2000 Chicago Cubs season

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.

2000 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record65–97 (.401)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersTribune Company
General managersEd Lynch, Andy MacPhail
ManagersDon Baylor
Local televisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN/Fox Sports Chicago
(Chip Caray, Steve Stone)
Local radioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Andy Masur)
StatsESPN.com
BB-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.

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567 0.586 — 50–31 45–36
Cincinnati Reds 8577 0.525 10 43–38 42–39
Milwaukee Brewers 7389 0.451 22 42–39 31–50
Houston Astros 7290 0.444 23 39–42 33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 26 37–44 32–49
Chicago Cubs 6597 0.401 30 38–43 27–54

Record vs. opponents
2000 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta 6–3—4–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago 4–55–4—4–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati 5–25–28–4—6–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado 6–74–55–43–6—4–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida 5–46–66–16–35–4—3–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston 1–64–57–55–74–55–3—3–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles 6–72–76–35–49–47–26–3—3–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee 5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–3—4–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal 5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–4—3–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York 7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–3—6–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia 1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–6—3–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh 2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–3—7–22–64–86–9
San Diego 4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–7—5–70–95–10
San Francisco 7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–5—5–48–7
St. Louis 4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–5—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

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
CJoe Girardi106363101.278640
1BMark Grace143510143.2801182
2BEric Young Sr.153607180.297647
SSRicky Gutiérrez125449124.2761156
3BWillie Greene10529960.2011037
LFHenry Rodríguez7625965.2511851
CFDamon Buford150495124.2511548
RFSammy Sosa156604193.32050138

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 Reed9022949.214425
José Nieves8219842.212524
Shane Andrews6619244.2291439
Glenallen Hill6416844.2621129
Gary Matthews Jr.8015830.190414
Jeff Huson7013028.215011
Roosevelt Brown459132.352314
Brant Brown548914.157310
Augie Ojeda287717.22128
Julio Zuleta306820.294312
Rondell White196722.32827
Dave Martinez185410.18501
Chad Meyers36529.17305
Corey Patterson11427.16722
Ross Gload18316.19413
Tarrik Brock13122.16700
Mike Mahoney472.28601
Cole Liniak330.00000
Raúl González320.00000

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 Lieber35251.012114.41192
Kevin Tapani30195.28125.01150
Kerry Wood23137.0874.80132
Scott Downs1894.0435.1763
Ismael Valdéz1267.0245.3745
Joey Nation211.2026.948
Phil Norton28.2019.356

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 Quevedo2188.03107.4765
Daniel Garibay3074.2286.0346
Jamie Arnold1232.2036.6113
Andrew Lorraine832.0126.4725
Jerry Spradlin815.0018.4013

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 Aguilera5412294.9138
Félix Heredia747324.7652
Tim Worrell543432.4752
Todd Van Poppel514523.7577
Kyle Farnsworth462916.4374
Steve Rain373404.3554
Brian Williams221119.6214
Mark Guthrie192304.8217
Matt Karchner131106.145
Will Ohman61008.102
Danny Young401021.000
Oswaldo Mairena200018.000

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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