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.
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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Offseason October 5, 1999: Lance Johnson was released by the Chicago Cubs.Lance Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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
Record vs. opponents
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. July 21, 2000: Glenallen Hill was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena.Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).
Roster 2000 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches (pitching) (first base) (third base) (bench) (hitting) (special asst)
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 Joe Girardi 106 363 101 .278 6 40 1B Mark Grace 143 510 143 .280 11 82 2B Eric Young Sr. 153 607 180 .297 6 47 SS Ricky Gutiérrez 125 449 124 .276 11 56 3B Willie Greene 105 299 60 .201 10 37 LF Henry Rodríguez 76 259 65 .251 18 51 CF Damon Buford 150 495 124 .251 15 48 RF Sammy Sosa 156 604 193 .320 50 138
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 Reed 90 229 49 .214 4 25 José Nieves 82 198 42 .212 5 24 Shane Andrews 66 192 44 .229 14 39 Glenallen Hill 64 168 44 .262 11 29 Gary Matthews Jr. 80 158 30 .190 4 14 Jeff Huson 70 130 28 .215 0 11 Roosevelt Brown 45 91 32 .352 3 14 Brant Brown 54 89 14 .157 3 10 Augie Ojeda 28 77 17 .221 2 8 Julio Zuleta 30 68 20 .294 3 12 Rondell White 19 67 22 .328 2 7 Dave Martinez 18 54 10 .185 0 1 Chad Meyers 36 52 9 .173 0 5 Corey Patterson 11 42 7 .167 2 2 Ross Gload 18 31 6 .194 1 3 Tarrik Brock 13 12 2 .167 0 0 Mike Mahoney 4 7 2 .286 0 1 Cole Liniak 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Raúl González 3 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 Jon Lieber 35 251.0 12 11 4.41 192 Kevin Tapani 30 195.2 8 12 5.01 150 Kerry Wood 23 137.0 8 7 4.80 132 Scott Downs 18 94.0 4 3 5.17 63 Ismael Valdéz 12 67.0 2 4 5.37 45 Joey Nation 2 11.2 0 2 6.94 8 Phil Norton 2 8.2 0 1 9.35 6
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 Quevedo 21 88.0 3 10 7.47 65 Daniel Garibay 30 74.2 2 8 6.03 46 Jamie Arnold 12 32.2 0 3 6.61 13 Andrew Lorraine 8 32.0 1 2 6.47 25 Jerry Spradlin 8 15.0 0 1 8.40 13
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 Aguilera 54 1 2 29 4.91 38 Félix Heredia 74 7 3 2 4.76 52 Tim Worrell 54 3 4 3 2.47 52 Todd Van Poppel 51 4 5 2 3.75 77 Kyle Farnsworth 46 2 9 1 6.43 74 Steve Rain 37 3 4 0 4.35 54 Brian Williams 22 1 1 1 9.62 14 Mark Guthrie 19 2 3 0 4.82 17 Matt Karchner 13 1 1 0 6.14 5 Will Ohman 6 1 0 0 8.10 2 Danny Young 4 0 1 0 21.00 0 Oswaldo Mairena 2 0 0 0 18.00 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Tenn, DaytonaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
2000 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference