# 2000 Texas Rangers season

The 2000 Texas Rangers season was the 40th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 29th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 7th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

## Preseason

* November 2, 1999: Juan González was traded by the Texas Rangers with Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, and Alan Webb (minors).
* January 10, 2000: Jason McDonald signed with the Rangers as a free agent.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Iván Rodríguez, C
* Rafael Palmeiro, 1B
* Luis Alicea, 2B
* Tom Evans, 3B
* Royce Clayton, SS
* Rusty Greer, LF
* Rubén Mateo, CF
* Gabe Kapler, RF
* David Segui, DH
* Kenny Rogers, LHP

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 91 | 70 | .565 | — | 47‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍36 |
| Seattle Mariners | 91 | 71 | .562 | ½ | 47‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Anaheim Angels | 82 | 80 | .506 | 9½ | 46‍–‍35 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Texas Rangers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20½ | 42‍–‍39 | 29‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

2000 American League recordvte 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 |

### Transactions

* July 3, 2000: Mark Clark was released by the Texas Rangers.
* July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.
* July 28, 2000: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for David Segui.

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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 | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Iván Rodríguez | 91 | 363 | 126 | .347 | 27 | 83 |
| 1B | Rafael Palmeiro | 158 | 565 | 163 | .288 | 39 | 120 |
| 2B | Luis Alicea | 139 | 540 | 159 | .294 | 6 | 63 |
| SS | Royce Clayton | 148 | 513 | 124 | .242 | 14 | 54 |
| 3B | Mike Lamb | 138 | 493 | 137 | .278 | 6 | 47 |
| LF | Rusty Greer | 105 | 394 | 117 | .297 | 8 | 65 |
| CF | Gabe Kapler | 116 | 444 | 134 | .302 | 14 | 66 |
| RF | Ricky Ledée | 58 | 213 | 50 | .235 | 4 | 38 |
| DH | David Segui | 93 | 351 | 118 | .336 | 11 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Chad Curtis | 108 | 335 | 91 | .272 | 8 | 48 |
| Frank Catalanotto | 103 | 282 | 82 | .291 | 10 | 42 |
| Ruben Mateo | 52 | 206 | 60 | .291 | 7 | 19 |
| Bill Haselman | 62 | 193 | 53 | .275 | 6 | 26 |
| Scarborough Green | 79 | 124 | 29 | .234 | 0 | 9 |
| Scott Sheldon | 58 | 124 | 35 | .282 | 4 | 19 |
| Dave Martinez | 38 | 119 | 32 | .269 | 2 | 12 |
| Jason McDonald | 38 | 94 | 22 | .234 | 3 | 13 |
| Ruben Sierra | 20 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 1 | 7 |
| Tom Evans | 23 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 0 | 5 |
| Pedro Valdés | 30 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 1 | 5 |
| B.J. Waszgis | 24 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
| Randy Knorr | 15 | 34 | 10 | .294 | 2 | 2 |
| Kelly Dransfeldt | 16 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Young | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Kenny Rogers | 34 | 227.1 | 13 | 13 | 4.55 | 127 |
| Rick Helling | 35 | 217.0 | 16 | 13 | 4.48 | 146 |
| Darren Oliver | 21 | 108.0 | 2 | 9 | 7.42 | 49 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 20 | 107.1 | 5 | 6 | 5.37 | 75 |
| Ryan Glynn | 16 | 88.2 | 5 | 7 | 5.58 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Matt Perisho | 34 | 105.0 | 2 | 7 | 7.37 | 74 |
| Doug Davis | 30 | 98.2 | 7 | 6 | 5.38 | 66 |
| Mark Clark | 12 | 44.0 | 3 | 5 | 7.98 | 16 |
| Brian Sikorski | 10 | 37.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.73 | 32 |

##### 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 |
| John Wetteland | 62 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 4.20 | 53 |
| Mike Venafro | 77 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.83 | 32 |
| Tim Crabtree | 68 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5.15 | 54 |
| Jeff Zimmerman | 65 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5.30 | 74 |
| Francisco Cordero | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.35 | 49 |
| Jonathan Johnson | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.21 | 23 |
| Darwin Cubillán | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.70 | 13 |
| Mike Munoz | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Danny Kolb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.50 | 0 |
| Scott Sheldon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
* Kenny Rogers, P, Gold Glove
All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma RedHawks | Pacific Coast League | DeMarlo Hale |
| AA | Tulsa Drillers | Texas League | Bobby Jones and Jim Byrd |
| A | Charlotte Rangers | Florida State League | Jim Byrd and Bobby Miscik |
| A | Savannah Sand Gnats | South Atlantic League | Paul Carey |
| Rookie | Pulaski Rangers | Appalachian League | Bruce Crabbe |
| Rookie | GCL Rangers | Gulf Coast League | Darryl Kennedy |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers