2000 Baltimore Orioles season

2000 Baltimore Orioles
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992) Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
2000 information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
Manager(s)	Mike Hargrove
Local television	WJZ-TV Home Team Sports (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
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The 2000 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

• December 7, 1999: Doug Linton was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
• December 10, 1999: Jesse Orosco was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Chuck McElroy.
• December 22, 1999: Buddy Groom was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

• Cal Ripken, Jr.'s 1999 season ended early due to injury when he was only 9 hits away from joining the 3000 hit club. He finally achieved the milestone early in the 2000 season when he singled off reliever Héctor Carrasco in a game against the Minnesota Twins on April 15, 2000 in the Metrodome. Ripken had a good night at the plate, getting three hits, the third of which was the milestone. [1] The Twins distributed a commemorative certificate to the fans as they left the Metrodome after the game.
• On October 1, 2000, Albert Belle hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	74	.540	--
Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	2.5
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	4.5
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	13.5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	69	92	.429	18.0

Notable transactions

• July 28, 2000: Mike Bordick was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Lesli Brea, Mike Kinkade, Melvin Mora, and Pat Gorman (minors).
• July 28, 2000: Rich Amaral was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
• July 29, 2000: Charles Johnson was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Harold Baines to the Chicago White Sox for Brook Fordyce, Jason Lakman (minors), Juan Figueroa (minors), and Miguel Felix (minors).
• July 31, 2000: Will Clark was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for José León.
• July 31, 2000: B. J. Surhoff was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Gabe Molina to the Atlanta Braves for Trenidad Hubbard, Fernando Lunar, and Luis Rivera.

Roster

2000 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 45 Lesli Brea 19 Scott Erickson 27 Buddy Groom 36 Darren Holmes 41 Jason Johnson 50 Ryan Kohlmeier 60 Calvin Maduro 47 Chuck McElroy 31 José Mercedes 72 Alan Mills 45 Gabe Molina 35 Mike Mussina 53 John Parrish 43 Sidney Ponson 34 Pat Rapp 32 Al Reyes 36 Luis Rivera 52 B. J. Ryan 29 Jay Spurgeon 40 Mike Timlin 28 Mike Trombley 36 Tim Worrell		Catchers 26 Brook Fordyce 21 Charles Johnson 51 Fernando Lunar 56 Willie Morales 37 Greg Myers Infielders 14 Mike Bordick 12 Will Clark 65,13 Ivanon Coffie 18 Jeff Conine 11 Delino DeShields  1 Jesse Garcia 13 Jerry Hairston, Jr. 68 Mike Kinkade 10,45 Mark Lewis 10 Ryan Minor 56,25,13,6 Melvin Mora 38 Chris Richard  8 Cal Ripken, Jr.		Outfielders  6 Rich Amaral  9 Brady Anderson 88 Albert Belle 57 Karim García 23 Trenidad Hubbard 38 Gene Kingsale 71,32 Luis Matos 17 B. J. Surhoff Other batters  3 Harold Baines 80 Carlos Casimiro		Manager 30 Mike Hargrove Coaches 48 Terry Crowley 49 Sammy Ellis 24 Brian Graham 44 Elrod Hendricks 33 Eddie Murray 31 Jeff Newman  2 Sam Perlozzo

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnson, CharlesCharles Johnson	84	286	84	.294	21	55
SS	Bordick, MikeMike Bordick	100	391	116	.297	16	59

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	Avg.	HR	RBI

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

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Marv Foley
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Andy Etchebarren
A	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Dave Machemer
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Joe Ferguson
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Duffy Dyer
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League	Jesus Alfaro

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Delmarva

Awards and records

• Albert Belle, American League Record, Most RBIs in the Final Season of a Career (103)

External links

• 2000 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com