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) and pinch hit home runs (14).
Offseason November 18, 2000: Bill Mueller was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tim Worrell. January 11, 2001: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
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.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.10, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
Opening Day starters Rich Aurilia Marvin Benard Barry Bonds Russ Davis Bobby Estalella Liván Hernández Jeff Kent Armando Ríos J. T. Snow2001 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac
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).Alan Embree Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 4, 2001: Bobby Estalella was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Joe Smith (minors) to the New York Yankees for Brian Boehringer.Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.Andrés Galarraga Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 27, 2001: Felipe Crespo was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Gomes.Felipe Crespo Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.John Vander Wal Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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 Jeff Kent 159 607 181 .298 22 106 3B 128 391 99 .253 5 37 SS Rich Aurilia 156 636 206 .324 37 97 LF 153 476 156 .328 73 137 CF Calvin Murray 106 326 80 .245 6 25 RF Armando Ríos 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 Russ Davis 53 167 43 .257 7 17 Eric Davis 74 156 32 .205 4 22 49 156 45 .288 7 35 49 139 35 .252 3 20 Edwards Guzmán 61 115 28 .243 3 7 Bobby Estalella 29 93 19 .204 3 10 40 66 13 .197 4 10 Damon Minor 19 45 7 .156 0 3 Jalal Leach 8 10 1 .100 0 1 Cody Ransom 9 7 0 .000 0 0 Dante Powell 13 6 2 .333 0 0 Yorvit Torrealba 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 Liván Hernández 34 226.2 13 15 5.24 138 Russ Ortiz 33 218.2 17 9 3.29 169 Kirk Reuter 34 195.1 14 12 4.42 83 Shawn Estes 27 159.0 9 8 4.02 109 Jason Schmidt 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 Mark Gardner 23 91.2 5 5 5.40 53 Ryan Jensen 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 Robb Nen 79 4 5 45 3.01 93 Félix Rodríguez 80 9 1 0 1.68 91 Tim Worrell 73 2 5 0 3.45 63 Aaron Fultz 66 3 1 1 4.56 67 Brian Boehringer 29 0 3 1 4.19 27 Chad Zerbe 27 3 0 0 3.92 22 Jason Christiansen 25 1 0 0 1.59 12 Alan Embree 22 0 2 0 11.25 25 Ryan Vogelsong 13 0 3 0 5.65 17 Wayne Gomes 13 2 0 0 8.40 17 Kurt Ainsworth 2 0 0 0 13.50 3
Awards and honors Barry Bonds, Associated Press Athlete of the YearAssociated Press Athlete of the Year (male) 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 Length104-02-2001Woody Williams San Diego5th420' 204-12-2001Adam Eaton San Diego4th417' 304-13-2001Jamey Wright Milwaukee1st 440'404-14-2001Jimmy Haynes Milwaukee5th410'504-15-2001David Weathers Milwaukee8th390'604-17-2001Terry Adams Los Angeles8th417'704-18-2001Chan Ho Park Los Angeles7th420'804-20-2001Jimmy Haynes Milwaukee4th410'904-24-2001Jim Brower Cincinnati3rd380'1004-26-2001Scott Sullivan Cincinnati8th430'1104-29-2001Manny Aybar Chicago Cubs4th370'1205-02-2001Todd Ritchie Pittsburgh5th420'1305-03-2001Jimmy Anderson Pittsburgh1st420'1405-04-2001Bruce Chen Philadelphia6th360'1505-11-2001Steve TrachselNew York Mets4th410'1605-17-2001Chuck SmithFlorida3rd420'1705-18-2001Mike RemlingerAtlanta8th391'1805-19-2001Odalis PérezAtlanta3rd416'1905-19-2001Jose CabreraAtlanta7th440'2005-19-2001Jason MarquisAtlanta8th410'2105-20-2001John BurkettAtlanta1st415'2205-20-2001Mike RemlingerAtlanta7th436'2305-21-2001Curt SchillingArizona4th430'2405-22-2001Russ SpringerArizona9th410'2505-24-2001John ThomsonColorado3rd400'2605-27-2001Denny NeagleColorado1st390'2705-30-2001Robert EllisArizona2nd420'2805-30-2001Robert EllisArizona6th410'2906-01-2001Shawn ChacónColorado3rd420'3006-04-2001Bobby J. JonesSan Diego4th410'3106-05-2001Wascar SerranoSan Diego3rd410'3206-07-2001Brian LawrenceSan Diego7th450'3306-12-2001Pat RappAnaheim1st320'3406-14-2001Lou PoteAnaheim6th430'3506-15-2001Mark MulderOakland1st380'3606-15-2001Mark MulderOakland6th430'3706-19-2001Adam EatonSan Diego5th375'3806-20-2001Rodney MyersSan Diego8th347'3906-23-2001Darryl KileSt. Louis1st380'4007-12-2001Paul AbbottSeattle1st429'4107-18-2001Mike Hampton Colorado4th320'4207-18-2001Mike Hampton Colorado5th360'4307-26-2001Curt Schilling Arizona4th375'4407-26-2001Curt Schilling Arizona5th370'4507-27-2001Brian Anderson Arizona4th440'4608-01-2001Joe Beimel Pittsburgh1st400'4708-04-2001Nelson Figueroa Philadelphia6th405'4808-07-2001Danny Graves Cincinnati11th430'4908-09-2001Scott Winchester Cincinnati3rd350'5008-11-2001Joe Borowski Chicago Cubs2nd396'5108-14-2001Ricky Bones Florida6th410'5208-16-2001A. J. Burnett Florida4th380'5308-16-2001Vic Darensbourg Florida8th430'5408-18-2001Jason Marquis Atlanta8th415'5508-23-2001Graeme LloydMontreal9th380'5608-27-2001Kevin AppierNew York Mets5th375'5708-31-2001John ThomsonColorado 8th400'5809-03-2001Jason JenningsColorado 4th435'5909-04-2001Miguel BatistaArizona7th420'6009-06-2001Albie LopezArizona2nd420'6109-09-2001Scott ElartonColorado1st488'6209-09-2001Scott ElartonColorado5th361'6309-09-2001Todd BelitzColorado11th394'64*09-20-2001Wade MillerHouston5th410'6509-23-2001Jason MiddlebrookSan Diego2nd411'6609-23-2001Jason MiddlebrookSan Diego4th365'6709-24-2001James BaldwinLos Angeles7th360'6809-28-2001Jason MiddlebrookSan Diego2nd440'6909-29-2001Chuck McElroySan Diego6th435'7010-04-2001Wilfredo RodriguezHouston9th480'7110-05-2001Chan Ho ParkLos Angeles1st440'7210-05-2001Chan Ho ParkLos Angeles3rd410'7310-07-2001Dennis SpringerLos Angeles1st380'
Barry Bonds accomplishments
The following MLB records were broken by Barry Bonds in 2001:ESPN.com: MLB – More power to him: Bonds wraps season with 73 homers
73 home runs, Old record: 70, Mark McGwire (1998) Major League record, .863 slugging percentage,Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 20, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 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 seasonBaseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.10, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem-Keizer; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: San JoseJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2002 Annual Directory
References
External links 2001 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball Reference 2001 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball Almanac