2000 Arizona Diamondbacks | ||
---|---|---|
League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Bank One Ballpark | |
City | Phoenix, Arizona | |
Record | 85–77 (.525) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Ken Kendrick Jerry Colangelo | |
General managers | Joe Garagiola Jr. | |
Managers | Buck Showalter | |
Television | FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Bob Brenly, Joe Garagiola) | |
Radio | KTAR (620 AM) (Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte) KSUN (Spanish) (Jose Tolentino, Ivan Lara) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
|
The 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to improve on their 1999 season, in which they won 100 games in just their second season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League West. They finished the season with a record of 85–77, good enough for third place in the division.
Offseason
- November 15, 1999: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[1]
- November 22, 1999: Ernie Young was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2]
- December 15, 1999: Dante Powell was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Ordaz.[3]
- March 20, 2000: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[4]
Regular season
Randy Johnson tied a modern record with six victories in April 2000.[5] He would lead the league in strikeouts with 347 and in winning percentage (.731). Johnson won his third Cy Young Award, and became the third National League pitcher to win the trophy in consecutive seasons.[5] Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout on September 10, 2000, as he whiffed Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.[5]
Opening Day starters
Notable transactions
- June 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the New York Mets to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Lenny Harris.[6]
- June 5, 2000: Brandon Webb was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2000.[7]
- July 26, 2000: Curt Schilling was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee, and Vicente Padilla.
Season standings
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Francisco Giants | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — | 55–26 | 42–39 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 11 | 44–37 | 42–39 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 12 | 47–34 | 38–43 |
Colorado Rockies | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 15 | 48–33 | 34–47 |
San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 21 | 41–40 | 35–46 |
Record vs. opponents
Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
Arizona | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 8–1 | 7–2 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 6–9 |
Atlanta | 6–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 4–5 | 5–4 | — | 4–8 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 5–7 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 8–7 |
Cincinnati | 5–2 | 5–2 | 8–4 | — | 6–3 | 3–6 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 5–8–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 7–8 |
Colorado | 6–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | — | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–3 | 6–6 |
Florida | 5–4 | 6–6 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 3–5 | 2–7 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 8–9 |
Houston | 1–6 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 5–3 | — | 3–6 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 10–3 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
Los Angeles | 6–7 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | — | 3–4 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–9 |
Milwaukee | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 8–5–1 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 4–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 7–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 6–9 |
Montreal | 5–4 | 7–6 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 7–11 |
New York | 7–2 | 6–7 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 9–3 | — | 6–7 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 9–9 |
Philadelphia | 1–8 | 5–8 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 7–5 | 7–6 | — | 3–6 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 9–9 |
Pittsburgh | 2–7 | 2–5 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 4–3 | 2–7 | 6–3 | — | 7–2 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 6–9 |
San Diego | 4–9 | 1–8 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 6–7 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 2–7 | — | 5–7 | 0–9 | 5–10 |
San Francisco | 7–6 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 7–2 | 6–2 | 7–5 | — | 5–4 | 8–7 |
St. Louis | 4–5 | 4–3 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 8–4 | 9–0 | 4–5 | — | 7–8 |
Game log
Legend | ||
---|---|---|
Diamondbacks Win | Diamondbacks Loss | Game Postponed |
Roster
2000 Arizona Diamondbacks | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
|
Catchers
Infielders
|
Outfielders
|
Manager
Coaches
| ||||||
Player stats
Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Damian Miller | 100 | 324 | 89 | 10 | 44 | .275 |
1B | Greg Colbrunn | 116 | 329 | 103 | 15 | 57 | .313 |
2B | Jay Bell | 149 | 565 | 151 | 18 | 68 | .267 |
3B | Matt Williams | 96 | 371 | 102 | 12 | 47 | .275 |
SS | Tony Womack | 146 | 617 | 167 | 7 | 57 | .271 |
LF | Luis Gonzalez | 162 | 618 | 192 | 31 | 114 | .311 |
CF | Steve Finley | 152 | 539 | 151 | 35 | 96 | .280 |
RF | Danny Bautista | 87 | 262 | 83 | 7 | 47 | .317 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average
Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kelly Stinnett | 76 | 240 | 52 | 8 | 33 | .217 |
Travis Lee | 72 | 224 | 52 | 8 | 40 | .232 |
Erubiel Durazo | 67 | 196 | 52 | 8 | 33 | .265 |
Craig Counsell | 67 | 152 | 48 | 2 | 11 | .316 |
Hanley Frias | 75 | 112 | 23 | 2 | 6 | .205 |
Jason Conti | 47 | 91 | 21 | 1 | 15 | .231 |
Andy Fox | 31 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 10 | .209 |
Lenny Harris | 36 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 13 | .188 |
Alex Cabrera | 31 | 80 | 21 | 5 | 14 | .263 |
Danny Klassen | 29 | 76 | 18 | 2 | 8 | .237 |
Bernard Gilkey | 38 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .110 |
Turner Ward | 15 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .173 |
David Dellucci | 34 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
Rob Ryan | 27 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .296 |
Rod Barajas | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .231 |
Matt Mieske | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Inning pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Johnson | 35 | 248.2 | 19 | 7 | 2.64 | 347 |
Brian Anderson | 33 | 213.1 | 11 | 7 | 4.05 | 104 |
Armando Reynoso | 31 | 170.2 | 11 | 12 | 5.27 | 89 |
Curt Schilling | 13 | 97.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.69 | 72 |
Omar Daal | 20 | 96.0 | 2 | 10 | 7.22 | 45 |
Todd Stottlemyre | 18 | 95.1 | 9 | 6 | 4.91 | 76 |
Geraldo Guzmán | 13 | 60.1 | 5 | 4 | 5.23 | 52 |
Nelson Figueroa | 3 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.47 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Mantei | 47 | 45.1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4.57 | 53 |
Mike Morgan | 60 | 101.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.87 | 56 |
Greg Swindell | 64 | 76.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3.20 | 64 |
Byung-Hyun Kim | 61 | 70.2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4.46 | 111 |
Dan Plesac | 62 | 40.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.15 | 45 |
Russ Springer | 52 | 62.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.08 | 59 |
Vicente Padilla | 27 | 35.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.31 | 30 |
Johnny Ruffin | 5 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 |
Darren Holmes | 8 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.53 | 5 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
---|---|---|---|
AAA | Tucson Sidewinders | Pacific Coast League | Tom Spencer |
AA | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Bobby Dickerson |
A | High Desert Mavericks | California League | Scott Coolbaugh |
A | South Bend Silver Hawks | Midwest League | Dave Jorn |
Rookie | AZL Diamondbacks | Arizona League | Joe Almaraz |
Rookie | Missoula Osprey | Pioneer League | Chip Hale |
References
- ↑ "Ken Huckaby Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Ernie Young Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Dante Powell Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Craig Counsell Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- 1 2 3 "The Ballplayers – Randy Johnson | baseballbiography.com". Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- ↑ "Bill Pulsipher Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Brandon Webb Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- 1 2 "2000 Arizona Diamondbacks Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007