2000 San Francisco Giants season

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2000 San Francisco Giants
National League West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Pacific Bell Park (since 2000)
  • San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Magowan
General manager(s)Brian Sabean
Manager(s)Dusty Baker
Local televisionKTVU
(Mike Krukow, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKNBR
(Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 2000 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 118th season in Major League Baseball and their 43rd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, which was the best record in the major leagues in 2000. They lost the National League Division Series in four games to the New York Mets. The team played their first season in newly opened Pacific Bell Park. The Giants had 889 runs batted in (RBI), the most in franchise history,[1] while their 925 runs scored is the most in the club's San Francisco era.[2]

Offseason[]

  • December 12, 1999: Bobby Estalella was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brock.[3]

Regular season[]

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

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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
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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[]

  • June 5, 2000: Boof Bonser was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2000.[4]
  • July 3, 2000: Jalal Leach was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.[5]

Roster[]

2000 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • 12 Dusty Baker

Coaches

Pacific Bell Park[]

  • The opening series took place from April 11–13, 2000 against the Los Angeles Dodgers (the same team the Giants faced in their final series at Candlestick Park), and the Giants were swept in three games. In the first game of that series, the Giants lost 6-5, highlighted by three home runs from the Dodgers' Kevin Elster.
AT&T Park
  • The most prominent feature of the ballpark is the right field wall, which is 24 feet (7.3 m) high in honor of former Giant Willie Mays, who wore number 24. Because of the proximity to the San Francisco Bay, the right field foul pole is only 309 feet (94.2 m) from home plate. The wall is made of brick, with fenced off archways opening to the Cove beyond, above which are several rows of arcade seating. The fence angles quickly away from home plate; right-center field extends out to 421 feet (128 m) from home plate. Atop the fence are four pillars with fountains atop. These four pillars will burst jets of water when a Giant hits a home run.
The "Splash Hit" counter on the right field wall
  • Lining the foul portion of the wall are rubber chickens, which are put up by fans whenever a Giants player (especially Barry Bonds) is intentionally walked. The fans do this to show that the opposing team is "chicken" for not pitching right to the Giants players. To some old-timers, the right field area vaguely suggests the layout at the Polo Grounds. This deep corner of the ballpark has been dubbed "death valley" and "triples alley." Like its Polo Grounds counterpart, it is very difficult to hit a home run to this area, and a batted ball that finds its way into this corner often results in a triple.
The Coca-Cola bottle and old-fashioned glove
  • Beyond right field is a section of the bay, dubbed McCovey Cove after famed Giants first baseman Willie McCovey, into which a number of home runs have been hit on the fly. As of September 17, 2007, 45 "Splash Hits" had been knocked into the Cove by Giants players since the park opened; 35 of those were by Barry Bonds. Opponents had hit the water on the fly 15 times; Todd Hundley of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the first visitor to do so on June 30, 2000. Luis Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cliff Floyd of the Chicago Cubs are the only visiting players to do so twice, while Carlos Delgado of the New York Mets has performed the feat three times.[6] Across the cove from the ballpark is McCovey Point and China Basin Park, featuring monuments to past Giants legends.

Player stats[]

Batting[]

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 Bobby Estalella 106 299 70 .234 14 53
1B J.T. Snow 155 536 152 .284 19 96
2B Jeff Kent 159 587 196 .334 33 125
SS Rich Aurilia 141 509 138 .271 20 79
3B Bill Mueller 153 560 150 .268 10 55
LF Barry Bonds 143 480 147 .306 49 106
CF Marvin Benard 149 560 147 .263 12 55
RF Ellis Burks 122 393 135 .344 24 96

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Doug Mirabelli 82 230 53 .230 6 28
Armando Ríos 115 233 62 .266 10 50
Calvin Murray 108 194 47 .242 2 22
Ramón Martínez 88 189 57 .302 6 25
Russ Davis 80 180 47 .261 9 24
Felipe Crespo 89 131 38 .290 4 29
Terrell Lowery 24 34 15 .441 1 5
Juan Melo 11 13 1 .077 0 1
Damon Minor 10 9 4 .444 3 6
Scott Servais 7 8 2 .250 0 0
Pedro Feliz 8 7 2 .286 0 0

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Liván Hernández 33 240 17 11 3.75 165
Russ Ortiz 33 195.2 14 12 5.01 167
Shawn Estes 30 190.1 15 6 4.26 136
Kirk Reuter 32 184 11 9 3.96 71
Joe Nathan 20 93.1 5 2 5.21 61

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Gardner 30 149.1 11 7 4.05 92
Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games: W = Wins: L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Félix Rodríguez 76 4 2 3 2.64 95
Rob Nen 68 4 3 41 1.50 92
Alan Embree 63 3 5 2 4.95 49
Aaron Fultz 58 5 2 1 4.67 62
John Johnstone 47 3 4 0 6.30 37
Doug Henry 27 3 1 0 2.49 16
Miguel Del Toro 9 2 0 0 5.19 16
Ben Weber 9 0 1 0 14.63 6
Chad Zerbe 4 0 0 0 4.50 5
Ryan Vogelsong 4 0 0 0 0.00 6
Scott Linebrink 3 0 0 0 11.57 0

National League Divisional Playoffs[]

Main article: 2000 National League Division Series

San Francisco Giants vs. New York Mets[]

New York wins series, 3-1.

Game Score Date
1 San Francisco 5, New York 1 October 4
2 New York 5, San Francisco 4 (10 innings) October 5
3 New York 3, San Francisco 2 (13 innings) October 7
4 New York 4, San Francisco 0 October 8

Award winners[]

All-Star Game

  • Jeff Kent, Second Base, Starter
  • Barry Bonds elected to start but unable to play de to injury

National League Most Valuable Player Jeff Kent, Second Base

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Shane Turner
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Bill Hayes
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Lenn Sakata
A San Jose Giants California League Keith Comstock
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Fred Stanley
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Lemmie Miller

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References[]

  1. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, RBI>=800, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Runs Batted In". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, R>=850, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Runs Scored". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Bobby Estalella Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Boof Bonser Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Jalal Leach Stats".
  6. ^ "Splash Hits". SFGiants.com. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  7. ^ Ellis Burks, 2000 recipient
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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