The 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 111th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 43rd season in Los Angeles, California. In 2000, the team set a club record for home runs with 211, led by Gary Sheffield, who tied Duke Snider's single-season club mark with 43. Eric Karros became the L.A. Dodger all-time leader with his 229th home run and Dave Hansen set a Major League record with seven pinch-hit home runs. Kevin Brown led the league in E.R.A. with 2.58 and rookie pitcher Matt Herges started the season 8–0, the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela to open the season with eight straight victories. The Dodgers won 86 games, but failed to make the postseason, finishing second in the National League West. Manager Davey Johnson was fired after the season and replaced with bench coach Jim Tracy.

Offseason November 8, 1999: Acquired Shawn Green and Jorge Nunez from the Toronto Blue Jays for Raúl Mondesí and Pedro Borbón, Jr. December 12, 1999: Acquired Terry Adams, Chad Ricketts and Brian Stephenson from the Chicago Cubs for Ismael Valdez and Eric Young. March 15, 2000: Craig Counsell was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers. April 1, 2000: Acquired Kenny Lutz from the Cincinnati Reds for Juan Castro.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup +Opening Day startersName Position Devon White Center fielderMark Grudzielanek Second basemanGary Sheffield Left fielderShawn Green Right fielderEric Karros First basemanTodd HundleyCatcherAdrián BeltréThird basemanKevin Elster ShortstopKevin Brown Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

June 13, 2000: Acquired Al Reyes from the Baltimore Orioles for Alan Mills. June 20, 2000: Acquired Jim Leyritz from the New York Yankees for José Vizcaíno. July 26, 2000: Acquired Ismael Valdez from the Chicago Cubs for Jamie Arnold and Jorge Piedra. July 31, 2000: Acquired Tom Goodwin from the Colorado Rockies for Todd Hollandsworth, Randey Dorame and Kevin Gibbs. August 6, 2000: Acquired Bruce Aven from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash.

Roster

2000 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (bullpen) (hitting) (third base)

(pitching) (1st base) (bench) (pitching)

Game log Regular season Legend Dodgers win Dodgers loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldDodgers team member

|- bgcolor=#fbb | 51 || || || @ Angels || L 5–12 || || || || || || 28–23 || L1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 52 || || || @ Angels || W 8–3 || || || || || || 29–23 || W1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 53 || || || @ Angels || L 7–8 || || || || || || 29–24 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 54 || || || @ Rangers || L 0–2 || || || || || || 29–25 || L2 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 55 || || || @ Rangers || W 7–1 || || || || || || 30–25 || W1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 56 || || || @ Rangers || W 11–6 || || || || || || 31–25 || W2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 58 || || || Athletics || L 1–3 || || || || || || 32–26 || L1 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 59 || || || Athletics || W 7–2 || || || || || || 33–26 || W1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 60 || || || Athletics || L 0–6 || || || || || || 33–27 || L1

|- bgcolor=#bfb | 84 || || || @ Mariners || W 3–2 || || || || || || 44–40 || W3 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 85 || || || @ Mariners || L 0–11 || || || || || || 44–41 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 86 || || || @ Mariners || L 0–2 || || || || || || 44–42 || L2 |- bgcolor=#bfb | 87 || || || Angels || W 4–3 || || || || || || 45–42 || W1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 88 || || || Angels || L 3–5 || || || || || || 45–43 || L1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 89 || || || Angels || L 2–6 || || || || || || 45–44 || L2

Starting Pitchers stats Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG Kevin Brown 33 33 230.0 13-6 2.58 47 2165 Chan Ho Park 34 34 226.0 18-10 3.27 124 217 3 Darren Dreifort 32 32 197.2 12-9 4.16 87 164 1 Carlos Perez 30 22 144.0 5-8 5.56 33 64 0 Éric Gagné 20 19 101.1 4-6 5.15 60 79 0 Ismael Valdez 9 8 40.0 0-3 6.08 13 29 0 Orel Hershiser 10 6 24.2 1-5 13.14 14 130 Luke Prokopec 5 3 21.0 1-1 3.00 9 120 Mike Judd 1 1 4.0 0-1 15.75 3 50

Relief Pitchers stats Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV Jeff Shaw 60 0 57.1 3-4 4.24 16 39 27 Terry Adams 66 0 84.1 6-9 3.52 39562 Matt Herges 59 4 110.2 11-3 3.17 40 75 1 Mike Fetters 51 0 50.0 6-2 3.24 25 40 5Antonio Osuna 46 0 67.1 3-6 3.74 35 70 0 Onan Masaoka 29 0 27.0 1-1 4.00 15 27 0Alan Mills 18 0 25.2 2-1 4.21 16 18 1 Gregg Olson 13 0 17.2 0-1 5.09 7 15 0 Jamie Arnold 2 0 6.2 0-0 4.05 5 30 Al Reyes 6 0 6.2 0-0 0.00 1 80 Jeff Williams 7 0 5.2 0-0 15.88 8 30 Trever Miller 2 0 2.1 0-0 23.14 3 10

Batting Stats Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB Todd Hundley C 90 299 .284 49 85 24 70 0 Chad Kreuter C 80 212 .264 32 56 6 281 Paul Lo Duca C/LF/RF/3B 34 65 .246 6 16 2 8 0 Adam Melhuse C 1 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Karros 1B 155 584 .250 84 146 31 106 4 Mark Grudzielanek 2B/SS 148 617 .279 101172 7 49 12 Alex Cora SS/2B 109 353 .238 39 84 4 32 4 Adrián Beltré 3B/SS 138 510 .290 71 14820 85 12 Kevin Elster SS/3B/1B 80 220.227 29 50 14 32 0 Dave Hansen 1B/3B/LF 102 121.289 18 35 8 26 0 José Vizcaíno SS/3B/2B/1B 40 93 .204 9 19 0 41 Jim Leyritz 1B/C/LF/RF 41 60 .200 3 12 1 80 Chris Donnels 3B/LF 27 34.294 8 10 4 9 0 Jeff Branson 2B/3B/SS 18 17 .235 3 4 0 00 Hiram Bocachica 2B 8 10.300 2 3 0 0 0 Shawn Green RF/CF 162 610 .269 98 164 24 99 24 Todd Hollandsworth CF/LF/RF 81 261 .234 42 61 8 24 11 Gary Sheffield LF 141 501 .325 105 163 43 109 4 Tom Goodwin CF/LF 56 211 .251 29 53 1 11 16 Devon White CF 47 158 .266 26424 10 3 F.P. Santangelo CF/LF/RF/2B 81 142 .197 19 28 1 9 3 Gerónimo Berroa LF/RF/1B 24 31 .258 2 8 0 5 0 Bruce Aven LF 9 20 .250 2 5 2 4 0 Shawn Gilbert LF/CF 15 20 .150 5 3 1 3 0 Mike Metcalfe CF/LF/2B 4 12 .083 0 1 0 0 0

2000 Awards 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Kevin Brown reserve Gary Sheffield reserve NL Player of the Week Gary Sheffield (June 12–18) Gary Sheffield (July 9–16) Chan Ho Park (Sep. 18–24)

Farm system

Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, eight of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was right-handed pitcher Ben Diggins from the University of Arizona. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002 and appeared in five games with them as a starting pitcher that season with an 0–4 record and an 8.63 ERA. Those would be the only Major League games he would appear in as he was out of baseball after a few more years in the minors.

The second round pick, pitcher Joel Hanrahan from Norwalk High School would be the only moderately successful player in this draft class. He became a two-time All-Star as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher Koyie Hill (round 4) would catch on as a backup catcher for several teams, most notably the Chicago Cubs.

2000 draft picksRoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1 Ben DigginsRHPUniversity of ArizonaYes2001–2006MLB2Joel HanrahanRHPNorwalk High SchoolYes2000–2013MLB3Jeff TibbsRHP Davis High SchoolYes2000–2002Rookie4Koyie HillCWichita State UniversityYes2000–2014 MLB5Heath TottenRHPLamar UniversityYes2000–2008AAA6Greg WithelderLHPWilmington CollegeYes2000–2003A+7Jared PriceCMinico High SchoolYes2000–2011AAA8Jason HickmanLHPBall State UniversityYes2000–2002 Rookie9Humberto SánchezRHPSouth Bronx High SchoolNoTigers-20022002–2012MLB10Drew ToussaintCCentennial High SchoolNoAngels-2004 2004–2008 AA11Shane NanceLHPUniversity of HoustonYes2000–2005 MLB12Travis EziOFSouthwestern High SchoolYes2001–2009 AA13Ronte LangsOFOklahoma State UniversityYes 2000–2004 A+14Jonathan LorenzenRHP Katella High SchoolYes2000–2001 Rookie15Derek Michaelis1BRice UniversityYes 2000–2005 AAA16Adrian Mendoza1BCalifornia State University, NorthridgeYes 2000–2002 Rookie17Jason OlsonRHPArmstrong Atlantic State UniversityYes2000–2009AAA18Casey KennedyRHP University of Central FloridaYes2000–2003 A+19Kevin PoenitzschRHPGalveston CollegeNo 20Aaron RiceCA. B. Miller High SchoolNo 21Steve LangoneRHPBoston CollegeYes2000–2006AAA22Greg BauerRHPWichita State UniversityYes2000–2005 AA23Victor Martinez3BRanum High SchoolNo 24Zach LekseSS University of OklahomaNo 25Nathan LipowiczOF University of Central MissouriYes2000–2001 AAA26Nick AlvarezOF St. Thomas UniversityYes 2000–2006 AAA27Brian SteffekRHP Houston Baptist UniversityYes2000–2005 AA28Aron AndrewsRHP Auburn UniversityYes2000–2002A+29Ryan SadowskiRHP Western High SchoolNoGiants-2003 2003–2012 MLB30Clifton GlidewellLHP New Mexico State UniversityYes 2000 A-31Frank EspositoLHP Sierra CollegeNo 32Ryan JohansenRHPUniversity of South FloridaYes 2001–2002 A+33Brad JalbertOF St. Joseph's High SchoolNo 34Patrick HicklenRHP Oakland High SchoolNo Royals-2004 2004–2006 AA35Erik LohseRHP Sacramento City CollegeNo Twins-2001 2001–2005 AA36Dustin SchroerOF Johnston Heights High SchoolNo 37Víctor Díaz2B Clemente High SchoolYes 2001–2015 MLB38Brian BartonOF Westchester High SchoolNoIndians -2005 2005–2014 MLB39Demetrick Drumming2B Spartanburg Methodist CollegeNo 2003 Ind40Kyle BatemanRHP Central Arizona CollegeNo 41Mike LynchC Oak Forest High SchoolNoDodgers-2001 2002–2006 Rookie42Timi Moni-ErigbaliOF Columbus High SchoolNo Phillies-2002 2002–2005 A+43Daniel DescloudsRHP Sir Robert Borden High SchoolNo 44Josh MayoSS Sacramento City CollegeNo 45Justin GlennOF Cowley County Community CollegeNo 46Marcus DavilaRHP Key West High SchoolNo Pirates-2002 2002–2005 A+47Jason BlejwasRHP Vernon CollegeNo 48Jayson BerriosRHP Academia Discipulos de CristoNo 49Shaun KottRHP LP Miller ComprehensiveNo 50Brooks Bollinger3B University of Wisconsin at MadisonNo 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

References

External links 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page