2000 Boston Red Sox season
The 2000 Boston Red Sox season was the 100th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, 2 1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 2000 World Series. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Seattle Mariners, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 91–71.
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Record | 85–77 (.525) |
Divisional place | 2nd (2 1⁄2 GB) |
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Owner(s) | JRY Trust |
General manager(s) | Dan Duquette |
Manager(s) | Jimy Williams |
Local television | WFXT (Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy) NESN (Bob Kurtz, Bob Rodgers, Jerry Remy) |
Local radio | WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WRCA (Bobby Serano Hector Martinez and J.P. Villaman) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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Regular season
- Pedro Martínez became the first pitcher in Major League history to amass more than twice as many strikeouts (284) than hits allowed (128) in a season.[1]
Season standings
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 87 | 74 | 0.540 | — | 44–36 | 43–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 2½ | 42–39 | 43–38 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 4½ | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 13½ | 44–37 | 30–51 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 92 | 0.429 | 18 | 36–44 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 |
Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
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Boston | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Transactions
- April 26, 2000: Curtis Pride was sent to the Boston Red Sox by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.[2]
- June 5, 2000: Freddy Sanchez was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.[3]
- July 2, 2000: Hanley Ramirez was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.[4]
- July 8, 2000: Curtis Pride was released by the Boston Red Sox.[2]
- August 3, 2000: Rico Brogna was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.[5]
- August 31, 2000: Dante Bichette was obtained by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chris Reitsma and minor leaguer John Curtice.[6]
- August 31, 2000: Midre Cummings was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox for Hector De Los Santos (minors).[7]
- September 9, 2000: Lew Ford was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Hector Carrasco.[8]
Opening Day Line Up
30 | José Offerman | 2B |
13 | John Valentin | 3B |
2 | Carl Everett | CF |
5 | Nomar Garciaparra | SS |
24 | Mike Stanley | 1B |
25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
6 | Gary Gaetti | DH |
33 | Jason Varitek | C |
20 | Darren Lewis | RF |
45 | Pedro Martínez | P |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases
Starters by position
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Jason Varitek | 139 | 448 | 111 | .248 | 10 | 65 | 1 |
1B | Brian Daubach | 142 | 495 | 123 | .248 | 21 | 76 | 1 |
2B | Jose Offerman | 116 | 451 | 115 | .255 | 9 | 41 | 0 |
SS | Nomar Garciaparra | 140 | 529 | 197 | .372 | 21 | 96 | 5 |
3B | Wilton Veras | 49 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
LF | Troy O'Leary | 138 | 513 | 134 | .261 | 13 | 70 | 0 |
CF | Carl Everett | 137 | 496 | 149 | .300 | 34 | 108 | 11 |
RF | Trot Nixon | 123 | 427 | 118 | .276 | 12 | 60 | 8 |
DH | Dante Bichette | 30 | 114 | 33 | .289 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Darren Lewis | 97 | 270 | 65 | .241 | 2 | 17 | 10 |
Jeff Frye | 69 | 239 | 69 | .289 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
Scott Hatteberg | 92 | 230 | 61 | .265 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
Mike Stanley | 58 | 185 | 41 | .222 | 10 | 28 | 0 |
Manny Alexander | 101 | 194 | 41 | .211 | 4 | 19 | 2 |
Mike Lansing | 49 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Lou Merloni | 40 | 128 | 41 | .320 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
Ed Sprague | 33 | 111 | 24 | .216 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Donnie Sadler | 49 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
Bernard Gilkey | 36 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Morgan Burkhart | 25 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
Rico Brogna | 43 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Izzy Alcántara | 21 | 45 | 13 | .289 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
John Valentin | 10 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Midre Cummings | 21 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Andy Sheets | 12 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Curtis Pride | 9 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Gaetti | 5 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sean Berry | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts
Starting pitchers
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pedro Martinez | 29 | 29 | 217.0 | 18 | 6 | 1.74 | 284 |
Jeff Fassero | 38 | 23 | 130.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.78 | 97 |
Ramon Martinez | 27 | 27 | 127.2 | 10 | 8 | 6.13 | 89 |
Pete Schourek | 21 | 21 | 107.1 | 3 | 10 | 5.11 | 63 |
Rolando Arrojo | 13 | 13 | 71.1 | 5 | 2 | 5.05 | 44 |
Tomo Ohka | 13 | 12 | 69.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.12 | 40 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Derek Lowe | 74 | 91.1 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 2.56 | 79 |
Tim Wakefield | 51 | 159.1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5.48 | 102 |
Rich Garces | 64 | 74.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3.25 | 69 |
Rheal Cormier | 64 | 68.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.61 | 43 |
Hipolito Pichardo | 38 | 65.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3.46 | 37 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Brian Rose | 15 | 12 | 53.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6.11 | 24 |
Bryce Florie | 29 | 0 | 49.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.56 | 34 |
John Wasdin | 25 | 1 | 44.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.04 | 36 |
Rod Beck | 34 | 0 | 40.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 | 35 |
Paxton Crawford | 7 | 4 | 29.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 17 |
Rob Stanifer | 8 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 3 |
Sang-hoon Lee | 9 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 6 |
Tim Young | 8 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 6 |
Héctor Carrasco | 8 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.45 | 7 |
Steve Ontiveros | 3 | 1 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
Rich Croushore | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 3 |
Dan Smith | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 1 |
Jesús Peña | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
Game log
Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed |
April: 12–9
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May: 17–10
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June: 9–18
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July: 16–11
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August: 15–13
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September/October: 16–16
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Awards and honors
- Awards
- Pedro Martínez – AL Pitcher of the Month (April)
- Accomplishments
- Pedro Martínez – Lowest WHIP, (0.74)[10]
- Carl Everett, reserve OF
- Nomar Garciaparra, reserve SS
- Derek Lowe, reserve P
- Pedro Martínez, reserve P (did not attend)
Farm system
References
- Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.128, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- Curtis Pride Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- Freddy Sanchez Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- Rico Brogna Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- Dante Bichette Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- Midre Cummings Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- Lew Ford Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
- "2000 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.40, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007