2000 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)Gene Lamont
Local televisionWPGH-TV & WCWB-TV
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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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)
May (14–13)
June (11–14)
July (11–14)
August (8–21)
September (16–13)
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 —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
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
Jason KendallC
Pat MearesSS
Brian GilesRF
Kevin Young1B
Wil CorderoLF
Aramis Ramírez3B
Chad HermansenCF
Mike Benjamin2B
Jason SchmidtSP

Player stats
Batting
Pitching

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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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 Shore in 1907.
  2. "Dale Sveum Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  3. "Bruce Aven Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  4. "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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