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The Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...

' 2000 season
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was the 8th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West

National League West

The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other...

. Buddy Bell

Buddy Bell

David Gus "Buddy" Bell is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. After an 18-year career with four teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, he managed the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals for three seasons each...

was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field

Coors Field

Coors Field, located in Denver, Colorado, is the home field of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies. It is named for the Coors Brewing Company of Golden, Colorado, which purchased the naming rights to the park prior to its completion in 1995...

. They finished with a record of 82-80, 4th in the NL West.

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.

Opening Day starters

Rolando Arrojo
Darren Bragg
Jeff Cirillo
Tom Goodwin
Todd Helton
Mike Lansing
Brent Mayne
Neifi Perez
Larry Walker

Transactions

April 7, 2000: Manny Aybar was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Gabe White.
June 5, 2000: Garrett Atkins
Garrett Atkins
Garrett Bernard Atkins is a Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently a Free Agent. He bats and throws right-handed....

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
Clint Barmes
Clint Harold Barmes [BAR-miss] is an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He played for the Colorado Rockies from 2003-2010 and Houston Astros in 2011...

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
Brad Hawpe
Bradley Bonte Hawpe is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman.-High school and college:...

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 (minors) 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 (minors).
July 31, 2000: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Kevin Gibbs (minors) and Randey Dorame (minors) to the Colorado Rockies for Tom Goodwin and cash.

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Bubba Carpenter (May 13)
- Juan Pierre (Aug 7)
- Elvis Peña (Sep 2)
Pitchers:
- Craig House (Aug 6)

Roster

2000 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches (third base) (asst. coach) (bench) (hitting) (bullpen) (pitching) (first base)

Game log

2000 Game Log

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	Brent Mayne Brent Mayne Brent Danem Mayne is a former Major League Baseball catcher who has played with the Kansas City Royals , New York Mets , Oakland Athletics , San Francisco Giants , Colorado Rockies , Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers...	117	335	101	.301	6	64
1B	Todd Helton Todd Helton Todd Lynn Helton is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies. He is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, four-time National League Player of the Month, and three-time Gold Glove winner....	160	580	216	.372	42	147
2B	Mike Lansing Mike Lansing Michael Thomas Lansing is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and the Boston Red Sox between 1993 and 2001...	90	365	94	.258	11	47
SS	Neifi Pérez Neifi Pérez Neifi Neftali Pérez is a Major League baseball player who most recently played for the Detroit Tigers. He played with the Colorado Rockies , Kansas City Royals , San Francisco Giants , and the Chicago Cubs...	162	651	187	.287	10	71
3B	Jeff Cirillo Jeff Cirillo Jeffrey Howard Cirillo is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. In a 14-season career, Cirillo was a .296 hitter with 112 home runs and 727 RBI in 1617 games. He was named an All-Star in and . He is the Brewers all-time career leader in batting average at .306...	157	598	195	.326	11	115
LF	Larry Walker Larry Walker Larry Kenneth Robert Walker is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 2005, Walker played for the Montreal Expos , Colorado Rockies , and St. Louis Cardinals...	87	314	97	.309	9	51
CF	Tom Goodwin Tom Goodwin Thomas Jones Goodwin is a former Major League Baseball player. He attended Central High School in Fresno, and then went on to play for Fresno State University...	91	317	86	.271	5	47
RF	Jeffrey Hammonds Jeffrey Hammonds Jeffrey Bryan Hammonds is a former Major League Baseball player. He attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and Stanford University in California before playing pro ball...	122	454	152	.335	20	106

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
115	263	68	.259	9	40
72	200	55	.275	1	13
51	200	62	.310	0	20
57	171	54	.316	7	36
56	167	54	.323	11	23
71	149	33	.221	3	21
52	146	47	.322	3	20

Starting pitchers

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

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

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
17	65.2	2	3	7.68	29
46	35.2	1	3	7.07	40
14	35.2	0	3	5.80	35
31	32.2	2	2	3.86	23

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
78	0	1	1	1.99	41
72	5	2	24	3.18	44
67	11	2	5	2.17	82
54	4	4	0	4.89	34
51	11	5	1	4.43	62

Farm system

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