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2000 Boston Red Sox season
Major League Baseball team season
The 2000 Boston Red Sox season was the 100th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, 2+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 2000 World Series. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Seattle Mariners, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 91–71.
Quick Facts Boston Red Sox, League ...
| 2000 Boston Red Sox | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Division | East | |||
| Ballpark | Fenway Park | |||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
| Record | 85–77 (.525) | |||
| Divisional place | 2nd (2+1⁄2 GB) | |||
| Owners | JRY Trust | |||
| President | John Harrington | |||
| General manager | Dan Duquette | |||
| Manager | Jimy Williams | |||
| Television | WFXT (Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy) NESN (Bob Kurtz, Bob Rodgers, Jerry Remy) | |||
| Radio | WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WRCA (Bobby Serano Hector Martinez and J.P. Villaman) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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- Pedro Martínez became the first pitcher in Major League history to amass more than twice as many strikeouts (284) than hits allowed (128) in a season.[1]
Season standings
More information W, L ...
| AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 87 | 74 | 0.540 | — | 44–36 | 43–38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 2½ | 42–39 | 43–38 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 4½ | 45–36 | 38–43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 13½ | 44–37 | 30–51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 92 | 0.429 | 18 | 36–44 | 33–48 |
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Record vs. opponents
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| 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 | ||
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More information Team, ATL ...
| Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
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| Boston | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
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Transactions
- April 26, 2000: Curtis Pride was sent to the Boston Red Sox by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.[2]
- June 5, 2000: Freddy Sanchez was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.[3]
- July 2, 2000: Hanley Ramirez was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.[4]
- July 8, 2000: Curtis Pride was released by the Boston Red Sox.[2]
- August 3, 2000: Rico Brogna was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.[5]
- August 31, 2000: Dante Bichette was obtained by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chris Reitsma and minor leaguer John Curtice.[6]
- August 31, 2000: Midre Cummings was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox for Hector De Los Santos (minors).[7]
- September 9, 2000: Lew Ford was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Hector Carrasco.[8]
Opening Day Line Up
| 30 | José Offerman | 2B |
| 13 | John Valentin | 3B |
| 2 | Carl Everett | CF |
| 5 | Nomar Garciaparra | SS |
| 24 | Mike Stanley | 1B |
| 25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
| 6 | Gary Gaetti | DH |
| 33 | Jason Varitek | C |
| 20 | Darren Lewis | RF |
| 45 | Pedro Martínez | P |
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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; SB = Stolen Bases
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| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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| C | Jason Varitek | 139 | 448 | 111 | .248 | 10 | 65 | 1 |
| 1B | Brian Daubach | 142 | 495 | 123 | .248 | 21 | 76 | 1 |
| 2B | Jose Offerman | 116 | 451 | 115 | .255 | 9 | 41 | 0 |
| SS | Nomar Garciaparra | 140 | 529 | 197 | .372 | 21 | 96 | 5 |
| 3B | Wilton Veras | 49 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| LF | Troy O'Leary | 138 | 513 | 134 | .261 | 13 | 70 | 0 |
| CF | Carl Everett | 137 | 496 | 149 | .300 | 34 | 108 | 11 |
| RF | Trot Nixon | 123 | 427 | 118 | .276 | 12 | 60 | 8 |
| DH | Dante Bichette | 30 | 114 | 33 | .289 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
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| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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| Darren Lewis | 97 | 270 | 65 | .241 | 2 | 17 | 10 |
| Jeff Frye | 69 | 239 | 69 | .289 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Scott Hatteberg | 92 | 230 | 61 | .265 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
| Manny Alexander | 101 | 194 | 41 | .211 | 4 | 19 | 2 |
| Mike Stanley | 58 | 185 | 41 | .222 | 10 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Lansing | 49 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lou Merloni | 40 | 128 | 41 | .320 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Ed Sprague | 33 | 111 | 24 | .216 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Donnie Sadler | 49 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Bernard Gilkey | 36 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Morgan Burkhart | 25 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Rico Brogna | 43 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Izzy Alcántara | 21 | 45 | 13 | .289 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| John Valentin | 10 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Midre Cummings | 21 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Sheets | 12 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Pride | 9 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Gaetti | 5 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Berry | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Pedro Martinez | 29 | 29 | 217.0 | 18 | 6 | 1.74 | 284 |
| Jeff Fassero | 38 | 23 | 130.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.78 | 97 |
| Ramon Martinez | 27 | 27 | 127.2 | 10 | 8 | 6.13 | 89 |
| Pete Schourek | 21 | 21 | 107.1 | 3 | 10 | 5.11 | 63 |
| Rolando Arrojo | 13 | 13 | 71.1 | 5 | 2 | 5.05 | 44 |
| Tomo Ohka | 13 | 12 | 69.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.12 | 40 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Derek Lowe | 74 | 91.1 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 2.56 | 79 |
| Rich Garces | 64 | 74.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3.25 | 69 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 64 | 68.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.61 | 43 |
| Hipolito Pichardo | 38 | 65.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3.46 | 37 |
| Rod Beck | 34 | 40.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 | 35 |
| Bryce Florie | 29 | 49.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.56 | 34 |
| John Wasdin | 25 | 44.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.04 | 36 |
| Sang-hoon Lee | 9 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 6 |
| Rob Stanifer | 8 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 3 |
| Tim Young | 8 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 6 |
| Héctor Carrasco | 8 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.45 | 7 |
| Rich Croushore | 5 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 3 |
| Dan Smith | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 1 |
| Jesús Peña | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Tim Wakefield | 51 | 17 | 159.1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5.48 | 102 |
| Brian Rose | 15 | 12 | 53.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6.11 | 24 |
| Paxton Crawford | 7 | 4 | 29.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 17 |
| Steve Ontiveros | 3 | 1 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
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April: 12–9
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May: 17–10
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June: 9–18
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July: 16–11
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August: 15–13
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September/October: 16–16
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- Awards
- Pedro Martínez – AL Pitcher of the Month (April)
- Accomplishments
- Pedro Martínez – Lowest WHIP, (0.74)[10]
- Carl Everett, reserve OF
- Nomar Garciaparra, reserve SS
- Derek Lowe, reserve P
- Pedro Martínez, reserve P (did not attend)
See also: Minor League Baseball
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In addition to the DSL Red Sox, the team shared a DSL team with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[11]
VSL cooperative was with the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins.[citation needed]
Source:[12][13]
- Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.128, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- "2000 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.40, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 2000. p. 300. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.