2000 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 2000 season was the 98th season for the Yankees in New York, and their 100th overall going back to their origins in Baltimore. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The team finished 1st in the AL East with a record of 87–74, 2.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox, after losing 15 of their final 18 games, including their last 7. Despite having the lowest winning percentage of any postseason qualifier in 2000, the Yankees won the World Series over the New York Mets in 5 games to win their 26th World Series title. They are, as of 2021, the last team to win World Series titles in consecutive years and thus the championship victory of 2000 broke the world championship record for most league championships then held by the NHL's Montreal Canadiens.

2000 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record87–74 (.540)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWNYW
(Bobby Murcer, Tim McCarver)
MSG
(Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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Offseason
  • November 29, 1999: Mike Stanton was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[1]
  • December 1, 1999: Chili Davis was released by the New York Yankees.[2]
  • December 13, 1999: Chad Curtis was traded by the New York Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Brandon Knight and Sam Marsonek.[3]
  • December 15, 1999: Ryan Thompson signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[4]
  • January 26, 2000: Roberto Kelly signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • February 1, 2000: Tim Raines signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[5]
  • March 17, 2000: Ted Lilly was Sent by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 22, 1999. The Montreal Expos sent players to be named later and Jake Westbrook to the New York Yankees for Hideki Irabu. The Montreal Expos sent Ted Lilly (March 17, 2000) and Christian Parker (March 22, 2000) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.[6]
  • March 23, 2000: Tim Raines was released by the New York Yankees.[5]

Notable transactions

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 8774 0.540 — 44–36 43–38
Boston Red Sox 8577 0.525 2½ 42–39 43–38
Toronto Blue Jays 8379 0.512 4½ 45–36 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 7488 0.457 13½ 44–37 30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6992 0.429 18 36–44 33–48

Season summary

September

On September 28, 2000, the Yankees played the Devil Rays at Tampa Bay. In the top of the 2nd inning, Jose Canseco was walked. Tino Martinez then hit a double to center field. The ball was fielded by Gerald Williams and relayed to Mike DiFelice. He tagged Jose Canseco at the plate and proceeded to tag out Tino Martinez who was running right behind Canseco. Mike DiFelice tagged both runners out at the plate.[15]

The Yankees only played 161 games because they had a game rained out against the Florida Marlins that was not made up due to scheduling constraints and lack of playoff implications.

Record vs. opponents
2000 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC  MIN NYY OAK SEA TB  TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim—7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore5–7—5–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston4–57–5—7–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago6–46–45–7—8–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland6–34–56–65–8—6–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit5–54–65–73–97–6—5–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City6–67–36–47–57–57–5—7–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota3–73–62–85–78–56–75–7—5–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–5—6–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–6—9–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–9—9–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–9—5–75–79–9
Texas5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–5—4–67–11
Toronto7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–4—9–9

Detailed records

Opening Day starters

2B Chuck Knoblauch SS Derek Jeter LF Shane spencer CFRicky Ledee 1B Tino Martinez RF Paul O'Neill C Jorge Posada 3B Scott Brosius DH Bernie Williams

Roster
2000 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
2000 Game Log (87–74) Home: 44–35 Away: 43–39

Postseason Game log
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
CJorge Posada151505921452886.2872
1BTino Martinez155569691471691.2584
2BChuck Knoblauch10240075113526.28315
3BScott Brosius135470571081664.2300
SSDerek Jeter1485931192011573.33922
LFRicky Ledée621912346731.2417
CFBernie Williams14153710816530121.30713
RFPaul O'Neill1425667916018100.28314
DHShane Spencer732483370940.2821

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Other batters
Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
David Justice7827543842060.3051
Clay Bellinger981843338621.2075
José Vizcaíno731742348010.2765
Glenallen Hill4013222441629.3330
Luis Sojo341251936217.2881
José Canseco371111627619.2430
Chris Turner378992117.2360
Luis Polonia3777112215.2864
Jim Leyritz245521214.2180
Alfonso Soriano22505923.1802
Ryan Thompson33501213314.2600
Wilson Delgado314561114.2441
Lance Johnson18306902.3002
Félix José20294715.2410
Roberto Kelly10254311.1200

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Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA CG SO BB
Roger Clemens32204.11383.70118884
Andy Pettitte32204.21994.35312580
David Cone301554146.91012082
Orlando Hernández29195.212134.51314151
Denny Neagle1691.11594.5215831
Ramiro Mendoza1465.2744.2513020

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Dwight Gooden1864.14223.363121
Todd Erdos14250015.041811
Allen Watson122200010.232018
Darrell Einertson1112.20003.5534
Ben Ford4110109.0057
Craig Dingman10110006.5583
Randy Keisler410.210011.8168
Ted Lilly780005.63115
Jake Westbrook36.202013.5014
Jay Tessmer76.20006.7551
Ed Yarnall2300015.0013

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Mariano Rivera6675.274362.855825
Jeff Nelson7369.28402.457145
Mike Stanton69682304.107524
Jason Grimsley6396.13215.045342
Randy Choate22170104.76128

Postseason

ALDS
Main article: 2000 American League Division Series

New York wins the series, 3-2

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Oakland5New York3October 31-0 (OAK)
2Oakland0New York6October 41-1
3New York4Oakland2October 62-1 (NYY)
4New York1Oakland11October 72-2
5Oakland5New York7October 83-2 (NYY)

ALCS
  • Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees
Main article: 2000 American League Championship Series

Yankees win the Series, 4-2

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Seattle – 2, New York – 0October 10Yankee Stadium54,481
2Seattle – 1, New York – 7October 11Yankee Stadium55,317
3New York – 8, Seattle – 2October 13Safeco Field47,827
4New York – 5, Seattle – 0October 14Safeco Field47,803
5New York – 2, Seattle – 6October 15Safeco Field47,802
6Seattle – 7, New York – 9October 17Yankee Stadium56,598

World series
Main article: 2000 World Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-NYM)

1 October 21 New York Mets 3 New York Yankees 4 1-0
2 October 22 New York Mets 5 New York Yankees 6 2-0
3 October 24 New York Yankees 2 New York Mets 4 2-1
4 October 25 New York Yankees 3 New York Mets 2 3-1
5 October 26 New York Yankees 4 New York Mets 2 4-1

Awards and honors
  • Derek Jeter, SS, World Series Most Valuable Player, All-Star Game MVP
  • David Justice, Outfielder, American League Championship Series MVP

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Trey Hillman
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Dan Radison
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Tom Nieto
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Stan Hough
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Joe Arnold
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Derek Shelton

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island[17]

References
  1. Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/curtich01.shtml
  4. Ryan Thompson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Ted Lilly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Lance Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml
  9. Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. Denny Neagle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  13. Luis Polonia Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
  15. http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/doubletag2.htm
  16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2000.shtml
  17. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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