# 2000 Milwaukee Brewers season

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.
* 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.
* 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.
* January 21, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for Luis López.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Kevin Barker
* Ronnie Belliard
* Henry Blanco
* Jeromy Burnitz
* Marquis Grissom
* Jimmy Haynes
* José Hernández
* Geoff Jenkins
* Mark Loretta

### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 43‍–‍38 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 73 | 89 | .451 | 22 | 42‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 23 | 39‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 37‍–‍44 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Chicago Cubs | 65 | 97 | .401 | 30 | 38‍–‍43 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

2000 National League recordvte Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head :
| 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 |

### Notable transactions

* March 22, 2000: Charlie Hayes was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* June 2, 2000: Héctor Ramírez was released by the Brewers.
* 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.

### Roster
## 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.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Indianapolis Indians | International League | Steve Smith |
| Double-A | Huntsville Stars | Southern League | Carlos Lezcano |
| Class A-Advanced | Mudville Nine | California League | Barry Moss, Lonnie Keeter, and Frank Kremblas |
| Class A | Beloit Snappers | Midwest League | Don Money |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Dan Norman |
| Rookie | Ogden Raptors | Pioneer League | Ed Sedar |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers | Dominican Summer League | — |
| Rookie | VSL San Joaquín | Venezuelan Summer League | — |