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

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	91	70	.565	—	47‍–‍34	44‍–‍36
Seattle Mariners	91	71	.562	½	47‍–‍34	44‍–‍37
Anaheim Angels	82	80	.506	9½	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers	71	91	.438	20½	42‍–‍39	29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League record v t e Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–5	5–4	4–6	3–6	5–5	6–6	7–3	5–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	12–6
Baltimore	5–7	—	5–7	4–6	5–4	6–4	3–7	6–3	5–7	4–8	3–7	8–5	6–6	7–6	7–11
Boston	4–5	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	4–6	8–2	6–7	5–5	5–5	6–6	7–3	4–8	9–9
Chicago	6–4	6–4	5–7	—	8–5	9–3	5–7	7–5	8–4	6–3	7–5	6–4	5–5	5–5	12–6
Cleveland	6–3	4–5	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	5–7	5–8	5–5	6–6	7–2	8–2	6–4	8–4	13–5
Detroit	5–5	4–6	5–7	3–9	7–6	—	5–7	7–6	8–4	6–4	7–2	4–5	5–5	3–9	10–8
Kansas City	6–6	7–3	6–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	7–5	2–8	4–8	4–8	5–5	3–7	4–6	8–10
Minnesota	3–7	3–6	2–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	5–7	—	5–5	5–7	3–9	4–6	8–4	5–4	7–11
New York	5–5	7–5	7–6	4–8	5–5	4–8	8–2	5–5	—	6–3	4–6	6–6	10–2	5–7	11–6
Oakland	8–5	8–4	5–5	3–6	6–6	4–6	8–4	7–5	3–6	—	9–4	7–2	5–7	7–3	11–7
Seattle	8–5	7–3	5–5	5–7	2–7	2–7	8–4	9–3	6–4	4–9	—	9–3	7–5	8–2	11–7
Tampa Bay	6–6	5–8	6–6	4–6	2–8	5–4	5–5	6–4	6–6	2–7	3–9	—	5–7	5–7	9–9
Texas	5–7	6–6	3–7	5–5	4–6	5–5	7–3	4–8	2–10	7–5	5–7	7–5	—	4–6	7–11
Toronto	7–5	6–7	8–4	5–5	4–8	9–3	6–4	4–5	7–5	3–7	2–8	7–5	6–4	—	9–9

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.

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)

2000 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

2000 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
2000 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

2000 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota
AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Texas Rangers

Established in 1961
Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Choctaw Stadium Globe Life Field
Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Chris Young
Manager: Bruce Bochy

World Series
Championships (1)

2023

American League
championships (3)

American League
West Division titles (7)

Wild card berths (2)

2012
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Media

Broadcasters
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Minor league affiliates

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