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

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

Gabe Kapler

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 91 70 0.565 — 47–34 44–36
Seattle Mariners 91 71 0.562 ½ 47–34 44–37
Anaheim Angels 82 80 0.506 9½ 46–35 36–45
Texas Rangers 71 91 0.438 20½ 42–39 29–52

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League record

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

Roster

2000 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 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

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

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
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

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

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

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

  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
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