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2000 Houston Astros season

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Record
  
72–90 (.444)

Owner(s)
  
Drayton McLane, Jr.

Manager(s)
  
Larry Dierker

Divisional place
  
4th

General manager(s)
  
Gerry Hunsicker

Local television
  
KNWS-TV FSN Southwest (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)

The 2000 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. They finished in fourth place in the National League Central division.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 13, 1999: Johan Santana was drafted from the Astros by the Florida Marlins in the 1999 rule 5 draft.
  • January 6, 2000: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Astros.

    • Regular season

    On August 14 in Philadelphia, first baseman Jeff Bagwell homered twice and tied a club record with seven runs batted in (RBI) in a 14–7 win, shared by Rafael Ramírez and Pete Incaviglia.

    Bagwell again homered twice on August 19 against the Milwaukee Brewers for the 299th and 300th of his career; the second home run broke an eighth-inning tie to give Houston a 10–8 win. He joined Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Frank Robinson and Ted Williams as the fifth player in major league history to record 300 home runs, 1,000 RBI and 1,000 runs scored in his first ten seasons.

    Bagwell scored 152 runs to lead the major leagues. It was the highest total in a season since Lou Gehrig in 1936, and his 295 runs scored from 1999–2000 set a National League two-season record.

    Despite finishing 18 games below .500, the Astros set the all-time NL record for most home runs hit by one team in the regular season, with 249.

    Notable transactions

  • March 31, 2000: Tony Mounce was released by the Astros.
  • April 13, 2000: Dwight Gooden was purchased from the Astros by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    1B Jeff Bagwell

    2B Craig Biggio SS Tim Bogar 3B Chris Truby C Mitch Meluskey LF Daryle Ward CF Richard Hidalgo RF Moisés Alou

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Awards and honors

  • The Astros led the National League in home runs with 249

    • Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Round Rock, Michigan

    References

    2000 Houston Astros season Wikipedia
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