2000 Charlotte Knights Statistics
Team Record: 78-65
Finished 2nd in the IL's South Division
Manager: Nick Leyva (78-65)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina
Ballpark: Knights Castle Stadium
Attendance: 338,928, Avg. 5,059 in 67 home dates
The Charlotte Knights of the International League ended the 2000 season with a record of 78 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Knights scored 644 runs and yielded 605 runs. Jeff Liefer walloped 32 home runs for Charlotte and drove in 91 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .281 clip. Brian Schmack topped the squad with 11 wins, and Carlos Chantres registered a 3.54 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 2000 Charlotte Knights who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lorenzo Barceló, Ryan Long, Danny Sandoval, Josh Paul, Kip Wells, Aaron Myette, Greg Norton, Pat Daneker, Jeff Liefer, Craig Wilson, McKay Christensen, Scott Lydy, Kevin Beirne, Jesús Peña, Brook Fordyce, Ken Hill, Brian Schmack, Cal Eldred, Jon Garland, Archie Corbin, Sean Lowe, Scott Eyre, Chad Bradford, Joe Davenport, Jacob Brumfield, J. R. Phillips, Rod Myers, Desi Wilson, Mike Caruso, Yamil Benítez, Steve Gibralter and Liu Rodríguez.
Nick Leyva served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Schmack | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.78 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90.7 | 82 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 379 |
| Carlos Chantres | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.53 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.7 | 136 | 59 | 56 | 12 | 54 | 2 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 601 |
| Jon Garland | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.26 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 103.7 | 99 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 433 |
| Pat Daneker | 8 | 12 | .400 | 5.75 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 168 | 102 | 92 | 26 | 49 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 633 |
| Mark Roberts | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 58 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 262 |
| Derek Hasselhoff | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.70 | 46 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65.7 | 62 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 281 |
| Kip Wells | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.37 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 67 | 38 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 275 |
| Aaron Myette | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.35 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111.7 | 103 | 58 | 54 | 18 | 56 | 0 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 488 |
| Lorenzo Barceló | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.26 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.3 | 114 | 53 | 47 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 433 |
| Scott Eyre | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.00 | 47 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 48.0 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 191 |
| Archie Corbin | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Chad Bradford | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1.51 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 53.7 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 212 |
| Jason Secoda | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.01 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 122 | 76 | 67 | 20 | 49 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 461 |
| Kevin Beirne | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.51 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 39 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 143 |
| Joe Davenport | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.58 | 59 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 70.7 | 74 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 314 |
| Sean Lowe | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Jesús Peña | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17.3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | |
| Ken Hill | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Cal Eldred | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Totals | 78 | 65 | .545 | 3.96 | 465 | 143 | 138 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 1230.0 | 1233 | 605 | 541 | 149 | 439 | 24 | 847 | 51 | 13 | 57 | 5277 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Liefer | 120 | 505 | 445 | 75 | 125 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 107 | .281 | .356 | .566 | .923 | 252 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Desi Wilson | 124 | 496 | 439 | 58 | 118 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 51 | 79 | .269 | .349 | .346 | .695 | 152 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Liu Rodríguez | 126 | 478 | 396 | 44 | 108 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 39 | .273 | .366 | .369 | .734 | 146 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| Scott Lydy | 116 | 448 | 368 | 66 | 100 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 69 | 70 | .272 | .395 | .448 | .843 | 165 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| McKay Christensen | 90 | 382 | 337 | 49 | 89 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 51 | .264 | .325 | .368 | .693 | 124 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Craig Wilson | 62 | 270 | 230 | 43 | 85 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 26 | .370 | .448 | .487 | .935 | 112 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Brad Seitzer | 80 | 318 | 263 | 42 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 47 | .293 | .393 | .494 | .887 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Caruso | 88 | 344 | 309 | 38 | 76 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | .246 | .301 | .314 | .615 | 97 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Moore | 96 | 347 | 300 | 34 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 33 | .237 | .324 | .283 | .608 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gibralter | 65 | 258 | 237 | 33 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 54 | .253 | .304 | .447 | .751 | 106 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J. R. Phillips | 59 | 231 | 210 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 65 | .219 | .281 | .405 | .686 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeff Inglin | 45 | 162 | 146 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .301 | .360 | .473 | .833 | 69 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Foster | 49 | 173 | 152 | 13 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 16 | .270 | .341 | .355 | .696 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Paul | 51 | 190 | 168 | 28 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 38 | .238 | .299 | .351 | .650 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Brumfield | 51 | 199 | 180 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 24 | .217 | .286 | .322 | .609 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Toth | 46 | 155 | 131 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | .221 | .309 | .313 | .622 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Greg Norton | 29 | 124 | 97 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 23 | .289 | .435 | .485 | .920 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brook Fordyce | 17 | 76 | 67 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .239 | .316 | .403 | .719 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Myers | 13 | 65 | 59 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .237 | .308 | .356 | .664 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamil Benítez | 19 | 70 | 66 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .197 | .243 | .258 | .500 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hyde | 9 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .130 | .185 | .304 | .490 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Manny Gonzalez | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Sandoval | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Schmack | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Long | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| José Alguacil | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Secoda | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1450 | 5352 | 4654 | 644 | 1224 | 227 | 24 | 119 | 604 | 99 | 43 | 552 | 784 | .263 | .343 | .399 | .742 | 1856 | 126 | 42 | 59 | 45 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Liefer | 1B | 62 | 544 | 50 | 7 | 50 | .988 | 9.581 | ||||
| J. R. Phillips | 1B | 48 | 402 | 33 | 3 | 36 | .993 | 9.062 | ||||
| Desi Wilson | 1B | 26 | 198 | 23 | 3 | 22 | .987 | 8.500 | ||||
| Brad Seitzer | 1B | 8 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Norton | 1B | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dave Toth | 1B | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jim Foster | 1B | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| Liu Rodríguez | 2B | 79 | 149 | 220 | 5 | 55 | .987 | 4.671 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | 2B | 50 | 94 | 148 | 3 | 38 | .988 | 4.840 | ||||
| Mike Caruso | 2B | 23 | 34 | 52 | 1 | 11 | .989 | 3.739 | ||||
| José Alguacil | 2B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brad Seitzer | 3B | 46 | 29 | 72 | 11 | 13 | .902 | 2.196 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | 3B | 43 | 30 | 56 | 2 | 4 | .977 | 2.000 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 33 | 19 | 53 | 3 | 7 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
| Greg Norton | 3B | 24 | 25 | 47 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | 3B | 13 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 3.077 | ||||
| Scott Lydy | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| José Alguacil | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Josh Paul | C | 47 | 291 | 25 | 2 | 5 | .994 | 6.723 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 30.2 |
| Jim Foster | C | 41 | 252 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .993 | 6.707 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 40.0 |
| Dave Toth | C | 40 | 221 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 6.175 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 27.6 |
| Brook Fordyce | C | 13 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.077 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9.1 |
| Brandon Hyde | C | 9 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 3.889 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McKay Christensen | CF | 82 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jacob Brumfield | CF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Gibralter | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Myers | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Lydy | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Inglin | LF | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Gibralter | LF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Lydy | LF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Liefer | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yamil Benítez | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jacob Brumfield | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Myers | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Toth | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Long | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Paul | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Moore | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Gonzalez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| McKay Christensen | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Lydy | OF | 103 | 186 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 1.835 | ||||
| McKay Christensen | OF | 83 | 184 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .964 | 2.253 | ||||
| Desi Wilson | OF | 61 | 101 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.738 | ||||
| Steve Gibralter | OF | 61 | 118 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jacob Brumfield | OF | 45 | 93 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 2.156 | ||||
| Jeff Inglin | OF | 39 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | OF | 17 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| Yamil Benítez | OF | 17 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.529 | ||||
| Rod Myers | OF | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.917 | ||||
| Dave Toth | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ryan Long | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manny Gonzalez | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| J. R. Phillips | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Josh Paul | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brandon Moore | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Davenport | P | 59 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .322 | ||||
| Chad Bradford | P | 55 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .436 | ||||
| Brian Schmack | P | 51 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .373 | ||||
| Scott Eyre | P | 47 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .170 | ||||
| Derek Hasselhoff | P | 46 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .283 | ||||
| Jason Secoda | P | 32 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .889 | .750 | ||||
| Carlos Chantres | P | 29 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.069 | ||||
| Pat Daneker | P | 27 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .926 | ||||
| Jesús Peña | P | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| Aaron Myette | P | 19 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .842 | ||||
| Lorenzo Barceló | P | 17 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| Jon Garland | P | 16 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Roberts | P | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Kip Wells | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Archie Corbin | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Kevin Beirne | P | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Sean Lowe | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Cal Eldred | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ken Hill | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Lydy | RF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Desi Wilson | RF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Gibralter | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jacob Brumfield | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yamil Benítez | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Inglin | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. R. Phillips | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Gonzalez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Caruso | SS | 66 | 96 | 204 | 15 | 42 | .952 | 4.545 | ||||
| Liu Rodríguez | SS | 50 | 65 | 124 | 8 | 27 | .959 | 3.780 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | SS | 31 | 29 | 75 | 5 | 17 | .954 | 3.355 | ||||
| Greg Norton | SS | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Danny Sandoval | SS | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Alguacil | SS | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2135 | 3690 | 1493 | 111 | 373 | .979 | 2.428 | 11 | 86 | 34 | 28.3 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
