2000 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	2000
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	74–88 (.457)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Peter Angelos
General Managers:	Syd Thrift
Managers:	Mike Hargrove
Television:	WJZ-TV Home Team Sports (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)

The 2000 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 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.^[1]
December 10, 1999: Jesse Orosco was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Chuck McElroy.^[2]
December 22, 1999: Buddy Groom was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[3]

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. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200004150MIN 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.^[4]

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).^[5]
July 28, 2000: Rich Amaral was released by the Baltimore Orioles.^[6]
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).^[7]
July 31, 2000: Will Clark was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for José León.^[8]
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.^[9]

2000 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	84	286	84	.294	21	55
1B	79	256	77	.301	9	28
2B	151	561	166	.296	10	86
SS	100	391	116	.297	16	59
3B	83	309	79	.256	15	56
LF	103	411	120	.292	13	57
CF	141	506	130	.257	19	50
RF	141	559	157	.281	23	103
DH	72	222	59	.266	10	30

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
119	409	116	.284	13	46
53	199	58	.291	2	17
56	199	55	.276	13	36
72	182	41	.225	1	17
49	180	46	.256	5	19
53	177	57	.322	9	28
71	163	44	.270	2	21
43	125	28	.224	3	12
26	88	21	.239	0	9
32	84	11	.131	0	3
30	60	13	.217	0	6
23	60	13	.217	0	6
31	27	5	.185	0	0
14	17	1	.059	0	0
9	16	2	.125	0	1
8	16	0	.000	0	0
3	11	3	.273	0	0
2	8	1	.125	0	3
3	7	3	.429	0	1

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	237.2	11	15	3.79	210
32	222.0	9	13	4.82	152
31	174.0	9	12	5.90	106
16	92.2	5	8	7.87	41
8	36.1	2	4	7.18	28

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	145.2	14	7	4.02	70
25	107.2	1	10	7.02	79
7	24.0	1	1	6.00	11
15	23.1	0	0	9.64	18
6	9.0	0	1	11.00	5

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
25	0	1	13	2.39	17
75	4	5	4	4.13	72
70	6	3	4	4.85	44
43	3	0	0	4.69	50
42	2	3	0	5.91	41
37	2	3	11	4.89	26
23	2	0	1	6.46	18
13	1	0	0	6.92	10
9	0	0	0	9.00	8
5	2	2	0	7.36	5
5	0	0	0	25.07	6
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Delmarva^[10] ^[11]

Albert Belle, American League record, Most RBIs in the final season of a career (103)^[12]

Web site: Doug Linton Stats Baseball-Reference.com.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oroscje01.shtml Jesse Orosco Statistics
Web site: Buddy Groom Stats.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordimi01.shtml Mike Bordick Statistics
Web site: Rich Amaral Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsch04.shtml Charles Johnson Statistics
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkwi02.shtml Will Clark Statistics
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/surhob.01.shtml B. J. Surhoff Statistics
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Baseball America 2001 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2001
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,