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The 2000 season of the American League was the one hundredth season of the league.

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Standings

An asterisk (*) indicates the team won its league's wild card, Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Central Division
1	Chicago White Sox	162	95	67	0	.586	-.-	978 (6.04)	839 (5.18)	0.286	0.356	0.470	4.66	0.978
2	Cleveland Indians	162	90	72	0	.556	5.0	950 (5.86)	816 (5.04)	0.288	0.367	0.470	4.84	0.988
3	Detroit Tigers	162	79	83	0	.488	16.0	823 (5.08)	827 (5.10)	0.275	0.343	0.438	4.71	0.983
4	Kansas City Royals	162	77	85	0	.475	18.0	879 (5.43)	930 (5.74)	0.288	0.348	0.425	5.48	0.983
5	Minnesota Twins	162	69	93	0	.426	26.0	748 (4.62)	880 (5.43)	0.270	0.337	0.407	5.15	0.983
Eastern Division
1	New York Yankees	161	87	74	0	.540	-.-	871 (5.41)	814 (5.06)	0.277	0.354	0.450	4.76	0.981
2	Boston Red Sox	162	85	77	0	.525	2.5	792 (4.89)	745 (4.60)	0.267	0.341	0.423	4.23	0.982
3	Toronto Blue Jays	162	83	79	0	.512	4.5	861 (5.31)	908 (5.60)	0.275	0.341	0.469	5.14	0.984
4	Baltimore Orioles	162	74	88	0	.457	13.5	794 (4.90)	913 (5.64)	0.272	0.341	0.435	5.37	0.981
5	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	161	69	92	0	.429	18.0	733 (4.55)	842 (5.23)	0.257	0.329	0.399	4.86	0.981
Western Division
1	Oakland Athletics	161	91	70	0	.565	-.-	947 (5.88)	813 (5.05)	0.270	0.360	0.458	4.58	0.978
2	Seattle Mariners*	162	91	71	0	.562	0.5	907 (5.60)	780 (4.81)	0.269	0.361	0.442	4.50	0.984
3	Anaheim Angels	162	82	80	0	.506	9.5	864 (5.33)	869 (5.36)	0.280	0.352	0.472	5.00	0.978
4	Texas Rangers	162	71	91	0	.438	20.5	848 (5.23)	974 (6.01)	0.283	0.352	0.446	5.52	0.978

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jose Cruz Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays	162
At Bats	Darin Erstad	Anaheim Angels	676
Runs Scored	Johnny Damon	Kansas City Royals	136
Hits	Darin Erstad	Anaheim Angels	240
Doubles	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	57
Triples	Cristian Guzman	Minnesota Twins	20
Home Runs	Troy Glaus	Anaheim Angels	47
Total Bases	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	378
Runs Batted In	Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners	145
Stolen Bases	Johnny Damon	Kansas City Royals	46
Caught Stealing	Mark McLemore	Seattle Mariners	14
Walks	Jason Giambi	Oakland Athletics	137
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	20
Hit by Pitch	Carlos Delgado Mike Sweeney	Toronto Blue Jays Kansas City Royals	15
Strikeouts	Mo Vaughn	Anaheim Angels	181
Sacrifice Hits	Alex Gonzalez	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Sacrifice Flies	Magglio Ordonez	Chicago White Sox	15
Grounded into Double Plays	Ben Grieve	Oakland Athletics	32
Batting Average	Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	0.372
On-Base Percentage	Jason Giambi	Oakland Athletics	0.476
Slugging Percentage	Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians	0.697
On-Base plus Slugging	Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians	1.154
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Jason Giambi	Oakland Athletics	188

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tim Hudson David Wells	Oakland Athletics Toronto Blue Jays	20
Losses	Brad Radke	Minnesota Twins	16
Win-Loss Percentage	Tim Hudson	Oakland Athletics	0.769
Appearances	Kelly Wunsch	Chicago White Sox	83
Games Started	Rick Helling David Wells	Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays	35
Complete Games	David Wells	Toronto Blue Jays	9
Shutouts	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	4
Games Finished	Derek Lowe	Boston Red Sox	64
Saves	Todd Jones Derek Lowe	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox	42
Innings Pitched	Mike Mussina	Baltimore Orioles	237.2
Batters Faced	Kenny Rogers	Texas Rangers	998
Hits Allowed	David Wells	Toronto Blue Jays	266
Home Runs Allowed	Jeff Suppan	Kansas City Royals	36
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Kevin Appier	Oakland Athletics	102
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Kevin Appier	Oakland Athletics	10
Hit Batsmen	Jeff Weaver	Detroit Tigers	15
Strikeouts	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	284
Wild Pitches	Dan Reichert	Kansas City Royals	18
Balks	Jim Parque	Chicago White Sox	5
Runs Allowed	Chris Carpenter	Toronto Blue Jays	130
Earned Runs Allowed	Chris Carpenter	Toronto Blue Jays	122
Earned Run Average	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	1.74
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	0.737

All-Star Game

The American League won the seventy-first midsummer classic at Turner Field in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, July 11, 2000 by a score of 6 to 3. The league's manager was Joe Torre.

Postseason

The 2000 American League playoffs featured the champions of the league's three divisions along with a wild card team. The teams competed in a best-of-five Division Series, followed by a best-of-seven League Championship Series. The winner of the League Championship Series represented the league in the World Series.

	Division Series					Championship Series
	East.	New York Yankees	3
	West.	Oakland Athletics	2
						East.	New York Yankees	4
						WC	Seattle Mariners	2
	Cent.	Chicago White Sox	0
	WC	Seattle Mariners	3

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's New York Mets, 4 games to 1.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jason Giambi, a first baseman with the Oakland Athletics. In the award's voting, he had 317 out of a possible 392 points and 14 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Pedro Martinez (martipe02) of the Boston Red Sox. In the award's voting, he had 140 out of a possible 140 points and 28 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Kazuhiro Sasaki, a pitcher with the Seattle Mariners. In the award's voting, he had 104 out of a possible 140 points and 17 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Kenny Rogers	Texas Rangers
C	Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers
1B	John Olerud	Seattle Mariners
2B	Roberto Alomar	Cleveland Indians
3B	Travis Fryman	Cleveland Indians
SS	Omar Vizquel	Cleveland Indians
OF	Darin Erstad	Anaheim Angels
	Bernie Williams	New York Yankees
	Jermaine Dye	Kansas City Royals

Silver Sluggers

The following players won the Silver Slugger Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
C	Jorge Posada	New York Yankees
1B	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays
2B	Roberto Alomar	Cleveland Indians
3B	Troy Glaus	Anaheim Angels
SS	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners
OF	Darin Erstad	Anaheim Angels
	Magglio Ordonez	Chicago White Sox
	Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians
DH	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Jermaine Dye, Kansas City Royals
  • May: Edgar Martinez, Seattle Mariners
  • June: Albert Belle, Baltimore Orioles
  • July: Johnny Damon, Kansas City Royals
  • August: Glenallen Hill, New York Yankees
  • September: Jason Giambi, Oakland Athletics

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox
  • May: James Baldwin, Chicago White Sox
  • June: Cal Eldred, Milwaukee Brewers
  • July: Roger Clemens, New York Yankees
  • August: Steve Sparks, Detroit Tigers
  • September: Tim Hudson, Oakland Athletics

Hall of Fame Game

The fifty-fourth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 24 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Cleveland Indians lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League by a score of 12 to 7.

Umpires

See 2000 Major League Baseball