2000 Chicago White Sox season
2000 Chicago White Sox | ||
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American League Central Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Record | 95–67 (.586) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Jerry Reinsdorf | |
General managers | Ron Schueler | |
Managers | Jerry Manuel | |
Television | WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson) | |
Radio | WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina) | |
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The 2000 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 101st season. They finished the regular season with a 95 wins and 67 losses record, good enough for first place in the American League Central, 5 games ahead of the 2nd place Cleveland Indians. In addition to reaching the postseason for the first time since 1993, the White Sox had the best record in the American League for the sixth time in franchise history and the first since 1983. They lost in the 2000 American League Division Series to the Seattle Mariners in a three game sweep.
Regular season
[edit]2000 Opening Day lineup
[edit]Ray Durham, 2B
José Valentín, SS
Frank Thomas, 1B
Magglio Ordóñez, RF
Paul Konerko, DH
Chris Singleton, CF
Carlos Lee, LF
Craig Wilson, 3B
Mark Johnson, C
Mike Sirotka, P
April 22
[edit]The White Sox were involved in a pair of bench-clearing brawls in a 14–6 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park on April 22. Both were fueled by pitchers hitting batters. The tensions began in the sixth inning with Carlos Lee and Jeff Weaver who continued to jaw with Lee after being subbed out. A retaliatory pitch thrown by Jim Parque to Dean Palmer one inning later in the seventh began the first brawl which moved into shallow right field and included Keith Foulke being punched by Bobby Higginson and sustaining a cut under his left eye that needed five stitches to close. Four batters after Tanyon Sturtze hit Deivi Cruz in the ninth, the second brawl erupted when Bob Howry did likewise to Shane Halter. Among the eleven ejections were the White Sox's Sturtze, Howry, Magglio Ordóñez, Bill Simas, manager Jerry Manuel and bench coach Joe Nossek and the Tigers' Weaver, Palmer, Robert Fick, Danny Patterson and Doug Brocail.[1]
In the harshest penalty for a brawl in MLB history, a combined 16 members of the White Sox and Tigers were suspended for a total of 82 games five days later on April 27.[2] Tigers coach Juan Samuel incurred the longest at 15 for throwing punches rather than serving as a peacemaker, while the opposing managers Manuel and Phil Garner each received eight. Palmer was also assessed eight for participating in the second brawl despite having already been ejected. Other suspended Tigers were Higginson and Fick for five each, Brocail for four and Juan Encarnación, Karim García and Luis Polonia for three. Ordóñez was the White Sox player receiving the longest suspension at five, while Lee, Parque, Foulke, Sturtze and Howry got three each.[3]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
[edit]- July 29, 2000: Charles Johnson was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Harold Baines to the Chicago White Sox for Brook Fordyce, Jason Lakman (minors), Juan Figueroa (minors), and Miguel Felix (minors).[4]
Roster
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Game log
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April (17–8) – home (9–3) – road (9–5)
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May (13–14) – home (6–6) – road (7–8)
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June (20–7) – home (8–6) – road (12–1)
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July (14–12) – home (7–4) – road (7–8)
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August (15–13) – home (6–7) – road (9–6)
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September/October (16–13) – home (10–9) – road (6–4)
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October (0–3) – home (0–2) – road (0–1) American League Division Series (0–3) (Best of 5)
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Jeff Abbott, OF | 80 | 215 | 31 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 38 | .274 | 2 |
Harold Baines, DH | 24 | 61 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | .213 | 0 |
James Baldwin, P | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
McKay Christensen, CF | 32 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .105 | 1 |
Joe Crede, 3B | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .357 | 0 |
Ray Durham, 2B | 151 | 614 | 121 | 172 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 75 | 75 | 105 | .280 | 25 |
Cal Eldred, P | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
Brook Fordyce, C | 40 | 125 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 23 | .272 | 0 |
Tony Graffanino, SS,2B,3B | 57 | 148 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 25 | .270 | 7 |
Charles Johnson, C | 44 | 135 | 24 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 20 | 37 | .326 | 0 |
Mark Johnson, C | 75 | 213 | 29 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 40 | .225 | 3 |
Paul Konerko, 1B,3B,DH | 143 | 524 | 84 | 156 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 97 | 47 | 72 | .298 | 1 |
Carlos Lee, LF | 152 | 572 | 107 | 172 | 29 | 2 | 24 | 92 | 38 | 94 | .301 | 13 |
Jeff Liefer, RF,1B | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | 0 |
Greg Norton, 3B,1B | 71 | 201 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 47 | .244 | 1 |
Magglio Ordóñez, RF | 153 | 588 | 102 | 185 | 34 | 3 | 32 | 126 | 60 | 64 | .315 | 18 |
Jim Parque, P | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Josh Paul, C | 36 | 71 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | .282 | 1 |
Herbert Perry, 3B,1B | 109 | 383 | 69 | 118 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 61 | 22 | 68 | .308 | 4 |
Chris Singleton, CF | 147 | 511 | 83 | 130 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 35 | 85 | .254 | 22 |
Mike Sirotka, P | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
Frank Thomas, DH,1B | 159 | 582 | 115 | 191 | 44 | 0 | 43 | 143 | 112 | 94 | .328 | 1 |
José Valentín, SS | 144 | 568 | 107 | 155 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 92 | 59 | 106 | .273 | 19 |
Kip Wells, P | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
Craig Wilson, 3B,SS,2B | 28 | 73 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .260 | 1 |
Team Totals
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162 | 5646 | 978 | 1615 | 325 | 33 | 216 | 926 | 591 | 960 | .286 | 119 |
Pitching
[edit]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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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James Baldwin | 14 | 7 | 4.65 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 178.0 | 185 | 96 | 92 | 34 | 62 | 116 |
Lorenzo Barceló | 4 | 2 | 3.69 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
Kevin Beirne | 1 | 3 | 6.70 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 49.2 | 50 | 41 | 37 | 9 | 21 | 41 |
Rocky Biddle | 1 | 2 | 8.34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22.2 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
Chad Bradford | 1 | 0 | 1.98 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Mark Buehrle | 4 | 1 | 4.21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 51.1 | 55 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 37 |
Cal Eldred | 10 | 2 | 4.58 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 112.0 | 103 | 61 | 57 | 12 | 59 | 97 |
Scott Eyre | 1 | 1 | 6.63 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
Keith Foulke | 3 | 1 | 2.97 | 72 | 0 | 34 | 88.0 | 66 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 24 | 91 |
Jon Garland | 4 | 8 | 6.46 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 69.2 | 82 | 55 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 42 |
Matt Ginter | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Ken Hill | 0 | 1 | 24.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Howry | 2 | 4 | 3.17 | 65 | 0 | 7 | 71.0 | 54 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 60 |
Sean Lowe | 4 | 1 | 5.48 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 70.2 | 78 | 47 | 43 | 10 | 42 | 53 |
Aaron Myette | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Jim Parque | 13 | 6 | 4.28 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 187.0 | 208 | 105 | 89 | 21 | 72 | 111 |
Jesús Peña | 2 | 1 | 5.40 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 23.1 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 19 |
Bill Simas | 2 | 3 | 3.46 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 | 69 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 28 | 49 |
Mike Sirotka | 15 | 10 | 3.79 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 197.0 | 203 | 101 | 83 | 23 | 70 | 128 |
Tanyon Sturtze | 1 | 2 | 12.06 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15.2 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
Kip Wells | 6 | 9 | 6.02 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 98.2 | 126 | 76 | 66 | 15 | 62 | 71 |
Kelly Wunsch | 6 | 3 | 2.93 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 61.1 | 50 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 51 |
Team Totals
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95 | 67 | 4.66 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 1450.1 | 1509 | 839 | 751 | 195 | 641 | 1037 |
ALDS
[edit]Seattle defeated the White Sox in a 3-game sweep.
Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Series |
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1 | Chicago | 4 | Seattle | 7 | October 3 | 1-0 (SEA) |
2 | Chicago | 2 | Seattle | 5 | October 4 | 2-0 (SEA) |
3 | Seattle | 2 | Chicago | 1 | October 6 | 3-0 (SEA) |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Jerry Manuel, Associated Press Manager of the Year
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tigers, White Sox Get Fighting Mad: 11 Tossed," The Washington Post, Sunday, April 23, 2000. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "MLB Suspends 16 After Melee," The Associated Press (AP), Thursday, April 27, 2000. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Newhan, Ross. "16 Suspended for 82 Games for Roles in Chicago Brawl," Los Angeles Times, Friday, April 28, 2000. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Charles Johnson Stats".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007