Midwest League 2000

West Michigan Whitecaps

Season Summary

• Second Half: 44-26, .629, 2nd place, 4.0 behind
• First Half: 44-26 .629, 1st place, 6.5 ahead
• Pitching: 88-52, 2.98, 40 saves, 975 strikeouts
• Hitting: .253, 685 runs, 57 HR, 175 steals (79% success)
• Errors: 161 (1.15 per game)
• April: 13-6 (.684)
• May: 20-14 (.588)
• June: 19-7 (.731)
• July: 17-11 (.607)
• August: 15-14 (.517)
• September: 4-0 (1.000)

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

Bruce Fields returns for a fourth summer in Grand Rapids, and his sixth season as a manager. His teams tend to run, but aren't exceptionally aggressive; in other respects, he's a fairly conventional manager.

First Round Draft Selections

• none

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 21.1
• Pitchers: 21.5
• Hitters: 20.8

• Oldest Player on the Team: Jairo Pindea (born 9/25/76)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Ramon Santiago (born 8/31/81)

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 Caps are based on last summer's Oneonta nine, which was a decent team; most of the remaining players are from the Tigers' Rookie team.

Team          League             W/L    Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                       (Teams)
Lakeland      Florida State (A+) 65/73  10(14)      0       2
West Michigan Midwest (A)        68/72  10(14)      1       1
Oneonta       New York-Penn (A-) 41/34   5(14)      7       9
Tigers        Gulf Coast (R)     29/31  8T(14)      4       4

There was some slight movement in the Tigers organization in 1999; a few players are counted twice in this table. Two of the new Whitecaps played in other organizations last season, while a third did not play professionally. None of these players appeared above Class A in 1999.