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2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
DivisionWestern Division
BallparkBank One Ballpark
CityPhoenix, Arizona
Record85–77 (.525)
OwnersKen Kendrick
Jerry Colangelo
ManagersBuck Showalter
TelevisionFSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Bob Brenly, Joe Garagiola)
RadioKTAR (620 AM)
(Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte)
KSUN (Spanish)
(Jose Tolentino, Ivan Lara)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to improve on their 1999 season, in which they won 100 games in just their 2nd season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League West Division. They finished the season with a record of 85-77, good enough for third place in the division.

Offseason

  • November 15, 1999: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[1]
  • November 22, 1999: Ernie Young was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2]
  • December 15, 1999: Dante Powell was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Ordaz.[3]
  • March 20, 2000: Craig Counsell was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[4]

Regular season

Randy Johnson tied a modern record with six victories in April 2000.[5] He would lead the league in strikeouts with 347 and in winning percentage. Johnson won his third Cy Young Award, and became the third National League pitcher to win the trophy in consecutive seasons.[5] Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout on September 10, 2000, as he whiffed Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.[5]

Opening Day starters

  • Jay Bell
  • Erubiel Durazo
  • Steve Finley
  • Luis Gonzalez
  • Lenny Harris
  • Randy Johnson
  • Travis Lee
  • Damian Miller
  • Tony Womack

Notable transactions

  • June 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the New York Mets to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Lenny Harris.[6]
  • June 5, 2000: Brandon Webb was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2000.[7]
  • July 26, 2000: Curt Schilling was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee, and Vicente Padilla.

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 97 65 .599 55‍–‍26 42‍–‍39
Los Angeles Dodgers 86 76 .531 11 44‍–‍37 42‍–‍39
Arizona Diamondbacks 85 77 .525 12 47‍–‍34 38‍–‍43
Colorado Rockies 82 80 .506 15 48‍–‍33 34‍–‍47
San Diego Padres 76 86 .469 21 41‍–‍40 35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents


Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona 3–6 5–4 2–5 7–6 4–5 6–1 7–6 4–5 4–5 2–7 8–1 7–2 9–4 6–7 5–4 6–9
Atlanta 6–3 4–5 2–5 5–4 6–6 5–4 7–2 6–3 6–7 7–6 8–5 5–2 8–1 6–3 3–4 11–7
Chicago 4–5 5–4 4–8 4–5 1–6 5–7 3–6 6–7 4–5 2–5 6–3 3–9 3–5 4–5 3–10 8–7
Cincinnati 5–2 5–2 8–4 6–3 3–6 7–5 4–5 5–8–1 6–3 5–4 3–4 7–6 4–5 3–6 7–6 7–8
Colorado 6–7 4–5 5–4 3–6 4–5 5–4 4–9 4–5 7–2 3–6 6–3 7–2 7–6 6–7 5–3 6–6
Florida 5–4 6–6 6–1 6–3 5–4 3–5 2–7 3–4 7–6 6–6 9–4 5–4 2–7 3–6 3–6 8–9
Houston 1–6 4–5 7–5 5–7 4–5 5–3 3–6 7–6 4–5 2–5 5–4 10–3 2–7 1–8 6–6 6–9
Los Angeles 6–7 2–7 6–3 5–4 9–4 7–2 6–3 3–4 5–3 4–5 5–4 4–5 8–5 7–5 3–6 6–9
Milwaukee 5–4 3–6 7–6 8–5–1 5–4 4–3 6–7 4–3 4–5 2–7 2–5 7–5 2–7 3–6 5–7 6–9
Montreal 5–4 7–6 5–4 3–6 2–7 6–7 5–4 3–5 5–4 3–9 5–7 3–4 3–6 3–6 2–5 7–11
New York 7–2 6–7 5–2 4–5 6–3 6–6 5–2 5–4 7–2 9–3 6–7 7–2 3–6 3–5 6–3 9–9
Philadelphia 1–8 5–8 3–6 4–3 3–6 4–9 4–5 4–5 5–2 7–5 7–6 3–6 2–5 2–7 2–7 9–9
Pittsburgh 2–7 2–5 9–3 6–7 2–7 4–5 3–10 5–4 5–7 4–3 2–7 6–3 7–2 2–6 4–8 6–9
San Diego 4–9 1–8 5–3 5–4 6–7 7–2 7–2 5–8 7–2 6–3 6–3 5–2 2–7 5–7 0–9 5–10
San Francisco 7–6 3–6 5–4 6–3 7–6 6–3 8–1 5–7 6–3 6–3 5–3 7–2 6–2 7–5 5–4 8–7
St. Louis 4–5 4–3 10–3 6–7 3–5 6–3 6–6 6–3 7–5 5–2 3–6 7–2 8–4 9–0 4–5 7–8

Game log

Legend
Diamondbacks Win Diamondbacks Loss Game Postponed
2000 Regular Season Game Log (85–77) (Home: 47–34; Road: 38–43)

Roster

2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

Pos. Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
C Damian Miller 100 324 89 10 44 .275
1B Greg Colbrunn 116 329 103 15 57 .313
2B Jay Bell 149 565 151 18 68 .267
3B Matt Williams 96 371 102 12 47 .275
SS Tony Womack 146 617 167 7 57 .271
LF Luis Gonzalez 162 618 192 31 114 .311
CF Steve Finley 152 539 151 35 96 .280
RF Danny Bautista 87 262 83 7 47 .317

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Other batters

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
Kelly Stinnett 76 240 52 8 33 .217
Travis Lee 72 224 52 8 40 .232
Erubiel Durazo 67 196 52 8 33 .265
Craig Counsell 67 152 48 2 11 .316
Hanley Frias 75 112 23 2 6 .205
Jason Conti 47 91 21 1 15 .231
Lenny Harris 36 85 16 1 13 .188
Andy Fox 31 86 18 1 10 .209
Alex Cabrera 31 80 21 5 14 .263
Danny Klassen 29 76 18 2 8 .237
Bernard Gilkey 38 73 8 2 6 .110
Turner Ward 15 52 9 0 4 .173
David Dellucci 34 50 15 0 2 .300
Rob Ryan 27 27 8 0 2 .296
Rod Barajas 5 13 3 1 3 .231
Matt Mieske 11 8 2 1 2 .250

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson 35 248.2 19 7 2.64 347
Brian Anderson 33 213.1 11 7 4.05 104
Armando Reynoso 31 170.2 11 12 5.27 89
Curt Schilling 13 97.2 5 6 3.69 72
Omar Daal 20 96.0 2 10 7.22 45
Todd Stottlemyre 18 95.1 9 6 4.91 76

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Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Matt Mantei 47 45.1 1 1 17 4.57 53
Mike Morgan 60 101.2 5 5 5 4.87 56
Greg Swindell 64 76.0 2 6 1 3.20 64
Byung-Hyun Kim 61 70.2 6 6 14 4.46 111
Dan Plesac 62 40.0 5 1 0 3.15 45
Russ Springer 52 62.0 2 4 0 5.08 59
Geraldo Guzman 13 60.1 5 4 0 5.23 52
Vicente Padilla 27 35.0 2 1 0 2.31 30
Nelson Figueroa 3 15.2 0 1 0 7.47 7
Johnny Ruffin 5 9.0 0 0 0 9.00 5
Darren Holmes 8 6.1 0 0 1 8.53 5

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Sidewinders Pacific Coast League Tom Spencer
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Bobby Dickerson
A High Desert Mavericks California League Scott Coolbaugh
A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Dave Jorn
Rookie AZL Diamondbacks Arizona League Joe Almaraz
Rookie Missoula Osprey Pioneer League Chip Hale

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References

  1. ^ Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
  3. ^ Dante Powell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Craig Counsell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ a b c "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  6. ^ Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/webbbr01.shtml
  8. ^ a b https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2000.shtml
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007