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The 2000 season of the National League was the one hundred twenty-fifth 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	St. Louis Cardinals	162	95	67	0	.586	-.-	887 (5.48)	771 (4.76)	0.270	0.356	0.455	4.38	0.981
2	Cincinnati Reds	163	85	77	1	.521	10.0	825 (5.06)	765 (4.69)	0.274	0.343	0.447	4.33	0.982
3	Milwaukee Brewers	163	73	89	1	.448	22.0	740 (4.54)	826 (5.07)	0.246	0.325	0.403	4.64	0.981
4	Houston Astros	162	72	90	0	.444	23.0	938 (5.79)	944 (5.83)	0.278	0.361	0.477	5.41	0.978
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	69	93	0	.426	26.0	793 (4.90)	888 (5.48)	0.267	0.339	0.424	4.93	0.979
6	Chicago Cubs	162	65	97	0	.401	30.0	764 (4.72)	904 (5.58)	0.256	0.335	0.411	5.25	0.983
Eastern Division
1	Atlanta Braves	162	95	67	0	.586	-.-	810 (5.00)	714 (4.41)	0.271	0.346	0.429	4.05	0.979
2	New York Mets*	162	94	68	0	.580	1.0	807 (4.98)	738 (4.56)	0.263	0.346	0.430	4.16	0.980
3	Florida Marlins	161	79	82	0	.491	15.5	731 (4.54)	797 (4.95)	0.262	0.331	0.409	4.59	0.980
4	Montreal Expos	162	67	95	0	.414	28.0	738 (4.56)	902 (5.57)	0.266	0.326	0.432	5.13	0.978
5	Philadelphia Phillies	162	65	97	0	.401	30.0	708 (4.37)	830 (5.12)	0.251	0.329	0.400	4.77	0.983
Western Division
1	San Francisco Giants	162	97	65	0	.599	-.-	925 (5.71)	747 (4.61)	0.278	0.362	0.472	4.21	0.985
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	86	76	0	.531	11.0	798 (4.93)	729 (4.50)	0.257	0.341	0.431	4.10	0.978
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	85	77	0	.525	12.0	792 (4.89)	754 (4.65)	0.265	0.333	0.429	4.35	0.982
4	Colorado Rockies	162	82	80	0	.506	15.0	968 (5.98)	897 (5.54)	0.294	0.362	0.455	5.26	0.985
5	San Diego Padres	162	76	86	0	.469	21.0	752 (4.64)	815 (5.03)	0.254	0.330	0.402	4.52	0.977

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Luis Gonzalez Shawn Green Neifi Perez	Arizona Diamondbacks Los Angeles Dodgers Colorado Rockies	162
At Bats	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	656
Runs Scored	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	152
Hits	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	216
Doubles	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	59
Triples	Tony Womack	Arizona Diamondbacks	14
Home Runs	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	50
Total Bases	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	405
Runs Batted In	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	147
Stolen Bases	Luis Castillo	Florida Marlins	62
Caught Stealing	Luis Castillo	Florida Marlins	22
Walks	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	117
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Vladimir Guerrero	Montreal Expos	23
Hit by Pitch	Fernando Vina	St. Louis Cardinals	28
Strikeouts	Preston Wilson	Florida Marlins	187
Sacrifice Hits	Ricky Gutierrez	Chicago Cubs	16
Sacrifice Flies	J.T. Snow	San Francisco Giants	14
Grounded into Double Plays	Moises Alou	Houston Astros	21
Batting Average	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	0.372
On-Base Percentage	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	0.463
Slugging Percentage	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	0.698
On-Base plus Slugging	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	1.161
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	191

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	21
Losses	Omar Daal	Arizona Diamondbacks/Philadelphia Phillies	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Matt Herges	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.786
Appearances	Steve Kline	Montreal Expos	83
Games Started	Tom Glavine Randy Johnson Jon Lieber Greg Maddux Kevin Millwood	Atlanta Braves Arizona Diamondbacks Chicago Cubs Atlanta Braves Atlanta Braves	35
Complete Games	Randy Johnson Curt Schilling	Arizona Diamondbacks Philadelphia Phillies/Arizona Diamondbacks	8
Shutouts	Randy Johnson Greg Maddux	Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves	3
Games Finished	Armando Benitez	New York Mets	68
Saves	Antonio Alfonseca	Florida Marlins	45
Innings Pitched	Jon Lieber	Chicago Cubs	251.0
Batters Faced	Jon Lieber	Chicago Cubs	1047
Hits Allowed	Livan Hernandez	San Francisco Giants	254
Home Runs Allowed	Jose Lima	Houston Astros	48
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Matt Clement	San Diego Padres	125
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	12
Hit Batsmen	Jamey Wright	Milwaukee Brewers	18
Strikeouts	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	347
Wild Pitches	Matt Clement	San Diego Padres	23
Balks	Reid Cornelius	Florida Marlins	5
Runs Allowed	Jose Lima	Houston Astros	152
Earned Runs Allowed	Jose Lima	Houston Astros	145
Earned Run Average	Kevin Brown	Los Angeles Dodgers	2.58
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Kevin Brown	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.991

All-Star Game

The National League lost 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 Bobby Cox.

Postseason

The 2000 National 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.	Atlanta Braves	0
	Cent.	St. Louis Cardinals	3
						Cent.	St. Louis Cardinals	1
						WC	New York Mets	4
	West.	San Francisco Giants	1
	WC	New York Mets	3

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

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jeff Kent, a second baseman with the San Francisco Giants. In the award's voting, he had 392 out of a possible 448 points and 22 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Randy Johnson (johnsra05) of the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the award's voting, he had 133 out of a possible 160 points and 22 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Rafael Furcal, a shortstop with the Atlanta Braves. In the award's voting, he had 144 out of a possible 160 points and 25 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	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves
C	Mike Matheny	St. Louis Cardinals
1B	J.T. Snow	San Francisco Giants
2B	Pokey Reese	Cincinnati Reds
3B	Neifi Pérez	Colorado Rockies
SS	Scott Rolen	Philadelphia Phillies
OF	Jim Edmonds	St. Louis Cardinals
	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves
	Steve Finley	Arizona Diamondbacks

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	Mike Piazza	New York Mets
1B	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies
2B	Jeff Kent	San Francisco Giants
3B	Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves
SS	Edgar Renteria	St. Louis Cardinals
OF	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants
	Vladimir Guerrero	Montreal Expos
	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs
P	Mike Hampton	New York Mets

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Vladimir Guerrero, Montréal Expos
  • May: Todd Helton, Colorado Rockies
  • June: Jeff Kent, San Francisco Giants
  • July: Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs
  • August: Todd Helton, Colorado Rockies
  • September: Richard Hidalgo, Houston Astros

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks
  • May: Garrett Stephenson, Philadelphia Phillies
  • June: Al Leiter, New York Mets
  • July: Jeff D'Amico, Milwaukee Brewers
  • August: Russ Ortiz, San Francisco Giants
  • September: Greg Maddux, Atlanta Braves

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 National League's Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Cleveland Indians of the American League by a score of 12 to 7.

Umpires

See 2000 Major League Baseball