# 2000 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2000 Baltimore Orioles season was the 100th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 47th in Baltimore, and the 9th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

## Offseason

* December 7, 1999: Doug Linton was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
* December 10, 1999: Jesse Orosco was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Chuck McElroy.
* December 22, 1999: Buddy Groom was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

## Regular season

* Cal Ripken Jr.'s 1999 season ended early due to injury when he was only 9 hits away from joining the 3,000 hit club. He finally achieved the milestone early in the 2000 season when he singled off reliever Héctor Carrasco in a game against the Minnesota Twins on April 15, 2000, in the Metrodome. Ripken had a good night at the plate, getting three hits, the third of which was the milestone. The Twins distributed a commemorative certificate to the fans as they left the Metrodome after the game.
* On October 1, 2000, Albert Belle hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 74 | .540 | — | 44‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 2½ | 42‍–‍39 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 4½ | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 13½ | 44‍–‍37 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 92 | .429 | 18 | 36‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |

### 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 |

### Notable transactions

* July 28, 2000: Mike Bordick was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Lesli Brea, Mike Kinkade, Melvin Mora, and Pat Gorman (minors).
* July 28, 2000: Rich Amaral was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
* July 29, 2000: Charles Johnson was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Harold Baines to the Chicago White Sox for Brook Fordyce, Jason Lakman (minors), Juan Figueroa (minors), and Miguel Felix (minors).
* July 31, 2000: Will Clark was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for José León.
* 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.

### 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 | Charles Johnson | 84 | 286 | 84 | .294 | 21 | 55 |
| 1B | Will Clark | 79 | 256 | 77 | .301 | 9 | 28 |
| 2B | Delino DeShields | 151 | 561 | 166 | .296 | 10 | 86 |
| SS | Mike Bordick | 100 | 391 | 116 | .297 | 16 | 59 |
| 3B | Cal Ripken Jr. | 83 | 309 | 79 | .256 | 15 | 56 |
| LF | B.J. Surhoff | 103 | 411 | 120 | .292 | 13 | 57 |
| CF | Brady Anderson | 141 | 506 | 130 | .257 | 19 | 50 |
| RF | Albert Belle | 141 | 559 | 157 | .281 | 23 | 103 |
| DH | Harold Baines | 72 | 222 | 59 | .266 | 10 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| Jeff Conine | 119 | 409 | 116 | .284 | 13 | 46 |
| Melvin Mora | 53 | 199 | 58 | .291 | 2 | 17 |
| Chris Richard | 56 | 199 | 55 | .276 | 13 | 36 |
| Luis Matos | 72 | 182 | 41 | .225 | 1 | 17 |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | 49 | 180 | 46 | .256 | 5 | 19 |
| Brook Fordyce | 53 | 177 | 57 | .322 | 9 | 28 |
| Mark Lewis | 71 | 163 | 44 | .270 | 2 | 21 |
| Greg Myers | 43 | 125 | 28 | .224 | 3 | 12 |
| Gene Kingsale | 26 | 88 | 21 | .239 | 0 | 9 |
| Ryan Minor | 32 | 84 | 11 | .131 | 0 | 3 |
| Rich Amaral | 30 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
| Ivanon Coffie | 23 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
| Trenidad Hubbard | 31 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Garcia | 14 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Lunar | 9 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Karim García | 8 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Morales | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Casimiro | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Kinkade | 3 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Mike Mussina | 34 | 237.2 | 11 | 15 | 3.79 | 210 |
| Sidney Ponson | 32 | 222.0 | 9 | 13 | 4.82 | 152 |
| Pat Rapp | 31 | 174.0 | 9 | 12 | 5.90 | 106 |
| Scott Erickson | 16 | 92.2 | 5 | 8 | 7.87 | 41 |
| John Parrish | 8 | 36.1 | 2 | 4 | 7.18 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| José Mercedes | 36 | 145.2 | 14 | 7 | 4.02 | 70 |
| Jason Johnson | 25 | 107.2 | 1 | 10 | 7.02 | 79 |
| Jay Spurgeon | 7 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 11 |
| Calvin Maduro | 15 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 18 |
| Lesli Brea | 6 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Ryan Kohlmeier | 25 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.39 | 17 |
| Mike Trombley | 75 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.13 | 72 |
| Buddy Groom | 70 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4.85 | 44 |
| Chuck McElroy | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.69 | 50 |
| B.J. Ryan | 42 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.91 | 41 |
| Mike Timlin | 37 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4.89 | 26 |
| Alan Mills | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.46 | 18 |
| Al Reyes | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.92 | 10 |
| Gabe Molina | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 |
| Tim Worrell | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.36 | 5 |
| Darren Holmes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.07 | 6 |
| Luis Rivera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Marv Foley |
| AA | Bowie Baysox | Eastern League | Andy Etchebarren |
| A | Frederick Keys | Carolina League | Dave Machemer |
| A | Delmarva Shorebirds | South Atlantic League | Joe Ferguson |
| Rookie | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Duffy Dyer |
| Rookie | GCL Orioles | Gulf Coast League | Jesus Alfaro |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Delmarva

## Awards and records

* Albert Belle, American League record, Most RBIs in the final season of a career (103)