2000 Cleveland Indians season

The 2000 Cleveland Indians season was the 100th season for the franchise, within the American Major League Baseball organization. For the season two new players were signed; Chris Coste and Mark Whiten. The results of the season consisted of 90 wins and 72 losses. The Indians failed to win the AL Central and make the playoffs for the first time since 1993.

Offseason November 16, 1999: Chris Coste was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Chris Coste at Baseball Reference February 18, 2000: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 16, 2000: Mike Mohler was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians. June 29, 2000: David Justice was traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Ricky Ledée, Jake Westbrook, and Zach Day.Ricky Ledée at Baseball Reference July 28, 2000: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for David Segui. July 28, 2000: Richie Sexson, Paul Rigdon, Kane Davis, and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Wickman, Jason Bere and Steve Woodard. The Indians completed the deal by sending Marco Scutaro to the Brewers on August 30.Bob Wickman at Baseball Reference

Roster 2000 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches (Bullpen) (Hitting) (Bench) (Pitching) (Third Base) (First Base) (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log

|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || @ Orioles || 4–1 || Colón (1–0) || Mussina (0–1) || Karsay (1) || 46,902 || 1–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 5 || @ Orioles || 11–7 || Ryan (1–0) || Kamieniecki (0–1) || || 33,833 || 1-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 6 || @ Orioles || 6–2 || Rapp (1–0) || Nagy (0–1) || Groom (1) || 35,181 || 1–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || @ Devil Rays || 14–5 || Wright (1–0) || Guzmán (0–1) || || 40,329 || 2-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || @ Devil Rays || 6–4 || Burba (1–0) || Trachsel (1-1) || Karsay (2) || 30,177 || 3–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 9 || @ Devil Rays || 17–4 || Colón (2–0) || Rupe (0–1) || || 21,357 || 4–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || April 10 || @ Athletics || 9–4 || Kamieniecki (1-1) || Tam (0–1) || || 9,123 || 5–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 11 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Nagy (1-1) || Olivares (1-1) || || 8,638 || 6–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 12 || @ Athletics || 5–0 || Wright (2–0) || Heredia (0–1) || || 14,683 || 7–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 14 || Rangers || 7–2 || Helling (2–0) || Burba (1-1) || || 42,727 || 7–3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 11 || April 15 || Rangers || 6–4 || Clark (2–0) || Colón (2–1) || Wetteland (1) || 40,543 || 7–4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || April 16 || Rangers || 2–1 || Finley (1–0) || Wetteland (0–1) || || 40,626 || 8–4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 18 || Athletics || 8–5 || Mulder (1–0) || Nagy (1–2) || Isringhausen (3) || 40,551 || 8–5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 19 || Athletics || 10–5 || Appier (3–1) || Wright (2–1) || || 40,531 || 8–6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 || April 20 || Athletics || 9–5 || Burba (2–1) || Hudson (1–2) || || 42,134 || 9–6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 || April 24 || @ Mariners || 6–0 || Finley (2–0) || Meche (0–2) || || 30,354 || 10–6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 25 || @ Mariners || 8–5 || Halama (2–0) || Nagy (1–3) || || 27,579 || 10–7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 || April 26 || @ Mariners || 5–3 (10) || Shuey (1–0) || Rhodes (1–2) || || 37,086 || 11–7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || April 28 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Burba (3–1) || Schourek (1–2) || Karsay (3) || 42,885 || 12–7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 || April 29 || Red Sox || 3–2 || Finley (3–0) || Martínez (1–2) || Karsay (4) || 42,453 || 13–7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 30 || Red Sox || 2–1 || Martínez (5–0) || Nagy (1–4) || Lowe (5) || 42,065 || 13–8

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || May 1 || Yankees || 2–1 || Mendoza (3–2) || Wright (2-2) || Rivera (8) || 42,711 || 13–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 23 || May 2 || Yankees || 4–2 || Pettitte (1-1) || Witt (0–1) || Rivera (9) || 42,801 || 13–10 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || May 3 || Yankees || 6–5 || Grimsley (1–0) || Karsay (0–1) || Rivera (10) || 42,837 || 13–11 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 25 || May 4 || @ Blue Jays || 8–1 || Wells (5–1) || Finley (3–1) || || 16,637 || 13–12 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || May 5 || @ Blue Jays || 11–10 || Koch (2–0) || Shuey (1-1) || || 19,191 || 13-13 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 || May 6 || @ Blue Jays || 8–6 || Rincón (1–0) || Quantrill (0–1) || Karsay (5) || 23,730 || 14–13 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 || May 7 || @ Blue Jays || 10–8 (12) || Shuey (2–1) || Gunderson (0–1) || Karsay (6) || 19,161 || 15–13 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 || May 8 || @ Twins || 3–2 (10) || Rincón (2–0) || Wells (0–3) || Karsay (7) || 7,309 || 16–13 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || May 9 || @ Twins || 6–5 || Hawkins (1-1) || Finley (3–2) || Miller (1) || 7,777 || 16–14 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 || May 10 || @ Twins || 10–9 || Guardado (3–1) || Karsay (0–2) || || 9,505 || 16–15 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 || May 11 || Royals || 16–0 || Wright (3–2) || Durbin (1–2) || || 41,905 || 17–15 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 || May 12 || Royals || 7–3 || Colón (3–1) || Batista (1-1) || || 42,801 || 18–15 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || May 13 || Royals || 7–6 (12) || Reed (1–0) || Reichert (1–2) || || 40,689 || 19–15 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 35 || May 14 || Royals || 5–4 || Suzuki (1–0) || Finley (3-3) || Spradlin (1) || 40,530 || 19–16 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || May 16 || Tigers || 11–9 || Nagy (2–4) || Nomo (1–3) || Karsay (8) || 40,633 || 20–16 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 || May 17 || Tigers || 7–2 || Colón (4–1) || Nitkowski (2–7) || || 40,652 || 21–16 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 19 || Yankees || 11–7 || Mendoza (4–2) || Kamieniecki (1–2) || || 42,642 || 21–17 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || May 20 || Yankees || 3–2 || Shuey (3–1) || Nelson (6–1) || || 42,583 || 22–17 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 40 || May 21 || Yankees || 6–1 || Rigdon (1–0) || Hernández (4-4) || || 42,587 || 23–17 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 23 || @ Tigers || 10–4 || Blair (2–0) || Colón (4–2) || || 27,039 || 23–18 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 24 || @ Tigers || 10–9 || Patterson (2–0) || Watson (0–1) || Jones (13) || 27,274 || 23–19 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 43 || May 25 || @ Tigers || 4–1 || Burba (4–1) || Moehler (1–3) || Karsay (9) || 30,103 || 24–19 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 26 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Eldred (5–2) || Finley (3–4) || Foulke (8) || 18,225 || 24–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 27 || @ White Sox || 14–3 || Parque (4–2) || Wright (3-3) || || 30,250 || 24–21 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 || May 28 || @ White Sox || 12–3 || Colón (5–2) || Wells (3–4) || || 24,192 || 25–21 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 29 || Angels || 3–2 (10) || Hasegawa (4–0) || Karsay (0–3) || Percival (15) || 42,888 || 25–22 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 30 || Angels || 6–1 || Burba (5–1) || Schoeneweis (5–3) || || 42,910 || 26–22 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 49 || May 31 || Angels || 7–3 || Finley (4-4) || Etherton (0–1) || Karsay (10) || 41,637 || 27–22

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 50 || June 2 || @ Cardinals || 5–1 || Kile (8–3) || Wright (3–4) || || 41,685 || 27–23 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 || June 3 || @ Cardinals || 4–2 || Colón (6–2) || Stephenson (8–1) || Karsay (11) || 48,252 || 28–23 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 || June 4 || @ Cardinals || 3–2 || Martin (1–0) || Morris (0–1) || Karsay (12) || 44,594 || 29–23 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || June 5 || @ Brewers || 8–4 || Burba (6–1) || D'Amico (2–4) || || 13,749 || 30–23 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || June 6 || @ Brewers || 4–2 || Finley (5–4) || Snyder (0–2) || || 24,595 || 31–23 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 || June 7 || @ Brewers || 9–5 || Brewington (1–0) || Bere (3–5) || || 15,518 || 32–23 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 56 || June 8 || @ Red Sox || 3–0 || Martínez (9–2) || Colón (6–3) || Lowe (13) || 31,438 || 32–24 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 || June 9 || Reds || 7–4 || Brower (1–0) || Neagle (5–1) || Karsay (13) || 43,105 || 33–24 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 || June 10 || Reds || 6–5 || Burba (7–1) || Parris (2–9) || Karsay (14) || 43,084 || 34–24 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 59 || June 11 || Reds || 7–5 (13) || Aybar (1–2) || Kamieniecki (1–3) || || 43,036 || 34–25 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 12 || White Sox || 8–7 || Eldred (7–2) || Rigdon (1-1) || Foulke (15) || 43,229 || 34–26 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 13 || White Sox || 4–3 (10) || Simas (1-1) || Speier (0–1) || Howry (2) || 43,233 || 34–27 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 62 || June 14 || White Sox || 11–4 || Beirne (1–0) || Brower (1-1) || || 43,284 || 34–28 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 63 || June 16 || @ Tigers || 5–2 || Moehler (4–3) || Burba (7–2) || Jones (19) || 39,072 || 34–29 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 64 || June 17 || @ Tigers || 8–6 || Brocail (3-3) || Karsay (0–4) || || 39,569 || 34–30 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 || June 18 || @ Tigers || 9–4 || Speier (1-1) || Patterson (2–1) || || 39,123 || 35–30 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 19 || @ White Sox || 6–1 || Wells (4–5) || Colón (6–4) || || 43,062 || 35–31 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 || June 20 || @ White Sox || 4–1 || Brower (2–1) || Sirotka (6-6) || Karsay (15) || 20,005 || 36–31 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 || June 21 || @ White Sox || 8–6 || Burba (8–2) || Baldwin (10–2) || Karsay (16) || 23,516 || 37–31 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 69 || June 22 || @ White Sox || 6–0 || Eldred (9–2) || Finley (5-5) || || 23,374 || 37–32 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 70 || June 23 || Tigers || 7–6 || Blair (4–1) || Navarro (0–1) || Jones (20) || 43,095 || 37–33 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 || June 24 || Tigers || 8–1 || Colón (7–4) || Sparks (0–1) || || 43,081 || 38–33 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 24 || Tigers || 14–8 || Nitkowski (4–7) || Mohler (0–1) || || 43,083 || 38–34 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 || June 25 || Tigers || 2–1 || Karsay (1–4) || Anderson (3–1) || || 43,062 || 39–34 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 26 || Tigers || 13–2 || Moehler (5–4) || Burba (8–3) || || 43,191 || 39–35 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 || June 27 || @ Royals || 12–1 || Finley (6–5) || Suzuki (3–2) || || 16,908 || 40–35 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || June 28 || @ Royals || 8–1 || Witasick (2–7) || Davis (0–1) || || 19,522 || 40–36 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 77 || June 29 || @ Royals || 6–1 || Durbin (2–3) || Colón (7–5) || || 25,295 || 40–37 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 78 || June 30 || Twins || 7–2 || Redman (5–3) || Brower (2-2) || Hawkins (3) || 43,124 || 40–38

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 79 || July 1 || Twins || 4–3 (10) || Guardado (4–2) || Karsay (1–5) || Wells (6) || 43,185 || 40–39 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 || July 2 || Twins || 7–1 || Finley (7–5) || Mays (4–10) || || 43,181 || 41–39 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 || July 4 || Blue Jays || 9–4 || Colón (8–5) || Frascatore (1–3) || || 43,222 || 42–39