2000 Atlanta Braves season

The 2000 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 35th season in Atlanta along with the 125th season in the National League and 130th overall, entering the season as defending National League champions. The Braves won their sixth consecutive division title, however, the 2000 season would mark the first time since 1990 that the Braves did not appear in the NLCS in a non-strike season. The Braves failed to defend its [1999 National League (baseball)|National League Championship Series|National League championship] and go to their sixth World Series in ten years. One of the highlights of the season was that the All-Star Game was held at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Offseason

December 22, 1999: Bret Boone was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Ryan Klesko and Jason Shiell to the San Diego Padres for Wally Joyner, Reggie Sanders, and Quilvio Veras.
January 12, 2000: Howard Battle was purchased by the Hanshin Tigers from the Atlanta Braves.
January 20, 2000: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
January 28, 2000: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
February 22, 2000: Steve Avery was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
March 31, 2000: Randall Simon was released by the Atlanta Braves.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

All-Star game

The 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Atlanta. It was the 71st midsummer classic featuring the American League and National League. The game was played on July 11, 2000 at Turner Field.
Five members of the Braves were part of the All-Star Game. Andrés Galarraga and Chipper Jones started at first base and third base, respectively. Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Andruw Jones were part of the team as well.
The 2000 All-Star Game was one of the few occurrences in which the manager of the host team also managed the home team of the game, in this case, the National League. The final score was 6–3 in favor of the American League.

Transactions

June 5, 2000: Kelly Johnson was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2000.
June 5, 2000: Tony Gwynn, Jr. was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.
July 29, 2000: Stan Belinda was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
July 31, 2000: B. J. Surhoff was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Gabe Molina to the Atlanta Braves for Trenidad Hubbard, Fernando Lunar, and Luis Rivera.
August 25, 2000: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
September 12, 2000: Stan Belinda was released by the Atlanta Braves.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Javy López	134	481	138	.287	24	89
1B	Andres Gallaraga	141	494	149	.302	28	100
2B	Quilvio Veras	84	298	92	.309	5	37
SS	Rafael Furcal	131	455	134	.295	4	37
3B	Chipper Jones	156	579	180	.311	36	111
LF	Reggie Sanders	103	340	79	.232	11	37
CF	Andruw Jones	161	656	199	.303	36	104
RF	Brian Jordan	133	489	129	.264	17	77

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Keith Lockhart	113	275	73	.265	2	32
Bobby Bonilla	114	239	61	.255	5	28
Wally Joyner	119	224	63	.281	5	32
Walt Weiss	80	192	50	.260	0	18
B.J. Surhoff	44	128	37	.289	1	11
Trent Hubbard	61	81	15	.185	1	6
Paul Bako	24	58	11	.190	2	6
Fernando Lunar	22	54	10	.185	0	5
George Lombard	27	39	4	.103	0	2
Steve Sisco	25	27	5	.185	1	2
Eddie Pérez	7	22	4	.182	0	3
Mark DeRosa	22	13	4	.308	0	3
Tim Unroe	4	5	0	.000	0	0
Wes Helms	6	5	1	.200	0	0
Brian Hunter	2	2	1	.500	1	1
Pedro Swann	4	2	0	.000	0	0
Mike Hubbard	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Greg Maddux	35	249.1	19	9	3.00	190
Tom Glavine	35	241.0	21	9	3.40	152
Kevin Millwood	36	212.2	10	13	4.66	168
John Burkett	31	134.1	10	6	4.89	110
Andy Ashby	15	98.0	8	6	4.13	55

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Terry Mulholland	54	156.2	9	9	5.11	78

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Rocker	59	1	2	24	2.89	77
Mike Remlinger	71	5	3	12	3.47	72
Kerry Ligtenberg	59	2	3	12	3.61	51
Scott Kamieniecki	26	2	1	2	5.47	17
Rudy Seánez	23	2	4	2	4.29	20
Bruce Chen	22	4	0	0	2.50	32
Jason Marquis	15	1	0	0	5.01	17
Greg McMichael	15	0	0	0	4.41	14
Stan Belinda	10	0	0	0	9.82	11
Don Wengert	10	0	1	0	7.20	7
Kevin McGlinchy	10	0	0	0	2.16	9
Luis Rivera	5	1	0	0	1.35	5
Dave Stevens	2	0	0	0	12.00	4
Gabe Molina	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
Chris Seelbach	2	0	1	0	10.80	1
Ismael Villegas	1	0	0	0	13.50	2

Award winners

Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove Award
Chipper Jones, 3B, Silver Slugger Award
Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, September
Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Andrés Galarraga, 1B, starter
Chipper Jones, 3B, starter
Tom Glavine, P, reserve
Andruw Jones, OF, reserve
Greg Maddux, P, reserve