2000 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 3rd season in Major League Baseball and their 3rd season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West.
They looked to improve on their 1999 season, in which they won 100 games in just their second season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League West. They finished the season with a record of 85–77, good enough for third place in the division.

Offseason

November 15, 1999: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
November 22, 1999: Ernie Young was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
December 15, 1999: Dante Powell was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Ordaz.
March 20, 2000: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Regular season

Randy Johnson tied a modern record with six victories in April 2000. He would lead the league in strikeouts with 347 and in winning percentage. Johnson won his third Cy Young Award, and became the third National League pitcher to win the trophy in consecutive seasons. Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout on September 10, 2000, as he whiffed Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the New York Mets to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Lenny Harris.
June 5, 2000: Brandon Webb was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2000.
July 26, 2000: Curt Schilling was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee, and Vicente Padilla.

Player stats

Batting

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
C	Damian Miller	100	324	89	10	44	.275
1B	Greg Colbrunn	116	329	103	15	57	.313
2B	Jay Bell	149	565	151	18	68	.267
3B	Matt Williams	96	371	102	12	47	.275
SS	Tony Womack	146	617	167	7	57	.271
LF	Luis Gonzalez	162	618	192	31	114	.311
CF	Steve Finley	152	539	151	35	96	.280
RF	Danny Bautista	87	262	83	7	47	.317

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
Kelly Stinnett	76	240	52	8	33	.217
Travis Lee	72	224	52	8	40	.232
Erubiel Durazo	67	196	52	8	33	.265
Craig Counsell	67	152	48	2	11	.316
Hanley Frias	75	112	23	2	6	.205
Jason Conti	47	91	21	1	15	.231
Andy Fox	31	86	18	1	10	.209
Lenny Harris	36	85	16	1	13	.188
Alex Cabrera	31	80	21	5	14	.263
Danny Klassen	29	76	18	2	8	.237
Bernard Gilkey	38	73	8	2	6	.110
Turner Ward	15	52	9	0	4	.173
David Dellucci	34	50	15	0	2	.300
Rob Ryan	27	27	8	0	2	.296
Rod Barajas	5	13	3	1	3	.231
Matt Mieske	11	8	2	1	2	.250

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Johnson	35	248.2	19	7	2.64	347
Brian Anderson	33	213.1	11	7	4.05	104
Armando Reynoso	31	170.2	11	12	5.27	89
Curt Schilling	13	97.2	5	6	3.69	72
Omar Daal	20	96.0	2	10	7.22	45
Todd Stottlemyre	18	95.1	9	6	4.91	76
Geraldo Guzmán	13	60.1	5	4	5.23	52
Nelson Figueroa	3	15.2	0	1	7.47	7

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Matt Mantei	47	45.1	1	1	17	4.57	53
Mike Morgan	60	101.2	5	5	5	4.87	56
Greg Swindell	64	76.0	2	6	1	3.20	64
Byung-Hyun Kim	61	70.2	6	6	14	4.46	111
Dan Plesac	62	40.0	5	1	0	3.15	45
Russ Springer	52	62.0	2	4	0	5.08	59
Vicente Padilla	27	35.0	2	1	0	2.31	30
Johnny Ruffin	5	9.0	0	0	0	9.00	5
Darren Holmes	8	6.1	0	0	1	8.53	5