2000 Milwaukee Brewers season

2000 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersBud Selig
General managersDean Taylor
ManagersDavey Lopes
TelevisionWCGV-TV
Midwest SC
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper)
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The Brewers playing host to the Cincinnati Reds during an August 2000 game at Milwaukee County Stadium.

The 2000 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 31st season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 3rd in the National League, and their 32nd overall. The Brewers finished third in the National League Central with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, once again failing to improve their record by one game from the season prior and were eliminated from postseason contention for the 18th consecutive season.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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 Milwaukee Brewers
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 Henry Blanco 93 284 67 .236 7 31
1B Richie Sexson 57 213 63 .296 14 47
2B Ronnie Belliard 152 571 150 .263 8 54
SS Mark Loretta 91 352 99 .281 7 40
3B José Hernández 124 446 109 .244 11 59
LF Geoff Jenkins 135 512 155 .303 34 94
CF Marquis Grissom 146 595 145 .244 14 62
RF Jeromy Burnitz 161 564 131 .232 31 98

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
Charlie Hayes 121 370 93 .251 9 46
Tyler Houston 101 284 71 .250 18 43
Raúl Casanova 86 231 57 .247 6 36
Luis López 78 201 53 .264 6 27
James Mouton 87 159 37 .233 2 17
Kevin Barker 40 100 22 .220 2 9
Lyle Mouton 42 97 27 .278 2 16
Mark Sweeney 71 73 16 .219 1 6
Santiago Pérez 24 52 9 .173 0 2
Sean Berry 32 46 7 .152 1 2
Angel Echevarria 31 42 9 .214 1 4
Lou Collier 14 32 7 .219 1 2
Kevin Brown 5 17 4 .235 0 1
Chris Jones 12 16 3 .188 0 1

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
Jimmy Haynes 33 199.1 12 13 5.33 88
Jamey Wright 26 164.2 7 9 4.10 96
Jeff D'Amico 23 162.1 12 7 2.66 101
John Snyder 23 127.0 3 10 6.17 69
Jason Bere 20 115.0 6 7 4.93 98
Paul Rigdon 12 69.2 4 4 4.52 48
Jaime Navarro 5 18.2 0 5 12.54 7

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
Steve Woodard 27 93.2 1 7 5.96 65
Everett Stull 20 43.1 2 3 5.82 33
Horacio Estrada 7 24.1 3 0 6.29 13
Allen Levrault 5 12.0 0 1 4.50 9

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
Bob Wickman 43 2 2 16 2.93 44
Curt Leskanic 73 9 3 12 2.56 75
David Weathers 69 3 5 1 3.07 50
Valerio De Los Santos 66 2 3 0 5.13 70
Juan Acevedo 62 3 7 0 3.81 51
Ray King 36 3 2 0 1.26 19
Jim Bruske 15 1 0 0 6.48 8
Matt Williams 11 0 0 0 7.00 7
Héctor Ramírez 6 0 1 0 10.00 4
Mike Buddie 5 0 0 0 4.50 5
Rafael Roque 4 0 0 0 10.13 4
Kane Davis 3 0 0 0 6.75 2
Bob Scanlan 2 0 0 0 27.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2000.[9] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.[10][11] The Indianapolis Indians won the International League championship.[12]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians International League Steve Smith
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Carlos Lezcano
Class A-Advanced Mudville Nine California League Barry Moss, Lonnie Keeter, and Frank Kremblas
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dan Norman
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Ed Sedar
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League
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Rookie VSL San Joaquín Venezuelan Summer League
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References

  1. ^ Jason Bere at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Matt Williams at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Alex Ochoa at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Bill Pulsipher at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ 2000 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  6. ^ Charlie Hayes at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Héctor Ramírez at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Bob Wickman at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ "2000 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "2000 Venezuelan Summer League". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  11. ^ Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) (2000). Boston Red Sox media guide. Fenway Living History Museum.
  12. ^ "International League Champions". International League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.