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2000 Texas Rangers season

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Owner(s)
  
Tom Hicks

Manager(s)
  
Johnny Oates

General manager(s)
  
Doug Melvin

2000 Texas Rangers season

Local television
  
KXTX-TV KXAS-TV (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)

Local radio
  
KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)

The Texas Rangers 2000 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Contents

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).
  • January 10, 2000: Jason McDonald signed with the Rangers as a free agent.

    • Opening Day Starters

  • 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, LHP

    • Transactions

  • July 3, 2000: Mark Clark was released by the Texas Rangers.
  • July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.
  • July 28, 2000: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for David Segui.

    • Batting

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    Other pitchers

    Relief pitchers

    Awards and honors

  • Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
  • Kenny Rogers, P, Gold Glove

    • All-Star Game

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

    References

    2000 Texas Rangers season Wikipedia
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