2000 Atlanta Braves season

The 2000 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 35th season in Atlanta along with the 125th season in the National League and 130th overall. The Braves won their sixth consecutive division title, however, the 2000 season would mark the first time since 1990 that the Braves did not appear in the National League Championship Series in a non-strike season. One of the highlights of the season was that the All-Star Game was held at Turner Field in Atlanta.

2000 Atlanta Braves
National league East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Time Warner
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Bobby Cox
Local televisionTBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Al Downing, Brett Butler, Bob Rathbun)
Local radioWSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
WATB
(Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
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Offseason
  • December 22, 1999: Bret Boone was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Ryan Klesko and Jason Shiell to the San Diego Padres for Wally Joyner, Reggie Sanders, and Quilvio Veras.[1]
  • January 12, 2000: Howard Battle was purchased by the Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • January 20, 2000: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[3]
  • January 28, 2000: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[4]
  • February 22, 2000: Steve Avery was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[5]
  • March 31, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Atlanta Braves.[6]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

All-Star game

The 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Atlanta. It was the 71st midsummer classic featuring the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The game was played on July 11, 2000 at Turner Field.

Five members of the Braves were part of the All-Star Game. Andrés Galarraga and Chipper Jones started at first base and third base, respectively. Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were part of the team as well.

The 2000 All-Star Game was one of the few occurrences in which the manager of the host team also managed the home team of the game, in this case, the National League (Bobby Cox had led the Braves to the World Series the previous year earning the right to manage the National League). The final score was 6-3 for the American League.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
New York Mets 9468 0.580 1 55–26 39–42
Florida Marlins 7982 0.491 15½ 43–38 36–44
Montreal Expos 6795 0.414 28 37–44 30–51
Philadelphia Phillies 6597 0.401 30 34–47 31–50

Record vs. opponents
2000 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta 6–3—4–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago 4–55–4—4–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati 5–25–28–4—6–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado 6–74–55–43–6—4–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida 5–46–66–16–35–4—3–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston 1–64–57–55–74–55–3—3–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles 6–72–76–35–49–47–26–3—3–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee 5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–3—4–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal 5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–4—3–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York 7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–3—6–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia 1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–6—3–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh 2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–3—7–22–64–86–9
San Diego 4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–7—5–70–95–10
San Francisco 7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–5—5–48–7
St. Louis 4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–5—7–8

Transactions
  • June 5, 2000: Kelly Johnson was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2000.[8]
  • June 5, 2000: Tony Gwynn, Jr. was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.[9]
  • July 29, 2000: Stan Belinda was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[10]
  • 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.[11]
  • August 25, 2000: Rich Amaral was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[12]
  • September 12, 2000: Stan Belinda was released by the Atlanta Braves.[10]

Roster
2000 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJavy López134481138.2872489
1BAndres Gallaraga141494149.30228100
2BQuilvio Veras8429892.309537
SSRafael Furcal131455134.295437
3BChipper Jones156579180.31136111
LFReggie Sanders10334079.2321137
CFAndruw Jones161656199.30336104
RFBrian Jordan133489129.2641777

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
Keith Lockhart11327573.265232
Bobby Bonilla11423961.255528
Wally Joyner11922463.281532
Walt Weiss8019250.260018
B.J. Surhoff4412837.289111
Trent Hubbard618115.18516
Paul Bako245811.19026
Fernando Lunar225410.18505
George Lombard27394.10302
Steve Sisco25275.18512
Eddie Pérez7224.18203
Mark DeRosa22134.30803
Tim Unroe450.00000
Wes Helms651.20000
Brian Hunter221.50011
Pedro Swann420.00000
Mike Hubbard210.00000

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
Greg Maddux35249.11993.00190
Tom Glavine352412193.40152
Kevin Millwood36212.210134.66168
John Burkett31134.11064.89110
Andy Ashby1598864.1355

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
Terry Mulholland54156.2995.1178

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
Mike Remlinger7153123.4772
John Rocker5912242.8977
Kerry Ligtenberg5923123.6151
Scott Kamieniecki262125.4717
Rudy Seánez232424.2920
Bruce Chen224002.5032
Jason Marquis151005.0117
Greg McMichael150004.4114
Stan Belinda100009.8211
Don Wengert100107.207
Kevin McGlinchy100002.169
Luis Rivera51001.355
Dave Stevens200012.004
Gabe Molina20009.001
Chris Seelbach201010.801
Ismael Villegas100013.502

National League Division Series
Main article: 2000 National League Division Series

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves

St. Louis wins series, 3-0. Jim Edmonds strong hitting carried St. Louis

GameScoreDate
1St. Louis 7, Atlanta 5October 3
2St. Louis 10, Atlanta 4October 5
3St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1October 7

Award winners

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Randy Ingle
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Paul Runge
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Brian Snitker
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Jeff Treadway
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Jim Saul
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rick Albert

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Myrtle Beach[13][14]

References
  1. Bret Boone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Howard Battle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml
  4. Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Steve Avery Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. 2000 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnske05.shtml
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gwynnto02.shtml
  10. Stan Belinda Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amarari01.shtml
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. Baseball America 2001 Annual Directory
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