2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	69–93 (.426)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
Local television	WPGH-TV/WCWB-TV Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 119th season of the franchise; the 114th in the National League. This was the team's 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	95	67	0.586	—	50–31	45–36
Cincinnati Reds	85	77	0.525	10	43–38	42–39
Milwaukee Brewers	73	89	0.451	22	42–39	31–50
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	23	39–42	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	0.426	26	37–44	32–49
Chicago Cubs	65	97	0.401	30	38–43	27–54

Game Log

2000 Game Log (69–93)

April (9–15)

May (14–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 2	@ Cardinals	10–7	Wallace (1–0)	Slocumb	—	38,588	10–15
26	May 3	@ Cardinals	8–2	Benson (2–3)	Hentgen	—	32,270	11–15
27	May 4	@ Cardinals	0–5	Stephenson	Cordova (1–3)	—	45,994	11–16
28	May 5	@ Cubs	4–2	Ritchie (2–1)	Tapani	Williams (4)	26,689	12–16
29	May 6	@ Cubs	11–9	Wallace (2–0)	Farnsworth	Williams (5)	38,957	13–16
30	May 7	@ Cubs	11–3	Schmidt (1–2)	Wood	—	38,307	14–16
31	May 9	Mets	0–2	Hampton	Benson (2–4)	Benitez	14,015	14–17
32	May 10	Mets	13–9	Silva (3–1)	Cook	—	13,711	15–17
33	May 11	Mets	2–3	Leiter	Anderson (1–1)	—	16,264	15–18
34	May 12	Brewers	1–6	Haynes	Schmidt (1–3)	—	18,524	15–19
35	May 13	Brewers	11–8	Sauerbeck (2–0)	Acevedo	Williams (6)	26,682	16–19
36	May 14	Brewers	3–0	Benson (3–4)	D'Amico	Christiansen (1)	19,657	17–19
37	May 16	@ Reds	2–6	Bell	Ritchie (2–2)	—	26,271	17–20
38	May 17	@ Reds	9–6	Silva (4–1)	Sullivan	—	23,193	18–20
39	May 18	@ Reds	3–4 (10)	Graves	Garcia (0–2)	—	26,252	18–21
40	May 19	Cardinals	13–1	Benson (4–4)	Ankiel	—	24,281	19–21
41	May 20	Cardinals	4–19	Hentgen	Cordova (1–4)	—	36,331	19–22
42	May 21	Cardinals	5–7	Benes	Ritchie (2–3)	Veres	33,034	19–23
43	May 23	@ Diamondbacks	1–6	Anderson	Anderson (1–2)	—	31,726	19–24
44	May 24	@ Diamondbacks	5–6	Stottlemyre	Schmidt (1–4)	Kim	30,462	19–25
45	May 25	@ Diamondbacks	5–7	Daal	Benson (4–5)	Mantei	30,759	19–26
46	May 26	@ Rockies	2–1	Cordova (2–4)	Yoshii	Williams (7)	40,188	20–26
47	May 27	@ Rockies	6–7	White	Christiansen (1–3)	—	42,184	20–27
48	May 28	@ Rockies	2–11	Arrojo	Anderson (1–3)	—	41,641	20–28
49	May 29	Marlins	10–4	Schmidt (2–4)	Nunez	—	17,282	21–28
50	May 30	Marlins	3–2 (10)	Williams (2–1)	Alfonseca	—	14,742	22–28
51	May 31	Marlins	5–2	Cordova (3–4)	Sanchez	Williams (8)	17,731	23–28

June (11–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
52	June 2	Royals	9–3	Ritchie (3–3)	Batista	—	23,527	24–28
53	June 3	Royals	3–16	Witasick	Schmidt (2–5)	—	26,264	24–29
54	June 4	Royals	5–7 (11)	Rakers	Christiansen (1–4)	Reichert	27,915	24–30
55	June 5	Tigers	5–1	Cordova (4–4)	Mlicki	—	12,479	25–30
56	June 6	Tigers	1–2	Nitkowski	Anderson (1–4)	Jones	13,174	25–31
57	June 7	Tigers	4–3	Ritchie (4–3)	Nomo	Williams (9)	15,067	26–31
58	June 9	@ Royals	5–6 (10)	Spradlin	Christiansen (1–5)	—	30,963	26–32
59	June 10	@ Royals	1–2 (12)	Bottalico	Silva (4–2)	—	34,868	26–33
60	June 11	@ Royals	10–6 (10)	Sauerbeck (3–0)	Spradlin	—	26,495	27–33
61	June 12	Braves	8–10	Ligtenberg	Christiansen (1–6)	Remlinger	15,196	27–34
62	June 13	Braves	7–6 (10)	Silva (5–2)	Wengert	—	17,971	28–34
63	June 14	Braves	4–8	Maddux	Anderson (1–5)	Ligtenberg	16,972	28–35
64	June 15	Braves	2–0	Benson (5–5)	Millwood	—	19,065	29–35
65	June 16	Marlins	3–8	Cornelius	Cordova (4–5)	Looper	29,737	29–36
66	June 17	Marlins	3–4 (11)	Alfonseca	Loiselle (0–1)	Strong	23,552	29–37
67	June 18	Marlins	4–5	Bones	Christiansen (1–7)	Alfonseca	24,916	29–38
68	June 19	@ Expos	1–2	Pavano	Loiselle (0–2)	Kline	7,483	29–39
69	June 20	@ Expos	2–1	Benson (6–5)	Johnson	Williams (10)	8,056	30–39
70	June 21	@ Expos	8–3	Cordova (5–5)	Armas	Peters (1)	8,324	31–39
71	June 22	@ Expos	5–6	Hermanson	Ritchie (4–4)	Telford	8,635	31–40
72	June 23	@ Mets	2–12	Jones	Arroyo (0–1)	—	39,849	31–41
73	June 24	@ Mets	8–10	Franco	Loiselle (0–3)	Benitez	34,894	31–42
74	June 25	@ Mets	0–9	Hampton	Benson (6–6)	—	38,984	31–43
75	June 27	Cubs	6–0	Ritchie (5–4)	Wood	—	18,688	32–43
76	June 28	Cubs	4–5	Lieber	Cordova (5–6)	Aguilera	29,665	32–44
77	June 29	Cubs	5–4 (10)	Wilkins (1–0)	Worrell	—	19,531	33–44
78	June 30	@ Phillies	8–3	Benson (7–6)	Wolf	—	38,221	34–44

July (11–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
79	July 1	@ Phillies	3–4	Byrd	Arroyo (0–2)	Brantley	48,406	34–45
80	July 2	@ Phillies	1–9	Schilling	Ritchie (5–5)	—	20,290	34–46
81	July 3	@ Cubs	0–3	Lieber	Cordova (5–7)	—	40,524	34–47
82	July 4	@ Cubs	10–4	Wilkins (2–0)	Aguilera	—	37,043	35–47
83	July 5	@ Cubs	9–6	Anderson (2–5)	Downs	—	35,391	36–47
84	July 7	Twins	8–6	Christiansen (2–7)	Wells	Williams (11)	22,134	37–47
85	July 8	Twins	4–1	Benson (8–6)	Milton	Williams (12)	33,814	38–47
86	July 9	Twins	2–3	Redman	Silva (5–3)	Hawkins	23,154	38–48
87	July 13	@ Indians	3–4 (10)	Karsay	Sauerbeck (3–1)	—	43,225	38–49
88	July 14	@ Indians	3–9	Finley	Benson (8–7)	—	43,046	38–50
89	July 15	@ Indians	4–6	Brewington	Silva (5–4)	Karsay	43,049	38–51
90	July 16	@ Dodgers	3–7	Adams	Williams (2–2)	—	34,116	38–52
91	July 17	@ Dodgers	6–9	Dreifort	Arroyo (0–3)	Shaw	25,261	38–53
92	July 18	@ Dodgers	8–6	Manzanillo (1–0)	Judd	Williams (13)	34,872	39–53
93	July 19	@ Brewers	0–6	D'Amico	Benson (8–8)	—	20,840	39–54
94	July 20	@ Brewers	9–2	Silva (6–4)	Haynes	—	29,389	40–54
95	July 21	Phillies	9–2	Anderson (3–5)	Byrd	—	22,438	41–54
96	July 22	Phillies	2–1	Arroyo (1–3)	Person	Williams (14)	28,485	42–54
97	July 23	Phillies	1–4	Schilling	Ritchie (5–6)	—	23,840	42–55
98	July 25	Brewers	1–4 (11)	Leskanic	Christiansen (2–8)	Wickman	15,808	42–56
99	July 26	Brewers	5–4	Silva (7–4)	Haynes	Williams (15)	20,421	43–56
100	July 27	Brewers	3–4	Leskanic	Manzanillo (1–1)	Wickman	16,636	43–57
101	July 28	Padres	16–5	Arroyo (2–3)	Clement	—	20,686	44–57
102	July 29	Padres	10–2	Cordova (6–7)	Tollberg	—	30,118	45–57
103	July 30	Padres	8–9	Wall	Wilkins (2–1)	Hoffman	19,680	45–58

August (8–21)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Dodgers	6–0	Anderson (4–5)	Perez	—	—	46–58
105	August 1	Dodgers	3–5	Herges	Wilkins (2–2)	Shaw	21,028	46–59
106	August 2	Dodgers	5–11	Dreifort	Silva (7–5)	—	19,537	46–60
107	August 3	@ Giants	2–10	Ortiz	Cordova (6–8)	—	40,930	46–61
108	August 4	@ Giants	3–5	Henry	Benson (8–9)	Nen	40,930	46–62
109	August 5	@ Giants	7–2	Serafini (1–0)	Gardner	—	40,930	47–62
110	August 6	@ Giants	1–7	Estes	Arroyo (2–4)	—	40,930	47–63
111	August 7	@ Rockies	8–7	Sauerbeck (4–1)	Jimenez	Williams (16)	39,691	48–63
112	August 8	@ Rockies	1–6	Rose	Silva (7–6)	—	38,535	48–64
113	August 9	@ Rockies	3–4	White	Williams (2–3)	—	39,328	48–65
114	August 11	Diamondbacks	1–6	Reynoso	Serafini (1–1)	—	25,281	48–66
115	August 12	Diamondbacks	9–6	Sauerbeck (5–1)	Schilling	—	34,101	49–66
116	August 13	Diamondbacks	6–7	Morgan	Arroyo (2–5)	Mantei	25,321	49–67
117	August 14	@ Astros	2–16	Holt	Silva (7–7)	—	30,220	49–68
118	August 15	@ Astros	4–5	Lima	Benson (8–10)	Dotel	30,020	49–69
119	August 16	@ Astros	10–11	Elarton	Serafini (1–2)	Dotel	30,165	49–70
120	August 18	@ Reds	6–3	Ritchie (6–6)	Sullivan	Williams (17)	31,891	50–70
121	August 19	@ Reds	1–7	Parris	Anderson (4–6)	—	34,370	50–71
122	August 20	@ Reds	7–3	Silva (8–7)	Dessens	—	32,545	51–71
123	August 21	@ Cardinals	4–7	Stephenson	Benson (8–11)	Veres	35,644	51–72
124	August 22	@ Cardinals	6–2	Manzanillo (2–1)	Kile	—	31,534	52–72
125	August 23	@ Cardinals	2–5	Ankiel	Ritchie (6–7)	Veres	31,288	52–73
126	August 25	Rockies	3–6	Tavarez	Anderson (4–7)	—	23,104	52–74
127	August 26	Rockies	4–11	Astacio	Silva (8–8)	—	23,340	52–75
128	August 27	Rockies	2–9	Bohanon	Serafini (1–3)	—	20,157	52–76
129	August 28	Giants	4–5	Embree	Sauerbeck (5–2)	Nen	15,125	52–77
130	August 29	Giants	8–0	Benson (9–11)	Hernandez	—	14,306	53–77
131	August 30	Giants	0–2	Ortiz	Anderson (4–8)	Nen	16,576	53–78
132	August 31	Giants	2–10	Rueter	Silva (8–9)	—	13,781	53–79

September (16–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	@ Padres	3–2 (10)	Williams (3–3)	Hoffman	—	16,813	54–79
134	September 2	@ Padres	6–3	Ritchie (7–7)	Clement	Sauerbeck (1)	33,358	55–79
135	September 3	@ Padres	8–6 (13)	Skrmetta (1–0)	Almanzar	Williams (18)	20,389	56–79
136	September 4	@ Dodgers	12–1	Anderson (5–8)	Dreifort	—	31,418	57–79
137	September 5	@ Dodgers	8–0	Silva (9–9)	Perez	—	22,780	58–79
138	September 6	@ Dodgers	8–3	Serafini (2–3)	Valdez	—	28,462	59–79
139	September 8	Reds	7–3	Ritchie (8–7)	Williamson	—	—	60–79
140	September 8	Reds	3–1	Wilkins (3–2)	Villone	Williams (19)	26,486	61–79
141	September 9	Reds	4–6	Parris	Benson (9–12)	Graves	34,590	61–80
142	September 10	Reds	4–6	Dessens	Anderson (5–9)	Graves	35,046	61–81
143	September 11	Cardinals	4–8	Stephenson	Manzanillo (2–2)	—	16,583	61–82
144	September 12	Cardinals	1–11	Kile	Serafini (2–4)	—	15,824	61–83
145	September 13	Cardinals	5–9	Ankiel	Ritchie (8–8)	—	22,236	61–84
146	September 14	@ Astros	7–8	Slusarski	Skrmetta (1–1)	—	36,740	61–85
147	September 15	@ Astros	7–16	Powell	Skrmetta (1–2)	Slusarski	32,661	61–86
148	September 16	@ Astros	9–10 (10)	Valdes	Sauerbeck (5–3)	—	41,248	61–87
149	September 17	@ Astros	3–5	Elarton	Serafini (2–5)	Dotel	40,036	61–88
150	September 18	@ Phillies	6–5	Loiselle (1–3)	Padilla	Williams (20)	11,470	62–88
151	September 19	@ Phillies	12–8	Skrmetta (2–2)	Telemaco	Williams (21)	11,362	63–88
152	September 20	@ Phillies	7–6 (10)	Loiselle (2–3)	Brock	Williams (22)	12,762	64–88
153	September 21	@ Brewers	2–12	Rigdon	Anderson (5–10)	—	14,688	64–89
154	September 23	@ Brewers	4–2	Silva (10–9)	D'Amico	Williams (23)	—	65–89
155	September 23	@ Brewers	4–5 (10)	Leskanic	Arroyo (2–6)	—	26,040	65–90
156	September 24	@ Brewers	5–8	Leskanic	Williams (3–4)	—	26,186	65–91
157	September 26	Astros	9–4	Benson (10–12)	Holt	—	14,311	66–91
158	September 27	Astros	1–10	McKnight	Anderson (5–11)	—	14,511	66–92
159	September 28	Astros	3–2	Silva (11–9)	Dotel	—	17,710	67–92
160	September 29	Cubs	8–4	Wilkins (4–2)	Rain	—	40,128	68–92
161	September 30	Cubs	4–2	Ritchie (9–8)	Quevedo	Williams (24)	43,458	69–92

October (0–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League Records 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	—	3–6	5–4	2–5	7–6	4–5	6–1	7–6	4–5	4–5	2–7	8–1	7–2	9–4	6–7	5–4	6–9
Atlanta	6–3	—	4–5	2–5	5–4	6–6	5–4	7–2	6–3	6–7	7–6	8–5	5–2	8–1	6–3	3–4	11–7
Chicago	4–5	5–4	—	4–8	4–5	1–6	5–7	3–6	6–7	4–5	2–5	6–3	3–9	3–5	4–5	3–10	8–7
Cincinnati	5–2	5–2	8–4	—	6–3	3–6	7–5	4–5	5–8–1	6–3	5–4	3–4	7–6	4–5	3–6	7–6	7–8
Colorado	6–7	4–5	5–4	3–6	—	4–5	5–4	4–9	4–5	7–2	3–6	6–3	7–2	7–6	6–7	5–3	6–6
Florida	5–4	6–6	6–1	6–3	5–4	—	3–5	2–7	3–4	7–6	6–6	9–4	5–4	2–7	3–6	3–6	8–9
Houston	1–6	4–5	7–5	5–7	4–5	5–3	—	3–6	7–6	4–5	2–5	5–4	10–3	2–7	1–8	6–6	6–9
Los Angeles	6–7	2–7	6–3	5–4	9–4	7–2	6–3	—	3–4	5–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	8–5	7–5	3–6	6–9
Milwaukee	5–4	3–6	7–6	8–5–1	5–4	4–3	6–7	4–3	—	4–5	2–7	2–5	7–5	2–7	3–6	5–7	6–9
Montreal	5–4	7–6	5–4	3–6	2–7	6–7	5–4	3–5	5–4	—	3–9	5–7	3–4	3–6	3–6	2–5	7–11
New York	7–2	6–7	5–2	4–5	6–3	6–6	5–2	5–4	7–2	9–3	—	6–7	7–2	3–6	3–5	6–3	9–9
Philadelphia	1–8	5–8	3–6	4–3	3–6	4–9	4–5	4–5	5–2	7–5	7–6	—	3–6	2–5	2–7	2–7	9–9
Pittsburgh	2–7	2–5	9–3	6–7	2–7	4–5	3–10	5–4	5–7	4–3	2–7	6–3	—	7–2	2–6	4–8	6–9
San Diego	4–9	1–8	5–3	5–4	6–7	7–2	7–2	5–8	7–2	6–3	6–3	5–2	2–7	—	5–7	0–9	5–10
San Francisco	7–6	3–6	5–4	6–3	7–6	6–3	8–1	5–7	6–3	6–3	5–3	7–2	6–2	7–5	—	5–4	8–7
St. Louis	4–5	4–3	10–3	6–7	3–5	6–3	6–6	6–3	7–5	5–2	3–6	7–2	8–4	9–0	4–5	—	7–8

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Atlanta Braves	2	5	0.286	28	39
Florida Marlins	4	5	0.444	40	41
Montreal Expos	4	3	0.571	29	26
New York Mets	2	7	0.222	41	65
Philadelphia Phillies	6	3	0.667	49	42
Total	18	23	0.439	187	213
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	9	3	0.750	81	52
Cincinnati Reds	6	7	0.462	55	58
Houston Astros	3	10	0.231	69	104
Milwaukee Brewers	5	7	0.417	48	61
St. Louis Cardinals	4	8	0.333	62	83
Total	27	35	0.435	315	358
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	2	7	0.222	39	47
Colorado Rockies	2	7	0.222	31	62
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	4	0.556	59	42
San Diego Padres	7	2	0.778	68	50
San Francisco Giants	2	6	0.250	27	41
Total	18	26	0.409	224	242
American League
Cleveland Indians	0	3	0.000	10	19
Detroit Tigers	2	1	0.667	10	6
Kansas City Royals	2	4	0.333	33	40
Minnesota Twins	2	1	0.667	14	10
Total	6	9	0.400	67	75
Season Total	69	93	0.426	793	888

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	9	15	0.375	100	127
May	27	14	13	0.519	149	145
June	27	11	16	0.407	123	142
July	25	11	14	0.440	128	120
August	29	8	21	0.276	120	178
September	29	16	13	0.552	164	166
October	1	0	1	0.000	9	10
Total	162	69	93	0.426	793	888

Total	162	69	93	0.426	793	888
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	37	44	0.457	396	431
Away	81	32	49	0.395	397	457

Roster

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

55 Jimmy Anderson

69 Bronson Arroyo

34 Kris Benson

41 Jason Christiansen

52 Brad Clontz

67 Francisco Córdova

64 Mike Garcia

51 Rich Loiselle

49 Josías Manzanillo

58 Brian O'Connor

60 José Parra

31 Chris Peters

48 Todd Ritchie

47 Scott Sauerbeck

22 Jason Schmidt

45 Dan Serafini

56 José Silva

64 Matt Skrmetta

26 Brian Smith

57 Steve Sparks

39 Jeff Wallace

35 Marc Wilkins

43 Mike Williams

Catchers

18 Jason Kendall

15 Keith Osik

Infielders

6 Mike Benjamin

25 Iván Cruz

52 Alex Hernández

2 Pat Meares

30 Warren Morris

10 Abraham Núñez

16 Aramis Ramírez

19 Luis Sojo

12 John Wehner

25 Enrique Wilson

29 Kevin Young

Outfielders

37 Bruce Aven

13 Adrian Brown

19 Emil Brown

12 Wil Cordero

24 Brian Giles

3 Chad Hermansen

27 Adam Hyzdu

61 Alex Ramírez

14 Tike Redman

28 John Vander Wal

Manager

32 Gene Lamont

Coaches

57 Jeff Banister (bench)

27 Joe Jones (first base)

45 Jack Lind (third base)

23 Lloyd McClendon (hitting)

44 Rick Renick (bench)

50 Pete Vuckovich (pitching)

54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Jason Kendall	C
Pat Meares	SS
Brian Giles	RF
Kevin Young	1B
Wil Cordero	LF
Aramis Ramírez	3B
Chad Hermansen	CF
Mike Benjamin	2B
Jason Schmidt	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[7]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
O'Connor, B.B. O'Connor	6	2	1	0.500	0	0
Hyzdu, A.A. Hyzdu	12	18	7	0.389	1	4
Garcia, M.M. Garcia	13	3	1	0.333	0	0
Redman, T.T. Redman	9	18	6	0.333	1	1
Kendall, J.J. Kendall	152	579	185	0.320	14	58
Brown, A.A. Brown	104	308	97	0.315	4	28
Giles, B.B. Giles	156	559	176	0.315	35	123
Wehner, J.J. Wehner	21	50	15	0.300	1	9
Vander Wal, J.J. Vander Wal	134	384	115	0.299	24	94
Osik, K.K. Osik	46	123	36	0.293	4	22
Sojo, L.L. Sojo	61	176	50	0.284	5	20
Cordero, W.W. Cordero	89	348	98	0.282	16	51
Benjamin, M.M. Benjamin	93	233	63	0.270	2	19
Wilson, E.E. Wilson	40	122	32	0.262	3	15
Morris, W.W. Morris	144	528	137	0.259	3	43
Young, K.K. Young	132	496	128	0.258	20	88
Ramírez, Ar.Ar. Ramírez	73	254	65	0.256	6	35
Aven, B.B. Aven	72	148	37	0.250	5	25
Meares, P.P. Meares	132	462	111	0.240	13	47
Núñez, A.A. Núñez	40	91	20	0.220	1	8
Brown, E.E. Brown	50	119	26	0.218	3	16
Ritchie, T.T. Ritchie	30	60	13	0.217	0	2
Ramírez, Al.Al. Ramírez	43	115	24	0.209	4	18
Hernández, A.A. Hernández	20	60	12	0.200	1	5
Hermansen, C.C. Hermansen	33	108	20	0.185	2	8
Silva, J.J. Silva	48	34	6	0.176	0	2
Peters, C.C. Peters	17	6	1	0.167	0	1
Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins	50	6	1	0.167	0	0
Arroyo, B.B. Arroyo	21	21	3	0.143	0	0
Anderson, J.J. Anderson	27	50	7	0.140	0	1
Córdova, F.F. Córdova	17	35	4	0.114	0	3
Benson, K.K. Benson	30	65	6	0.092	0	1
Cruz, I.I. Cruz	8	11	1	0.091	0	0
Serafini, D.D. Serafini	11	24	2	0.083	0	2
Manzanillo, J.J. Manzanillo	42	3	0	0.000	0	0
Sauerbeck, S.S. Sauerbeck	72	1	0	0.000	0	0
Schmidt, J.J. Schmidt	10	19	0	0.000	0	0
Skrmetta, M.M. Skrmetta	8	2	0	0.000	0	0
Wallace, J.J. Wallace	37	1	0	0.000	0	0
Williams, M.M. Williams	69	1	0	0.000	0	0
Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen	41	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Clontz, B.B. Clontz	5	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle	38	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Parra, J.J. Parra	6	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Smith, B.B. Smith	3	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Sparks, S.S. Sparks	3	0	0	-1 !—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[8]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Peters, C.C. Peters	18	28.333333333333 !28¹⁄₃	0	1	2.86	16
Manzanillo, J.J. Manzanillo	43	58.666666666667 !58²⁄₃	2	2	3.38	39
Williams, M.M. Williams	72	72	3	4	3.50	71
Benson, K.K. Benson	32	217.66666666667 !217²⁄₃	10	12	3.85	184
Sauerbeck, S.S. Sauerbeck	75	75.666666666667 !75²⁄₃	5	4	4.04	83
Ritchie, T.T. Ritchie	31	187	9	8	4.81	124
Serafini, D.D. Serafini	11	62.333333333333 !62¹⁄₃	2	5	4.91	32
Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen	44	38	2	8	4.97	41
Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins	52	60.333333333333 !60¹⁄₃	4	2	5.07	37
Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle	40	42.333333333333 !42¹⁄₃	2	3	5.10	32
O'Connor, B.B. O'Connor	6	12.333333333333 !12¹⁄₃	0	0	5.11	7
Clontz, B.B. Clontz	5	7	0	0	5.14	8
Córdova, F.F. Córdova	18	95	6	8	5.21	66
Anderson, J.J. Anderson	27	144	5	11	5.25	73
Schmidt, J.J. Schmidt	11	63.333333333333 !63¹⁄₃	2	5	5.40	51
Silva, J.J. Silva	51	136	11	9	5.56	98
Arroyo, B.B. Arroyo	20	71.666666666667 !71²⁄₃	2	6	6.40	50
Sparks, S.S. Sparks	3	4	0	0	6.75	2
Parra, J.J. Parra	6	11.666666666667 !11²⁄₃	0	1	6.94	9
Wallace, J.J. Wallace	38	35.666666666667 !35²⁄₃	2	0	7.07	27
Skrmetta, M.M. Skrmetta	8	9.3333333333333 !9¹⁄₃	2	2	9.64	7
Smith, B.B. Smith	3	4.3333333333333 !4¹⁄₃	0	0	10.38	3
Garcia, M.M. Garcia	13	11.333333333333 !11¹⁄₃	0	2	11.12	9
Osik, K.K. Osik	1	1	0	0	45.00	1

Awards and honors

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Jason Kendall, C, Reserve
Brian Giles, OF, Reserve

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

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml
↑ Al Martin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
2000 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
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.

2000 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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