2000 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 2000 season was the eighth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1999. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–82, third in the National League East.

2000 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkPro Player Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record79–82 (.491)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJohn W. Henry
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersJohn Boles
TelevisionFSN Florida
WAMI-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
RadioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez)
← 1999Seasons2001 →

Offseason

  • December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Jared Camp (minors).[1]
  • December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.[2]

Regular season

  • On September 10, 2000, Randy Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout as he struck out Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.[3]

Season standings

NL East
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Atlanta Braves9567.58651‍–‍3044‍–‍37
New York Mets9468.580155‍–‍2639‍–‍42
Florida Marlins7982.49115½43‍–‍3836‍–‍44
Montreal Expos6795.4142837‍–‍4430‍–‍51
Philadelphia Phillies6597.4013034‍–‍4731‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents


Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta6–34–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago4–55–44–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati5–25–28–46–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado6–74–55–43–64–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida5–46–66–16–35–43–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston1–64–57–55–74–55–33–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles6–72–76–35–49–47–26–33–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–34–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–43–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–36–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–63–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–37–22–64–86–9
San Diego4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–75–70–95–10
San Francisco7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–55–48–7
St. Louis4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–57–8

Transactions

  • April 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[4]
  • May 8, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Florida Marlins.[4]
  • July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).[5]

Citrus Series

2000 Citrus Series split 3-3

  • June 9- @ Devil Rays 6- Marlins 4
  • June 10- Marlins 5- @ Devil Rays 1
  • June 11- @ Devil Rays 7- Marlins 6
  • July 7- Devil Rays 8- @ Marlins 3
  • July 8- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 5
  • July 9- @ Marlins 10- Devil Rays 9

Roster

2000 Florida Marlins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CMike Redmond8721053.252015
1BDerrek Lee158477134.2812870
2BLuis Castillo136539180.334217
SSÁlex González10938577.200742
3BMike Lowell140508137.2702291
LFCliff Floyd121420126.3002291
CFPreston Wilson161605160.26431121
RFMark Kotsay152530158.2981257

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kevin Millar12325967.2591442
Dave Berg8221053.252121
Mark Smith10419247.245527
Andy Fox6916440.244310
Paul Bako5616139.242014
Ramón Castro5013833.239214
Henry Rodríguez3610829.269210
Danny Bautista448917.191412
Brant Brown417314.19226
Chris Clapinski344915.30617
Pablo Ozuna14248.33300
Sandy Martínez10184.22200
Nate Rolison8131.07702
Mendy López430.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ryan Dempster33226.114103.66209
Jesús Sánchez32182.09125.34123
Reid Cornelius22125.04104.8250
Chuck Smith19122.2663.23118
Brad Penny23119.2874.8180
A.J. Burnett1382.2374.7957
Alex Fernandez852.1444.1327
Jason Grilli16.2105.403

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vladimir Núñez1768.1067.9045

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Antonio Alfonseca6856454.2447
Braden Looper735124.4129
Armando Almanza674204.8646
Ricky Bones562304.5459
Vic Darensbourg565304.0659
Dan Miceli456404.2540
Manny Aybar211002.6314
Ron Mahay181006.0427
Joe Strong181117.3218

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAACalgary CannonsPacific Coast LeagueLynn Jones
AAPortland Sea DogsEastern LeagueRick Renteria
ABrevard County ManateesFlorida State LeagueDave Huppert
AKane County CougarsMidwest LeagueRuss Morman
A-Short SeasonUtica Blue SoxNew York–Penn LeagueJon Deeble
RookieGCL MarlinsGulf Coast LeagueKevin Boles

[6]

References