2000 Houston Astros | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Enron Field | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 72–90 (.444) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Drayton McLane, Jr. | |
General managers | Gerry Hunsicker | |
Managers | Larry Dierker | |
Television |
KNWS-TV FSN Southwest ( Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell) | |
Radio |
KTRH ( Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño) | |
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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).
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. [3]
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. [4]
Bagwell scored 152 runs to lead the major leagues. It was the highest total in a season since Lou Gehrig in 1936, [5] and his 295 runs scored from 1999–2000 set a National League two-season record. [6]
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. [7] The record was later broken by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019.
NL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 50–31 | 45–36 |
Cincinnati Reds | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 10 | 43–38 | 42–39 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 22 | 42–39 | 31–50 |
Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 23 | 39–42 | 33–48 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 26 | 37–44 | 32–49 |
Chicago Cubs | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 30 | 38–43 | 27–54 |
Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
2000 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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.
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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