2000 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 29, 2000 – October 26, 2000 |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP |
AL: Jason Giambi (OAK) NL: Jeff Kent (SF) |
League 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 |
Finals MVP | Derek Jeter (NYY) |
The 2000 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Mets in Game 5 of the World Series, known as the Subway Series because both fans and the two teams could take the subway to and from every game of the series.
A record 5,693 home runs were hit during the regular season in 2000. Ten teams hit at least 200 home runs each, while for the first time since 1989 and only the fifth since 1949 no pitcher pitched a no-hitter.
a Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909, 1913, 1921, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1936, 1939, 1942–1943, 1949, 1959, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 2005.