The 2000 Boston Red Sox season was the 100th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 2000 World Series. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Seattle Mariners, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 91–71.

Regular season Pedro Martínez became the first pitcher in Major League history to amass more than twice as many strikeouts (284) than hits allowed (128) in a season.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.128, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

+Red Sox vs. National League East TeamATLFLAMONNYMPHIBoston2–42–13–02–10–3

Transactions April 26, 2000: Curtis Pride was sent to the Boston Red Sox by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.Curtis Pride Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com June 5, 2000: Freddy Sanchez was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.Freddy Sanchez Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com July 2, 2000: Hanley Ramirez was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com July 8, 2000: Curtis Pride was released by the Boston Red Sox. August 3, 2000: Rico Brogna was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.Rico Brogna Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com August 31, 2000: Dante Bichette was obtained by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chris Reitsma and minor leaguer John Curtice.Dante Bichette Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com August 31, 2000: Midre Cummings was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox for Hector De Los Santos (minors).Midre Cummings Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com September 9, 2000: Lew Ford was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Hector Carrasco.Lew Ford Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Opening Day line up 30 José Offerman 2B13 John Valentin 3B  2 Carl Everett CF  5 Nomar Garciaparra     SS24 Mike Stanley 1B25 Troy O'Leary LF  6 Gary Gaetti DH33 Jason Varitek C20 Darren Lewis RF45 Pedro Martínez P

Roster 2000 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Bench) (Bullpen) (First base) (Pitching) (Bullpen catcher) (Third base) (Hitting)

Player stats

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Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen Bases Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB C 139 448 111 .248 10 65 1 1B 142 495 123 .248 21 76 1 2B 116 451 115 .255 9 41 0 SS 140 529 197 .372 21 96 5 3B 49 164 40 .244 0 14 0 LF 138 513 134 .261 13 70 0 CF 137 496 149 .300 34 108 11 RF 123 427 118 .276 12 60 8 DH 30 114 33 .289 7 14 0

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB Darren Lewis 97 270 65 .241 2 17 10 Jeff Frye 69 239 69 .289 1 13 1 Scott Hatteberg 92 230 61 .265 8 36 0 Manny Alexander 101 194 41 .211 4 19 2 Mike Stanley 58 185 41 .222 10 28 0 Mike Lansing 49 139 27 .194 0 13 0 Lou Merloni 40 128 41 .320 0 18 1 Ed Sprague 33 111 24 .216 2 9 0 Donnie Sadler 49 99 22 .222 1 10 3 Bernard Gilkey 36 91 21 .231 1 9 0 Morgan Burkhart 25 73 21 .288 4 18 0 Rico Brogna 43 56 11 .196 1 8 0 Izzy Alcántara 21 45 13 .289 4 7 0 John Valentin 10 35 9 .257 2 2 0 Midre Cummings 21 25 7 .280 0 2 0 Andy Sheets 12 21 2 .095 0 1 0 Curtis Pride 9 20 5 .250 0 0 0 Gary Gaetti 5 10 0 .000 0 1 0 Sean Berry 1 4 0 .000 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO 29 29 217.0 18 6 1.74 284 38 23 130.0 8 8 4.78 97 27 27 127.2 10 8 6.13 89 21 21 107.1 3 10 5.11 63 13 13 71.1 5 2 5.05 44 13 12 69.1 3 6 3.12 40

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO 74 91.1 4 4 42* 2.56 79 64 74.2 8 1 1 3.25 69 64 68.1 3 3 0 4.61 43 38 65.0 6 3 1 3.46 37 Rod Beck 34 40.2 3 0 0 3.10 35 Bryce Florie 29 49.1 0 4 1 4.56 34 John Wasdin 25 44.2 1 3 1 5.04 36 Sang-hoon Lee 9 11.2 0 0 0 3.09 6 Rob Stanifer 8 13.0 0 0 0 7.62 3 Tim Young 8 7.0 0 0 0 6.43 6 Héctor Carrasco 8 6.2 1 1 0 9.45 7 Rich Croushore 5 4.2 0 1 0 5.79 3 Dan Smith 2 3.1 0 0 0 8.10 1 Jesús Peña 2 3.0 0 0 0 3.00 1 Tied with Todd Jones (Detroit) for league lead.

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO 51 17 159.1 6 10 0 5.48 102 Brian Rose 15 12 53.0 3 5 0 6.11 24 Paxton Crawford 7 4 29.0 2 1 0 3.41 17 Steve Ontiveros 3 1 5.1 1 1 0 10.13 1

Game log Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game postponed

|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 1 || April 4 || @ Mariners || 2–0 || P. Martínez (1–0) || Moyer (0–1) || Lowe (1) || Safeco Field || 45,552 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 2 || April 5 || @ Mariners || 3–9 || García (1–0) || R. Martínez (0–1) || — || Safeco Field || 29,242 || 1–1 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 3 || April 6 || @ Mariners || 2–5 || Mesa (1–0) || Florie (0–1) || Sasaki (1) || Safeco Field || 25,121 || 1–2 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 4 || April 7 || @ Angels || 3–7 || Dickson (1–0) || Schourek (0–1) || — || Edison Field || 30,412 || 1–3 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 5 || April 8 || @ Angels || 5–7 || Hill (1–1) || Rose (0–1) || Percival (1) || Edison Field || 27,369 || 1–4 || L4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 6 || April 9 || @ Angels || 5–2 || P. Martínez (2–0) || Bottenfield (0–1) || — || Edison Field || 38,847 || 2–4 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 7 || April 11 || Twins || 13–5 || R. Martínez (1–1) || Mays (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 33,114 || 3–4 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 8 || April 12 || Twins || 7–3 || Fassero (1–0) || Santana (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 20,313 || 4–4 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 9 || April 13 || Twins || 4–3 || Wakefield (1–0) || Wells (0–1) || Lowe (2) || Fenway Park || 22,194 || 5–4 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 10 || April 14 || Athletics || 3–2 || Appier (2–1) || Rose (0–2) || — || Fenway Park || 29,472 || 5–5 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 11 || April 15 || Athletics || 14–2 || P. Martínez (3–0) || Hudson (1–1) || — || Fenway Park || 33,122 || 6–4 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 12 || April 16 || Athletics || 5–4 || Lowe (1–0) || Mathews (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 32,385 || 7–5 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 13 || April 17 || Athletics || 0–1 || Heredia (1–1) || Fassero (1–1) || Isringhausen (2) || Fenway Park || 33,240 || 7–6 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 14 || April 18 || @ Tigers || 7–0 || Schourek (1–1) || Mlicki (0–3) || Lowe (3) || Comerica Park || 21,632 || 8–6 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 15 || April 19 || @ Tigers || 10–0 || Rose (1–2) || Nomo (1–1) || — || Comerica Park || 20,526 || 9–6 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" | — || April 20 || @ Tigers || colspan=8|Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 16. |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" | — || April 21 || Indians || colspan=8|Postponed (rain). Makeup date June 8. |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" | — || April 22 || Indians || colspan=8|Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 20. |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" | — || April 23 || Indians || colspan=8|Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 21. |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 16 || April 24 || @ Rangers || 4–5 || Rogers (2–3) || Wakefield (1–1) || Wetteland (2) || The Ballpark at Arlington || 26,940 || 9–7 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 17 || April 25 || @ Rangers || 6–3 || P. Martínez (4–0) || Helling (2–1) || Lowe (4) || The Ballpark at Arlington || 31,692 || 10–7 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 18 || April 26 || @ Rangers || 14–4 || Fassero (2–1) || Clark (2–2) || — || The Ballpark at Arlington || 28,698 || 11–7 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 19 || April 28 || @ Indians || 3–4 || Burba (3–1) || Schourek (1–2) || Karsay (3) || Jacobs Field || 42,885 || 11–8 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 20 || April 29 || @ Indians || 2–3 || Finley (3–0) || R. Martínez (1–2) || Karsay (4) || Jacobs Field || 42,453 || 11–9 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 21 || April 30 || @ Indians || 2–1 || P. Martínez (5–0) || Nagy (1–4) || Lowe (5) || Jacobs Field || 42,065 || 12–9 || W1

|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 22 || May 1 || Tigers || 10–6 || Fassero (3–1) || Nitkowski (1–5) || — || Fenway Park || 24,087 || 13–9 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 23 || May 2 || Tigers || 7–6 (12)|| Blair (0–1) || Wakefield (1–2) || Jones (5) || Fenway Park || 22,857 || 13–10 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 24 || May 3 || Tigers || 4–2 || Lowe (2–0) || Weaver (0–4) || — || Fenway Park || 27,397 || 14–10 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 25 || May 5 || Devil Rays || 5–3 || R. Martínez (2–2) || Eiland (1–1) || Lowe (6) || Fenway Park || 32,479 || 15–10 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 26 || May 6 || Devil Rays || 0–1 || Trachsel (2–2) || P. Martínez (5–1) || — || Fenway Park || 32,497 || 15–11 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 27 || May 7 || Devil Rays || 9–7 || Fassero (4–1) || Rekar (0–1) || Lowe (7) || Fenway Park || 32,336 || 16–11 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 28 || May 8 || White Sox || 3–2 || Rose (2–2) || Sturtze (1–2) || Lowe (8) || Fenway Park || 23,468 || 17–11 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 29 || May 9 || White Sox || 0–6 || Baldwin (6–0) || Schourek (1–3) || — || Fenway Park || 25,371 || 17–12 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 30 || May 10 || White Sox || 5–3 (6)|| R. Martínez (3–2) || Eldred (2–2) || Garcés (1) || Fenway Park || 28,911 || 18–12 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 31 || May 11 || @ Orioles || 11–4 || Cormier (1–0) || Mercedes (2–2) || — || Camden Yards || 43,619 || 19–12 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 32 || May 12 || @ Orioles || 9–0 ||P. Martínez (6–1) || Ponson (2–2) || — || Camden Yards || 48,354 || 20–12 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 33 || May 13 || @ Orioles || 5–1 || Garcés (1–0) || Trombley (2–2) || — || Camden Yards || 48,579 || 21–12 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 34 || May 14 || @ Orioles || 10–1 || Rose (3–2) || Mussina (1–5) || — || Camden Yards || 46,107 || 22–12 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 35 || May 15 || @ Blue Jays || 8–1 || Schourek (2–3) || Castillo (1–3) || — || SkyDome || 16,124 || 23–12 || W6 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 36 || May 16 || @ Blue Jays || 6–7 || Munro (1–0) || Lowe (2–1) || — || SkyDome || 17,663 || 23–13 || L1