2001 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	2001
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Pacific Bell Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Record:	90–72 (.556)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Peter Magowan
General Managers:	Brian Sabean
Managers:	Dusty Baker
Television:	KTVU (Mike Krukow, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller, Lon Simmons) FSN Bay Area (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Radio:	KNBR (Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)

The 2001 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 119th year in Major League Baseball, their 44th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their second at Pacific Bell Park. The team finished in second place in the National League West with a 90–72 record, two games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks, and they finished three games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the Wild Card spot. The Giants set franchise records for home runs (235)^[1] and pinch hit home runs (14).^[2]

Offseason

• November 18, 2000: Bill Mueller was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tim Worrell.^[3]
• January 11, 2001: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[4]

Regular season

• October 4, 2001: Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run of the season off Houston pitcher Wilfredo Rodriguez, to tie Mark McGwire's single season home run record.^[5]

Opening Day starters

• Rich Aurilia
• Marvin Benard
• Barry Bonds
• Russ Davis
• Bobby Estalella
• Liván Hernández
• Jeff Kent
• Armando Ríos
• J. T. Snow^[6]

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• June 29, 2001: Alan Embree was traded by the San Francisco Giants with cash to the Chicago White Sox for Derek Hasselhoff (minors).^[7]
• July 4, 2001: Bobby Estalella was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Joe Smith (minors) to the New York Yankees for Brian Boehringer.^[8]
• July 24, 2001: Andrés Galarraga was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Texas Rangers for Todd Ozias (minors), Chris Magruder and Erasmo Ramirez.^[9]
• July 27, 2001: Felipe Crespo was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Gomes.^[10]
• July 30, 2001: John Vander Wal was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jason Schmidt to the San Francisco Giants for Armando Ríos and Ryan Vogelsong.^[11]

Roster

2001 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		133	477	125	.262	6	45
1B		101	285	70	.246	8	34
2B		159	607	181	.298	22	106
3B		128	391	99	.253	5	37
SS		156	636	206	.324	37	97
LF		153	476	156	.328	73	137
CF		106	326	80	.245	6	25
RF		93	316	82	.259	14	49

Other batters

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
	129	392	104	.265	15	44
	94	220	50	.227	7	22
	88	186	52	.280	9	25
	53	167	43	.257	7	17
	74	156	32	.205	4	22
	49	156	45	.288	7	35
	49	139	35	.252	3	20
	61	115	28	.243	3	7
	29	93	19	.204	3	10
	40	66	13	.197	4	10
	19	45	7	.156	0	3
	8	10	1	.100	0	1
	9	7	0	.000	0	0
	13	6	2	.333	0	0
	3	4	2	.500	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	34	226.2	13	15	5.24	138
	33	218.2	17	9	3.29	169
	34	195.1	14	12	4.42	83
	27	159.0	9	8	4.02	109
	11	66.1	7	1	3.39	65

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	23	91.2	5	5	5.40	53
	10	42.1	1	2	4.25	26

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	79	4	5	45	3.01	93
	80	9	1	0	1.68	91
	73	2	5	0	3.45	63
	66	3	1	1	4.56	67
	29	0	3	1	4.19	27
	27	3	0	0	3.92	22
	25	1	0	0	1.59	12
	22	0	2	0	11.25	25
	13	0	3	0	5.65	17
	13	2	0	0	8.40	17
	2	0	0	0	13.50	3

Awards and honors

• Barry Bonds, Associated Press Athlete of the Year^[12]
• Barry Bonds, National League Most Valuable Player
• Mark Gardner P, Willie Mac Award
• Benito Santiago C, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

• Jeff Kent, second baseman, starter
• Barry Bonds, outfield, starter

Team leaders

• Games – Jeff Kent (159)
• At-bats – Rich Aurilia (636)
• Runs – Barry Bonds (129)
• Hits – Rich Aurilia (206)
• Doubles – Jeff Kent (49)
• Triples – Jeff Kent (6)
• Home runs – Barry Bonds (73)
• Runs batted in – Barry Bonds (137)
• Walks – Barry Bonds (177)
• Batting average – Barry Bonds (.328)
• On-base percentage – Barry Bonds (.515)
• Slugging average – Barry Bonds (.863)
• Stolen bases – Barry Bonds (13)
• Wins – Russ Ortiz (17)
• Innings pitched – Liván Hernández (226)
• Earned run average – Russ Ortiz (3.29)
• Strikeouts – Russ Ortiz (169)

Barry Bonds 73 home runs

Number	Date	Pitcher	Team	Inning	Length
1	04-02-2001	Woody Williams	San Diego	5th	420'
2	04-12-2001	Adam Eaton	San Diego	4th	417'
3	04-13-2001	Jamey Wright	Milwaukee	1st	440'
4	04-14-2001	Jimmy Haynes	Milwaukee	5th	410'
5	04-15-2001	David Weathers	Milwaukee	8th	390'
6	04-17-2001	Terry Adams	Los Angeles	8th	417'
7	04-18-2001	Chan Ho Park	Los Angeles	7th	420'
8	04-20-2001	Jimmy Haynes	Milwaukee	4th	410'
9	04-24-2001	Jim Brower	Cincinnati	3rd	380'
10	04-26-2001	Scott Sullivan	Cincinnati	8th	430'
11	04-29-2001	Manny Aybar	Chicago Cubs	4th	370'
12	05-02-2001	Todd Ritchie	Pittsburgh	5th	420'
13	05-03-2001	Jimmy Anderson	Pittsburgh	1st	420'
14	05-04-2001	Bruce Chen	Philadelphia	6th	360'
15	05-11-2001	Steve Trachsel	New York Mets	4th	410'
16	05-17-2001	Chuck Smith	Florida	3rd	420'
17	05-18-2001	Mike Remlinger	Atlanta	8th	391'
18	05-19-2001	Odalis Pérez	Atlanta	3rd	416'
19	05-19-2001	Jose Cabrera	Atlanta	7th	440'
20	05-19-2001	Jason Marquis	Atlanta	8th	410'
21	05-20-2001	John Burkett	Atlanta	1st	415'
22	05-20-2001	Mike Remlinger	Atlanta	7th	436'
23	05-21-2001	Curt Schilling	Arizona	4th	430'
24	05-22-2001	Russ Springer	Arizona	9th	410'
25	05-24-2001	John Thomson	Colorado	3rd	400'
26	05-27-2001	Denny Neagle	Colorado	1st	390'
27	05-30-2001	Robert Ellis	Arizona	2nd	420'
28	05-30-2001	Robert Ellis	Arizona	6th	410'
29	06-01-2001	Shawn Chacón	Colorado	3rd	420'
30	06-04-2001	Bobby J. Jones	San Diego	4th	410'
31	06-05-2001	Wascar Serrano	San Diego	3rd	410'
32	06-07-2001	Brian Lawrence	San Diego	7th	450'
33	06-12-2001	Pat Rapp	Anaheim	1st	320'
34	06-14-2001	Lou Pote	Anaheim	6th	430'
35	06-15-2001	Mark Mulder	Oakland	1st	380'
36	06-15-2001	Mark Mulder	Oakland	6th	430'
37	06-19-2001	Adam Eaton	San Diego	5th	375'
38	06-20-2001	Rodney Myers	San Diego	8th	347'
39	06-23-2001	Darryl Kile	St. Louis	1st	380'
40	07-12-2001	Paul Abbott	Seattle	1st	429'
41	07-18-2001	Mike Hampton	Colorado	4th	320'
42	07-18-2001	Mike Hampton	Colorado	5th	360'
43	07-26-2001	Curt Schilling	Arizona	4th	375'
44	07-26-2001	Curt Schilling	Arizona	5th	370'
45	07-27-2001	Brian Anderson	Arizona	4th	440'
46	08-01-2001	Joe Beimel	Pittsburgh	1st	400'
47	08-04-2001	Nelson Figueroa	Philadelphia	6th	405'
48	08-07-2001	Danny Graves	Cincinnati	11th	430'
49	08-09-2001	Scott Winchester	Cincinnati	3rd	350'
50	08-11-2001	Joe Borowski	Chicago Cubs	2nd	396'
51	08-14-2001	Ricky Bones	Florida	6th	410'
52	08-16-2001	A. J. Burnett	Florida	4th	380'
53	08-16-2001	Vic Darensbourg	Florida	8th	430'
54	08-18-2001	Jason Marquis	Atlanta	8th	415'
55	08-23-2001	Graeme Lloyd	Montreal	9th	380'
56	08-27-2001	Kevin Appier	New York Mets	5th	375'
57	08-31-2001	John Thomson	Colorado	8th	400'
58	09-03-2001	Jason Jennings	Colorado	4th	435'
59	09-04-2001	Miguel Batista	Arizona	7th	420'
60	09-06-2001	Albie Lopez	Arizona	2nd	420'
61	09-09-2001	Scott Elarton	Colorado	1st	488'
62	09-09-2001	Scott Elarton	Colorado	5th	361'
63	09-09-2001	Todd Belitz	Colorado	11th	394'
64*	09-20-2001	Wade Miller	Houston	5th	410'
65	09-23-2001	Jason Middlebrook	San Diego	2nd	411'
66	09-23-2001	Jason Middlebrook	San Diego	4th	365'
67	09-23-2001	James Baldwin	Los Angeles	7th	360'
68	09-28-2001	Jason Middlebrook	San Diego	2nd	440'
69	09-29-2001	Chuck McElroy	San Diego	6th	435'
70	10-04-2001^[13]	Wilfredo Rodriguez	Houston	9th	480'
71	10-05-2001	Chan Ho Park	Los Angeles	1st	440'
72	10-05-2001	Chan Ho Park	Los Angeles	3rd	410'
73	10-07-2001	Dennis Springer	Los Angeles	1st	380'

Barry Bonds accomplishments

The following MLB records were broken by Barry Bonds in 2001:^[14]

• 73 home runs, Old record: 70, Mark McGwire (1998)
• Major League record, .863 slugging percentage,^[15] Old record: .847, Babe Ruth (1920). Only Ruth in 1920 and 1921 (.846) had ever slugged over .800. The old NL record was .756 by Rogers Hornsby in 1925.
• 177 walks, Old record: 170, Ruth (1923)
• .515 on-base percentage, First .500+ OBP since Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle in 1957. Highest in NL since 1900.
• 1.379 combined on-base + slugging, Ties old record set by Ruth in 1920. Ruth was the only other player to ever top 1.300 (1920, 1921, 1923).
• 107 extra-base hits, Ties Chuck Klein (1930) for NL record and third all time behind Ruth (119, 1921) and Lou Gehrig (117, 1927).
• Home run percentage, 15.34 homers per 100 at-bats; old record: 13.75, Mark McGwire, 1998
• At age 36, Bonds became the oldest player to lead the Major Leagues in home runs in one season^[16]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem-Keizer; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: San Jose^{[17] [18]}

External links

• 2001 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball Reference
• 2001 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, HR>=185, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Home Runs . Stathead . August 5, 2020.
2. Web site: Giants Stat of the Day: June 2021. MLB.com. June 5, 2021.
3. Web site: Bill Mueller Stats.
4. Web site: Eric Davis Stats.
5. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.10, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=SFN 2001 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/embreal01.shtml Alan Embree Statistics
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/estalbo02.shtml Bobby Estalella Statistics
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/galaran01.shtml Andrés Galarraga Statistics
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crespfe01.shtml Felipe Crespo Statistics
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vandejo02.shtml John Vander Wal Statistics
12. http://www.nndb.com/honors/906/000166408/ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
13. Web site: MLB . December 6, 2017 . October 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016081158/http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/feature/?fid=9938&hubname=#600 . dead .
14. http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/1007/1260805.html ESPN.com: MLB – More power to him: Bonds wraps season with 73 homers
15. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 20, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
16. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.10, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
17. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
18. Baseball America 2002 Annual Directory