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2000 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	2000
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	The Ballpark in Arlington
city	Arlington, Texas
owners	Tom Hicks
general_managers	Doug Melvin
managers	Johnny Oates
record	71–91 (.438)
divisional_place	4th
television	KXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
radio	KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)

KXAS-TV (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones) (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez) |}}

The 2000 Texas Rangers season was the 40th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 29th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 7th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Preseason

November 2, 1999: Juan González was traded by the Texas Rangers with Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, and Alan Webb (minors).
January 10, 2000: Jason McDonald signed with the Rangers as a free agent.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Iván Rodríguez, C
Rafael Palmeiro, 1B
Luis Alicea, 2B
Tom Evans, 3B
Royce Clayton, SS
Rusty Greer, LF
Rubén Mateo, CF
Gabe Kapler, RF
David Segui, DH
Kenny Rogers, LHP

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

July 3, 2000: Mark Clark was released by the Texas Rangers.
July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.
July 28, 2000: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for David Segui.

Roster

2000 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers

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

Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
Kenny Rogers, P, Gold Glove All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaju03.shtml Juan Gonzalez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com]
"Jason McDonald Stats".
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2000&t=TEX 2000 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkma01.shtml Mark Clark Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/loaizes01.shtml Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/ledeeri01.shtml Ricky Ledee Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com]

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