# 2000 Chicago Cubs season

The 2000 Chicago Cubs season was the 129th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 125th in the National League and the 85th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 65–97.
During this season, the Cubs played in the first game held outside North America on Opening Day. The Cubs played the New York Mets in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.

## Offseason

* October 5, 1999: Lance Johnson was released by the Chicago Cubs.
* November 22, 1999: Todd Van Poppel signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

## Regular season

On May 11, 2000, Glenallen Hill was responsible for a memorable event in the annals of Chicago Cubs baseball lore. On that day, Hill became the first and so far only player to hit a pitched ball onto the roof of a five-story residential building across the street from the left field wall of Wrigley Field.
Sammy Sosa, despite hitting only 50 home runs (he had hit over 60 the previous two seasons), won his only home run crown.

### 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

* June 5, 2000: Dontrelle Willis was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000.
* July 21, 2000: Glenallen Hill was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena.
* July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors).

### 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 | Joe Girardi | 106 | 363 | 101 | .278 | 6 | 40 |
| 1B | Mark Grace | 143 | 510 | 143 | .280 | 11 | 82 |
| 2B | Eric Young Sr. | 153 | 607 | 180 | .297 | 6 | 47 |
| SS | Ricky Gutiérrez | 125 | 449 | 124 | .276 | 11 | 56 |
| 3B | Willie Greene | 105 | 299 | 60 | .201 | 10 | 37 |
| LF | Henry Rodríguez | 76 | 259 | 65 | .251 | 18 | 51 |
| CF | Damon Buford | 150 | 495 | 124 | .251 | 15 | 48 |
| RF | Sammy Sosa | 156 | 604 | 193 | .320 | 50 | 138 |

#### 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 |
| Jeff Reed | 90 | 229 | 49 | .214 | 4 | 25 |
| José Nieves | 82 | 198 | 42 | .212 | 5 | 24 |
| Shane Andrews | 66 | 192 | 44 | .229 | 14 | 39 |
| Glenallen Hill | 64 | 168 | 44 | .262 | 11 | 29 |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | 80 | 158 | 30 | .190 | 4 | 14 |
| Jeff Huson | 70 | 130 | 28 | .215 | 0 | 11 |
| Roosevelt Brown | 45 | 91 | 32 | .352 | 3 | 14 |
| Brant Brown | 54 | 89 | 14 | .157 | 3 | 10 |
| Augie Ojeda | 28 | 77 | 17 | .221 | 2 | 8 |
| Julio Zuleta | 30 | 68 | 20 | .294 | 3 | 12 |
| Rondell White | 19 | 67 | 22 | .328 | 2 | 7 |
| Dave Martinez | 18 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Meyers | 36 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 0 | 5 |
| Corey Patterson | 11 | 42 | 7 | .167 | 2 | 2 |
| Ross Gload | 18 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 1 | 3 |
| Tarrik Brock | 13 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mahoney | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Cole Liniak | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl González | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Jon Lieber | 35 | 251.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.41 | 192 |
| Kevin Tapani | 30 | 195.2 | 8 | 12 | 5.01 | 150 |
| Kerry Wood | 23 | 137.0 | 8 | 7 | 4.80 | 132 |
| Scott Downs | 18 | 94.0 | 4 | 3 | 5.17 | 63 |
| Ismael Valdéz | 12 | 67.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.37 | 45 |
| Joey Nation | 2 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.94 | 8 |
| Phil Norton | 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.35 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Rubén Quevedo | 21 | 88.0 | 3 | 10 | 7.47 | 65 |
| Daniel Garibay | 30 | 74.2 | 2 | 8 | 6.03 | 46 |
| Jamie Arnold | 12 | 32.2 | 0 | 3 | 6.61 | 13 |
| Andrew Lorraine | 8 | 32.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.47 | 25 |
| Jerry Spradlin | 8 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.40 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Rick Aguilera | 54 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 4.91 | 38 |
| Félix Heredia | 74 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4.76 | 52 |
| Tim Worrell | 54 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2.47 | 52 |
| Todd Van Poppel | 51 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3.75 | 77 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 46 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6.43 | 74 |
| Steve Rain | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.35 | 54 |
| Brian Williams | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.62 | 14 |
| Mark Guthrie | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.82 | 17 |
| Matt Karchner | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 5 |
| Will Ohman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |
| Danny Young | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.00 | 0 |
| Oswaldo Mairena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Dave Trembley |
| AA | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx | Southern League | Dave Bialas |
| A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Richie Zisk |
| A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | Steve McFarland |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Danny Sheaffer |
| Rookie | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Carmelo Martínez |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Tenn, Daytona