# 2001 San Francisco Giants season

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.

### Opening Day starters

* Rich Aurilia
* Marvin Benard
* Barry Bonds
* Russ Davis
* Bobby Estalella
* Liván Hernández
* Jeff Kent
* Armando Ríos
* J. T. Snow

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍37 |
| San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 | 49‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| San Diego Padres | 79 | 83 | .488 | 13 | 35‍–‍46 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Colorado Rockies | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 | 41‍–‍40 | 32‍–‍49 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2001 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 5–2 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 7–8 |
| Atlanta | 2–5 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 2–4 | — | 13–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 8–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 9–6 |
| Cincinnati | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–13 | — | 3–6 | 4–2 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 6–10 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 9–8 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 7–10 | 4–11 |
| Colorado | 6–13 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 2–10 |
| Florida | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
| Houston | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 11–6 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 12–5 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 9–6 |
| Los Angeles | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–9 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 10–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 5–12 | 1–5 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–11 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 7–10 | 5–10 |
| Montreal | 3–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| New York | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | — | 11–8 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 10–8 |
| Philadelphia | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 8–11 | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 1–5 | 6–10 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–9 | 2–7 | 11–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–14 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 14–5 | — | 4–2 | 10–5 |
| St. Louis | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 10–7 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 10–7 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 14–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | — | 8–7 |

### 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).
* July 4, 2001: Bobby Estalella was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Joe Smith (minors) to the New York Yankees for Brian Boehringer.
* 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.
* July 27, 2001: Felipe Crespo was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Gomes.
* 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.

### Roster
## 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 | Benito Santiago | 133 | 477 | 125 | .262 | 6 | 45 |
| 1B | J. T. Snow | 101 | 285 | 70 | .246 | 8 | 34 |
| 2B | Jeff Kent | 159 | 607 | 181 | .298 | 22 | 106 |
| 3B | Ramón Martínez | 128 | 391 | 99 | .253 | 5 | 37 |
| SS | Rich Aurilia | 156 | 636 | 206 | .324 | 37 | 97 |
| LF | Barry Bonds | 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 |
| Marvin Benard | 129 | 392 | 104 | .265 | 15 | 44 |
| Pedro Feliz | 94 | 220 | 50 | .227 | 7 | 22 |
| Shawon Dunston | 88 | 186 | 52 | .280 | 9 | 25 |
| Russ Davis | 53 | 167 | 43 | .257 | 7 | 17 |
| Eric Davis | 74 | 156 | 32 | .205 | 4 | 22 |
| Andrés Galarraga | 49 | 156 | 45 | .288 | 7 | 35 |
| John Vander Wal | 49 | 139 | 35 | .252 | 3 | 20 |
| Edwards Guzmán | 61 | 115 | 28 | .243 | 3 | 7 |
| Bobby Estalella | 29 | 93 | 19 | .204 | 3 | 10 |
| Felipe Crespo | 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 Year
* 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 (2262⁄3)
* 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 | 09-24-2001 | 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 | 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:
* 73 home runs, Old record: 70, Mark McGwire (1998)
* Major League record, .863 slugging percentage, 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

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Shane Turner |
| AA | Shreveport Swamp Dragons | Texas League | Bill Russell |
| A | San Jose Giants | California League | Lenn Sakata |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Bill Hayes |
| A-Short Season | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | Northwest League | Fred Stanley |
| Rookie | AZL Giants | Arizona League | Keith Comstock |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem-Keizer; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: San Jose