The 2000 Florida Marlins season was the eighth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1999. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–82, third in the National League East.
Offseason December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Jared Camp (minors).Johan Santana Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.
Regular season On September 10, 2000, Randy Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout as he struck out Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Transactions April 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com May 8, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Florida Marlins. July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).
Citrus Series 2000 Citrus Series split 3-3 June 9- @ Devil Rays 6- Marlins 4 June 10- Marlins 5- @ Devil Rays 1 June 11- @ Devil Rays 7- Marlins 6 July 7- Devil Rays 8- @ Marlins 3 July 8- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 5 July 9- @ Marlins 10- Devil Rays 9
Roster 2000 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (bench) (pitching) (third base) (first base) (hitting) (bullpen)
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 Mike Redmond 87 210 53 .252 0 15 1B Derrek Lee 158 477 134 .281 28 70 2B Luis Castillo 136 539 180 .334 2 17 SS 109 385 77 .200 7 42 3B Mike Lowell 140 508 137 .270 22 91 LF Cliff Floyd 121 420 126 .300 22 91 CF Preston Wilson 161 605 160 .264 31 121 RF Mark Kotsay 152 530 158 .298 12 57
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 Kevin Millar 123 259 67 .259 14 42 Dave Berg 82 210 53 .252 1 21 Mark Smith 104 192 47 .245 5 27 Andy Fox 69 164 40 .244 3 10 Paul Bako 56 161 39 .242 0 14 Ramón Castro 50 138 33 .239 2 14 Henry Rodríguez 36 108 29 .269 2 10 Danny Bautista 44 89 17 .191 4 12 Brant Brown 41 73 14 .192 2 6 Chris Clapinski 34 49 15 .306 1 7 Pablo Ozuna 14 24 8 .333 0 0 Sandy Martínez 10 18 4 .222 0 0 Nate Rolison 8 13 1 .077 0 2 Mendy López 4 3 0 .000 0 0
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 Ryan Dempster 33 226.1 14 10 3.66 209 Jesús Sánchez 32 182.0 9 12 5.34 123 Reid Cornelius 22 125.0 4 10 4.82 50 Chuck Smith 19 122.2 6 6 3.23 118 Brad Penny 23 119.2 8 7 4.81 80 A.J. Burnett 13 82.2 3 7 4.79 57 Alex Fernandez 8 52.1 4 4 4.13 27 Jason Grilli 1 6.2 1 0 5.40 3
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 Vladimir Núñez 17 68.1 0 6 7.90 45
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 Antonio Alfonseca 68 5 6 45 4.24 47 Braden Looper 73 5 1 2 4.41 29 Armando Almanza 67 4 2 0 4.86 46 Ricky Bones 56 2 3 0 4.54 59 Vic Darensbourg 56 5 3 0 4.06 59 Dan Miceli 45 6 4 0 4.25 40 Manny Aybar 21 1 0 0 2.63 14 Ron Mahay 18 1 0 0 6.04 27 Joe Strong 18 1 1 1 7.32 18
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 2000 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference 2000 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac