2000 Major League Baseball season

2000 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 29 – October 26, 2000
Number of games162
Number of teams30
TV partner(s)Fox/FSN/FX, ESPN, NBC
Draft
Top draft pickAdrián González
Picked byFlorida Marlins
Regular Season
Season MVPAL: Jason Giambi (OAK)
NL: Jeff Kent (SF)
Postseason
AL championsNew York Yankees
  AL runners-upSeattle Mariners
NL championsNew York Mets
  NL runners-upSt. Louis Cardinals
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upNew York Mets
World Series MVPDerek Jeter (NYY)
MLB seasons

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.

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ History of the Subway Series at mrudolf.tripod.com, URL accessed July 3, 2010. Archived 07–03–10
  3. ^ "2000 Major League Baseball Standard Batting - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2018.