2000 Montreal Expos season

The 2000 Montreal Expos season was the 32nd season in franchise history.

Offseason

February 4, 2000: Charlie O'Brien was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.
March 17, 2000: Ted Lilly was sent by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 22, 1999. The Montreal Expos sent players to be named later and Jake Westbrook to the New York Yankees for Hideki Irabu. The Montreal Expos sent Ted Lilly and Christian Parker to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

Spring training

In 2000, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their third season there.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 5, 2000: Grady Sizemore was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000.
June 5, 2000: Cliff Lee was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000.
June 5, 2000: Jason Bay was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2000.
June 22, 2000: Charlie O'Brien was released by the Montreal Expos.
September 28, 2000: Terrmel Sledge was sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Montreal Expos to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 2000. The Seattle Mariners sent players to be named later to the Montreal Expos for players to be named later and Chris Widger. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Spencer and Terrmel Sledge to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

Attendance

The Expos drew 926,272 fans at Olympic Stadium during 2000, placing them 16th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams. Their highest attendance at a home game occurred on April 3, when they drew an Opening Day crowd of 51,249 for a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, while the low mark was 4,769 for a game against the Florida Marlins on September 18.

Player stats

Batting

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
Complete offensive statistics are available .

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C		86	281	31	67	17	2	12	34	.238	1
1B		123	449	60	119	27	2	22	75	.265	0
2B		153	606	101	200	51	2	24	97	.330	5
SS		125	422	47	100	25	1	13	55	.237	4
3B		89	271	28	58	15	1	1	22	.214	0
LF		75	290	52	89	24	0	11	54	.307	5
CF		148	518	80	127	25	7	5	31	.245	11
RF		154	571	101	197	28	11	44	123	.345	9
IF		124	343	40	97	20	2	11	45	.283	1
LF		127	288	30	77	7	2	2	23	.267	8
CI		83	192	29	50	8	1	11	32	.260	1
3B		86	169	20	48	16	0	4	16	.284	2
OF		108	168	30	42	8	2	0	13	.250	7
UT		76	162	22	45	8	0	10	22	.278	0
CF		42	154	20	34	8	1	2	15	.221	2
C		45	115	6	27	6	0	0	11	.235	0
C		39	81	6	17	3	0	0	5	.210	0
SS		32	66	7	19	3	1	2	9	.288	2
IF		34	59	6	12	4	0	1	8	.203	0
C		9	19	1	4	1	0	1	2	.211	0
C		7	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
1B		18	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	.200	0
P		31	65	4	15	2	0	0	1	.231	0
P		36	55	1	8	2	0	0	1	.145	0
P		15	35	2	5	1	0	0	0	.143	0
P		17	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	.042	0
P		15	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	.038	0
P		39	22	1	4	0	0	0	3	.182	0
P		50	19	3	4	0	0	2	3	.211	0
P		11	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	.125	0
P		8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	0
P		35	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		11	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	.600	0
P		61	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		79	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
P		28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
	Team Totals	162	5535	738	1475	310	35	178	705	.266	58

Pitching

Note: Pos = Position; 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
Complete pitching statistics are available

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
SP		11	9	4.05	33	33	0	217.2	247	104	98	61	196
SP		12	14	4.77	38	30	4	198.0	226	128	105	75	94
SP		8	4	3.06	15	15	0	97.0	89	40	33	34	64
SP		7	9	4.36	17	17	0	95.0	74	49	46	50	59
SP		4	9	6.42	17	17	0	88.1	112	69	63	46	52
SP		2	5	7.24	11	11	0	54.2	77	45	44	14	42
CL		1	5	3.50	83	0	14	82.1	88	36	32	27	64
RP		5	8	5.40	53	7	0	101.2	129	71	61	36	51
RP		5	4	3.79	64	0	3	78.1	76	38	33	23	68
RP		4	3	3.00	49	0	9	48.0	38	18	16	16	48
RP		0	1	7.88	42	0	0	32.0	28	31	28	25	23
		5	6	6.39	41	13	0	101.1	107	73	72	53	70
		1	5	5.67	36	4	0	66.2	69	45	42	33	58
		1	5	6.62	8	8	0	35.1	55	31	26	21	24
		1	1	6.00	29	0	0	30.0	27	21	20	12	24
		0	3	7.96	11	4	0	26.0	35	27	23	9	19
		0	1	5.14	13	0	0	14.0	12	8	8	5	4
		0	1	4.05	13	0	8	13.1	11	6	6	5	22
		0	1	14.04	4	0	0	18.1	19	14	13	3	7
		0	1	11.57	2	2	0	7.0	11	9	9	3	2
		0	0	5.40	8	0	0	6.2	7	4	4	3	6
		0	0	6.35	6	0	0	5.2	5	4	4	8	3
		0	0	5.06	6	0	1	5.1	8	5	3	3	2
		0	0	15.19	6	0	0	5.1	6	10	9	6	4
		0	0	9.00	1	1	0	3.0	5	3	3	3	0
		0	0	27.00	5	0	0	2.0	8	6	6	3	3
		0	0	37.80	3	0	0	1.2	6	7	7	2	2
	Team Totals	67	95	5.13	162	162	39	1424.2	1575	902	812	579	1011

Award winners

2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Jose Vidro, Second Base, Reserve
Vladimir Guerrero, Outfield, Reserve