1999 Oakland Athletics season

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1999  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Network Associates Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managers Billy Beane
Managers Art Howe
Television KICU-TV
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
Radio KABL
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 95670.586—51–3044–37
Oakland Athletics 87750.537852–2935–46
Seattle Mariners 79830.4881643–3836–45
Anaheim Angels 70920.4322537–4433–48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C A. J. Hinch 7620544.215724
1B Jason Giambi 158575181.31533123
2B Randy Velarde 6125585.333728
SS Miguel Tejada 159593149.2512184
3B Eric Chavez 11535688.2471350
LF Ben Grieve 148486129.2652886
CF Ryan Christenson 10626856.209424
RF Matt Stairs 146531137.25838102
DH John Jaha 142457126.27635111

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tony Phillips 10640699.2441549
Olmedo Sáenz 9725570.2751141
Scott Spiezio 8924760.243833
Mike Macfarlane 8122655.243431
Jason McDonald 10018737.20938
Ramón Hernández 4013638.279321
Tim Raines 5813529.215417
Rich Becker 4012533.264110
Jorge Velandia 63489.18802
Frank Menechino 992.22200

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Gil Heredia 33200.11384.81117
Jimmy Haynes 30142.07126.3493
Mike Oquist 28140.29105.3789
Tim Hudson 21136.11123.23132
Kenny Rogers 19119.1534.3068
Omar Olivares 1274.2724.3436
Kevin Appier 1268.2755.7753
Tom Candiotti 1156.2356.3530
Blake Stein 12.20016.884

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ron Mahay 619.1201.8615
Kevin Jarvis 414.00111.5711
Brett Laxton 39.2017.459

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Taylor 4315263.9838
Buddy Groom 763205.0932
Doug Jones 7055103.5563
Tim Worrell 532204.1562
T.J. Mathews 509533.8142
Brad Rigby 293404.3326
Jason Isringhausen 200182.1320
Greg McMichael 170005.403
Chad Harville 150206.9115
Tim Kubinski 140005.847
Luis Vizcaíno 10005.402

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mike Quade
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Tony DeFrancesco
A Modesto A's California League Bob Geren
A Visalia Oaks California League Juan Navarrette
A-Short Season Southern Oregon Timberjacks Northwest League Greg Sparks
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League John Kuehl

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  5. ↑ "Tim Raines Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
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