2000 San Diego Padres season

2000 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Qualcomm Stadium (since 1969) San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	John Moores
General manager(s)	Kevin Towers
Manager(s)	Bruce Bochy
Local television	KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe)
Local radio	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 2000 San Diego Padres season was the 32nd season in franchise history.

Offseason[]

• November 22, 1999: George Williams was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.^[1]
• December 22, 1999: Bret Boone was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Ryan Klesko and Jason Shiell to the San Diego Padres for Wally Joyner, Reggie Sanders, and Quilvio Veras.^[2]
• February 23, 2000: Al Martin was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the San Diego Padres for John Vander Wal, Geraldo Padua (minors), and James Sak (minors).^[3]

Regular season[]

Opening Day starters[]

• Bret Boone
• Wiki González
• Tony Gwynn
• Damian Jackson
• Ryan Klesko
• Al Martin
• Phil Nevin
• Eric Owens
• Woody Williams^[4]

Season standings[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	97	65	0.599	—	55–26	42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	11	44–37	42–39
Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77	0.525	12	47–34	38–43
Colorado Rockies	82	80	0.506	15	48–33	34–47
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	21	41–40	35–46

Record vs. opponents[]

2000 National League Records v t 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: Xavier Nady was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed September 17, 2000.^[5]
• July 31, 2000: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ben Johnson to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Hernández and Nate Tebbs (minors).^[6]
• July 31, 2000: John Mabry was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Tom Davey to the San Diego Padres for Al Martin.^[7]

Roster[]

2000 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 40 Carlos Almanzar 37 Brian Boehringer 58,59 Buddy Carlyle 21 Matt Clement 33 Will Cunnane 44 Tom Davey 53 Adam Eaton 57 Todd Erdos 43 Domingo Guzmán 41 Sterling Hitchcock 51 Trevor Hoffman 47 Brandon Kolb 44 Rodrigo López 54 Dave Maurer 34 Brian Meadows 27 Steve Montgomery 66 Rodney Myers 57 Vicente Palacios 39 Carlos Reyes 55 Dan Serafini 58 Heathcliff Slocumb 32 Stan Spencer 55 Brian Tollberg 56 Kevin Walker 36 Donne Wall 50 Matt Whisenant 49 Matt Whiteside 18 Woody Williams 34 Jay Witasick		Catchers 13 Ben Davis  7 Wiki González 59 Carlos Hernández 39 George Williams Infielders 21 Dusty Allen  9 Gabe Alvarez 29 Bret Boone 10 Chris Gomez  2 Damian Jackson 30 Ryan Klesko 20 Greg LaRocca 12 Dave Magadan 23 Phil Nevin 14 David Newhan 16 Kevin Nicholson 14 Desi Relaford  4 Ed Sprague 24 Joe Vitiello		Outfielders 26 Mike Darr 25 Kory DeHaan 19 Tony Gwynn 17 John Mabry 20 Al Martin  8 Eric Owens 28 Rubén Rivera 22 John Roskos Other batters 22 Xavier Nady		Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 38 Greg Booker (bullpen) 11 Tim Flannery (third base) 24 Ben Oglivie (hitting)  5 Rob Picciolo (bench) 45 Dave Smith (pitching)  3 Alan Trammell (first base)

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters[]

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
Ed Sprague	73	157	41	.261	10	27

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Matt Clement	34	205.0	13	17	5.14	170

Other pitchers[]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers[]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Award winners[]

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Trevor Hoffman

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas Stars	Pacific Coast League	Duane Espy and Tony Franklin
AA	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	Mike Basso
A	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	California League
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Craig Colbert
Rookie	AZL Padres	Arizona League	Howard Bushong
Rookie	Idaho Falls Padres	Pioneer League	Don Werner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS; Idaho Falls^[8]

References[]

External links[]

• 2000 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 2000 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac