2000 Baltimore Orioles season

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2000  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Syd Thrift
Managers Mike Hargrove
Television WJZ-TV
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
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The 2000 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 87740.540—44–3643–38
Boston Red Sox 85770.5252½42–3943–38
Toronto Blue Jays 83790.5124½45–3638–43
Baltimore Orioles 74880.45713½44–3730–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69920.4291836–4433–48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League record

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKC MINNYYOAKSEATB TEXTORNL 
Anaheim —7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore 5–7—5–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston 4–57–5—7–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago 6–46–45–7—8–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland 6–34–56–65–8—6–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit 5–54–65–73–97–6—5–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City 6–67–36–47–57–57–5—7–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota 3–73–62–85–78–56–75–7—5–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York 5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–5—6–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland 8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–6—9–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle 8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–9—9–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay 6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–9—5–75–79–9
Texas 5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–5—4–67–11
Toronto 7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–4—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster

2000 Baltimore Orioles
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 Charles Johnson 8428684.2942155
1B Will Clark 7925677.301928
2B Delino DeShields 151561166.2961086
SS Mike Bordick 100391116.2971659
3B Cal Ripken Jr. 8330979.2561556
LF B.J. Surhoff 103411120.2921357
CF Brady Anderson 141506130.2571950
RF Albert Belle 141559157.28123103
DH Harold Baines 7222259.2661030

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jeff Conine 119409116.2841346
Melvin Mora 5319958.291217
Chris Richard 5619955.2761336
Luis Matos 7218241.225117
Jerry Hairston Jr. 4918046.256519
Brook Fordyce 5317757.322928
Mark Lewis 7116344.270221
Greg Myers 4312528.224312
Gene Kingsale 268821.23909
Ryan Minor 328411.13103
Rich Amaral 306013.21706
Ivanon Coffie 236013.21706
Trenidad Hubbard 31275.18500
Jesse Garcia 14171.05900
Fernando Lunar 9162.12501
Karim García 8160.00000
Willie Morales 3113.27300
Carlos Casimiro 281.12503
Mike Kinkade 373.42901

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Mussina 34237.211153.79210
Sidney Ponson 32222.09134.82152
Pat Rapp 31174.09125.90106
Scott Erickson 1692.2587.8741
John Parrish 836.1247.1828

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
José Mercedes 36145.21474.0270
Jason Johnson 25107.21107.0279
Jay Spurgeon 724.0116.0011
Calvin Maduro 1523.1009.6418
Lesli Brea 69.00111.005

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ryan Kohlmeier 2501132.3917
Mike Trombley 754544.1372
Buddy Groom 706344.8544
Chuck McElroy 433004.6950
B.J. Ryan 422305.9141
Mike Timlin 3723114.8926
Alan Mills 232016.4618
Al Reyes 131006.9210
Gabe Molina 90009.008
Tim Worrell 52207.365
Darren Holmes 500025.076
Luis Rivera 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Andy Etchebarren
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Dave Machemer
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Joe Ferguson
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Duffy Dyer
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Delmarva [10] [11]

Awards and records

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References

  1. ↑ "Doug Linton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  2. ↑ Jesse Orosco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Buddy Groom Stats".
  4. ↑ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  5. ↑ Mike Bordick Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Rich Amaral Stats".
  7. ↑ Charles Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ Will Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  11. ↑ Baseball America 2001 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2001
  12. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
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