2000 Kansas City Royals season

The 2000 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 4th in the American League Central with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

2000 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Herk Robinson, Allard Baird
Manager(s)Tony Muser
Local televisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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Offseason
  • November 16, 1999: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[1]
  • December 10, 1999: Doug Bochtler was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.[2]
  • December 17, 1999: Scott Service was released by the Royals.[3]
  • January 27, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[4]
  • March 7, 2000: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Royals by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.[5]

Regular season
  • June 28, 2000: Pitcher Jay Witasick threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.[6] This was accomplished in the second inning.

Opening Day Roster

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

Roster
2000 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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 HR RBI Avg.
CGregg Zaun8323464733.274
1BMike Sweeney15961820629144.333
2BCarlos Febles10033987229.257
3BJoe Randa15861218615106.304
SSRey Sánchez143509139138.273
LFMark Quinn1355001472078.294
CFCarlos Beltrán9837292744.247
RFJermaine Dye15760119333118.321
DHJohnny Damon1596552141688.327

[8]

Other batters

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

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
David McCarty103270751253.278
Jeff Reboulet6618244014.242
Todd Dunwoody6117837123.208
Jorge Fábregas4314240317.282
Brian Johnson3712526418.208
Luis Ordaz6510423011.221

[8]

Pitching

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 Suppan352171094.94128
Mac Suzuki32188.28104.34135
Blake Stein17107.2854.6878
Chad Durbin1672.1258.2137
Brian Meadows1171.2624.7726
José Rosado527.2225.8615

[8]

Other 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
Jay Witasick2289.1385.9467
Miguel Batista1457267.7430
Jeff D'Amico713.2019.229

[8]

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ricky Bottalico6296164.8356

[8]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League John Mizerock
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Joe Szekely
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Ron Karkovice and Andre David

[9]

Notes
  1. Izzy Molina at Baseball-Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bochtdo01.shtml
  3. Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  4. Ricky Bottalico at Baseball-Reference
  5. Gregg Zaun at Baseball-Reference
  6. 3 Pitch Inning
  7. 2000 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  8. 2000 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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