cardinals6–2Manzanillo (2–1)Kile—31,53452–72
125August 23@ Cardinals2–5AnkielRitchie (6–7)Veres31,28852–73
126August 25Rockies3–6TavarezAnderson (4–7)—23,10452–74
127August 26Rockies4–11AstacioSilva (8–8)—23,34052–75
128August 27Rockies2–9BohanonSerafini (1–3)—20,15752–76
129August 28Giants4–5EmbreeSauerbeck (5–2)Nen15,12552–77
130August 29Giants8–0Benson (9–11)Hernandez—14,30653–77
131August 30Giants0–2OrtizAnderson (4–8)Nen16,57653–78
132August 31Giants2–10RueterSilva (8–9)—13,78153–79
September (16–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Padres3–2 (10)Williams (3–3)Hoffman—16,81354–79
134September 2@ Padres6–3Ritchie (7–7)ClementSauerbeck (1)33,35855–79
135September 3@ Padres8–6 (13)Skrmetta (1–0)AlmanzarWilliams (18)20,38956–79
136September 4@ Dodgers12–1Anderson (5–8)Dreifort—31,41857–79
137September 5@ Dodgers8–0Silva (9–9)Perez—22,78058–79
138September 6@ Dodgers8–3Serafini (2–3)Valdez—28,46259–79
139September 8Reds7–3Ritchie (8–7)Williamson——60–79
140September 8Reds3–1Wilkins (3–2)VilloneWilliams (19)26,48661–79
141September 9Reds4–6ParrisBenson (9–12)Graves34,59061–80
142September 10Reds4–6DessensAnderson (5–9)Graves35,04661–81
143September 11Cardinals4–8StephensonManzanillo (2–2)—16,58361–82
144September 12Cardinals1–11KileSerafini (2–4)—15,82461–83
145September 13Cardinals5–9AnkielRitchie (8–8)—22,23661–84
146September 14@ Astros7–8SlusarskiSkrmetta (1–1)—36,74061–85
147September 15@ Astros7–16PowellSkrmetta (1–2)Slusarski32,66161–86
148September 16@ Astros9–10 (10)ValdesSauerbeck (5–3)—41,24861–87
149September 17@ Astros3–5ElartonSerafini (2–5)Dotel40,03661–88
150September 18@ Phillies6–5Loiselle (1–3)PadillaWilliams (20)11,47062–88
151September 19@ Phillies12–8Skrmetta (2–2)TelemacoWilliams (21)11,36263–88
152September 20@ Phillies7–6 (10)Loiselle (2–3)BrockWilliams (22)12,76264–88
153September 21@ Brewers2–12RigdonAnderson (5–10)—14,68864–89
154September 23@ Brewers4–2Silva (10–9)D'AmicoWilliams (23)—65–89
155September 23@ Brewers4–5 (10)LeskanicArroyo (2–6)—26,04065–90
156September 24@ Brewers5–8LeskanicWilliams (3–4)—26,18665–91
157September 26Astros9–4Benson (10–12)Holt—14,31166–91
158September 27Astros1–10McKnightAnderson (5–11)—14,51166–92
159September 28Astros3–2Silva (11–9)Dotel—17,71067–92
160September 29Cubs8–4Wilkins (4–2)Rain—40,12868–92
161September 30Cubs4–2Ritchie (9–8)QuevedoWilliams (24)43,45869–92
October (0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Cubs9–10FarnsworthSauerbeck (5–4)Arnold55,35169–93
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta 6–3—4–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago 4–55–4—4–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati 5–25–28–4—6–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado 6–74–55–43–6—4–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida 5–46–66–16–35–4—3–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston 1–64–57–55–74–55–3—3–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles 6–72–76–35–49–47–26–3—3–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee 5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–3—4–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal 5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–4—3–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York 7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–3—6–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia 1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–6—3–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh 2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–3—7–22–64–86–9
San Diego 4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–7—5–70–95–10
San Francisco 7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–5—5–48–7
St. Louis 4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–5—7–8

Detailed records

Roster

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
18Jason KendallC
2Pat MearesSS
24Brian GilesRF
29Kevin Young1B
12Wil CorderoLF
16Aramis Ramírez3B
3Chad HermansenCF
6Mike Benjamin2B
22Jason SchmidtSP

Player stats

Batting

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

Awards and honors

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Transactions

  • August 6, 2000: Bruce Aven was sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.[3]
  • August 7, 2000: Luis Sojo was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Yankees for Chris Spurling.[4]

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Trent Jewett and Richie Hebner
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League Marty Brown
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Tracy Woodson
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Jay Loviglio
A-Short Season Williamsport Crosscutters New York–Penn League Curtis Wilkerson
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

References

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ "Dale Sveum Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Bruce Aven Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Luis Sojo Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Josias Manzanillo Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ Al Martin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
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