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.
- February 18, 2000: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
Regular season
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.
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 |