2000 Montreal Expos season

The 2000 Montreal Expos season was the 32nd season in franchise history.

2000 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jeffrey Loria
General manager(s)Jim Beattie
Manager(s)Felipe Alou
Local televisionRDS Network
(Rodger Brulotte)
Local radio(Internet Only)
(Dave Van Horne, Joe Cannon)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Claude Raymond, Alain Chantelois)
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Offseason
  • February 4, 2000: Charlie O'Brien was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.[1]
  • March 17, 2000: Ted Lilly was Sent by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 22, 1999. The Montreal Expos sent players to be named later and Jake Westbrook to the New York Yankees for Hideki Irabu. The Montreal Expos sent Ted Lilly (March 17, 2000) and Christian Parker (March 22, 2000) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.[2]

Spring training

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.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
New York Mets 9468 0.580 1 55–26 39–42
Florida Marlins 7982 0.491 15½ 43–38 36–44
Montreal Expos 6795 0.414 28 37–44 30–51
Philadelphia Phillies 6597 0.401 30 34–47 31–50

Record vs. opponents
2000 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
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
  • June 5, 2000: Grady Sizemore was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000.[3]
  • June 5, 2000: Cliff Lee was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000.[4]
  • June 5, 2000: Jason Bay was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000.[5]
  • June 22, 2000: Charlie O'Brien was released by the Montreal Expos.[1]
  • September 28, 2000: Termel Sledge was sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Montreal Expos to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 2000. The Seattle Mariners sent players to be named later to the Montreal Expos for players to be named later and Chris Widger. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Spencer (August 10, 2000) and Terrmel Sledge (September 28, 2000) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

Roster
2000 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
 Expos win
 Expos loss
 Postponement
BoldExpos team member
2000 Game Log

Attendance

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]

Player stats

Batting

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
CChris Widger8628131671721234.2381
1BLee Stevens123449601192722275.2650
2BJosé Vidro1536061012005122497.3305
SSOrlando Cabrera125422471002511355.2374
3BMichael Barrett892712858151122.2140
LFRondell White7529052892401154.3075
CFPeter Bergeron14851880127257531.24511
RFVladimir Guerrero154571101197281144123.3459
IFGeoff Blum12434340972021145.2831
LFWilton Guerrero127288307772223.2678
CIAndy Tracy831922950811132.2601
3BMike Mordecai861692048160416.2842
OFTerry Jones108168304282013.2507
UTFernando Seguignol761622245801022.2780
CFMilton Bradley42154203481215.2212
CBrian Schneider4511562760011.2350
CLenny Webster39816173005.2100
SSTomas de la Rosa32667193129.2882
IFTrace Coquillette34596124018.2030
CCharlie O'Brien919141012.2110
CYohanny Valera710100001.0000
1BTalmadge Nunnari185210001.2000
PJavier Vázquez31654152001.2310
PDustin Hermanson3655182001.1450
PCarl Pavano1535251000.1430
PMike Thurman1724310000.0420
PTony Armas Jr.1526110001.0380
PMike Johnson3922140003.1820
PFelipe Lira5019340023.2110
PHideki Irabu1116120001.1250
PTrey Moore88010000.1250
PJulio Santana357000000.0000
PJeremy Powell115131001.6000
PAnthony Telford612000000.0000
PScott Strickland472000000.0000
PMiguel Batista41000000.0000
PScott Downs12000000.0000
PSteve Kline792000000.0000
PBrad Rigby61000000.0000
PMatt Blank131000000.0000
PT. J. Tucker111100001.0000
PGuillermo Mota281000000.0000
PUgueth Urbina131000000.0000
PSean Spencer80000000–0
PYovanny Lara50000000–0
PScott Forster390000000–0
PJim Poole50000000–0
PDavid Moraga20000000–0
PMatt Skrmetta40000000–0
Totals1625535738147531035178705.26658

Pitching

Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; 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 R ER BB K
SPJavier Vázquez1194.0533330217.21049861196
SPDustin Hermanson12144.7738304198.01281057594
SPCarl Pavano843.061515097.040333464
SPTony Armas Jr.794.361717095.049465059
SPMike Thurman496.421717088.169634652
SPHideki Irabu257.241111054.245441442
CLSteve Kline153.508301482.136322764
RPFelipe Lira585.405370101.271613651
RPAnthony Telford543.79640378.138332368
RPScott Strickland433.00490948.018161648
RPScott Forster017.88420032.031282523
Mike Johnson566.3941130101.173725370
Julio Santana155.67364066.245423358
Trey Moore156.6288035.131262124
Guillermo Mota116.00290030.021201224
Jeremy Powell037.96114026.02723919
Matt Blank015.14130014.08854
Ugueth Urbina014.05130813.166522
Miguel Batista0114.0440018.1141337
T. J. Tucker0111.572207.09932
Sean Spencer005.408006.24436
Yovanny Lara006.356005.24483
Brad Rigby005.066015.15332
Matt Skrmetta0015.196005.110964
Scott Downs009.001103.03330
Jim Poole0027.005002.06633
David Moraga0037.803001.27722
Totals67955.13162162391424.49028125791011

Award winners

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Jeff Cox and Rick Sweet
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Doug Sisson
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Cape Fear Crocs South Atlantic League Bill Masse
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Tim Leiper
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Steve Phillips

[7]

References
  1. Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Ted Lilly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Grady Sizemore Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Cliff Lee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. 2000 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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