2000 Texas Rangers season

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2000  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
Owners Tom Hicks
General managers Doug Melvin
Managers Johnny Oates
Television KXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
Radio KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
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The 2000 Texas Rangers season was the 40th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 29th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 7th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Contents

Preseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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Gabe Kapler

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9170.565—47‍–‍3444‍–‍36
Seattle Mariners 9171.562½47‍–‍3444‍–‍37
Anaheim Angels 8280.5069½46‍–‍3536‍–‍45
Texas Rangers 7191.43820½42‍–‍3929‍–‍52

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

Transactions

Roster

2000 Texas Rangers
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 Iván Rodríguez 91363126.3472783
1B Rafael Palmeiro 158565163.28839120
2B Luis Alicea 139540159.294663
SS Royce Clayton 148513124.2421454
3B Mike Lamb 138493137.278647
LF Rusty Greer 105394117.297865
CF Gabe Kapler 116444134.3021466
RF Ricky Ledée 5821350.235438
DH David Segui 93351118.3361157

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Chad Curtis 10833591.272848
Frank Catalanotto 10328282.2911042
Ruben Mateo 5220660.291719
Bill Haselman 6219353.275626
Scarborough Green 7912429.23409
Scott Sheldon 5812435.282419
Dave Martinez 3811932.269212
Jason McDonald 389422.234313
Ruben Sierra 206014.23317
Tom Evans 235415.27805
Pedro Valdés 305415.27815
B.J. Waszgis 244510.22204
Randy Knorr 153410.29422
Kelly Dransfeldt 16263.11502
Michael Young 220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kenny Rogers 34227.113134.55127
Rick Helling 35217.016134.48146
Darren Oliver 21108.0297.4249
Esteban Loaiza 20107.1565.3775
Ryan Glynn 1688.2575.5833

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Matt Perisho 34105.0277.3774
Doug Davis 3098.2765.3866
Mark Clark 1244.0357.9816
Brian Sikorski 1037.2135.7332
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Wetteland 6265344.2053
Mike Venafro 773113.8332
Tim Crabtree 682725.1554
Jeff Zimmerman 654515.3074
Francisco Cordero 561205.3549
Jonathan Johnson 151106.2123
Darwin Cubillán 1300010.7013
Mike Munoz 701013.501
Danny Kolb 100067.500
Scott Sheldon 10000.001

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League DeMarlo Hale
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones and Jim Byrd
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Jim Byrd and Bobby Miscik
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Paul Carey
Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Bruce Crabbe
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Darryl Kennedy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

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References

  1. ↑ Juan Gonzalez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Jason McDonald Stats".
  3. ↑ 2000 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  4. ↑ Mark Clark Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Ricky Ledee Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
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