2000 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2000 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2000

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

New York Mets

Most Valuable Players

AL: Jason Giambi NL: Jeff Kent

Cy Young Winners

AL: Pedro Martinez NL: Randy Johnson

Rookies of the Year

AL: Kazuhiro Sasaki NL: Rafael Furcal

Managers of the Year

AL: Jerry Manuel NL: Dusty Baker

#1 Draft Pick

Adrian Gonzalez (Florida Marlins)

All-Star Game

Atlanta,Georgia

Teams

Players

1230

Attendance

71,358,907

Payroll

$1,686,271,795

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2000 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	978	839	139	Lost in 1st Round (Mariners)	1,947,799	20	$ 31,159,000	12	Ron Schueler	Jerry Manuel	Comiskey Park II
2	4	8	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	5.0	950	816	134	dnq	3,456,278	1	$ 76,508,334	4	John Hart	Charlie Manuel	Jacobs Field
3	9	18	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	16.0	823	827	-4	dnq	2,438,617	17	$ 61,740,167	7	Randy Smith	Phil Garner	Comerica Park
4	10	19	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	18.0	879	930	-51	dnq	1,564,847	26	$ 23,132,500	13	Allard Baird, Herk Robinson	Tony Muser	Kauffman Stadium
5	14	27	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	26.0	748	880	-132	dnq	1,000,760	29	$ 15,654,500	14	Terry Ryan	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	9	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	161	87	74	.540	--	871	814	57	Won World Series (Mets)	3,055,435	8	$ 92,938,260	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	6	11	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	2.5	792	745	47	dnq	2,585,895	15	$ 81,210,333	3	Dan Duquette	Jimy Williams	Fenway Park
3	7	14	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	4.5	861	908	-47	dnq	1,705,712	22	$ 46,363,332	10	Gord Ash	Jim Fregosi	SkyDome
4	11	21	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	13.5	794	913	-119	dnq	3,297,031	4	$ 83,141,198	2	Syd Thrift	Mike Hargrove	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	13	25	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	161	69	92	.429	18.0	733	842	-109	dnq	1,449,673	27	$ 64,407,910	6	Chuck Lamar	Larry Rothschild	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	6	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	161	91	70	.565	--	947	813	134	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	1,603,744	24	$ 32,121,833	11	Billy Beane	Art Howe	Network Associates Coliseum
2	3	7	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	0.5	907	780	127	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	2,914,624	10	$ 59,215,000	8	Pat Gillick	Lou Piniella	Safeco Field
3	8	16	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	9.5	864	869	-5	dnq	2,066,982	19	$ 55,766,667	9	Bill Stoneman	Mike Scioscia	Edison International Field
4	12	24	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	20.5	848	974	-126	dnq	2,588,401	14	$ 70,785,000	5	Douglas Melvin	Johnny Oates	The Ballpark in Arlington
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	4	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	887	771	116	Lost NLCS (Mets)	3,336,493	2	$ 63,993,023	6	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
2	6	13	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	10.0	825	765	60	dnq	2,577,371	16	$ 44,217,500	12	Jim Bowden	Jack McKeon	Cinergy Field
3	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	22.0	740	826	-86	dnq	1,573,621	25	$ 35,782,833	13	Dean Taylor	Dave Lopes	County Stadium
4	12	23	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	23.0	938	944	-6	dnq	3,056,139	7	$ 52,356,667	10	Gerry Hunsicker	Larry Dierker	Enron Field
5	13	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	26.0	793	888	-95	dnq	1,748,908	21	$ 29,561,667	15	Cam Bonifay	Gene Lamont	Three Rivers Stadium
6	16	30	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	30.0	764	904	-140	dnq	2,789,511	13	$ 62,129,333	7	Ed Lynch	Don Baylor	Wrigley Field
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	810	714	96	Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)	3,234,304	6	$ 82,732,500	2	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	4	5	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	1.0	807	738	69	Lost World Series (Yankees)	2,820,530	12	$ 79,759,762	3	Steve Phillips	Bobby Valentine	Shea Stadium
3	9	17	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	161	79	82	.491	15.5	731	797	-66	dnq	1,218,326	28	$ 19,870,000	16	Dave Dombrowski	John Boles	Pro Player Stadium
4	14	28	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	28.0	738	902	-164	dnq	926,272	30	$ 33,527,666	14	Jim Beattie	Felipe Alou	Olympic Stadium
5	15	29	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	30.0	692	830	-138	dnq	1,612,769	23	$ 46,947,667	11	Ed Wade	Terry Francona	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	925	747	178	Lost in 1st Round (Mets)	3,318,800	3	$ 53,541,000	9	Brian Sabean	Dusty Baker	Pacific Bell Park
2	5	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	11.0	798	729	69	dnq	2,880,242	11	$ 90,725,953	1	Kevin Malone	Davey Johnson	Dodger Stadium
3	7	12	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	12.0	792	754	38	dnq	2,942,251	9	$ 77,880,333	4	Joe Garagiola	Buck Showalter	Bank One Ballpark
4	8	15	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	15.0	968	897	71	dnq	3,295,129	5	$ 64,130,857	5	Daniel O'Dowd	Buddy Bell	Coors Field
5	10	20	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	21.0	752	815	-63	dnq	2,352,443	18	$ 54,971,000	8	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Qualcomm Stadium
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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