2001 was a wild year. Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs. The Mariners won 116 games. Cal Ripken Jr. retired at season’s end and famously hit a home run in that game. When he rounded the bases, he passed the NL’s starting shortstop that year: Rich Aurilia.
Aurilia remains the top offensive character in San Francisco Giants history, with 1,226 hits as a shortstop and 1,292 games played. His competition is just Brandon Crawford, of course, but in an offensive era and in a lineup that was pretty well stacked, Aurilia stuck.