2000 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 2000 National League Central champions St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League Central Busch Memorial Stadium St. Louis, Missouri 95–67 (.586) 1st William DeWitt, Jr. Walt Jocketty Tony La Russa Fox Sports MidwestKPLR(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Buck) KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck) thumb|right|350px|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 2000 St. Louis Cardinals 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 by ten games over the Cincinnati Reds. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves a three-game sweep of the NLDS. They faced the New York Mets in the NLCS and lost in five games. The Cardinals sweep of the Braves in the NLDS was notable because of the perception by the media that it would make it easier for their opponent in the Mets to reach the World Series.From Wild Card to World Series October 17, 2000 Murray Chass New York Times Murray ChassThe subway series: the Yankees, the Mets and a season to remember 2000 The Sporting News St. Louis, Mo. 0-89204-659-7 The Braves (the defending National League champion) had eliminated the Mets from the playoffs on the final day of the 1998 season and in the 1999 NLCS. The 2000 Cardinals featured a completely revamped roster, assembled during a busy offseason following a losing 1999 campaign. Key acquisitions included second baseman Fernando Vina, from the Milwaukee Brewers, catcher Mike Matheny, from the Toronto Blue Jays, and centerfielder Jim Edmonds, from the Anaheim Angels. Matheny and Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year. Pitcher Darryl Kile, from the Colorado Rockies, was one of three new starters in the rotation. He went 20-9 and finished 5th in voting for the NL Cy Young Award. 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.Paul Spoljaric at Baseball-Reference 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.Darryl Kile at Baseball-Reference November 24, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball-Reference December 15, 1999: Luis Ordaz was traded by the Cardinals to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dante Powell.Dante Powell at Baseball-Reference December 20, 1999: Juan Acevedo was traded by the Cardinals with two players to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers for Fernando Vina. In June 2000 the Cardinals sent Eliezer Alfonzo and Matt Parker to the Brewers to complete the trade.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vinafe01.shtml Fernando Vina Stats January 5, 2000: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml Ernie Young Stats January 7, 2000: Andy Benes was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/benesan01.shtml Andy Benes Stats March 18, 2000: Joe McEwing was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Jesse Orosco.Jesse Orosco at Baseball-Reference March 23, 2000: Kent Bottenfield was traded by the Cardinals with Adam Kennedy to the Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml Kent Bottenfield Stats Regular season Opening Day starters Eric Davis Jim Edmonds Darryl Kile Ray Lankford Mike Matheny Craig Paquette Édgar Rentería Fernando Tatís Fernando Viña Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Transactions June 5: Released Mike Mohler.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml Mike Mohler Stats July 31: Traded Heathcliff Slocumb and Ben Johnson to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Hernández and Nate Tebbs (minors). July 31: Traded José León with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Will Clark.Will Clark at Baseball-Reference 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 Édgar 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 (Bench) 18 Dave Duncan (Pitching) 19 Mike Easler (Hitting) 38 Marty Mason (Bullpen) 39 Dave McKay (First Base) 11 José Oquendo (Third Base) 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 Mike Matheny 128 417 109 .261 6 47 1B Mark McGwire 89 236 72 .305 32 73 2B Fernando Viña 123 487 146 .300 4 31 SS Édgar Rentería 150 562 156 .278 16 76 3B Fernando Tatís 96 324 82 .253 18 64 LF Ray Lankford 128 392 99 .253 26 65 CF Jim Edmonds 152 525 155 .295 42 108 RF J.D. Drew 135 407 120 .295 18 57 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 Craig Paquette 134 384 94 .245 15 61 Plácido Polanco 118 323 102 .316 5 39 Eric Davis 92 254 77 .303 6 40 Shawon Dunston 98 216 54 .250 12 43 Will Clark 51 171 59 .345 12 42 Thomas Howard 86 133 28 .211 6 28 Eli Marrero 53 102 23 .225 5 17 Eduardo Pérez 35 91 27 .297 3 10 Carlos Hernández 17 51 14 .275 1 10 Larry Sutton 23 25 8 .320 1 6 Chris Richard 6 16 2 .125 1 1 Rick Wilkins 4 11 3 .273 0 1 Keith McDonald 6 7 3 .429 3 5 Luis Saturria 6 5 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 Darryl Kile 34 232.1 20 9 3.91 192 Garrett Stephenson 32 200.1 16 9 4.49 123 Pat Hentgen 33 194.1 15 12 4.72 118 Rick Ankiel 31 175.0 11 7 3.50 194 Andy Benes 30 166.0 12 9 4.88 137 Britt Reames 8 40.2 2 1 2.88 31 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 Dave Veres 71 3 5 29 2.85 67 Mike James 51 2 2 2 3.16 41 Heathcliff Slocumb 43 2 3 1 5.44 34 Matt Morris 31 3 3 4 3.57 34 Alan Benes 30 2 2 0 5.67 26 Mike Timlin 25 3 1 1 3.34 26 Mike Mohler 22 1 1 0 9.00 8 Jason Christiansen 21 1 0 0 5.40 12 Gene Stechschulte 20 1 0 0 6.31 12 Mark Thompson 20 1 1 0 5.04 19 Mike Matthews 14 0 0 0 11.57 8 Dave Wainhouse 9 0 1 0 9.35 5 José Rodríguez 6 0 0 0 0.00 2 Jesse Orosco 6 0 0 0 3.86 4 Darren Holmes 5 0 1 0 9.72 5 Justin Brunette 4 0 0 0 5.79 2 Luther Hackman 1 0 0 0 10.13 0 Scott Radinsky 1 0 0 0 ---- 0 NLDS 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. GameScoreDate1St. Louis 7, Atlanta 5October 32St. Louis 10, Atlanta 4October 53St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1 October 7 NLCS 2000 National League Championship Series Game 1 October 11: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri New York NYM 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 8 3 St. Louis STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 Mike Hampton (1-0) Darryl Kile (0-1) Todd Zeile (1), Jay Payton (1) Game 2 October 12: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri New York NYM 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 9 0 St. Louis STL 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 10 3 Turk Wendell (1-0) Mike Timlin (0-1) Armando Benítez (1) Mike Piazza (1) Game 3 October 14: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York St. Louis STL 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 14 0 New York NYM 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Andy Benes (1-0) Rick Reed (0-1) Game 4 October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York St. Louis STL 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 11 2 New York NYM 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 10 9 0 Glendon Rusch (1-0) Darryl Kile (0-2) Jim Edmonds (1); Will Clark (1) Mike Piazza (2) Game 5 October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York St. Louis STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 New York NYM 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X 7 10 0 Mike Hampton (2-0) Pat Hentgen (0-1) Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 MeléndezLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: MemphisJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 2000 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 2000 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Category:National League Central champion seasons St Louis St. Louis Category:2000 in St. Louis