The 2000

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season was the 111th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 43rd season in

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. In 2000, the team set a club record for home runs with 211, led by

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, who tied

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's single-season club mark with 43.

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became the L.A. Dodger all-time leader with his 229th home run and Dave Hansen set a Major League record with seven pinch-hit home runs.

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led the league in E.R.A. with 2.58 and rookie pitcher

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started the season 8–0, the first pitcher since

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to open the season with eight straight victories. The Dodgers won 86 games, but failed to make the postseason, finishing second in the Western Division of the National League. Manager

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was fired after the season and replaced with bench coach Jim Tracy.

Offseason

* November 8, 1999: Acquired

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an
Jorge Nunez
from the

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for

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and Pedro Borbón, Jr. * December 12, 1999: Acquired Terry Adams
Chad Ricketts
an
Brian Stephenson
from the Chicago Cubs for Ismael Valdez and Eric Young *March 15, 2000:

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was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers. * April 1, 2000: Acquire
Kenny Lutz
from the Cincinnati Reds for

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

* June 13, 2000: Acquired

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from the

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for Alan Mills. * June 20, 2000: Acquired

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from the

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for

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. * July 26, 2000: Acquired Ismael Valdez from the Chicago Cubs for Jamie Arnold and

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. * July 31, 2000: Acquired

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from the Colorado Rockies for

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,Randey Dorame
an
Kevin Gibbs
*August 6, 2000: Acquired

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from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash.

Roster

Starting Pitchers stats

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

2000 Awards

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reserve **

reserve * NL Player of the Week **

(June 12–18) **

(July 9–16) ** Chan Ho Park (Sep. 18–24)

Farm system

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, eight of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The first round pick was right-handed pitcher

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from the

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. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002 and appeared in five games with them as a starting pitcher that season with an 0–4 record and an 8.63 ERA. Those would be the only Major League games he would appear in as he was out of baseball after a few more years in the minors. The second round pick, pitcher

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from Norwalk High School would be the only moderately successful player in this draft class. He became a two-time All-Star as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher Koyie Hill (round 4) would catch on as a backup catcher for several teams, most notably the Chicago Cubs.

References

External links

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