2000 Kansas City Royals season

2000 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Herk Robinson, Allard Baird
Manager(s)	Tony Muser
Local television	KMBC-TV KCWE FSN Rocky Mountain (Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radio	KMBZ (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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The 2000 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 4th in the American League Central with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

• November 16, 1999: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[1]
• December 10, 1999: Doug Bochtler was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[2]
• December 17, 1999: Scott Service was released by the Royals.^[3]
• January 27, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[4]
• March 7, 2000: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Royals by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.^[5]

Regular season

• June 28, 2000: Pitcher Jay Witasick threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.^[6] 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 ^[7]

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	95	67	0.586	—	46–35	49–32
Cleveland Indians	90	72	0.556	5	48–33	42–39
Detroit Tigers	79	83	0.488	16	43–38	36–45
Kansas City Royals	77	85	0.475	18	42–39	35–46
Minnesota Twins	69	93	0.426	26	36–45	33–48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–5	5–4	4–6	3–6	5–5	6–6	7–3	5–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	12–6
Baltimore	5–7	—	5–7	4–6	5–4	6–4	3–7	6–3	5–7	4–8	3–7	8–5	6–6	7–6	7–11
Boston	4–5	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	4–6	8–2	6–7	5–5	5–5	6–6	7–3	4–8	9–9
Chicago	6–4	6–4	5–7	—	8–5	9–3	5–7	7–5	8–4	6–3	7–5	6–4	5–5	5–5	12–6
Cleveland	6–3	4–5	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	5–7	5–8	5–5	6–6	7–2	8–2	6–4	8–4	13–5
Detroit	5–5	4–6	5–7	3–9	7–6	—	5–7	7–6	8–4	6–4	7–2	4–5	5–5	3–9	10–8
Kansas City	6–6	7–3	6–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	7–5	2–8	4–8	4–8	5–5	3–7	4–6	8–10
Minnesota	3–7	3–6	2–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	5–7	—	5–5	5–7	3–9	4–6	8–4	5–4	7–11
New York	5–5	7–5	7–6	4–8	5–5	4–8	8–2	5–5	—	6–3	4–6	6–6	10–2	5–7	11–6
Oakland	8–5	8–4	5–5	3–6	6–6	4–6	8–4	7–5	3–6	—	9–4	7–2	5–7	7–3	11–7
Seattle	8–5	7–3	5–5	5–7	2–7	2–7	8–4	9–3	6–4	4–9	—	9–3	7–5	8–2	11–7
Tampa Bay	6–6	5–8	6–6	4–6	2–8	5–4	5–5	6–4	6–6	2–7	3–9	—	5–7	5–7	9–9
Texas	5–7	6–6	3–7	5–5	4–6	5–5	7–3	4–8	2–10	7–5	5–7	7–5	—	4–6	7–11
Toronto	7–5	6–7	8–4	5–5	4–8	9–3	6–4	4–5	7–5	3–7	2–8	7–5	6–4	—	9–9

Roster

2000 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 35 Miguel Batista 39 Doug Bochtler 52 Ricky Bottalico 58 Tim Byrdak 56 Jeff D'Amico 33 Chad Durbin 49 Chris Fussell 54 Andy Larkin 32 Brett Laxton 59 Brian Meadows 57 Scott Mullen 57 Dan Murray 31 Jason Rakers 54 Dan Reichert 30 Brad Rigby 50 José Rosado 46 José Santiago 22 Paul Spoljaric 48 Jerry Spradlin 41 Blake Stein 37 Jeff Suppan 55 Mac Suzuki 51 Kris Wilson 47 Jay Witasick		Catchers  2 Jorge Fábregas 19 Brian Johnson 22 Héctor Ortiz 44 Gregg Zaun Infielders 19 Wilson Delgado  3 Carlos Febles  4 Ray Holbert  6 David McCarty  8 Luis Ordaz 16 Joe Randa 12 Jeff Reboulet  1 Rey Sánchez 29 Mike Sweeney		Outfielders 36 Carlos Beltrán 27 Dee Brown 18 Johnny Damon 17 Todd Dunwoody 24 Jermaine Dye 38 Scott Pose 52 Mark Quinn		Manager 40 Tony Muser Coaches 43 Tom Burgmeier (bullpen) 25 Rich Dauer (third base) 23 Lamar Johnson (hitting)  9 Jamie Quirk (bench) 30 Brent Strom (pitching) 20 Frank White (first base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	HR	RBI	Avg.
C	Gregg Zaun	83	234	64	7	33	.274
1B	Mike Sweeney	159	618	206	29	144	.333
2B	Carlos Febles	100	339	87	2	29	.257
3B	Joe Randa	158	612	186	15	106	.304
SS	Sánchez, ReyRey Sánchez	143	509	139	1	38	.273
LF	Mark Quinn	135	500	147	20	78	.294
CF	Beltrán, CarlosCarlos Beltrán	98	372	92	7	44	.247
RF	Jermaine Dye	157	601	193	33	118	.321
DH	Johnny Damon	159	655	214	16	88	.327

^[8]

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	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
Fábregas, JorgeJorge Fábregas	43	142	40	3	17	.282
Johnson, BrianBrian Johnson	37	125	26	4	18	.208
Luis Ordaz	65	104	23	0	11	.221

^[8]

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	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
Rosado, JoséJosé Rosado	5	27.2	2	2	5.86	15

^[8]

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
Jay Witasick	22	89.1	3	8	5.94	67
Miguel Batista	14	57	2	6	7.74	30
D'Amico, JeffJeff D'Amico	7	13.2	0	1	9.22	9

^[8]

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

^[8]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Golden Spikes	Pacific Coast League	John Mizerock
AA	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	Keith Bodie
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Jeff Garber
A	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	Joe Szekely
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Tom Poquette
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Ron Karkovice and Andre David

^[9]

Notes

1. Izzy Molina at Baseball-Reference
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bochtdo01.shtml
3. Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
4. Ricky Bottalico at Baseball-Reference
5. Gregg Zaun at Baseball-Reference
6. 3 Pitch Inning
7. 2000 Kansas City Royals Roster by Baseball Almanac
8. 2000 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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