2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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2000  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
City Los Angeles
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Fox Entertainment Group
President Bob Graziano
General managers Kevin Malone
Managers Davey Johnson
Television Fox Sports Net West 2; KTLA (5)
Radio XTRA Sports 1150
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
←  1999 Seasons 2001  →

The 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 111th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 43rd season in Los Angeles, California. In 2000, the team set a club record for home runs with 211, led by Gary Sheffield, who tied Duke Snider's single-season club mark with 43. Eric Karros became the L.A. Dodger all-time leader with his 229th home run and Dave Hansen set a Major League record with seven pinch-hit home runs. Kevin Brown led the league in E.R.A. with 2.58 and rookie pitcher Matt Herges started the season 8–0, the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela to open the season with eight straight victories. The Dodgers won 86 games, but failed to make the postseason, finishing second in the National League West. Manager Davey Johnson was fired after the season and replaced with bench coach Jim Tracy.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 97650.599—55–2642–39
Los Angeles Dodgers 86760.5311144–3742–39
Arizona Diamondbacks 85770.5251247–3438–43
Colorado Rockies 82800.5061548–3334–47
San Diego Padres 76860.4692141–4035–46

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

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Devon White Center fielder
Mark Grudzielanek Second baseman
Gary Sheffield Left fielder
Shawn Green Right fielder
Eric Karros First baseman
Todd Hundley Catcher
Adrián Beltré Third baseman
Kevin Elster Shortstop
Kevin Brown Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

2000 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Kevin Brown 3333230.013-62.58472165
Chan Ho Park 3434226.018-103.271242173
Darren Dreifort 3232197.212-94.16871641
Carlos Perez 3022144.05-85.5633640
Éric Gagné 2019101.14-65.1560790
Ismael Valdez 9840.00-36.0813290
Orel Hershiser 10624.21-513.1414130
Luke Prokopec 5321.01-13.009120
Mike Judd 114.00-115.75350

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Jeff Shaw 60057.13-44.24163927
Terry Adams 66084.16-93.5239562
Matt Herges 594110.211-33.1740751
Mike Fetters 51050.06-23.2425405
Antonio Osuna 46067.13-63.7435700
Onan Masaoka 29027.01-14.0015270
Alan Mills 18025.22-14.2116181
Gregg Olson 13017.20-15.097150
Jamie Arnold 206.20-04.05530
Al Reyes 606.20-00.00180
Jeff Williams 705.20-015.88830
Trever Miller 202.10-023.14310

Batting Stats

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

NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Todd Hundley C90299.284498524700
Chad Kreuter C80212.26432566281
Paul Lo Duca C/LF/RF/3B3465.246616280
Adam Melhuse C11.00000000
Eric Karros 1B155584.25084146311064
Mark Grudzielanek 2B/SS148617.27910117274912
Alex Cora SS/2B109353.23839844324
Adrián Beltré 3B/SS138510.29071148208512
Kevin Elster SS/3B/1B80220.227295014320
Dave Hansen 1B/3B/LF102121.28918358260
José Vizcaíno SS/3B/2B/1B4093.204919041
Jim Leyritz 1B/C/LF/RF4160.200312180
Chris Donnels 3B/LF2734.294810490
Jeff Branson 2B/3B/SS1817.23534000
Hiram Bocachica 2B810.30023000
Shawn Green RF/CF162610.26998164249924
Todd Hollandsworth CF/LF/RF81261.234426182411
Gary Sheffield LF141501.325105163431094
Tom Goodwin CF/LF56211.251295311116
Devon White CF47158.26626424103
F.P. Santangelo CF/LF/RF/2B81142.1971928193
Gerónimo Berroa LF/RF/1B2431.25828050
Bruce Aven LF920.25025240
Shawn Gilbert LF/CF1520.15053130
Mike Metcalfe CF/LF/2B412.08301000

2000 Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Tom Gamboa
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Rick Burleson
High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Dino Ebel
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Butch Hughes
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Juan Bustabad
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2 		Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, eight of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was right-handed pitcher Ben Diggins from the University of Arizona. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002 and appeared in five games with them as a starting pitcher that season with an 0–4 record and an 8.63 ERA. Those would be the only Major League games he would appear in as he was out of baseball after a few more years in the minors.

The second round pick, pitcher Joel Hanrahan from Norwalk High School would be the only moderately successful player in this draft class. He became a two-time All-Star as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher Koyie Hill (round 4) would catch on as a backup catcher for several teams, most notably the Chicago Cubs.

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References

  1. ↑ "Craig Counsell Stats".
  2. ↑ "Todd Hollandsworth Stats".
  3. ↑ 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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