2000 Florida Marlins season explained

Florida Marlins
Season:	2000
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Pro Player Stadium
City:	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record:	79–82 (.491)
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	John W. Henry
General Managers:	Dave Dombrowski
Managers:	John Boles
Television:	FSN Florida WAMI-TV (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Radio:	WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez)

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, third in the National League East.

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]

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.
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	CatchersInfielders	OutfieldersOther batters	ManagerCoaches (bench) (pitching) (third base) (first base) (hitting) (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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	87	210	53	.252	0	15
1B	158	477	134	.281	28	70
2B	136	539	180	.334	2	17
SS	109	385	77	.200	7	42
3B	140	508	137	.270	22	91
LF	121	420	126	.300	22	91
CF	161	605	160	.264	31	121
RF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
123	259	67	.259	14	42
82	210	53	.252	1	21
104	192	47	.245	5	27
69	164	40	.244	3	10
56	161	39	.242	0	14
50	138	33	.239	2	14
36	108	29	.269	2	10
44	89	17	.191	4	12
41	73	14	.192	2	6
34	49	15	.306	1	7
14	24	8	.333	0	0
10	18	4	.222	0	0
8	13	1	.077	0	2
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	226.1	14	10	3.66	209
32	182.0	9	12	5.34	123
22	125.0	4	10	4.82	50
19	122.2	6	6	3.23	118
23	119.2	8	7	4.81	80
13	82.2	3	7	4.79	57
8	52.1	4	4	4.13	27
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

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
68	5	6	45	4.24	47
73	5	1	2	4.41	29
67	4	2	0	4.86	46
56	2	3	0	4.54	59
56	5	3	0	4.06	59
45	6	4	0	4.25	40
21	1	0	0	2.63	14
18	1	0	0	6.04	27
18	1	1	1	7.32	18

Farm system

External links

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

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/santajo02.shtml Johan Santana Statistics
Web site: Bruce Aven Stats.
Web site: The Ballplayers – Randy Johnson baseballbiography.com . August 12, 2008 . mdy-all .
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simonra01.shtml Randall Simon Statistics
Web site: Henry Rodriguez Stats.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007