The 2000
Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th 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
Charles Dwayne McElroy Sr. (born October 1, 1967), is a former professional baseball player who was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2001.
Personal life
In June 2011, his son C.J. McElroy was selected by the St. Louis Cardin ...
.
*December 22, 1999:
Buddy Groom
Wedsel Gary "Buddy" Groom Jr. (born July 10, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed middle relief pitcher. He attended the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1987 amateur draft.
He ...
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
The 3,000 hit club is the group of 33 Batter (baseball), batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season Hit (baseball), hits in their careers in Major League Baseball (MLB), achieving a milestone "long considered the greatest measure of s ...
. He finally achieved the milestone early in the 2000 season when he singled off reliever
Héctor Carrasco in a game against the
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...
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
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Metrodome after the game.
*On October 1, 2000,
Albert Belle hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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
Brook Alexander Fordyce (born May 7, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays between 1995 and 2004. He batted and threw ...
,
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''
Other batters
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
Pitching
Starting pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Other pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Relief pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Delmarva
Awards and records
* Albert Belle, American League record, Most RBIs in the final season of a career (103)
[''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ]
References
External links
2000 Baltimore Orioles teamat ''Baseball-Reference''
2000 Baltimore Orioles seasonat ''Baseball Almanac''
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Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...