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30 teams in AL, NL · 2429 regular-season games · 2000-03-29 to 2000-10-01 · attendance 71,358,907

◀ 1999 2001 ▶

World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Jason Giambi AL
Jeff Kent NL

Cy Young

Pedro Martinez AL
Randy Johnson NL

Rookie of the Year

Kazuhiro Sasaki AL
Rafael Furcal NL

All-Star Game

2000-07-11 at Turner Field

Hall of Fame class of 2000

Bid McPhee, Carlton Fisk, Sparky Anderson, Tony Perez, Turkey Stearnes

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Division Series	New York Yankees 3–2 Oakland Athletics	5
Division Series	Seattle Mariners 3–0 Chicago White Sox	3
Division Series	St. Louis Cardinals 3–0 Atlanta Braves	3
Division Series	New York Mets 3–1 San Francisco Giants	4
League Championship	New York Yankees 4–2 Seattle Mariners	6
League Championship	New York Mets 4–1 St. Louis Cardinals	5
World Series	New York Yankees 4–1 New York Mets	5

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago White Sox	95	67	.586	—	839	1,947,799	Jerry Manuel, Joe Nossek	Division
2	Cleveland Indians	90	72	.556	5	816	3,456,278	Charlie Manuel, Grady Little
3	Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	16	827	2,438,617	Phil Garner, Bob Melvin
4	Kansas City Royals	77	85	.475	18	930	1,564,847	Tony Muser
5	Minnesota Twins	69	93	.426	26	880	1,000,760	Tom Kelly

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	87	74	.540	—	814	3,055,435	Joe Torre	World Series Division
2	Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	2.5	745	2,585,895	Jimy Williams
3	Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	4.5	908	1,705,712	Jim Fregosi
4	Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	13.5	913	3,297,031	Mike Hargrove
5	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	69	92	.429	18	842	1,449,673	Larry Rothschild, Bill Russell

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	91	70	.565	—	813	1,603,744	Art Howe	Division
2	Seattle Mariners	91	71	.562	0.5	780	2,914,624	Lou Piniella	Wild Card
3	Anaheim Angels	82	80	.506	9.5	869	2,066,982	Mike Scioscia
4	Texas Rangers	71	91	.438	20.5	974	2,588,401	Johnny Oates

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	—	771	3,336,493	Tony LaRussa	Division
2	Cincinnati Reds	85	77	.525	10	765	2,577,371	Jack McKeon
3	Milwaukee Brewers	73	89	.451	22	826	1,573,621	Davey Lopes
4	Houston Astros	72	90	.444	23	944	3,056,139	Larry Dierker
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	26	888	1,748,908	Gene Lamont
6	Chicago Cubs	65	97	.401	30	904	2,789,511	Don Baylor

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Atlanta Braves	95	67	.586	—	714	3,234,304	Bobby Cox, Pat Corrales	Division
2	New York Mets	94	68	.580	1	738	2,820,530	Bobby Valentine	Pennant Wild Card
3	Florida Marlins	79	82	.491	15.5	797	1,218,326	John Boles, Fredi Gonzalez
4	Montreal Expos	67	95	.414	28	902	926,272	Felipe Alou
5	Philadelphia Phillies	65	97	.401	30	830	1,612,769	Terry Francona

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	San Francisco Giants	97	65	.599	—	747	3,318,800	Dusty Baker	Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	11	729	2,880,242	Davey Johnson, Jim Tracy
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77	.525	12	754	2,942,251	Buck Showalter
4	Colorado Rockies	82	80	.506	15	897	3,295,129	Buddy Bell, Toby Harrah
5	San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	21	815	2,352,443	Bruce Bochy

Leaders

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