2000 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkEnron Field
CityHouston, Texas
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
OwnersDrayton McLane, Jr.
General managersGerry Hunsicker
ManagersLarry Dierker
TelevisionKNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
RadioKTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
Seasons

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

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.[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.

Season standings

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567 0.586 — 50–31 45–36
Cincinnati Reds 8577 0.525 10 43–38 42–39
Milwaukee Brewers 7389 0.451 22 42–39 31–50
Houston Astros 7290 0.444 23 39–42 33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 26 37–44 32–49
Chicago Cubs 6597 0.401 30 38–43 27–54

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta 6–3—4–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago 4–55–4—4–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati 5–25–28–4—6–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado 6–74–55–43–6—4–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida 5–46–66–16–35–4—3–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston 1–64–57–55–74–55–3—3–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles 6–72–76–35–49–47–26–3—3–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee 5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–3—4–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal 5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–4—3–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York 7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–3—6–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia 1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–6—3–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh 2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–3—7–22–64–86–9
San Diego 4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–7—5–70–95–10
San Francisco 7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–5—5–48–7
St. Louis 4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–5—7–8

Notable transactions

Roster

2000 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CMitch Meluskey117337101.3001469
1BJeff Bagwell159590183.31047132
2BCraig Biggio101377101.268835
SSTim Bogar11030463.207733
3BChris Truby7825867.2601159
LFDaryle Ward11926468.2582047
CFRichard Hidalgo153558175.31444122
RFMoisés Alou126454161.35530114

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 Lugo116420119.2831040
Bill Spiers124355107.301343
Lance Berkman114353105.2972167
Roger Cedeño7425973.282626
Tony Eusebio7421861.280733
Ken Caminiti5920863.3031545
Matt Mieske628114.17315
Glen Barker846715.22426
Russ Johnson26458.17803
Raúl Chávez144311.25615
Keith Ginter582.25013
Tripp Cromer981.12500
Morgan Ensberg472.28600
Frank Charles473.42902
Eddie Zosky440.00000
Paul Bako120.00000

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 Holt34207.08165.35136
José Lima33196.17166.65124
Scott Elarton30192.21774.81131
Shane Reynolds22131.0785.2293
Wade Miller16105.0665.1489
Tony McKnight635.0413.8623
Dwight Gooden14.0009.001

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 Dotel50125.0375.40142
Brian Powell931.1215.7414
Kip Gross24.10110.383

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 Slusarski542734.2154
Marc Valdes535525.0835
José Cabrera522325.9241
Doug Henry451314.4246
Yorkis Pérez332105.1621
Jay Powell291105.6716
Billy Wagner282466.1828
Wayne Franklin250005.4821
Mike Maddux212206.2617
Jason Green141106.6219
Scott Linebrink80004.666
Rusty Meacham500011.573
Tim Bogar20004.501

Awards and honors

  • The Astros led the National League in home runs with 249[9]

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

References

  1. ↑ Johan Santana at Baseball-Reference
  2. 1 2 Dwight Gooden at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ "Bagwell cranks Astro lineup to full power". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 14, 2000. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Jeff Bagwell Appreciation Day". houston.astros.mlb.com. April 6, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Player page: Jeff Bagwell". Roto World. December 15, 2006. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Treasures from Cooperstown coming to Capital region for Tri-City Valleycats game on Saturday". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (baseballhall.org). June 24, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2000 Houston Astros Statistics".
  8. ↑ Tony Mounce at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.380, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
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