# 2000 San Diego Padres season

The 2000 San Diego Padres season was the 32nd season in franchise history.

## Offseason

* November 22, 1999: George Williams was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* December 22, 1999: Bret Boone was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Ryan Klesko and Jason Shiell to the San Diego Padres for Wally Joyner, Reggie Sanders, and Quilvio Veras.
* February 23, 2000: Al Martin was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the San Diego Padres for John Vander Wal, Geraldo Padua (minors), and James Sak (minors).

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Bret Boone
* Wiki González
* Tony Gwynn
* Damian Jackson
* Ryan Klesko
* Al Martin
* Phil Nevin
* Eric Owens
* Woody Williams

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Francisco Giants | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Colorado Rockies | 82 | 80 | .506 | 15 | 48‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍47 |
| San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 41‍–‍40 | 35‍–‍46 |

### 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: Xavier Nady was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed September 17, 2000.
* July 31, 2000: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ben Johnson to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Hernández and Nate Tebbs (minors).
* July 31, 2000: John Mabry was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Tom Davey to the San Diego Padres for Al Martin.

### 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 | Wiki Gonzalez | 95 | 284 | 66 | .232 | 5 | 30 |
| 1B | Ryan Klesko | 145 | 494 | 140 | .283 | 26 | 92 |
| 2B | Bret Boone | 127 | 463 | 116 | .251 | 19 | 74 |
| SS | Damian Jackson | 138 | 470 | 120 | .255 | 6 | 37 |
| 3B | Phil Nevin | 143 | 538 | 163 | .303 | 31 | 107 |
| LF | Al Martin | 93 | 346 | 106 | .306 | 11 | 27 |
| CF | Rubén Rivera | 135 | 423 | 88 | .208 | 17 | 57 |
| RF | Eric Owens | 145 | 583 | 171 | .293 | 6 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Darr | 58 | 205 | 55 | .268 | 1 | 30 |
| Carlos Hernández | 58 | 191 | 48 | .251 | 2 | 25 |
| Desi Relaford | 45 | 157 | 32 | .204 | 2 | 16 |
| Ed Sprague Jr. | 73 | 157 | 41 | .261 | 10 | 27 |
| Dave Magadan | 95 | 132 | 36 | .273 | 2 | 21 |
| Ben Davis | 43 | 130 | 29 | .223 | 3 | 14 |
| Tony Gwynn | 36 | 127 | 41 | .323 | 1 | 17 |
| John Mabry | 48 | 123 | 28 | .228 | 7 | 25 |
| Kory DeHaan | 90 | 103 | 21 | .204 | 2 | 13 |
| Kevin Nicholson | 37 | 97 | 21 | .216 | 1 | 8 |
| Chris Gomez | 33 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Vitiello | 39 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 2 | 8 |
| John Roskos | 14 | 27 | 1 | .037 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg LaRocca | 13 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| David Newhan | 14 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 1 | 2 |
| George Williams | 11 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 1 | 2 |
| Gabe Alvarez | 11 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Dusty Allen | 9 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Nady | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Matt Clement | 34 | 205.0 | 13 | 17 | 5.14 | 170 |
| Woody Williams | 23 | 168.0 | 10 | 8 | 3.75 | 111 |
| Adam Eaton | 22 | 135.0 | 7 | 4 | 4.13 | 90 |
| Brian Meadows | 22 | 124.2 | 7 | 8 | 5.34 | 53 |
| Brian Tollberg | 19 | 118.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.58 | 76 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 11 | 65.2 | 1 | 6 | 4.93 | 61 |
| Jay Witasick | 11 | 60.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.64 | 54 |
| Stan Spencer | 8 | 49.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.26 | 40 |
| Rodrigo López | 6 | 24.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.76 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Brian Boehringer | 7 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 5.74 | 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 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 70 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 2.99 | 85 |
| Kevin Walker | 70 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4.19 | 56 |
| Carlos Almanzar | 62 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4.39 | 56 |
| Donne Wall | 44 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3.35 | 29 |
| Matt Whiteside | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.14 | 27 |
| Will Cunnane | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.23 | 34 |
| Matt Whisenant | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.80 | 12 |
| Todd Erdos | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.67 | 16 |
| Heathcliff Slocumb | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.79 | 12 |
| Dave Maurer | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 13 |
| Carlos Reyes | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 13 |
| Brandon Kolb | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 12 |
| Tom Davey | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.71 | 6 |
| Vicente Palacios | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 8 |
| Steve Montgomery | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.94 | 3 |
| Buddy Carlyle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 2 |
| Dan Serafini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 |
| Rodney Myers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Domingo Guzmán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Trevor Hoffman

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Las Vegas Stars | Pacific Coast League | Duane Espy and Tony Franklin |
| AA | Mobile BayBears | Southern League | Mike Basso |
| A | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | California League | Tom LeVasseur |
| A | Fort Wayne Wizards | Midwest League | Craig Colbert |
| Rookie | AZL Padres | Arizona League | Howard Bushong |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Padres | Pioneer League | Don Werner |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS; Idaho Falls