2000 Toronto Blue Jays season

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.

2000 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Rogers Communications, Interbrew
General manager(s)Gord Ash
Manager(s)Jim Fregosi
Local televisionCBC Television
(Brian Williams, Rich Waltz, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
CTV Sportsnet
(Rod Black, Joe Carter)
Local radioCHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews)
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Offseason
  • November 8, 1999: Raúl Mondesí was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Pedro Borbón to the Toronto Blue Jays for Shawn Green and Jorge Nunez (minors).[1]
  • November 11, 1999: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Pat Hentgen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt, and Lance Painter.[2]

December 13, 1999: DeWayne Wise was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 rule 5 draft.[3]

Regular season

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

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

Notable transactions

July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.[4]

  • July 26, 2000: Rob Ducey was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. [5]

2000 Draft picks

Source [6]

The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.

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

Roster
2000 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 23 José Cruz, Jr.

Manager

Coaches

Game log
2000 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1April 3Royals5 – 4Koch (1-0)Spradlin (0-1)40,8981-0
2April 4Royals6 – 3Halladay (1-0)Witasick (0-1)Koch (1)13,5142-0
3April 5Royals4 – 3Rosado (1-0)Carpenter (0-1)Bottalico (1)14,9572-1
4April 6Royals9 – 3Durbin (1-0)Escobar (0-1)Rigby (1)14,3362-2
5April 7@ Rangers11 – 5Clark (1-0)Castillo (0-1)31,6192-3
6April 8@ Rangers4 – 0Wells (1-0)Rogers (1-1)37,1283-3
7April 9@ Rangers7 – 5Helling (1-0)Halladay (1-1)40,1863-4
8April 10@ Angels6 – 0Schoeneweis (2-0)Carpenter (0-2)14,3383-5
9April 11@ Angels5 – 4Ortiz (1-0)Escobar (0-2)Percival (2)15,2293-6
10April 12@ Angels6 – 2Borbón (1-0)Petkovsek (0-1)16,4944-6
11April 14Mariners11 – 9Moyer (2-1)Wells (1-1)17,3064-7
12April 15Mariners17 – 6Rodriguez (1-0)Halladay (1-2)Paniagua (1)21,7544-8
13April 16Mariners19 – 7García (2-1)Carpenter (0-3)15,3254-9
14April 17Angels7 – 1Escobar (1-2)Ortiz (1-1)13,6225-9
15April 18Angels16 – 10Dickson (2-0)Castillo (0-2)13,8255-10
16April 19Angels12 – 4Wells (2-1)Hill (1-3)13,5726-10
17April 20Angels12 – 11Halladay (2-2)Bottenfield (1-2)Koch (2)13,9857-10
18April 21Yankees8 – 3Carpenter (1-3)Mendoza (2-1)25,9218-10
19April 22Yankees8 – 2Escobar (2-2)Cone (0-2)30,1679-10
20April 23Yankees10 – 7Hernández (4-0)Andrews (0-1)Rivera (6)20,4859-11
21April 24@ Athletics3 – 2Wells (3-1)Appier (3-2)Koch (3)8,36310-11
22April 25@ Athletics11 – 2Hudson (2-2)Halladay (2-3)8,26610-12
23April 26@ Athletics4 – 2Carpenter (2-3)Olivares (1-3)Koch (4)14,47711-12
24April 28@ Yankees6 – 0Cone (1-2)Escobar (2-3)35,98711-13
25April 29@ Yankees6 – 2Wells (4-1)Hernández (4-1)Koch (5)38,78312-13
26April 30@ Yankees7 – 1Clemens (2-2)Halladay (2-4)43,72112-14
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27May 1@ White Sox5 – 3Carpenter (3-3)Wells (2-3)Koch (6)14,44813-14
28May 2@ White Sox4 – 1Castillo (1-2)Wunsch (0-1)Koch (7)10,39714-14
29May 3@ White Sox7 – 3Baldwin (5-0)Escobar (2-4)Foulke (4)12,02614-15
30May 4Indians8 – 1Wells (5-1)Finley (3-1)16,63715-15
31May 5Indians11 – 10Koch (2-0)Shuey (1-1)19,19116-15
32May 6Indians8 – 6Rincón (1-0)Quantrill (0-1)Karsay (5)23,73016-16
33May 7Indians10 – 8 (12)Shuey (2-1)Gunderson (0-1)Karsay (6)19,16116-17
34May 8Orioles6 – 5Escobar (3-4)Johnson (0-2)Koch (8)15,10317-17
35May 9Orioles6 – 4Wells (6-1)Mussina (1-4)Koch (9)15,17718-17
36May 10Orioles7 – 2Painter (1-0)Erickson (0-1)Quantrill (1)15,59819-17
37May 12@ Devil Rays4 – 3White (1-2)Carpenter (3-4)Lopez (2)17,53219-18
38May 13@ Devil Rays8 – 4Escobar (4-4)Lidle (0-1)20,05420-18
39May 14@ Devil Rays3 – 2Wells (7-1)Lopez (2-3)15,78821-18
40May 15Red Sox8 – 1Schourek (2-3)Castillo (1-3)16,12421-19
41May 16Red Sox7 – 6Munro (1-0)Lowe (2-1)17,66322-19
42May 17Red Sox8 – 0Martínez (7-1)Carpenter (3-5)20,07822-20
43May 19White Sox5 – 3Sirotka (3-3)Escobar (4-5)Foulke (6)18,26822-21
44May 20White Sox6 – 2Baldwin (7-0)Wells (7-2)20,09122-22
45May 21White Sox2 – 1Eldred (4-2)Castillo (1-4)Foulke (7)18,26422-23
46May 22White Sox4 – 3Koch (3-0)Howry (0-1)19,16723-23
47May 23@ Red Sox3 – 2Carpenter (4-5)Martínez (7-2)Koch (10)33,40224-23
48May 24@ Red Sox6 – 3 (11)Cormier (2-0)Frascatore (0-1)31,25024-24
49May 25@ Red Sox11 – 6Wells (8-2)Schourek (2-4)32,71625-24
50May 26@ Tigers8 – 2Frascatore (1-1)Brocail (1-3)33,06826-24
51May 27@ Tigers4 – 3Brocail (2-3)Quantrill (0-2)29,58426-25
52May 28@ Tigers12 – 7Andrews (1-1)Blair (2-1)29,10527-25
53May 30Twins4 – 1Redman (4-0)Escobar (4-6)Hawkins (2)16,37127-26
54May 31Twins4 – 2Wells (9-2)Radke (3-6)Koch (11)17,30528-26
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55June 1Twins5 – 1Milton (5-1)Castillo (1-5)30,44428-27
56June 2@ Marlins11 – 10Bones (1-0)Munro (1-1)Alfonseca (16)12,20928-28
57June 3@ Marlins2 – 1Looper (1-1)Koch (3-1)Alfonseca (17)17,54628-29
58June 4@ Marlins7 – 2Escobar (5-6)Núñez (0-6)11,00729-29
59June 5@ Braves9 – 3Wells (10-2)Burkett (4-3)33,64130-29
60June 6@ Braves7 – 6Remlinger (2-1)Frascatore (1-2)39,45430-30
61June 7@ Braves12 – 8Cubillán (1-0)Millwood (4-5)Koch (12)33,24031-30
62June 9Expos13 – 3Carpenter (5-5)Tucker (0-1)26,12232-30
63June 10Expos11 – 2Armas (2-3)Escobar (5-7)30,23932-31
64June 11Expos8 – 3Koch (4-1)Mota (0-1)25,83833-31
65June 12@ Tigers4 – 2Castillo (2-5)Nomo (2-6)Koch (13)21,77934-31
66June 13@ Tigers16 – 3Blair (3-1)Andrews (1-2)23,31434-32
67June 14@ Tigers8 – 1Carpenter (6-5)Weaver (3-6)27,47935-32
68June 16@ Red Sox7 – 4Pichardo (2-0)Escobar (5-8)Lowe (16)33,63835-33
69June 17@ Red Sox11 – 10Wells (11-2)Martínez (5-4)Koch (14)32,95136-33
70June 18@ Red Sox5 – 1Castillo (3-5)Fassero (6-3)Koch (15)32,92537-33
71June 20Tigers18 – 6Weaver (4-6)Carpenter (6-6)18,85037-34
72June 21Tigers6 – 0Escobar (6-8)Moehler (4-4)18,12538-34
73June 22Tigers7 – 4Wells (12-2)Nomo (2-7)20,25939-34
74June 23Red Sox5 – 4Castillo (4-5)Wasdin (0-3)Koch (16)28,19840-34
75June 24Red Sox6 – 4Halladay (3-4)Rose (3-5)Koch (17)30,13041-34
76June 25Red Sox6 – 5 (13)DeWitt (1-0)Florie (0-2)31,02242-34
77June 27@ Devil Rays11 – 1Trachsel (6-7)Escobar (6-9)14,65742-35
78June 28@ Devil Rays5 – 2Wells (13-2)Yan (4-6)15,30843-35
79June 29@ Devil Rays12 – 3Castillo (5-5)Lidle (1-3)21,66644-35
80June 30@ Orioles8 – 3Rapp (5-5)Halladay (3-5)40,41244-36
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81July 1@ Orioles12 – 5Ponson (5-4)Carpenter (6-7)40,87644-37
82July 2@ Orioles3 – 2Trombley (4-2)Quantrill (0-3)Mills (1)41,26744-38
83July 3@ Orioles6 – 4Wells (14-2)Johnson (0-7)Koch (18)39,61745-38
84July 4@ Indians9 – 4Colón (8-5)Frascatore (1-3)43,22245-39
85July 5@ Indians15 – 7Brewington (2-0)Quantrill (0-4)43,14145-40
86July 6@ Indians9 – 6Carpenter (7-7)Burba (8-4)Koch (19)43,23746-40
87July 7@ Expos10 – 5Lira (2-0)Quantrill (0-5)13,31746-41
88July 8@ Expos6 – 3Wells (15-2)Armas (4-6)Koch (20)17,42047-41
89July 9@ Expos13 – 3Castillo (6-5)Hermanson (6-7)22,48948-41
90July 13Phillies8 – 5Schilling (5-5)Carpenter (7-8)Brantley (14)22,16348-42
91July 14Phillies3 – 2Koch (5-1)Brantley (1-3)21,38549-42
92July 15Phillies7 – 3Chen (5-0)Wells (15-3)24,82849-43
93July 16Mets7 – 3Halladay (4-5)Leiter (10-3)Koch (21)30,13950-43
94July 17Mets7 – 5 (11)Franco (4-3)Borbón (1-1)Benítez (21)23,12950-44
95July 18Mets11 – 7Jones (4-4)Carpenter (7-9)24,63350-45
96July 19Devil Rays5 – 2Escobar (7-9)Lopez (6-7)Koch (22)18,75151-45
97July 20Devil Rays6 – 5Quantrill (1-5)White (3-6)Koch (23)18,91552-45
98July 21Orioles9 – 5Rapp (6-6)Halladay (4-6)23,47052-46
99July 22Orioles8 – 2Mercedes (5-4)Loaiza (5-7)27,58552-47
100July 23Orioles4 – 1Castillo (7-5)Mussina (6-10)Koch (24)26,27653-47
101July 25Indians10 – 3Finley (9-7)Escobar (7-10)28,67253-48
102July 26Indians8 – 1Wells (16-3)Colón (9-8)31,18354-48
103July 27@ Mariners7 – 2Loaiza (6-7)Rhodes (3-5)40,39855-48
104July 28@ Mariners7 – 4García (3-1)Carpenter (7-10)Sasaki (25)37,12655-49
105July 29@ Mariners6 – 5 (13)Tomko (5-3)Halladay (4-7)45,26455-50
106July 30@ Mariners10 – 6Sele (12-6)Escobar (7-11)Paniagua (2)43,64855-51
107July 31@ Athletics6 – 1Hudson (12-3)Wells (16-4)13,60855-52
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
108August 1@ Athletics3 – 1 (10)Isringhausen (5-3)Koch (5-2)17,46955-53
109August 2@ Athletics5 – 4Mecir (8-2)Guthrie (1-2)Isringhausen (24)26,47355-54
110August 3Rangers3 – 1Castillo (8-5)Rogers (10-9)Koch (25)24,82556-54
111August 4Rangers10 – 8Quantrill (2-5)Venafro (1-1)Koch (26)23,51857-54
112August 5Rangers8 – 5Wells (17-4)Davis (4-3)Koch (27)26,14358-54
113August 6Rangers11 – 6Glynn (3-1)Escobar (7-12)28,78058-55
114August 7@ Royals8 – 7Stein (3-3)Loaiza (6-8)Bottalico (12)17,53358-56
115August 8@ Royals6 – 1Castillo (9-5)Suzuki (5-7)14,08659-56
116August 9@ Royals5 – 3Suppan (6-6)Trachsel (6-11)Larkin (1)14,19859-57
117August 10@ Royals15 – 7Carpenter (8-10)Fussell (4-3)18,18860-57
118August 11@ Twins9 – 4Romero (2-1)Escobar (7-13)13,36060-58
119August 12@ Twins6 – 3Redman (11-5)Loaiza (6-9)Hawkins (8)30,16160-59
120August 13@ Twins13 – 3Carpenter (9-10)Radke (8-13)25,65661-59
121August 15Angels8 – 4Wise (1-1)Wells (17-5)26,70661-60
122August 16Angels8 – 6Koch (6-2)Pote (1-1)32,49762-60
123August 18Twins3 – 2Loaiza (7-9)Kinney (0-1)Koch (28)23,07463-60
124August 19Twins5 – 1Radke (9-13)Guthrie (1-3)Guardado (8)25,17163-61
125August 20Twins6 – 3Wells (18-5)Carrasco (3-3)32,62764-61
126August 22Royals7 – 5Escobar (8-13)Santiago (6-4)Koch (29)22,55165-61
127August 23Royals9 – 8Escobar (9-13)Larkin (0-2)Koch (30)22,61666-61
128August 25@ Rangers1 – 0 (11)Venafro (2-1)Koch (6-3)35,36566-62
129August 26@ Rangers9 – 3Hamilton (1-0)Sikorski (1-2)Borbón (1)39,38867-62
130August 27@ Rangers6 – 4Trachsel (7-11)Helling (14-9)Koch (31)21,89668-62
131August 28@ Angels4 – 2Loaiza (8-9)Ortiz (4-5)Koch (32)17,48369-62
132August 29@ Angels9 – 4Holtz (2-3)Carpenter (9-11)17,77369-63
133August 30@ Angels11 – 2Wells (19-5)Wise (3-2)19,65370-63
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134September 1Athletics4 – 3Frascatore (2-3)Jones (3-2)22,18771-63
135September 2Athletics8 – 0Heredia (14-9)Trachsel (7-12)Mecir (3)26,26171-64
136September 3Athletics4 – 3Hudson (15-6)Loaiza (8-10)Mecir (4)24,15671-65
137September 4Athletics10 – 0Zito (3-3)Wells (19-6)21,82471-66
138September 5Mariners4 – 3Rhodes (4-7)Escobar (9-14)Sasaki (32)21,12871-67
139September 6Mariners7 – 3Hamilton (2-0)Halama (11-8)17,05572-67
140September 7Mariners8 – 1García (6-4)Trachsel (7-13)17,57172-68
141September 8Tigers3 – 0Loaiza (9-10)Weaver (9-13)19,12173-68
142September 9Tigers6 – 5Koch (7-3)Nitkowski (4-9)23,62374-68
143September 10Tigers6 – 2Carpenter (10-11)Sparks (6-4)Escobar (1)21,66675-68
144September 12@ Yankees10 – 2Neagle (7-4)Hamilton (2-1)30,37075-69
145September 13@ Yankees3 – 2Clemens (13-6)Loaiza (9-11)Rivera (34)29,08375-70
146September 14@ Yankees3 – 2 (11)Koch (8-3)Choate (0-1)Escobar (2)35,04076-70
147September 15@ White Sox6 – 5Escobar (10-14)Garland (3-7)Koch (33)23,10577-70
148September 16@ White Sox6 – 3Wunsch (6-3)Escobar (10-15)Foulke (31)33,20477-71
149September 17@ White Sox14 – 1Painter (2-0)Wells (5-9)26,11378-71
150September 19Yankees16 – 3Trachsel (8-13)Pettitte (18-8)28,90879-71
151September 20Yankees7 – 2Loaiza (10-11)Cone (4-13)28,46380-71
152September 21Yankees3 – 1Wells (20-6)Hernández (12-12)30,07481-71
153September 22Devil Rays3 – 2Lidle (3-6)Frascatore (2-4)Hernández (30)18,06381-72
154September 23Devil Rays7 – 6Koch (9-3)Enders (0-1)24,47382-72
155September 24Devil Rays6 – 0Harper (1-2)Trachsel (8-14)28,17282-73
156September 25Devil Rays5 – 1Wilson (1-4)Loaiza (10-12)Hernández (31)20,71582-74
157September 26@ Orioles2 – 1Mercedes (13-7)Wells (20-7)Kohlmeier (13)31,61482-75
158September 27@ Orioles4 – 0Castillo (10-5)Ponson (9-13)30,36283-75
159September 28@ Orioles23 – 1Rapp (9-12)Carpenter (10-12)32,20383-76
160September 29@ Indians8 – 4Speier (5-2)Trachsel (8-15)Karsay (20)42,76883-77
161September 30@ Indians6 – 5Finley (16-11)Loaiza (10-13)Wickman (14)42,67683-78
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
162October 1@ Indians11 – 4Woodard (3-3)Wells (20-8)42,59483-79

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. TB
CDarrin Fletcher122416431332058.320214
1BCarlos Delgado16256911519641137.344378
2BHomer Bush762973864118.21575
SSAlex Gonzalez141527681331569.252213
3BTony Batista1546209616341114.263322
LFShannon Stewart1365831071862169.319302
CFJose Cruz162603911463176.242281
RFRaúl Mondesí96388781052467.271203
DHBrad Fullmer1334827614232104.295269

[7]

Other batters

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

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. TB
Craig Grebeck662413871323.29599
Marty Cordova622002349418.24568
Alberto Castillo661851439116.21149

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

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

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

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

[9]

References
  1. Raúl Mondesí Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Paul Spoljaric Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wisede01.shtml
  4. Esteban Loaiza Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  6. "Feature: 2000 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2000.shtml
  8. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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