2000 Milwaukee Brewers season

2000 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Dean Taylor
Manager(s)	Davey Lopes
Local television	WCGV-TV Midwest SC (Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder, Len Kasper)
Local radio	WTMJ (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 Milwaukee Brewers' 2000 season involved the Brewers' finishing 3rd in the National League Central with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses.

Offseason

• November 19, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[1]
• December 13, 1999: Matt Williams was drafted by the Brewers from the New York Yankees in the rule 5 draft. Williams was returned to the Yankees on May 3.^[2]
• January 14, 2000: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Brewers to the Cincinnati Reds for Mark Sweeney and a player to be named later. The Reds completed the deal by sending Gene Altman (minors) to the Brewers on May 15.^[3]
• January 21, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for Luis López.^[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Kevin Barker
• Ronnie Belliard
• Henry Blanco
• Jeromy Burnitz
• Marquis Grissom
• Jimmy Haynes
• José Hernández
• Geoff Jenkins
• Mark Loretta^[5]

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	0.586	—	50–31	45–36
Cincinnati Reds	85	77	0.525	10	43–38	42–39
Milwaukee Brewers	73	89	0.451	22	42–39	31–50
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	23	39–42	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	0.426	26	37–44	32–49
Chicago Cubs	65	97	0.401	30	38–43	27–54

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	—	3–6	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

• March 22, 2000: Charlie Hayes was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[6]
• June 2, 2000: Héctor Ramírez was released by the Brewers.^[7]
• July 28, 2000: Bob Wickman, Jason Bere and Steve Woodard were traded by the Brewers to the Cleveland Indians for Paul Rigdon, Richie Sexson, Kane Davis and a player to be named later. The Indians completed the deal by sending Marco Scutaro to the Brewers on August 30.^[8]

Roster

2000 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 53 Juan Acevedo 47 Jason Bere 88 Jim Bruske 47 Mike Buddie 13 Jeff D'Amico 37 Kane Davis 28 Valerio de los Santos 48 Horacio Estrada 51 Jimmy Haynes 46 Ray King 39 Curtis Leskanic 58 Allen Levrault 38 Jaime Navarro 54 Héctor Ramírez 31 Paul Rigdon 52 Rafael Roque 50 Bob Scanlan 59 John Snyder 31 Everett Stull 49 David Weathers 27 Bob Wickman 41 Matt Williams 37 Steve Woodard 38 Jamey Wright		Catchers 12 Henry Blanco 27 Kevin Brown 25 Raul Casanova Infielders 22 Kevin Barker 10 Ronnie Belliard  7 Sean Berry 38,39 Angel Echevarria 14 Charlie Hayes 18 José Hernández  2 Tyler Houston  1 Luis López  8 Mark Loretta 57 Santiago Pérez 11 Richie Sexson		Outfielders 20 Jeromy Burnitz 16 Lou Collier  9 Marquis Grissom  5 Geoff Jenkins 38,39 Chris Jones 24 James Mouton 33 Lyle Mouton 23 Mark Sweeney		Manager 30 Davey Lopes Coaches 45 Gary Allenson (first base) 36 Bob Apodaca (pitching) 29 Rod Carew (hitting) 35 Bill Castro (bullpen)  3 Jerry Royster (bench) 43 Chris Speier (third base)

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mark Sweeney	71	73	16	.219	1	6

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jason Bere	20	115	6	7	4.93	98

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Matt Williams	11	0	0	0	7.00	7
Héctor Ramírez	6	0	1	0	10.00	4

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Steve Smith
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Carlos Lezcano
A	Mudville Nine	California League	Barry Scott, Lonnie Keeter and Frank Kremblas
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Don Money
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Dan Norman
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Ed Sedar

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis^[9]

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. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

• 2000 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 2000 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com