2000 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 2000 American League West The Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, Texas Tom Hicks Doug Melvin Johnny Oates 71–91 (.438) 4th KXTX-TVKXAS-TV(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones) KRLD(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)KESS-FM(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez) The 2000 Texas Rangers season was the 40th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 29th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 7th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses. Preseason November 2, 1999: Juan González was traded by the Texas Rangers with Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, and Alan Webb (minors).Juan Gonzalez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com January 10, 2000: Jason McDonald signed with the Rangers as a free agent.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdonja02.shtml Jason McDonald Stats Regular season Opening Day starters thumb|180px|Gabe Kapler Iván Rodríguez, C Rafael Palmeiro, 1B Luis Alicea, 2B Tom Evans, 3B Royce Clayton, SS Rusty Greer, LF Rubén Mateo, CF Gabe Kapler, RF David Segui, DH Kenny Rogers, LHP2000 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Transactions July 3, 2000: Mark Clark was released by the Texas Rangers.Mark Clark Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com July 28, 2000: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for David Segui.Ricky Ledee Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com Roster 2000 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers 54 Mark Clark 30 Francisco Cordero 23 Tim Crabtree 57 Darwin Cubillán 46 Doug Davis 38 Ryan Glynn 32 Rick Helling 50 Jonathan Johnson 52 Dan Kolb 28 Esteban Loaiza 51 Mike Munoz 14 Darren Oliver 40 Matt Perisho 37 Kenny Rogers 49 Brian Sikorski 43 Mike Venafro 35 John Wetteland 59 Jeff Zimmerman Catchers 33 Bill Haselman 55 Randy Knorr  7 Iván Rodríguez 39 B. J. Waszgis Infielders 10 Luis Alicea 27 Frank Catalanotto 11 Royce Clayton 44 Kelly Dransfeldt  6 Tom Evans 13 Mike Lamb 25 Rafael Palmeiro 24 David Segui  4 Scott Sheldon  2 Michael Young Outfielders  3 Chad Curtis 41 Scarborough Green 29 Rusty Greer 18 Gabe Kapler 12 Ricky Ledée  1 Dave Martinez 21 Rubén Mateo  2 Jason McDonald  9 Pedro Valdés Other batters 21,28 Rubén Sierra Manager 26 Johnny Oates Coaches 17 Dick Bosman (Pitching) 20 Bucky Dent (Bench) 48 Larry Hardy (Bullpen)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (Hitting) 12 Ed Napoleon (First Base)  5 Jerry Narron (Third Base) 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Iván Rodríguez 91 363 126 .347 27 83 1B Rafael Palmeiro 158 565 163 .288 39 120 2B Luis Alicea 139 540 159 .294 6 63 SS Royce Clayton 148 513 124 .242 14 54 3B Mike Lamb 138 493 137 .278 6 47 LF Rusty Greer 105 394 117 .297 8 65 CF Gabe Kapler 116 444 134 .302 14 66 RF Ricky Ledée 58 213 50 .235 4 38 DH David Segui 93 351 118 .336 11 57 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Chad Curtis 108 335 91 .272 8 48 Frank Catalanotto 103 282 82 .291 10 42 Ruben Mateo 52 206 60 .291 7 19 Bill Haselman 62 193 53 .275 6 26 Scarborough Green 79 124 29 .234 0 9 Scott Sheldon 58 124 35 .282 4 19 Dave Martinez 38 119 32 .269 2 12 Jason McDonald 38 94 22 .234 3 13 Ruben Sierra 20 60 14 .233 1 7 Tom Evans 23 54 15 .278 0 5 Pedro Valdés 30 54 15 .278 1 5 B.J. Waszgis 24 45 10 .222 0 4 Randy Knorr 15 34 10 .294 2 2 Kelly Dransfeldt 16 26 3 .115 0 2 Michael Young 2 2 0 .000 0 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 Kenny Rogers 34 227.1 13 13 4.55 127 Rick Helling 35 217.0 16 13 4.48 146 Darren Oliver 21 108.0 2 9 7.42 49 Esteban Loaiza 20 107.1 5 6 5.37 75 Ryan Glynn 16 88.2 5 7 5.58 33 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 Matt Perisho 34 105.0 2 7 7.37 74 Doug Davis 30 98.2 7 6 5.38 66 Mark Clark 12 44.0 3 5 7.98 16 Brian Sikorski 10 37.2 1 3 5.73 32 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 John Wetteland 62 6 5 34 4.20 53 Mike Venafro 77 3 1 1 3.83 32 Tim Crabtree 68 2 7 2 5.15 54 Jeff Zimmerman 65 4 5 1 5.30 74 Francisco Cordero 56 1 2 0 5.35 49 Jonathan Johnson 15 1 1 0 6.21 23 Darwin Cubillán 13 0 0 0 10.70 13 Mike Munoz 7 0 1 0 13.50 1 Danny Kolb 1 0 0 0 67.50 0 Scott Sheldon 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Awards and honors Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove Kenny Rogers, P, Gold Glove All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League DeMarlo Hale AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones and Jim Byrd A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Jim Byrd and Bobby Miscik A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Paul Carey Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Bruce Crabbe Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Darryl Kennedy LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers References 2000 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 2000 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Range Texas Rangers