2000 Montreal Expos season

2000 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1977)
Montreal (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jeffrey Loria
General manager(s)	Jim Beattie
Manager(s)	Felipe Alou
Local television	RDS Network (Rodger Brulotte)
Local radio	(Internet Only) (Dave Van Horne, Joe Cannon) CKAC (AM) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Claude Raymond, Alain Chantelois)
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Offseason

• February 4, 2000: Charlie O’Brien was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.^[1]
• March 17, 2000: Ted Lilly was Sent by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 22, 1999. The Montreal Expos sent players to be named later and Jake Westbrook to the New York Yankees for Hideki Irabu. The Montreal Expos sent Ted Lilly (March 17, 2000) and Christian Parker (March 22, 2000) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
New York Mets	94	68	0.580	1	55–26	39–42
Florida Marlins	79	82	0.491	15½	43–38	36–44
Montreal Expos	67	95	0.414	28	37–44	30–51
Philadelphia Phillies	65	97	0.401	30	34–47	31–50

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

Notable transactions

• June 5, 2000: Grady Sizemore was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000.^[3]
• June 5, 2000: Cliff Lee was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000.^[4]
• June 5, 2000: Jason Bay was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000.^[5]
• June 22, 2000: Charlie O’Brien was released by the Montreal Expos.^[1]
• September 28, 2000: Termel Sledge was sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Montreal Expos to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 2000. The Seattle Mariners sent players to be named later to the Montreal Expos for players to be named later and Chris Widger. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Spencer (August 10, 2000) and Terrmel Sledge (September 28, 2000) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

Roster

2000 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers 51 Tony Armas, Jr. 48 Miguel Batista 84 Matt Blank 48 Scott Downs 51 Scott Forster 30 Dustin Hermanson 14 Hideki Irabu 47 Mike Johnson 44 Steve Kline 57 Yovanny Lara 43 Felipe Lira 29 Trey Moore 48 David Moraga 40 Guillermo Mota 45 Carl Pavano 48 Jim Poole 49 Jeremy Powell 31 Brad Rigby 54 Julio Santana 53 Matt Skrmetta 53 Sean Spencer 51 Scott Strickland 32 Anthony Telford 35 Mike Thurman 52 T. J. Tucker 41 Ugueth Urbina 23 Javier Vázquez		Catchers 21 Charlie O'Brien 63 Brian Schneider 58 Yohanny Valera 15 Lenny Webster 16 Chris Widger Infielders  5 Michael Barrett 50 Geoff Blum 18 Orlando Cabrera 53 Trace Coquillette 59 Tomas de la Rosa 12 Mike Mordecai 61 Talmadge Nunnari 46 Andy Tracy  3 José Vidro		Outfielders 33 Peter Bergeron 54 Milton Bradley 27 Vladimir Guerrero  4 Wilton Guerrero  1 Terry Jones 19 Fernando Seguignol 22 Rondell White		Manager 17 Felipe Alou Coaches 38 Brad Arnsberg (bullpen), (pitching) 67 Pierre Arsenault (bullpen) 26 Bobby Cuellar (pitching)  7 Perry Hill (first base) 25 Pete Mackanin (third base) 55 Luis Pujols (bench)  6 Pat Roessler (hitting)

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Award winners

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Ottawa Lynx	International League	Jeff Cox and Rick Sweet
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Doug Sisson
A	Jupiter Hammerheads	Florida State League	Luis Dorante
A	Cape Fear Crocs	South Atlantic League	Bill Masse
A-Short Season	Vermont Expos	New York–Penn League	Tim Leiper
Rookie	GCL Expos	Gulf Coast League	Steve Phillips

^[6]

References

1. Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. Ted Lilly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. Grady Sizemore Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. Cliff Lee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

• 2000 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac