2000 Cincinnati Reds season

2000 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkCinergy Field
CityCincinnati
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersCarl Lindner
General managersJim Bowden
ManagersJack McKeon
TelevisionFSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The Reds playing against the Milwaukee Brewers during an August 2000 away game at Milwaukee County Stadium.

The 2000 Cincinnati Reds season was the 131st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central, although coming short in second place. They had a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.[1] The Reds became only the second team in the modern era of baseball not be shut out for an entire season, joining the 1932 New York Yankees. The 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers later accomplished this feat, but their season was shortened to 60 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Reds were managed by Jack McKeon. This was also future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr's first season with the Reds, as he was traded to his long-time father's team from Seattle before the start of the season.

Offseason

Regular season

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

Roster

2000 Cincinnati Reds
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 Benito Santiago 89 252 66 .262 8 45
1B Sean Casey 133 480 151 .315 20 85
2B Pokey Reese 135 518 132 .255 12 46
3B Aaron Boone 84 291 83 .285 12 43
SS Barry Larkin 102 396 124 .313 11 41
LF Dmitri Young 152 548 166 .303 18 88
CF Ken Griffey Jr. 145 520 141 .271 40 118
RF Dante Bichette 125 461 136 .295 16 76

Other batters

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
UT Chris Stynes 119 380 127 .334 12 40
OF Michael Tucker 148 270 72 .267 15 36
C Ed Taubensee 81 266 71 .267 6 24
OF Alex Ochoa 118 244 77 .316 13 58
IF Juan Castro 82 224 54 .241 4 23
IF Chris Sexton 35 100 21 .210 0 10
C Jason LaRue 31 98 23 .235 5 12
1B Hal Morris 59 63 14 .222 2 6
1B D.T. Cromer 35 47 16 .340 2 8
SS Travis Dawkins 14 41 9 .220 0 3
OF Brian Hunter 32 40 9 .225 0 1
3B Mike Bell 19 27 6 .222 2 4
3B Mark Lewis 11 19 2 .105 0 3
1B Brooks Kieschnick 14 12 0 .000 0 0
OF Brady Clark 11 11 3 .273 0 2
OF Kimera Bartee 11 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Inning Pitched

Player G GS IP W L K ERA WHIP
Steve Parris 33 33 192.2 12 17 117 4.81 1.547
Ron Villone 35 23 141.0 10 10 77 5.43 1.645
Rob Bell 26 26 140.1 7 8 112 5.00 1.447
Pete Harnisch 22 22 131.0 8 6 71 4.74 1.366
Denny Neagle 18 18 117.2 8 2 88 3.52 1.368
Osvaldo Fernández 15 14 79.2 4 3 36 3.62 1.255

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
Elmer Dessens 40 147.1 11 5 4.28 85
Scott Williamson 48 112.0 5 8 3.29 136

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
Danny Graves 66 10 5 30 2.56 53
Scott Sullivan 79 3 6 3 3.47 96
Dennys Reyes 62 2 1 0 4.53 36
Manny Aybar 32 1 1 0 4.83 31
Mark Wohlers 20 1 2 0 4.50 20
Larry Luebbers 14 0 2 1 6.20 9
John Riedling 13 3 1 1 2.35 18
Héctor Mercado 12 0 0 0 4.50 13
Scott Winchester 5 0 0 0 3.68 3
Keith Glauber 4 0 0 0 3.68 4
Andy Larkin 3 0 0 0 5.40 7
Norm Charlton 2 0 0 0 27.00 1
Gabe White 1 0 0 0 18.00 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville RiverBats International League Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mike Rojas
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Jay Sorg
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Freddie Benavides
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Luis Quiñones
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Russ Nixon

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References

  1. ^ "2000 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference". Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  2. ^ Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Brooks Kieschnick at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "DeWayne Wise Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Elmer Dessens at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Alex Ochoa at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Ken Griffey at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Denny Neagle at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Dante Bichette at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007