# 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 111th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 43rd season in Los Angeles, California. In 2000, the team set a club record for home runs with 211, led by Gary Sheffield, who tied Duke Snider's single-season club mark with 43. Eric Karros became the L.A. Dodger all-time leader with his 229th home run and Dave Hansen set a Major League record with seven pinch-hit home runs. Kevin Brown led the league in E.R.A. with 2.58 and rookie pitcher Matt Herges started the season 8–0, the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela to open the season with eight straight victories. The Dodgers won 86 games, but failed to make the postseason, finishing second in the National League West. Manager Davey Johnson was fired after the season and replaced with bench coach Jim Tracy.

## Offseason

* November 8, 1999: Acquired Shawn Green and Jorge Nunez from the Toronto Blue Jays for Raúl Mondesí and Pedro Borbón, Jr.
* December 12, 1999: Acquired Terry Adams, Chad Ricketts and Brian Stephenson from the Chicago Cubs for Ismael Valdez and Eric Young.
* March 15, 2000: Craig Counsell was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
* April 1, 2000: Acquired Kenny Lutz from the Cincinnati Reds for Juan Castro.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Francisco Giants | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Colorado Rockies | 82 | 80 | .506 | 15 | 48‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍47 |
| San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 41‍–‍40 | 35‍–‍46 |

### 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 |

### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Devon White | Center fielder |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Second baseman |
| Gary Sheffield | Left fielder |
| Shawn Green | Right fielder |
| Eric Karros | First baseman |
| Todd Hundley | Catcher |
| Adrián Beltré | Third baseman |
| Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
| Kevin Brown | Starting pitcher |

## Notable transactions

* June 13, 2000: Acquired Al Reyes from the Baltimore Orioles for Alan Mills.
* June 20, 2000: Acquired Jim Leyritz from the New York Yankees for José Vizcaíno.
* July 26, 2000: Acquired Ismael Valdez from the Chicago Cubs for Jamie Arnold and Jorge Piedra.
* July 31, 2000: Acquired Tom Goodwin from the Colorado Rockies for Todd Hollandsworth, Randey Dorame and Kevin Gibbs.
* August 6, 2000: Acquired Bruce Aven from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash.

### Roster
## Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Kevin Brown | 33 | 33 | 230.0 | 13-6 | 2.58 | 47 | 216 | 5 |
| Chan Ho Park | 34 | 34 | 226.0 | 18-10 | 3.27 | 124 | 217 | 3 |
| Darren Dreifort | 32 | 32 | 197.2 | 12-9 | 4.16 | 87 | 164 | 1 |
| Carlos Perez | 30 | 22 | 144.0 | 5-8 | 5.56 | 33 | 64 | 0 |
| Éric Gagné | 20 | 19 | 101.1 | 4-6 | 5.15 | 60 | 79 | 0 |
| Ismael Valdez | 9 | 8 | 40.0 | 0-3 | 6.08 | 13 | 29 | 0 |
| Orel Hershiser | 10 | 6 | 24.2 | 1-5 | 13.14 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| Luke Prokopec | 5 | 3 | 21.0 | 1-1 | 3.00 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Judd | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0-1 | 15.75 | 3 | 5 | 0 |

## Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
| Jeff Shaw | 60 | 0 | 57.1 | 3-4 | 4.24 | 16 | 39 | 27 |
| Terry Adams | 66 | 0 | 84.1 | 6-9 | 3.52 | 39 | 56 | 2 |
| Matt Herges | 59 | 4 | 110.2 | 11-3 | 3.17 | 40 | 75 | 1 |
| Mike Fetters | 51 | 0 | 50.0 | 6-2 | 3.24 | 25 | 40 | 5 |
| Antonio Osuna | 46 | 0 | 67.1 | 3-6 | 3.74 | 35 | 70 | 0 |
| Onan Masaoka | 29 | 0 | 27.0 | 1-1 | 4.00 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
| Alan Mills | 18 | 0 | 25.2 | 2-1 | 4.21 | 16 | 18 | 1 |
| Gregg Olson | 13 | 0 | 17.2 | 0-1 | 5.09 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| Jamie Arnold | 2 | 0 | 6.2 | 0-0 | 4.05 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Al Reyes | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeff Williams | 7 | 0 | 5.2 | 0-0 | 15.88 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Trever Miller | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0-0 | 23.14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |

## Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
| Todd Hundley | C | 90 | 299 | .284 | 49 | 85 | 24 | 70 | 0 |
| Chad Kreuter | C | 80 | 212 | .264 | 32 | 56 | 6 | 28 | 1 |
| Paul Lo Duca | C/LF/RF/3B | 34 | 65 | .246 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Adam Melhuse | C | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Karros | 1B | 155 | 584 | .250 | 84 | 146 | 31 | 106 | 4 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 2B/SS | 148 | 617 | .279 | 101 | 172 | 7 | 49 | 12 |
| Alex Cora | SS/2B | 109 | 353 | .238 | 39 | 84 | 4 | 32 | 4 |
| Adrián Beltré | 3B/SS | 138 | 510 | .290 | 71 | 148 | 20 | 85 | 12 |
| Kevin Elster | SS/3B/1B | 80 | 220 | .227 | 29 | 50 | 14 | 32 | 0 |
| Dave Hansen | 1B/3B/LF | 102 | 121 | .289 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 26 | 0 |
| José Vizcaíno | SS/3B/2B/1B | 40 | 93 | .204 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jim Leyritz | 1B/C/LF/RF | 41 | 60 | .200 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Chris Donnels | 3B/LF | 27 | 34 | .294 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Branson | 2B/3B/SS | 18 | 17 | .235 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiram Bocachica | 2B | 8 | 10 | .300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Green | RF/CF | 162 | 610 | .269 | 98 | 164 | 24 | 99 | 24 |
| Todd Hollandsworth | CF/LF/RF | 81 | 261 | .234 | 42 | 61 | 8 | 24 | 11 |
| Gary Sheffield | LF | 141 | 501 | .325 | 105 | 163 | 43 | 109 | 4 |
| Tom Goodwin | CF/LF | 56 | 211 | .251 | 29 | 53 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| Devon White | CF | 47 | 158 | .266 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| F.P. Santangelo | CF/LF/RF/2B | 81 | 142 | .197 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Gerónimo Berroa | LF/RF/1B | 24 | 31 | .258 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Aven | LF | 9 | 20 | .250 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Shawn Gilbert | LF/CF | 15 | 20 | .150 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Metcalfe | CF/LF/2B | 4 | 12 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 2000 Awards

* 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
** Kevin Brown reserve
** Gary Sheffield reserve
* NL Player of the Week
** Gary Sheffield (June 12–18)
** Gary Sheffield (July 9–16)
** Chan Ho Park (Sep. 18–24)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Albuquerque Dukes | Pacific Coast League | Tom Gamboa |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Rick Burleson |
| High A | San Bernardino Stampede | California League | Dino Ebel |
| High A | Vero Beach Dodgers | Florida State League | John Shoemaker |
| A-Short Season | Yakima Bears | Northwest League | Butch Hughes |
| Rookie | Great Falls Dodgers | Pioneer League | Juan Bustabad |
| Rookie | DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2 | Dominican Summer League | |

## Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, eight of them would eventually play Major League baseball.
The first round pick was right-handed pitcher Ben Diggins from the University of Arizona. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002 and appeared in five games with them as a starting pitcher that season with an 0–4 record and an 8.63 ERA. Those would be the only Major League games he would appear in as he was out of baseball after a few more years in the minors.
The second round pick, pitcher Joel Hanrahan from Norwalk High School would be the only moderately successful player in this draft class. He became a two-time All-Star as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher Koyie Hill (round 4) would catch on as a backup catcher for several teams, most notably the Chicago Cubs.
2000 Draft Picks :
| Round | Name | Position | School | Signed | Career span | Highest level |
| 1 | Ben Diggins | RHP | University of Arizona | Yes | 2001–2006 | MLB |
| 2 | Joel Hanrahan | RHP | Norwalk High School | Yes | 2000–2013 | MLB |
| 3 | Jeff Tibbs | RHP | Davis High School | Yes | 2000–2002 | Rookie |
| 4 | Koyie Hill | C | Wichita State University | Yes | 2000–2014 | MLB |
| 5 | Heath Totten | RHP | Lamar University | Yes | 2000–2008 | AAA |
| 6 | Greg Withelder | LHP | Wilmington College | Yes | 2000–2003 | A+ |
| 7 | Jared Price | C | Minico High School | Yes | 2000–2011 | AAA |
| 8 | Jason Hickman | LHP | Ball State University | Yes | 2000–2002 | Rookie |
| 9 | Humberto Sánchez | RHP | South Bronx High School | No Tigers-2002 | 2002–2012 | MLB |
| 10 | Drew Toussaint | C | Centennial High School | No Angels-2004 | 2004–2008 | AA |
| 11 | Shane Nance | LHP | University of Houston | Yes | 2000–2005 | MLB |
| 12 | Travis Ezi | OF | Southwestern High School | Yes | 2001–2009 | AA |
| 13 | Ronte Langs | OF | Oklahoma State University | Yes | 2000–2004 | A+ |
| 14 | Jonathan Lorenzen | RHP | Katella High School | Yes | 2000–2001 | Rookie |
| 15 | Derek Michaelis | 1B | Rice University | Yes | 2000–2005 | AAA |
| 16 | Adrian Mendoza | 1B | California State University, Northridge | Yes | 2000–2002 | Rookie |
| 17 | Jason Olson | RHP | Armstrong Atlantic State University | Yes | 2000–2009 | AAA |
| 18 | Casey Kennedy | RHP | University of Central Florida | Yes | 2000–2003 | A+ |
| 19 | Kevin Poenitzsch | RHP | Galveston College | No | | |
| 20 | Aaron Rice | C | A. B. Miller High School | No | | |
| 21 | Steve Langone | RHP | Boston College | Yes | 2000–2006 | AAA |
| 22 | Greg Bauer | RHP | Wichita State University | Yes | 2000–2005 | AA |
| 23 | Victor Martinez | 3B | Ranum High School | No | | |
| 24 | Zach Lekse | SS | University of Oklahoma | No | | |
| 25 | Nathan Lipowicz | OF | University of Central Missouri | Yes | 2000–2001 | AAA |
| 26 | Nick Alvarez | OF | St. Thomas University | Yes | 2000–2006 | AAA |
| 27 | Brian Steffek | RHP | Houston Baptist University | Yes | 2000–2005 | AA |
| 28 | Aron Andrews | RHP | Auburn University | Yes | 2000–2002 | A+ |
| 29 | Ryan Sadowski | RHP | Western High School | No Giants-2003 | 2003–2012 | MLB |
| 30 | Clifton Glidewell | LHP | New Mexico State University | Yes | 2000 | A- |
| 31 | Frank Esposito | LHP | Sierra College | No | | |
| 32 | Ryan Johansen | RHP | University of South Florida | Yes | 2001–2002 | A+ |
| 33 | Brad Jalbert | OF | St. Joseph's High School | No | | |
| 34 | Patrick Hicklen | RHP | Oakland High School | No Royals-2004 | 2004–2006 | AA |
| 35 | Erik Lohse | RHP | Sacramento City College | No Twins-2001 | 2001–2005 | AA |
| 36 | Dustin Schroer | OF | Johnston Heights High School | No | | |
| 37 | Víctor Díaz | 2B | Clemente High School | Yes | 2001–2015 | MLB |
| 38 | Brian Barton | OF | Westchester High School | No Indians -2005 | 2005–2014 | MLB |
| 39 | Demetrick Drumming | 2B | Spartanburg Methodist College | No | 2003 | Ind |
| 40 | Kyle Bateman | RHP | Central Arizona College | No | | |
| 41 | Mike Lynch | C | Oak Forest High School | No Dodgers-2001 | 2002–2006 | Rookie |
| 42 | Timi Moni-Erigbali | OF | Columbus High School | No Phillies-2002 | 2002–2005 | A+ |
| 43 | Daniel Desclouds | RHP | Sir Robert Borden High School | No | | |
| 44 | Josh Mayo | SS | Sacramento City College | No | | |
| 45 | Justin Glenn | OF | Cowley County Community College | No | | |
| 46 | Marcus Davila | RHP | Key West High School | No Pirates-2002 | 2002–2005 | A+ |
| 47 | Jason Blejwas | RHP | Vernon College | No | | |
| 48 | Jayson Berrios | RHP | Academia Discipulos de Cristo | No | | |
| 49 | Shaun Kott | RHP | LP Miller Comprehensive | No | | |
| 50 | Brooks Bollinger | 3B | University of Wisconsin at Madison | No | | |