2000 Florida Marlins season

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2000  Florida Marlins
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Pro Player Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record79–82 (.491)
Divisional place3rd
Owners John W. Henry
General managers Dave Dombrowski
Managers John Boles
Television FSN Florida
WAMI-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez)
←  1999 Seasons 2001  →

The Florida Marlins' 2000 season was the eighth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1999. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–82, third in the National League East.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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

Citrus Series

2000 Citrus Series split 3-3

Roster

2000 Florida Marlins
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 Mike Redmond 8721053.252015
1B Derrek Lee 158477134.2812870
2B Luis Castillo 136539180.334217
SS Álex González 10938577.200742
3B Mike Lowell 140508137.2702291
LF Cliff Floyd 121420126.3002291
CF Preston Wilson 161605160.26431121
RF Mark Kotsay 152530158.2981257

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kevin Millar 12325967.2591442
Dave Berg 8221053.252121
Mark Smith 10419247.245527
Andy Fox 6916440.244310
Paul Bako 5616139.242014
Ramón Castro 5013833.239214
Henry Rodríguez 3610829.269210
Danny Bautista 448917.191412
Brant Brown 417314.19226
Chris Clapinski 344915.30617
Pablo Ozuna 14248.33300
Sandy Martínez 10184.22200
Nate Rolison 8131.07702
Mendy López 430.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ryan Dempster 33226.114103.66209
Jesús Sánchez 32182.09125.34123
Reid Cornelius 22125.04104.8250
Chuck Smith 19122.2663.23118
Brad Penny 23119.2874.8180
A.J. Burnett 1382.2374.7957
Alex Fernandez 852.1444.1327
Jason Grilli 16.2105.403

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vladimir Núñez 1768.1067.9045

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Antonio Alfonseca 6856454.2447
Braden Looper 735124.4129
Armando Almanza 674204.8646
Ricky Bones 562304.5459
Vic Darensbourg 565304.0659
Dan Miceli 456404.2540
Manny Aybar 211002.6314
Ron Mahay 181006.0427
Joe Strong 181117.3218

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Lynn Jones
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Rick Renteria
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Dave Huppert
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Russ Morman
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Jon Deeble
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Kevin Boles

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