2000 Atlanta Braves season

2000 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Time Warner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	TBS Superstation Turner South (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Al Downing, Brett Butler, Bob Rathbun)
Radio	WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) WATB (Marcelo Godoy, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2000 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 35th season in Atlanta along with the 125th season in the National League and 130th overall, entering the season as defending National League champions. The Braves won their sixth consecutive division title, however, the 2000 season would mark the first time since 1990 that the Braves did not appear in the NLCS in a non-strike season. The Braves failed to defend its National League championship and go to their sixth World Series in ten years. One of the highlights of the season was that the All-Star Game was held at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Offseason

• December 22, 1999: Bret Boone was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Ryan Klesko and Jason Shiell to the San Diego Padres for Wally Joyner, Reggie Sanders, and Quilvio Veras.^[1]
• January 12, 2000: Howard Battle was purchased by the Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from the Atlanta Braves.^[2]
• January 20, 2000: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[3]
• January 28, 2000: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[4]
• February 22, 2000: Steve Avery was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[5]
• March 31, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Atlanta Braves.^[6]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Quilvio Veras – 2B
• Reggie Sanders – LF
• Chipper Jones – 3B
• Brian Jordan – RF
• Andrés Galarraga – 1B
• Andruw Jones – CF
• Eddie Pérez – C
• Walt Weiss – SS
• Greg Maddux – P ^[7]

All-Star game

The 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Atlanta. It was the 71st midsummer classic featuring the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The game was played on July 11, 2000 at Turner Field.

Five members of the Braves were part of the All-Star Game. Andrés Galarraga and Chipper Jones started at first base and third base, respectively. Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were part of the team as well.

The 2000 All-Star Game was one of the few occurrences in which the manager of the host team also managed the home team of the game, in this case, the National League (Bobby Cox had led the Braves to the World Series the previous year earning the right to manage the National League). The final score was 6-3 in favor of the American League.

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
New York Mets	94	68	0.580	1	55–26	39–42
Florida Marlins	79	82	0.491	15½	43–38	36–44
Montreal Expos	67	95	0.414	28	37–44	30–51
Philadelphia Phillies	65	97	0.401	30	34–47	31–50

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record v t e Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	3–6	5–4	2–5	7–6	4–5	6–1	7–6	4–5	4–5	2–7	8–1	7–2	9–4	6–7	5–4	6–9
Atlanta	6–3	—	4–5	2–5	5–4	6–6	5–4	7–2	6–3	6–7	7–6	8–5	5–2	8–1	6–3	3–4	11–7
Chicago	4–5	5–4	—	4–8	4–5	1–6	5–7	3–6	6–7	4–5	2–5	6–3	3–9	3–5	4–5	3–10	8–7
Cincinnati	5–2	5–2	8–4	—	6–3	3–6	7–5	4–5	5–8–1	6–3	5–4	3–4	7–6	4–5	3–6	7–6	7–8
Colorado	6–7	4–5	5–4	3–6	—	4–5	5–4	4–9	4–5	7–2	3–6	6–3	7–2	7–6	6–7	5–3	6–6
Florida	5–4	6–6	6–1	6–3	5–4	—	3–5	2–7	3–4	7–6	6–6	9–4	5–4	2–7	3–6	3–6	8–9
Houston	1–6	4–5	7–5	5–7	4–5	5–3	—	3–6	7–6	4–5	2–5	5–4	10–3	2–7	1–8	6–6	6–9
Los Angeles	6–7	2–7	6–3	5–4	9–4	7–2	6–3	—	3–4	5–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	8–5	7–5	3–6	6–9
Milwaukee	5–4	3–6	7–6	8–5–1	5–4	4–3	6–7	4–3	—	4–5	2–7	2–5	7–5	2–7	3–6	5–7	6–9
Montreal	5–4	7–6	5–4	3–6	2–7	6–7	5–4	3–5	5–4	—	3–9	5–7	3–4	3–6	3–6	2–5	7–11
New York	7–2	6–7	5–2	4–5	6–3	6–6	5–2	5–4	7–2	9–3	—	6–7	7–2	3–6	3–5	6–3	9–9
Philadelphia	1–8	5–8	3–6	4–3	3–6	4–9	4–5	4–5	5–2	7–5	7–6	—	3–6	2–5	2–7	2–7	9–9
Pittsburgh	2–7	2–5	9–3	6–7	2–7	4–5	3–10	5–4	5–7	4–3	2–7	6–3	—	7–2	2–6	4–8	6–9
San Diego	4–9	1–8	5–3	5–4	6–7	7–2	7–2	5–8	7–2	6–3	6–3	5–2	2–7	—	5–7	0–9	5–10
San Francisco	7–6	3–6	5–4	6–3	7–6	6–3	8–1	5–7	6–3	6–3	5–3	7–2	6–2	7–5	—	5–4	8–7
St. Louis	4–5	4–3	10–3	6–7	3–5	6–3	6–6	6–3	7–5	5–2	3–6	7–2	8–4	9–0	4–5	—	7–8

Transactions

• June 5, 2000: Kelly Johnson was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2000.^[8]
• June 5, 2000: Tony Gwynn, Jr. was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[9]
• July 29, 2000: Stan Belinda was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[10]
• July 31, 2000: B. J. Surhoff was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Gabe Molina to the Atlanta Braves for Trenidad Hubbard, Fernando Lunar, and Luis Rivera.^[11]
• August 25, 2000: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[12]
• September 12, 2000: Stan Belinda was released by the Atlanta Braves.^[10]

Roster

2000 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 48 Andy Ashby 36 Stan Belinda 19 John Burkett 48 Bruce Chen 47 Tom Glavine 50 Scott Kamieniecki 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Greg Maddux 68 Jason Marquis 30 Kevin McGlinchy 38 Greg McMichael 34 Kevin Millwood 56 Gabe Molina 45 Terry Mulholland 37 Mike Remlinger 72 Luis Rivera 49 John Rocker 40 Rudy Seánez 58 Chris Seelbach 56 Dave Stevens 70 Ismael Villegas 50 Don Wengert		Catchers  9 Paul Bako 27 Mike Hubbard  8 Javy López 20 Fernando Lunar 12 Eddie Pérez Infielders  2 Mark DeRosa  1 Rafael Furcal 14 Andrés Galarraga 28 Wes Helms 10 Chipper Jones 24 Wally Joyner  7 Keith Lockhart 20 Tim Unroe  4 Quilvio Veras 22 Walt Weiss		Outfielders 23 Bobby Bonilla 27 Trenidad Hubbard 25 Andruw Jones 33 Brian Jordan 26 George Lombard 16 Reggie Sanders 11 Steve Sisco 15 B. J. Surhoff 57 Pedro Swann Other batters 19 Brian Hunter		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 52 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 17 Glenn Hubbard (1st base) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching) 16 Merv Rettenmund (hitting)  5 Ned Yost (3rd base)

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Javy López	134	481	138	.287	24	89
1B	Andres Gallaraga	141	494	149	.302	28	100
2B	Quilvio Veras	84	298	92	.309	5	37
SS	Rafael Furcal	131	455	134	.295	4	37
3B	Chipper Jones	156	579	180	.311	36	111
LF	Reggie Sanders	103	340	79	.232	11	37
CF	Andruw Jones	161	656	199	.303	36	104
RF	Brian Jordan	133	489	129	.264	17	77

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
Keith Lockhart	113	275	73	.265	2	32
Bobby Bonilla	114	239	61	.255	5	28
Wally Joyner	119	224	63	.281	5	32
Walt Weiss	80	192	50	.260	0	18
B.J. Surhoff	44	128	37	.289	1	11
Trent Hubbard	61	81	15	.185	1	6
Paul Bako	24	58	11	.190	2	6
Fernando Lunar	22	54	10	.185	0	5
George Lombard	27	39	4	.103	0	2
Steve Sisco	25	27	5	.185	1	2
Eddie Pérez	7	22	4	.182	0	3
Mark DeRosa	22	13	4	.308	0	3
Tim Unroe	4	5	0	.000	0	0
Wes Helms	6	5	1	.200	0	0
Brian Hunter	2	2	1	.500	1	1
Pedro Swann	4	2	0	.000	0	0
Mike Hubbard	2	1	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
Greg Maddux	35	249.1	19	9	3.00	190
Tom Glavine	35	241.0	21	9	3.40	152
Kevin Millwood	36	212.2	10	13	4.66	168
John Burkett	31	134.1	10	6	4.89	110
Andy Ashby	15	98.0	8	6	4.13	55

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
Terry Mulholland	54	156.2	9	9	5.11	78

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
John Rocker	59	1	2	24	2.89	77
Mike Remlinger	71	5	3	12	3.47	72
Kerry Ligtenberg	59	2	3	12	3.61	51
Scott Kamieniecki	26	2	1	2	5.47	17
Rudy Seánez	23	2	4	2	4.29	20
Bruce Chen	22	4	0	0	2.50	32
Jason Marquis	15	1	0	0	5.01	17
Greg McMichael	15	0	0	0	4.41	14
Stan Belinda	10	0	0	0	9.82	11
Don Wengert	10	0	1	0	7.20	7
Kevin McGlinchy	10	0	0	0	2.16	9
Luis Rivera	5	1	0	0	1.35	5
Dave Stevens	2	0	0	0	12.00	4
Gabe Molina	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
Chris Seelbach	2	0	1	0	10.80	1
Ismael Villegas	1	0	0	0	13.50	2

National League Division Series

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves

St. Louis wins series, 3-0. Jim Edmonds strong hitting carried St. Louis.

Game	Score	Date
1	St. Louis 7, Atlanta 5	October 3
2	St. Louis 10, Atlanta 4	October 5
3	St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1	October 7

Award winners

• Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove Award
• Chipper Jones, 3B, Silver Slugger Award
• Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, September
• Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Andrés Galarraga, 1B, starter
• Chipper Jones, 3B, starter
• Tom Glavine, P, reserve
• Andruw Jones, OF, reserve
• Greg Maddux, P, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Randy Ingle
AA	Greenville Braves	Southern League	Paul Runge
A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League	Brian Snitker
A	Macon Braves	South Atlantic League	Jeff Treadway
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Jim Saul
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	J. J. Cannon
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Rick Albert

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Myrtle Beach^[13][14]

References

• 2000 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference
• Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac