2000 Kansas City Royals season

The 2000 Kansas City Royals season was the 32nd for the franchise, and their 28th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a record of 77 wins and 85 losses, finishing 4th in the American League Central.

2000 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Herk Robinson, Allard Baird
Manager(s)Tony Muser
Local televisionKMBC-TV
KCWE
FSN Rocky Mountain
(Paul Splittorff, Bob Davis)
Local radioKMBZ
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)
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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

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9567 0.586 — 46–35 49–32
Cleveland Indians 9072 0.556 5 48–33 42–39
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7785 0.475 18 42–39 35–46
Minnesota Twins 6993 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—7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore5–7—5–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston4–57–5—7–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago6–46–45–7—8–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland6–34–56–65–8—6–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit5–54–65–73–97–6—5–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City6–67–36–47–57–57–5—7–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota3–73–62–85–78–56–75–7—5–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–5—6–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–6—9–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–9—9–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–9—5–75–79–9
Texas5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–5—4–67–11
Toronto7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–4—9–9

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2000 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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.
CGregg Zaun8323464733.274
1BMike Sweeney15961820629144.333
2BCarlos Febles10033987229.257
3BJoe Randa15861218615106.304
SSRey Sánchez143509139138.273
LFMark Quinn1355001472078.294
CFCarlos Beltrán9837292744.247
RFJermaine Dye15760119333118.321
DHJohnny Damon1596552141688.327

[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 McCarty103270751253.278
Jeff Reboulet6618244014.242
Todd Dunwoody6117837123.208
Jorge Fábregas4314240317.282
Brian Johnson3712526418.208
Luis Ordaz6510423011.221

[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 Suppan352171094.94128
Mac Suzuki32188.28104.34135
Blake Stein17107.2854.6878
Chad Durbin1672.1258.2137
Brian Meadows1171.2624.7726
José Rosado527.2225.8615

[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 Witasick2289.1385.9467
Miguel Batista1457267.7430
Jeff D'Amico713.2019.229

[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 Bottalico6296164.8356

[8]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. https://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
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