# 2000 Houston Astros season

The 2000 Houston Astros season was the 39th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. This was the first season for the Astros at Minute Maid Park (christened as Enron Field and known as such until 2002).

## Offseason

* December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was drafted from the Astros by the Florida Marlins in the 1999 rule 5 draft.
* January 6, 2000: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Astros.

## Regular season

On August 14 in Philadelphia, first baseman Jeff Bagwell homered twice and tied a club record with seven runs batted in (RBI) in a 14–7 win, shared by Rafael Ramírez and Pete Incaviglia.
Bagwell again homered twice on August 19 against the Milwaukee Brewers for the 299th and 300th of his career; the second home run broke an eighth-inning tie to give Houston a 10–8 win. He joined Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Frank Robinson and Ted Williams as the fifth player in major league history to record 300 home runs, 1,000 RBI and 1,000 runs scored in his first ten seasons.
Bagwell scored 152 runs to lead the major leagues. It was the highest total in a season since Lou Gehrig in 1936, and his 295 runs scored from 1999–2000 set a National League two-season record.
Despite finishing 18 games below .500, the Astros set the all-time NL record for most home runs hit by one team in the regular season, with 249. The record was later broken by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019.

### 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 31, 2000: Tony Mounce was released by the Astros.
* April 13, 2000: Dwight Gooden was purchased from the Astros by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

### 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 | Mitch Meluskey | 117 | 337 | 101 | .300 | 14 | 69 |
| 1B | Jeff Bagwell | 159 | 590 | 183 | .310 | 47 | 132 |
| 2B | Craig Biggio | 101 | 377 | 101 | .268 | 8 | 35 |
| SS | Tim Bogar | 110 | 304 | 63 | .207 | 7 | 33 |
| 3B | Chris Truby | 78 | 258 | 67 | .260 | 11 | 59 |
| LF | Daryle Ward | 119 | 264 | 68 | .258 | 20 | 47 |
| CF | Richard Hidalgo | 153 | 558 | 175 | .314 | 44 | 122 |
| RF | Moisés Alou | 126 | 454 | 161 | .355 | 30 | 114 |

#### 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 |
| Julio Lugo | 116 | 420 | 119 | .283 | 10 | 40 |
| Bill Spiers | 124 | 355 | 107 | .301 | 3 | 43 |
| Lance Berkman | 114 | 353 | 105 | .297 | 21 | 67 |
| Roger Cedeño | 74 | 259 | 73 | .282 | 6 | 26 |
| Tony Eusebio | 74 | 218 | 61 | .280 | 7 | 33 |
| Ken Caminiti | 59 | 208 | 63 | .303 | 15 | 45 |
| Matt Mieske | 62 | 81 | 14 | .173 | 1 | 5 |
| Glen Barker | 84 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 2 | 6 |
| Russ Johnson | 26 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 | 3 |
| Raúl Chávez | 14 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 1 | 5 |
| Keith Ginter | 5 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 1 | 3 |
| Tripp Cromer | 9 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Ensberg | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Charles | 4 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie Zosky | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Bako | 1 | 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 |
| Chris Holt | 34 | 207.0 | 8 | 16 | 5.35 | 136 |
| José Lima | 33 | 196.1 | 7 | 16 | 6.65 | 124 |
| Scott Elarton | 30 | 192.2 | 17 | 7 | 4.81 | 131 |
| Shane Reynolds | 22 | 131.0 | 7 | 8 | 5.22 | 93 |
| Wade Miller | 16 | 105.0 | 6 | 6 | 5.14 | 89 |
| Tony McKnight | 6 | 35.0 | 4 | 1 | 3.86 | 23 |
| Dwight Gooden | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Octavio Dotel | 50 | 125.0 | 3 | 7 | 5.40 | 142 |
| Brian Powell | 9 | 31.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.74 | 14 |
| Kip Gross | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.38 | 3 |
Dotel was team leader in saves with 16.

#### 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 |
| Joe Slusarski | 54 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4.21 | 54 |
| Marc Valdes | 53 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5.08 | 35 |
| José Cabrera | 52 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5.92 | 41 |
| Doug Henry | 45 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.42 | 46 |
| Yorkis Pérez | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.16 | 21 |
| Jay Powell | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.67 | 16 |
| Billy Wagner | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.18 | 28 |
| Wayne Franklin | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.48 | 21 |
| Mike Maddux | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.26 | 17 |
| Jason Green | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.62 | 19 |
| Scott Linebrink | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 | 6 |
| Rusty Meacham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 3 |
| Tim Bogar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* The Astros led the National League in home runs with 249

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | New Orleans Zephyrs | Pacific Coast League | Tony Peña |
| AA | Round Rock Express | Texas League | Jackie Moore |
| A | Kissimmee Cobras | Florida State League | Manny Acta |
| A | Michigan Battle Cats | Midwest League | Al Pedrique |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Doubledays | New York–Penn League | John Massarelli |
| Rookie | Martinsville Astros | Appalachian League | Brad Wellman |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Round Rock, Michigan