2000 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers' 2000 season was a season in American baseball. It was their first season at Comerica Park, after playing at Tiger Stadium since 1912, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue (also site of their previous stadiums since 1896).

2000 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)Randy Smith
Manager(s)Phil Garner
Local televisionWKBD
(Frank Beckmann, Al Kaline)
Fox Sports Detroit
(Josh Lewin, Kirk Gibson, Tom Paciorek)
Local radioDetroit Tigers Radio Network
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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Offseason
  • November 2, 1999: Juan González was traded by the Texas Rangers with Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, and Alan Webb (minors).[1]
  • November 15, 1999: Luis Polonia was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[2]
  • November 29, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • March 7, 2000: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Kansas City Royals by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.[4]
  • March 13, 2000: Mike Oquist was released by the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • March 26, 2000: Mike Oquist was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]

Regular season
  • On October 1, 2000, Dusty Allen hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.[5]
Honored 2000

Harry
Heilmann
OF: 1914-29

Heinie
Manush
OF: 1923-27

 Honored 2000

Hughie
Jennings
M: 1907-20

Sam
Crawford
OF: 1903-17

 Honored 2000

Mickey
Cochrane
C: 1934-37
M: 1934-38
George
Kell
3B: 1946-52		 Honored 2000

Ernie
Harwell
Broadcaster:
1960–2002		 Honored 2000

Comerica Park

Groundbreaking for a new ballpark to replace Tiger Stadium for the Detroit Tigers was held on October 29, 1997, and the new stadium was opened to the public in 2000. At the time of construction, the scoreboard in left field was the largest in Major League Baseball.[6] In December 1998, Comerica Bank agreed to pay US$66 million over 30 years for the naming rights for the new ballpark. Upon its opening, there was some effort to try to find a nickname for the park, with the abbreviation CoPa suggested by many,[7] but that nickname has not gained widespread acceptance.

First Game
Comerica Park panoramic

The first game at Comerica Park was held on Tuesday, April 11, 2000, with 39,168 spectators attending, on a cold snowy afternoon. Grounds people had to clear snow off the field from the night before. The Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners by a score of 5-2. The winning pitcher, like in the final game at Tiger Stadium was Brian Moehler.

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9567 0.586 — 46–35 49–32
Cleveland Indians 9072 0.556 5 48–33 42–39
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7785 0.475 18 42–39 35–46
Minnesota Twins 6993 0.426 26 36–45 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

Notable transactions
  • May 10, 2000: Rich Becker was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[8]
  • July 31, 2000: Luis Polonia was released by the Detroit Tigers.[2]

Roster
2000 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Brad Ausmus150523139.266751
Tony Clark6020857.2741337
Damion Easley126464120.2591458
Dean Palmer145524134.25629102
Deivi Cruz15658376.3021082
Juan Encarnación141547158.2891472
Bobby Higginson154597179.30030102
Juan González115461133.2892267
Javier Cardona26407.175110
Robert Fick6616341.252322
Shane Halter10523862.261327
Gregg Jefferies4114239.275214
José Macías7317344.254224
Hal Morris4010633.31118
Rich Becker9223858.244734
Wendell Magee9118651.274731
Billy McMillon4612337.301424
Luis Polonia8026773.273625

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Weaver31200.011154.32136
Hideo Nomo32190.08124.74181
Brian Moehler29178.01294.50103
Dave Mlicki24119.16115.5857
Steve Sparks20104.0754.0753

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Willie Blair4710604.8874
C. J. Nitkowski674905.2581
Matt Anderson693214.7271
Todd Jones6724423.5267
Danny Patterson585103.9729
Doug Brocail495404.0941
Nelson Cruz275203.0734
Adam Bernero120104.1920
Mark Johnson90107.5011
Allen McDill130007.207

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Dave Anderson and Glenn Ezell
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Gene Roof
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Skeeter Barnes
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Bruce Fields
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Gary Green
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

[9]

References
  1. "Juan Gonzalez Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. "Luis Polonia Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Mike Oquist Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. "Gregg Zaun Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. "Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 17, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Fans were terrific at going-away party". archive.is. November 1, 2006. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006.
  8. "Rich Becker Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  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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