# 2000 Florida Marlins season

The 2000 Florida Marlins season was the eighth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1999. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79–82, third in the National League East.

## Offseason

* December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Jared Camp (minors).
* December 13, 1999: Bruce Aven was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brant Brown.

## Regular season

* On September 10, 2000, Randy Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout as he struck out Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| New York Mets | 94 | 68 | .580 | 1 | 55‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Florida Marlins | 79 | 82 | .491 | 15½ | 43‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍44 |
| Montreal Expos | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 37‍–‍44 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 97 | .401 | 30 | 34‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

2000 National League recordvte Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 8–1 | 7–2 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 6–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 4–5 | 5–4 | — | 4–8 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 5–7 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 8–7 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 5–2 | 8–4 | — | 6–3 | 3–6 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 5–8–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 7–8 |
| Colorado | 6–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | — | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–3 | 6–6 |
| Florida | 5–4 | 6–6 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 3–5 | 2–7 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 8–9 |
| Houston | 1–6 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 5–3 | — | 3–6 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 10–3 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
| Los Angeles | 6–7 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | — | 3–4 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–9 |
| Milwaukee | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 8–5–1 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 4–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 7–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 6–9 |
| Montreal | 5–4 | 7–6 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 7–11 |
| New York | 7–2 | 6–7 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 9–3 | — | 6–7 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 1–8 | 5–8 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 7–5 | 7–6 | — | 3–6 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 9–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–7 | 2–5 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 4–3 | 2–7 | 6–3 | — | 7–2 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 6–9 |
| San Diego | 4–9 | 1–8 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 6–7 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 2–7 | — | 5–7 | 0–9 | 5–10 |
| San Francisco | 7–6 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 7–2 | 6–2 | 7–5 | — | 5–4 | 8–7 |
| St. Louis | 4–5 | 4–3 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 8–4 | 9–0 | 4–5 | — | 7–8 |

### Transactions

* April 5, 2000: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
* May 8, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Florida Marlins.
* July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).

### Citrus Series

2000 Citrus Series split 3-3
* June 9- @ Devil Rays 6- Marlins 4
* June 10- Marlins 5- @ Devil Rays 1
* June 11- @ Devil Rays 7- Marlins 6
* July 7- Devil Rays 8- @ Marlins 3
* July 8- @ Marlins 6- Devil Rays 5
* July 9- @ Marlins 10- Devil Rays 9

### 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 | Mike Redmond | 87 | 210 | 53 | .252 | 0 | 15 |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | 158 | 477 | 134 | .281 | 28 | 70 |
| 2B | Luis Castillo | 136 | 539 | 180 | .334 | 2 | 17 |
| SS | Álex González | 109 | 385 | 77 | .200 | 7 | 42 |
| 3B | Mike Lowell | 140 | 508 | 137 | .270 | 22 | 91 |
| LF | Cliff Floyd | 121 | 420 | 126 | .300 | 22 | 91 |
| CF | Preston Wilson | 161 | 605 | 160 | .264 | 31 | 121 |
| RF | Mark Kotsay | 152 | 530 | 158 | .298 | 12 | 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 |
| Kevin Millar | 123 | 259 | 67 | .259 | 14 | 42 |
| Dave Berg | 82 | 210 | 53 | .252 | 1 | 21 |
| Mark Smith | 104 | 192 | 47 | .245 | 5 | 27 |
| Andy Fox | 69 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 3 | 10 |
| Paul Bako | 56 | 161 | 39 | .242 | 0 | 14 |
| Ramón Castro | 50 | 138 | 33 | .239 | 2 | 14 |
| Henry Rodríguez | 36 | 108 | 29 | .269 | 2 | 10 |
| Danny Bautista | 44 | 89 | 17 | .191 | 4 | 12 |
| Brant Brown | 41 | 73 | 14 | .192 | 2 | 6 |
| Chris Clapinski | 34 | 49 | 15 | .306 | 1 | 7 |
| Pablo Ozuna | 14 | 24 | 8 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandy Martínez | 10 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Rolison | 8 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 2 |
| Mendy López | 4 | 3 | 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 |
| Ryan Dempster | 33 | 226.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.66 | 209 |
| Jesús Sánchez | 32 | 182.0 | 9 | 12 | 5.34 | 123 |
| Reid Cornelius | 22 | 125.0 | 4 | 10 | 4.82 | 50 |
| Chuck Smith | 19 | 122.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.23 | 118 |
| Brad Penny | 23 | 119.2 | 8 | 7 | 4.81 | 80 |
| A.J. Burnett | 13 | 82.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.79 | 57 |
| Alex Fernandez | 8 | 52.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.13 | 27 |
| Jason Grilli | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Vladimir Núñez | 17 | 68.1 | 0 | 6 | 7.90 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Antonio Alfonseca | 68 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 4.24 | 47 |
| Braden Looper | 73 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.41 | 29 |
| Armando Almanza | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.86 | 46 |
| Ricky Bones | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.54 | 59 |
| Vic Darensbourg | 56 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4.06 | 59 |
| Dan Miceli | 45 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4.25 | 40 |
| Manny Aybar | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 | 14 |
| Ron Mahay | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.04 | 27 |
| Joe Strong | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.32 | 18 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Calgary Cannons | Pacific Coast League | Lynn Jones |
| AA | Portland Sea Dogs | Eastern League | Rick Renteria |
| A | Brevard County Manatees | Florida State League | Dave Huppert |
| A | Kane County Cougars | Midwest League | Russ Morman |
| A-Short Season | Utica Blue Sox | New York–Penn League | Jon Deeble |
| Rookie | GCL Marlins | Gulf Coast League | Kevin Boles |