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2000 Texas Rangers season

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2000 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
OwnersTom Hicks
General managersDoug Melvin
ManagersJohnny Oates
TelevisionKXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
RadioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
← 1999 Seasons 2001 →

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

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Regular season

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Opening day starters

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Gabe Kapler

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 91 70 .565 47‍–‍34 44‍–‍36
Seattle Mariners 91 71 .562 ½ 47‍–‍34 44‍–‍37
Anaheim Angels 82 80 .506 46‍–‍35 36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers 71 91 .438 20½ 42‍–‍39 29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC  MIN NYY OAK SEA TB  TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim 7–5 5–4 4–6 3–6 5–5 6–6 7–3 5–5 5–8 5–8 6–6 7–5 5–7 12–6
Baltimore 5–7 5–7 4–6 5–4 6–4 3–7 6–3 5–7 4–8 3–7 8–5 6–6 7–6 7–11
Boston 4–5 7–5 7–5 6–6 7–5 4–6 8–2 6–7 5–5 5–5 6–6 7–3 4–8 9–9
Chicago 6–4 6–4 5–7 8–5 9–3 5–7 7–5 8–4 6–3 7–5 6–4 5–5 5–5 12–6
Cleveland 6–3 4–5 6–6 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 5–5 6–6 7–2 8–2 6–4 8–4 13–5
Detroit 5–5 4–6 5–7 3–9 7–6 5–7 7–6 8–4 6–4 7–2 4–5 5–5 3–9 10–8
Kansas City 6–6 7–3 6–4 7–5 7–5 7–5 7–5 2–8 4–8 4–8 5–5 3–7 4–6 8–10
Minnesota 3–7 3–6 2–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 5–7 5–5 5–7 3–9 4–6 8–4 5–4 7–11
New York 5–5 7–5 7–6 4–8 5–5 4–8 8–2 5–5 6–3 4–6 6–6 10–2 5–7 11–6
Oakland 8–5 8–4 5–5 3–6 6–6 4–6 8–4 7–5 3–6 9–4 7–2 5–7 7–3 11–7
Seattle 8–5 7–3 5–5 5–7 2–7 2–7 8–4 9–3 6–4 4–9 9–3 7–5 8–2 11–7
Tampa Bay 6–6 5–8 6–6 4–6 2–8 5–4 5–5 6–4 6–6 2–7 3–9 5–7 5–7 9–9
Texas 5–7 6–6 3–7 5–5 4–6 5–5 7–3 4–8 2–10 7–5 5–7 7–5 4–6 7–11
Toronto 7–5 6–7 8–4 5–5 4–8 9–3 6–4 4–5 7–5 3–7 2–8 7–5 6–4 9–9

Transactions

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  • 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

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2000 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Iván Rodríguez 91 363 126 .347 27 83
1B Rafael Palmeiro 158 565 163 .288 39 120
2B Luis Alicea 139 540 159 .294 6 63
SS Royce Clayton 148 513 124 .242 14 54
3B Mike Lamb 138 493 137 .278 6 47
LF Rusty Greer 105 394 117 .297 8 65
CF Gabe Kapler 116 444 134 .302 14 66
RF Ricky Ledée 58 213 50 .235 4 38
DH David Segui 93 351 118 .336 11 57

Other batters

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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
Chad Curtis 108 335 91 .272 8 48
Frank Catalanotto 103 282 82 .291 10 42
Ruben Mateo 52 206 60 .291 7 19
Bill Haselman 62 193 53 .275 6 26
Scarborough Green 79 124 29 .234 0 9
Scott Sheldon 58 124 35 .282 4 19
Dave Martinez 38 119 32 .269 2 12
Jason McDonald 38 94 22 .234 3 13
Ruben Sierra 20 60 14 .233 1 7
Tom Evans 23 54 15 .278 0 5
Pedro Valdés 30 54 15 .278 1 5
B.J. Waszgis 24 45 10 .222 0 4
Randy Knorr 15 34 10 .294 2 2
Kelly Dransfeldt 16 26 3 .115 0 2
Michael Young 2 2 0 .000 0 0

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
Kenny Rogers 34 227.1 13 13 4.55 127
Rick Helling 35 217.0 16 13 4.48 146
Darren Oliver 21 108.0 2 9 7.42 49
Esteban Loaiza 20 107.1 5 6 5.37 75
Ryan Glynn 16 88.2 5 7 5.58 33

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
Matt Perisho 34 105.0 2 7 7.37 74
Doug Davis 30 98.2 7 6 5.38 66
Mark Clark 12 44.0 3 5 7.98 16
Brian Sikorski 10 37.2 1 3 5.73 32
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
John Wetteland 62 6 5 34 4.20 53
Mike Venafro 77 3 1 1 3.83 32
Tim Crabtree 68 2 7 2 5.15 54
Jeff Zimmerman 65 4 5 1 5.30 74
Francisco Cordero 56 1 2 0 5.35 49
Jonathan Johnson 15 1 1 0 6.21 23
Darwin Cubillán 13 0 0 0 10.70 13
Mike Munoz 7 0 1 0 13.50 1
Danny Kolb 1 0 0 0 67.50 0
Scott Sheldon 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League DeMarlo Hale
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones and Jim Byrd
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Jim Byrd and Bobby Miscik
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Paul Carey
Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Bruce Crabbe
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Darryl Kennedy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

References

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  1. ^ Juan Gonzalez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Jason McDonald Stats".
  3. ^ 2000 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  4. ^ Mark Clark Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Ricky Ledee Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com