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) # 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
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

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

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 — 0 0 Clontz, B.B. Clontz 5 0 0 — 0 0 Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle 38 0 0 — 0 0 Parra, J.J. Parra 6 0 0 — 0 0 Smith, B.B. Smith 3 0 0 — 0 0 Sparks, S.S. Sparks 3 0 0 — 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[8] Player G IP W L ERA SO Peters, C.C. Peters 18 28^1⁄3 0 1 2.86 16 Manzanillo, J.J. Manzanillo 43 58^2⁄3 2 2 3.38 39 Williams, M.M. Williams 72 72 3 4 3.50 71 Benson, K.K. Benson 32 217^2⁄3 10 12 3.85 184 Sauerbeck, S.S. Sauerbeck 75 75^2⁄3 5 4 4.04 83 Ritchie, T.T. Ritchie 31 187 9 8 4.81 124 Serafini, D.D. Serafini 11 62^1⁄3 2 5 4.91 32 Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen 44 38 2 8 4.97 41 Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins 52 60^1⁄3 4 2 5.07 37 Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle 40 42^1⁄3 2 3 5.10 32 O'Connor, B.B. O'Connor 6 12^1⁄3 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 63^1⁄3 2 5 5.40 51 Silva, J.J. Silva 51 136 11 9 5.56 98 Arroyo, B.B. Arroyo 20 71^2⁄3 2 6 6.40 50 Sparks, S.S. Sparks 3 4 0 0 6.75 2 Parra, J.J. Parra 6 11^2⁄3 0 1 6.94 9 Wallace, J.J. Wallace 38 35^2⁄3 2 0 7.07 27 Skrmetta, M.M. Skrmetta 8 9^1⁄3 2 2 9.64 7 Smith, B.B. Smith 3 4^1⁄3 0 0 10.38 3 Garcia, M.M. Garcia 13 11^1⁄3 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

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml
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.

• 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.