2000 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Division
Team W L WPct GB
Chicago (A) 99 63 .611 --
Kansas City 95 67 .586 4
Minnesota 90 72 .556 9
New Orleans 69 93 .426 30
Cleveland 64 98 .395 35
East Division
Team W L WPct GB
Boston 96 66 .593 --
Detroit 79 83 .488 17
New York (A) 78 84 .481 18
Baltimore 73 89 .451 23
Toronto 54 108 .333 42
West Division
Team W L WPct GB
Texas 101 61 .623 --
Oakland 92 70 .568 9
California 79 83 .488 22
Seattle 65 97 .401 36
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3) Boston Red Sox over Philadelphia Phillies
AL League Series (4-0) Boston Red Sox over Texas Rangers
AL Division Series (3-1) Boston Red Sox over Chicago (A) White Sox
AL Division Series (3-2) Texas Rangers over Kansas City Royals
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
BOS 7.1 1144 162 5732 1625 359 45 294 776 1309 .283 .369 .516 .885
TEX 6.8 1099 162 5768 1663 394 48 304 730 1256 .288 .368 .531 .900
CHW 6.7 1080 162 5747 1632 373 48 260 680 1111 .284 .360 .501 .861
MIN 6.1 994 162 5744 1632 371 25 261 599 1191 .284 .352 .494 .845
CAL 5.8 934 162 5840 1568 328 52 218 578 1592 .268 .334 .454 .789
KCR 5.7 928 162 5790 1656 355 68 155 517 1166 .286 .345 .451 .796
NYY 5.4 875 162 5593 1425 367 49 195 609 1404 .255 .328 .443 .770
BAL 5.4 867 162 5710 1574 314 41 208 554 1113 .276 .340 .454 .794
OAK 5.2 847 162 5527 1399 278 34 246 591 1487 .253 .325 .449 .775
NOR 5.2 846 162 5688 1474 342 52 200 582 1291 .259 .328 .443 .771
DET 5.1 833 162 5622 1474 385 35 164 591 1218 .262 .332 .431 .763
SEA 5.0 813 162 5743 1516 345 28 194 570 1489 .264 .330 .435 .766
CLE 4.8 777 162 5525 1349 330 34 130 722 1428 .244 .332 .387 .718
TOR 4.4 710 162 5620 1390 355 47 152 469 1306 .247 .305 .408 .714
Totals 5.6 12747 2268 79649 21377 4896 606 2981 8568 18361 .268 .339 .457 .797
Average   910 162 5689 1527 350 43 213 612 1312  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
OAK 4.4 711 162 4.09 1439.7 1391 8.6 538 3.3 1308 8.1 47
KCR 5.1 821 162 4.71 1447.7 1397 8.6 591 3.6 1437 8.9 51
MIN 5.1 827 162 4.77 1447.7 1500 9.3 594 3.7 1122 6.9 42
DET 5.2 840 162 5.00 1435.3 1426 8.8 621 3.8 1361 8.4 40
CHW 5.2 842 162 4.87 1452.3 1420 8.8 572 3.5 1536 9.5 47
TEX 5.3 852 162 5.01 1447.3 1548 9.6 494 3.0 1179 7.3 52
CLE 5.8 934 162 5.39 1424.7 1596 9.9 579 3.6 1271 7.8 42
NYY 5.8 947 162 5.53 1442.3 1598 9.9 638 3.9 1202 7.4 55
CAL 5.9 958 162 5.29 1465.3 1568 9.7 685 4.2 1334 8.2 44
SEA 6.0 966 162 5.55 1444.7 1645 10.2 622 3.8 1130 7.0 35
BOS 6.0 972 162 5.51 1443.0 1544 9.5 539 3.3 1343 8.3 43
BAL 6.1 981 162 5.63 1436.0 1582 9.8 607 3.7 1494 9.2 42
NOR 6.3 1017 162 5.87 1440.3 1602 9.9 717 4.4 1255 7.7 43
TOR 6.7 1079 162 6.30 1436.0 1560 9.6 771 4.8 1389 8.6 33
Totals 5.6 12747 2268 5.25 20202.3 21377 9.4 8568 3.8 18361 8.1 616
Average   910 162   1443 1527   612   1312   44
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
OAK 94 68 -2 5 10 5 2 1 12 1.00 1.01 3,180,856   Larry Pape
TEX 100 62 1 5 12 4 2 3 8 0.97 1.02 2,314,373   Tito Luna
BOS 93 69 3 3 15 2 0 4 20 0.98 0.95 2,769,795   Shawn Martin
CHW 99 63 0 3 12 4 0 2 5 1.08 1.27 1,750,844   Shawn Dyllla
KCR 90 72 5 3 9 0 1 0 13 1.01 1.10 3,243,682   Phil Duncan
MIN 95 67 -5 3 13 0 3 1 9 1.00 0.93 2,670,219   Jim Grimley
BAL 72 90 1 1 9 0 1 0 4 0.94 1.05 968,289   Steve Roy
CAL 79 83 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 1.06 1.10 3,021,356   Joe Nichols
DET 80 82 -1 1 8 0 3 0 6 1.04 0.80 1,622,268   Nelson Casamalhuapa
CLE 67 95 -3 0 7 0 0 0 5 1.02 0.84 1,006,497   Chris Bertrand
NOR 67 95 2 0 12 0 2 2 8 0.94 0.95 1,174,267   Greg Lubbelinkhof
NYY 75 87 3 0 6 0 0 3 4 1.03 0.98 827,202   Trapper Yuvienco
SEA 68 94 -3 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.83 0.79 837,694   Grant Hughes
TOR 51 111 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 1.15 1.20 2,267,369   Matt Holgate
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
TEX 303 167.85 95.43 39.67 8.76 3.56 8.15 6.49 3.55 9.18
CHW 297 148.25 102.79 45.92 2.31 4.36 7.77 5.92 10.17 15.40
BOS 288 182.77 70.96 34.21 6.57 2.11 5.59 3.58 4.31 12.06
KCR 285 126.94 109.00 49.02 8.22 3.29 9.07 6.25 9.47 12.73
OAK 276 100.22 127.54 48.19 9.86 2.77 7.67 6.65 7.57 13.68
MIN 270 130.68 100.49 38.78 4.60 3.05 8.50 3.92 5.00 13.73
DET 237 91.54 102.22 43.20 5.65 3.24 7.17 4.06 3.63 19.46
CAL 237 113.56 84.34 39.05 4.79 0.34 6.43 4.33 6.92 16.26
NYY 234 108.87 81.06 44.04 9.06 1.94 9.52 5.06 5.92 12.54
BAL 219 117.28 72.33 29.32 9.12 3.06 5.44 2.90 4.58 4.24
NOR 207 112.83 64.50 29.60 8.94 2.19 2.29 2.79 9.84 3.57
SEA 195 106.45 60.81 27.69 2.34 2.71 3.85 4.75 6.63 7.42
CLE 192 77.88 76.64 37.43 9.34 1.26 4.40 4.03 6.27 12.14
TOR 162 54.51 66.21 41.21 11.34 3.07 5.91 3.30 6.77 10.83
League Award Winners
Bill Heckel Award: Shawn Dyllla CHW Managed the Chicago (A) White Sox to a 99-63 record, finishing 1st in the Central Division division of the American League.
Lost to Boston Red Sox in the Division Series 3 games to 1.
Ted Williams Batting Title: Todd Helton CHW .361, 60 HR, 161 RBI
Cy Young: Rafael Montalvo OAK 21-6, 2.82, 268.0 IP, 222 K
Rolaids Relief Award: John Pawlowski KCR 6-5, 44 SV, 1.56, 81.0 IP, 90 K
Rookie Of The Year: Geoff Jenkins NYY .285, 30 HR, 96 RBI
 
Gold Glove Award Winners
 
P Kevin Tapani TEX 1.000, 23 PO, 54 A, 0 E
C Einar Diaz TOR .997, 1032 PO, 40 A, 3 E
42.9% (27-63) Runners Thrown Out
1B Joe Vitiello TEX .995, 1310 PO, 96 A, 7 E
2B Rafael Furcal NYY .988, 285 PO, 554 A, 10 E
3B Jason Giambi TEX .970, 72 PO, 349 A, 13 E
SS Julio Lugo CAL .961, 188 PO, 504 A, 28 E
LF Marty Cordova MIN .982, 272 PO, 5 A, 5 E
CF Adrian Brown BOS .988, 323 PO, 5 A, 4 E
RF Matt Lawton BOS .996, 244 PO, 13 A, 1 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
HeltonCHW.361
LorettaKCR.341
CarusoMIN.335
GraceDET.334
SimonSEA.326
On-Base Pct
HeltonCHW.473
BagwellBOS.440
GiambiTEX.433
LawtonBOS.431
SnowCHW.427
Slugging Pct
HeltonCHW.780
BagwellBOS.738
SosaTEX.711
CordovaMIN.678
RodriguezTEX.677
OPS
HeltonCHW1.253
BagwellBOS1.178
SosaTEX1.115
CordovaMIN1.085
RodriguezTEX1.061
XR
HeltonCHW180.5
BagwellBOS169.9
SosaTEX158.4
RodriguezTEX151.7
CordovaMIN147.9
Games
BondsCLE162
ErstadNOR162
SalmonNYY162
OrdonezBAL161
BagwellBOS160
At-Bats
ErstadNOR672
JeterBAL652
RodriguezTEX643
OrdonezBAL641
MartinezOAK639
Runs
HeltonCHW160
BagwellBOS156
AlomarBOS153
RodriguezTEX152
JavierCHW147
Hits
HeltonCHW212
AlfonzoTEX200
JeterBAL199
SosaTEX198
GraceDET196
Total Bases
HeltonCHW458
SosaTEX443
BagwellBOS442
RodriguezTEX435
CordovaMIN410
Singles
JeterBAL140
CarusoMIN137
StillwellCAL136
HamiltonBAL135
VinaBAL131
Doubles
PolancoMIN68
ColbrunnDET61
HallCHW59
CordovaMIN57
VidroCLE57
Triples
McNeelyKCR19
AriasCHW12
AlomarBOS11
LawtonBOS10
WatkinsTOR10
Homeruns
SosaTEX69
BagwellBOS67
RodriguezTEX62
HeltonCHW60
CedenoBOS53
RBIs
BagwellBOS186
CedenoBOS163
SosaTEX162
HeltonCHW161
RodriguezTEX153
Stolen Bases
McNeelyKCR95
DanielsNOR63
VinaBAL48
CarusoMIN46
MartinezOAK45
Caught Stealing
CarusoMIN32
RobertsTOR25
McNeelyKCR22
DanielsNOR15
DavisOAK15
Walks
BondsCLE152
HeltonCHW127
SpiezioBOS121
SheffieldSEA119
GiambiTEX109
Strikeouts
BondsCLE222
StinnettCAL206
IncavigliaCAL189
DavisOAK187
GreenwellSEA186
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
MontalvoOAK2.82
WettelandDET3.58
HolmanOAK3.68
LeiterNYY3.69
ChiamparinoMIN3.71
Wins
TapaniTEX 22
MontalvoOAK 21
HolmanOAK 18
KilgusCHW 18
WellsBOS 17
Losses
AndersonDET 19
BuehrleCLE 18
MussinaNYY 18
GarciaCLE 17
PowellTOR 17
Winning Pct
KilgusCHW.818
CormierTEX.789
MontalvoOAK.778
Rogers .737
TapaniTEX.733
Saves
PawlowskiKCR 44
McCullersTEX 37
McGlinchyCLE 35
WickanderNYY 35
TateBOS 32
Games Pitched
PenaCHW 96
BanksOAK 87
DibbleCAL 87
ReyesNOR 85
PlesacBOS 84
Games Started
MartinezKCR 39
MontalvoOAK 39
TapaniTEX 39
WoodKCR 39
BuehrleCLE 38
Complete Games
TapaniTEX 5
MorrisOAK 4
AndersonDET 3
BuehrleCLE 2
MussinaNYY 2
Shutouts
PavlikCAL 2
TapaniTEX 2
BeltranDET 1
HancockCAL 1
KilgusCHW 1
Innings Pitched
TapaniTEX269.7
MontalvoOAK268.0
MartinezKCR244.3
HolmanOAK237.0
KarsayBOS236.0
Hits Allowed
TapaniTEX 315
MussinaNYY 265
CastilloKCR 263
PulsipherKCR 258
BuehrleCLE 255
Homeruns Allowed
PulsipherKCR 53
ValdesCHW 43
WellsBOS 42
RupeCAL 41
ClemensNYY 40
Strikeouts
WoodKCR 353
MartinezKCR 280
WettelandDET 276
LeiterNYY 234
UrbinaBAL 232
Walks Allowed
WoodKCR 129
MartinezKCR 102
WettelandDET 102
HolmanOAK 100
CastilloKCR 98
Walks per 9IP
ChiamparinoMIN1.1
TapaniTEX1.3
SmoltzNYY1.7
WellsBOS1.7
JonesSEA1.8
Hits per 9IP
WoodKCR6.3
WettelandDET7.2
NenTOR7.5
LeiterNYY7.5
PavlikCAL7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
WoodKCR14.3
UrbinaBAL12.0
NenTOR11.7
SchmidtBAL11.5
MillwoodCHW11.0
WHiP
MontalvoOAK1.13
ChiamparinoMIN1.20
Rogers 1.23
WettelandDET1.24
KarsayBOS1.25
OAVG
WoodKCR.197
WettelandDET.217
NenTOR.220
LeiterNYY.224
PavlikCAL.231
OOBP
MontalvoOAK.281
ChiamparinoMIN.293
Rogers .297
SimonsOAK.302
WettelandDET.305
OSLG
HolmanOAK.315
HancockCAL.329
WettelandDET.337
MontalvoOAK.366
Rogers .367
OOPS
HolmanOAK.628
WettelandDET.642
MontalvoOAK.647
Rogers .664
NenTOR.679
   
League All-Stars
Edgardo Alfonzo Jeff Bagwell Rigo Beltran
Jeff Blauser Frank Castillo Andujar Cedeno
Marty Cordova Miguel Garcia Jason Giambi
Todd Helton Randy Hennis Brian Holman
Stan Javier Eli Marrero Tino Martinez
Rafael Montalvo Dave Nilsson Magglio Ordonez
John Pawlowski Billy Jo Robidoux Alex Rodriguez
Doug Simons Sammy Sosa Kevin Tapani
Kerry Wood  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Barry Bonds CLE $ 17,000,000  
2.    Ismael Valdes CHW $ 16,500,000  
3.    John Pawlowski KCR $ 15,000,000  
4.    Al Leiter NYY $ 13,000,000  
5.    Jeff Blauser MIN $ 12,302,080  
6.    Jose Mesa SEA $ 12,210,000  
7.    Scott Chiamparino MIN $ 11,500,000  
8.    David Wells BOS $ 11,000,000  
9.    Doug Simons OAK $ 10,684,000  
10.    Jeff Bagwell BOS $ 10,500,000  
11.    Kenny Rogers TEX $ 10,150,000  
12.    Bill Wilkinson MIN $ 10,000,000  
  John Wetteland DET $ 10,000,000  
14.    Roberto Alomar BOS $ 9,542,000  
15.    Pete Incaviglia CAL $ 9,100,000  
16.    Mark Lemke CHW $ 9,000,000  
  Darryl Hamilton BAL $ 9,000,000  
  Alex Fernandez BAL $ 9,000,000  
  Kal Daniels NOR $ 9,000,000  
  Brian Holman OAK $ 9,000,000  
21.    Alex Rodriguez TEX $ 8,550,000  
22.    Tom Glavine TEX $ 8,000,000  
  Dennis Powell DET $ 8,000,000  
  Mark Grace DET $ 8,000,000  
  Rafael Montalvo OAK $ 8,000,000