2000 Baltimore Orioles season

Offseason

• December 7, 1999: Doug Linton was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
• December 10, 1999: Jesse Orosco was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Chuck McElroy.
• December 22, 1999: Buddy Groom was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

• Cal Ripken Jr.'s 1999 season ended early due to injury when he was only 9 hits away from joining the 3,000 hit club. He finally achieved the milestone early in the 2000 season when he singled off reliever Héctor Carrasco in a game against the Minnesota Twins on April 15, 2000, in the Metrodome. Ripken had a good night at the plate, getting three hits, the third of which was the milestone. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200004150MIN The Twins distributed a commemorative certificate to the fans as they left the Metrodome after the game.
• On October 1, 2000, Albert Belle hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• July 28, 2000: Mike Bordick was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Lesli Brea, Mike Kinkade, Melvin Mora, and Pat Gorman (minors).
• July 28, 2000: Rich Amaral was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
• July 29, 2000: Charles Johnson was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Harold Baines to the Chicago White Sox for Brook Fordyce, Jason Lakman (minors), Juan Figueroa (minors), and Miguel Felix (minors).
• July 31, 2000: Will Clark was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for José León.
• July 31, 2000: B. J. Surhoff was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Gabe Molina to the Atlanta Braves for Trenidad Hubbard, Fernando Lunar, and Luis Rivera.

Roster

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

Awards and records

• Albert Belle, American League record, Most RBIs in the final season of a career (103)

References

References

1. "Doug Linton Stats {{!".
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oroscje01.shtml Jesse Orosco Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
3. "Buddy Groom Stats".
4. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac]
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordimi01.shtml Mike Bordick Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
6. "Rich Amaral Stats".
7. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsch04.shtml Charles Johnson Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
8. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkwi02.shtml Will Clark Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
9. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/surhob.01.shtml B. J. Surhoff Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
11. ''Baseball America 2001 Directory.'' Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2001
12. ''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0