2000 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 91-71
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 1019
Runs Allowed: 842
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,801,868
Manager: Scott Stewart

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-81, 13th in the National League
AA: 68-70, 8th in the National League
A: 78-60, 4th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Division Series 1-3 to Philadelphia Phillies
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Ryan Klesko 29 160 591 162 174 38 3 65 163 1 0 129 154 .294 .420 .699 1.119 158.6 28.6 3.1
SS #Jose Valentin 30 157 632 114 194 41 2 32 112 0 1 47 124 .307 .354 .530 .884 107.9 15.9 6.4
3B *Jim Thome 29 160 523 124 145 42 3 37 114 0 0 143 179 .277 .438 .581 1.019 130.0 23.0 4.1
2B *Delino Deshields 31 154 586 100 179 39 15 11 69 62 25 73 126 .305 .387 .480 .867 107.3 16.6 7.1
LF #Jose Cruz Jr. 26 155 559 96 117 28 2 57 135 16 2 64 162 .209 .290 .572 .863 96.8 11.3 2.5
C  Mike Sweeney 26 145 550 118 173 35 3 30 93 4 0 60 58 .315 .379 .553 .932 107.1 16.6 5.5
C  Jim Vatcher 34 153 552 80 149 23 6 13 85 0 1 48 170 .270 .328 .404 .732 71.2 7.3 3.6
CF  Shane Mack 36 138 405 48 74 16 5 12 60 0 0 44 134 .183 .269 .336 .605 38.3 0.5 2.8
3B  Pat Kelly 32 124 302 75 106 27 4 19 64 9 2 41 59 .351 .448 .656 1.104 79.5 15.7 2.3
LF  Damon Buford 30 101 211 25 43 13 4 9 31 0 0 18 72 .204 .277 .431 .709 26.4 1.7 1.5
C  Joe Girardi 35 109 207 34 57 15 1 2 21 1 0 20 63 .275 .342 .386 .728 28.7 3.5 1.3
SS  Alex Gonzalez 27 93 117 25 36 10 1 5 21 3 0 15 27 .308 .410 .538 .949 24.5 4.2 0.9
P  Reggie Harris 31 38 76 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 40 .039 .064 .079 .143 -3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Bankhead 36 32 69 4 8 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 17 .116 .153 .174 .327 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Sanders 31 34 62 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 35 .016 .101 .016 .118 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Trever Miller 27 28 57 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 33 .053 .115 .053 .167 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Borkowski 23 22 47 2 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 22 .128 .226 .191 .418 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Plunk 36 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Francisco Cordova 28 78 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Byung-Hyun Kim 21 66 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  John Davis 37 95 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Gregg Olson 33 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Davison 29 44 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Antonio Osuna 27 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Ricky Bottalico 30 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Chad Fox 29 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 2271 5602 1019 1469 329 50 294 983 96 31 724 1502 .262 .350 .496 .846 966.3 144.8 41.2
  Rank among 14 NL teams 11 2 9 10 3 1 2 2 11 1 12 8 3 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Reggie Harris 31 11 13 .458 38 38 0 204.3 185 110 32 91 256 4.85 9.6
 Scott Bankhead 36 14 7 .667 32 32 0 200.7 172 97 28 93 201 4.35 13.8
 Scott Sanders 31 10 17 .370 34 34 0 192.0 193 111 40 75 201 5.20 6.0
*Trever Miller 27 11 8 .579 28 28 0 163.0 150 88 25 55 144 4.86 8.4
 Dave Borkowski 23 7 6 .538 22 22 0 135.7 140 69 23 42 150 4.58 8.1
 John Davis 37 8 4 .667 95 0 1 105.3 92 40 7 52 114 3.42 11.8
 Francisco Cordova 28 8 5 .615 78 0 1 91.0 89 43 12 32 85 4.25 7.5
 Byung-Hyun Kim 21 6 3 .667 66 0 4 63.0 50 37 15 45 100 5.29 4.1
 Chad Fox 29 1 2 .333 59 0 1 61.3 61 37 7 46 70 5.43 3.0
 Gregg Olson 33 6 3 .667 57 0 32 60.7 67 22 4 24 68 3.26 10.6
 Scott Davison 29 5 0 1.000 44 0 1 51.0 61 29 7 19 64 5.12 3.7
 Antonio Osuna 27 1 0 1.000 39 0 0 47.0 52 37 11 18 59 7.09 0.5
 Eric Plunk 36 2 3 .400 10 8 0 37.7 39 29 9 24 47 6.93 0.0
 Ricky Bottalico 30 1 0 1.000 20 0 1 22.3 29 19 5 15 22 7.66 0.0
 Cory Lidle 28 0 0 .000 7 0 1 7.7 12 6 3 4 5 7.05 0.0
Team Totals 29.7 91 71 .562 629 162 42 1442.6 1392 774 228 635 1586 4.83 87.0
Rank among 14 NL teams 3 3 7 3 13 2 13 6 11 2 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .996 28.4
M.Sweeney 1155.0 128 139 1306 35 6 0 .996 21.4
J.Girardi 286.7 34 36 293 12 2 0 .993 40.0
J.Vatcher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1442.7 162 176 1599 47 8 0 .995 27.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.95
R.Klesko 1399.7 157 159 1358 99 6 122 .996 9.37
P.Kelly 43.0 5 6 44 6 0 2 1.000 10.47
Team Total 1442.7 162 165 1402 105 6 124 .996 9.40
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.07
D.Deshields 1217.7 147 152 194 445 6 85 .991 4.72
P.Kelly 149.0 7 41 37 57 0 13 1.000 5.68
A.Gonzalez 74.0 8 13 6 25 0 3 1.000 3.77
J.Valentin 2.0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 208 237 531 6 101 .992 4.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.33
J.Thome 1313.7 152 155 75 232 21 16 .936 2.10
P.Kelly 75.7 6 14 0 9 2 1 .818 1.07
A.Gonzalez 51.3 4 12 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Girardi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 182 78 249 23 17 .934 2.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 4.47
J.Valentin 1337.7 153 153 161 436 35 78 .945 4.02
A.Gonzalez 57.0 6 8 5 22 0 4 1.000 4.26
P.Kelly 47.0 3 11 10 17 3 8 .900 5.17
S.Mack 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 173 176 475 38 90 .945 4.06
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.53
J.Cruz Jr. 1302.7 151 154 184 7 10 2 .950 1.32
D.Buford 115.0 9 22 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
S.Mack 23.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Vatcher 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1442.7 162 182 207 7 10 2 .955 1.34
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.04
S.Mack 889.0 104 107 170 0 2 0 .988 1.72
P.Kelly 278.0 33 34 46 0 3 0 .939 1.49
D.Buford 257.7 24 41 60 1 0 0 1.000 2.13
M.Sweeney 11.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
A.Gonzalez 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Girardi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Deshields 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 186 280 1 5 0 .983 1.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.67
J.Vatcher 1260.3 143 145 228 3 1 1 .996 1.65
D.Buford 114.0 12 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.18
S.Mack 64.3 7 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
A.Gonzalez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Girardi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 171 255 3 1 1 .996 1.61
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.85
R.Harris 204.3 38 38 8 19 0 0 1.000 1.19
S.Bankhead 200.7 32 32 10 23 1 5 .971 1.48
S.Sanders 192.0 34 34 8 30 0 1 1.000 1.78
T.Miller 163.0 28 28 11 23 0 0 1.000 1.88
D.Borkowski 135.7 22 22 7 26 0 2 1.000 2.19
J.Davis 105.3 0 95 8 9 0 1 1.000 1.45
F.Cordova 91.0 0 78 4 18 0 1 1.000 2.18
B.Kim 63.0 0 66 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.71
C.Fox 61.3 0 59 6 15 0 2 1.000 3.08
G.Olson 60.7 0 57 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.37
S.Davison 51.0 0 44 5 8 0 2 1.000 2.29
A.Osuna 47.0 0 39 5 3 1 0 .889 1.53
E.Plunk 37.7 8 10 2 10 1 3 .923 2.87
R.Bottalico 22.3 0 20 0 4 1 1 .800 1.61
C.Lidle 7.7 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1442.6 162 629 80 211 4 20 .986 1.82
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sweeney .315
On-Base Pct Thome .438
Slugging Pct Klesko .699
OPS Klesko 1.119
XR Klesko 158.6
Games Klesko, Thome 160
At-Bats Valentin 632
Runs Klesko 162
Hits Valentin 194
Total Bases Klesko 413
Singles Valentin 119
Doubles Thome 42
Triples Deshields 15
Homeruns Klesko 65
RBIs Klesko 163
Stolen Bases Deshields 62
Caught Stealing Deshields 25
Walks Thome 143
Strikeouts Thome 179
ERA Bankhead 4.35
Wins Bankhead 14
Losses Sanders 17
Winning Pct Bankhead .667
Saves Olson 32
Games Pitched Davis 95
Games Started Harris 38
Complete Games Bankhead, Harris, Miller, Sanders 1
Shutouts Harris, Miller 1
Innings Pitched Harris 204.3
Hits Allowed Sanders 193
Homeruns Allowed Sanders 40
Strikeouts Harris 256
Walks Allowed Bankhead 93
Walks per 9IP Miller 3.0
Hits per 9IP Bankhead 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Harris 11.3
WHiP Miller 1.26
OAVG Bankhead .228
OOBP Harris .316
OSLG Bankhead .401
OOPS Bankhead .718
Team All-Stars
Ryan Klesko
Jim Thome
Player Salaries
Ryan Klesko $ 14,110,000
Jim Thome $ 12,500,000
Scott Bankhead $ 10,100,000
Delino Deshields $ 7,500,000
Jose Valentin $ 5,235,714
Eric Plunk $ 4,790,000
Pat Kelly $ 3,542,857
John Davis $ 3,500,000
Scott Sanders $ 3,371,429
Mike Sweeney $ 2,928,571
Shane Mack $ 2,670,000
Joe Girardi $ 2,370,000
Jim Vatcher $ 1,835,714
Gregg Olson $ 1,700,000
Francisco Cordova $ 1,537,143
Jose Cruz Jr. $ 1,528,571
Reggie Harris $ 1,500,000
Bill Wertz $ 350,000
Alex Gonzalez $ 300,000
Chad Fox $ 300,000
Scott Davison $ 300,000
Cory Lidle $ 300,000
Trever Miller $ 300,000
Antonio Osuna $ 300,000
Damon Buford $ 300,000
Ricky Bottalico $ 300,000
Dave Borkowski $ 300,000
Byung-Hyun Kim $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/15 Signed     Shane Mack
2/22 Signed     Joe Girardi
3/2 Traded Jose Cecena Oakland Damon Minor
3/2 Traded Mike Young Toronto Omar Olivares
3/2 Released Omar Olivares    
3/2 Traded Matt Kinney Pittsburgh Omar Olivares
3/2 Released Omar Olivares    
4/1 Released Nelson Simmons    
4/16 Traded David Lamb
Cristian Guzman
Matt Anderson
Toronto Dean Crow
4/16 Released Dean Crow