The Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....

season was a season in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

. It involved the Blue Jays finishing 3rd in the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

• November 8, 1999: Raúl Mondesí
  Raúl Mondesí
  Raúl Ramón Mondesí Avelino is a former Major League Baseball player and the current mayor of San Cristóbal Province in the Dominican Republic. He was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1994 as a right fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
   was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Pedro Borbon to the Toronto Blue Jays for Shawn Green and Jorge Nunez (minors).
• November 11, 1999: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Pat Hentgen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt, and Lance Painter.

December 13, 1999: DeWayne Wise was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 rule 5 draft.

Notable transactions

July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillan and Michael Young.

Roster

2000 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Game log

2000 Game Log

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; TB = Total Bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	TB
C	Darrin Fletcher	122	416	43	133	20	58	.320	214
1B	Carlos Delgado	162	569	115	196	41	137	.344	378
2B	Homer Bush	76	297	38	64	1	18	.215	75
SS		141	527	68	133	15	69	.252	213
3B	Tony Batista	154	620	96	163	41	114	.263	322
LF	Shannon Stewart	136	583	107	186	21	69	.319	302
CF	Jose Cruz	162	603	91	146	31	76	.242	281
RF	Raul Mondesi	96	388	78	105	24	67	.271	203
DH	Brad Fullmer	133	482	76	142	32	104	.295	269

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	TB
Craig Grebeck	66	241	38	71	3	23	.295	99
Marty Cordova	62	200	23	49	4	18	.245	68
Alberto Castillo	66	185	14	39	1	16	.211	49

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

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

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

Award winners

• Carlos Delgado, Hank Aaron Award
  Hank Aaron Award
  The Hank Aaron Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball players selected as the top hitter in each league, as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron's surpassing of Babe Ruth's career home run mark...
  
  
• Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
• Carlos Delgado, The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  This is a list of the Major League Baseball players chosen by The Sporting News since 1936 as recipients of the TSN Player of the Year Award. Until 1969, it was the only major award given to a single player from MLB, rather than to a player in each league. In 1969, Baseball Digest began its Player...
  
  

All-Star Game

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 71st playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball...

• David Wells
  David Wells
  David Lee Wells , nicknamed "Boomer", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Wells was considered to be one of the game's better left-handed pitchers, especially during his years with the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays. He pitched the fifteenth perfect game in baseball history...
  
  , P, Starter
• Carlos Delgado
  Carlos Delgado
  Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández is a retired Puerto Rican professional baseball player. With 473 home runs and 1,512 RBI, he holds the all-time home run and RBI records among Puerto Rican players....
  
  , 1B, Reserve
• Tony Batista
  Tony Batista
  Leocadio Francisco "Tony" Batista is a former Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent. He played in the major leagues from to and to , and with the Softbank Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League in .-Career:...
  
  , 3B, Reserve

Farm system

External links

• 2000 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com