2000 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 2000 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, 3rd in the NL East.

2000 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993) Eastern Division (since 1993)
Location
Pro Player Stadium (since 1993) Miami Gardens, Florida (since 1993)
Results
Record	79–82 (.491)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Henry
General manager(s)	Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)	John Boles
Local television	FSN Florida WAMI-TV (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Local radio	WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez)
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Offseason

• December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Jared Camp (minors).^[1]
• December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.^[2]

Regular season

• On September 10, 2000, Randy Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout as he struck out Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.^[3]

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
New York Mets	94	68	0.580	1	55–26	39–42
Florida Marlins	79	82	0.491	15½	43–38	36–44
Montreal Expos	67	95	0.414	28	37–44	30–51
Philadelphia Phillies	65	97	0.401	30	34–47	31–50

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record v t e Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	3–6	5–4	2–5	7–6	4–5	6–1	7–6	4–5	4–5	2–7	8–1	7–2	9–4	6–7	5–4	6–9
Atlanta	6–3	—	4–5	2–5	5–4	6–6	5–4	7–2	6–3	6–7	7–6	8–5	5–2	8–1	6–3	3–4	11–7
Chicago	4–5	5–4	—	4–8	4–5	1–6	5–7	3–6	6–7	4–5	2–5	6–3	3–9	3–5	4–5	3–10	8–7
Cincinnati	5–2	5–2	8–4	—	6–3	3–6	7–5	4–5	5–8–1	6–3	5–4	3–4	7–6	4–5	3–6	7–6	7–8
Colorado	6–7	4–5	5–4	3–6	—	4–5	5–4	4–9	4–5	7–2	3–6	6–3	7–2	7–6	6–7	5–3	6–6
Florida	5–4	6–6	6–1	6–3	5–4	—	3–5	2–7	3–4	7–6	6–6	9–4	5–4	2–7	3–6	3–6	8–9
Houston	1–6	4–5	7–5	5–7	4–5	5–3	—	3–6	7–6	4–5	2–5	5–4	10–3	2–7	1–8	6–6	6–9
Los Angeles	6–7	2–7	6–3	5–4	9–4	7–2	6–3	—	3–4	5–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	8–5	7–5	3–6	6–9
Milwaukee	5–4	3–6	7–6	8–5–1	5–4	4–3	6–7	4–3	—	4–5	2–7	2–5	7–5	2–7	3–6	5–7	6–9
Montreal	5–4	7–6	5–4	3–6	2–7	6–7	5–4	3–5	5–4	—	3–9	5–7	3–4	3–6	3–6	2–5	7–11
New York	7–2	6–7	5–2	4–5	6–3	6–6	5–2	5–4	7–2	9–3	—	6–7	7–2	3–6	3–5	6–3	9–9
Philadelphia	1–8	5–8	3–6	4–3	3–6	4–9	4–5	4–5	5–2	7–5	7–6	—	3–6	2–5	2–7	2–7	9–9
Pittsburgh	2–7	2–5	9–3	6–7	2–7	4–5	3–10	5–4	5–7	4–3	2–7	6–3	—	7–2	2–6	4–8	6–9
San Diego	4–9	1–8	5–3	5–4	6–7	7–2	7–2	5–8	7–2	6–3	6–3	5–2	2–7	—	5–7	0–9	5–10
San Francisco	7–6	3–6	5–4	6–3	7–6	6–3	8–1	5–7	6–3	6–3	5–3	7–2	6–2	7–5	—	5–4	8–7
St. Louis	4–5	4–3	10–3	6–7	3–5	6–3	6–6	6–3	7–5	5–2	3–6	7–2	8–4	9–0	4–5	—	7–8

Transactions

• April 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[4]
• May 8, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Florida Marlins.^[4]
• July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).^[5]

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 57 Antonio Alfonseca 55 Armando Almanza 26 Manny Aybar 29 Ricky Bones 43 A. J. Burnett 38 Reid Cornelius 22 Vic Darensbourg 46 Ryan Dempster 32 Alex Fernandez 37 Jason Grilli 41 Braden Looper 47 Ron Mahay 34 Dan Miceli 36 Vladimir Núñez 28 Brad Penny 21 Jesús Sánchez 23 Chuck Smith 50 Joe Strong		Catchers  6 Paul Bako 17 Ramón Castro 14 Sandy Martínez 52 Mike Redmond Infielders 10 Dave Berg  1 Luis Castillo  2 Chris Clapinski  6 Andy Fox 11 Álex González 25 Derrek Lee 19 Mike Lowell 15 Kevin Millar  3 Pablo Ozuna 26 Nate Rolison		Outfielders 23 Danny Bautista 37 Brant Brown 30 Cliff Floyd  7 Mark Kotsay 26 Henry Rodríguez 18 Mark Smith 44 Preston Wilson Other batters  9 Mendy López		Manager 13 John Boles Coaches 12 Joe Breeden (bench) 31 Rich Dubee (pitching) 33 Fredi González (third base) 22 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 16 Jack Maloof (hitting)  8 Tony Taylor (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	Álex González	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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Lynn Jones
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Rick Renteria
A	Brevard County Manatees	Florida State League	Dave Huppert
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Russ Morman
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Jon Deeble
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Boles

^[6]

References

1. Johan Santana Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. "Bruce Aven Stats".
3. "The Ballplayers – Randy Johnson | baseballbiography.com". Retrieved August 12, 2008.
4. Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. "Henry Rodriguez Stats".
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2000 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac