2000 Atlanta Braves season

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2000  Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
Owners Time Warner
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Bobby Cox
Television TBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Al Downing, Brett Butler, Bob Rathbun)
Radio WSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
WATB
(Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2000 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 35th season in Atlanta along with the 125th season in the National League and 130th overall, entering the season as defending National League champions. The Braves won their sixth consecutive division title, however, the 2000 season would mark the first time since 1990 that the Braves did not appear in the NLCS in a non-strike season. The Braves failed to defend its National League championship and go to their sixth World Series in ten years. One of the highlights of the season was that the All-Star Game was held at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

All-Star game

The 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Atlanta. It was the 71st midsummer classic featuring the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The game was played on July 11, 2000 at Turner Field.

Five members of the Braves were part of the All-Star Game. Andrés Galarraga and Chipper Jones started at first base and third base, respectively. Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were part of the team as well.

The 2000 All-Star Game was one of the few occurrences in which the manager of the host team also managed the home team of the game, in this case, the National League (Bobby Cox had led the Braves to the World Series the previous year earning the right to manage the National League). The final score was 6-3 in favor of the American League.

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 95670.586—51–3044–37
New York Mets 94680.580155–2639–42
Florida Marlins 79820.49115½43–3836–44
Montreal Expos 67950.4142837–4430–51
Philadelphia Phillies 65970.4013034–4731–50

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta 6–3—4–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago 4–55–4—4–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati 5–25–28–4—6–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado 6–74–55–43–6—4–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida 5–46–66–16–35–4—3–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston 1–64–57–55–74–55–3—3–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles 6–72–76–35–49–47–26–3—3–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee 5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–3—4–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal 5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–4—3–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York 7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–3—6–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia 1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–6—3–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh 2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–3—7–22–64–86–9
San Diego 4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–7—5–70–95–10
San Francisco 7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–5—5–48–7
St. Louis 4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–5—7–8

Transactions

Roster

2000 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Javy López 134481138.2872489
1B Andres Gallaraga 141494149.30228100
2B Quilvio Veras 8429892.309537
SS Rafael Furcal 131455134.295437
3B Chipper Jones 156579180.31136111
LF Reggie Sanders 10334079.2321137
CF Andruw Jones 161656199.30336104
RF Brian Jordan 133489129.2641777

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Keith Lockhart 11327573.265232
Bobby Bonilla 11423961.255528
Wally Joyner 11922463.281532
Walt Weiss 8019250.260018
B.J. Surhoff 4412837.289111
Trent Hubbard 618115.18516
Paul Bako 245811.19026
Fernando Lunar 225410.18505
George Lombard 27394.10302
Steve Sisco 25275.18512
Eddie Pérez 7224.18203
Mark DeRosa 22134.30803
Tim Unroe 450.00000
Wes Helms 651.20000
Brian Hunter 221.50011
Pedro Swann 420.00000
Mike Hubbard 210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Greg Maddux 35249.11993.00190
Tom Glavine 35241.02193.40152
Kevin Millwood 36212.210134.66168
John Burkett 31134.11064.89110
Andy Ashby 1598.0864.1355

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Terry Mulholland 54156.2995.1178

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Rocker 5912242.8977
Mike Remlinger 7153123.4772
Kerry Ligtenberg 5923123.6151
Scott Kamieniecki 262125.4717
Rudy Seánez 232424.2920
Bruce Chen 224002.5032
Jason Marquis 151005.0117
Greg McMichael 150004.4114
Stan Belinda 100009.8211
Don Wengert 100107.207
Kevin McGlinchy 100002.169
Luis Rivera 51001.355
Dave Stevens 200012.004
Gabe Molina 20009.001
Chris Seelbach 201010.801
Ismael Villegas 100013.502

National League Division Series

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves

St. Louis wins series, 3-0. Jim Edmonds strong hitting carried St. Louis.

GameScoreDate
1St. Louis 7, Atlanta 5October 3
2St. Louis 10, Atlanta 4October 5
3St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1October 7

Award winners

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Randy Ingle
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Paul Runge
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Brian Snitker
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Jeff Treadway
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Jim Saul
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rick Albert

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References

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  2. ↑ Howard Battle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Trent Hubbard Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  4. ↑ Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Steve Avery Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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  8. ↑ "Kelly Johnson Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  9. ↑ "Tony Gwynn Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  10. 1 2 Stan Belinda Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ "Rich Amaral Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. ↑ Baseball America 2001 Annual Directory
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