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).
2000 Houston Astros | ||
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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) | |
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Offseason
edit- 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
editOn 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
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
edit- 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
edit2000 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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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
editNote: 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 |
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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
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
edit- The Astros led the National League in home runs with 249[9]
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Round Rock, Michigan
References
edit- ^ 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 original 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