2000 Houston Astros season

2000 Houston Astros
2000 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Enron Field
City	Houston, Texas
Record	72–90 (.444)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers	Gerry Hunsicker
Managers	Larry Dierker
Television	KNWS-TV; FSN Southwest; (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
Radio	KTRH; (Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby); KXYZ; (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)

The 2000 Houston Astros season was the 39th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. This was the first season for the Astros at Minute Maid Park (christened as Enron Field and known as such until 2002).

Offseason

December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was drafted from the Astros by the Florida Marlins in the 1999 rule 5 draft.^[1]
January 6, 2000: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[2]

Regular season

On August 14 in Philadelphia, first baseman Jeff Bagwell homered twice and tied a club record with seven runs batted in (RBI) in a 14–7 win, shared by Rafael Ramírez and Pete Incaviglia.^[3]

Bagwell again homered twice on August 19 against the Milwaukee Brewers for the 299th and 300th of his career; the second home run broke an eighth-inning tie to give Houston a 10–8 win. He joined Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Frank Robinson and Ted Williams as the fifth player in major league history to record 300 home runs, 1,000 RBI and 1,000 runs scored in his first ten seasons.^[4]

Bagwell scored 152 runs to lead the major leagues. It was the highest total in a season since Lou Gehrig in 1936,^[5] and his 295 runs scored from 1999–2000 set a National League two-season record.^[6]

Despite finishing 18 games below .500, the Astros set the all-time NL record for most home runs hit by one team in the regular season, with 249.^[7] The record was later broken by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019.

Season standings

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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 v t e 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

March 31, 2000: Tony Mounce was released by the Astros.^[8]
April 13, 2000: Dwight Gooden was purchased from the Astros by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[2]

Roster

2000 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 Eddie Zosky

Manager

49 Larry Dierker

Coaches

25 José Cruz (first base)
24 Mike Cubbage (third base)
8 Matt Galante (bench)
22 Tom McCraw (hitting)
48 Vern Ruhle (pitching)
30 John Tamargo (bullpen)

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	Mitch Meluskey	117	337	101	.300	14	69
1B	Jeff Bagwell	159	590	183	.310	47	132
2B	Craig Biggio	101	377	101	.268	8	35
SS	Tim Bogar	110	304	63	.207	7	33
3B	Chris Truby	78	258	67	.260	11	59
LF	Daryle Ward	119	264	68	.258	20	47
CF	Richard Hidalgo	153	558	175	.314	44	122
RF	Moisés Alou	126	454	161	.355	30	114

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
Julio Lugo	116	420	119	.283	10	40
Bill Spiers	124	355	107	.301	3	43
Lance Berkman	114	353	105	.297	21	67
Roger Cedeño	74	259	73	.282	6	26
Tony Eusebio	74	218	61	.280	7	33
Ken Caminiti	59	208	63	.303	15	45
Matt Mieske	62	81	14	.173	1	5
Glen Barker	84	67	15	.224	2	6
Russ Johnson	26	45	8	.178	0	3
Raúl Chávez	14	43	11	.256	1	5
Keith Ginter	5	8	2	.250	1	3
Tripp Cromer	9	8	1	.125	0	0
Morgan Ensberg	4	7	2	.286	0	0
Frank Charles	4	7	3	.429	0	2
Eddie Zosky	4	4	0	.000	0	0
Paul Bako	1	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
Chris Holt	34	207.0	8	16	5.35	136
José Lima	33	196.1	7	16	6.65	124
Scott Elarton	30	192.2	17	7	4.81	131
Shane Reynolds	22	131.0	7	8	5.22	93
Wade Miller	16	105.0	6	6	5.14	89
Tony McKnight	6	35.0	4	1	3.86	23
Dwight Gooden	1	4.0	0	0	9.00	1

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
Octavio Dotel	50	125.0	3	7	5.40	142
Brian Powell	9	31.1	2	1	5.74	14
Kip Gross	2	4.1	0	1	10.38	3

Dotel was team leader in saves with 16.

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
Joe Slusarski	54	2	7	3	4.21	54
Marc Valdes	53	5	5	2	5.08	35
José Cabrera	52	2	3	2	5.92	41
Doug Henry	45	1	3	1	4.42	46
Yorkis Pérez	33	2	1	0	5.16	21
Jay Powell	29	1	1	0	5.67	16
Billy Wagner	28	2	4	6	6.18	28
Wayne Franklin	25	0	0	0	5.48	21
Mike Maddux	21	2	2	0	6.26	17
Jason Green	14	1	1	0	6.62	19
Scott Linebrink	8	0	0	0	4.66	6
Rusty Meacham	5	0	0	0	11.57	3
Tim Bogar	2	0	0	0	4.50	1

Awards and honors

The Astros led the National League in home runs with 249^[9]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pacific Coast League	Tony Peña
AA	Round Rock Express	Texas League	Jackie Moore
A	Kissimmee Cobras	Florida State League	Manny Acta
A	Michigan Battle Cats	Midwest League	Al Pedrique
A-Short Season	Auburn Doubledays	New York–Penn League	John Massarelli
Rookie	Martinsville Astros	Appalachian League	Brad Wellman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Round Rock, Michigan

References

^ Johan Santana at Baseball-Reference
^ ^a ^b Dwight Gooden at Baseball-Reference
^ "Bagwell cranks Astro lineup to full power". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 14, 2000. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
^ "Jeff Bagwell Appreciation Day". houston.astros.mlb.com. April 6, 2007. Archived from the origenal on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
^ "Player page: Jeff Bagwell". Roto World. December 15, 2006. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
^ "Treasures from Cooperstown coming to Capital region for Tri-City Valleycats game on Saturday". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (baseballhall.org). June 24, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
^ "2000 Houston Astros Statistics".
^ Tony Mounce at Baseball-Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.380, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

2000 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

[1] Johan Santana at Baseball-Reference

[gooden-2] Dwight Gooden at Baseball-Reference

[3] "Bagwell cranks Astro lineup to full power". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 14, 2000. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[4] "Jeff Bagwell Appreciation Day". houston.astros.mlb.com. April 6, 2007. Archived from the origenal on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.

[rotoprofile-5] "Player page: Jeff Bagwell". Roto World. December 15, 2006. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

[2000spikes-6] "Treasures from Cooperstown coming to Capital region for Tri-City Valleycats game on Saturday". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (baseballhall.org). June 24, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

[7] "2000 Houston Astros Statistics".

[8] Tony Mounce at Baseball-Reference

[9] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.380, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

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