2000 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	2000
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	The Ballpark in Arlington
City:	Arlington, Texas
Owners:	Tom Hicks
General Managers:	Doug Melvin
Managers:	Johnny Oates
Record:	71–91 (.438)
Divisional Place:	4th
Television:	KXTX-TV KXAS-TV (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
Radio:	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)

The Texas Rangers 2000 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Preseason

• November 2, 1999: Juan González was traded by the Texas Rangers with Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, and Alan Webb (minors).^[1]
• January 10, 2000: Jason McDonald signed with the Rangers as a free agent.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

• Iván Rodríguez, C
• Rafael Palmeiro, 1B
• Luis Alicea, 2B
• Tom Evans, 3B
• Royce Clayton, SS
• Rusty Greer, LF
• Rubén Mateo, CF
• Gabe Kapler, RF
• David Segui, DH
• Kenny Rogers, LHP^[3]

Transactions

• July 3, 2000: Mark Clark was released by the Texas Rangers.^[4]
• July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.^[5]
• July 28, 2000: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for David Segui.^[6]

Roster

2000 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Bench) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (First Base) (Third Base)

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		91	363	126	.347	27	83
1B		158	565	163	.288	39	120
2B		139	540	159	.294	6	63
SS		148	513	124	.242	14	54
3B		138	493	137	.278	6	47
LF		105	394	117	.297	8	65
CF		116	444	134	.302	14	66
RF		58	213	50	.235	4	38
DH		93	351	118	.336	11	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
	108	335	91	.272	8	48
	103	282	82	.291	10	42
	52	206	60	.291	7	19
	62	193	53	.275	6	26
	79	124	29	.234	0	9
	58	124	35	.282	4	19
	38	119	32	.269	2	12
	38	94	22	.234	3	13
	20	60	14	.233	1	7
	23	54	15	.278	0	5
	30	54	15	.278	1	5
	24	45	10	.222	0	4
	15	34	10	.294	2	2
	16	26	3	.115	0	2
	2	2	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
	34	227.1	13	13	4.55	127
	35	217.0	16	13	4.48	146
	21	108.0	2	9	7.42	49
	20	107.1	5	6	5.37	75
	16	88.2	5	7	5.58	33

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
	34	105.0	2	7	7.37	74
	30	98.2	7	6	5.38	66
	12	44.0	3	5	7.98	16
	10	37.2	1	3	5.73	32

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
	62	6	5	34	4.20	53
	77	3	1	1	3.83	32
	68	2	7	2	5.15	54
	65	4	5	1	5.30	74
	56	1	2	0	5.35	49
	15	1	1	0	6.21	23
	13	0	0	0	10.70	13
	7	0	1	0	13.50	1
	1	0	0	0	67.50	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

• Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
• Kenny Rogers, P, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaju03.shtml Juan Gonzalez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
2. Web site: Jason McDonald Stats.
3. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2000&t=TEX 2000 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkma01.shtml Mark Clark Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/loaizes01.shtml Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/ledeeri01.shtml Ricky Ledee Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com

• 2000 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 3rd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2007. 978-1-932391-17-6.