2000 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 71–91 (.438) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
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 Texas Rangers 2000 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 91 | 70 | .565 | — | 47–34 | 44–36 |
Seattle Mariners | 91 | 71 | .562 | ½ | 47–34 | 44–37 |
Anaheim Angels | 82 | 80 | .506 | 9½ | 46–35 | 36–45 |
Texas Rangers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20½ | 42–39 | 29–52 |
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL | ||
Anaheim | — | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 12–6 | ||
Baltimore | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 3–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–11 | ||
Boston | 4–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 8–2 | 6–7 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 9–9 | ||
Chicago | 6–4 | 6–4 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 12–6 | ||
Cleveland | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 | ||
Detroit | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–9 | 10–8 | ||
Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 8–10 | ||
Minnesota | 3–7 | 3–6 | 2–8 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–11 | ||
New York | 5–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | — | 6–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 11–6 | ||
Oakland | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 3–6 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–2 | 5–7 | 7–3 | 11–7 | ||
Seattle | 8–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–9 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 11–7 | ||
Tampa Bay | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 2–7 | 3–9 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | ||
Texas | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–11 | ||
Toronto | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–7 | 2–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | — | 9–9 |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Iván Rodríguez | 91 | 363 | 126 | .347 | 27 | 83 |
1B | Rafael Palmeiro | 158 | 565 | 163 | .288 | 39 | 120 |
2B | Luis Alicea | 139 | 540 | 159 | .294 | 6 | 63 |
SS | Royce Clayton | 148 | 513 | 124 | .242 | 14 | 54 |
3B | Mike Lamb | 138 | 493 | 137 | .278 | 6 | 47 |
LF | Rusty Greer | 105 | 394 | 117 | .297 | 8 | 65 |
CF | Gabe Kapler | 116 | 444 | 134 | .302 | 14 | 66 |
RF | Ricky Ledée | 58 | 213 | 50 | .235 | 4 | 38 |
DH | David Segui | 93 | 351 | 118 | .336 | 11 | 57 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Chad Curtis | 108 | 335 | 91 | .272 | 8 | 48 |
Frank Catalanotto | 103 | 282 | 82 | .291 | 10 | 42 |
Ruben Mateo | 52 | 206 | 60 | .291 | 7 | 19 |
Bill Haselman | 62 | 193 | 53 | .275 | 6 | 26 |
Scarborough Green | 79 | 124 | 29 | .234 | 0 | 9 |
Scott Sheldon | 58 | 124 | 35 | .282 | 4 | 19 |
Dave Martinez | 38 | 119 | 32 | .269 | 2 | 12 |
Jason McDonald | 38 | 94 | 22 | .234 | 3 | 13 |
Ruben Sierra | 20 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 1 | 7 |
Tom Evans | 23 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 0 | 5 |
Pedro Valdés | 30 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 1 | 5 |
B.J. Waszgis | 24 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
Randy Knorr | 15 | 34 | 10 | .294 | 2 | 2 |
Kelly Dransfeldt | 16 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 2 |
Michael Young | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kenny Rogers | 34 | 227.1 | 13 | 13 | 4.55 | 127 |
Rick Helling | 35 | 217.0 | 16 | 13 | 4.48 | 146 |
Darren Oliver | 21 | 108.0 | 2 | 9 | 7.42 | 49 |
Esteban Loaiza | 20 | 107.1 | 5 | 6 | 5.37 | 75 |
Ryan Glynn | 16 | 88.2 | 5 | 7 | 5.58 | 33 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Matt Perisho | 34 | 105.0 | 2 | 7 | 7.37 | 74 |
Doug Davis | 30 | 98.2 | 7 | 6 | 5.38 | 66 |
Mark Clark | 12 | 44.0 | 3 | 5 | 7.98 | 16 |
Brian Sikorski | 10 | 37.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.73 | 32 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Wetteland | 62 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 4.20 | 53 |
Mike Venafro | 77 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.83 | 32 |
Tim Crabtree | 68 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5.15 | 54 |
Jeff Zimmerman | 65 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5.30 | 74 |
Francisco Cordero | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.35 | 49 |
Jonathan Johnson | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.21 | 23 |
Darwin Cubillán | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.70 | 13 |
Mike Munoz | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Danny Kolb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.50 | 0 |
Scott Sheldon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
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