1999 Baltimore Orioles season

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1999  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Frank Wren
Managers Ray Miller
Television WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
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The 1999 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Cuban exhibition series

In a rare event on March 28, 1999, the Orioles staged an exhibition series against the Cuban national team in Havana. The Orioles won the game 3–2 in 11 innings. They were the first Major League team to play in Cuba since 1959, when the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Orioles in an exhibition. The Cuban team visited Baltimore in May 1999. Cuba won the second game 10–6.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98640.605—48–3350–31
Boston Red Sox 94680.580449–3245–36
Toronto Blue Jays 84780.5191440–4144–37
Baltimore Orioles 78840.4812041–4037–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69930.4262933–4836–45

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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Charles Johnson 135426107.2511654
1B Jeff Conine 139444129.2911375
2B Delino DeShields 9633087.264634
SS Mike Bordick 160631175.2771077
3B Cal Ripken Jr. 86332113.3401857
LF B.J. Surhoff 162673207.30828107
CF Brady Anderson 150564159.2822481
RF Albert Belle 161610181.29737117
DH Harold Baines 107345111.3222481

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Will Clark 7725176.3031029
Jerry Hairston Jr. 5017547.269417
Jeff Reboulet 9915425.16204
Rich Amaral 9113738.277011
Ryan Minor 4612424.194310
Mike Figga 418619.22115
Gene Kingsale 288521.24707
Willis Otañez 298017.213211
Derrick May 264913.265412
Calvin Pickering 23405.12515
Lenny Webster 16366.16703
Jesse Garcia 17296.20722
Tommy Davis 561.16700

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott Erickson 34230.115124.81106
Sidney Ponson 32210.012124.71112
Mike Mussina 31203.11873.50172
Juan Guzmán 21122.2594.1895
Jason Johnson 22115.1875.4671
Matt Riley 311.0007.366

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Doug Johns 3286.2644.4750
Doug Linton 1459.0145.9531
Rocky Coppinger 1121.2018.3117

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike Timlin 6239273.5750
Jesse Orosco 650215.3435
Scott Kamieniecki 432424.9539
Arthur Rhodes 433435.4359
Ricky Bones 300305.9826
Mike Fetters 271005.8122
Al Reyes 272304.8528
Gabe Molina 201206.6514
B.J. Ryan 131002.9528
Jim Corsi 130102.708
Heathcliff Slocumb 1000012.4612
Brian Falkenborg 20000.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Dave Machemer
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Andy Etchebarren
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Butch Davis
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Duffy Dyer
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

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References

  1. ↑ Charles Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Albert Belle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Will Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Rich Becker Stats".
  6. ↑ "Doug Linton Stats".
  7. ↑ "Rich Amaral Stats".
  8. 1 2 Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Brian Roberts Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Érik Bédard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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