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2000 Kansas City Royals season

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2000 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place4th
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersHerk Robinson, Allard Baird
ManagersTony Muser
TelevisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
RadioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Kansas City Royals season was the 32nd season for the franchise, and their 28th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a record of 77 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the American League Central. The Royals failed to make the postseason for the 15th consecutive season.

Offseason

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  • November 16, 1999: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[1]
  • December 10, 1999: Doug Bochtler was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[2]
  • December 17, 1999: Scott Service was released by the Royals.[3]
  • January 27, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Royals.[4]
  • March 7, 2000: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Royals by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.[5]

Regular season

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  • June 28, 2000: Pitcher Jay Witasick threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.[6] This was accomplished in the second inning.

Opening Day roster

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Season standings

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9567 .586 — 46‍–‍35 49‍–‍32
Cleveland Indians 9072 .556 5 48‍–‍33 42‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 7983 .488 16 43‍–‍38 36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 7785 .475 18 42‍–‍39 35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins 6993 .426 26 36‍–‍45 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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2000 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2000
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Anaheim—7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore5–7—5–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston4–57–5—7–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago6–46–45–7—8–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland6–34–56–65–8—6–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit5–54–65–73–97–6—5–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City6–67–36–47–57–57–5—7–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota3–73–62–85–78–56–75–7—5–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–5—6–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–6—9–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–9—9–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–9—5–75–79–9
Texas5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–5—4–67–11
Toronto7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–4—9–9

Roster

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2000 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos Player G AB H R HR RBI Avg. SB
CGregg Zaun832346436733.2747
1BMike Sweeney15961820610529144.3338
2BCarlos Febles1003398759229.25717
3BJoe Randa1586121868815106.3046
SSRey Sánchez14350913968138.2737
LFMark Quinn135500147762078.2945
CFCarlos Beltrán983729249744.24713
RFJermaine Dye15760119310733118.3210
DHJohnny Damon1596552141361688.32746

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Other batters

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

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
David McCarty103270751253.278
Jeff Reboulet6618244014.242
Todd Dunwoody6117837123.208
Jorge Fábregas4314240317.282
Brian Johnson3712526418.208
Luis Ordaz6510423011.221
Héctor Ortiz26883405.386
Wilson Delgado33832207.265
Scott Pose4748901.188
Dee Brown1525404.160
Ray Holbert34100.250

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Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Suppan35217.01094.94128
Mac Suzuki32188.28104.34135
Blake Stein17107.2854.6878
Chad Durbin1672.1258.2137
Brian Meadows1171.2624.7726
José Rosado527.2225.8615

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Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Reichert44153.18104.7094
Jay Witasick2289.1385.9467
Chris Fussell2070.0536.3046
Miguel Batista1457.0267.7430
Brett Laxton616.2018.1014
Jeff D'Amico713.2019.229

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Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ricky Bottalico6296164.8356
Jerry Spradlin504475.5254
José Santiago458623.9144
Kris Wilson200104.1917
Andy Larkin180318.8417
Paul Spoljaric130006.526
Tim Byrdak1201011.378
Jason Rakers112009.1416
Scott Mullen110004.357
Dan Murray100004.6616
Doug Bochtler60206.484
Brad Rigby400116.203

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Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

  • Jermaine Dye, Outfield, Starter
  • Mike Sweeney, 1B, Reserve

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Golden Spikes Pacific Coast League John Mizerock
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Keith Bodie
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jeff Garber
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Joe Szekely
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tom Poquette
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Ron Karkovice and Andre David

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Izzy Molina at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ "Doug Bochtler Stats".
  3. ↑ Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Ricky Bottalico at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Gregg Zaun at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ 3 Pitch Inning
  7. ↑ 2000 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 2000 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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