2000 Kansas City Royals season

The 2000 Kansas City Royals season was the 32nd season for the franchise, and their 28th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a record of 77 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the American League Central. The Royals failed to make the postseason for the 15th consecutive season.

Offseason

November 16, 1999: Izzy Molina was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
December 10, 1999: Doug Bochtler was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
December 17, 1999: Scott Service was released by the Royals.
January 27, 2000: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Royals.
March 7, 2000: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Royals by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

Regular season

June 28, 2000: Pitcher Jay Witasick threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs. This was accomplished in the second inning.

Opening Day roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
C	Gregg Zaun	83	234	64	36	7	33	.274	7
1B	Mike Sweeney	159	618	206	105	29	144	.333	8
2B	Carlos Febles	100	339	87	59	2	29	.257	17
3B	Joe Randa	158	612	186	88	15	106	.304	6
SS		143	509	139	68	1	38	.273	7
LF	Mark Quinn	135	500	147	76	20	78	.294	5
CF		98	372	92	49	7	44	.247	13
RF	Jermaine Dye	157	601	193	107	33	118	.321	0
DH	Johnny Damon	159	655	214	136	16	88	.327	46

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.
David McCarty	103	270	75	12	53	.278
Jeff Reboulet	66	182	44	0	14	.242
Todd Dunwoody	61	178	37	1	23	.208
	43	142	40	3	17	.282
	37	125	26	4	18	.208
Luis Ordaz	65	104	23	0	11	.221
Héctor Ortiz	26	88	34	0	5	.386
Wilson Delgado	33	83	22	0	7	.265
Scott Pose	47	48	9	0	1	.188
Dee Brown	15	25	4	0	4	.160
Ray Holbert	3	4	1	0	0	.250

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
Jeff Suppan	35	217.0	10	9	4.94	128
Mac Suzuki	32	188.2	8	10	4.34	135
Blake Stein	17	107.2	8	5	4.68	78
Chad Durbin	16	72.1	2	5	8.21	37
Brian Meadows	11	71.2	6	2	4.77	26
	5	27.2	2	2	5.86	15

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
Dan Reichert	44	153.1	8	10	4.70	94
Jay Witasick	22	89.1	3	8	5.94	67
Chris Fussell	20	70.0	5	3	6.30	46
Miguel Batista	14	57.0	2	6	7.74	30
Brett Laxton	6	16.2	0	1	8.10	14
	7	13.2	0	1	9.22	9

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
Ricky Bottalico	62	9	6	16	4.83	56
Jerry Spradlin	50	4	4	7	5.52	54
José Santiago	45	8	6	2	3.91	44
Kris Wilson	20	0	1	0	4.19	17
Andy Larkin	18	0	3	1	8.84	17
Paul Spoljaric	13	0	0	0	6.52	6
Tim Byrdak	12	0	1	0	11.37	8
Jason Rakers	11	2	0	0	9.14	16
Scott Mullen	11	0	0	0	4.35	7
Dan Murray	10	0	0	0	4.66	16
Doug Bochtler	6	0	2	0	6.48	4
Brad Rigby	4	0	0	1	16.20	3

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Jermaine Dye, Outfield, Starter
Mike Sweeney, 1B, Reserve