2000 Cleveland Indians season

2000 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Richard Jacobs
General managers	John Hart
Managers	Charlie Manuel
Television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning
Radio	WTAM Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
Seasons

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.
• February 18, 2000: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	95	67	.586	—	46‍–‍35	49‍–‍32
Cleveland Indians	90	72	.556	5	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	16	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	77	85	.475	18	42‍–‍39	35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins	69	93	.426	26	36‍–‍45	33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League record Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–5	5–4	4–6	3–6	5–5	6–6	7–3	5–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	12–6
Baltimore	5–7	—	5–7	4–6	5–4	6–4	3–7	6–3	5–7	4–8	3–7	8–5	6–6	7–6	7–11
Boston	4–5	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	4–6	8–2	6–7	5–5	5–5	6–6	7–3	4–8	9–9
Chicago	6–4	6–4	5–7	—	8–5	9–3	5–7	7–5	8–4	6–3	7–5	6–4	5–5	5–5	12–6
Cleveland	6–3	4–5	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	5–7	5–8	5–5	6–6	7–2	8–2	6–4	8–4	13–5
Detroit	5–5	4–6	5–7	3–9	7–6	—	5–7	7–6	8–4	6–4	7–2	4–5	5–5	3–9	10–8
Kansas City	6–6	7–3	6–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	7–5	2–8	4–8	4–8	5–5	3–7	4–6	8–10
Minnesota	3–7	3–6	2–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	5–7	—	5–5	5–7	3–9	4–6	8–4	5–4	7–11
New York	5–5	7–5	7–6	4–8	5–5	4–8	8–2	5–5	—	6–3	4–6	6–6	10–2	5–7	11–6
Oakland	8–5	8–4	5–5	3–6	6–6	4–6	8–4	7–5	3–6	—	9–4	7–2	5–7	7–3	11–7
Seattle	8–5	7–3	5–5	5–7	2–7	2–7	8–4	9–3	6–4	4–9	—	9–3	7–5	8–2	11–7
Tampa Bay	6–6	5–8	6–6	4–6	2–8	5–4	5–5	6–4	6–6	2–7	3–9	—	5–7	5–7	9–9
Texas	5–7	6–6	3–7	5–5	4–6	5–5	7–3	4–8	2–10	7–5	5–7	7–5	—	4–6	7–11
Toronto	7–5	6–7	8–4	5–5	4–8	9–3	6–4	4–5	7–5	3–7	2–8	7–5	6–4	—	9–9

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.
• 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.

Roster

2000 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 46 Jason Bere 50 Jamie Brewington 50 Jim Brower 34 Dave Burba 62 Cam Cairncross 40 Bartolo Colón 60 Kane Davis 56 Sean DePaula 47 Tim Drew 31 Chuck Finley 48 Chris Haney 30 Scott Kamieniecki 20 Steve Karsay 63 Andrew Lorraine 36 Tom Martin 71 Willie Martínez 22 Mike Mohler 41 Charles Nagy 37 Jaime Navarro 59 Alan Newman 67 Chris Nichting 39 Steve Reed 46 Paul Rigdon 73 Ricardo Rincón 53 Paul Shuey 32 Justin Speier 59 Mark Watson 26 Bob Wickman 57 Brian Williams 37 Bobby Witt 29 Steve Woodard 27 Jaret Wright		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar Jr.  2 Einar Díaz Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 17 Travis Fryman 72 John McDonald 23 David Segui 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel 35 Enrique Wilson		Outfielders 66 Russell Branyan  6 Jolbert Cabrera  1 Wil Cordero 51 Jacob Cruz 23 David Justice 22,23 Ricky Ledée  7 Kenny Lofton 61 Chan Perry 61 Alex Ramírez 24 Manny Ramírez 52 Dave Roberts 60 Bill Selby 44 Richie Sexson 29 Mark Whiten		Manager 32 Charlie Manuel Coaches  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 28 Clarence Jones (Hitting)  9 Grady Little (Bench) 38 Dick Pole (Pitching) 16 Jim Riggleman (Third Base) 11 Ted Uhlaender (First Base) 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log

2000 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ Orioles 4 – 1 Colón (1-0) Mussina (0-1) Karsay (1) 46,902 1-0 2 April 5 @ Orioles 11 – 7 Ryan (1-0) Kamieniecki (0-1) 33,833 1-1 3 April 6 @ Orioles 6 – 2 Rapp (1-0) Nagy (0-1) Groom (1) 35,181 1-2 4 April 7 @ Devil Rays 14 – 5 Wright (1-0) Guzmán (0-1) 40,329 2-2 5 April 8 @ Devil Rays 6 – 4 Burba (1-0) Trachsel (1-1) Karsay (2) 30,177 3-2 6 April 9 @ Devil Rays 17 – 4 Colón (2-0) Rupe (0-1) 21,357 4-2 7 April 10 @ Athletics 9 – 4 Kamieniecki (1-1) Tam (0-1) 9,123 5-2 8 April 11 @ Athletics 5 – 1 Nagy (1-1) Olivares (1-1) 8,638 6-2 9 April 12 @ Athletics 5 – 0 Wright (2-0) Heredia (0-1) 14,683 7-2 10 April 14 Rangers 7 – 2 Helling (2-0) Burba (1-1) 42,727 7-3 11 April 15 Rangers 6 – 4 Clark (2-0) Colón (2-1) Wetteland (1) 40,543 7-4 12 April 16 Rangers 2 – 1 Finley (1-0) Wetteland (0-1) 40,626 8-4 13 April 18 Athletics 8 – 5 Mulder (1-0) Nagy (1-2) Isringhausen (3) 40,551 8-5 14 April 19 Athletics 10 – 5 Appier (3-1) Wright (2-1) 40,531 8-6 15 April 20 Athletics 9 – 5 Burba (2-1) Hudson (1-2) 42,134 9-6 16 April 24 @ Mariners 6 – 0 Finley (2-0) Meche (0-2) 30,354 10-6 17 April 25 @ Mariners 8 – 5 Halama (2-0) Nagy (1-3) 27,579 10-7 18 April 26 @ Mariners 5 – 3 (10) Shuey (1-0) Rhodes (1-2) 37,086 11-7 19 April 28 Red Sox 4 – 3 Burba (3-1) Schourek (1-2) Karsay (3) 42,885 12-7 20 April 29 Red Sox 3 – 2 Finley (3-0) Martínez (1-2) Karsay (4) 42,453 13-7 21 April 30 Red Sox 2 – 1 Martínez (5-0) Nagy (1-4) Lowe (5) 42,065 13-8
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 Yankees 2 – 1 Mendoza (3-2) Wright (2-2) Rivera (8) 42,711 13-9 23 May 2 Yankees 4 – 2 Pettitte (1-1) Witt (0-1) Rivera (9) 42,801 13-10 24 May 3 Yankees 6 – 5 Grimsley (1-0) Karsay (0-1) Rivera (10) 42,837 13-11 25 May 4 @ Blue Jays 8 – 1 Wells (5-1) Finley (3-1) 16,637 13-12 26 May 5 @ Blue Jays 11 – 10 Koch (2-0) Shuey (1-1) 19,191 13-13 27 May 6 @ Blue Jays 8 – 6 Rincón (1-0) Quantrill (0-1) Karsay (5) 23,730 14-13 28 May 7 @ Blue Jays 10 – 8 (12) Shuey (2-1) Gunderson (0-1) Karsay (6) 19,161 15-13 29 May 8 @ Twins 3 – 2 (10) Rincón (2-0) Wells (0-3) Karsay (7) 7,309 16-13 30 May 9 @ Twins 6 – 5 Hawkins (1-1) Finley (3-2) Miller (1) 7,777 16-14 31 May 10 @ Twins 10 – 9 Guardado (3-1) Karsay (0-2) 9,505 16-15 32 May 11 Royals 16 – 0 Wright (3-2) Durbin (1-2) 41,905 17-15 33 May 12 Royals 7 – 3 Colón (3-1) Batista (1-1) 42,801 18-15 34 May 13 Royals 7 – 6 (12) Reed (1-0) Reichert (1-2) 40,689 19-15 35 May 14 Royals 5 – 4 Suzuki (1-0) Finley (3-3) Spradlin (1) 40,530 19-16 36 May 16 Tigers 11 – 9 Nagy (2-4) Nomo (1-3) Karsay (8) 40,633 20-16 37 May 17 Tigers 7 – 2 Colón (4-1) Nitkowski (2-7) 40,652 21-16 38 May 19 Yankees 11 – 7 Mendoza (4-2) Kamieniecki (1-2) 42,642 21-17 39 May 20 Yankees 3 – 2 Shuey (3-1) Nelson (6-1) 42,583 22-17 40 May 21 Yankees 6 – 1 Rigdon (1-0) Hernández (4-4) 42,587 23-17 41 May 23 @ Tigers 10 – 4 Blair (2-0) Colón (4-2) 27,039 23-18 42 May 24 @ Tigers 10 – 9 Patterson (2-0) Watson (0-1) Jones (13) 27,274 23-19 43 May 25 @ Tigers 4 – 1 Burba (4-1) Moehler (1-3) Karsay (9) 30,103 24-19 44 May 26 @ White Sox 5 – 3 Eldred (5-2) Finley (3-4) Foulke (8) 18,225 24-20 45 May 27 @ White Sox 14 – 3 Parque (4-2) Wright (3-3) 30,250 24-21 46 May 28 @ White Sox 12 – 3 Colón (5-2) Wells (3-4) 24,192 25-21 47 May 29 Angels 3 – 2 (10) Hasegawa (4-0) Karsay (0-3) Percival (15) 42,888 25-22 48 May 30 Angels 6 – 1 Burba (5-1) Schoeneweis (5-3) 42,910 26-22 49 May 31 Angels 7 – 3 Finley (4-4) Etherton (0-1) Karsay (10) 41,637 27-22
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 2 @ Cardinals 5 – 1 Kile (8-3) Wright (3-4) 41,685 27-23 51 June 3 @ Cardinals 4 – 2 Colón (6-2) Stephenson (8-1) Karsay (11) 48,252 28-23 52 June 4 @ Cardinals 3 – 2 Martin (1-0) Morris (0-1) Karsay (12) 44,594 29-23 53 June 5 @ Brewers 8 – 4 Burba (6-1) D'Amico (2-4) 13,749 30-23 54 June 6 @ Brewers 4 – 2 Finley (5-4) Snyder (0-2) 24,595 31-23 55 June 7 @ Brewers 9 – 5 Brewington (1-0) Bere (3-5) 15,518 32-23 56 June 8 @ Red Sox 3 – 0 Martínez (9-2) Colón (6-3) Lowe (13) 31,438 32-24 57 June 9 Reds 7 – 4 Brower (1-0) Neagle (5-1) Karsay (13) 43,105 33-24 58 June 10 Reds 6 – 5 Burba (7-1) Parris (2-9) Karsay (14) 43,084 34-24 59 June 11 Reds 7 – 5 (13) Aybar (1-2) Kamieniecki (1-3) 43,036 34-25 60 June 12 White Sox 8 – 7 Eldred (7-2) Rigdon (1-1) Foulke (15) 43,229 34-26 61 June 13 White Sox 4 – 3 (10) Simas (1-1) Speier (0-1) Howry (2) 43,233 34-27 62 June 14 White Sox 11 – 4 Beirne (1-0) Brower (1-1) 43,284 34-28 63 June 16 @ Tigers 5 – 2 Moehler (4-3) Burba (7-2) Jones (19) 39,072 34-29 64 June 17 @ Tigers 8 – 6 Brocail (3-3) Karsay (0-4) 39,569 34-30 65 June 18 @ Tigers 9 – 4 Speier (1-1) Patterson (2-1) 39,123 35-30 66 June 19 @ White Sox 6 – 1 Wells (4-5) Colón (6-4) 43,062 35-31 67 June 20 @ White Sox 4 – 1 Brower (2-1) Sirotka (6-6) Karsay (15) 20,005 36-31 68 June 21 @ White Sox 8 – 6 Burba (8-2) Baldwin (10-2) Karsay (16) 23,516 37-31 69 June 22 @ White Sox 6 – 0 Eldred (9-2) Finley (5-5) 23,374 37-32 70 June 23 Tigers 7 – 6 Blair (4-1) Navarro (0-1) Jones (20) 43,095 37-33 71 June 24 Tigers 8 – 1 Colón (7-4) Sparks (0-1) 43,081 38-33 72 June 24 Tigers 14 – 8 Nitkowski (4-7) Mohler (0-1) 43,083 38-34 73 June 25 Tigers 2 – 1 Karsay (1-4) Anderson (3-1) 43,062 39-34 74 June 26 Tigers 13 – 2 Moehler (5-4) Burba (8-3) 43,191 39-35 75 June 27 @ Royals 12 – 1 Finley (6-5) Suzuki (3-2) 16,908 40-35 76 June 28 @ Royals 8 – 1 Witasick (2-7) Davis (0-1) 19,522 40-36 77 June 29 @ Royals 6 – 1 Durbin (2-3) Colón (7-5) 25,295 40-37 78 June 30 Twins 7 – 2 Redman (5-3) Brower (2-2) Hawkins (3) 43,124 40-38
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Twins 4 – 3 (10) Guardado (4-2) Karsay (1-5) Wells (6) 43,185 40-39 80 July 2 Twins 7 – 1 Finley (7-5) Mays (4-10) 43,181 41-39 81 July 4 Blue Jays 9 – 4 Colón (8-5) Frascatore (1-3) 43,222 42-39 82 July 5 Blue Jays 15 – 7 Brewington (2-0) Quantrill (0-4) 43,141 43-39 83 July 6 Blue Jays 9 – 6 Carpenter (7-7) Burba (8-4) Koch (19) 43,237 43-40 84 July 7 @ Reds 2 – 1 Neagle (8-2) Finley (7-6) Graves (14) 53,509 43-41 85 July 8 @ Reds 14 – 5 Parris (5-11) Davis (0-2) 54,335 43-42 86 July 9 @ Reds 5 – 3 Colón (9-5) Williamson (2-6) Karsay (17) 51,181 44-42 87 July 13 Pirates 4 – 3 (10) Karsay (2-5) Sauerbeck (3-1) 43,225 45-42 88 July 14 Pirates 9 – 3 Finley (8-6) Benson (8-7) 43,046 46-42 89 July 15 Pirates 6 – 4 Brewington (3-0) Silva (5-4) Karsay (18) 43,049 47-42 90 July 16 Astros 5 – 1 Elarton (9-3) Colón (9-6) 43,031 47-43 91 July 17 Astros 8 – 6 Drew (1-0) Miller (0-2) Karsay (19) 43,081 48-43 92 July 18 Astros 8 – 2 Burba (9-4) Reynolds (6-7) 43,135 49-43 93 July 19 Royals 10 – 5 Suzuki (5-4) Finley (8-7) 43,248 49-44 94 July 20 Royals 10 – 6 Suppan (4-6) Brower (2-3) 43,222 49-45 95 July 21 @ Twins 2 – 1 Redman (8-4) Colón (9-7) Hawkins (7) 19,231 49-46 96 July 22 @ Twins 10 – 6 Santana (2-2) Davis (0-3) Wells (7) 14,108 49-47 97 July 23 @ Twins 8 – 3 Burba (10-4) Radke (7-11) 13,623 50-47 98 July 25 @ Blue Jays 10 – 3 Finley (10-7) Escobar (7-10) 28,672 51-47 99 July 26 @ Blue Jays 8 – 1 Wells (16-3) Colón (9-8) 31,183 51-48 100 July 29 @ Orioles 14 – 3 Bere (1-0) Rapp (6-7) 47,715 52-48 101 July 29 @ Orioles 4 – 0 Mercedes (6-4) Woodard (0-1) 47,355 52-49 102 July 30 @ Orioles 10 – 7 Parrish (1-1) Finley (9-8) 47,065 52-50
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 @ Devil Rays 6 – 5 Creek (1-1) Wickman (0-1) 24,481 52-51 104 August 2 @ Devil Rays 5 – 3 Karsay (3-5) Creek (1-2) Wickman (1) 16,909 53-51 105 August 3 @ Devil Rays 5 – 1 Bere (2-0) Lopez (8-8) 21,703 54-51 106 August 4 Angels 11 – 10 Wickman (1-1) Percival (4-5) 43,182 55-51 107 August 5 Angels 6 – 3 Speier (2-1) Schoeneweis (5-6) 43,162 56-51 108 August 6 Angels 5 – 2 Colón (10-8) Cooper (4-7) Wickman (2) 43,133 57-51 109 August 7 Rangers 2 – 0 Reed (2-0) Helling (13-8) Wickman (3) 43,258 58-51 110 August 8 Rangers 11 – 2 Rogers (11-9) Bere (2-1) 43,238 58-52 111 August 9 Rangers 6 – 4 Speier (3-1) Perisho (2-4) Wickman (4) 43,333 59-52 112 August 11 @ Mariners 7 – 1 Abbott (8-4) Finley (9-9) Paniagua (3) 45,335 59-53 113 August 12 @ Mariners 5 – 4 Colón (11-8) Halama (10-6) Wickman (5) 45,356 60-53 114 August 13 @ Mariners 10 – 4 Speier (4-1) García (4-3) 45,380 61-53 115 August 14 @ Athletics 8 – 1 Appier (11-9) Bere (2-2) 12,799 61-54 116 August 15 @ Athletics 5 – 3 Mulder (7-8) Burba (10-5) Isringhausen (26) 18,691 61-55 117 August 16 @ Athletics 7 – 6 Jones (3-1) Wickman (1-2) 32,376 61-56 118 August 18 Mariners 9 – 8 Karsay (4-5) Rhodes (3-6) 43,126 62-56 119 August 19 Mariners 10 – 4 Bere (3-2) Moyer (11-7) 43,187 63-56 120 August 20 Mariners 12 – 4 Burba (11-5) Sele (13-8) 43,144 64-56 121 August 22 Athletics 14 – 6 Finley (10-9) Heredia (13-9) 43,299 65-56 122 August 23 Athletics 7 – 5 Shuey (4-1) Hudson (13-6) Wickman (6) 43,231 66-56 123 August 24 Athletics 11 – 7 Zito (2-2) Woodard (0-2) Mecir (2) 43,276 66-57 124 August 25 @ Angels 4 – 1 Wise (3-1) Burba (11-6) Hasegawa (7) 41,452 66-58 125 August 26 @ Angels 9 – 5 Bere (4-2) Schoeneweis (6-7) 37,697 67-58 126 August 27 @ Angels 10 – 9 Levine (3-4) Finley (10-10) Hasegawa (8) 31,504 67-59 127 August 28 @ Rangers 5 – 2 Colón (12-8) Rogers (11-12) Wickman (7) 22,134 68-59 128 August 29 @ Rangers 12 – 1 Woodard (1-2) Glynn (3-3) 22,389 69-59 129 August 30 @ Rangers 5 – 3 Burba (12-6) Davis (5-5) Wickman (8) 24,215 70-59 130 August 31 @ Rangers 14 – 7 Venafro (3-1) Karsay (4-6) 27,333 70-60
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 Orioles 5 – 2 Finley (11-10) Ponson (7-10) Wickman (9) 42,647 71-60 132 September 2 Orioles 8 – 6 Rapp (7-10) Karsay (4-7) Kohlmeier (8) 42,736 71-61 133 September 3 Orioles 12 – 11 (13) Cairncross (1-0) Trombley (4-5) 42,630 72-61 134 September 4 Devil Rays 5 – 1 Burba (13-6) Lopez (11-10) 42,628 73-61 135 September 5 Devil Rays 7 – 4 Bere (5-2) Fiore (1-1) Wickman (10) 42,660 74-61 136 September 6 Devil Rays 6 – 2 Finley (12-10) Harper (0-1) 42,742 75-61 137 September 7 Devil Rays 4 – 3 Rekar (6-9) Karsay (4-8) Hernández (29) 42,709 75-62 138 September 8 White Sox 5 – 4 Buehrle (4-1) Woodard (1-3) Foulke (29) 42,526 75-63 139 September 9 White Sox 9 – 3 Burba (14-6) Garland (3-6) 42,561 76-63 140 September 12 Red Sox 8 – 6 Martinez (10-6) Finley (12-11) Lowe (33) 42,714 76-64 141 September 13 Red Sox 10 – 3 Colón (13-8) Ohka (3-5) 42,667 77-64 142 September 14 Red Sox 7 – 4 Martínez (17-5) Nagy (2-5) Lowe (34) 42,709 77-65 143 September 15 @ Yankees 11 – 1 Burba (15-6) Cone (4-12) 48,443 78-65 144 September 16 @ Yankees 6 – 3 Hernández (12-11) Bere (5-3) 55,097 78-66 145 September 17 @ Yankees 15 – 4 Finley (13-11) Neagle (7-5) 50,174 79-66 146 September 18 @ Yankees 2 – 0 Colón (14-8) Clemens (13-7) 31,317 80-66 147 September 19 @ Red Sox 7 – 4 Beck (2-0) Nagy (2-6) Lowe (37) 32,512 80-67 148 September 20 @ Red Sox 2 – 1 Woodard (2-3) Martínez (17-6) Wickman (11) 33,002 81-67 149 September 20 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Karsay (5-8) Cormier (2-3) Wickman (12) 32,751 82-67 150 September 21 @ Red Sox 9 – 8 Ontiveros (1-1) Speier (4-2) Lowe (38) 31,404 82-68 151 September 21 @ Red Sox 8 – 5 Finley (14-11) Wakefield (6-10) 32,743 83-68 152 September 22 @ Royals 3 – 2 Bottalico (8-6) Karsay (5-9) 15,036 83-69 153 September 23 @ Royals 11 – 1 Colón (15-8) Reichert (8-9) 20,253 84-69 154 September 24 @ Royals 9 – 0 Stein (8-4) Nagy (2-7) 12,606 84-70 155 September 25 White Sox 9 – 2 Burba (16-6) Garland (4-8) 42,500 85-70 156 September 25 Twins 4 – 3 Miller (2-3) Shuey (4-2) Hawkins (13) 42,853 85-71 157 September 26 Twins 4 – 2 Finley (15-11) Romero (2-7) Wickman (13) 42,773 86-71 158 September 27 Twins 8 – 2 Bere (6-3) Radke (12-16) 42,864 87-71 159 September 28 Twins 4 – 3 (10) Guardado (7-3) Wickman (1-3) Hawkins (14) 42,821 87-72 160 September 29 Blue Jays 8 – 4 Speier (5-2) Trachsel (8-15) Karsay (20) 42,768 88-72 161 September 30 Blue Jays 6 – 5 Finley (16-11) Loaiza (10-13) Wickman (14) 42,676 89-72
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Blue Jays 11 – 4 Woodard (3-3) Wells (20-8) 42,594 90-72

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Sandy Alomar Jr.	97	356	44	103	16	2	7	42	.289	2
1B	Jim Thome	158	557	106	150	33	1	37	106	.269	1
2B	Roberto Alomar	155	610	111	189	40	2	19	89	.310	39
3B	Travis Fryman	155	574	93	184	38	4	22	106	.321	1
SS	Omar Vizquel	156	613	101	176	27	3	7	66	.287	22
LF	Richie Sexson	91	324	45	83	16	1	16	44	.256	1
CF	Kenny Lofton	137	543	107	151	23	5	15	73	.278	30
RF	Manny Ramirez	118	439	92	154	34	2	38	122	.351	1
DH	Russell Branyan	67	193	32	46	7	2	16	38	.238	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Jolbert Cabrera	100	175	27	44	3	1	2	15	.251	6
Wil Cordero	38	148	18	39	11	2	0	17	.264	0
Jacob Cruz	11	29	3	7	3	0	0	5	.241	1
Einar Díaz	75	250	29	68	14	2	4	25	.272	4
David Justice	68	249	46	66	14	1	21	58	.265	1
Ricky Ledée	17	63	13	14	2	1	2	8	.222	0
John McDonald	9	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	.444	0
Chan Perry	13	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.071	0
Alex Ramírez	41	112	13	32	5	1	5	12	.286	1
Dave Roberts	19	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	.200	1
David Segui	57	223	41	74	13	0	8	46	.332	0
Bill Selby	30	46	8	11	1	0	0	4	.239	0
Mark Whiten	6	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	.286	0
Enrique Wilson	40	117	16	38	9	0	2	12	.325	2

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed, ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Chuck Finley	16	11	4.17	34	34	218.0	211	108	101	101	189
Dave Burba	16	6	4.47	32	32	191.1	199	99	95	91	180
Bartolo Colón	15	8	3.88	30	30	188.0	163	86	81	98	212
Charles Nagy	2	7	8.21	11	11	57.0	71	53	52	21	41
Jason Bere	6	3	6.63	11	11	54.1	65	41	40	26	44
Steve Woodard	3	3	5.67	13	11	54.0	57	35	34	11	35
Jaret Wright	3	4	4.70	9	9	51.2	44	27	27	28	36
Tim Drew	1	0	10.00	3	3	9.0	17	12	10	8	5

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jim Brower	2	3	6.24	17	11	0	62.0	80	45	43	31	32
Paul Rigdon	1	1	7.64	5	4	0	17.2	21	15	15	9	15
Bobby Witt	0	1	7.63	7	2	0	15.1	28	13	13	6	6
Jaime Navarro	0	1	7.98	7	2	0	14.2	20	13	13	5	9
Kane Davis	0	3	14.73	5	2	0	11.0	20	21	18	8	2

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Steve Karsay	5	9	3.76	72	20	76.2	79	33	32	25	66
Steve Reed	2	0	4.34	57	0	56.0	58	30	27	21	39
Paul Shuey	4	2	3.39	57	0	63.2	51	25	24	30	69
Justin Speier	5	2	3.29	47	0	68.1	57	27	25	28	69
Ricardo Rincón	2	0	2.70	35	0	20.0	17	7	6	13	20
Jamie Brewington	3	0	5.36	26	0	45.1	56	28	27	19	34
Scott Kamieniecki	1	3	5.67	26	0	33.1	42	22	21	20	29
Tom Martin	1	0	4.05	31	0	33.1	32	16	15	15	21
Bob Wickman	1	3	3.38	26	14	26.2	27	12	10	12	11
Brian Williams	0	0	4.00	7	0	18.0	23	9	8	8	6
Sean DePaula	0	0	5.94	13	0	16.2	20	11	11	14	16
Andrew Lorraine	0	0	3.86	10	0	9.1	8	4	4	5	5
Cam Cairncross	1	0	3.86	15	0	9.1	11	4	4	3	8
Chris Nichting	0	0	7.00	7	0	9.0	13	7	7	5	7
Mark Watson	0	1	8.53	6	0	6.1	12	7	6	2	4
Willie Martínez	0	0	3.00	1	0	3.0	1	1	1	1	1
Alan Newman	0	0	20.25	1	0	1.1	6	3	3	1	0
Chris Haney	0	0	9.00	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0
Mike Mohler	0	1	9.00	2	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2

Award winners

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

References

• 2000 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac