2000 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2000 Cincinnati Reds season was the 131st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central, although coming short in second place. They had a record of 85 wins and 77 losses. The Reds became only the second team in the modern era of baseball not be shut out for an entire season, joining the 1932 New York Yankees. The 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers later accomplished this feat, but their season was shortened to 60 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Reds were managed by Jack McKeon. This was also future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr's first season with the Reds, as he was traded to his long-time father's team from Seattle before the start of the season.

Offseason

October 30, 1999: Stan Belinda and Jeffrey Hammonds were traded by the Reds to the Colorado Rockies for Dante Bichette and cash.
November 16, 1999: Brooks Kieschnick was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
December 13, 1999: DeWayne Wise was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 rule 5 draft.
December 15, 1999: Elmer Dessens was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
January 14, 2000: Mark Sweeney and a player to be named later were traded by the Reds to the Milwaukee Brewers for Alex Ochoa. The Reds completed the deal by sending Gene Altman to the Brewers on May 15.
February 10, 2000: Mike Cameron, Brett Tomko, Antonio Pérez, and Jake Meyer were traded by the Reds to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Griffey Jr.

Regular season

Notable transactions

July 12, 2000: Denny Neagle and Mike Frank were traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Ed Yarnall, Drew Henson, Brian Reith, and Jackson Melián.
August 31, 2000: Dante Bichette was traded by the Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Reitsma and John Curtice.

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
C	Benito Santiago	89	252	66	.262	8	45
1B	Sean Casey	133	480	151	.315	20	85
2B	Pokey Reese	135	518	132	.255	12	46
3B	Aaron Boone	84	291	83	.285	12	43
SS	Barry Larkin	102	396	124	.313	11	41
LF	Dmitri Young	152	548	166	.303	18	88
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	145	520	141	.271	40	118
RF	Dante Bichette	125	461	136	.295	16	76

Other batters

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
UT	Chris Stynes	119	380	127	.334	12	40
OF	Michael Tucker	148	270	72	.267	15	36
C	Ed Taubensee	81	266	71	.267	6	24
OF	Alex Ochoa	118	244	77	.316	13	58
IF	Juan Castro	82	224	54	.241	4	23
IF	Chris Sexton	35	100	21	.210	0	10
C	Jason LaRue	31	98	23	.235	5	12
1B	Hal Morris	59	63	14	.222	2	6
1B	D.T. Cromer	35	47	16	.340	2	8
SS	Travis Dawkins	14	41	9	.220	0	3
OF	Brian Hunter	32	40	9	.225	0	1
3B	Mike Bell	19	27	6	.222	2	4
3B	Mark Lewis	11	19	2	.105	0	3
1B	Brooks Kieschnick	14	12	0	.000	0	0
OF	Brady Clark	11	11	3	.273	0	2
OF	Kimera Bartee	11	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Inning Pitched

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	K	ERA	WHIP
Steve Parris	33	33	192.2	12	17	117	4.81	1.547
Ron Villone	35	23	141.0	10	10	77	5.43	1.645
Rob Bell	26	26	140.1	7	8	112	5.00	1.447
Pete Harnisch	22	22	131.0	8	6	71	4.74	1.366
Denny Neagle	18	18	117.2	8	2	88	3.52	1.368
Osvaldo Fernández	15	14	79.2	4	3	36	3.62	1.255

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
Elmer Dessens	40	147.1	11	5	4.28	85
Scott Williamson	48	112.0	5	8	3.29	136

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
	66	10	5	30	2.56	53
	79	3	6	3	3.47	96
Dennys Reyes	62	2	1	0	4.53	36
Manny Aybar	32	1	1	0	4.83	31
Mark Wohlers	20	1	2	0	4.50	20
Larry Luebbers	14	0	2	1	6.20	9
John Riedling	13	3	1	1	2.35	18
Héctor Mercado	12	0	0	0	4.50	13
Scott Winchester	5	0	0	0	3.68	3
Keith Glauber	4	0	0	0	3.68	4
Andy Larkin	3	0	0	0	5.40	7
Norm Charlton	2	0	0	0	27.00	1
Gabe White	1	0	0	0	18.00	2