Midwest League 2000

Burlington Bees

Season Summary

• Second Half: 22-48, .314, 8th place, 18.0 behind
• First Half: 29-40, .420, 7th place, 13.0 behind
• Pitching: 51-88, 4.29, 27 saves, 997 strikeouts
• Hitting: .247, 542 runs, 45 HR, 215 steals (70% success)
• Errors: 176 (1.27 per game)
• April: 9-12 (.429)
• May: 12-18 (.400)
• June: 8-19 (.296)
• July: 11-18 (.379)
• August: 11-17 (.393)
• September: 0-4 (.000)

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

This is Jerry Terrell's third season as a minor league manager. Jerry's teams are fairly aggressive; they steal bases, and they sacrifice baserunners along. He's more likely than most MWL managers to call for an intentional walk, too.

First Round Draft Selections

• Jason Stumm (1999; 15th selection)
• Brian West (1999; 35th selection)

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 20.5
• Pitchers: 20.5
• Hitters: 20.6

• Oldest Player on the Team: Matt Bourne (born 9/12/76)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Nilson Teilon (born 6/10/81)

The average player in the Midwest League is 21.6 years old. Average ages were calculated from the opening day roster; age as of July 1, 2000.

This website has more information about team ages.

Where they played last season

This is a brief portrait of how the team was put together. These summaries are based on the team's opening day roster and will not be revised to reflect roster changes.

Many of this year's Bees played for the terrific Bristol nine last summer, with significant contributions from last year's Bees and the AZL Sox.

Team          League             W/L     Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                        (Teams)
Winston-Salem Carolina (A+)      63/75    7(8)       0       1
Burlington    Midwest (A)        71/68    7(14)      5       4
Bristol       Appalachian (R+)   45/24    2(10)      5       8
White Sox     Arizona (R)        23/33    7(8)       4       6

There was some movement in the White Sox organization last summer; a few of these players are counted twice in this chart. One of the new Bees did not play professionally last summer. None of these players appeared above Class A.