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2000 American League

2000 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 1,132.5 games, 14 teams, approx. 161 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1999 / 2001
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1999 / 2001

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1999 / 2001

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

Central Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Chicago White Sox 95 67 .586 --
Cleveland Indians 90 72 .556 5
Detroit Tigers 79 83 .488 16
Kansas City Royals 77 85 .475 18
Minnesota Twins 69 93 .426 26

East Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
New York Yankees 87 74 .540 --
Boston Red Sox 85 77 .525 2.5
Toronto Blue Jays 83 79 .512 4.5
Baltimore Orioles 74 88 .457 13.5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69 92 .429 18

West Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Oakland Athletics 91 70 .565 --
Seattle Mariners 91 71 .562 0.5
Anaheim Angels 82 80 .506 9.5
Texas Rangers 71 91 .438 20.5

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Chicago White Sox CHW 27.5 6.04 162 6406 5646 978 1615 325 33 216 926 119 42 591 960 .286 .356 .470 .826 2654 140 53 55 61 28
Oakland Athletics OAK 27.5 5.88 161 6432 5560 947 1501 281 23 239 908 40 15 750 1159 .270 .360 .458 .817 2545 147 52 26 44 32
Cleveland Indians CLE 30.1 5.86 162 6512 5683 950 1639 310 30 221 889 113 34 685 1057 .288 .367 .470 .837 2672 134 51 41 52 27
Seattle Mariners SEA 31.2 5.60 162 6444 5497 907 1481 300 26 198 869 122 56 775 1073 .269 .361 .442 .803 2427 129 48 63 61 34
Kansas City Royals KCR 27.5 5.43 162 6394 5709 879 1644 281 27 150 831 121 35 511 840 .288 .348 .425 .773 2429 139 48 56 70 28
New York Yankees NYY 31.3 5.41 161 6310 5556 871 1541 294 25 205 833 99 48 631 1007 .277 .354 .450 .804 2500 134 57 16 50 42
Anaheim Angels ANA 27.7 5.33 162 6373 5628 864 1574 309 34 236 837 93 52 608 1024 .280 .352 .472 .825 2659 126 47 47 43 43
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 28.2 5.31 162 6326 5677 861 1562 328 21 244 826 89 34 526 1026 .275 .341 .469 .810 2664 130 60 29 34 32
Texas Rangers TEX 29.4 5.23 162 6363 5648 848 1601 330 35 173 806 69 47 580 922 .283 .352 .446 .798 2520 161 39 48 48 39
Detroit Tigers DET 29.0 5.08 162 6340 5644 823 1553 307 41 177 785 83 38 562 982 .275 .343 .438 .781 2473 142 43 42 49 22
Baltimore Orioles BAL 32.0 4.90 162 6237 5549 794 1508 310 22 184 750 126 65 558 900 .272 .341 .435 .776 2414 148 49 27 54 34
Boston Red Sox BOS 29.4 4.89 162 6371 5630 792 1503 316 32 167 755 43 30 611 1019 .267 .341 .423 .764 2384 115 42 40 48 40
Minnesota Twins MIN 26.5 4.62 162 6281 5615 748 1516 325 49 116 711 90 45 556 1021 .270 .337 .407 .744 2287 143 35 24 51 31
Tampa Bay Devil Rays TBD 30.1 4.55 161 6206 5505 733 1414 253 22 162 692 90 46 558 1022 .257 .329 .399 .728 2197 126 51 52 40 25
League Totals 29.1 5.30 2265 88995 78547 11995 21652 4269 420 2688 11418 1297 587 8502 14012 .276 .349 .443 .792 34825 1914 675 566 705 457

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Boston Red Sox BOS 30.1 4.60 85 77 .525 4.23 162 162 155 7 12 46 1452.2 1433 745 683 173 498 40 1121 58 2 33 6225 1.329 8.9 1.1 3.1 6.9 2.25
Seattle Mariners SEA 29.3 4.81 91 71 .562 4.49 162 162 158 4 10 44 1441.2 1442 780 720 167 634 37 998 38 6 43 6269 1.440 9.0 1.0 4.0 6.2 1.57
Cleveland Indians CLE 30.2 5.04 90 72 .556 4.84 162 162 156 6 5 34 1442.1 1511 816 775 173 666 45 1213 42 3 50 6380 1.509 9.4 1.1 4.2 7.6 1.82
Oakland Athletics OAK 29.5 5.05 91 70 .565 4.58 161 161 154 7 11 43 1435.1 1535 813 730 158 615 57 963 48 1 46 6355 1.498 9.6 1.0 3.9 6.0 1.57
New York Yankees NYY 32.0 5.06 87 74 .540 4.76 161 161 152 9 6 40 1424.1 1458 814 753 177 577 23 1040 52 6 49 6256 1.429 9.2 1.1 3.6 6.6 1.80
Detroit Tigers DET 29.1 5.10 79 83 .488 4.71 162 162 156 6 6 44 1443.1 1583 827 755 177 496 22 978 47 5 51 6295 1.440 9.9 1.1 3.1 6.1 1.97
Chicago White Sox CHW 26.5 5.18 95 67 .586 4.66 162 162 157 5 7 43 1450.1 1509 839 751 195 614 27 1037 54 8 43 6337 1.464 9.4 1.2 3.8 6.4 1.69
Tampa Bay Devil Rays TBD 29.3 5.23 69 92 .429 4.86 161 161 151 10 8 38 1431.1 1553 842 773 198 533 33 955 66 3 57 6283 1.457 9.8 1.2 3.4 6.0 1.79
Anaheim Angels ANA 28.9 5.36 82 80 .506 5.00 162 162 157 5 3 46 1448.0 1534 869 805 228 662 44 846 36 10 47 6401 1.517 9.5 1.4 4.1 5.3 1.28
Minnesota Twins MIN 26.6 5.43 69 93 .426 5.14 162 162 156 6 4 35 1432.2 1634 880 819 212 516 12 1042 35 4 68 6336 1.501 10.3 1.3 3.2 6.5 2.02
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 28.9 5.60 83 79 .512 5.14 162 162 147 15 4 37 1437.1 1615 908 821 195 560 19 978 64 3 37 6377 1.513 10.1 1.2 3.5 6.1 1.75
Baltimore Orioles BAL 29.1 5.64 74 88 .457 5.37 162 162 148 14 6 33 1433.1 1547 913 855 202 665 32 1017 36 1 51 6433 1.543 9.7 1.3 4.2 6.4 1.53
Kansas City Royals KCR 25.8 5.74 77 85 .475 5.48 162 162 152 10 6 29 1439.1 1585 930 876 239 693 35 927 42 5 77 6443 1.583 9.9 1.5 4.3 5.8 1.34
Texas Rangers TEX 28.7 6.01 71 91 .438 5.52 162 162 159 3 4 39 1429.0 1683 974 876 202 661 40 918 63 6 40 6559 1.640 10.6 1.3 4.2 5.8 1.39
League Totals 28.9 5.28 1143 1122 .505 4.91 2265 2265 2158 107 92 551 20141.0 21622 11950 10992 2696 8390 466 14033 681 63 692 88949 1.490 9.7 1.2 3.7 6.3 1.67

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Cleveland Indians CLE 162 4327 1665 72 147 .988 10 109 42 28% Grady Little and Charlie Manuel
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 162 4312 1679 100 176 .984 11 99 38 28% Jim Fregosi
Seattle Mariners SEA 162 4325 1629 99 176 .984 8 82 38 32% Lou Piniella
Minnesota Twins MIN 162 4298 1526 102 155 .983 13 64 33 34% Tom Kelly
Kansas City Royals KCR 162 4318 1751 102 185 .983 7 118 38 24% Tony Muser
Detroit Tigers DET 162 4330 1754 105 171 .983 7 55 42 43% Phil Garner
Boston Red Sox BOS 162 4358 1647 109 120 .982 26 159 47 23% Jimy Williams
Tampa Bay Devil Rays TBD 161 4294 1814 118 169 .981 14 114 46 29% Larry Rothschild and Bill Russell
Baltimore Orioles BAL 162 4300 1578 116 151 .981 6 104 31 23% Mike Hargrove
New York Yankees NYY 161 4273 1487 109 132 .981 13 91 37 29% Joe Torre
Texas Rangers TEX 162 4287 1594 135 162 .978 8 65 37 36% Johnny Oates
Chicago White Sox CHW 162 4351 1686 133 190 .978 13 79 58 42% Joe Nossek and Jerry Manuel
Oakland Athletics OAK 161 4306 1726 134 164 .978 8 92 39 30% Art Howe
Anaheim Angels ANA 162 4344 1746 134 182 .978 6 101 56 36% Mike Scioscia
League Totals 2265 60423 23282 1568 2280 .982 150 1332 582 30%