2000_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates
2000 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	69–93 (.426)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Cam Bonifay
Managers	Gene Lamont
Television	WPGH-TV & WCWB-TV; Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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2000 Game Log (69–93)

April (9–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 4	Astros	2–5	Reynolds	Schmidt (0–1)	Wagner	54,399	0–1
2	April 5	Astros	2–11	Lima	Benson (0–1)	—	12,208	0–2
3	April 6	Astros	10–1	Cordova (1–0)	Holt	—	11,860	1–2
4	April 7	@ Diamondbacks	7–2	Christiansen (1–0)	Reynoso	—	32,536	2–2
5	April 8	@ Diamondbacks	5–6	Swindell	Christiansen (1–1)	—	33,298	2–3
6	April 9	@ Diamondbacks	0–1	Johnson	Schmidt (0–2)	—	34,204	2–4
7	April 11	Expos	3–7	Vazquez	Benson (0–2)	Kline	11,335	2–5
8	April 12	Expos	6–4	Silva (1–0)	Batista	Williams (1)	10,290	3–5
9	April 13	Expos	4–3	Silva (2–0)	Urbina	—	11,162	4–5
10	April 14	Mets	5–8 (12)	Franco	Silva (2–1)	—	20,725	4–6
11	April 15	Mets	2–0	Anderson (1–0)	Rusch	Williams (2)	19,592	5–6
12	April 16	Mets	9–12	Mahomes	Peters (0–1)	Benitez	20,724	5–7
13	April 18	@ Marlins	5–12	Penny	Cordova (1–1)	—	9,494	5–8
14	April 19	@ Marlins	5–1	Ritchie (1–0)	Fernandez	—	10,911	6–8
15	April 20	@ Marlins	2–3 (14)	Darensbourg	Williams (0–1)	—	9,396	6–9
16	April 21	@ Braves	2–6	Mulholland	Garcia (0–1)	—	33,790	6–10
17	April 22	@ Braves	2–4	Chen	Benson (0–3)	Rocker	41,389	6–11
18	April 23	@ Braves	3–5	Maddux	Cordova (1–2)	Rocker	29,463	6–12
19	April 25	Padres	4–3 (11)	Sauerbeck (1–0)	Almanzar	—	12,295	7–12
20	April 26	Padres	9–8	Williams (1–1)	Whisenant	—	13,765	8–12
21	April 27	Padres	4–12	Clement	Parra (0–1)	—	15,459	8–13
22	April 28	Reds	2–1	Benson (1–3)	Harnisch	Williams (3)	25,557	9–13
23	April 29	Reds	5–6	Williamson	Christiansen (1–2)	Graves	28,731	9–14
24	April 30	Reds	2–6	Bell	Ritchie (1–1)	Williamson	29,728	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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
162	October 1	Cubs	9–10	Farnsworth	Sauerbeck (5–4)	Arnold	55,351	69–93

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v t e 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

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

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

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2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Record vs. opponents

Detailed records

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Opening Day lineup

Player stats

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Transactions

Farm system

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2000 National League record v t e Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	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