| 2000 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 29 – October 26, 2000 |
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| TV partner(s) | Fox/FSN/FX, ESPN, NBC |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Adrián González |
| Picked by | Florida Marlins |
| Regular Season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Jason Giambi (OAK) NL: Jeff Kent (SF) |
| Postseason | |
| AL champions | New York Yankees |
| AL runners-up | Seattle Mariners |
| NL champions | New York Mets |
| NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
| World Series | |
| Champions | New York Yankees |
| Runners-up | New York Mets |
| World Series MVP | Derek Jeter (NYY) |
The 2000 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Mets in five games, for their third consecutive World Series title.[1] The 2000 World Series was known as the Subway Series because both fans and the two teams could take the subway to and from every game of the series.[2]
A then-record 5,693 home runs were hit during the regular season in 2000 (the record was broken in 2017, when 6,105 home runs were hit).[1] Ten teams hit at least 200 home runs each,[3] while for the first time since 1989 and only the fifth since 1949 no pitcher pitched a no-hitter.[a] Also, no team reached 100 in either the win or loss column.
The separate American and National League offices were dissolved; with this, Major League Baseball became a single unified organization. As a result, the separate umpiring crews for each league were also dissolved; all umpiring crews now worked throughout the league.
- ^ a b In the year 2000, when the Yankees last won a World Series ... at sports.yahoo.com, URL accessed July 3, 2010. Archived 07–03–10
- ^ History of the Subway Series at mrudolf.tripod.com, URL accessed July 3, 2010. Archived 07–03–10
- ^ "2000 Major League Baseball Standard Batting - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2018.