2000 Boston Red Sox season

The 2000 Boston Red Sox season was the 100th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, 2½ games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card was the Seattle Mariners who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 91–71.

2000 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)JRY Trust
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Jimy Williams
Local televisionWFXT
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Bob Rodgers, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serano Hector Martinez and J.P. Villaman)
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Regular season
  • Pedro Martínez became the first pitcher in Major League history to amass more than twice as many strikeouts (284) than hits allowed (128) in a season.[1]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 8774 0.540 — 44–36 43–38
Boston Red Sox 8577 0.525 2½ 42–39 43–38
Toronto Blue Jays 8379 0.512 4½ 45–36 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 7488 0.457 13½ 44–37 30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6992 0.429 18 36–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents
2000 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC  MIN NYY OAK SEA TB  TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim—7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore5–7—5–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston4–57–5—7–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago6–46–45–7—8–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland6–34–56–65–8—6–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit5–54–65–73–97–6—5–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City6–67–36–47–57–57–5—7–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota3–73–62–85–78–56–75–7—5–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–5—6–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–6—9–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–9—9–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–9—5–75–79–9
Texas5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–5—4–67–11
Toronto7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–4—9–9

Transactions
  • April 26, 2000: Curtis Pride was sent to the Boston Red Sox by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.[2]
  • June 5, 2000: Freddy Sanchez was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.[3]
  • July 2, 2000: Hanley Ramirez was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.[4]
  • July 8, 2000: Curtis Pride was released by the Boston Red Sox.[2]
  • August 3, 2000: Rico Brogna was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.[5]
  • August 31, 2000: Dante Bichette was obtained by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chris Reitsma and minor leaguer John Curtice.[6]
  • August 31, 2000: Midre Cummings was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox for Hector De Los Santos (minors).[7]
  • September 9, 2000: Lew Ford was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Hector Carrasco.[8]

Opening Day Line Up
30José Offerman2B
13John Valentin3B
  2Carl EverettCF
  5Nomar Garciaparra    SS
24Mike Stanley1B
25Troy O'LearyLF
  6Gary GaettiDH
33Jason VaritekC
20Darren LewisRF
45Pedro MartínezP

Roster
2000 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 44 Ed Sprague
 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases

Starters by position
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
CJason Varitek139448111.24810651
1BBrian Daubach142495123.24821761
2BJose Offerman116451115.2559410
SSNomar Garciaparra140529197.37221965
3BWilton Veras4916440.2440140
LFTroy O'Leary138513134.26113700
CFCarl Everett137496149.3003410811
RFTrot Nixon123427118.27612608
DHDante Bichette3011433.2897140

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Darren Lewis9727065.24121710
Jeff Frye6923969.2891131
Scott Hatteberg9223061.2658360
Mike Stanley5818541.22210280
Manny Alexander10119441.2114192
Mike Lansing4913927.1940130
Lou Merloni4012841.3200181
Ed Sprague3311124.216290
Donnie Sadler499922.2221103
Bernard Gilkey369121.231190
Morgan Burkhart257321.2884180
Rico Brogna435611.196180
Izzy Alcántara214513.289470
John Valentin10359.257220
Midre Cummings21257.280020
Andy Sheets12212.095010
Curtis Pride9205.250000
Gary Gaetti5100.000010
Sean Berry140.000000

Pitching

Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Starting pitchers
Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Pedro Martinez2929217.01861.74284
Jeff Fassero3823130.0884.7897
Ramon Martinez2727127.21086.1389
Pete Schourek2121107.13105.1163
Rolando Arrojo131371.1525.0544
Tomo Ohka131269.1363.1240

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Derek Lowe7491.144422.5679
Tim Wakefield51159.161005.48102
Rich Garces6474.28113.2569
Rheal Cormier6468.13304.6143
Hipolito Pichardo3865.06313.4637

Other pitchers
Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO
Brian Rose151253.03506.1124
Bryce Florie29049.10414.5634
John Wasdin25144.21315.0436
Rod Beck34040.23003.1035
Paxton Crawford7429.02103.4117
Rob Stanifer8013.00007.623
Sang-hoon Lee9011.20003.096
Tim Young807.00006.436
Héctor Carrasco816.21109.457
Steve Ontiveros315.111010.131
Rich Croushore504.20105.793
Dan Smith203.10008.101
Jesús Peña203.00003.001

Game Log
Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed
2000 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 42–39; Away: 43–38)

Reference:[9]

Awards and honors
Awards
Accomplishments
All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Gary Jones
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Billy Gardner Jr.
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Ron Johnson
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Mike Boulanger
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Arnie Beyeler
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League John Sanders
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Norman
Rookie cooperative Venezuelan Summer League  

[11]

References
  1. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.128, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  2. Curtis Pride Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Freddy Sanchez Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Rico Brogna Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Dante Bichette Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Midre Cummings Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Lew Ford Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "2000 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  10. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.40, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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