2000 Florida Marlins season

2000 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993) Eastern Division (since 1993)
Location
Pro Player Stadium (since 1993) Miami Gardens, Florida (since 1993)
Results
Record	79–82 (.491)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Henry
General manager(s)	Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)	John Boles
Local television	FSN Florida WAMI-TV (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Local radio	WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez)
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The Florida Marlins' 2000 season was the eighth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1999. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79-82, 3rd in the NL East.

Offseason[]

• December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Jared Camp (minors).^[1]
• December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.^[2]

Regular season[]

• On September 10, 2000, Randy Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout as he struck out Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.^[3]

Season standings[]

v t NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
New York Mets	94	68	0.580	1	55–26	39–42
Florida Marlins	79	82	0.491	15½	43–38	36–44
Montreal Expos	67	95	0.414	28	37–44	30–51
Philadelphia Phillies	65	97	0.401	30	34–47	31–50

Record vs. opponents[]

2000 National League Records v t 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

Transactions[]

• April 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.^[4]
• May 8, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Florida Marlins.^[4]
• July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).^[5]

Citrus Series[]

2000 Citrus Series split 3-3

• June 9- @ Devil Rays 6- Marlins 4
• June 10- Marlins 5- @ Devil Rays 1
• June 11- @ Devil Rays 7- Marlins 6
• July 7- Devil Rays 8- @ Marlins 3
• July 8- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 5
• July 9- @ Marlins 10- Devil Rays 9

Roster[]

2000 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 55 Armando Almanza 26 Manny Aybar 29 Ricky Bones 43 A. J. Burnett 38 Reid Cornelius 22 Vic Darensbourg 46 Ryan Dempster 32 Alex Fernandez 37 Jason Grilli 41 Braden Looper 47 Ron Mahay 34 Dan Miceli 36 Vladimir Núñez 28 Brad Penny 21 Jesús Sánchez 23 Chuck Smith 50 Joe Strong		Catchers  6 Paul Bako 17 Ramón Castro 14 Sandy Martínez 52 Mike Redmond Infielders 10 Dave Berg  1 Luis Castillo  2 Chris Clapinski  6 Andy Fox 11 Álex González 25 Derrek Lee 19 Mike Lowell 15 Kevin Millar  3 Pablo Ozuna 26 Nate Rolison		Outfielders 23 Danny Bautista 37 Brant Brown 30 Cliff Floyd  7 Mark Kotsay 26 Henry Rodríguez 18 Mark Smith 44 Preston Wilson Other batters  9 Mendy López		Manager 13 John Boles Coaches 12 Joe Breeden (bench) 31 Rich Dubee (pitching) 33 Fredi González (third base) 22 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 16 Jack Maloof (hitting)  8 Tony Taylor (bullpen)

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
SS	Álex González	109	385	77	.200	7	42

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

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

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

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

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Lynn Jones
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Rick Renteria
A	Brevard County Manatees	Florida State League	Dave Huppert
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Russ Morman
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Jon Deeble
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Boles

^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• 2000 Marlins
• 2000 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac