2000 St. Louis Cardinals season St. Louis Cardinals 2000 season was the team's 119th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 109th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95-67 during the season, their best finish since 1987 , and won the National League Central division by ten games over the Cincinnati Reds . In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the New York Mets 4 games to 1 in the NLCS .the Braves in the NLDS was notable because it made the Mets run to their first World Series appearance since their championship season of much easier. The Braves had eliminated the Mets from the playoffs on the final day of the 1998 season and in the 1999 NLCS .Mike Matheny and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year. Matheny was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season, while Edmonds was acquired from the Anaheim Angels less than a week before the start of the season.Offseason November 11, 1999: Alberto Castillo , Matt DeWitt , and Lance Painter were traded by the Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Paul Spoljaric and Pat Hentgen . November 16, 1999: Manny Aybar , Brent Butler , Rich Croushore , and José Jiménez were traded by the Cardinals to the Colorado Rockies for Darryl Kile , Luther Hackman and Dave Veres . November 24 , 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. December 15, 1999: Luis Ordaz was traded by the Cardinals to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dante Powell . January 5, 2000: Ernie Young was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. March 18, 2000: Joe McEwing was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Jesse Orosco . March 23, 2000: Kent Bottenfield was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Adam Kennedy to the Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds.Regular season Opening Day starters Record vs. opponents Transactions June 5: Released Mike Mohler. July 31: Traded Heathcliff Slocumb and Ben Johnson to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Hernández and Nate Tebbs . July 31: Traded José León with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Will Clark. Acquired to play in place of the injured Mark McGwire , Clark responded with a.964 OPS and hit a home run in each of his first four games with the new club. He performed better in the 2000 playoffs than in recent years. After announcing that his retirement would come when the Cardinals' playoff run ended, Clark went 1 for 3 in his final game on October 16 , 2000, in the NLCS against the New York Mets,Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs ; RBI = Runs Batted In Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Mike Matheny 128 417 109 .261 6 47 1B Mark McGwire 89 236 72 .305 32 73 2B Fernando Viña 123 487 146 .300 4 31 SS Édgar Rentería 150 562 156 .278 16 76 3B Fernando Tatís 96 324 82 .253 18 64 LF Ray Lankford 128 392 99 .253 26 65 CF Jim Edmonds 152 525 155 .295 42 108 RF J.D. Drew 135 407 120 .295 18 57
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Craig Paquette 134 384 94 .245 15 61 Plácido Polanco 118 323 102 .316 5 39 Eric Davis 92 254 77 .303 6 40 Shawon Dunston 98 216 54 .250 12 43 Will Clark 51 171 59 .345 12 42 Thomas Howard 86 133 28 .211 6 28 Eli Marrero 53 102 23 .225 5 17 Eduardo Pérez 35 91 27 .297 3 10 Carlos Hernández 17 51 14 .275 1 10 Larry Sutton 23 25 8 .320 1 6 Chris Richard 6 16 2 .125 1 1 Rick Wilkins 4 11 3 .273 0 1 Keith McDonald 6 7 3 .429 3 5 Luis Saturria 6 5 0 .000 0 0
Pitching Starting pitchers Other pitchers N/ARelief pitchers NLDS St. Louis won series, 3-0. This was the series in which pitching phenom Rick Ankiel permanently lost his command and control , throwing four wild pitches in one inning.NLCS Game 1 October 11: Busch Stadium , St. Louis, MissouriGame 2 October 12: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MissouriGame 3 October 14: Shea Stadium , Flushing, New York Game 4 October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing , New YorkGame 5 October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New YorkFarm system
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