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2000 Toronto Blue Jays season
Major League Baseball team season
The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 24th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. It was the team's first season with new mascots Ace and Diamond.
Quick Facts Toronto Blue Jays, League ...
| 2000 Toronto Blue Jays | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Division | East | |||
| Ballpark | SkyDome | |||
| City | Toronto | |||
| Record | 83–79 (.512) | |||
| Divisional place | 3rd | |||
| Owners | Rogers Communications, Interbrew | |||
| General managers | Gord Ash | |||
| Managers | Jim Fregosi | |||
| Television | CBC Television (Brian Williams, Rich Waltz, John Cerutti) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez) CTV Sportsnet (Rod Black, Joe Carter) | |||
| Radio | CHUM (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews) | |||
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Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2000 season.[1]
October 1999
| October 5 | Norberto Martin granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 1, 1999). |
| October 7 | Rob Butler granted free agency. |
| October 15 | Alex Delgado granted free agency. Willie Greene granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $395,000 contract on January 19, 2000). Chris Jones granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on February 27, 2000). Adam Melhuse granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 15, 1999). |
| October 20 | Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1999)d. Released John Hudek. |
| October 29 | Graeme Lloyd granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a three-year, $9 million contract on December 20, 1999). David Segui granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $4.325 million contract on January 18, 2000). |
November 1999
| November 3 | Brian McRae granted free agency. |
| November 5 | Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Seibu Lions of the NPB to a one-year contract). |
| November 8 | Acquired Pedro Borbón Jr. and Raúl Mondesí from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green and Jorge Núñez. |
| November 10 | Signed free agent Charlie Greene from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract. |
| November 11 | Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on January 27, 2000). Acquired Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric. |
| November 12 | Signed free agent Darwin Cubillán from the New York Yankees to a contract. |
| November 16 | Released Mike Matheny. |
| November 17 | Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Chicago White Sox to a contract. |
December 1999
| December 7 | Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract. Re-signed Willis Otáñez to a one-year contract. |
| December 10 | Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a three-year, $36 million contract. |
| December 13 | Jim Mann drafted by the New York Mets in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Brian Smith drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted DeWayne Wise from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 21 | Signed free agent Frank Castillo from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a one-year, $375,000 contract. |
January 2000
| January 4 | Re-signed Tony Batista to a four-year, $16 million contract. |
| January 6 | Signed free agent Robert Ellis from the Houston Astros to a contract. |
| January 18 | Re-signed free agent David Segui to a one-year, $4.325 contract. |
| January 19 | Re-signed Homer Bush to a three-year, $7.3 million contract. |
February 2000
| February 16 | Signed free agent Eric Gunderson from the Texas Rangers to a one-year contract. |
March 2000
| March 14 | Signed free agent Robert Pérez from the Orix BlueWave of the NPB to a one-year contract. |
| March 16 | As part of three-team trade, acquired Brad Fullmer from the Montreal Expos. Traded David Segui and cash to the Texas Rangers. In addition, Montreal Expos acquired Lee Stevens from the Texas Rangers. |
| March 22 | Jim Mann returned by the New York Mets. Acquired Jerson Perez from the New York Mets for Jim Mann. |
| March 26 | Signed free agent Glenn Williams from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |
| March 27 | Signed free agent Marty Cordova from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract. |
| March 28 | Nerio Rodríguez selected off of waivers by the New York Mets. |
| March 29 | Anthony Sanders selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners. |
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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Transactions
Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2000 regular season.[2]
April 2000
| April 10 | Signed free agent Todd Greene of the Anaheim Angels to a contract. |
| April 28 | Released Mark Dalesandro. |
May 2000
| May 23 | Released Robert Ellis. Casey Blake selected off of waivers by the Minnesota Twins. |
June 2000
| June 12 | Acquired Francisco Álvarez from the Minnesota Twins for Mike Romano. |
July 2000
| July 19 | Acquired Esteban Loaiza from the Texas Rangers for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young. |
| July 25 | Acquired Alvin Morrow from the Milwaukee Brewers for Kevin Brown. |
| July 26 | Sent Eric Gunderson to San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal. Acquired Rob Ducey from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (John Sneed on July 31, 2000). |
| July 28 | Released Brendan Donnelly. |
| July 31 | Acquired Mark Guthrie and Steve Trachsel from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brent Abernathy. |
August 2000
| August 4 | Acquired Dave Martinez from the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later (Pete Munro on August 8, 2000). |
| August 5 | Acquired Mickey Morandini from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (Rob Ducey on August 7, 2000). |
2000 Draft picks
Source [3]
The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.
More information Round, Pick ...
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Nationality |
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| 1 | 18 | Miguel Negron | OF | Manuela Toro High School (Caguas, PR) |  |
| 1s | 33 | Dustin McGowan | RHP | Long County High School |  |
| 2 | 45 | Peter Bauer | RHP | University of South Carolina | |
| 2 | 58 | Dominic Rich | 2B | Auburn University | |
| 3 | 88 | Morrin Davis | OF | Hillsborough High School | |
| 4 | 118 | Raul Tablado | SS | Miami Southridge High School | |
| 5 | 148 | Mike Smith | RHP | University of Richmond | |
| 6 | 178 | Rich Thompson | OF | James Madison University | |
| 7 | 208 | Aaron Sisk | 3B | University of New Mexico | |
| 8 | 238 | David Abbott | RHP | University of Arizona | |
| 9 | 268 | Nom Siriveaw | 3B | Oklahoma State University |  |
| 10 | 298 | Jerrod Payne | RHP | University of North Florida | |
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Roster
Game log
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Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases
More information Pos, Player ...
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB |
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| C | Darrin Fletcher | 122 | 416 | 43 | 133 | 20 | 58 | .320 | 214 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 162 | 569 | 115 | 196 | 41 | 137 | .344 | 378 |
| 2B | Homer Bush | 76 | 297 | 38 | 64 | 1 | 18 | .215 | 75 |
| SS | Alex Gonzalez | 141 | 527 | 68 | 133 | 15 | 69 | .252 | 213 |
| 3B | Tony Batista | 154 | 620 | 96 | 163 | 41 | 114 | .263 | 322 |
| LF | Shannon Stewart | 136 | 583 | 107 | 186 | 21 | 69 | .319 | 302 |
| CF | José Cruz Jr. | 162 | 603 | 91 | 146 | 31 | 76 | .242 | 281 |
| RF | Raúl Mondesí | 96 | 388 | 78 | 105 | 24 | 67 | .271 | 203 |
| DH | Brad Fullmer | 133 | 482 | 76 | 142 | 32 | 104 | .295 | 269 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB |
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| Craig Grebeck | 66 | 241 | 38 | 71 | 3 | 23 | .295 | 99 |
| Marty Cordova | 62 | 200 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 18 | .245 | 68 |
| Alberto Castillo | 66 | 185 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 16 | .211 | 49 |
| Dave Martinez | 47 | 180 | 29 | 56 | 2 | 22 | .311 | 74 |
| Mickey Morandini | 35 | 107 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 7 | .271 | 33 |
| Chris Woodward | 37 | 104 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 14 | .183 | 35 |
| Todd Greene | 34 | 85 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 10 | .235 | 37 |
| DeWayne Wise | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .136 | 3 |
| Rob Ducey | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | . 154 | 3 |
| Chad Mottola | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .222 | 2 |
| Charlie Greene | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 1 |
| Andy Thompson | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | 1 |
| Vernon Wells | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Josh Phelps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| David Wells | 35 | 229.2 | 20 | 8 | 4.11 | 166 |
| Chris Carpenter | 34 | 175.1 | 10 | 12 | 6.26 | 113 |
| Frank Castillo | 25 | 138.0 | 10 | 5 | 3.59 | 104 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 14 | 92.0 | 5 | 7 | 3.62 | 62 |
| Steve Trachsel | 11 | 63.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.29 | 32 |
| Joey Hamilton | 6 | 33.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.55 | 15 |
| Pasqual Coco | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Kelvim Escobar | 43 | 180.0 | 10 | 15 | 5.35 | 142 |
| Roy Halladay | 19 | 67.2 | 4 | 7 | 10.64 | 44 |
| Peter Munro | 9 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.96 | 16 |
| Clayton Andrews | 8 | 20.2 | 1 | 2 | 10.02 | 12 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Billy Koch | 68 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 2.63 | 60 |
| Paul Quantrill | 68 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4.52 | 47 |
| John Frascatore | 60 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.42 | 30 |
| Pedro Borbón Jr. | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.48 | 29 |
| Lance Painter | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 53 |
| Mark Guthrie | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.79 | 20 |
| Matt DeWitt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.56 | 6 |
| Darwin Cubillán | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.04 | 14 |
| Eric Gunderson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 2 |
| Leo Estrella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 3 |
| John Bale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 6 |
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- Carlos Delgado, Hank Aaron Award
- Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
- Carlos Delgado, The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
- David Wells, P, starter
- Carlos Delgado, 1B, reserve
- Tony Batista, 3B, reserve[5]
See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Pat Kelly and Mel Queen |
| AA | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | Rocket Wheeler |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Marty Pevey |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Rolando Pino |
| A-Short Season | Queens Kings | New York–Penn League | Eddie Rodríguez |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Paul Elliott |
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- "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- "Feature: 2000 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- 2000 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 2000 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac