2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2000 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fox Entertainment Group
General manager(s)	Kevin Malone
Manager(s)	Davey Johnson
Local television	Fox Sports Net West 2; KTLA (5)
Local radio	XTRA Sports 1150 Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
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In 2000, the Dodgers set a club record for home runs with 211, led by Gary Sheffield, who tied Duke Snider's single-season club mark with 43. Eric Karros became the L.A. Dodger all-time leader with his 229th home run and Dave Hansen set a Major League record with seven pinch-hit home runs. Kevin Brown led the league in E.R.A. with 2.58 and rookie pitcher Matt Herges started the season 8-0, the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela to open the season with eight straight victories. The Dodgers won 86 games, but failed to make the post-season, finishing second in the Western Division of the National League. Manager Davey Johnson was fired after the season and replaced with bench coach Jim Tracy.

Offseason

• November 8, 1999: Acquired Shawn Green and Jorge Nunez from the Toronto Blue Jays for Raúl Mondesí and Pedro Borbón, Jr.
• December 12, 1999: Acquired Terry Adams, Chad Ricketts and Brian Stephenson from the Chicago Cubs for Ismael Valdez and Eric Young
• March 15, 2000: Craig Counsell was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• April 1, 2000: Acquired Kenny Lutz from the Cincinnati Reds for Juan Castro

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	97	65	0.599	—	55–26	42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	11	44–37	42–39
Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77	0.525	12	47–34	38–43
Colorado Rockies	82	80	0.506	15	48–33	34–47
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	21	41–40	35–46

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League Records 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

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Devon White	Center fielder
Mark Grudzielanek	Second baseman
Gary Sheffield	Left fielder
Shawn Green	Right fielder
Eric Karros	First baseman
Todd Hundley	Catcher
Adrián Beltré	Third baseman
Kevin Elster	Shortstop
Kevin Brown	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• June 13, 2000: Acquired Al Reyes from the Baltimore Orioles for Alan Mills
• June 20, 2000: Acquired Jim Leyritz from the New York Yankees for José Vizcaíno
• July 26, 2000: Acquired Ismael Valdez from the Chicago Cubs for Jamie Arnold and Jorge Piedra
• July 31, 2000: Acquired Tom Goodwin from the Colorado Rockies for Todd Hollandsworth, Randey Dorame and Kevin Gibbs
• August 6, 2000: Acquired Bruce Aven from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash

Roster

2000 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 51 Terry Adams 52 Jamie Arnold 27 Kevin Brown 37 Darren Dreifort 56 Mike Fetters 48 Éric Gagné 49 Matt Herges 55 Orel Hershiser 60 Mike Judd 50 Onan Masaoka 46 Trever Miller 75 Alan Mills 40 Gregg Olson 13 Antonio Osuna 61 Chan Ho Park 33 Carlos Pérez 57 Luke Prokopec 52,59 Al Reyes 41 Jeff Shaw 59 Ismael Valdes 54 Jeff Williams		Catchers  9 Todd Hundley 21 Chad Kreuter 16 Paul Lo Duca Infielders 29 Adrián Beltré 66 Hiram Bocachica 45 Jeff Branson  3 Alex Cora 50 Chris Donnels 43 Kevin Elster  8 Mark Grudzielanek 25 Dave Hansen 23 Eric Karros 18 Jim Leyritz  7 José Vizcaíno		Outfielders 47 Bruce Aven 17 Gerónimo Berroa 47 Shawn Gilbert 28 Tom Goodwin 15 Shawn Green 28 Todd Hollandsworth 45 Mike Metcalfe 14 F. P. Santangelo 10 Gary Sheffield 22 Devon White Other batters 45 Adam Melhuse		Manager  5 Davey Johnson Coaches 26 Rick Dempsey (bullpen) 44 Rick Down (hitting) 35 Glenn Hoffman (third base) 11 Manny Mota 38 Claude Osteen (pitching) 31 John Shelby (1st base) 12 Jim Tracy (bench) 17 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Chan Ho Park	34	34	226.0	18-10	3.27	124	217	3
Kevin Brown	33	33	230.0	13-6	2.58	47	216	5
Darren Dreifort	32	32	197.2	12-9	4.16	87	164	1
Carlos Perez	30	22	144.0	5-8	5.56	33	64	0
Éric Gagné	20	19	101.3	4-6	5.15	60	79	0
Ismael Valdez	9	8	40.0	0-3	6.08	13	29	0
Orel Hershiser	10	6	24.7	1-5	13.14	14	13	0
Luke Prokopec	5	3	21.0	1-1	3.00	9	12	0
Mike Judd	1	1	4.0	0-1	15.75	3	5	0

Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Jeff Shaw	60	0	57.3	3-4	4.24	16	39	27
Terry Adams	66	0	84.3	6-9	3.52	39	56	2
Matt Herges	59	4	110.7	11-3	3.17	40	75	1
Mike Fetters	51	0	50.0	6-2	3.24	25	40	5
Antonio Osuna	46	0	67.3	3-6	3.74	35	70	0
Onan Masaoka	29	0	27.0	1-1	4.00	15	27	0
Alan Mills	18	0	25.7	2-1	4.21	16	18	1
Gregg Olson	13	0	17.7	0-1	5.09	7	15	0
Jamie Arnold	2	0	6.7	0-0	4.05	5	3	0
Al Reyes	6	0	6.7	0-0	0.00	1	8	0
Jeff Williams	7	0	5.7	0-0	15.88	8	3	0
Trever Miller	2	0	2.3	0-0	23.14	3	1	0

Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Todd Hundley	C	90	299	.284	49	85	24	70	0
Chad Kreuter	C	80	212	.264	32	56	6	28	1
Paul Lo Duca	C/LF/RF/3B	34	65	.246	6	16	2	8	0
Adam Melhuse	C	1	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Karros	1B	155	584	.250	84	146	31	106	4
Mark Grudzielanek	2B/SS	148	617	.279	101	172	7	49	12
Alex Cora	SS/2B	109	353	.238	39	84	4	32	4
Adrián Beltré	3B/SS	138	510	.290	71	148	20	85	12
Kevin Elster	SS/3B/1B	80	220	.227	29	50	14	32	0
Dave Hansen	1B/3B/LF	102	121	.289	18	35	8	26	0
José Vizcaíno	SS/3B/2B/1B	40	93	.204	9	19	0	4	1
Jim Leyritz	1B/C/LF/RF	41	60	.200	3	12	1	8	0
Chris Donnels	3B/LF	27	34	.294	8	10	4	9	0
Jeff Branson	2B/3B/SS	18	17	.235	3	4	0	0	0
Hiram Bocachica	2B	8	10	.300	2	3	0	0	0
Shawn Green	RF/CF	162	610	.269	98	164	24	99	24
Todd Hollandsworth	CF/LF/RF	81	261	.234	42	61	8	24	11
Gary Sheffield	LF	141	501	.325	105	163	43	109	4
Tom Goodwin	CF/LF	56	211	.251	29	53	1	11	16
Devon White	CF	47	158	.266	26	42	4	10	3
F.P. Santangelo	CF/LF/RF/2B	81	142	.197	19	28	1	9	3
Gerónimo Berroa	LF/RF/1B	24	31	.258	2	8	0	5	0
Bruce Aven	LF	9	20	.250	2	5	2	4	0
Shawn Gilbert	LF/CF	15	20	.150	5	3	1	3	0
Mike Metcalfe	CF/LF/2B	4	12	.083	0	1	0	0	0

2000 Awards

• 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Kevin Brown reserve
  • Gary Sheffield reserve
• NL Player of the Week
  • Gary Sheffield (June 12–18)
  • Gary Sheffield (July 9–16)
  • Chan Ho Park (Sep. 18–24)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Dukes	Pacific Coast League	Tom Gamboa
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Rick Burleson
High A	San Bernardino Stampede	California League	Dino Ebel
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	John Shoemaker
A-Short Season	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Butch Hughes
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Juan Bustabad
Rookie	DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2	Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 2000 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, eight of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was right handed pitcher Ben Diggins from the University of Arizona. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002 and appeared in five games with them as a starting pitcher that season with an 0-4 record and a 8.63 ERA. Those would be the only Major League games he would appear in as he was out of baseball after a few more years in the minors.

The second round pick, pitcher Joel Hanrahan from Norwalk High School would be the only moderately successful player in this draft class. He became a two-time All-Star as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher Koyie Hill (round 4) would catch on as a backup catcher for several teams, most notably the Chicago Cubs.

2000 Draft Picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Ben Diggins RHP University of Arizona Yes 2001–2006 MLB 2 Joel Hanrahan RHP Norwalk High School Yes 2000–present MLB 3 Jeff Tibbs RHP Davis High School Yes 2000–2002 Rookie 4 Koyie Hill C Wichita State University Yes 2000–present MLB 5 Heath Totten RHP Lamar University Yes 2000–2008 AAA 6 Greg Withelder LHP Wilmington College Yes 2000–2003 A+ 7 Jared Price C Minico High School Yes 2000–2011 AAA 8 Jason Hickman LHP Ball State University Yes 2000–2002 Rookie 9 Humberto Sánchez RHP South Bronx High School No Tigers-2002 2002–2012 MLB 10 Drew Toussaint C Centennial High School No Angels-2004 2004–2008 AA 11 Shane Nance LHP University of Houston Yes 2000–2005 MLB 12 Travis Ezi OF Southwestern High School Yes 2001–2009 AA 13 Ronte Langs OF Oklahoma State University Yes 2000–2004 A+ 14 Jonathan Lorenzen RHP Katella High School Yes 2000–2001 Rookie 15 Derek Michaelis 1B Rice University Yes 2000–2005 AAA 16 Adrian Mendoza 1B California State University, Northridge Yes 2000–2002 Rookie 17 Jason Olson RHP Armstrong Atlantic State University Yes 2000–2009 AAA 18 Casey Kennedy RHP University of Central Florida Yes 2000–2003 A+ 19 Kevin Poenitzsch RHP Galveston College No 20 Aaron Rice C A. B. Miller High School No 21 Steve Langone RHP Boston College Yes 2000–2006 AAA 22 Greg Bauer RHP Wichita State University Yes 2000–2005 AA 23 Victor Martinez 3B Ranum High School No 24 Zach Lekse SS University of Oklahoma No 25 Nathan Lipowicz OF University of Central Missouri Yes 2000–2001 AAA 26 Nick Alvarez OF St. Thomas University Yes 2000–2006 AAA 27 Brian Steffek RHP Houston Baptist University Yes 2000–2005 AA 28 Aron Andrews RHP Auburn University Yes 2000–2002 A+ 29 Ryan Sadowski RHP Western High School No Giants-2003 2003–2012 MLB 30 Clifton Glidewell LHP New Mexico State University Yes 2000 A- 31 Frank Esposito LHP Sierra College No 32 Ryan Johansen RHP University of South Florida Yes 2001–2002 A+ 33 Brad Jalbert OF St. Joseph's High School No 34 Patrick Hicklen RHP Oakland High School No Royals-2004 2004–2006 AA 35 Erik Lohse RHP Sacramento City College No Twins-2001 2001–2005 AA 36 Dustin Schroer OF Johnston Heights High School No 37 Víctor Díaz 2B Clemente High School Yes 2001–present MLB 38 Brian Barton OF Westchester High School No Indians -2005 2005–2014 MLB 39 Demetrick Drumming 2B Spartanburg Methodist College No 2003 Ind 40 Kyle Bateman RHP Central Arizona College No 41 Mike Lynch C Oak Forest High School No Dodgers-2001 2002–2006 Rookie 42 Timi Moni-Erigbali OF Columbus High School No Phillies-2002 2002–2005 A+ 43 Daniel Desclouds RHP Sir Robert Borden High School No 44 Josh Mayo SS Sacramento City College No 45 Justin Glenn OF Cowley County Community College No 46 Marcus Davila RHP Key West High School No Pirates-2002 2002–2005 A+ 47 Jason Blejwas RHP Vernon College No 48 Jayson Berrios RHP Academia Discipulos de Cristo No 49 Shaun Kott RHP LP Miller Comprehensive No 50 Brooks Bollinger 3B University of Wisconsin at Madison No

External links

• 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page