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2000 Colorado Rockies season

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Owner(s)
  
Jerry McMorris

Manager(s)
  
Buddy Bell

General manager(s)
  
Dan O'Dowd

Local television
  
KWGN-TV Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)

Local radio
  
KOA (AM) (Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery) KCUV (Antonio Guevara)

The Colorado Rockies' 2000 season was the 8th for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 82-80, 4th in the NL West.

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Offseason

  • October 30, 1999: Dante Bichette was traded by the Colorado Rockies with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Stan Belinda and Jeffrey Hammonds.
  • November 16, 1999: Darryl Kile was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Luther Hackman and Dave Veres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Manny Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore, and José Jiménez.
  • November 17, 1999: Curt Leskanic was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Myers.
  • November 21, 1999: Julián Tavárez was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the San Francisco Giants.
  • December 9, 1999: Tom Goodwin was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • December 13, 1999: Vinny Castilla was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma.
  • December 13, 1999: Jamey Wright was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Henry Blanco to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeff Cirillo and Scott Karl.
  • December 16, 1999: Brent Mayne was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • January 14, 2000: Bobby Jones was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Lariel González to the New York Mets for Masato Yoshii.
  • March 31, 2000: Brian Hunter was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • Opening Day starters

  • Rolando Arrojo
  • Darren Bragg
  • Jeff Cirillo
  • Tom Goodwin
  • Todd Helton
  • Mike Lansing
  • Brent Mayne
  • Neifi Pérez
  • Larry Walker
  • Transactions

  • April 7, 2000: Manny Aybar was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Gabe White.
  • June 5, 2000: Garrett Atkins was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 5th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2000.
  • June 5, 2000: Clint Barmes was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2000.
  • June 5, 2000: Brad Hawpe was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2000.
  • July 15, 2000: Todd Sears (minors) was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Minnesota Twins for Butch Huskey and Todd Walker.
  • July 27, 2000: Rolando Arrojo was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Rich Croushore and Mike Lansing to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Frye, Brian Rose, John Wasdin, and Jeff Taglienti (minors).
  • July 31, 2000: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Kevin Gibbs (minors) and Randey Dorame (minors) to the Colorado Rockies for Tom Goodwin and cash.
  • Major League debuts

  • Batters:
  • Bubba Carpenter (May 13)
  • Juan Pierre (Aug 7)
  • Elvis Peña (Sep 2)
  • Pitchers:
  • Craig House (Aug 6)
  • Game log

    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

    References

  • 2000 Rockies
  • 2000 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • 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

    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

    References

    2000 Colorado Rockies season Wikipedia