The 2000 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 118th season in Major League Baseball and their 43rd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, which was the best record in the major leagues in 2000. They lost the NLDS in four games to the New York Mets. The team played their first season in newly opened Pacific Bell Park. The Giants had 889 runs batted in (RBI), the most in franchise history, while their 925 runs scored is the most in the club's San Francisco era.
Offseason December 12, 1999: Bobby Estalella was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brock.Bobby Estalella Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Transactions June 5, 2000: Boof Bonser was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2000.Boof Bonser Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com July 3, 2000: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
Roster 2000 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches
Pacific Bell Park The opening series took place from April 11–13, 2000 against the Los Angeles Dodgers (the same team the Giants faced in their final series at Candlestick Park), and the Giants were swept in three games. In the first game of that series, the Giants lost 6–5, highlighted by three home runs from the Dodgers' Kevin Elster.
The most prominent feature of the ballpark is the right field wall, which is high in honor of former Giant Willie Mays, who wore number 24. Because of the proximity to the San Francisco Bay, the right field foul pole is only from home plate. The wall is made of brick, with fenced off archways opening to the Cove beyond, above which are several rows of arcade seating. The fence angles quickly away from home plate; right-center field extends out to from home plate. Atop the fence are four pillars with fountains atop. These four pillars will burst jets of water when a Giant hits a home run.
Lining the foul portion of the wall are rubber chickens, which are put up by fans whenever a Giants player (especially Barry Bonds) is intentionally walked. The fans do this to show that the opposing team is "chicken" for not pitching right to the Giants players. To some old-timers, the right field area vaguely suggests the layout at the Polo Grounds. This deep corner of the ballpark has been dubbed "death valley" and "triples alley." Like its Polo Grounds counterpart, it is very difficult to hit a home run to this area, and a batted ball that finds its way into this corner often results in a triple.
Beyond right field is a section of the bay, dubbed McCovey Cove after famed Giants first baseman Willie McCovey, into which a number of home runs have been hit on the fly. As of September 17, 2007, 45 "Splash Hits" had been knocked into the Cove by Giants players since the park opened; 35 of those were by Barry Bonds. Opponents had hit the water on the fly 15 times; Todd Hundley of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the first visitor to do so on June 30, 2000. Luis Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cliff Floyd of the Chicago Cubs are the only visiting players to do so twice, while Carlos Delgado of the New York Mets has performed the feat three times. Across the cove from the ballpark is McCovey Point and China Basin Park, featuring monuments to past Giants legends.
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 Bobby Estalella 106 299 70 .234 14 53 1B J.T. Snow 155 536 152 .284 19 96 2B Jeff Kent 159 587 196 .334 33 125 SS Rich Aurilia 141 509 138 .271 20 79 3B Bill Mueller 153 560 150 .268 10 55 LF Barry Bonds 143 480 147 .306 49 106 CF Marvin Benard 149 560 147 .263 12 55 RF Ellis Burks 122 393 135 .344 24 96
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 Armando Ríos 115 233 62 .266 10 50 Doug Mirabelli 82 230 53 .230 6 28 Calvin Murray 108 194 47 .242 2 22 Ramón Martínez 88 189 57 .302 6 25 Russ Davis 80 180 47 .261 9 24 Felipe Crespo 89 131 38 .290 4 29 Terrell Lowery 24 34 15 .441 1 5 Juan Melo 11 13 1 .077 0 1 Damon Minor 10 9 4 .444 3 6 Scott Servais 7 8 2 .250 0 0 Pedro Feliz 8 7 2 .286 0 0
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Liván Hernández 33 240.0 17 11 3.75 165 Russ Ortiz 33 195.2 14 12 5.01 167 Shawn Estes 30 190.1 15 6 4.26 136 Kirk Reuter 32 184.0 11 9 3.96 71 Joe Nathan 20 93.1 5 2 5.21 61
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 Mark Gardner 30 149.1 11 7 4.05 92
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games: W = Wins: L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Robb Nen 68 4 3 41 1.50 92 Félix Rodríguez 76 4 2 3 2.64 95 Alan Embree 63 3 5 2 4.95 49 Aaron Fultz 58 5 2 1 4.67 62 John Johnstone 47 3 4 0 6.30 37 Doug Henry 27 3 1 0 2.49 16 Miguel Del Toro 9 2 0 0 5.19 16 Ben Weber 9 0 1 0 14.63 6 Chad Zerbe 4 0 0 0 4.50 5 Ryan Vogelsong 4 0 0 0 0.00 6 Scott Linebrink 3 0 0 0 11.57 0
National League Divisional Playoffs
San Francisco Giants vs. New York Mets New York wins series, 3–1. GameScoreDate1San Francisco 5, New York 1 October 42New York 5, San Francisco 4 (10 innings) October 53New York 3, San Francisco 2 (13 innings) October 74New York 4, San Francisco 0 October 8
Award winners Ellis Burks, Outfield,Ellis Burks, 2000 recipient Willie Mac Award All-Star Game Jeff Kent, second base, starter Barry Bonds elected to start but unable to play due to injury National League Most Valuable Player: Jeff Kent, Second Base
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 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference 2000 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac