2000 Oakland Athletics season

2000 Oakland Athletics 2000 AL West Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Network Associates Coliseum (since 1968) Oakland, California (since 1968)
2000 information
Owner(s)	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)	Billy Beane
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	KICU-TV FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Local radio	KABL (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 2000 season involved the A's finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 70 losses.

Offseason

• December 30, 1999: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
• December 30, 1999: Rich Becker was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

• May 29, 2000: Randy Velarde of the Athletics had an unassisted triple play. He caught a liner, tagged the runner coming from first base and touched second base.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	91	70	.565	--
Seattle Mariners	91	71	.562	½
Anaheim Angels	82	80	.506	9½
Texas Rangers	71	91	.438	20½

Notable transactions

• May 5, 2000: Rich Becker was released by the Athletics.
• June 5, 2000: Rich Harden was drafted by the Athletics in the 17th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed May 18, 2001.
• July 6, 2000: Mike Mohler was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
• August 30, 2000: Jorge Velandia was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Nelson Cruz.

Roster

2000 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 19 Kevin Appier 59 Todd Belitz 31 Gil Heredia 15 Tim Hudson 48 Jason Isringhausen 24 Doug Jones 33 Marcus Jones 52 Mike Magnante 17 Ron Mahay 33 T.J. Mathews 45,48 Jim Mecir 20 Mark Mulder 40 Omar Olivares 30 Ariel Prieto 54 Jon Ratliff 56 Rich Sauveur 26 Scott Service 29 Jeff Tam 61 Luis Vizcaíno 53 Barry Zito		Catchers  6 Sal Fasano 26 Ramón Hernández 23 A. J. Hinch Infielders 49 Mark Bellhorn  3 Eric Chavez 16 Jason Giambi 11 Frank Menechino 60 José Ortiz  9 Olmedo Sáenz 10 Mike Stanley  4 Miguel Tejada 50 Mario Valdez 13 Jorge Velandia  8 Randy Velarde		Outfielders 22 Rich Becker 22 Eric Byrnes 28 Ryan Christenson  7 Jeremy Giambi 14 Ben Grieve 37 Terrence Long 36 Adam Piatt 21 Bo Porter 12 Matt Stairs Other batters  5 John Jaha		Manager 18 Art Howe Coaches 41 Thad Bosley (Hitting) 35 Brad Fischer (Bullpen) 39 Ken Macha (Bench) 47 Rick Peterson (Pitching) 45 Mike Quade (First Base) 38 Ron Washington (Third Base)

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

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
José Ortiz	7	11	2	.182	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Scott Service	20	1	2	1	6.38	35

Postseason

Game 1, October 3

Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
Oakland	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	X	5	10	2
WP: Gil Heredia (1-0)   LP: Roger Clemens (0-1)   Sv: Jason Isringhausen (1)

Game 2, October 4

Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	8	1
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   LP: Kevin Appier (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 3, October 6

Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2
New York	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	4	6	1
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Tim Hudson (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: OAK: Terrence Long (1) NYY: None

Game 4, October 7

Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	11	11	0
New York	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	0
WP: Barry Zito (1-0)   LP: Roger Clemens (0-2) Home runs: OAK: Olmedo Saenz (1) NYY: None

Game 5, October 8

Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	0
Oakland	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	0
WP: Mike Stanton (1-0)   LP: Gil Heredia (1-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (3) Home runs: NYY: David Justice (1) OAK: None

Composite Box

2000 ALDS (3-2): New York Yankees over Oakland Athletics

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	6	4	0	2	0	5	0	1	1	19	41	2
Oakland Athletics	3	3	1	2	4	4	0	2	4	23	44	5
Total attendance: 249,911   Average attendance: 49,982

Awards and records

• Jason Giambi, AL MVP award
• Jason Giambi, Hutch Award
  • 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
• Jason Giambi, American League First Baseman, Starter
• Tim Hudson, Pitcher, Reserve
• Jason Isringhausen, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento RiverCats	Pacific Coast League	Bob Geren
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Tony DeFrancesco
A	Modesto A's	California League	Greg Sparks
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Juan Navarrete
Short-Season A	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Dave Joppie
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	John Kuehl

References

• 2000 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6. 

Preceded by Texas Rangers 1999

AL West Championship Season 2000

Succeeded by Seattle Mariners 2001