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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Olympic Stadium | |
City | Montreal | |
Record | 67–95 | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Jeffrey Loria | |
General managers | Jim Beattie | |
Managers | Felipe Alou | |
Television | RDS Network (Rodger Brulotte) | |
Radio | (Internet Only) (Dave Van Horne, Joe Cannon) CKAC (AM) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Claude Raymond, Alain Chantelois) | |
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The 2000 Montreal Expos season was the 32nd season in franchise history.
In 2000, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their third season there.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51–30 | 44–37 |
New York Mets | 94 | 68 | .580 | 1 | 55–26 | 39–42 |
Florida Marlins | 79 | 82 | .491 | 15½ | 43–38 | 36–44 |
Montreal Expos | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 37–44 | 30–51 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 97 | .401 | 30 | 34–47 | 31–50 |
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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 |
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Montreal | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
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The Expos drew 926,272 fans at Olympic Stadium during 2000, placing them 16th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams. [6] Their highest attendance at a home game occurred on April 3, when they drew an Opening Day crowd of 51,249 for a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, while the low mark was 4,769 for a game against the Florida Marlins on September 18. [6]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Complete offensive statistics are available here.
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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C | Chris Widger | 86 | 281 | 31 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 34 | .238 | 1 |
1B | Lee Stevens | 123 | 449 | 60 | 119 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 75 | .265 | 0 |
2B | José Vidro | 153 | 606 | 101 | 200 | 51 | 2 | 24 | 97 | .330 | 5 |
SS | Orlando Cabrera | 125 | 422 | 47 | 100 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 55 | .237 | 4 |
3B | Michael Barrett | 89 | 271 | 28 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .214 | 0 |
LF | Rondell White | 75 | 290 | 52 | 89 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 54 | .307 | 5 |
CF | Peter Bergeron | 148 | 518 | 80 | 127 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 31 | .245 | 11 |
RF | Vladimir Guerrero | 154 | 571 | 101 | 197 | 28 | 11 | 44 | 123 | .345 | 9 |
IF | Geoff Blum | 124 | 343 | 40 | 97 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 45 | .283 | 1 |
LF | Wilton Guerrero | 127 | 288 | 30 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | .267 | 8 |
CI | Andy Tracy | 83 | 192 | 29 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 32 | .260 | 1 |
3B | Mike Mordecai | 86 | 169 | 20 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .284 | 2 |
OF | Terry Jones | 108 | 168 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | .250 | 7 |
UT | Fernando Seguignol | 76 | 162 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .278 | 0 |
CF | Milton Bradley | 42 | 154 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | .221 | 2 |
C | Brian Schneider | 45 | 115 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .235 | 0 |
C | Lenny Webster | 39 | 81 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .210 | 0 |
SS | Tomas de la Rosa | 32 | 66 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .288 | 2 |
IF | Trace Coquillette | 34 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .203 | 0 |
C | Charlie O'Brien | 9 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .211 | 0 |
C | Yohanny Valera | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
1B | Talmadge Nunnari | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | 0 |
P | Javier Vázquez | 31 | 65 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | 0 |
P | Dustin Hermanson | 36 | 55 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .145 | 0 |
P | Carl Pavano | 15 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 0 |
P | Mike Thurman | 17 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .042 | 0 |
P | Tony Armas Jr. | 15 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .038 | 0 |
P | Mike Johnson | 39 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | 0 |
P | Felipe Lira | 50 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .211 | 0 |
P | Hideki Irabu | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | 0 |
P | Trey Moore | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | 0 |
P | Julio Santana | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Jeremy Powell | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .600 | 0 |
P | Anthony Telford | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Scott Strickland | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Miguel Batista | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Scott Downs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Steve Kline | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Brad Rigby | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Matt Blank | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | T. J. Tucker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
P | Guillermo Mota | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Ugueth Urbina | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Sean Spencer | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Yovanny Lara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Scott Forster | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Jim Poole | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | David Moraga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Matt Skrmetta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5535 | 738 | 1475 | 310 | 35 | 178 | 705 | .266 | 58 |
Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Complete pitching statistics are available here.
Pos | Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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SP | Javier Vázquez | 11 | 9 | 4.05 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 217.2 | 247 | 104 | 98 | 61 | 196 |
SP | Dustin Hermanson | 12 | 14 | 4.77 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 198.0 | 226 | 128 | 105 | 75 | 94 |
SP | Carl Pavano | 8 | 4 | 3.06 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 97.0 | 89 | 40 | 33 | 34 | 64 |
SP | Tony Armas Jr. | 7 | 9 | 4.36 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 95.0 | 74 | 49 | 46 | 50 | 59 |
SP | Mike Thurman | 4 | 9 | 6.42 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 88.1 | 112 | 69 | 63 | 46 | 52 |
SP | Hideki Irabu | 2 | 5 | 7.24 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 54.2 | 77 | 45 | 44 | 14 | 42 |
CL | Steve Kline | 1 | 5 | 3.50 | 83 | 0 | 14 | 82.1 | 88 | 36 | 32 | 27 | 64 |
RP | Felipe Lira | 5 | 8 | 5.40 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 101.2 | 129 | 71 | 61 | 36 | 51 |
RP | Anthony Telford | 5 | 4 | 3.79 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 78.1 | 76 | 38 | 33 | 23 | 68 |
RP | Scott Strickland | 4 | 3 | 3.00 | 49 | 0 | 9 | 48.0 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
RP | Scott Forster | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 23 |
Mike Johnson | 5 | 6 | 6.39 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 101.1 | 107 | 73 | 72 | 53 | 70 | |
Julio Santana | 1 | 5 | 5.67 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 66.2 | 69 | 45 | 42 | 33 | 58 | |
Trey Moore | 1 | 5 | 6.62 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 35.1 | 55 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 24 | |
Guillermo Mota | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 24 | |
Jeremy Powell | 0 | 3 | 7.96 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 26.0 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 19 | |
Matt Blank | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |
Ugueth Urbina | 0 | 1 | 4.05 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 13.1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |
Miguel Batista | 0 | 1 | 14.04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 7 | |
T. J. Tucker | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |
Sean Spencer | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
Yovanny Lara | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |
Brad Rigby | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5.1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Matt Skrmetta | 0 | 0 | 15.19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | |
Scott Downs | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Jim Poole | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
David Moraga | 0 | 0 | 37.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
Team Totals | 67 | 95 | 5.13 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1424.2 | 1575 | 902 | 812 | 579 | 1011 |
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