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Nickname Affiliate Won Lost Pct (Rank)
Beloit Snappers Brewers 71 64 .526 (5)
Burlington Bees White Sox 51 88 .367 (14)
Cedar Rapids Kernels Angels 53 86 .381 (13)
Clinton LumberKings Reds 71 69 .507 (9)
Dayton Dragons Reds 70 67 .511 (7)
Fort Wayne Wizards Padres 72 65 .526 (6)
Kane County Cougars Marlins 74 65 .532 (4)
Lansing Lugnuts Cubs 70 68 .507 (8)
Michigan Battle Cats Astros 82 56 .594 (2)
Peoria Chiefs Cardinals 63 74 .460 (11)
Quad City River Bandits Twins 64 75 .460 (10)
South Bend Silver Hawks Diamondbacks 60 78 .435 (12)
West Michigan Whitecaps Tigers 88 52 .629 (1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Mariners 78 60 .565 (3)
Western Division
Western Division Eastern Division
Beloit 41 26 .612 --- West Michigan 44 26 .629 ---
Wisconsin 38 30 .559 3.5 Fort Wayne 36 31 .537 6.5
Quad City 37 32 .536 5.0 Lansing 36 32 .529 7.0
Kane County 36 33 .522 6.0 Michigan 34 34 .500 9.0
Clinton 33 37 .471 9.5 Dayton 31 36 .463 11.5
Peoria 30 39 .435 12.0 South Bend 28 40 .412 15.0
Burlington 29 40 .420 13.0
Cedar Rapids 26 43 .377 16.0
Western Division Eastern Division
Wisconsin 40 30 .571 --- Michigan 48 22 .686 ---
Kane County 38 32 .543 2.0 West Michigan 44 26 .629 4.0
Clinton 38 32 .543 2.0 Dayton 39 31 .557 9.0
Peoria 33 35 .485 6.0 Fort Wayne 36 34 .514 12.0
Beloit 30 38 .441 9.0 Lansing 34 36 .486 14.0
Quad City 27 43 .386 13.0 South Bend 32 38 .457 16.0
Cedar Rapids 27 43 .386 13.0
Burlington 22 48 .314 18.0
Round 1:
Beloit d. Clinton, 2-1
Wisconsin d. Kane County, 2-1
Dayton d. West Michigan, 2-1
Michigan d. Fort Wayne, 2-1
Round 2:
Beloit d. Wisconsin, 2-1
Michigan d. Dayton, 2-0
Championship:
Michigan d. Beloit, 3-0
2000 All-Star Game at Geneva (Kane County)
East 101 000 100 3 6 1
West 000 004 10x 5 10 3
Winning Pitcher: Bryan Moore, Kane County
Save: Juan Padilla, Quad City
Losing Pitcher: John Webb, Lansing
Star of Stars: Matt Padgett, Kane County, 4 for 5, 1 run scored
Games Austin Kearns, Dayton 136
At Bats Matt Kata, South Bend 521
Runs Austin Kearns, Dayton 110
Hits Ryan Gripp, Lansing 166
Home Runs Austin Kearns, Dayton 27
Runs Batted In Jason Lane, Michigan 104
Austin Kearns, Dayton 104
Stolen Bases Chad Durham, Burlington 58
On Base Pct Adam Dunn, Dayton .428
Slugging Pct Albert Pujols, Peoria .565
Batting Avg Ryan Gripp, Lansing .333
Games J.J. Trujillo, Fort Wayne 63
Complete Games Jim Manias, Dayton 6
Dusty Bergman, Cedar Rapids 6
Shutouts Calvin Chipperfield, West Michigan 3
Gary Majewski, Burlington 3
Innings Pitched Travis Thompson, Clinton/Dayton 177.0
Strikeouts Paul Darnell, Clinton 164
Jake Peavy, Fort Wayne 164
Saves J.J. Trujillo, Fort Wayne 42
Won Andy Van Hekken, West Michigan 16
Travis Thompson, Clinton/Dayton 16
Earned Run Avg Calvin Chipperfield, West Michigan 2.13
Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols, Peoria
Prospect of the Year Albert Pujols, Peoria (tie)
Austin Kearns, Dayton (tie)
Manager of the Year Bruce Fields, West Michigan
Executive of the Year Robert Murphy, Dayton
2000 League Information
President George Spelius Beloit, WI
Name Hometown
Kevin Causey Springdale, AR
Dan DeHaan Tinley Park, IL
Bruce Doane, Jr.
Jimmy Forbis Kansas City, MO
Rodney Galloway Webster, TX
Chris Hamburg Tucson, AZ
Rob Healey Cranston, RI
Andy Hergesheimer Marion, MT
Darren Hyman Moline, IL
Michael Johnson Troy, MI
Cameron Keller Gering, NE
Jason Kiser Columbia, MO
Jason Markley Hastings, MI
John McMasters Tacoma, WA
Mike Muchlinski Ephrata, WA
Billy Parker
Shawn Rakos Pacific, WA
Erik Stahlbusch Grand Rapids, MI
Jason Venzon Salinas, CA
Kevin Walker Walla Walla, WA
Garrett Watson Reno, NV
Pairings:
Hamburg/Healey
McMasters/Hergesheimer
Keller/Rakos
Venzon/Hyman
Causey/Walker
Forbis/Watson
Stahlbusch/Markley
Hergesheimer/Johnson
Parker/Healey
Muchlinski/Johnson
Kiser/Causey
Galloway/DeHaan
Rakos/Doane
Healey/Causey
2000 Team Information
Joined
MWL President GM
Beloit 1982 Marcy Olsen Bruce Keiter
Brent Wheeler
Burlington 1962 Dave Walker Chuck Brockett
Cedar Rapids 1962 Wally Krouse Jack Roeder
Clinton 1956 George Chaney Ted Tornow
Dayton 2000 Robert Murphy
Fort Wayne 1993 Bill Larsen Bill Larsen
Kane County 1991 Mike Woleben Jeff Sedivy
Lansing 1996
Michigan 1995 William Collins, Jr Jerry Burkot
Peoria 1983 Rocky Vonachen Rocky Vonachen
Quad City 1960 Kevin Krause Tim Bawmann
South Bend 1988 Mike Foss
West Michigan 1994 Scott Lane Scott Lane
Wisconsin 1962 Larry Trucco
Manager Coaches
Beloit Don Money R.C. Lichtenstein* Rich Morales
Burlington Jerry Terrell J.R. Perdew* Greg Ritchie
Orsino Hill
Cedar Rapids Mitch Seoane Ty Boykin Randy Kramer*
Ty Boykin Randy Betten
Clinton Jay Sorg Derek Bothelo* Greg Grall
Dayton Fred Benavides Don Alexander* Brian Conley
Fort Wayne Craig Colbert Brian Giles Darren Balsley* Tom Tornincasa
Kane County Russ Morman Jeff Andrews* Matt Winters
Lansing Steve McFarland Stan Kyles* Pat Listach
Michigan Al Pedrique Jayhawk Owens Charley Taylor* Greg Langbehn*
Peoria Tom Lawless Sid Monge* Todd Steverson
Quad City Stan Cliburn Floyd Rayford Gary Lucas*
South Bend Dave Jorn Royal Clayton* Rodney Lofton Jim Reinebold
West Michigan Bruce Fields Joe Georger* Brian Saltzgaber
Wisconsin Gary Thurman Scott Steinmann Rafael Chaves*
*pitching coaches
Stadium Capacity Attendance
Beloit Harry Pohlman Field 3,501 69,208
Burlington Community Field 3,502 56,491
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Stadium 6,000 129,652
Clinton Riverview Stadium 3,000 69,197
Dayton Fifth Third Field 7,250 581,853
Fort Wayne Memorial Stadium 6,316 245,475
Kane County (Geneva, IL) Philip B Elfstrom Stadium 7,350 470,908
Lansing Oldsmobile Park 11,000 416,382
Michigan (Battle Creek) C.O. Brown Stadium 6,600 88,125
Peoria Pete Vonachen Stadium 5,200 150,479
Quad City (Davenport, IA) John O'Donnell Stadium 6,200 137,351
South Bend Stanley Coveleski Stadium 5,000 194,652
West Michigan (Grand Rapids) Old Kent Park 10,900 436,751
Wisconsin (Appleton) Fox Cities Stadium 5,500 220,372
MWL changes during the 1999-2000 off-season
Franchise changes
- The Dayton Dragons moved (from Rockford) and changed nicknames (from Reds).
Other highlights
Dayton's Fifth Third Field was new.
Kane County's Elfstrom Stadium had major off-season improvements, including 1544 new seats.
There was construction at Burlington's Community Field, and South Bend's Coveleski Stadium had significant work on the playing field.
Dayton's home opener was delayed to accomodate construction problems. The resulting schedule adjustments resulted in 71 scheduled home dates in Dayton, and 69 for Clinton.
Sources:
- USA Today Baseball Weekly
- Baseball America
- Team websites
- The Minor League Baseball website
- Assorted correspondents
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