2000 Toronto Blue Jays season
2000 Toronto Blue Jays | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | SkyDome | |
City | Toronto | |
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Rogers Communications, Interbrew | |
General managers | Gord Ash | |
Managers | Jim Fregosi | |
Television | CBC Television (Brian Williams, Rich Waltz, John Cerutti) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez) CTV Sportsnet (Rod Black, Joe Carter) | |
Radio | CHUM (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews) | |
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The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 24th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. It was the team's first season with new mascots Ace and Diamond.
Transactions
[edit]Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2000 season.[1]
October 1999
[edit]October 5 | Norberto Martin granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 1, 1999). |
October 7 | Rob Butler granted free agency. |
October 15 | Alex Delgado granted free agency. Willie Greene granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $395,000 contract on January 19, 2000). Chris Jones granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on February 27, 2000). Adam Melhuse granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 15, 1999). |
October 20 | Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1999)d. Released John Hudek. |
October 29 | Graeme Lloyd granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a three-year, $9 million contract on December 20, 1999). David Segui granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $4.325 million contract on January 18, 2000). |
November 1999
[edit]November 3 | Brian McRae granted free agency. |
November 5 | Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Seibu Lions of the NPB to a one-year contract). |
November 8 | Acquired Pedro Borbón Jr. and Raúl Mondesí from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green and Jorge Núñez. |
November 10 | Signed free agent Charlie Greene from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract. |
November 11 | Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on January 27, 2000). Acquired Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric. |
November 12 | Signed free agent Darwin Cubillán from the New York Yankees to a contract. |
November 16 | Released Mike Matheny. |
November 17 | Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Chicago White Sox to a contract. |
December 1999
[edit]December 7 | Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract. Re-signed Willis Otáñez to a one-year contract. |
December 10 | Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a three-year, $36 million contract. |
December 13 | Jim Mann drafted by the New York Mets in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Brian Smith drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted DeWayne Wise from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
December 21 | Signed free agent Frank Castillo from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a one-year, $375,000 contract. |
January 2000
[edit]January 4 | Re-signed Tony Batista to a four-year, $16 million contract. |
January 6 | Signed free agent Robert Ellis from the Houston Astros to a contract. |
January 18 | Re-signed free agent David Segui to a one-year, $4.325 contract. |
January 19 | Re-signed Homer Bush to a three-year, $7.3 million contract. |
February 2000
[edit]February 16 | Signed free agent Eric Gunderson from the Texas Rangers to a one-year contract. |
March 2000
[edit]March 14 | Signed free agent Robert Pérez from the Orix BlueWave of the NPB to a one-year contract. |
March 16 | As part of three-team trade, acquired Brad Fullmer from the Montreal Expos. Traded David Segui and cash to the Texas Rangers. In addition, Montreal Expos acquired Lee Stevens from the Texas Rangers. |
March 22 | Jim Mann returned by the New York Mets. Acquired Jerson Perez from the New York Mets for Jim Mann. |
March 26 | Signed free agent Glenn Williams from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |
March 27 | Signed free agent Marty Cordova from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract. |
March 28 | Nerio Rodríguez selected off of waivers by the New York Mets. |
March 29 | Anthony Sanders selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners. |
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 87 | 74 | .540 | — | 44–36 | 43–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 2½ | 42–39 | 43–38 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 4½ | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 13½ | 44–37 | 30–51 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 92 | .429 | 18 | 36–44 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL | ||
Anaheim | — | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 12–6 | ||
Baltimore | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 3–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–11 | ||
Boston | 4–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 8–2 | 6–7 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 9–9 | ||
Chicago | 6–4 | 6–4 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 12–6 | ||
Cleveland | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 | ||
Detroit | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–9 | 10–8 | ||
Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 8–10 | ||
Minnesota | 3–7 | 3–6 | 2–8 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–11 | ||
New York | 5–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | — | 6–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 11–6 | ||
Oakland | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 3–6 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–2 | 5–7 | 7–3 | 11–7 | ||
Seattle | 8–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–9 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 11–7 | ||
Tampa Bay | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 2–7 | 3–9 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | ||
Texas | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–11 | ||
Toronto | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–7 | 2–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | — | 9–9 |
Transactions
[edit]Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2000 regular season.[2]
April 2000
[edit]April 10 | Signed free agent Todd Greene of the Anaheim Angels to a contract. |
April 28 | Released Mark Dalesandro. |
May 2000
[edit]May 23 | Released Robert Ellis. Casey Blake selected off of waivers by the Minnesota Twins. |
June 2000
[edit]June 12 | Acquired Francisco Álvarez from the Minnesota Twins for Mike Romano. |
July 2000
[edit]July 19 | Acquired Esteban Loaiza from the Texas Rangers for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young. |
July 25 | Acquired Alvin Morrow from the Milwaukee Brewers for Kevin Brown. |
July 26 | Sent Eric Gunderson to San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal. Acquired Rob Ducey from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (John Sneed on July 31, 2000). |
July 28 | Released Brendan Donnelly. |
July 31 | Acquired Mark Guthrie and Steve Trachsel from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brent Abernathy. |
August 2000
[edit]August 4 | Acquired Dave Martinez from the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later (Pete Munro on August 8, 2000). |
August 5 | Acquired Mickey Morandini from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (Rob Ducey on August 7, 2000). |
2000 Draft picks
[edit]Source [3]
The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Nationality |
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1 | 18 | Miguel Negron | OF | Manuela Toro High School (Caguas, PR) | ![]() |
1s | 33 | Dustin McGowan | RHP | Long County High School | ![]() |
2 | 45 | Peter Bauer | RHP | University of South Carolina | ![]() |
2 | 58 | Dominic Rich | 2B | Auburn University | ![]() |
3 | 88 | Morrin Davis | OF | Hillsborough High School | ![]() |
4 | 118 | Raul Tablado | SS | Miami Southridge High School | ![]() |
5 | 148 | Mike Smith | RHP | University of Richmond | ![]() |
6 | 178 | Rich Thompson | OF | James Madison University | ![]() |
7 | 208 | Aaron Sisk | 3B | University of New Mexico | ![]() |
8 | 238 | David Abbott | RHP | University of Arizona | ![]() |
9 | 268 | Nom Siriveaw | 3B | Oklahoma State University | ![]() |
10 | 298 | Jerrod Payne | RHP | University of North Florida | ![]() |
Roster
[edit]Game log
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April: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7)
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May: 16–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 8–4)
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June: 16–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–7)
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July: 11–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–9)
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August: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)
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September: 13–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–7)
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB |
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C | Darrin Fletcher | 122 | 416 | 43 | 133 | 20 | 58 | .320 | 214 |
1B | Carlos Delgado | 162 | 569 | 115 | 196 | 41 | 137 | .344 | 378 |
2B | Homer Bush | 76 | 297 | 38 | 64 | 1 | 18 | .215 | 75 |
SS | Alex Gonzalez | 141 | 527 | 68 | 133 | 15 | 69 | .252 | 213 |
3B | Tony Batista | 154 | 620 | 96 | 163 | 41 | 114 | .263 | 322 |
LF | Shannon Stewart | 136 | 583 | 107 | 186 | 21 | 69 | .319 | 302 |
CF | José Cruz Jr. | 162 | 603 | 91 | 146 | 31 | 76 | .242 | 281 |
RF | Raúl Mondesí | 96 | 388 | 78 | 105 | 24 | 67 | .271 | 203 |
DH | Brad Fullmer | 133 | 482 | 76 | 142 | 32 | 104 | .295 | 269 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB |
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Craig Grebeck | 66 | 241 | 38 | 71 | 3 | 23 | .295 | 99 |
Marty Cordova | 62 | 200 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 18 | .245 | 68 |
Alberto Castillo | 66 | 185 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 16 | .211 | 49 |
Dave Martinez | 47 | 180 | 29 | 56 | 2 | 22 | .311 | 74 |
Mickey Morandini | 35 | 107 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 7 | .271 | 33 |
Chris Woodward | 37 | 104 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 14 | .183 | 35 |
Todd Greene | 34 | 85 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 10 | .235 | 37 |
DeWayne Wise | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .136 | 3 |
Rob Ducey | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | . 154 | 3 |
Chad Mottola | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .222 | 2 |
Charlie Greene | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 1 |
Andy Thompson | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | 1 |
Vernon Wells | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Josh Phelps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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David Wells | 35 | 229.2 | 20 | 8 | 4.11 | 166 |
Chris Carpenter | 34 | 175.1 | 10 | 12 | 6.26 | 113 |
Frank Castillo | 25 | 138.0 | 10 | 5 | 3.59 | 104 |
Esteban Loaiza | 14 | 92.0 | 5 | 7 | 3.62 | 62 |
Steve Trachsel | 11 | 63.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.29 | 32 |
Joey Hamilton | 6 | 33.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.55 | 15 |
Pasqual Coco | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kelvim Escobar | 43 | 180.0 | 10 | 15 | 5.35 | 142 |
Roy Halladay | 19 | 67.2 | 4 | 7 | 10.64 | 44 |
Peter Munro | 9 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.96 | 16 |
Clayton Andrews | 8 | 20.2 | 1 | 2 | 10.02 | 12 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Billy Koch | 68 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 2.63 | 60 |
Paul Quantrill | 68 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4.52 | 47 |
John Frascatore | 60 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.42 | 30 |
Pedro Borbón Jr. | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.48 | 29 |
Lance Painter | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 53 |
Mark Guthrie | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.79 | 20 |
Matt DeWitt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.56 | 6 |
Darwin Cubillán | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.04 | 14 |
Eric Gunderson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 2 |
Leo Estrella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 3 |
John Bale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 6 |
Award winners
[edit]- Carlos Delgado, Hank Aaron Award
- Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
- Carlos Delgado, The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
- David Wells, P, starter
- Carlos Delgado, 1B, reserve
- Tony Batista, 3B, reserve[5]
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "Feature: 2000 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics".
- ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
[edit]- 2000 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 2000 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac