2000 St. Louis Cardinals season

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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

v t e 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 v t e 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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

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

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

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

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
Short-Season A	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Jeff Shireman
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Luis Meléndez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Memphis^[12]

References

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↑ Paul Spoljaric page at Baseball Reference
↑ Darryl Kile page at Baseball Reference
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Heathcliff Slocumb page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dante Powell page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
↑ Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml
↑ Will Clark page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

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[3] Paul Spoljaric page at Baseball Reference

[4] Darryl Kile page at Baseball Reference

[slocumb-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Heathcliff Slocumb page at Baseball Reference

[6] Dante Powell page at Baseball Reference

[7] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml

[8] Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference

[9] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml

[10] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml

[11] Will Clark page at Baseball Reference

[12] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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