2000 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to improve on their 1999 season, in which they won 100 games in just their 2nd season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League West Division. They finished the season with a record of 85-77, good enough for third place in the division.

2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Ken Kendrick
Jerry Colangelo
General manager(s)Joe Garagiola Jr.
Manager(s)Buck Showalter
Local televisionFSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Bob Brenly, Joe Garagiola)
Local radioKTAR (620 AM)
(Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte)
KSUN (Spanish)
(Jose Tolentino, Ivan Lara)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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. 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
  • Jay Bell
  • Erubiel Durazo
  • Steve Finley
  • Luis Gonzalez
  • Lenny Harris
  • Randy Johnson
  • Travis Lee
  • Damian Miller
  • Tony Womack

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 9765 0.599 — 55–26 42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 11 44–37 42–39
Arizona Diamondbacks 8577 0.525 12 47–34 38–43
Colorado Rockies 8280 0.506 15 48–33 34–47
San Diego Padres 7686 0.469 21 41–40 35–46

Record vs. opponents
2000 National League Records

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 —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
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

Game log
Legend
Diamondbacks Win Diamondbacks Loss Game Postponed
2000 Regular Season Game Log (85–77) (Home: 47–34; Road: 38–43)

Roster
2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  2 Hanley Frias
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

Pos. Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
CDamian Miller100324891044.275
1BGreg Colbrunn1163291031557.313
2BJay Bell1495651511868.267
3BMatt Williams963711021247.275
SSTony Womack146617167757.271
LFLuis Gonzalez16261819231114.311
CFSteve Finley1525391513596.280
RFDanny Bautista8726283747.317

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Other batters
Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
Kelly Stinnett7624052833.217
Travis Lee7222452840.232
Erubiel Durazo6719652833.265
Craig Counsell6715248211.316
Hanley Frias751122326.205
Jason Conti479121115.231
Lenny Harris368516113.188
Andy Fox318618110.209
Alex Cabrera318021514.263
Danny Klassen29761828.237
Bernard Gilkey3873826.110
Turner Ward1552904.173
David Dellucci34501502.300
Rob Ryan2727802.296
Rod Barajas513313.231
Matt Mieske118212.250

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson35248.21972.64347
Brian Anderson33213.11174.05104
Armando Reynoso31170.211125.2789
Curt Schilling1397.2563.6972
Omar Daal2096.02107.2245
Todd Stottlemyre1895.1964.9176

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Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Matt Mantei4745.111174.5753
Mike Morgan60101.25554.8756
Greg Swindell6476.02613.2064
Byung-Hyun Kim6170.266144.46111
Dan Plesac6240.05103.1545
Russ Springer5262.02405.0859
Geraldo Guzman1360.15405.2352
Vicente Padilla2735.02102.3130
Nelson Figueroa315.20107.477
Johnny Ruffin59.00009.005
Darren Holmes86.10018.535

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[9]

References
  1. Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
  3. Dante Powell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Craig Counsell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  6. Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/webbbr01.shtml
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2000.shtml
  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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