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Major League Baseball team season
2000 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkSkyDome
CityToronto
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersRogers Communications, Interbrew
General managersGord Ash
ManagersJim Fregosi
TelevisionCBC Television
(Brian Williams, Rich Waltz, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
CTV Sportsnet
(Rod Black, Joe Carter)
RadioCHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews)
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The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 24th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. It was the team's first season with new mascots Ace and Diamond.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2000 season.

October 1999

October 5 Norberto Martin granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 1, 1999).
October 7 Rob Butler granted free agency.
October 15 Alex Delgado granted free agency.
Willie Greene granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $395,000 contract on January 19, 2000).
Chris Jones granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on February 27, 2000).
Adam Melhuse granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 15, 1999).
October 20 Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1999)d.
Released John Hudek.
October 29 Graeme Lloyd granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a three-year, $9 million contract on December 20, 1999).
David Segui granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $4.325 million contract on January 18, 2000).

November 1999

November 3 Brian McRae granted free agency.
November 5 Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Seibu Lions of the NPB to a one-year contract).
November 8 Acquired Pedro Borbón Jr. and Raúl Mondesí from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green and Jorge Núñez.
November 10 Signed free agent Charlie Greene from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.
November 11 Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on January 27, 2000).
Acquired Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric.
November 12 Signed free agent Darwin Cubillán from the New York Yankees to a contract.
November 16 Released Mike Matheny.
November 17 Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Chicago White Sox to a contract.

December 1999

December 7 Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract.
Re-signed Willis Otáñez to a one-year contract.
December 10 Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a three-year, $36 million contract.
December 13 Jim Mann drafted by the New York Mets in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Brian Smith drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Drafted DeWayne Wise from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 21 Signed free agent Frank Castillo from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a one-year, $375,000 contract.

January 2000

January 4 Re-signed Tony Batista to a four-year, $16 million contract.
January 6 Signed free agent Robert Ellis from the Houston Astros to a contract.
January 18 Re-signed free agent David Segui to a one-year, $4.325 contract.
January 19 Re-signed Homer Bush to a three-year, $7.3 million contract.

February 2000

February 16 Signed free agent Eric Gunderson from the Texas Rangers to a one-year contract.

March 2000

March 14 Signed free agent Robert Pérez from the Orix BlueWave of the NPB to a one-year contract.
March 16 As part of three-team trade, acquired Brad Fullmer from the Montreal Expos. Traded David Segui and cash to the Texas Rangers. In addition, Montreal Expos acquired Lee Stevens from the Texas Rangers.
March 22 Jim Mann returned by the New York Mets.
Acquired Jerson Perez from the New York Mets for Jim Mann.
March 26 Signed free agent Glenn Williams from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.
March 27 Signed free agent Marty Cordova from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract.
March 28 Nerio Rodríguez selected off of waivers by the New York Mets.
March 29 Anthony Sanders selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners.

Regular season

Season standings

AL 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 record
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

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2000 regular season.

April 2000

April 10 Signed free agent Todd Greene of the Anaheim Angels to a contract.
April 28 Released Mark Dalesandro.

May 2000

May 23 Released Robert Ellis.
Casey Blake selected off of waivers by the Minnesota Twins.

June 2000

June 12 Acquired Francisco Álvarez from the Minnesota Twins for Mike Romano.

July 2000

July 19 Acquired Esteban Loaiza from the Texas Rangers for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.
July 25 Acquired Alvin Morrow from the Milwaukee Brewers for Kevin Brown.
July 26 Sent Eric Gunderson to San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal.
Acquired Rob Ducey from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (John Sneed on July 31, 2000).
July 28 Released Brendan Donnelly.
July 31 Acquired Mark Guthrie and Steve Trachsel from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brent Abernathy.

August 2000

August 4 Acquired Dave Martinez from the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later (Pete Munro on August 8, 2000).
August 5 Acquired Mickey Morandini from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (Rob Ducey on August 7, 2000).

2000 draft picks

Source

The 2000 MLB draft was held in June 2000.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality
1 18 Miguel Negron OF Manuela Toro High School (Caguas, PR) Puerto Rico
1s 33 Dustin McGowan RHP Long County High School United States
2 45 Peter Bauer RHP University of South Carolina United States
2 58 Dominic Rich 2B Auburn University United States
3 88 Morrin Davis OF Hillsborough High School United States
4 118 Raul Tablado SS Miami Southridge High School United States
5 148 Mike Smith RHP University of Richmond United States
6 178 Rich Thompson OF James Madison University United States
7 208 Aaron Sisk 3B University of New Mexico United States
8 238 David Abbott RHP University of Arizona United States
9 268 Nom Siriveaw 3B Oklahoma State University Thailand
10 298 Jerrod Payne RHP University of North Florida United States

Roster

2000 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2000 Game Log
April: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 Royals 5–4 Koch (1–0) Spradlin (0–1) 40,898 1–0
2 April 4 Royals 6–3 Halladay (1–0) Witasick (0–1) Koch (1) 13,514 2–0
3 April 5 Royals 4–3 Rosado (1–0) Carpenter (0–1) Bottalico (1) 14,957 2–1
4 April 6 Royals 9–3 Durbin (1–0) Escobar (0–1) Rigby (1) 14,336 2–2
5 April 7 @ Rangers 11–5 Clark (1–0) Castillo (0–1) 31,619 2–3
6 April 8 @ Rangers 4–0 Wells (1–0) Rogers (1–1) 37,128 3–3
7 April 9 @ Rangers 7–5 Helling (1–0) Halladay (1–1) 40,186 3–4
8 April 10 @ Angels 6–0 Schoeneweis (2–0) Carpenter (0–2) 14,338 3–5
9 April 11 @ Angels 5–4 Ortiz (1–0) Escobar (0–2) Percival (2) 15,229 3–6
10 April 12 @ Angels 6–2 Borbón (1–0) Petkovsek (0–1) 16,494 4–6
11 April 14 Mariners 11–9 Moyer (2–1) Wells (1–1) 17,306 4–7
12 April 15 Mariners 17–6 Rodriguez (1–0) Halladay (1–2) Paniagua (1) 21,754 4–8
13 April 16 Mariners 19–7 García (2–1) Carpenter (0–3) 15,325 4–9
14 April 17 Angels 7–1 Escobar (1–2) Ortiz (1–1) 13,622 5–9
15 April 18 Angels 16–10 Dickson (2–0) Castillo (0–2) 13,825 5–10
16 April 19 Angels 12–4 Wells (2–1) Hill (1–3) 13,572 6–10
17 April 20 Angels 12–11 Halladay (2–2) Bottenfield (1–2) Koch (2) 13,985 7–10
18 April 21 Yankees 8–3 Carpenter (1–3) Mendoza (2–1) 25,921 8–10
19 April 22 Yankees 8–2 Escobar (2–2) Cone (0–2) 30,167 9–10
20 April 23 Yankees 10–7 Hernández (4–0) Andrews (0–1) Rivera (6) 20,485 9–11
21 April 24 @ Athletics 3–2 Wells (3–1) Appier (3–2) Koch (3) 8,363 10–11
22 April 25 @ Athletics 11–2 Hudson (2–2) Halladay (2–3) 8,266 10–12
23 April 26 @ Athletics 4–2 Carpenter (2–3) Olivares (1–3) Koch (4) 14,477 11–12
24 April 28 @ Yankees 6–0 Cone (1–2) Escobar (2–3) 35,987 11–13
25 April 29 @ Yankees 6–2 Wells (4–1) Hernández (4–1) Koch (5) 38,783 12–13
26 April 30 @ Yankees 7–1 Clemens (2–2) Halladay (2–4) 43,721 12–14
May: 16–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 8–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27 May 1 @ White Sox 5–3 Carpenter (3–3) Wells (2–3) Koch (6) 14,448 13–14
28 May 2 @ White Sox 4–1 Castillo (1–2) Wunsch (0–1) Koch (7) 10,397 14–14
29 May 3 @ White Sox 7–3 Baldwin (5–0) Escobar (2–4) Foulke (4) 12,026 14–15
30 May 4 Indians 8–1 Wells (5–1) Finley (3–1) 16,637 15–15
31 May 5 Indians 11–10 Koch (2–0) Shuey (1–1) 19,191 16–15
32 May 6 Indians 8–6 Rincón (1–0) Quantrill (0–1) Karsay (5) 23,730 16–16
33 May 7 Indians 10–8 (12) Shuey (2–1) Gunderson (0–1) Karsay (6) 19,161 16–17
34 May 8 Orioles 6–5 Escobar (3–4) Johnson (0–2) Koch (8) 15,103 17–17
35 May 9 Orioles 6–4 Wells (6–1) Mussina (1–4) Koch (9) 15,177 18–17
36 May 10 Orioles 7–2 Painter (1–0) Erickson (0–1) Quantrill (1) 15,598 19–17
37 May 12 @ Devil Rays 4–3 White (1–2) Carpenter (3–4) Lopez (2) 17,532 19–18
38 May 13 @ Devil Rays 8–4 Escobar (4–4) Lidle (0–1) 20,054 20–18
39 May 14 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Wells (7–1) Lopez (2–3) 15,788 21–18
40 May 15 Red Sox 8–1 Schourek (2–3) Castillo (1–3) 16,124 21–19
41 May 16 Red Sox 7–6 Munro (1–0) Lowe (2–1) 17,663 22–19
42 May 17 Red Sox 8–0 Martínez (7–1) Carpenter (3–5) 20,078 22–20
43 May 19 White Sox 5–3 Sirotka (3–3) Escobar (4–5) Foulke (6) 18,268 22–21
44 May 20 White Sox 6–2 Baldwin (7–0) Wells (7–2) 20,091 22–22
45 May 21 White Sox 2–1 Eldred (4–2) Castillo (1–4) Foulke (7) 18,264 22–23
46 May 22 White Sox 4–3 Koch (3–0) Howry (0–1) 19,167 23–23
47 May 23 @ Red Sox 3–2 Carpenter (4–5) Martínez (7–2) Koch (10) 33,402 24–23
48 May 24 @ Red Sox 6–3 (11) Cormier (2–0) Frascatore (0–1) 31,250 24–24
49 May 25 @ Red Sox 11–6 Wells (8–2) Schourek (2–4) 32,716 25–24
50 May 26 @ Tigers 8–2 Frascatore (1–1) Brocail (1–3) 33,068 26–24
51 May 27 @ Tigers 4–3 Brocail (2–3) Quantrill (0–2) 29,584 26–25
52 May 28 @ Tigers 12–7 Andrews (1–1) Blair (2–1) 29,105 27–25
53 May 30 Twins 4–1 Redman (4–0) Escobar (4–6) Hawkins (2) 16,371 27–26
54 May 31 Twins 4–2 Wells (9–2) Radke (3–6) Koch (11) 17,305 28–26
June: 16–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55 June 1 Twins 5–1 Milton (5–1) Castillo (1–5) 30,444 28–27
56 June 2 @ Marlins 11–10 Bones (1–0) Munro (1–1) Alfonseca (16) 12,209 28–28
57 June 3 @ Marlins 2–1 Looper (1–1) Koch (3–1) Alfonseca (17) 17,546 28–29
58 June 4 @ Marlins 7–2 Escobar (5–6) Núñez (0–6) 11,007 29–29
59 June 5 @ Braves 9–3 Wells (10–2) Burkett (4–3) 33,641 30–29
60 June 6 @ Braves 7–6 Remlinger (2–1) Frascatore (1–2) 39,454 30–30
61 June 7 @ Braves 12–8 Cubillán (1–0) Millwood (4–5) Koch (12) 33,240 31–30
62 June 9 Expos 13–3 Carpenter (5–5) Tucker (0–1) 26,122 32–30
63 June 10 Expos 11–2 Armas (2–3) Escobar (5–7) 30,239 32–31
64 June 11 Expos 8–3 Koch (4–1) Mota (0–1) 25,838 33–31
65 June 12 @ Tigers 4–2 Castillo (2–5) Nomo (2–6) Koch (13) 21,779 34–31
66 June 13 @ Tigers 16–3 Blair (3–1) Andrews (1–2) 23,314 34–32
67 June 14 @ Tigers 8–1 Carpenter (6–5) Weaver (3–6) 27,479 35–32
68 June 16 @ Red Sox 7–4 Pichardo (2–0) Escobar (5–8) Lowe (16) 33,638 35–33
69 June 17 @ Red Sox 11–10 Wells (11–2) Martínez (5–4) Koch (14) 32,951 36–33
70 June 18 @ Red Sox 5–1 Castillo (3–5) Fassero (6–3) Koch (15) 32,925 37–33
71 June 20 Tigers 18–6 Weaver (4–6) Carpenter (6–6) 18,850 37–34
72 June 21 Tigers 6–0 Escobar (6–8) Moehler (4–4) 18,125 38–34
73 June 22 Tigers 7–4 Wells (12–2) Nomo (2–7) 20,259 39–34
74 June 23 Red Sox 5–4 Castillo (4–5) Wasdin (0–3) Koch (16) 28,198 40–34
75 June 24 Red Sox 6–4 Halladay (3–4) Rose (3–5) Koch (17) 30,130 41–34
76 June 25 Red Sox 6–5 (13) DeWitt (1–0) Florie (0–2) 31,022 42–34
77 June 27 @ Devil Rays 11–1 Trachsel (6–7) Escobar (6–9) 14,657 42–35
78 June 28 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Wells (13–2) Yan (4–6) 15,308 43–35
79 June 29 @ Devil Rays 12–3 Castillo (5–5) Lidle (1–3) 21,666 44–35
80 June 30 @ Orioles 8–3 Rapp (5–5) Halladay (3–5) 40,412 44–36
July: 11–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81 July 1 @ Orioles 12–5 Ponson (5–4) Carpenter (6–7) 40,876 44–37
82 July 2 @ Orioles 3–2 Trombley (4–2) Quantrill (0–3) Mills (1) 41,267 44–38
83 July 3 @ Orioles 6–4 Wells (14–2) Johnson (0–7) Koch (18) 39,617 45–38
84 July 4 @ Indians 9–4 Colón (8–5) Frascatore (1–3) 43,222 45–39
85 July 5 @ Indians 15–7 Brewington (2–0) Quantrill (0–4) 43,141 45–40
86 July 6 @ Indians 9–6 Carpenter (7–7) Burba (8–4) Koch (19) 43,237 46–40
87 July 7 @ Expos 10–5 Lira (2–0) Quantrill (0–5) 13,317 46–41
88 July 8 @ Expos 6–3 Wells (15–2) Armas (4–6) Koch (20) 17,420 47–41
89 July 9 @ Expos 13–3 Castillo (6–5) Hermanson (6–7) 22,489 48–41
90 July 13 Phillies 8–5 Schilling (5–5) Carpenter (7–8) Brantley (14) 22,163 48–42
91 July 14 Phillies 3–2 Koch (5–1) Brantley (1–3) 21,385 49–42
92 July 15 Phillies 7–3 Chen (5–0) Wells (15–3) 24,828 49–43
93 July 16 Mets 7–3 Halladay (4–5) Leiter (10–3) Koch (21) 30,139 50–43
94 July 17 Mets 7–5 (11) Franco (4–3) Borbón (1–1) Benítez (21) 23,129 50–44
95 July 18 Mets 11–7 Jones (4–4) Carpenter (7–9) 24,633 50–45
96 July 19 Devil Rays 5–2 Escobar (7–9) Lopez (6–7) Koch (22) 18,751 51–45
97 July 20 Devil Rays 6–5 Quantrill (1–5) White (3–6) Koch (23) 18,915 52–45
98 July 21 Orioles 9–5 Rapp (6–6) Halladay (4–6) 23,470 52–46
99 July 22 Orioles 8–2 Mercedes (5–4) Loaiza (5–7) 27,585 52–47
100 July 23 Orioles 4–1 Castillo (7–5) Mussina (6–10) Koch (24) 26,276 53–47
101 July 25 Indians 10–3 Finley (9–7) Escobar (7–10) 28,672 53–48
102 July 26 Indians 8–1 Wells (16–3) Colón (9–8) 31,183 54–48
103 July 27 @ Mariners 7–2 Loaiza (6–7) Rhodes (3–5) 40,398 55–48
104 July 28 @ Mariners 7–4 García (3–1) Carpenter (7–10) Sasaki (25) 37,126 55–49
105 July 29 @ Mariners 6–5 (13) Tomko (5–3) Halladay (4–7) 45,264 55–50
106 July 30 @ Mariners 10–6 Sele (12–6) Escobar (7–11) Paniagua (2) 43,648 55–51
107 July 31 @ Athletics 6–1 Hudson (12–3) Wells (16–4) 13,608 55–52
August: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
108 August 1 @ Athletics 3–1 (10) Isringhausen (5–3) Koch (5–2) 17,469 55–53
109 August 2 @ Athletics 5–4 Mecir (8–2) Guthrie (1–2) Isringhausen (24) 26,473 55–54
110 August 3 Rangers 3–1 Castillo (8–5) Rogers (10–9) Koch (25) 24,825 56–54
111 August 4 Rangers 10–8 Quantrill (2–5) Venafro (1–1) Koch (26) 23,518 57–54
112 August 5 Rangers 8–5 Wells (17–4) Davis (4–3) Koch (27) 26,143 58–54
113 August 6 Rangers 11–6 Glynn (3–1) Escobar (7–12) 28,780 58–55
114 August 7 @ Royals 8–7 Stein (3–3) Loaiza (6–8) Bottalico (12) 17,533 58–56
115 August 8 @ Royals 6–1 Castillo (9–5) Suzuki (5–7) 14,086 59–56
116 August 9 @ Royals 5–3 Suppan (6–6) Trachsel (6–11) Larkin (1) 14,198 59–57
117 August 10 @ Royals 15–7 Carpenter (8–10) Fussell (4–3) 18,188 60–57
118 August 11 @ Twins 9–4 Romero (2–1) Escobar (7–13) 13,360 60–58
119 August 12 @ Twins 6–3 Redman (11–5) Loaiza (6–9) Hawkins (8) 30,161 60–59
120 August 13 @ Twins 13–3 Carpenter (9–10) Radke (8–13) 25,656 61–59
121 August 15 Angels 8–4 Wise (1–1) Wells (17–5) 26,706 61–60
122 August 16 Angels 8–6 Koch (6–2) Pote (1–1) 32,497 62–60
123 August 18 Twins 3–2 Loaiza (7–9) Kinney (0–1) Koch (28) 23,074 63–60
124 August 19 Twins 5–1 Radke (9–13) Guthrie (1–3) Guardado (8) 25,171 63–61
125 August 20 Twins 6–3 Wells (18–5) Carrasco (3–3) 32,627 64–61
126 August 22 Royals 7–5 Escobar (8–13) Santiago (6–4) Koch (29) 22,551 65–61
127 August 23 Royals 9–8 Escobar (9–13) Larkin (0–2) Koch (30) 22,616 66–61
128 August 25 @ Rangers 1–0 (11) Venafro (2–1) Koch (6–3) 35,365 66–62
129 August 26 @ Rangers 9–3 Hamilton (1–0) Sikorski (1–2) Borbón (1) 39,388 67–62
130 August 27 @ Rangers 6–4 Trachsel (7–11) Helling (14–9) Koch (31) 21,896 68–62
131 August 28 @ Angels 4–2 Loaiza (8–9) Ortiz (4–5) Koch (32) 17,483 69–62
132 August 29 @ Angels 9–4 Holtz (2–3) Carpenter (9–11) 17,773 69–63
133 August 30 @ Angels 11–2 Wells (19–5) Wise (3–2) 19,653 70–63
September: 13–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134 September 1 Athletics 4–3 Frascatore (2–3) Jones (3–2) 22,187 71–63
135 September 2 Athletics 8–0 Heredia (14–9) Trachsel (7–12) Mecir (3) 26,261 71–64
136 September 3 Athletics 4–3 Hudson (15–6) Loaiza (8–10) Mecir (4) 24,156 71–65
137 September 4 Athletics 10–0 Zito (3–3) Wells (19–6) 21,824 71–66
138 September 5 Mariners 4–3 Rhodes (4–7) Escobar (9–14) Sasaki (32) 21,128 71–67
139 September 6 Mariners 7–3 Hamilton (2–0) Halama (11–8) 17,055 72–67
140 September 7 Mariners 8–1 García (6–4) Trachsel (7–13) 17,571 72–68
141 September 8 Tigers 3–0 Loaiza (9–10) Weaver (9–13) 19,121 73–68
142 September 9 Tigers 6–5 Koch (7–3) Nitkowski (4–9) 23,623 74–68
143 September 10 Tigers 6–2 Carpenter (10–11) Sparks (6–4) Escobar (1) 21,666 75–68
144 September 12 @ Yankees 10–2 Neagle (7–4) Hamilton (2–1) 30,370 75–69
145 September 13 @ Yankees 3–2 Clemens (13–6) Loaiza (9–11) Rivera (34) 29,083 75–70
146 September 14 @ Yankees 3–2 (11) Koch (8–3) Choate (0–1) Escobar (2) 35,040 76–70
147 September 15 @ White Sox 6–5 Escobar (10–14) Garland (3–7) Koch (33) 23,105 77–70
148 September 16 @ White Sox 6–3 Wunsch (6–3) Escobar (10–15) Foulke (31) 33,204 77–71
149 September 17 @ White Sox 14–1 Painter (2–0) Wells (5–9) 26,113 78–71
150 September 19 Yankees 16–3 Trachsel (8–13) Pettitte (18–8) 28,908 79–71
151 September 20 Yankees 7–2 Loaiza (10–11) Cone (4–13) 28,463 80–71
152 September 21 Yankees 3–1 Wells (20–6) Hernández (12–12) 30,074 81–71
153 September 22 Devil Rays 3–2 Lidle (3–6) Frascatore (2–4) Hernández (30) 18,063 81–72
154 September 23 Devil Rays 7–6 Koch (9–3) Enders (0–1) 24,473 82–72
155 September 24 Devil Rays 6–0 Harper (1–2) Trachsel (8–14) 28,172 82–73
156 September 25 Devil Rays 5–1 Wilson (1–4) Loaiza (10–12) Hernández (31) 20,715 82–74
157 September 26 @ Orioles 2–1 Mercedes (13–7) Wells (20–7) Kohlmeier (13) 31,614 82–75
158 September 27 @ Orioles 4–0 Castillo (10–5) Ponson (9–13) 30,362 83–75
159 September 28 @ Orioles 23–1 Rapp (9–12) Carpenter (10–12) 32,203 83–76
160 September 29 @ Indians 8–4 Speier (5–2) Trachsel (8–15) Karsay (20) 42,768 83–77
161 September 30 @ Indians 6–5 Finley (16–11) Loaiza (10–13) Wickman (14) 42,676 83–78
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
162 October 1 @ Indians 11–4 Woodard (3–3) Wells (20–8) 42,594 83–79

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Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. TB
C Darrin Fletcher 122 416 43 133 20 58 .320 214
1B Carlos Delgado 162 569 115 196 41 137 .344 378
2B Homer Bush 76 297 38 64 1 18 .215 75
SS Alex Gonzalez 141 527 68 133 15 69 .252 213
3B Tony Batista 154 620 96 163 41 114 .263 322
LF Shannon Stewart 136 583 107 186 21 69 .319 302
CF José Cruz Jr. 162 603 91 146 31 76 .242 281
RF Raúl Mondesí 96 388 78 105 24 67 .271 203
DH Brad Fullmer 133 482 76 142 32 104 .295 269

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. TB
Craig Grebeck 66 241 38 71 3 23 .295 99
Marty Cordova 62 200 23 49 4 18 .245 68
Alberto Castillo 66 185 14 39 1 16 .211 49
Dave Martinez 47 180 29 56 2 22 .311 74
Mickey Morandini 35 107 10 29 0 7 .271 33
Chris Woodward 37 104 16 19 3 14 .183 35
Todd Greene 34 85 11 20 5 10 .235 37
DeWayne Wise 28 22 3 3 0 0 .136 3
Rob Ducey 5 13 2 2 0 1 . 154 3
Chad Mottola 3 9 1 2 0 2 .222 2
Charlie Greene 3 9 0 1 0 0 .111 1
Andy Thompson 2 6 2 1 0 1 .167 1
Vernon Wells 3 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Josh Phelps 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 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
David Wells 35 229.2 20 8 4.11 166
Chris Carpenter 34 175.1 10 12 6.26 113
Frank Castillo 25 138.0 10 5 3.59 104
Esteban Loaiza 14 92.0 5 7 3.62 62
Steve Trachsel 11 63.0 2 5 5.29 32
Joey Hamilton 6 33.0 2 1 3.55 15
Pasqual Coco 1 4.0 0 0 9.00 2

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
Kelvim Escobar 43 180.0 10 15 5.35 142
Roy Halladay 19 67.2 4 7 10.64 44
Peter Munro 9 25.2 1 1 5.96 16
Clayton Andrews 8 20.2 1 2 10.02 12

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
Billy Koch 68 9 3 33 2.63 60
Paul Quantrill 68 2 5 1 4.52 47
John Frascatore 60 2 4 0 5.42 30
Pedro Borbón Jr. 59 1 1 1 6.48 29
Lance Painter 42 2 0 0 4.73 53
Mark Guthrie 23 0 2 0 4.79 20
Matt DeWitt 8 1 0 0 8.56 6
Darwin Cubillán 7 1 0 0 8.04 14
Eric Gunderson 6 0 1 0 7.11 2
Leo Estrella 2 0 0 0 5.79 3
John Bale 2 0 0 0 14.73 6

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Pat Kelly and Mel Queen
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Rolando Pino
A-Short Season Queens Kings New York–Penn League Eddie Rodríguez
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Paul Elliott

References

  1. "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  2. "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. "Feature: 2000 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  4. "2000 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics".
  5. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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