Midwest League 2000

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Season Summary

• Second Half: 40-30, .571, first place, 2.0 ahead
• First Half: 38-30, .559, 2nd place, 3.5 behind
• Pitching: 78-60, 3.42, 37 saves, 1019 strikeouts
• Hitting: .248, 689 runs, 90 HR, 164 steals (66% success)
• Errors: 158 (1.14 per game)
• April: 10-11 (.476)
• May: 17-12 (.586)
• June: 18-9 (.667)
• July: 16-13 (.552)
• August: 15-13 (.536)
• September: 2-2 (.500)

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

This is Gary Thurman's second season as a minor league skipper; last year he was quite successful in the Arizona League. He seems to call a fairly conventional game.

First Round Draft Selections

• Ryan Christianson (1999; 11th selection)
• Matt Thornton (1998; 22nd selection)

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 21.5
• Pitchers: 21.5
• Hitters: 21.4

• Oldest Player on the Team: Juan Ramos (born 2/1/76)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Christopher Snelling (born 12/3/81)

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.

The Rattlers are essentially last summer's Everett AquaSox, leavened a bit from the other farm teams. That seems a decent base.

Team      League          W/L   Place    Hitters Pitchers
                               (Teams)
Lancaster California (A+) 55/85 10(10)       2       1
Wisconsin Midwest (A)     72/66 5T(14)       2       3
Everett   Northwest (A-)  41/35  3(8)       12       9
Mariners  Arizona (R)     32/24  2(8)        3       2

There was some movement in the Seattle system last summer, so several players are counted more than once in this table. Three of the new Rattlers had brief appearances in Triple-A last season.