2000 Chicago Cubs

65-97 • .401 Win% • 6th in NL C

The 2000 Chicago Cubs went 65-97 (.401) finishing 6th in the NL C division. The club scored 764 runs, allowed 904, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Sammy Sosa (50 HR, 138 RBI) and Jon Lieber (12-11, 4.41 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
97 Losses
.401 Win %
6th Rank
764 R 904 RA
Diff -140

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764 Runs Scored
904 Runs Allowed
-140 Run Diff
2,789K Attendance

📈 vs. 2000 NL Average

Batting Avg .255 4% below the 2000 league average (.265)
OBP .334 2% below the 2000 league average (.341)
SLG .411 5% below the 2000 league average (.431)
Team ERA 5.25 13% worse than the 2000 league average (4.63)
Runs Scored 764 6% below the 2000 league average (811 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games (est.) 81 ≈
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Total Attendance 2,789,511
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Avg per Game 34,438

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2000

Batting Avg

1 Roosevelt Brown 0.352 2 Rondell White 0.328 3 Sammy Sosa 0.320 4 Eric Young 0.297 5 Julio Zuleta 0.294

Home Runs

1 Sammy Sosa 50 2 Henry Rodriguez 18 3 Damon Buford 15 4 Shane Andrews 14 5 Mark Grace 11

RBI

1 Sammy Sosa 138 2 Mark Grace 82 3 Ricky Gutierrez 56 4 Henry Rodriguez 51 5 Damon Buford 48
2000 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eric Young 153 607 98 180 40 2 6 47 63 39 54 0.297
Sammy Sosa 156 604 106 193 38 1 50 138 91 168 7 0.320
Mark Grace 143 510 75 143 41 1 11 82 95 28 1 0.280
Damon Buford 150 495 64 124 18 3 15 48 47 118 4 0.251
Ricky Gutierrez 125 449 73 124 19 2 11 56 66 58 8 0.276
Joe Girardi 106 363 47 101 15 1 6 40 32 61 1 0.278
Willie Greene 105 299 34 60 15 2 10 37 36 69 4 0.201
Henry Rodriguez 76 259 37 65 15 1 18 51 22 76 1 0.251
Jeff Reed 90 229 26 49 10 0 4 25 44 68 0 0.214
Jose Nieves 82 198 17 42 6 3 5 24 11 43 1 0.212
Shane Andrews 66 192 25 44 5 0 14 39 27 59 1 0.229
Glenallen Hill 64 168 23 44 4 1 11 29 10 43 0 0.262
Gary Matthews 80 158 24 30 1 2 4 14 15 28 3 0.190
Jeff Huson 70 130 19 28 7 1 0 11 13 9 2 0.215
Roosevelt Brown 45 91 11 32 8 0 3 14 4 22 0 0.352
Brant Brown 54 89 7 14 1 0 3 10 10 29 2 0.157
Jon Lieber 36 82 3 18 4 0 0 4 2 28 0 0.220
Augie Ojeda 28 77 10 17 3 1 2 8 10 9 0 0.221
Julio Zuleta 30 68 13 20 8 0 3 12 2 19 0 0.294
Rondell White 19 67 7 22 2 0 2 7 5 12 0 0.328
Kevin Tapani 30 56 3 10 2 0 1 4 3 20 0 0.179
Dave Martinez 18 54 5 10 1 1 0 1 2 8 1 0.185
Chad Meyers 36 52 8 9 2 0 0 5 3 11 1 0.173
Corey Patterson 11 42 9 7 1 0 2 2 3 14 1 0.167
Kerry Wood 25 40 6 10 0 0 1 4 2 10 0 0.250
Ross Gload 18 31 4 6 0 1 1 3 3 10 0 0.194
Ruben Quevedo 21 30 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.133
Scott Downs 18 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0.077
Daniel Garibay 30 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.133
Kyle Farnsworth 46 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.071
Ismael Valdez 13 14 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.286
Tarrik Brock 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0.167
Jamie Arnold 12 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.111
Todd Van Poppel 51 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Andrew Lorraine 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.125
Mike Mahoney 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.286
Joey Nation 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Cole Liniak 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Phil Norton 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Raul Gonzalez 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mark Guthrie 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Felix Heredia 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Rain 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Brian Williams 22 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Tim Worrell 54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jerry Spradlin 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rick Aguilera 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Karchner 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Oswaldo Mairena 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Will Ohman 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Young 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2000

ERA

1 Tim Worrell 2.47 2 Todd Van Poppel 3.75 3 Steve Rain 4.35 4 Jon Lieber 4.41 5 Felix Heredia 4.76

Wins

1 Jon Lieber 12 2 Kevin Tapani 8 3 Kerry Wood 8 4 Felix Heredia 7 5 Scott Downs 4

Strikeouts

1 Jon Lieber 192 2 Kevin Tapani 150 3 Kerry Wood 132 4 Todd Van Poppel 77 5 Kyle Farnsworth 74
2000 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jon Lieber 12 11 4.41 35 35 0 251.0 248 123 54 192
Kevin Tapani 8 12 5.01 30 30 0 195.2 208 109 47 150
Kerry Wood 8 7 4.80 23 23 0 137.0 112 73 87 132
Scott Downs 4 3 5.17 18 18 0 94.0 117 54 37 63
Ruben Quevedo 3 10 7.47 21 15 0 88.0 96 73 54 65
Todd Van Poppel 4 5 3.75 51 2 2 86.1 80 36 48 77
Kyle Farnsworth 2 9 6.43 46 5 1 77.0 90 55 50 74
Daniel Garibay 2 8 6.03 30 8 0 74.2 88 50 39 46
Ismael Valdez 2 4 5.37 12 12 0 67.0 71 40 27 45
Tim Worrell 3 4 2.47 54 0 3 62.0 60 17 24 52
Felix Heredia 7 3 4.76 74 0 2 58.2 46 31 33 52
Steve Rain 3 4 4.35 37 0 0 49.2 46 24 27 54
Rick Aguilera 1 2 4.91 54 0 29 47.2 47 26 18 38
Jamie Arnold 0 3 6.61 12 4 1 32.2 34 24 19 13
Andrew Lorraine 1 2 6.47 8 5 0 32.0 36 23 18 25
Brian Williams 1 1 9.62 22 0 1 24.1 28 26 23 14
Mark Guthrie 2 3 4.82 19 0 0 18.2 17 10 10 17
Jerry Spradlin 0 1 8.40 8 1 0 15.0 20 14 5 13
Matt Karchner 1 1 6.14 13 0 0 14.2 19 10 11 5
Joey Nation 0 2 6.94 2 2 0 11.2 12 9 8 8
Phil Norton 0 1 9.35 2 2 0 8.2 14 9 7 6
Will Ohman 1 0 8.10 6 0 0 3.1 4 3 4 2
Danny Young 0 1 21.00 4 0 0 3.0 5 7 6 0
Oswaldo Mairena 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 2.0 7 4 2 0

👥 Roster (51)

Rick Aguilera Shane Andrews Jamie Arnold Tarrik Brock Brant Brown Roosevelt Brown Damon Buford Scott Downs Kyle Farnsworth Daniel Garibay Joe Girardi Ross Gload +39 more

51 players

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The 2000 Chicago Cubs in brief

The 2000 Chicago Cubs won 65 games and lost 97, ending up 6th in the NL Central. With 764 runs scored and 904 given up, the 2000 differential was -140. At the plate the Chicago Cubs hit .255, 4% worse than the league's .265. The staff ERA of 5.25 was 13% worse than the league average of 4.63. Measured against the 811-run league average, the offense was 6% behind.

Attendance at Wrigley Field totaled 2,789,511 for the year. For power, Sammy Sosa led the way with 50 homers. The pitching staff's wins leader was Jon Lieber (12). Rick Aguilera saved 29 games. The 2000 roster runs to 51 players. The 1999 season and the 2001 season are one click away.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2000 Chicago Cubs

What was the 2000 Chicago Cubs record?
The 2000 Chicago Cubs finished 65-97 (.401 win pct).
Who led the 2000 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Sammy Sosa led the 2000 Chicago Cubs with 50 home runs.
What was the 2000 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 2000 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 5.25.
Did the 2000 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 2000 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2000 Chicago Cubs play?
The 2000 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 2000 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Sammy Sosa (50 HR, 138 RBI) and Jon Lieber (12-11, 4.41 ERA).
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