Midwest League 2000

South Bend Silver Hawks

Season Summary

• Second Half: 32-38, .457, 6th place, 16.0 behind
• First Half: 28-40, .412, 6th place, 15.0 behind
• Pitching: 60-78, 4.06, 27 saves, 930 strikeouts
• Hitting: .253, 654 runs, 84 HR, 192 steals (72% success)
• Errors: 171 (1.24 per game)
• April: 7-12 (.368)
• May: 15-16 (.484)
• June: 10-17 (.370)
• July: 15-14 (.517)
• August: 10-18 (.357)
• September: 3-1 (.750)

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

This is Dave Jorn's first summer managing a professional team.

First Round Draft Selection

• Corey Myers (1999; 31st selection)

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 21.6
• Pitchers: 21.3
• Hitters: 21.8

• Oldest Player on the Team: Brian Matzenbacher (born 3/23/73)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Corey Myers (born 6/5/80)

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.

The Diamondbacks seem to have awarded the system's best young pitchers to South Bend this summer. The offense mainly played for Missoula, where they were fairly successful.

Team         League          W/L     Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                    (Teams)
High Desert  California (A+) 68/72    6(10)      1       4
South Bend   Midwest (A)     68/71    9(14)      4       5
Missoula     Pioneer (R+)    45/31    3(8)      10       3
Diamondbacks Arizona (R)     24/32    6(8)       1       2

A few players were moved last summer and are counted twice in this table. Two of the new Hawks played in other organizations in 1999, and one did not play professionally last year. One player was briefly on a Double-A roster.