2001 Season Review -- 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates

February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates performed
relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the
other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections
for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike
zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 721 657
Runs allowed 797 858
Run Margin -76 -201
Wins 72 62
Pythagorean wins 74 60
Placement 6th 6th
Position Players
Jason Kendall, c /lf/rf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 509 167 31 4 13 101 60 18 70 3 58 25 9 .328 .424 .481 .905 110
Prorated Pit 567 186 35 4 14 113 67 20 78 3 65 28 10 122
Actual Pit 606 161 22 2 10 84 53 20 44 4 48 13 14 .266 .335 .358 .693 69
Keith Osik, c /1b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 98 24 3 1 2 7 11 3 10 0 13 1 1 .245 .333 .357 .690 12
Prorated Pit 120 29 4 1 2 9 13 4 12 0 16 1 1 13
Actual Pit 120 25 4 0 2 9 13 3 13 0 24 1 0 .208 .299 .292 .591 12
Humberto Cota, c , bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Pit 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 0
Kevin Young, 1b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 544 149 32 2 22 86 95 10 54 2 107 13 6 .274 .347 .461 .809 87
Prorated Pit 450 123 26 2 18 71 79 8 45 2 88 11 5 72
Actual Pit 449 104 33 0 14 53 65 11 42 3 119 15 11 .232 .310 .399 .708 51
Craig Wilson, 1b/rf/c, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 65 16 4 0 3 10 11 4 5 0 18 0 0 .246 .333 .446 .779 10
Prorated Pit 159 39 10 0 7 24 27 10 12 0 44 0 0 25
Actual Pit 158 49 3 1 13 27 32 7 15 1 53 3 1 .310 .390 .589 .979 37
John Wehner, 1b/3b/rf, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 69 16 3 0 2 8 8 0 6 0 10 1 1 .232 .293 .362 .656 7
Prorated Pit 57 13 2 0 2 7 7 0 5 0 8 1 1 6
Actual Pit 51 10 1 0 0 3 2 0 10 0 12 2 1 .196 .328 .216 .544 4
Pat Meares, 2b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 513 128 23 2 11 60 52 8 40 5 94 3 1 .250 .312 .366 .678 58
Prorated Pit 255 64 11 1 5 30 26 4 20 2 47 1 0 29
Actual Pit 270 57 11 1 4 27 25 2 10 3 45 0 2 .211 .244 .304 .548 17
Warren Morris, 2b, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 67 18 3 0 1 9 8 0 7 0 10 1 1 .269 .338 .358 .696 8
Prorated Pit 97 26 4 0 1 13 12 0 10 0 15 1 1 12
Actual Pit 103 21 6 0 2 6 11 2 3 0 9 2 3 .204 .239 .320 .559 7
Mendy Lopez, 2b/ss, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 70 19 4 1 2 9 8 0 4 0 13 0 0 .271 .311 .443 .754 10
Prorated Hou 17 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2
Actual Hou 15 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 .267 .389 .467 .856 3
Prorated Pit 45 12 3 1 1 6 5 0 3 0 8 0 0 6
Actual Pit 43 10 3 1 0 5 4 0 4 1 16 0 0 .233 .292 .349 .641 5
Prorated Tot 62 17 4 1 2 8 7 0 4 0 11 0 0 9
Actual Tot 58 14 3 1 1 8 7 1 6 1 20 0 0 .241 .318 .379 .697 8
Luis Figueroa, 2b, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Pit 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Aramis Ramirez, 3b, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 552 151 33 3 16 66 73 10 51 2 77 1 2 .274 .342 .431 .774 81
Prorated Pit 583 160 35 3 17 70 77 11 54 2 81 1 2 87
Actual Pit 603 181 40 0 34 83 112 8 40 4 100 5 4 .300 .350 .536 .885 112
Jack Wilson, ss, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 505 120 24 8 6 74 40 6 40 1 75 3 4 .238 .299 .352 .652 54
Prorated Pit 382 91 18 6 5 56 30 5 30 1 57 2 3 41
Actual Pit 390 87 17 1 3 44 25 1 16 2 70 1 3 .223 .255 .295 .550 29
Abraham Nunez, ss/2b, bats switch, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 67 16 2 0 0 8 5 0 7 0 11 2 1 .239 .311 .269 .579 6
Prorated Pit 299 71 9 0 0 36 22 0 31 0 49 9 4 27
Actual Pit 301 79 11 4 1 30 21 1 28 1 53 8 2 .262 .326 .336 .662 36
Enrique Wilson, ss/2b, bats switch, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 79 21 5 0 1 10 8 0 6 0 9 1 1 .266 .314 .367 .681 9
Prorated Pit 121 32 8 0 2 15 12 0 9 0 14 2 2 14
Actual Pit 129 24 3 0 1 7 8 0 3 0 23 0 3 .186 .203 .233 .436 4
Prorated NYA 98 26 6 0 1 12 10 0 7 0 11 1 1 11
Actual NYA 99 24 5 1 1 10 12 0 6 0 14 0 2 .242 .283 .343 .626 9
Prorated Tot 219 58 14 0 3 28 22 0 17 0 25 3 3 25
Actual Tot 228 48 8 1 2 17 20 0 9 0 37 0 5 .211 .238 .281 .519 12
Brian Giles, lf/cf, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 516 159 34 3 33 105 113 5 99 10 68 6 1 .308 .419 .578 .997 131
Prorated Pit 555 171 37 3 35 113 121 5 106 11 73 6 1 140
Actual Pit 576 178 37 7 37 116 95 4 90 14 67 13 6 .309 .404 .590 .994 140
Andy Barkett, lf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Pit 46 14 2 0 1 5 3 1 4 1 7 1 0 .304 .373 .413 .786 7
Gary Matthews, cf, bats switch, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChN 68 14 2 1 1 9 7 0 7 0 14 2 0 .206 .280 .309 .589 6
Prorated ChN 274 56 8 4 4 36 28 0 28 0 56 8 0 25
Actual ChN 258 56 9 1 9 41 30 1 38 2 55 5 3 .217 .320 .364 .684 32
Prorated Pit 154 32 5 2 2 20 16 0 16 0 32 5 0 15
Actual Pit 147 36 6 1 5 22 14 0 22 0 45 3 2 .245 .341 .401 .743 20
Prorated Tot 428 88 13 6 6 57 44 0 44 0 88 13 0 40
Actual Tot 405 92 15 2 14 63 44 1 60 2 100 8 5 .227 .328 .378 .705 52
Emil Brown, cf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 66 18 4 0 2 11 7 1 7 0 13 3 1 .273 .347 .424 .771 10
Prorated Pit 123 34 7 0 4 21 13 2 13 0 24 6 2 20
Actual Pit 123 25 4 1 3 18 13 2 15 1 42 10 4 .203 .300 .325 .625 13
Prorated SD 13 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2
Actual SD 14 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 2 0 .071 .133 .071 .205 0
Prorated Tot 136 37 8 0 4 23 14 2 14 0 27 6 2 21
Actual Tot 137 26 4 1 3 21 13 2 16 1 49 12 4 .190 .284 .299 .583 13
Tike Redman, cf/rf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 70 16 3 1 0 9 7 0 4 0 9 3 2 .229 .267 .300 .567 5
Prorated Pit 121 28 5 2 0 16 12 0 7 0 16 5 3 10
Actual Pit 125 28 4 1 1 8 4 0 4 0 25 3 5 .224 .246 .296 .542 8
Adrian Brown, cf, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 640 187 28 5 7 117 52 1 71 4 75 29 6 .292 .363 .384 .747 97
Prorated Pit 30 9 1 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 4 1 0 4
Actual Pit 31 6 0 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 3 2 1 .194 .265 .290 .555 2
John Vander Wal, rf/lf/1b, bats left, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 152 44 12 0 7 26 33 1 26 1 35 2 1 .289 .394 .507 .901 32
Prorated Pit 304 88 24 0 14 52 66 2 52 2 70 4 2 64
Actual Pit 313 87 22 3 11 39 50 1 42 6 84 7 4 .278 .361 .473 .834 54
Prorated SF 141 41 11 0 6 24 31 1 24 1 32 2 1 29
Actual SF 139 35 6 1 3 19 20 0 26 3 38 1 2 .252 .370 .374 .744 20
Prorated Tot 445 129 35 0 20 76 97 3 76 3 102 6 3 92
Actual Tot 452 122 28 4 14 58 70 1 68 9 122 8 6 .270 .364 .442 .806 74
Rob Mackowiak, rf/2b/lf, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Pit 214 57 15 2 4 30 21 3 15 5 52 4 3 .266 .319 .411 .730 28
Derek Bell, rf/lf, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 566 152 31 0 19 85 77 5 62 0 124 12 4 .269 .343 .424 .767 83
Prorated Pit 162 44 9 0 5 24 22 1 18 0 36 3 1 23
Actual Pit 156 27 3 0 5 14 13 0 25 5 38 0 2 .173 .287 .288 .576 13
Adam Hyzdu, rf/lf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 67 16 4 0 3 10 12 0 8 0 13 0 0 .239 .320 .433 .753 10
Prorated Pit 69 16 4 0 3 10 12 0 8 0 13 0 0 9
Actual Pit 72 15 1 0 5 7 9 1 4 0 18 0 1 .208 .260 .431 .690 8
Chad Hermansen, rf/cf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 69 15 3 0 3 10 9 1 5 0 19 2 1 .217 .280 .391 .671 7
Prorated Pit 52 11 2 0 2 7 7 1 4 0 14 1 1 5
Actual Pit 55 9 1 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 18 0 1 .164 .179 .291 .469 3
Alex Hernandez, rf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Pit 72 18 4 0 2 9 9 0 3 0 15 1 1 .250 .280 .389 .669 7
Prorated Pit 11 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Pit 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 0
Armando Rios, rf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected SF 330 89 18 3 13 57 65 2 44 4 58 7 4 .270 .355 .461 .816 54
Prorated SF 305 82 17 3 12 53 60 2 41 4 54 6 4 50
Actual SF 316 82 17 3 14 38 49 0 34 6 73 3 2 .259 .330 .465 .795 50
Prorated Pit 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Pit 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1
Prorated Tot 310 84 17 3 12 54 61 2 41 4 55 7 4 51
Actual Tot 319 83 17 3 14 38 50 0 36 6 74 3 2 .260 .332 .464 .796 51
Pitchers
Jimmy Anderson, starter, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 5.25 27 27 6 11 0 144 174 13 63 70 .305 .825
Prorated Pit 38 38 9 16 0 205 248 18 90 100
Actual Pit 5.10 34 34 9 17 0 206 232 15 83 89 .287 .760
Todd Ritchie, starter, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.49 32 32 11 11 0 194 209 23 59 123 .277 .773
Prorated Pit 34 34 12 12 0 207 223 25 63 131
Actual Pit 4.47 33 33 11 15 0 207 211 23 52 124 .259 .718
Dave Williams, starter/reliever, throws left, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Pit 3.71 22 18 3 7 0 114 100 15 45 57 .244 .757
Bronson Arroyo, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 6.90 33 3 3 6 0 73 96 13 31 45 .319 .913
Prorated Pit 38 3 3 7 0 83 109 15 35 51
Actual Pit 5.09 24 13 5 7 0 88 99 12 34 39 .289 .832
Jason Schmidt, starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.75 29 29 9 11 0 171 182 19 74 120 .275 .788
Prorated Pit 14 14 4 5 0 81 86 9 35 57
Actual Pit 4.61 14 14 6 6 0 84 81 11 28 77 .256 .738
Prorated SF 11 11 3 4 0 64 69 7 28 45
Actual SF 3.39 11 11 7 1 0 66 57 2 33 65 .230 .634
Prorated Tot 25 25 8 9 0 145 155 16 63 102
Actual Tot 4.07 25 25 13 7 0 150 138 13 61 142 .244 .692
Tony McKnight, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 6.11 3 3 1 1 0 18 20 3 6 10 .290 .858
Prorated Hou 3 3 1 1 0 18 21 3 6 10
Actual Hou 4.00 3 3 1 0 0 18 21 4 3 10 .288 .822
Prorated Pit 12 12 4 4 0 72 81 12 24 41
Actual Pit 5.19 12 12 2 6 0 69 88 15 21 36 .307 .880
Prorated Tot 15 15 5 5 0 90 102 15 30 51
Actual Tot 4.95 15 15 3 6 0 87 109 19 24 46 .303 .869
Don Wengert, starter, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 5.82 13 0 1 1 0 17 22 3 6 12 .319 .913
Prorated Pit 14 0 1 1 0 18 24 3 6 13
Actual Pit 12.38 4 4 0 2 0 16 33 2 6 4 .429 1.080
Ramon Martinez, starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected FA 4.35 4 4 1 1 0 21 18 3 9 16 .237 .730
Prorated Pit 4 4 1 1 0 18 16 3 8 14
Actual Pit 8.62 4 4 0 2 0 16 16 4 16 9 .276 1.011
Ryan Vogelsong, starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected SF 6.06 11 0 1 1 0 16 20 3 9 13 .308 .933
Prorated SF 19 0 2 2 0 28 34 5 15 22
Actual SF 5.65 13 0 0 3 0 29 29 5 14 17 .257 .780
Prorated Pit 5 0 0 0 0 7 9 1 4 6
Actual Pit 12.00 2 2 0 2 0 6 10 1 6 7 .357 1.078
Prorated Tot 23 0 2 2 0 35 43 6 19 28
Actual Tot 6.75 15 2 0 5 0 35 39 6 20 24 .277 .840
Joe Beimel, reliever/starter, throws left, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 6.75 53 0 3 6 0 64 94 8 31 39 .336 .837
Prorated Pit 85 0 5 10 0 103 151 13 50 63
Actual Pit 5.23 42 15 7 11 0 115 131 12 49 58 .290 .809
Omar Olivares, reliever/starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 5.04 19 6 4 4 0 61 69 6 29 29 .291 .807
Prorated Pit 34 11 7 7 0 110 125 11 52 52
Actual Pit 6.55 45 12 6 9 1 110 123 17 42 69 .283 .839
Josias Manzanillo, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.66 40 0 3 4 0 68 71 10 32 55 .272 .802
Prorated Pit 44 0 3 4 0 74 78 11 35 60
Actual Pit 3.39 71 0 3 2 2 80 60 4 26 80 .211 .607
Scott Sauerbeck, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.53 70 0 5 5 1 91 97 8 59 84 .277 .800
Prorated Pit 47 0 3 3 1 61 65 5 39 56
Actual Pit 5.60 70 0 2 2 2 63 61 4 40 79 .257 .736
Mike Lincoln, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 6.63 4 4 1 2 0 19 26 4 7 9 .329 .949
Prorated Pit 8 8 2 4 0 36 50 8 13 17
Actual Pit 2.68 31 0 2 1 0 40 34 3 11 24 .225 .651
Damaso Marte, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Pit 4.71 23 0 0 1 0 36 34 5 12 39 .250 .761
Terry Mulholland, reliever/starter, throws left, age 38
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.85 8 8 2 3 0 52 61 7 13 27 .296 .791
Prorated Pit 5 5 1 2 0 35 41 5 9 18
Actual Pit 3.72 22 1 0 0 0 36 38 5 10 17 .277 .781
Prorated LA 5 5 1 2 0 31 37 4 8 16
Actual LA 5.83 19 3 1 1 0 29 40 7 7 25 .315 .891
Prorated Tot 10 10 3 4 0 66 78 9 17 34
Actual Tot 4.66 41 4 1 1 0 66 78 12 17 42 .295 .834
Jose Silva, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 5.20 53 0 3 4 0 71 87 7 24 49 .305 .802
Prorated Pit 23 0 1 2 0 31 38 3 11 22
Actual Pit 6.75 26 0 3 3 0 32 35 6 9 23 .271 .753
Rich Loiselle, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.55 70 0 5 5 2 93 96 10 53 73 .271 .792
Prorated Pit 17 0 1 1 0 22 23 2 13 18
Actual Pit 11.50 18 0 0 1 1 18 28 3 17 9 .359 1.072
Marc Wilkins, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.50 23 0 2 2 0 30 29 3 19 22 .257 .773
Prorated Pit 13 0 1 1 0 17 17 2 11 13
Actual Pit 6.75 14 0 0 1 0 17 22 2 8 11 .319 .876
Billy Taylor, reliever, throws right, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.96 19 0 1 1 0 16 20 3 7 17 .303 .904
Prorated Pit 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2
Actual Pit 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 .286 1.000
Mike Williams, closer, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.08 70 0 3 6 26 71 66 10 41 74 .249 .765
Prorated Pit 41 0 2 3 15 41 38 6 24 43
Actual Pit 3.67 40 0 2 4 22 42 39 6 21 43 .244 .763
Prorated Hou 23 0 1 2 8 23 21 3 13 24
Actual Hou 4.03 25 0 4 0 0 22 21 3 14 16 .244 .812
Prorated Tot 63 0 3 5 24 64 60 9 37 67
Actual Tot 3.80 65 0 6 4 22 64 60 9 35 59 .244 .780
Mike Fetters, closer, throws right, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected LA 3.72 53 0 3 2 0 56 47 8 29 44 .232 .734
Prorated LA 31 0 2 1 0 32 27 5 17 26
Actual LA 6.07 34 0 2 1 1 30 33 6 13 26 .273 .820
Prorated Pit 19 0 1 1 0 20 17 3 10 15
Actual Pit 4.58 20 0 1 1 8 18 16 1 13 11 .235 .763
Prorated Tot 49 0 3 2 0 52 44 7 27 41
Actual Tot 5.51 54 0 3 2 9 47 49 7 26 37 .259 .800
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Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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