Midwest League 2000

Cedar Rapids Kernels

Season Summary

• Second Half: 27-43, .386, 6th place tie, 13.0 behind
• First Half: 26-43, .377, 8th place, 16.0 behind
• Pitching: 53-86, 4.46, 26 saves, 837 strikeouts
• Hitting: .234, 588 runs, 68 HR, 160 steals (68% success)
• Errors: 201 (1.46 per game)
• April: 9-12 (.429)
• May: 12-19 (.387)
• June: 7-18 (.280)
• July: 14-15 (.483)
• August: 10-19 (.345)
• September: 1-3 (.250)

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

This is Tyrone Boykin's first season as a minor league manager.

This is Mitch Seoane's tenth season as a manager; half of those have been in our league. Like all Angels managers, he's far more willing to let starting pitchers finish games than most MWL skippers. The rest of his play-calling is fairly conventional.

First Round Draft Selections

• none

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 22.1
• Pitchers: 21.7
• Hitters: 22.4

• Oldest Player on the Team: Greg White (born 2/27/76)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Christian Guerrero (born 4/12/81)

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.

Most of this year's Kernels played in Boise last season, where the team had a decent season. Most of the rest played at Butte.

Team          League          W/L    Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                    (Teams)
Lake Elsinore California (A+) 63/77   8(10)      0       0
Cedar Rapids  Midwest (A)     61/77  12(14)      1       0
Boise         Northwest (A-)  43/33   2(8)       7       7
Butte         Pioneer (R)     32/43   6(8)       6       2

There was very little movement in the Angels system last season; none of these players appeared for more than one team. One of the Kernels played in an independent league last summer; another did not play professionally. Only one of these players appeared above Rookie ball in 1999.