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 (since 1887)
2000 information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
Local television	WPGH-TV/WCWB-TV Steve Blass Lanny Frattare Greg Brown Bob Walk Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh Steve Blass Lanny Frattare Greg Brown Bob Walk
Local radio	KDKA Steve Blass Lanny Frattare Greg Brown Bob Walk
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Offseason

• December 10, 1999: Dale Sveum was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.
• January 19, 2000: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• February 9, 2000: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• 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).

Regular season

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

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	--
Cincinnati Reds	85	77	.525	10.0
Milwaukee Brewers	73	89	.451	22.0
Houston Astros	72	90	.444	23.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	26.0
Chicago Cubs	65	97	.401	30.0

Transactions

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

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)

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Aramis Ramírez	73	254	65	.256	6	35

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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

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
Short-Season A	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Curtis Wilkerson
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

• 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.