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 1882);
Other 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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The 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 119th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 114th in Major League Baseball (MLB). This was the franchise's 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.^[1]
December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.^[2]
January 19, 2000: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]
February 9, 2000: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[4]
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).^[5]

Regular season

File:ThreeRiversStadium.jpg

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

Opening Day starters

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.^[2]
August 7, 2000: Luis Sojo was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Yankees for Chris Spurling.^[3]

Roster

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

18 Jason Kendall
15 Keith Osik

Infielders

Outfielders

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

Level	Team	League	Manager

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.

[1] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml

[ReferenceA-2] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml

[baseball-reference.com-3] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml

[4] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml

[5] Al Martin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

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