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.

2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Bank One Ballpark
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Ken Kendrick Jerry Colangelo
General managers	Joe Garagiola Jr.
Managers	Buck Showalter
Television	FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Bob Brenly, Joe Garagiola)
Radio	KTAR (620 AM) (Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte) KSUN (Spanish) (Jose Tolentino, Ivan Lara)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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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.^[1]
• November 22, 1999: Ernie Young was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[2]
• December 15, 1999: Dante Powell was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Ordaz.^[3]
• March 20, 2000: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[4]

Regular season

Randy Johnson tied a modern record with six victories in April 2000.^[5] He would lead the league in strikeouts with 347 and in winning percentage (.731). Johnson won his third Cy Young Award, and became the third National League pitcher to win the trophy in consecutive seasons.^[5] Johnson recorded his 3000th strikeout on September 10, 2000, as he whiffed Florida Marlins' third baseman Mike Lowell.^[5]

Opening Day starters

• Jay Bell
• Erubiel Durazo
• Steve Finley
• Luis Gonzalez
• Lenny Harris
• Randy Johnson
• Travis Lee
• Damian Miller
• Tony Womack

Notable transactions

• June 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the New York Mets to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Lenny Harris.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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.

Season standings

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	97	65	.599	—	55‍–‍26	42‍–‍39
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	11	44‍–‍37	42‍–‍39
Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77	.525	12	47‍–‍34	38‍–‍43
Colorado Rockies	82	80	.506	15	48‍–‍33	34‍–‍47
San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	21	41‍–‍40	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record v t e Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	3–6	5–4	2–5	7–6	4–5	6–1	7–6	4–5	4–5	2–7	8–1	7–2	9–4	6–7	5–4	6–9
Atlanta	6–3	—	4–5	2–5	5–4	6–6	5–4	7–2	6–3	6–7	7–6	8–5	5–2	8–1	6–3	3–4	11–7
Chicago	4–5	5–4	—	4–8	4–5	1–6	5–7	3–6	6–7	4–5	2–5	6–3	3–9	3–5	4–5	3–10	8–7
Cincinnati	5–2	5–2	8–4	—	6–3	3–6	7–5	4–5	5–8–1	6–3	5–4	3–4	7–6	4–5	3–6	7–6	7–8
Colorado	6–7	4–5	5–4	3–6	—	4–5	5–4	4–9	4–5	7–2	3–6	6–3	7–2	7–6	6–7	5–3	6–6
Florida	5–4	6–6	6–1	6–3	5–4	—	3–5	2–7	3–4	7–6	6–6	9–4	5–4	2–7	3–6	3–6	8–9
Houston	1–6	4–5	7–5	5–7	4–5	5–3	—	3–6	7–6	4–5	2–5	5–4	10–3	2–7	1–8	6–6	6–9
Los Angeles	6–7	2–7	6–3	5–4	9–4	7–2	6–3	—	3–4	5–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	8–5	7–5	3–6	6–9
Milwaukee	5–4	3–6	7–6	8–5–1	5–4	4–3	6–7	4–3	—	4–5	2–7	2–5	7–5	2–7	3–6	5–7	6–9
Montreal	5–4	7–6	5–4	3–6	2–7	6–7	5–4	3–5	5–4	—	3–9	5–7	3–4	3–6	3–6	2–5	7–11
New York	7–2	6–7	5–2	4–5	6–3	6–6	5–2	5–4	7–2	9–3	—	6–7	7–2	3–6	3–5	6–3	9–9
Philadelphia	1–8	5–8	3–6	4–3	3–6	4–9	4–5	4–5	5–2	7–5	7–6	—	3–6	2–5	2–7	2–7	9–9
Pittsburgh	2–7	2–5	9–3	6–7	2–7	4–5	3–10	5–4	5–7	4–3	2–7	6–3	—	7–2	2–6	4–8	6–9
San Diego	4–9	1–8	5–3	5–4	6–7	7–2	7–2	5–8	7–2	6–3	6–3	5–2	2–7	—	5–7	0–9	5–10
San Francisco	7–6	3–6	5–4	6–3	7–6	6–3	8–1	5–7	6–3	6–3	5–3	7–2	6–2	7–5	—	5–4	8–7
St. Louis	4–5	4–3	10–3	6–7	3–5	6–3	6–6	6–3	7–5	5–2	3–6	7–2	8–4	9–0	4–5	—	7–8

Game log

Legend
Diamondbacks Win	Diamondbacks Loss	Game Postponed

2000 Regular Season Game Log (85–77) (Home: 47–34; Road: 38–43)
April (16–9) (Home: 8–5; Road: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 1 April 4 Phillies 6–4 Johnson Ashby Holmes (1) Bank One Ballpark 44,298 1–0 Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 4, 2000 2 April 5 Phillies 11–3 Stottlemyre Byrd Morgan (1) Bank One Ballpark 29,291 2–0 Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 5, 2000 3 April 6 Phillies 3–2 (11) Springer Schrenk None Bank One Ballpark 28,774 3–0 Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 5, 2000 4 April 7 Pirates 2–7 Christiansen Reynoso None Bank One Ballpark 32,536 3–1 Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 7, 2000 5 April 8 Pirates 6–5 Swindell Christiansen None Bank One Ballpark 33,298 4–1 Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 8, 2000 6 April 9 Pirates 1–0 Johnson Schmidt None Bank One Ballpark 34,204 5–1 Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 9, 2000 7 April 10 @ Padres 8–4 Stottlemyre Williams Morgan (2) Qualcomm Stadium 60,021 6–1 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres Box Score, April 10, 2000 8 April 11 @ Padres 2–3 (13) Whisenant Springer None Qualcomm Stadium 19,035 6–2 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres Box Score, April 11, 2000 9 April 12 @ Padres 2–4 Meadows Reynoso Hoffman (1) Qualcomm Stadium 15,801 6–3 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres Box Score, April 12, 2000 10 April 13 @ Padres 5–4 Anderson Hitchcock Morgan (3) Qualcomm Stadium 28,131 7–3 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres Box Score, April 13, 2000 11 April 14 @ Giants 3–1 Johnson Hernandez None Pacific Bell Park 40,930 8–3 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants Box Score, April 14, 2000 12 April 15 @ Giants 7–4 Stottlemyre Ortiz Swindell (1) Pacific Bell Park 40,930 9–3 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants Box Score, April 15, 2000 13 April 17 Rockies 1–9 Yoshii Daal None Bank One Ballpark 33,743 9–4 Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 17, 2000 14 April 18 Rockies 7–1 Reynoso Karl None Bank One Ballpark 30,275 10–4 Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 18, 2000 15 April 19 Rockies 8–7 Morgan Tavarez Kim (1) Bank One Ballpark 31,237 11–4 Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 19, 2000 16 April 20 Rockies 3–0 Johnson Arrojo None Bank One Ballpark 34,458 12–4 Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 20, 2000 17 April 21 Giants 5–11 Ortiz Stottlemyre None Bank One Ballpark 40,929 12–5 San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 21, 2000 18 April 22 Giants 6–8 Rueter Daal Nen (3) Bank One Ballpark 45,659 12–6 San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 22, 2000 19 April 23 Giants 7–12 Nathan Reynoso None Bank One Ballpark 35,879 12–7 San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, April 23, 2000 20 April 25 @ Phillies 10–2 Johnson Brock None Veterans Stadium 11,926 13–7 Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, April 25, 2000 21 April 26 @ Phillies 10–4 Stottlemyre Ashby None Veterans Stadium 12,250 14–7 Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, April 26, 2000 22 April 27 @ Phillies 4–5 Gomes Kim None Veterans Stadium 13,560 14–8 Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, April 27, 2000 23 April 28 @ Cubs 5–6 Tapani Springer Aguilera (5) Wrigley Field 27,507 14–9 Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs Box Score, April 28, 2000 24 April 29 @ Cubs 7–4 (10) Mantei Guthrie Morgan (4) Wrigley Field 37,484 15–9 Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs Box Score, April 29, 2000 25 April 30 @ Cubs 6–0 Johnson Lorraine None Wrigley Field 37,274 16–9 Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs Box Score, April 30, 2000
May (17–10) (Home: 12–3; Road: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 26 May 2 @ Brewers 5–1 Stottlemyre Haynes None Milwaukee County Stadium 8,281 17–9 Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers Box Score, May 2, 2000 27 May 3 @ Brewers 1–4 Estrada Daal Wickman (4) Milwaukee County Stadium 9,600 17–10 Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers Box Score, May 3, 2000 28 May 4 @ Brewers 6–2 Reynoso Stull Kim (2) Milwaukee County Stadium 8,401 18–10 Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers Box Score, May 4, 2000 29 May 5 Padres 5–3 Johnson Hitchcock None Bank One Ballpark 42,297 19–10 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 5, 2000 30 May 6 Padres 10–5 Anderson Lopez None Bank One Ballpark 36,827 20–10 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 6, 2000 31 May 7 Padres 8–1 Stottlemyre Clement None Bank One Ballpark 38,060 21–10 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 7, 2000 32 May 8 Dodgers 15–7 Daal Park None Bank One Ballpark 33,338 22–10 Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 8, 2000 33 May 9 Dodgers 11–7 (12) Padilla Hershiser None Bank One Ballpark 32,326 23–10 Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 9, 2000 34 May 10 Dodgers 2–1 Kim Adams None Bank One Ballpark 43,345 24–10 Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 10, 2000 35 May 12 @ Padres 6–4 Anderson Clement Kim (3) Qualcomm Stadium 24,391 25–10 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres Box Score, May 12, 2000 36 May 13 @ Padres 6–2 Stottlemyre Spencer Morgan (5) Qualcomm Stadium 44,044 26–10 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres Box Score, May 13, 2000 37 May 14 @ Padres 1–3 Meadows Daal Hoffman (6) Qualcomm Stadium 31,555 26–11 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 7, 2000 38 May 16 @ Expos 0–2 Vazquez Johnson Hermanson (2) Olympic Stadium 11,898 26–12 Arizona Diamondbacks at Montreal Expos Box Score, May 16, 2000 39 May 17 @ Expos 2–10 Pavano Reynoso None Olympic Stadium 8,766 26–13 Arizona Diamondbacks at Montreal Expos Box Score, May 17, 2000 40 May 18 @ Expos 8–6 Kim Telford None Olympic Stadium 11,073 27–13 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 7, 2000 41 May 19 @ Mets 3–4 Jones Stottlemyre Benitez (10) Shea Stadium 25,292 27–14 Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets Box Score, May 19, 2000 42 May 20 @ Mets 7–8 Hampton Daal Benitez (11) Shea Stadium 37,121 27–15 Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets Box Score, May 20, 2000 43 May 21 @ Mets 6–7 Wendell Kim None Shea Stadium 38,826 27–16 Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets Box Score, May 21, 2000 44 May 23 Pirates 6–1 Anderson Anderson None Bank One Ballpark 31,726 28–16 Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 23, 2000 45 May 24 Pirates 6–5 Stottlemyre Schmidt Kim (4) Bank One Ballpark 30,462 29–16 Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 24, 2000 46 May 25 Pirates 1–0 Daal Benson Mantei (1) Bank One Ballpark 30,759 30–16 Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 25, 2000 47 May 26 Brewers 9–2 Johnson Snyder None Bank One Ballpark 34,846 31–16 Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 26, 2000 48 May 27 Brewers 7–3 Reynoso Acevedo Kim (5) Bank One Ballpark 35,163 32–16 Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 27, 2000 49 May 28 Brewers 3–4 (11) Wickman Swindell None Bank One Ballpark 35,121 32–17 Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 28, 2000 50 May 29 Cardinals 0–3 Stephenson Stottlemyre None Bank One Ballpark 47,014 32–18 St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 29, 2000 51 May 30 Cardinals 1–6 Ankiel Daal Morris (1) Bank One Ballpark 36,180 32–19 St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 30, 2000 52 May 31 Cardinals 6–2 Johnson Hentgen Kim (6) Bank One Ballpark 39,761 33–19 St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 31, 2000
June (13–14) (Home: 10–5; Road: 3–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 53 June 1 Cardinals 4–0 Reynoso Benes None Bank One Ballpark 37,131 34–19 St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 1, 2000 54 June 2 @ Rangers 5–4 Anderson Helling Mantei (2) The Ballpark in Arlington 40,770 35–19 Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers Box Score, June 2, 2000 55 June 3 @ Rangers 3–4 Rogers Figueroa Wetteland (14) The Ballpark in Arlington 46,222 35–20 Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers Box Score, June 3, 2000 56 June 4 @ Rangers 6–7 Perisho Kim Wetteland (15) The Ballpark in Arlington 46,336 35–21 Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers Box Score, June 4, 2000 57 June 5 @ Cubs 3–4 (10) Heredia Mantei None Wrigley Field 32,197 35–22 Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs Box Score, June 5, 2000 58 June 6 @ Cubs 1–4 Tapani Reynoso None Wrigley Field 35,933 35–23 Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs Box Score, June 6, 2000 59 June 7 @ Cubs 4–9 Downs Anderson Van Poppel (2) Wrigley Field 37,596 35–24 Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs Box Score, June 7, 2000 60 June 9 Angels 4–1 Johnson Cooper Kim (7) Bank One Ballpark 39,468 36–24 Anaheim Angels at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 9, 2000 61 June 10 Angels 3–10 Washburn Daal None Bank One Ballpark 35,213 36–25 Anaheim Angels at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 10, 2000 62 June 11 Angels 3–2 Plesac Schoeneweis Kim (8) Bank One Ballpark 36,349 37–25 Anaheim Angels at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 11, 2000 63 June 12 @ Dodgers 4–2 Anderson Dreifort Kim (9) Dodger Stadium 25,552 38–25 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, June 12, 2000 64 June 13 @ Dodgers 1–6 Park Morgan None Dodger Stadium 34,067 38–26 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, June 13, 2000 65 June 14 @ Dodgers 5–1 Johnson Perez None Dodger Stadium 27,332 39–26 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, June 14, 2000 66 June 15 @ Dodgers 0–4 Brown Stottlemyre None Dodger Stadium 30,103 39–27 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, June 15, 2000 67 June 17 @ Rockies 5–14 Bohanon Anderson None Coors Field 48,043 39–28 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies Box Score, June 17, 2000 68 June 18 @ Rockies 2–19 Yoshi Reynoso None Coors Field 48,117 39–29 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies Box Score, June 18, 2000 69 June 19 Padres 3–2 Padilla Kolb None Bank One Ballpark 37,336 40–29 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 19, 2000 70 June 20 Padres 1–3 Tollberg Stottlemyre Hoffman (18) Bank One Ballpark 30,011 40–30 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 20, 2000 71 June 21 Padres 11–8 Morgan Reyes None Bank One Ballpark 33,003 41–30 San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 19, 2000 72 June 23 Rockies 2–0 Anderson Bohanon Kim (10) Bank One Ballpark 37,089 42–30 Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 23, 2000 73 June 24 Rockies 0–4 Yoshii Johnson None Bank One Ballpark 42,559 42–31 Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 24, 2000 74 June 25 Rockies 8–3 Morgan Astacio None Bank One Ballpark 35,887 43–31 Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 25, 2000 75 June 26 Astros 6–1 Reynoso Dotel Kim (11) Bank One Ballpark 31,338 44–31 Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 26, 2000 76 June 27 Astros 4–12 Elarton Daal None Bank One Ballpark 30,115 44–32 Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 27, 2000 77 June 28 Astros 6–2 Anderson Lima Kim (12) Bank One Ballpark 29,540 45–32 Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 28, 2000 78 June 29 Astros 7–1 Johnson Reynolds None Bank One Ballpark 31,518 46–32 Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 29, 2000 79 June 30 Reds 4–5 Harnisch Morgan Graves (12) Bank One Ballpark 38,197 46–33 Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, June 30, 2000
July (12–14) (Home: 5–6; Road: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 80 July 1 Reds 9–6 Springer Fernandez Kim (13) Bank One Ballpark 39,385 47–33 Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 1, 2000 81 July 2 Reds 2–14 Neagle Daal None Bank One Ballpark 39,841 47–34 Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 2, 2000 82 July 3 Reds 2–3 Parris Anderson Graves (13) Bank One Ballpark 38,287 47–35 Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 3, 2000 83 July 4 @ Astros 10–4 Johnson Lima None Enron Field 42,147 48–35 Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros Box Score, July 4, 2000 84 July 5 @ Astros 12–9 Morgan Valdes Kim (14) Enron Field 36,218 49–35 Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros Box Score, July 5, 2000 85 July 6 @ Astros 2–1 Guzman Holt Mantei (3) Enron Field 36,471 50–35 Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros Box Score, July 6, 2000 86 July 7 @ Athletics 4–5 (11) Tam Daal None Network Associates Coliseum 17,287 50–36 Arizona Diamondbacks at Oakland Athletics Box Score, July 7, 2000 87 July 8 @ Athletics 7–8 (10) Isringhausen Swindell None Network Associates Coliseum 54,268 50–37 Arizona Diamondbacks at Oakland Athletics Box Score, July 8, 2000 88 July 9 @ Athletics 4–2 Johnson Heredia Mantei (4) Network Associates Coliseum 25,513 51–37 Arizona Diamondbacks at Oakland Athletics Box Score, July 9, 2000 89 July 13 Rangers 4–6 Zimmerman Kim Wetteland (22) Bank One Ballpark 32,541 51–38 Texas Rangers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 13, 2000 90 July 14 Rangers 6–1 Reynoso Rogers None Bank One Ballpark 34,415 52–38 Texas Rangers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 14, 2000 91 July 15 Rangers 5–6 (11) Zimmerman Swindell Wetteland (23) Bank One Ballpark 37,856 52–39 Texas Rangers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 15, 2000 92 July 16 Mariners 3–6 Mesa Springer Sasaki (21) Bank One Ballpark 34,144 52–40 Seattle Mariners at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 16, 2000 93 July 17 Mariners 7–0 Guzman Halama None Bank One Ballpark 35,504 53–40 Seattle Mariners at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 17, 2000 94 July 18 Mariners 2–5 Rhodes Padilla Sasaki (22) Bank One Ballpark 32,090 53–41 Seattle Mariners at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 18, 2000 95 July 19 Cardinals 4–3 Reynoso Stephenson Mantei (5) Bank One Ballpark 37,119 54–41 St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 19, 2000 96 July 20 Cardinals 3–2 Johnson Veres None Bank One Ballpark 40,937 55–41 St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, July 20, 2000 97 July 21 @ Reds 5–4 Swindell Sullivan Mantei (6) Cinergy Field 46,101 56–41 Arizona Diamondbacks at Cincinnati Reds Box Score, July 21, 2000 98 July 22 @ Reds 3–7 Villone Guzman None Cinergy Field 42,568 56–42 Arizona Diamondbacks at Cincinnati Reds Box Score, July 22, 2000 99 July 23 @ Reds 3–5 Dessens Anderson Graves (17) Cinergy Field 34,822 56–43 Arizona Diamondbacks at Cincinnati Reds Box Score, July 23, 2000 100 July 25 @ Cardinals 3–7 Stephenson Johnson None Busch Memorial Stadium 44,454 56–44 Arizona Diamondbacks at St. Louis Cardinals Box Score, July 25, 2000 101 July 26 @ Cardinals 4–8 Kile Reynoso None Busch Memorial Stadium 42,762 56–45 Arizona Diamondbacks at St. Louis Cardinals Box Score, July 26, 2000 102 July 27 @ Cardinals 17–5 Guzman Ankiel None Busch Memorial Stadium 42,963 57–45 Arizona Diamondbacks at St. Louis Cardinals Box Score, July 27, 2000 103 July 28 @ Marlins 4–1 Schilling Cornelius Mantei (7) Pro Player Stadium 12,584 58–45 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins Box Score, July 28, 2000 104 July 29 @ Marlins 2–4 Miceli Kim Alfonseca (30) Pro Player Stadium 15,860 58–46 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins Box Score, July 29, 2000 105 July 30 @ Marlins 3–4 Almanza Morgan Alfonseca (31) Pro Player Stadium 16,770 58–47 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins Box Score, July 30, 2000
August (15–12) (Home: 7–8; Road: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 106 August 1 Braves 2–4 Millwood Swindell Remlinger (10) Bank One Ballpark 35,138 58–48 Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 1, 2000 107 August 2 Braves 2–0 Schilling Maddux None Bank One Ballpark 40,643 59–48 Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 2, 2000 108 August 3 Braves 8–4 Anderson Ashby None Bank One Ballpark 35,441 60–48 Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 3, 2000 109 August 4 Mets 1–6 Reed Johnson Cook (2) Bank One Ballpark 41,832 60–49 New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 4, 2000 110 August 5 Mets 2–6 Jones Guzman White (3) Bank One Ballpark 41,656 60–50 New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 5, 2000 111 August 6 Mets 9–5 Reynoso Rusch Mantei (8) Bank One Ballpark 39,641 61–50 New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 6, 2000 112 August 7 Expos 5–2 Schilling Moore None Bank One Ballpark 31,526 62–50 Montreal Expos at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 7, 2000 113 August 8 Expos 3–9 Lira Anderson None Bank One Ballpark 33,113 62–51 Montreal Expos at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 8, 2000 114 August 9 Expos 3–4 Strickland Guzman Telford (2) Bank One Ballpark 39,641 62–52 Montreal Expos at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 9, 2000 115 August 11 @ Pirates 6–1 Reynoso Serafini None Three Rivers Stadium 25,281 63–52 Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score, August 11, 2000 116 August 12 @ Pirates 6–9 Sauerbeck Schilling None Three Rivers Stadium 34,101 63–53 Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score, August 12, 2000 117 August 13 @ Pirates 7–6 Morgan Arroyo Mantei (9) Three Rivers Stadium 25,321 64–53 Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score, August 13, 2000 118 August 14 @ Phillies 4–3 (11) Plesac Brantley Mantei (10) Veterans Stadium 14,083 65–53 Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, August 14, 2000 119 August 15 @ Phillies 11–6 Kim Gomes None Veterans Stadium 16,949 66–53 Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, August 15, 2000 120 August 16 @ Phillies 5–1 Reynoso Chen None Veterans Stadium 23,498 67–53 Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, August 16, 2000 121 August 18 Cubs 11–2 Schilling Quevedo None Bank One Ballpark 44,440 68–53 Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 18, 2000 122 August 19 Cubs 11–3 Anderson Lieber None Bank One Ballpark 47,404 69–53 Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 19, 2000 123 August 20 Cubs 5–4 Johnson Rain None Bank One Ballpark 43,636 70–53 Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 20, 2000 124 August 21 Brewers 8–16 Stull Reynoso None Bank One Ballpark 31,752 70–54 Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 21, 2000 125 August 22 Brewers 3–4 D'Amico Guzman Leskanic (7) Bank One Ballpark 31,057 70–55 Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 22, 2000 126 August 23 Brewers 5–8 Haynes Schilling Leskanic (8) Bank One Ballpark 29,954 70–56 Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, August 23, 2000 127 August 25 @ Mets 3–13 Reed Johnson None Shea Stadium 38,237 70–57 Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets Box Score, August 25, 2000 128 August 26 @ Mets 5–1 (10) Plesac White None Shea Stadium 43,985 71–57 Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets Box Score, August 26, 2000 129 August 27 @ Mets 1–2 Hampton Reynoso Benitez (35) Shea Stadium 42,277 71–58 Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets Box Score, August 27, 2000 130 August 28 @ Expos 5–9 Thurman Schilling Telford (3) Olympic Stadium 6,389 71–59 Arizona Diamondbacks at Montreal Expos Box Score, August 28, 2000 131 August 29 @ Expos 8–7 Plesac Forster Mantei (11) Olympic Stadium 6,029 72–59 Arizona Diamondbacks at Montreal Expos Box Score, August 29, 2000 132 August 30 @ Expos 7–0 Johnson Lira None Olympic Stadium 7,650 73–59 Arizona Diamondbacks at Montreal Expos Box Score, August 30, 2000
September (12–17) (Home: 5–6; Road: 7–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 133 September 1 Marlins 7–8 (11) Darensbourg Swindell Alfonseca (38) Bank One Ballpark 31,791 73–60 Florida Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 1, 2000 134 September 2 Marlins 1–10 Dempster Schilling None Bank One Ballpark 38,422 73–61 Florida Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 2, 2000 135 September 3 Marlins 10–5 Kim Burnett None Bank One Ballpark 36,039 74–61 Florida Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 3, 2000 136 September 5 @ Braves 2–5 Glavine Johnson Rocker (19) Turner Field 29,722 73–62 Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves Box Score, September 5, 2000 137 September 6 @ Braves 1–7 Millwood Reynoso None Turner Field 25,529 74–63 Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves Box Score, September 6, 2000 138 September 7 @ Braves 0–4 Maddux Schilling None Turner Field 30,446 74–64 Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves Box Score, September 7, 2000 139 September 8 @ Marlins 2–1 Kim Bones Mantei (12) Pro Player Stadium 10,929 75–64 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins Box Score, September 8, 2000 140 September 9 @ Marlins 4–1 Stottlemyre Burnett Mantei (13) Pro Player Stadium 16,610 76–64 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins Box Score, September 9, 2000 141 September 10 @ Marlins 3–4 (12) Looper Springer None Pro Player Stadium 13,117 76–65 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins Box Score, September 10, 2000 142 September 11 Dodgers 3–6 Gagne Reynoso None Bank One Ballpark 37,589 76–66 Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 11, 2000 143 September 12 Dodgers 5–4 Kim Masaoka Mantei (14) Bank One Ballpark 32,102 77–66 Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 12, 2000 144 September 13 Dodgers 3–2 Plesac Adams None Bank One Ballpark 34,526 78–66 Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 13, 2000 145 September 15 Braves 2–1 Johnson Glavine Mantei (15) Bank One Ballpark 39,774 79–66 Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 15, 2000 146 September 16 Braves 10–12 Burkett Stottlemyre Rocker (22) Bank One Ballpark 41,470 79–67 Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 16, 2000 147 September 17 Braves 1–7 Millwood Schilling None Bank One Ballpark 38,364 79–68 Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 17, 2000 148 September 18 @ Dodgers 1–7 Shaw Swindell None Dodger Stadium 31,345 79–69 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, September 18, 2000 149 September 19 @ Dodgers 1–7 Park Anderson Shaw (26) Dodger Stadium 29,753 79–70 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, September 19, 2000 150 September 20 @ Dodgers 1–7 Herges Kim None Dodger Stadium 31,630 79–71 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, September 20, 2000 151 September 21 @ Giants 7–8 Henry Morgan Nen (39) Pacific Bell Park 40,930 79–72 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants Box Score, September 21, 2000 152 September 22 @ Giants 7–1 Schilling Gardner None Pacific Bell Park 40,930 80–72 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants Box Score, September 22, 2000 153 September 23 @ Giants 7–5 Guzman Estes Mantei (16) Pacific Bell Park 40,930 81–72 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants Box Score, September 23, 2000 154 September 23 @ Giants 5–9 Del Toro Reynoso None Pacific Bell Park 40,930 81–73 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants Box Score, September 23, 2000 155 September 24 @ Giants 8–3 Anderson Hernandez None Pacific Bell Park 40,930 82–73 Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants Box Score, September 24, 2000 156 September 25 @ Rockies 6–4 Johnson Rose Mantei (17) Coors Field 37,131 83–73 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies Box Score, September 25, 2000 157 September 26 @ Rockies 6–7 Chouinard Morgan Jimenez (22) Coors Field 35,703 83–74 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies Box Score, September 26, 2000 158 September 27 @ Rockies 4–6 White Plesac Jimenez (23) Coors Field 36,519 83–75 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies Box Score, September 27, 2000 159 September 28 @ Rockies 12–3 Reynoso Wasdin None Coors Field 36,659 84–75 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies Box Score, September 28, 2000 160 September 29 Giants 3–4 Hernandez Anderson Nen (41) Bank One Ballpark 38,435 84–76 San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 29, 2000 161 September 30 Giants 5–1 Guzman Embree None Bank One Ballpark 42,794 85–76 San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 30, 2000
October (0–1) (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report 162 October 1 Giants 4–11 Ortiz Johnson Jimenez (23) Bank One Ballpark 41,483 85–77 San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, October 1, 2000

Roster

2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers 34 Brian Anderson 37 Omar Daal 56 Nelson Figueroa 50 Geraldo Guzmán 46 Darren Holmes 51 Randy Johnson 49 Byung-hyun Kim 31 Matt Mantei 32 Mike Morgan 45 Vicente Padilla 19 Dan Plesac 27 Armando Reynoso 47 Johnny Ruffin 38 Curt Schilling 36 Russ Springer 32 Todd Stottlemyre 22 Greg Swindell		Catchers 48 Rod Barajas 26 Damian Miller 35 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 33 Jay Bell 38,39 Alex Cabrera 28 Greg Colbrunn  4 Craig Counsell 44 Erubiel Durazo  6 Andy Fox  2 Hanley Frias 29 Lenny Harris  7 Danny Klassen  9 Matt Williams  5 Tony Womack		Outfielders 29 Danny Bautista 13 Jason Conti 25 David Dellucci 12 Steve Finley 23 Bernard Gilkey 20 Luis Gonzalez 16 Travis Lee 23 Matt Mieske 15 Rob Ryan 10 Turner Ward	Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches 55 Brian Butterfield (3rd Base) 52 Mark Connor (Pitching) 21 Dwayne Murphy (1st Base) 17 Jim Presley (Hitting) 53 Glenn Sherlock (Bullpen) 14 Carlos Tosca (Bench)

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

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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

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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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	Tom Spencer
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Bobby Dickerson
A	High Desert Mavericks	California League	Scott Coolbaugh
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Dave Jorn
Rookie	AZL Diamondbacks	Arizona League	Joe Almaraz
Rookie	Missoula Osprey	Pioneer League	Chip Hale

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