2001 San Francisco Giants season

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

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• June 29, 2001: Alan Embree was traded by the San Francisco Giants with cash to the Chicago White Sox for Derek Hasselhoff.
• July 4, 2001: Bobby Estalella was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Joe Smith 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, 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

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

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

• Jeff Kent, Second Baseman, Starter
• Barry Bonds, Outfield, Starter

  Team leaders

• Games – Jeff Kent
• At-bats – Rich Aurilia
• Runs – Barry Bonds
• Hits – Rich Aurilia
• Doubles – Jeff Kent
• Triples – Jeff Kent
• Home runs – Barry Bonds
• Runs batted in – Barry Bonds
• Walks – Barry Bonds
• Batting average – Barry Bonds
• On-base percentage – Barry Bonds
• Slugging average – Barry Bonds
• Stolen bases – Barry Bonds
• Wins – Russ Ortiz
• Innings pitched – Liván Hernández
• Earned run average – Félix Rodríguez
• Strikeouts – Russ Ortiz

  Barry Bonds 73 home runs

Barry Bonds accomplishments

• 73 home runs, Old record: 70, Mark McGwire
• Major League record,.863 slugging percentage, Old record:.847, Babe Ruth. Only Ruth in 1920 and 1921 had ever slugged over.800. The old NL record was.756 by Rogers Hornsby in 1925.
• 177 walks, Old record: 170, Ruth
• .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.
• 107 extra-base hits, Ties Chuck Klein for NL record and third all time behind Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
• 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