2000 Kansas City Royals season

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2000  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners David Glass
General managers Herk Robinson, Allard Baird
Managers Tony Muser
Television KMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Radio KMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 2000 season was the 32nd in the history of the Kansas City Royals, and their 28th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a record of 77 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the American League Central.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day Roster

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 95670.586—46–3549–32
Cleveland Indians 90720.556548–3342–39
Detroit Tigers 79830.4881643–3836–45
Kansas City Royals 77850.4751842–3935–46
Minnesota Twins 69930.4262636–4533–48

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

Roster

2000 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
C Gregg Zaun 8323464733.274
1B Mike Sweeney 15961820629144.333
2B Carlos Febles 10033987229.257
3B Joe Randa 15861218615106.304
SS Rey Sánchez 143509139138.273
LF Mark Quinn 1355001472078.294
CF Carlos Beltrán 9837292744.247
RF Jermaine Dye 15760119333118.321
DH Johnny Damon 1596552141688.327

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
David McCarty 103270751253.278
Jeff Reboulet 6618244014.242
Todd Dunwoody 6117837123.208
Jorge Fábregas 4314240317.282
Brian Johnson 3712526418.208
Luis Ordaz 6510423011.221
Héctor Ortiz 26883405.386
Wilson Delgado 33832207.265
Scott Pose 4748901.188
Dee Brown 1525404.160
Ray Holbert 34100.250

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeff Suppan 35217.01094.94128
Mac Suzuki 32188.28104.34135
Blake Stein 17107.2854.6878
Chad Durbin 1672.1258.2137
Brian Meadows 1171.2624.7726
José Rosado 527.2225.8615

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Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dan Reichert 44153.18104.7094
Jay Witasick 2289.1385.9467
Chris Fussell 2070.0536.3046
Miguel Batista 1457.0267.7430
Brett Laxton 616.2018.1014
Jeff D'Amico 713.2019.229

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Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ricky Bottalico 6296164.8356
Jerry Spradlin 504475.5254
José Santiago 458623.9144
Kris Wilson 200104.1917
Andy Larkin 180318.8417
Paul Spoljaric 130006.526
Tim Byrdak 1201011.378
Jason Rakers 112009.1416
Scott Mullen 110004.357
Dan Murray 100004.6616
Doug Bochtler 60206.484
Brad Rigby 400116.203

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Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League John Mizerock
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Joe Szekely
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Ron Karkovice and Andre David

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Notes

  1. ↑ Izzy Molina at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ "Doug Bochtler Stats".
  3. ↑ Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Ricky Bottalico at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Gregg Zaun at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ 3 Pitch Inning
  7. ↑ 2000 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 2000 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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