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2000 Kansas City Royals season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Royals
season	2000
league	American League
division	Central
ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record	77–85 ()
divisional_place	4th
owners	David Glass
general_managers	Herk Robinson, Allard Baird
managers	Tony Muser
television	KMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
radio	KMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)

KCWE FSN Rocky Mountain (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis) (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre) |}} The 2000 Kansas City Royals season was the 32nd season for the franchise, and their 28th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a record of 77 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the American League Central. The Royals failed to make the postseason for the 15th consecutive season.

Offseason

November 16, 1999: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
December 10, 1999: Doug Bochtler was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
December 17, 1999: Scott Service was released by the Royals.
January 27, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
March 7, 2000: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Royals by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

Regular season

June 28, 2000: Pitcher Jay Witasick threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs. This was accomplished in the second inning.

Opening Day roster

Carlos Beltrán
Johnny Damon
Jermaine Dye
Carlos Febles
Brian Johnson
Mark Quinn
Joe Randa
Rey Sánchez
Mac Suzuki
Mike Sweeney

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

2000 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
C	Gregg Zaun	83	234	64	36	7	33	.274	7
1B	Mike Sweeney	159	618	206	105	29	144	.333	8
2B	Carlos Febles	100	339	87	59	2	29	.257	17
3B	Joe Randa	158	612	186	88	15	106	.304	6
SS		143	509	139	68	1	38	.273	7
LF	Mark Quinn	135	500	147	76	20	78	.294	5
CF		98	372	92	49	7	44	.247	13
RF	Jermaine Dye	157	601	193	107	33	118	.321	0
DH	Johnny Damon	159	655	214	136	16	88	.327	46

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
David McCarty	103	270	75	12	53	.278
Jeff Reboulet	66	182	44	0	14	.242
Todd Dunwoody	61	178	37	1	23	.208
	43	142	40	3	17	.282
	37	125	26	4	18	.208
Luis Ordaz	65	104	23	0	11	.221
Héctor Ortiz	26	88	34	0	5	.386
Wilson Delgado	33	83	22	0	7	.265
Scott Pose	47	48	9	0	1	.188
Dee Brown	15	25	4	0	4	.160
Ray Holbert	3	4	1	0	0	.250

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
Jeff Suppan	35	217.0	10	9	4.94	128
Mac Suzuki	32	188.2	8	10	4.34	135
Blake Stein	17	107.2	8	5	4.68	78
Chad Durbin	16	72.1	2	5	8.21	37
Brian Meadows	11	71.2	6	2	4.77	26
	5	27.2	2	2	5.86	15

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
Dan Reichert	44	153.1	8	10	4.70	94
Jay Witasick	22	89.1	3	8	5.94	67
Chris Fussell	20	70.0	5	3	6.30	46
Miguel Batista	14	57.0	2	6	7.74	30
Brett Laxton	6	16.2	0	1	8.10	14
	7	13.2	0	1	9.22	9

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
Ricky Bottalico	62	9	6	16	4.83	56
Jerry Spradlin	50	4	4	7	5.52	54
José Santiago	45	8	6	2	3.91	44
Kris Wilson	20	0	1	0	4.19	17
Andy Larkin	18	0	3	1	8.84	17
Paul Spoljaric	13	0	0	0	6.52	6
Tim Byrdak	12	0	1	0	11.37	8
Jason Rakers	11	2	0	0	9.14	16
Scott Mullen	11	0	0	0	4.35	7
Dan Murray	10	0	0	0	4.66	16
Doug Bochtler	6	0	2	0	6.48	4
Brad Rigby	4	0	0	1	16.20	3

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Jermaine Dye, Outfield, Starter
Mike Sweeney, 1B, Reserve

Farm system

Notes

References

2000 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
2000 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moliniz01.shtml Izzy Molina] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Doug Bochtler Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bottari01.shtml Ricky Bottalico] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zaungr01.shtml Gregg Zaun] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/3_pitch_inning.shtml 3 Pitch Inning]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2000&t=KCA 2000 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2000.shtml 2000 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster] ''Baseball-Reference.com''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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