2001 San Francisco Giants season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = San Francisco Giants
season = 2001
misc = Barry Bonds breaks the Home Run Record

current league = National League
y1 = 1883
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Pacific Bell Park
y4 = 2000
city = San Francisco, California
y5 = 1958
owners = Peter Magowan
general managers = Brian Sabean
managers = Dusty Baker
television = KTVU
(Mike Krukow, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller, Lon Simmons)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
radio = KNBR
(Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)|

Offseason

*November 18, 2000: Bill Mueller was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tim Worrell. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muellbi02.shtml]
*January 11, 2001: Eric Davis was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daviser01.shtml]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

*Rich Aurilia
*Marvin Benard
*Barry Bonds
*Russ Davis
*Bobby Estalella
*Livan Hernandez
*Jeff Kent
*Armando Rios
*J.T. Snow [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=SFN 2001 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

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). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/embreal01.shtml 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/estalbo02.shtml Bobby Estalella Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* July 27, 2001: Felipe Crespo was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Gomes. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crespfe01.shtml 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 Rios and Ryan Vogelsong. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vandejo02.shtml John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Barry Bonds, Associated Press Athlete of the Year [ [http://www.nndb.com/honors/906/000166408/ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) ] ]
* Barry Bonds, National League Most Valuable PlayerAll-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 (71)
* 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 - Livan Hernandez (226⅔)
* Earned Run Average – Félix Rodríguez (1.68)
* Strikeouts – Russ Ortiz (169)

Barry Bonds 73 Home Runs

Barry Bonds Accomplishments

What else did Barry Bonds do in 2001? [ [http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/1007/1260805.html ESPN.com: MLB - More power to him: Bonds wraps season with 73 homers ] ]

* 73 home runs, Old record: 70, Mark McGwire (1998)
*.863 slugging percentage, Old record: .847, Babe Ruth (1921). 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

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2001.shtml 2001 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=SFN 2001 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac]