2000 Houston Astros season

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2000  Houston Astros
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Enron Field
City Houston, Texas
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
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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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).

Contents

Offseason

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

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567.586—50‍–‍3145‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 8577.5251043‍–‍3842‍–‍39
Milwaukee Brewers 7389.4512242‍–‍3931‍–‍50
Houston Astros 7290.4442339‍–‍4233‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993.4262637‍–‍4432‍–‍49
Chicago Cubs 6597.4013038‍–‍4327‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta 6–3—4–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago 4–55–4—4–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati 5–25–28–4—6–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado 6–74–55–43–6—4–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida 5–46–66–16–35–4—3–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston 1–64–57–55–74–55–3—3–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles 6–72–76–35–49–47–26–3—3–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee 5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–3—4–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal 5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–4—3–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York 7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–3—6–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia 1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–6—3–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh 2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–3—7–22–64–86–9
San Diego 4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–7—5–70–95–10
San Francisco 7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–5—5–48–7
St. Louis 4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–5—7–8

Notable transactions

Roster

2000 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mitch Meluskey 117337101.3001469
1B Jeff Bagwell 159590183.31047132
2B Craig Biggio 101377101.268835
SS Tim Bogar 11030463.207733
3B Chris Truby 7825867.2601159
LF Daryle Ward 11926468.2582047
CF Richard Hidalgo 153558175.31444122
RF Moisés Alou 126454161.35530114

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Julio Lugo 116420119.2831040
Bill Spiers 124355107.301343
Lance Berkman 114353105.2972167
Roger Cedeño 7425973.282626
Tony Eusebio 7421861.280733
Ken Caminiti 5920863.3031545
Matt Mieske 628114.17315
Glen Barker 846715.22426
Russ Johnson 26458.17803
Raúl Chávez 144311.25615
Keith Ginter 582.25013
Tripp Cromer 981.12500
Morgan Ensberg 472.28600
Frank Charles 473.42902
Eddie Zosky 440.00000
Paul Bako 120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Holt 34207.08165.35136
José Lima 33196.17166.65124
Scott Elarton 30192.21774.81131
Shane Reynolds 22131.0785.2293
Wade Miller 16105.0665.1489
Tony McKnight 635.0413.8623
Dwight Gooden 14.0009.001

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Octavio Dotel 50125.0375.40142
Brian Powell 931.1215.7414
Kip Gross 24.10110.383

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Joe Slusarski 542734.2154
Marc Valdes 535525.0835
José Cabrera 522325.9241
Doug Henry 451314.4246
Yorkis Pérez 332105.1621
Jay Powell 291105.6716
Billy Wagner 282466.1828
Wayne Franklin 250005.4821
Mike Maddux 212206.2617
Jason Green 141106.6219
Scott Linebrink 80004.666
Rusty Meacham 500011.573
Tim Bogar 20004.501

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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