▁him ▁too ▁hard ▁on ▁the ▁just - con cluded ▁play ▁and ▁asked ▁him ▁about ▁the ▁incident . ▁According ▁to ▁Park , ▁Bel cher ▁replied ▁with ▁rac ist ▁comments ▁causing ▁Park ▁to ▁kick ▁him . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁he ▁ranked ▁second ▁in ▁strike outs ▁with ▁ 2 1 7 , ▁second ▁in ▁oppos ing ▁batt ing ▁average ▁(. 2 1 4 ), ▁and ▁lowest ▁in ▁allowed ▁hits ▁per ▁nine ▁inn ings . ▁despite ▁second ▁in ▁allowing ▁bases ▁on ▁balls ▁( 1 2 4 ) ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁League . ▁He ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁ 1 8 – 1 0 ▁with ▁a ▁ 3 . 2 7 ▁E RA , ▁the ▁best ▁tot als ▁of ▁his ▁entire ▁career . ▁He ▁also ▁toss ed ▁his ▁first ▁career ▁complete ▁game ▁shut out ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 9 , ▁against ▁the ▁San ▁Diego ▁Pad res . ▁Park ▁was ▁also ▁named ▁the ▁D od gers ▁opening ▁day ▁st arter ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁season ▁and ▁toss ed ▁the ▁D od gers ▁first ▁season ▁opening ▁shut out ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁He ▁was ▁ 1 5 – 1 1 ▁with ▁a ▁ 3 . 5 0 ▁E RA ▁during ▁the ▁season ▁and ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁All - Star ▁Game , ▁where ▁he ▁pitch ed ▁one ▁in ning , ▁allowed ▁a ▁home ▁run ▁to ▁Cal ▁R ip ken , ▁Jr . ▁and ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁the ▁loss . ▁Park