The 2000 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 31st season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 3rd in the National League, and their 32nd overall. The Brewers finished third in the National League Central with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, once again failing to improve their record by one game from the season prior and were eliminated from postseason contention for the 18th consecutive season.
Offseason November 19, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Jason Bere at Baseball-Reference 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.Matt Williams at Baseball-Reference 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.Alex Ochoa at Baseball-Reference January 21, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for Luis López.Bill Pulsipher at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Opening Day starters Kevin Barker Ronnie Belliard Henry Blanco Jeromy Burnitz Marquis Grissom Jimmy Haynes José Hernández Geoff Jenkins Mark Loretta2000 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions March 22, 2000: Charlie Hayes was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Charlie Hayes at Baseball-Reference June 2, 2000: Héctor Ramírez was released by the Brewers.Héctor Ramírez at Baseball-Reference 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.Bob Wickman at Baseball-Reference
Roster 2000 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (first base) (pitching) (hitting) (bullpen) (bench) (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 C Henry Blanco 93 284 67 .236 7 31 1B Richie Sexson 57 213 63 .296 14 47 2B Ronnie Belliard 152 571 150 .263 8 54 SS Mark Loretta 91 352 99 .281 7 40 3B José Hernández 124 446 109 .244 11 59 LF Geoff Jenkins 135 512 155 .303 34 94 CF Marquis Grissom 146 595 145 .244 14 62 RF Jeromy Burnitz 161 564 131 .232 31 98
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 Charlie Hayes 121 370 93 .251 9 46 Tyler Houston 101 284 71 .250 18 43 Raúl Casanova 86 231 57 .247 6 36 Luis López 78 201 53 .264 6 27 James Mouton 87 159 37 .233 2 17 Kevin Barker 40 100 22 .220 2 9 Lyle Mouton 42 97 27 .278 2 16 Mark Sweeney 71 73 16 .219 1 6 Santiago Pérez 24 52 9 .173 0 2 Sean Berry 32 46 7 .152 1 2 Angel Echevarria 31 42 9 .214 1 4 Lou Collier 14 32 7 .219 1 2 Kevin Brown 5 17 4 .235 0 1 Chris Jones 12 16 3 .188 0 1
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 Jimmy Haynes 33 199.1 12 13 5.33 88 Jamey Wright 26 164.2 7 9 4.10 96 Jeff D'Amico 23 162.1 12 7 2.66 101 John Snyder 23 127.0 3 10 6.17 69 Jason Bere 20 115.0 6 7 4.93 98 Paul Rigdon 12 69.2 4 4 4.52 48 Jaime Navarro 5 18.2 0 5 12.54 7
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 Steve Woodard 27 93.2 1 7 5.96 65 Everett Stull 20 43.1 2 3 5.82 33 Horacio Estrada 7 24.1 3 0 6.29 13 Allen Levrault 5 12.0 0 1 4.50 9
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 Bob Wickman 43 2 2 16 2.93 44 Curt Leskanic 73 9 3 12 2.56 75 David Weathers 69 3 5 1 3.07 50 Valerio De Los Santos 66 2 3 0 5.13 70 Juan Acevedo 62 3 7 0 3.81 51 Ray King 36 3 2 0 1.26 19 Jim Bruske 15 1 0 0 6.48 8 Matt Williams 11 0 0 0 7.00 7 Héctor Ramírez 6 0 1 0 10.00 4 Mike Buddie 5 0 0 0 4.50 5 Rafael Roque 4 0 0 0 10.13 4 Kane Davis 3 0 0 0 6.75 2 Bob Scanlan 2 0 0 0 27.00 1
Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2000. The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. The Indianapolis Indians won the International League championship.
References
2000 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 2000 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com