2000 Chicago Cubs season

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2000 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
Record65–97 (.401)
Divisional place6th
OwnersTribune Company
General managersEd Lynch, Andy MacPhail
ManagersDon Baylor
TelevisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN/Fox Sports Chicago
(Chip Caray, Steve Stone)
RadioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Andy Masur)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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Sammy Sosa at bat during a September 2000 away game against the season's eventual National League Central Division champions St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium.

The 2000 Chicago Cubs season was the 129th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 125th in the National League and the 85th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 65–97.

During this season, the Cubs played in the first game held outside North America on Opening Day. The Cubs played the New York Mets in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.[1]

Offseason

  • October 5, 1999: Lance Johnson was released by the Chicago Cubs.[2]
  • November 22, 1999: Todd Van Poppel signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

On May 11, 2000, Glenallen Hill was responsible for a memorable event in the annals of Chicago Cubs baseball lore. On that day, Hill became the first and so far only player to hit a pitched ball onto the roof of a five-story residential building across the street from the left field wall of Wrigley Field.

Sammy Sosa, despite hitting only 50 home runs (he had hit over 60 the previous two seasons), won his only home run crown.

Season standings

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 67 .586 — 50‍–‍31 45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 85 77 .525 10 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍39
Milwaukee Brewers 73 89 .451 22 42‍–‍39 31‍–‍50
Houston Astros 72 90 .444 23 39‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates 69 93 .426 26 37‍–‍44 32‍–‍49
Chicago Cubs 65 97 .401 30 38‍–‍43 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 3–6 5–4 2–5 7–6 4–5 6–1 7–6 4–5 4–5 2–7 8–1 7–2 9–4 6–7 5–4 6–9
Atlanta 6–3 — 4–5 2–5 5–4 6–6 5–4 7–2 6–3 6–7 7–6 8–5 5–2 8–1 6–3 3–4 11–7
Chicago 4–5 5–4 — 4–8 4–5 1–6 5–7 3–6 6–7 4–5 2–5 6–3 3–9 3–5 4–5 3–10 8–7
Cincinnati 5–2 5–2 8–4 — 6–3 3–6 7–5 4–5 5–8–1 6–3 5–4 3–4 7–6 4–5 3–6 7–6 7–8
Colorado 6–7 4–5 5–4 3–6 — 4–5 5–4 4–9 4–5 7–2 3–6 6–3 7–2 7–6 6–7 5–3 6–6
Florida 5–4 6–6 6–1 6–3 5–4 — 3–5 2–7 3–4 7–6 6–6 9–4 5–4 2–7 3–6 3–6 8–9
Houston 1–6 4–5 7–5 5–7 4–5 5–3 — 3–6 7–6 4–5 2–5 5–4 10–3 2–7 1–8 6–6 6–9
Los Angeles 6–7 2–7 6–3 5–4 9–4 7–2 6–3 — 3–4 5–3 4–5 5–4 4–5 8–5 7–5 3–6 6–9
Milwaukee 5–4 3–6 7–6 8–5–1 5–4 4–3 6–7 4–3 — 4–5 2–7 2–5 7–5 2–7 3–6 5–7 6–9
Montreal 5–4 7–6 5–4 3–6 2–7 6–7 5–4 3–5 5–4 — 3–9 5–7 3–4 3–6 3–6 2–5 7–11
New York 7–2 6–7 5–2 4–5 6–3 6–6 5–2 5–4 7–2 9–3 — 6–7 7–2 3–6 3–5 6–3 9–9
Philadelphia 1–8 5–8 3–6 4–3 3–6 4–9 4–5 4–5 5–2 7–5 7–6 — 3–6 2–5 2–7 2–7 9–9
Pittsburgh 2–7 2–5 9–3 6–7 2–7 4–5 3–10 5–4 5–7 4–3 2–7 6–3 — 7–2 2–6 4–8 6–9
San Diego 4–9 1–8 5–3 5–4 6–7 7–2 7–2 5–8 7–2 6–3 6–3 5–2 2–7 — 5–7 0–9 5–10
San Francisco 7–6 3–6 5–4 6–3 7–6 6–3 8–1 5–7 6–3 6–3 5–3 7–2 6–2 7–5 — 5–4 8–7
St. Louis 4–5 4–3 10–3 6–7 3–5 6–3 6–6 6–3 7–5 5–2 3–6 7–2 8–4 9–0 4–5 — 7–8

Notable Transactions

  • June 5, 2000: Dontrelle Willis was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000.[3]
  • July 21, 2000: Glenallen Hill was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena.[4]
  • July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).[5]

Roster

2000 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Joe Girardi 106 363 101 .278 6 40
1B Mark Grace 143 510 143 .280 11 82
2B Eric Young Sr. 153 607 180 .297 6 47
SS Ricky Gutiérrez 125 449 124 .276 11 56
3B Willie Greene 105 299 60 .201 10 37
LF Henry Rodríguez 76 259 65 .251 18 51
CF Damon Buford 150 495 124 .251 15 48
RF Sammy Sosa 156 604 193 .320 50 138

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jeff Reed 90 229 49 .214 4 25
José Nieves 82 198 42 .212 5 24
Shane Andrews 66 192 44 .229 14 39
Glenallen Hill 64 168 44 .262 11 29
Gary Matthews Jr. 80 158 30 .190 4 14
Jeff Huson 70 130 28 .215 0 11
Roosevelt Brown 45 91 32 .352 3 14
Brant Brown 54 89 14 .157 3 10
Augie Ojeda 28 77 17 .221 2 8
Julio Zuleta 30 68 20 .294 3 12
Rondell White 19 67 22 .328 2 7
Dave Martinez 18 54 10 .185 0 1
Chad Meyers 36 52 9 .173 0 5
Corey Patterson 11 42 7 .167 2 2
Ross Gload 18 31 6 .194 1 3
Tarrik Brock 13 12 2 .167 0 0
Mike Mahoney 4 7 2 .286 0 1
Cole Liniak 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Raúl González 3 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jon Lieber 35 251.0 12 11 4.41 192
Kevin Tapani 30 195.2 8 12 5.01 150
Kerry Wood 23 137.0 8 7 4.80 132
Scott Downs 18 94.0 4 3 5.17 63
Ismael Valdéz 12 67.0 2 4 5.37 45
Joey Nation 2 11.2 0 2 6.94 8
Phil Norton 2 8.2 0 1 9.35 6

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rubén Quevedo 21 88.0 3 10 7.47 65
Daniel Garibay 30 74.2 2 8 6.03 46
Jamie Arnold 12 32.2 0 3 6.61 13
Andrew Lorraine 8 32.0 1 2 6.47 25
Jerry Spradlin 8 15.0 0 1 8.40 13

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rick Aguilera 54 1 2 29 4.91 38
Félix Heredia 74 7 3 2 4.76 52
Tim Worrell 54 3 4 3 2.47 52
Todd Van Poppel 51 4 5 2 3.75 77
Kyle Farnsworth 46 2 9 1 6.43 74
Steve Rain 37 3 4 0 4.35 54
Brian Williams 22 1 1 1 9.62 14
Mark Guthrie 19 2 3 0 4.82 17
Matt Karchner 13 1 1 0 6.14 5
Will Ohman 6 1 0 0 8.10 2
Danny Young 4 0 1 0 21.00 0
Oswaldo Mairena 2 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Dave Trembley
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Dave Bialas
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Richie Zisk
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Steve McFarland
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Danny Sheaffer
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo Martínez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Tenn, Daytona[6]

References

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ Lance Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Dontrelle Willis Stats".
  4. ^ Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Henry Rodriguez Stats".
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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