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2000 Seattle Mariners Season
The Seattle Mariners' 2000 season was the franchise's 24th, and ended in the ALCS, falling to the New York Yankees in six games. The regular season ended with the Mariners finishing second in the American League West but earning the franchise's first wild card berth, with a record. In the playoffs, they swept the Chicago White Sox in the ALDS, then were defeated by the New York Yankees. Offseason * November 17, 1999: Rich Butler was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. * December 15, 1999: John Olerud was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. * January 14, 2000: Brian Lesher was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. * January 19, 2000: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. * February 10, 2000: Ken Griffey Jr. was traded by the Mariners to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Cameron, Brett Tomko, Antonio Pérez, and Jake Meyer (minors). Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions * May 19, 2000: Rickey Henderson was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American League West
The American League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The division has five teams as of the 2013 season, but had four teams from 1994 to 2012, and had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the West Coast of the United States, West Coast and in Texas, historically the division has had teams as far east as Chicago and Minnesota. From 1998 (when the NL West expanded to five teams) to 2012, the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams. History When MLB split into divisions for the season, the American League, unlike the National League (baseball), National League, split its 12 teams strictly on geography. The six teams located in the Eastern Time Zone were all placed in the AL East, and the remaining six were placed in the AL West. When the second incarnation of the Washington Senators announced their intention to move to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth area for the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. For Summer Olympic Games, some National Olympic Committees, whose nations are underrepresented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wladimir Balentien
Wladimir Ramon "Coco" Balentien (; born July 2, 1984) is a Curaçaoan- Dutch former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. In 2013, he broke the NPB single-season home run record of 55, previously held by professional baseball's all-time home run leader Sadaharu Oh, American Tuffy Rhodes, and Venezuelan Alex Cabrera. Balentien finished the season with 60 home runs, becoming the only player to ever do so in NPB history. Professional career Seattle Mariners Balentien was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Mariners in . He made his professional debut in 2003 with the AZL Mariners. He split the 2004 season between the Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and the High-A Inland Empire 66ers, accumulating a .279/.321/.513 batting line with 17 home runs and 51 runs batted in (RBI). The next year, Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickey Henderson
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (December 25, 1958 – December 20, 2024), nicknamed "Man of Steal", was an American professional baseball left fielder who played 25 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four separate tenures with his original team, the Oakland Athletics. He is widely regarded as baseball's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds MLB records for career stolen bases, run (baseball), runs, unintentional base on balls, walks, and Home_run#Leadoff_home_run, leadoff home runs. At the time of his last major league game in 2003, the 10-time American League (AL) Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star ranked among the sport's top 100 all-time home run hitters and was its all-time leader in walks. In 2009 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Henderson holds the single-season record for stolen bases (130 in 1982) and is the only pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Pérez (baseball)
Antonio Miguel Pérez (born January 26, 1980) is a retired Major League Baseball player. In , he led the Los Angeles Dodgers with 11 stolen bases. Pérez signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals for the season, but was released during spring training. In March , he signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves. While a minor leaguer, Pérez was involved in two major trades. He went from the Cincinnati Reds to the Seattle Mariners in the Ken Griffey Jr. trade in 2000, and was later sent to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Randy Winn. Also, in 2005, he was sent to the Oakland A's for Andre Ethier Andre Everett Ethier (; born April 10, 1982) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 to 2017 and is second all-time in post-season appearances as a Do .... External links 1980 births Living people Arizona League Mariners players Dominican Republic expatriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Tomko
Brett Daniel Tomko (born April 7, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals. Early life Tomko was born in Euclid, Ohio, but moved to southern California when he was three years old. He attended El Dorado High School in Placentia, California, and was a letter winner in basketball and baseball. El Dorado has since retired his #20 uniform number. Tomko was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. College career Tomko attended college at Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut, California) in 1994. He then transferred to Florida Southern College for one season in . At Florida Southern, Tomko led the team to the NCAA Division II National Championship against Georgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Cameron
Michael Terrance Cameron (born January 8, 1973) is an American former professional Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, and Florida Marlins over a 16 year career and is currently the Special Assignment Coach for the Seattle Mariners. In 2002, Cameron became the 13th player to hit Batters with 4 home runs in one game, four home runs in one game. He was also an Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star in 2001 and won Gold Gloves in 2001, 2003, and 2006. Mike Cameron has distinguished himself by being only one of 22 players in the history of baseball to have at least 250 home runs and 250 stolen bases and became the 20th member of this exclusive 250/250 club. Cameron is also the only MLB player to hit two home runs in the same game with eight separate teams. Early life Cameron was born in La Grange, Georgia, and raised on Render Street by hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. They were a charter member of the American Association (1882–1891), American Association in 1881 before joining the NL in 1890. The Reds played in the National League West, NL West division from 1969 to 1993, before joining the Central division in 1994. For several years in the 1970s, they were considered the most dominant team in baseball, most notably winning the 1975 World Series, 1975 and 1976 World Series; the team was colloquially known as the "Big Red Machine" during this time, and it included National Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame members Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Pérez, as well as the controversial Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball. Overall, the Reds have won five World Series champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Griffey Jr
George Kenneth Griffey Jr. (born November 21, 1969), nicknamed "Junior" and "the Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, along with a short stint with the Chicago White Sox. The List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks, first overall pick in the 1987 Major League Baseball draft, 1987 draft and a 13-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star, Griffey is one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history; his 630 home runs rank as the List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders, seventh-most in MLB history. Griffey was also an exceptional defender and won 10 Gold Glove Awards in center fielder, center field. He is tied for the record of most consecutive games with a home run (eight, with Don Mattingly and Dale Long). Griffey signed lucrative deals with companies of international prominence l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Oliver (baseball)
Joseph Melton Oliver (born July 24, 1965) is an American former professional baseball catcher. During a 19-year professional playing career, Oliver played parts of 13 seasons in MLB for seven different teams during 1989–2001, and was a member of the World Series-winning 1990 Cincinnati Reds. He later managed in Minor League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox organization from 2014 through 2020, and in collegiate summer baseball in 2021 and 2022. As a player, Oliver was listed at and ; he batted and threw right-handed. Early life and amateur career Oliver was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Oliver attended Boone High School in Orlando where he was teammates with Ron Karkovice. In 1983, he was selected as the catcher on the ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Second Team only one year after Karkovice was named the catcher on the First Team. He was inducted into Boone's hall of fame in 2004. Playing career Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1983 MLB amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Lesher
Brian Herbert Lesher (born March 5, 1971) is a Belgian former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Toronto Blue Jays. Lesher was born in Belgium where his father, John, a former West Virginia Mountaineers basketball player, was playing professional basketball. Lesher entered the majors in 1996 with the Oakland Athletics, playing for three consecutive years before joining the Seattle Mariners () and Toronto Blue Jays (2002). His most productive season came in with Oakland, when he posted career-highs in games (46), home runs (4), runs batted in (17), runs scored (17), and stolen base In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base unaided by other actions and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner. The umpires determine whether the runner is safe or out ...s (4). Brian is the only person born in Belgium to play Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Olerud
John Garrett Olerud Jr. (; born August 5, 1968) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from through , most notably as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays team that won two consecutive World Series championships in and . He also played for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox. A two-time All-Star, Olerud was a patient, productive hitter throughout his career, winning the American League batting title in 1993, and finishing as runner-up for the National League batting title in 1998. Olerud was also an excellent defensive first baseman, and won three Gold Glove Awards. In 1999, he appeared on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated'' titled "The Best Infield Ever?" along with Edgardo Alfonzo, Rey Ordóñez, and Robin Ventura, when he played for the Mets. Olerud was notable for wearing a helmet while on defense, due to his suffering from a brain aneurysm in college. Early life Oleru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
