The 2000 Baltimore Orioles season was the 100th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 47th in Baltimore, and the 9th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles finished fourth 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.Jesse Orosco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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 3,000 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. 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.Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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).Mike Bordick Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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).Charles Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2000: Will Clark was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for José León.Will Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Roster 2000 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 84 286 84 .294 21 55 1B Will Clark 79 256 77 .301 9 28 2B Delino DeShields 151 561 166 .296 10 86 SS 100 391 116 .297 16 59 3B Cal Ripken Jr. 83 309 79 .256 15 56 LF B.J. Surhoff 103 411 120 .292 13 57 CF Brady Anderson 141 506 130 .257 19 50 RF Albert Belle 141 559 157 .281 23 103 DH Harold Baines 72 222 59 .266 10 30

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 Jeff Conine 119 409 116 .284 13 46 Melvin Mora 53 199 58 .291 2 17 Chris Richard 56 199 55 .276 13 36 Luis Matos 72 182 41 .225 1 17 Jerry Hairston Jr. 49 180 46 .256 5 19 Brook Fordyce 53 177 57 .322 9 28 Mark Lewis 71 163 44 .270 2 21 Greg Myers 43 125 28 .224 3 12 Gene Kingsale 26 88 21 .239 0 9 Ryan Minor 32 84 11 .131 0 3 Rich Amaral 30 60 13 .217 0 6 Ivanon Coffie 23 60 13 .217 0 6 Trenidad Hubbard 31 27 5 .185 0 0 Jesse Garcia 14 17 1 .059 0 0 Fernando Lunar 9 16 2 .125 0 1 Karim García 8 16 0 .000 0 0 Willie Morales 3 11 3 .273 0 0 Carlos Casimiro 2 8 1 .125 0 3 Mike Kinkade 3 7 3 .429 0 1

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 Mike Mussina 34 237.2 11 15 3.79 210 Sidney Ponson 32 222.0 9 13 4.82 152 Pat Rapp 31 174.0 9 12 5.90 106 Scott Erickson 16 92.2 5 8 7.87 41 John Parrish 8 36.1 2 4 7.18 28

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 José Mercedes 36 145.2 14 7 4.02 70 Jason Johnson 25 107.2 1 10 7.02 79 Jay Spurgeon 7 24.0 1 1 6.00 11 Calvin Maduro 15 23.1 0 0 9.64 18 Lesli Brea 6 9.0 0 1 11.00 5

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 Ryan Kohlmeier 25 0 1 13 2.39 17 Mike Trombley 75 4 5 4 4.13 72 Buddy Groom 70 6 3 4 4.85 44 Chuck McElroy 43 3 0 0 4.69 50 B.J. Ryan 42 2 3 0 5.91 41 Mike Timlin 37 2 3 11 4.89 26 Alan Mills 23 2 0 1 6.46 18 Al Reyes 13 1 0 0 6.92 10 Gabe Molina 9 0 0 0 9.00 8 Tim Worrell 5 2 2 0 7.36 5 Darren Holmes 5 0 0 0 25.07 6 Luis Rivera 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DelmarvaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2001 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2001

Awards and records Albert Belle, American League record, Most RBIs in the final season of a career (103)Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

References

External links 2000 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 2000 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Almanac