2000 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name=Chicago Cubs
season=2000
misc=
logo=Chicago Cubs Logo.pngcurrent league=National League
y1=1876
division=Central Division
y2=1994
Uniform logo =
ballpark=Wrigley Field
y4=1916
city=Chicago, Illinois
y5=1871
owners=Tribune Company
general managers = Ed Lynch, Andy MacPhail
managers=Don Baylor
television = WGN-TV/Superstation WGN/Fox Sports Chicago
(Chip Caray, Steve Stone)
radio = WGN
(Ron Santo, Pat Hughes)
espntn=chc
brtn=CHC|

The 2000 season was the Chicago Cubs 128th in their franchise history. The Cubs played in the first game held outside of North America on Opening Day. The Cubs played the New York Mets in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyodome in Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

Offseason

* October 5, 1999: Lance Johnson was released by the Chicago Cubs. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

* November 22, 1999: Todd Van Poppel signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

On May 11, 2000 Glenallen Hill was responsible for a memorable event in the annals of Chicago Cubs baseball lore. On that day Hill became the first, and thus far only player, to hit a pitched ball onto the roof of a five-story residential building across the street from the left field wall of Wrigley Field.

Sammy Sosa, despite hitting only 50 home runs (he had hit over 60 the previous two seasons) won his only home run crown.

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*June 5, 2000: Dontrelle Willis was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willido03.shtml]
*July 21, 2000: Glenallen Hill was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillgl01.shtml Glenallen Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 31, 2000: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins for Ross Gload and Dave Noyce (minors). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrihe02.shtml]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Iowa Cubs (Pacific Coast League; Dave Trembley, manager)
* Class AA: West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (Southern League; Dave Bialas, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Daytona Cubs (Florida State League; Richie Zisk, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Lansing Lugnuts (Midwest League; Steve McFarland, manager)
* Class SS-A: Eugene Emeralds (Northwest League; Danny Sheaffer, manager)
* Rookie: AZL Cubs (Arizona League; Carmelo Martinez, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2000.shtml 2000 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]