2000 St. Louis Cardinals season

2000 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)	Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest KPLR (Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
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The season's eventual National League Central Division champions St. Louis Cardinals playing host to the Chicago Cubs during a September 2000 game at Busch Memorial Stadium.

The St. Louis Cardinals 2000 season was the team's 119th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 109th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95-67 during the season, their best finish since 1987, and won the National League Central division by ten games over the Cincinnati Reds. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the New York Mets 4 games to 1 in the NLCS.

The Cardinals sweep of the Braves in the NLDS was notable because it made the Mets run to their first World Series appearance since their championship season of 1986 much easier.^[1]^[2] The Braves had eliminated the Mets from the playoffs on the final day of the 1998 season and in the 1999 NLCS.^[2]

Catcher Mike Matheny and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year. Matheny was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season, while Edmonds was acquired from the Anaheim Angels less than a week before the start of the season.

Offseason

November 11, 1999: Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt, and Lance Painter were traded by the Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Paul Spoljaric and Pat Hentgen.^[3]
November 16, 1999: Manny Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore, and José Jiménez were traded by the Cardinals to the Colorado Rockies for Darryl Kile, Luther Hackman and Dave Veres.^[4]
November 24, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[5]
December 15, 1999: Luis Ordaz was traded by the Cardinals to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dante Powell.^[6]
January 5, 2000: Ernie Young was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[7]
March 18, 2000: Joe McEwing was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Jesse Orosco.^[8]
March 23, 2000: Kent Bottenfield was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Adam Kennedy to the Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds.^[9]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Eric Davis
Jim Edmonds
Darryl Kile
Ray Lankford
Mike Matheny
Craig Paquette
Edgar Rentería
Fernando Tatís
Fernando Viña

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

2000 National League Records 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	—	3–6	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

Transactions

June 5: Released Mike Mohler.^[10]
July 31: Traded Heathcliff Slocumb and Ben Johnson to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Hernández and Nate Tebbs (minors).^[5]
July 31: Traded José León with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Will Clark.^[11] Acquired to play in place of the injured Mark McGwire, Clark responded with a .964 OPS and hit a home run in each of his first four games with the new club. He performed better in the 2000 playoffs (.345 BA) than in recent years. After announcing that his retirement would come when the Cardinals' playoff run ended, Clark went 1 for 3 in his final game on October 16, 2000, in the NLCS against the New York Mets,

Roster

2000 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

66 Rick Ankiel

31 Alan Benes

40 Andy Benes

56 Justin Brunette

41 Jason Christiansen

63 Luther Hackman

41 Pat Hentgen

37 Darren Holmes

49 Mike James

57 Darryl Kile

50 Mike Matthews

32 Mike Mohler

35 Matt Morris

47 Jesse Orosco

36 Scott Radinsky

68 Britt Reames

52 José Rodríguez

58 Heathcliff Slocumb

67 Gene Stechschulte

55 Garrett Stephenson

46 Mark Thompson

50 Mike Timlin

43 Dave Veres

44 Dave Wainhouse

Catchers

8 Carlos Hernández

26 Eli Marrero

44,22 Mike Matheny

32 Keith McDonald

29 Rick Wilkins

Infielders

28,22 Will Clark

25 Mark McGwire

21 Craig Paquette

33 Eduardo Pérez

27 Plácido Polanco

3 Edgar Rentería

28 Larry Sutton

23 Fernando Tatís

4 Fernando Viña

Outfielders

24 Eric Davis

7 J. D. Drew

12 Shawon Dunston

15 Jim Edmonds

5 Thomas Howard

16 Ray Lankford

8 Chris Richard

13 Luis Saturria

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

34 Mark DeJohn

18 Dave Duncan

4 Mike Easler

38 Marty Mason

39 Dave McKay

11 José Oquendo

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

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pat Hentgen	33	194.1	15	12	4.72	118

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
José Rodríguez	6	0	0	0	0.00	2

NLDS

Main article: 2000 National League Division Series

St. Louis won series, 3-0. This was the series in which pitching phenom Rick Ankiel permanently lost his command and control, throwing four wild pitches in one inning.

Game	Score	Date
1	St. Louis 7, Atlanta 5	October 3
2	St. Louis 10, Atlanta 4	October 5
3	St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1	October 7

NLCS

Main article: 2000 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 11: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	8	3
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	0
WP: Mike Hampton (1-0) LP: Darryl Kile (0-1) Home runs: NYM: Todd Zeile (1), Jay Payton (1) STL: None

Game 2

October 12: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	9	0
St. Louis	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	10	3
WP: Turk Wendell (1-0) LP: Mike Timlin (0-1) Sv: Armando Benítez (1) Home runs: NYM: Mike Piazza (1) STL: None

Game 3

October 14: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	2	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	8	14	0
New York	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
WP: Andy Benes (1-0) LP: Rick Reed (0-1)

Game 4

October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	6	11	2
New York	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	10	9	0
WP: Glendon Rusch (1-0) LP: Darryl Kile (0-2) Home runs: STL: Jim Edmonds (1); Will Clark (1) NYM: Mike Piazza (2)

Game 5

October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
New York	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	7	10	0
WP: Mike Hampton (2-0) LP: Pat Hentgen (0-1)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Gaylen Pitts
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Chris Maloney
A	Potomac Cannons	Carolina League	Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Tom Lawless
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Jeff Shireman
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Luis Meléndez

References

↑ Chass, Murray (October 17, 2000). "From Wild Card to World Series". New York Times.
1 2 The subway series: the Yankees, the Mets and a season to remember. St. Louis, Mo.: The Sporting News. 2000. ISBN 0-89204-659-7.
↑ Paul Spoljaric at Baseball-Reference
↑ Darryl Kile at Baseball-Reference
1 2 Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball-Reference
↑ Dante Powell at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
↑ Jesse Orosco at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml
↑ Will Clark at Baseball-Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

National League Central champions

2000 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

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