2000 Arizona Diamondbacks season
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The 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
looked to improve on their 1999 season, in which they won 100 games in just their 2nd season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League
West Division
. They finished the season with a record of 85-77, good enough for third place in the division, but a big step backwards (15 fewer wins).
Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
looked to improve on their 1999 season, in which they won 100 games in just their 2nd season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
West Division
National League West
The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other...
. They finished the season with a record of 85-77, good enough for third place in the division, but a big step backwards (15 fewer wins).
Offseason
- November 15, 1999: Ken HuckabyKen HuckabyKenneth Paul Huckaby is a retired catcher in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Through , Huckaby is a .222 hitter with three home runs and 31 RBI in 161 games played....
was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks. - November 22, 1999: Ernie Young was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- December 15, 1999: Dante Powell was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Ordaz.
- March 20, 2000: Craig CounsellCraig CounsellCraig John Counsell is a Major League Baseball infielder.Counsell grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, and attended Whitefish Bay High School, where he played baseball. His father worked for the Milwaukee Brewers...
was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Regular season
Randy Johnson tied a modern record with six victories in April 2000. He would lead the league in strikeouts with 347 and in winning percentage. Johnson won his third Cy Young Award, and became the third National League pitcher to win the trophy in consecutive seasons. Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout on September 10, 2000, as he whiffed Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.Opening Day starters
- Jay Bell
- Erubiel Durazo
- Steve Finley
- Luis Gonzalez
- Lenny Harris
- Randy Johnson
- Travis Lee
- Damian Miller
- Tony Womack
Notable transactions
- June 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the New York Mets to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Lenny Harris.
- June 5, 2000: Brandon Webb was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2000.
- July 26, 2000: Curt Schilling was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee, and Vicente Padilla.
Roster
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Batting
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Other batters
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Starting pitchers
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Other pitchers
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Relief pitchers
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