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2001 San Francisco Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2000/2002) 90-72, Finished 2nd in NL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 799 runs, Allowed 748 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76 Managed by Dusty Baker Ballpark: PacBell Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 3,311,958 (1st of 16) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 92   (one-year): Batting - 91, Pitching - 91   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Benito Santiago     36  133  477   39  125  25  4   6   45  23   78  .262  .295  .369   5   4  19   2   7   6   0   76
1B *J.T. Snow           33  101  285   43   70  12  1   8   34  55   81  .246  .371  .379   0   0   2   4   0   4  10  101
2B  Jeff Kent           33  159  607   84  181  49  6  22  106  65   96  .298  .369  .507   7   6  11  11   0  13   4  131
3B  Ramon Martinez      28  128  391   48   99  18  3   5   37  38   52  .253  .323  .353   1   2  11   5   6   6   6   81
SS  Rich Aurilia        29  156  636  114  206  37  5  37   97  47   83  .324  .369  .572   1   3  14   0   3   3   2  146
LF *Barry Bonds         36  153  476  129  156  32  2  73  137 177   93  .328  .515  .863  13   3   5   9   0   2  35  259
CF  Calvin Murray       29  106  326   54   80  14  2   6   25  32   57  .245  .319  .356   8   8   5   3   3   0   0   80
RF *Armando Rios        29   93  316   38   82  17  3  14   49  34   73  .259  .330  .465   3   2   2   0   1   2   6  109
   *Marvin Benard       31  129  392   70  104  19  2  15   44  29   66  .265  .320  .439  10   5   3   4   1   3   2  100
    Pedro Feliz         26   94  220   23   50   9  1   7   22  10   50  .227  .264  .373   2   1   5   2   3   3   2   67
    Shawon Dunston      38   88  186   26   52  10  3   9   25   2   32  .280  .293  .511   3   1   2   2   2   1   0  109
    Russ Davis          31   53  167   16   43  13  1   7   17  17   49  .257  .326  .473   1   0   5   1   2   2   2  110
    Eric Davis          39   74  156   17   32   7  3   4   22  13   38  .205  .269  .365   1   1   4   1   0   1   0   67
    Andres Galarraga    40   49  156   17   45  12  1   7   35  13   49  .288  .351  .513   0   3   3   3   0   2   1  127
   *John Vander Wal     35   49  139   19   35   6  1   3   20  26   38  .252  .370  .374   1   2   3   0   2   0   3  100
   *Edwards Guzman      24   61  115    8   28   6  0   3    7   5   16  .243  .273  .374   0   0   2   0   0   1   2   70
    Bobby Estalella     26   29   93   11   19   5  1   3   10  11   28  .204  .295  .376   0   0   2   1   0   0   2   78
   #Felipe Crespo       28   40   66    8   13   1  0   4   10   7   26  .197  .286  .394   1   1   2   2   1   2   1   79
   *Damon Minor         27   19   45    3    7   1  0   0    3   3    8  .156  .208  .178   0   0   1   0   0   0   1    5
   *Jalal Leach         32    8   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    3  .100  .250  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -1
    Cody Ransom         25    9    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dante Powell        27   13    6    5    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   79
    Yorvit Torrealba    22    3    4    0    2   0  1   0    2   0    0  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  286

    Livan Hernandez     26   33   81    7   24   4  0   1    8   0    4  .296  .296  .383   0   0   4   0   4   0   0   80
    Russ Ortiz          27   32   67    6   13   6  0   0    6   5   19  .194  .247  .284   0   0   1   0   8   1   0   41
   *Kirk Rueter         30   34   58    5   10   0  0   0    5   5    5  .172  .234  .172   0   0   0   0  10   1   0   11
   #Shawn Estes         28   25   42    2    3   0  0   0    1   3   11  .071  .130  .071   0   0   1   0   6   1   0  -44
    Jason Schmidt       28   11   26    3    4   0  0   1    3   1   12  .154  .185  .269   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   19
    Mark Gardner        39   22   21    1    0   0  0   0    1   1    8  .000  .045  .000   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -86
    Ryan Jensen         25    9   12    0    2   0  0   0    2   1    3  .167  .231  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    9
   *Chad Zerbe          29   26    9    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   19
    Ryan Vogelsong      23   11    8    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    2  .125  .125  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -3
   *Aaron Fultz         27   62    5    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  115
   #Brian Boehringer    32   25    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tim Worrell         33   72    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Alan Embree         31   22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Robb Nen            31   75    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.5  162 5612  799 1493 304 40 235  775 625 1090  .266  .342  .460  57  42 108  50  67  54  79  117
    Rank among 16 NL teams         2    5    4   5  2   1        2    8     5     3     2  16  10      13            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Livan Hernandez     26  34   5.24  13  15  0  34   0   2   0  226.7  266  143  132  24   85  138 1008   7   3  0   7  77
SP *Kirk Rueter         30  34   4.42  14  12  0  34   0   0   0  195.3  213  105   96  25   66   83  840   1   4  0   4  91
SP  Russ Ortiz          27  33   3.29  17   9  0  33   0   1   1  218.7  187   90   80  13   91  169  911   8   0  1   3 122
SP *Shawn Estes         28  27   4.02   9   8  0  27   0   0   0  159.0  151   78   71  11   77  109  693  10   5  2   7 100
SP  Mark Gardner        39  23   5.40   5   5  0  15   2   0   0   91.7   93   57   55  17   34   53  398   0   3  0   3  74
SP  Jason Schmidt       28  11   3.39   7   1  0  11   0   0   0   66.3   57   29   25   2   33   65  284   5   0  0   1 118
SP  Ryan Jensen         25  10   4.25   1   2  0   7   2   0   0   42.3   44   21   20   5   25   26  193   2   4  0   0  94

CL  Robb Nen            31  79   3.01   4   5 45   0  71   0   0   77.7   58   28   26   6   22   93  312   2   1  0   6 133
RP  Felix Rodriguez     28  80   1.68   9   1  0   0  13   0   0   80.3   53   16   15   5   27   91  314   1   1  0   2 239
RP  Tim Worrell         33  73   3.45   2   5  0   0  12   0   0   78.3   71   33   30   4   33   63  339   2   3  0   4 116
RP *Aaron Fultz         27  66   4.56   3   1  1   0  17   0   0   71.0   70   40   36   9   21   67  300   1   1  0   3  88
RP  Brian Boehringer    32  29   4.19   0   3  1   0   9   0   0   34.3   32   20   16   4   17   27  156   0   2  0   5  96

   *Chad Zerbe          29  27   3.92   3   0  0   1   9   0   0   39.0   41   21   17   3   10   22  162   2   1  0   0 102
    Ryan Vogelsong      23  13   5.65   0   3  0   0   8   0   0   28.7   29   21   18   5   14   17  130   2   2  0   0  71
   *Alan Embree         31  22  11.25   0   2  0   0   7   0   0   20.0   34   26   25   7   10   25  106   1   2  0   2  36
   *Jason Christiansen  31  25   1.59   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   17.0   14    3    3   1    5   12   66   4   0  0   0 253
    Wayne Gomes         28  13   8.40   2   0  0   0   4   0   0   15.0   21   14   14   3    7   17   70   2   0  0   2  48
    Kurt Ainsworth      22   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.0    3    3    3   1    2    3   12   0   1  0   0  30
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 162   4.18  90  72 47 162 159   3   8 1463.3 1437  748  680 145  579 1080 6294  50  33  3  49  96
    Rank among 16 NL teams          7   4  13  3          13   8      1    9    9        1   13   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BSantiago 1080 119 130 830 63 5 12 .994 8 42 66 35 BEstalella 232 28 28 185 14 0 5 1.000 0 3 14 6 EGuzman 138 14 26 86 10 1 1 .990 0 5 6 4 YTorrealba 12 1 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1463 162 162 1109 87 6 18 .995 8 50 86 45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSnow 695 80 92 658 47 1 76 .999 9.13 AGalarraga 322 36 41 288 13 5 38 .984 8.39 JKent 213 22 30 192 14 2 19 .990 8.69 FCrespo 98 9 16 101 3 3 10 .972 9.48 DMinor 89 11 11 86 4 1 4 .989 9.03 EGuzman 32 3 7 34 2 1 2 .973 10.12 BSantiago 8 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 SDunston 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JVander Wal 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 1368 83 13 149 .991 8.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKent 1171 134 140 269 390 9 91 .987 5.06 RMartinez 277 26 42 54 98 1 21 .993 4.93 FCrespo 11 2 2 2 3 1 1 .833 4.09 EGuzman 4 0 3 3 0 1 0 .750 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 328 491 12 113 .986 5.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMartinez 537 63 70 44 105 4 7 .974 2.50 PFeliz 518 51 86 40 79 12 6 .908 2.07 RDavis 374 46 46 20 61 10 9 .890 1.95 EGuzman 33 2 7 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 108 252 26 23 .933 2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 *4.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RAurilia 1313 146 149 246 423 17 108 .975 4.59 RMartinez 141 16 24 25 58 3 16 .965 5.29 CRansom 9 0 6 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 271 485 20 124 .974 4.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBonds 1231 141 143 246 9 6 1 .977 1.86 ARios 78 7 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 MBenard 64 6 15 15 1 1 0 .941 2.23 SDunston 50 5 12 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.72 JVander Wal 17 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 JLeach 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 DPowell 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 EGuzman 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 288 10 7 1 .977 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMurray 710 73 104 232 4 5 1 .979 2.99 MBenard 590 70 75 173 3 7 2 .962 2.68 SDunston 132 16 23 50 0 2 0 .962 3.40 ARios 30 3 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 DPowell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 465 7 14 3 .971 2.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARios 611 69 76 169 7 6 2 .967 2.59 EDavis 293 34 48 74 1 3 0 .962 2.30 JVander Wal 283 36 38 78 1 0 0 1.000 2.51 SDunston 128 13 26 26 4 1 2 .968 2.10 MBenard 126 9 37 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 DPowell 12 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.12 JLeach 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FCrespo 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 381 14 10 4 .975 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.20 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BBonds 1231 141 143 246 8 6 1 .977 1.86 MBenard 781 85 109 213 5 8 2 .965 2.51 ARios 719 79 87 196 7 6 2 .971 2.54 CMurray 710 73 104 232 4 5 1 .979 2.99 SDunston 310 34 60 80 4 3 2 .966 2.43 JVander Wal 300 38 41 82 1 0 0 1.000 2.49 EDavis 293 34 48 74 1 3 0 .962 2.30 DPowell 20 1 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.55 JLeach 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 EGuzman 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FCrespo 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1463 162 162 1134 30 31 8 .974 2.39 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LHernandez 226 34 34 13 44 0 2 1.000 2.26 ROrtiz 218 33 33 12 34 1 4 .979 1.89 KRueter 195 34 34 11 50 0 11 1.000 2.81 SEstes 159 27 27 3 33 3 2 .923 2.04 MGardner 91 15 23 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.18 FRodriguez 80 0 80 1 2 1 0 .750 0.34 TWorrell 78 0 73 4 10 2 1 .875 1.61 RNen 77 0 79 5 3 0 0 1.000 0.93 AFultz 71 0 66 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.28 JSchmidt 66 11 11 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.68 RJensen 42 7 10 5 4 1 1 .900 1.91 CZerbe 39 1 27 2 5 1 2 .875 1.62 BBoehringer 34 0 29 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.26 RVogelsong 28 0 13 4 6 1 2 .909 3.14 AEmbree 20 0 22 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.45 JChristians 17 0 25 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12 WGomes 15 0 13 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 KAinsworth 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1463 162 162 72 222 10 26 .967 1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- BBonds 6 EDavis 1 RDavis 1 SDunston 1 PFeliz 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Bonds .328 On-base % Bonds .515 Slugging % Bonds .863 OPS Bonds 1.378 Games Kent 159 At Bats Aurilia 636 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kent 696 Runs Bonds 129 Hits Aurilia 206 Total Bases Bonds 411 Doubles Kent 49 Triples Kent 6 Home Runs Bonds 73 RBI Bonds 137 Bases on Balls Bonds 177 Strikeouts Kent 96 Stolen Bases Bonds 13 Singles Aurilia 127 Adjusted OPS+ Bonds 259 Runs Created Bonds 230 Adjusted Batting Runs Bonds 126 Batting Wins Bonds 11.4 Extra-Base Hits Bonds 107 Times on Base Bonds 342 Offensive Win% Bonds .917 Hit By Pitch Kent 11 Sac. Hits Rueter 10 Sac. Flies Kent 13 Intentional Walks Bonds 35 Grounded into Double Plays Santiago 19 Caught Stealing Murray 8 Power/Speed Number Bonds 22.1 At Bats per Strikeout Aurilia 7.7 At Bats per Home Run Bonds 6.5 Outs Kent 456

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Ortiz 3.29 Wins Ortiz 17 Won-Loss % Ortiz .654 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ortiz 1.271 Hits Allowed/9IP Ortiz 7.70 Bases on Balls/9IP Rueter 3.04 Strikeouts/9IP Ortiz 6.96 Games Rodriguez 80 Saves Nen 45 Innings Hernandez 226.7 Strikeouts Ortiz 169 Games Started Hernandez and Rueter 34 Comp. Games Hernandez 2 Shutouts Ortiz 1 Home Runs Allow. Rueter 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Ortiz 91 Hits Allowed Hernandez 266 SO to Walk Ortiz 1.86 Losses Hernandez 15 Earned Runs Allow. Hernandez 132 Wild Pitches Estes 10 Hit Batsmen Estes 5 Batters Faced Hernandez 1008 Games Finished Nen 71 Adjusted ERA+ Ortiz 122

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Salaries Barry Bonds $ 10,300,000 Robb Nen $ 6,600,000 Jeff Kent $ 6,000,000 J.T. Snow $ 5,750,000 Kirk Rueter $ 4,866,667 Shawn Estes $ 4,725,000 Rich Aurilia $ 3,250,000 Jason Schmidt $ 3,200,000 Livan Hernandez $ 3,025,000 Marvin Benard $ 2,700,000 Alan Embree $ 2,400,000 John Vander Wal $ 1,850,000 Mark Gardner $ 1,750,000 Jason Christiansen $ 1,600,000 Eric Davis $ 1,500,000 Russ Davis $ 1,300,000 Tim Worrell $ 1,300,000 Felix Rodriguez $ 1,037,500 Shawon Dunston $ 1,000,000 Wayne Gomes $ 925,000 Russ Ortiz $ 912,500 Benito Santiago $ 500,000 Felipe Crespo $ 425,000 Bobby Estalella $ 310,000 Armando Rios $ 310,000 Ramon Martinez $ 300,000 Calvin Murray $ 222,500 Aaron Fultz $ 220,000 Pedro Feliz $ 201,000 Damon Minor $ 200,000 Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR. Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play Rich Aurilia (Starting SS) Barry Bonds (Starting LF) Jeff Kent (Starting 2B)

2000/2002

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