2000 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2000 season was the eighth for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 82–80, fourth in the NL West. Despite the team finishing fourth in their division and finishing with a mediocre record, the team batted excellently; the 2000 Rockies combined for a team batting average of.294, which was the integration era's highest mark since the 1950 Boston Red Sox batted.302. They led the league in hits; finished 2nd in on-base percentage and runs scored; and third in stolen bases.

Offseason

October 30, 1999: Dante Bichette was traded by the Colorado Rockies with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Stan Belinda and Jeffrey Hammonds.
November 16, 1999: Darryl Kile was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Luther Hackman and Dave Veres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Manny Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore, and José Jiménez.
November 17, 1999: Curt Leskanic was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Myers.
November 21, 1999: Julián Tavárez was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the San Francisco Giants.
December 9, 1999: Tom Goodwin was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
December 13, 1999: Vinny Castilla was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma.
December 13, 1999: Jamey Wright was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Henry Blanco to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeff Cirillo and Scott Karl.
December 16, 1999: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
January 14, 2000: Bobby Jones was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Lariel González to the New York Mets for Masato Yoshii.
March 31, 2000: Brian Hunter was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.

Regular season

Transactions

April 7, 2000: Manny Aybar was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Gabe White.
June 5, 2000: Garrett Atkins was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 5th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2000.
June 5, 2000: Clint Barmes was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2000.
June 5, 2000: Brad Hawpe was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2000.
July 15, 2000: Todd Sears was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Minnesota Twins for Butch Huskey and Todd Walker.
July 27, 2000: Rolando Arrojo was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Rich Croushore and Mike Lansing to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Frye, Brian Rose, John Wasdin, and Jeff Taglienti.
July 31, 2000: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Kevin Gibbs and Randey Dorame to the Colorado Rockies for Tom Goodwin and cash.

Major League debuts

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: SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Brent Mayne	117	335	101	.301	6	64	1
1B	Todd Helton	160	580	216	.372	42	147	5
2B	Mike Lansing	90	365	94	.258	11	47	8
SS	Neifi Pérez	162	651	187	.287	10	71	3
3B	Jeff Cirillo	157	598	195	.326	11	115	3
LF	Larry Walker	87	314	97	.309	9	51	5
CF	Tom Goodwin	91	317	86	.271	5	47	39
RF	Jeffrey Hammonds	122	454	152	.335	20	106	14

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	71	149	33	.221	3	21	4
	15	27	6	.222	3	5	0
	10	9	1	.111	0	2	0
	37	87	31	.356	0	3	4
	72	200	55	.275	1	13	15
	45	92	32	.348	4	18	1
	56	167	54	.323	11	23	7
	32	40	9	.225	0	3	0
	7	5	4	.800	1	4	0
	23	23	4	.175	0	4	0
	13	10	1	.100	0	0	1
	52	146	47	.322	3	20	1
	10	9	3	.333	0	1	1
	51	200	62	.310	0	20	7
	33	101	22	.218	1	13	0
	115	263	68	.259	9	40	8
	57	171	54	.316	7	36	4

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
	32	196.1	12	9	5.27	193
	34	177.0	12	10	4.68	98
	29	167.1	6	15	5.86	88
	30	115.0	3	4	5.95	60
	19	101.1	5	9	6.04	80
	12	63.2	4	5	5.51	40
Rigo Beltrán	1	1.1	0	0	40.50	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV
Manny Aybar	1	1.2	0	1	16.20	0	0
	46	35.2	1	3	7.07	40	1
	8	13.1	0	1	12.83	15	0
	31	32.2	2	2	3.86	23	0
	6	11.1	2	0	8.74	11	0
	54	53.1	4	4	4.89	34	0
	16	13.2	1	1	7.24	8	0
	72	70.2	5	2	3.18	44	24
	7	5.2	0	0	11.12	6	1
David Moraga	1	1.0	0	0	45.00	0	0
	78	45.1	0	1	1.99	41	1
	51	120.0	11	5	4.43	62	1
Pete Walker	3	4.2	0	0	17.36	2	0
	14	35.2	0	3	5.80	35	0
	67	83.0	11	2	2.17	82	5

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV
	17	65.2	2	3	7.68	29	0
Julián Tavárez	51	120.0	11	5	4.43	62	1
John Wasdin	14	35.2	0	3	5.80	35	0