The 2000

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season involved the Angels finishing 3rd in the

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with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses. The Angels had an extremely powerful offense, with five players ( Garret Anderson,

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, Tim Salmon, and

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) 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

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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

*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

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

= Relief pitchers

= ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and league leaders

* 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)

* All-Star * AL Silver Slugger Award (3B) * AL leader in home runs (47) * #5 in AL in runs scored (120)

Farm system

''Baseball America 2001 Directory''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America

References

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