The 2000 Anaheim Angels season was the 40th season of the Anaheim Angels franchise in the American League, the 35th in Anaheim, and their 35th season playing their home games at Edison International Field of Anaheim. The Angels finished third in the American League West with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses.
The Angels had an extremely powerful offense, with five players (Garret Anderson, Darin Erstad, Troy Glaus, Tim Salmon, and Mo Vaughn) hitting at least 25 homers and driving in 97 runs. Glaus led the AL in HRs, and Erstad had the most hits on his way to a .355 batting average. However, the pitching was very inconsistent. Reliever Shigetoshi Hasegawa led the team with 10 wins. Scott Schoeneweis led all starting pitchers in innings pitched with 170 and also led all starters (qualifying for ERA title) with a 5.45 ERA.
Offseason November 17, 1999: The Angels hired Mike Scioscia as their new manager. January 11, 2000: Scott Spiezio was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. March 23, 2000: Kent Bottenfield was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Adam Kennedy to the Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds.
Regular season
Notable transactions July 29, 2000: Kent Bottenfield was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Gant.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 2000 Anaheim Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Pitching) (Hitting) (First Base) (Bench) (Bullpen) (Third Base)
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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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI CF Garret Anderson 159 647 185 .286 35 117 LF Darin Erstad 157 676 240 .355 25 100 SS Benji Gil 110 301 72 .239 6 23 3B Troy Glaus 159 563 160 .284 47 102 2B Adam Kennedy 156 598 159 .266 9 72 C Bengie Molina 130 473 133 .281 14 71 RF Tim Salmon 158 568 165 .290 34 97 DH Scott Spiezio 123 297 72 .242 17 49 1B Mo Vaughn 161 614 167 .272 36 117
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 Orlando Palmeiro 108 243 73 .300 0 25 Kevin Stocker 70 229 45 .197 0 16 Matt Walbeck 47 146 29 .199 6 12 Ron Gant 34 82 19 .232 6 16 Edgard Clemente 46 78 17 .218 0 5 Gary Disarcina 12 38 15 .395 1 11 Justin Baughman 16 22 5 .227 0 0 Keith Luuloa 6 18 6 .333 0 0 Shawn Wooten 7 9 5 .556 0 1 Keith Johnson 6 4 2 .500 0 0 Trent Durrington 4 3 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 Scott Schoeneweis 27 170.0 7 10 5.45 78 Kent Bottenfield 21 127.2 7 8 5.71 75 Ramón Ortiz 18 111.1 8 6 5.09 73 Brian Cooper 15 87.0 4 8 5.90 36 Jarrod Washburn 14 84.1 7 2 3.74 49 Ken Hill 16 78.2 5 7 6.52 50 Seth Etherton 11 60.1 5 1 5.52 32 Tim Belcher 9 40.2 4 5 6.86 22 Matt Wise 8 37.1 3 3 5.54 20 Jason Dickson 6 28.0 2 2 6.11 18
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 Kent Mercker 21 48.1 1 3 6.52 30 Scott Karl 6 21.2 2 2 6.65 9
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 Troy Percival 54 5 5 32 4.50 49 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 66 10 5 9 3.48 59 Mark Petkovsek 64 4 2 2 4.33 31 Mike Holtz 61 3 4 0 5.05 40 Al Levine 51 3 4 2 3.87 42 Mike Fyhrie 32 0 0 0 2.39 43 Lou Pote 32 1 1 1 3.40 44 Derrick Turnbow 24 0 0 0 4.74 25 Eric Weaver 17 0 2 0 6.87 8 Juan Alvarez 11 0 0 0 13.50 2 Ben Weber 10 1 0 0 1.84 8 Bryan Ward 7 0 0 0 5.63 3 Brett Hinchliffe 2 0 0 0 5.40 0
Awards and league leaders Darin Erstad All-Star AL Gold Glove (OF) AL Silver Slugger Award (OF) AL leader in hits (240) #2 in AL in batting average (.355) #3 in AL in runs scored (121)
Troy Glaus All-Star AL Silver Slugger Award (3B) AL leader in home runs (47) #5 in AL in runs scored (120)
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2001 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America
References
2000 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Reference 2000 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Almanac