2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 119th season of the franchise; the 114th in the National League. This was their 31st and 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.
- 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, and James Sak.
Regular season
Detailed records
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | ||
| April | 24 | 9 | 15 | 100 | 127 | |
| May | 27 | 14 | 13 | 149 | 145 | |
| June | 27 | 11 | 16 | 123 | 142 | |
| July | 25 | 11 | 14 | 128 | 120 | |
| August | 29 | 8 | 21 | 120 | 178 | |
| September | 29 | 16 | 13 | 164 | 166 | |
| October | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Total | 162 | 69 | 93 | 793 | 888 |
Player stats
;BattingNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | 7 | 0.389 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 18 | 6 | 0.333 | 1 | 1 | |
| 152 | 579 | 185 | 0.320 | 14 | 58 | |
| 104 | 308 | 97 | 0.315 | 4 | 28 | |
| 156 | 559 | 176 | 0.315 | 35 | 123 | |
| 21 | 50 | 15 | 0.300 | 1 | 9 | |
| 134 | 384 | 115 | 0.299 | 24 | 94 | |
| 46 | 123 | 36 | 0.293 | 4 | 22 | |
| 61 | 176 | 50 | 0.284 | 5 | 20 | |
| 89 | 348 | 98 | 0.282 | 16 | 51 | |
| 93 | 233 | 63 | 0.270 | 2 | 19 | |
| 40 | 122 | 32 | 0.262 | 3 | 15 | |
| 144 | 528 | 137 | 0.259 | 3 | 43 | |
| 132 | 496 | 128 | 0.258 | 20 | 88 | |
| 73 | 254 | 65 | 0.256 | 6 | 35 | |
| 72 | 148 | 37 | 0.250 | 5 | 25 | |
| 132 | 462 | 111 | 0.240 | 13 | 47 | |
| 40 | 91 | 20 | 0.220 | 1 | 8 | |
| 50 | 119 | 26 | 0.218 | 3 | 16 | |
| 30 | 60 | 13 | 0.217 | 0 | 2 | |
| 43 | 115 | 24 | 0.209 | 4 | 18 | |
| 20 | 60 | 12 | 0.200 | 1 | 5 | |
| 33 | 108 | 20 | 0.185 | 2 | 8 | |
| 48 | 34 | 6 | 0.176 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | 6 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 21 | 3 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 50 | 7 | 0.140 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 35 | 4 | 0.114 | 0 | 3 | |
| 30 | 65 | 6 | 0.092 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | 11 | 1 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 24 | 2 | 0.083 | 0 | 2 | |
| 42 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 19 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 69 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 162 | 5,643 | 1,506 | 0.267 | 168 | 749 |
;Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | ||||||
| 18 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2.86 | 16 | |
| 43 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 39 | |
| 72 | 72 | 3 | 4 | 3.50 | 71 | |
| 32 | 217 | 10 | 12 | 3.85 | 184 | |
| 75 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 4.04 | 83 | |
| 31 | 187 | 9 | 8 | 4.81 | 124 | |
| 11 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 4.91 | 32 | |
| 44 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 4.97 | 41 | |
| 52 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 5.07 | 37 | |
| 40 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5.10 | 32 | |
| 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 7 | |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 8 | |
| 18 | 95 | 6 | 8 | 5.21 | 66 | |
| 27 | 144 | 5 | 11 | 5.25 | 73 | |
| 11 | 63 | 2 | 5 | 5.40 | 51 | |
| 51 | 136 | 11 | 9 | 5.56 | 98 | |
| 20 | 71 | 2 | 6 | 6.40 | 50 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6.94 | 9 | |
| 38 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 7.07 | 27 | |
| 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9.64 | 7 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 3 | |
| 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11.12 | 9 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 162 | 1449 | 69 | 93 | 4.94 | 1,070 |
Awards and honors
2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game- Jason Kendall, C, reserve
- Brian Giles, OF, reserve
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.