2000 San Francisco Giants season

The 2000 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 118th season in Major League Baseball and their 43rd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, which was the best record in the major leagues in 2000. They lost the National League Division Series in four games to the New York Mets. The team played their first season in newly opened Pacific Bell Park. The Giants had 889 runs batted in (RBI), the most in franchise history,[1] while their 925 runs scored is the most in the club's San Francisco era.[2]

2000 San Francisco Giants
National League West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersDusty Baker
Local televisionKTVU
(Mike Krukow, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKNBR
(Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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Offseason
  • December 12, 1999: Bobby Estalella was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brock.[3]

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9765 0.599 — 55–26 42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 11 44–37 42–39
Arizona Diamondbacks 8577 0.525 12 47–34 38–43
Colorado Rockies 8280 0.506 15 48–33 34–47
San Diego Padres 7686 0.469 21 41–40 35–46

Record vs. opponents
2000 National League record

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: Boof Bonser was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2000.[4]
  • July 3, 2000: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[5]

Roster
2000 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Pacific Bell Park
  • The opening series took place from April 11–13, 2000 against the Los Angeles Dodgers (the same team the Giants faced in their final series at Candlestick Park), and the Giants were swept in three games. In the first game of that series, the Giants lost 6–5, highlighted by three home runs from the Dodgers' Kevin Elster.
AT&T Park
  • The most prominent feature of the ballpark is the right field wall, which is 24 feet (7.3 m) high in honor of former Giant Willie Mays, who wore number 24. Because of the proximity to the San Francisco Bay, the right field foul pole is only 309 feet (94.2 m) from home plate. The wall is made of brick, with fenced off archways opening to the Cove beyond, above which are several rows of arcade seating. The fence angles quickly away from home plate; right-center field extends out to 421 feet (128 m) from home plate. Atop the fence are four pillars with fountains atop. These four pillars will burst jets of water when a Giant hits a home run.
The "Splash Hit" counter on the right field wall
  • Lining the foul portion of the wall are rubber chickens, which are put up by fans whenever a Giants player (especially Barry Bonds) is intentionally walked. The fans do this to show that the opposing team is "chicken" for not pitching right to the Giants players. To some old-timers, the right field area vaguely suggests the layout at the Polo Grounds. This deep corner of the ballpark has been dubbed "death valley" and "triples alley." Like its Polo Grounds counterpart, it is very difficult to hit a home run to this area, and a batted ball that finds its way into this corner often results in a triple.
The Coca-Cola bottle and old-fashioned glove

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
CBobby Estalella10629970.2341453
1BJ.T. Snow155536152.2841996
2BJeff Kent159587196.33433125
SSRich Aurilia141509138.2712079
3BBill Mueller153560150.2681055
LFBarry Bonds143480147.30649106
CFMarvin Benard149560147.2631255
RFEllis Burks122393135.3442496

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
Armando Ríos11523362.2661050
Doug Mirabelli8223053.230628
Calvin Murray10819447.242222
Ramón Martínez8818957.302625
Russ Davis8018047.261924
Felipe Crespo8913138.290429
Terrell Lowery243415.44115
Juan Melo11131.07701
Damon Minor1094.44436
Scott Servais782.25000
Pedro Feliz872.28600

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Liván Hernández33240.017113.75165
Russ Ortiz33195.214125.01167
Shawn Estes30190.11564.26136
Kirk Reuter32184.01193.9671
Joe Nathan2093.1525.2161

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
Mark Gardner30149.11174.0592
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games: W = Wins: L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Robb Nen6843411.5092
Félix Rodríguez764232.6495
Alan Embree633524.9549
Aaron Fultz585214.6762
John Johnstone473406.3037
Doug Henry273102.4916
Miguel Del Toro92005.1916
Ben Weber901014.636
Chad Zerbe40004.505
Ryan Vogelsong40000.006
Scott Linebrink300011.570

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

San Francisco Giants vs. New York Mets

New York wins series, 3–1.

GameScoreDate
1San Francisco 5, New York 1October 4
2New York 5, San Francisco 4 (10 innings)October 5
3New York 3, San Francisco 2 (13 innings)October 7
4New York 4, San Francisco 0October 8

Award winners

All-Star Game

  • Jeff Kent, second base, starter
  • Barry Bonds elected to start but unable to play de to injury

National League Most Valuable Player: Jeff Kent, Second Base

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Shane Turner
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Bill Hayes
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Lenn Sakata
A San Jose Giants California League Keith Comstock
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Fred Stanley
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Lemmie Miller

[8]

References
  1. "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, RBI>=800, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Runs Batted In". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, R>=850, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Runs Scored". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. Bobby Estalella Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Boof Bonser Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Jalal Leach Stats".
  6. "Splash Hits". SFGiants.com. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  7. Ellis Burks, 2000 recipient
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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