1999 Cleveland Indians season

1999  Cleveland Indians
American League Central champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	97–65 (.599)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Richard Jacobs
General managers	John Hart
Managers	Mike Hargrove
Television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning
Radio	WTAM Tom Hamilton, Dave Nelson, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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The 1999 Cleveland Indians season was the 99th season for the franchise and the 6th season at Jacobs Field. They are the only team in Major League Baseball since 1950 to score over 1,000 runs during the regular season. ^[1] They were shut out only three times in 162 games. Five Indians scored at least 100 runs and four drove in at least 100 runs. Right fielder Manny Ramirez drove in 165 runs, the most by any MLB player since Jimmie Foxx in 1938.

Offseason

• October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians. ^[2]
• November 18, 1998: Brian Giles was traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ricardo Rincón. ^[3]
• December 1, 1998: Roberto Alomar was signed as a free agent by the Indians. ^[4]
• December 8, 1998: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent by the Indians. ^[5]

Regular season

July 3, 1999: Against the Kansas City Royals, Jim Thome hit a 511 ft home run, the longest ever in Cleveland Indians history. It was hit to center field and cleared the outer gates onto Eagle Avenue outside of Jacobs Field.

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	97	65	.599	—	47‍–‍34	50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox	75	86	.466	21½	38‍–‍42	37‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers	69	92	.429	27½	38‍–‍43	31‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals	64	97	.398	32½	33‍–‍47	31‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins	63	97	.394	33	31‍–‍50	32‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1999 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	3–9	1–9	5–5	1–9	5–5	7–5	6–4	6–4	8–4	6–6	7–5	6–6	3–9	6–12
Baltimore	9–3	—	5–7	7–3	1–9	5–5	6–4	8–1	4–9	5–7	5–5	5–7	6–6	1–11	11–7
Boston	9–1	7–5	—	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–2	6–4	8–4	4–6	7–3	4–9	4–5	9–3	6–12
Chicago	5–5	3–7	5–7	—	3–9	7–5	6–6	8–3–1	5–7	3–7	4–8	6–4	5–5	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	9–1	9–1	4–8	9–3	—	8–5	7–5	9–3	3–7	10–2	7–3	5–4	3–7	5–7	9–9
Detroit	5–5	5–5	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	7–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	3–7	4–5	5–5	2–10	8–10
Kansas City	5–7	4–6	2–8	6–6	5–7	4–7	—	5–8	5–4	6–6	7–5	2–8	4–6	3–7	6–12
Minnesota	4–6	1–8	4–6	3–8–1	3–9	6–6	8–5	—	4–6	7–5	4–8	5–5	0–12	4–6	10–7
New York	4–6	9–4	4–8	7–5	7–3	7–5	4–5	6–4	—	6–4	9–1	8–4	8–4	10–2	9–9
Oakland	4–8	7–5	6–4	7–3	2–10	6–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	—	6–6	9–1	5–7	8–2	12–6
Seattle	6–6	5–5	3–7	8–4	3–7	7–3	5–7	8–4	1–9	6–6	—	8–4	5–8	7–2	7–11
Tampa Bay	5–7	7–5	9–4	4–6	4–5	5–4	8–2	5–5	4–8	1–9	4–8	—	4–8	5–8	4–14
Texas	6–6	6–6	5–4	5–5	7–3	5–5	6–4	12–0	4–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	—	6–4	10–8
Toronto	9–3	11–1	3–9	4–6	7–5	10–2	7–3	6–4	2–10	2–8	2–7	8–5	4–6	—	9–9

Transactions

• April 14, 1999: Jhonny Peralta was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians. ^[6]

Roster

1999 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 45 Paul Assenmacher 50 Jim Brower 34 Dave Burba 49 Tom Candiotti 40 Bartolo Colón 47 Rich DeLucia 56 Sean DePaula 16 Dwight Gooden 48 Chris Haney 42 Mike Jackson 20 Steve Karsay 22 Mark Langston 36 Tom Martin 41 Charles Nagy 62 Jim Poole 59 Jason Rakers 39 Steve Reed 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 53 Paul Shuey 48 Jerry Spradlin 33 Dave Stevens 46 Jeff Tam 37 Paul Wagner 27 Jaret Wright		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. 10 Pat Borders  2 Einar Díaz 26 Jesse Levis  9 Chris Turner Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar  9 Carlos Baerga 33 Russell Branyan 17 Travis Fryman 29 Tyler Houston 26 Jeff Manto  8 John McDonald 44 Richie Sexson 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel 35 Enrique Wilson		Outfielders  6 Jolbert Cabrera  1 Wil Cordero 51 Jacob Cruz 23 David Justice  7 Kenny Lofton 61 Alex Ramírez 24 Manny Ramírez 52 Dave Roberts 12 Mark Whiten Other batters 33 Harold Baines		Manager 30 Mike Hargrove Coaches 11 Brian Graham (First base)  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 28 Clarence Jones (Outfield) 32 Charlie Manuel (Hitting) 55 Jeff Newman (Third base) 38 Phil Regan (Pitching) 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen catcher)

Game log

1999 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Angels 6 – 5 Karsay (0-1) Percival (1) 39,936 0-1 2 April 7 @ Angels 9 – 1 Burba (1-0) Hill (0-1) 21,689 1-1 3 April 8 @ Angels 9 – 1 Colón (1-0) Sparks (0-1) 25,084 2-1 4 April 9 @ Twins 14 – 5 Nagy (1-0) Hawkins (0-1) 16,348 3-1 5 April 10 @ Twins 12 – 7 Karsay (1-1) Lincoln (0-2) 18,829 4-1 6 April 11 @ Twins 9 – 8 Wright (1-0) Radke (1-1) Jackson (1) 12,430 5-1 7 April 12 Royals 5 – 2 (10) Shuey (1-0) Santiago (0-1) 42,798 6-1 8 April 14 Royals 11 – 4 Colón (2-0) Suppan (0-2) 42,926 7-1 9 April 17 Twins 5 – 1 Nagy (2-0) Radke (1-2) 40,582 8-1 10 April 17 Twins 13 – 8 (11) Aguilera (2-0) Jackson (0-1) 42,860 8-2 11 April 18 Twins 3 – 2 Shuey (2-0) Wells (1-1) Jackson (2) 42,317 9-2 12 April 20 Athletics 5 – 1 Colón (3-0) Rogers (0-2) 42,954 10-2 13 April 21 Athletics 5 – 4 Reed (1-0) Taylor (0-1) 41,933 11-2 14 April 22 Athletics 4 – 1 Candiotti (2-2) Nagy (2-1) Taylor (3) 42,937 11-3 15 April 23 @ Red Sox 7 – 6 Karsay (2-1) Corsi (0-1) Jackson (3) 29,921 12-3 16 April 24 @ Red Sox 9 – 4 Harikkala (1-0) DeLucia (0-1) 29,481 12-4 17 April 25 @ Red Sox 3 – 2 Martínez (4-1) Shuey (2-1) 30,472 12-5 18 April 26 @ Athletics 5 – 4 (10) Karsay (3-1) Taylor (0-2) Jackson (4) 7,646 13-5 19 April 27 @ Athletics 8 – 5 Nagy (3-1) Candiotti (2-3) Jackson (5) 7,161 14-5 20 April 28 @ Athletics 4 – 1 Wright (2-0) Haynes (1-4) Jackson (6) 9,555 15-5 21 April 29 @ Athletics 8 – 3 Burba (2-0) Oquist (2-2) 10,115 16-5 22 April 30 @ Rangers 7 – 5 Helling (2-3) Colón (3-1) Wetteland (8) 36,556 16-6
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Rangers 5 – 3 Gooden (1-0) Sele (3-2) Jackson (7) 45,579 17-6 24 May 2 @ Rangers 8 – 6 Clark (2-2) Nagy (3-2) Wetteland (9) 29,921 17-7 25 May 3 @ Rangers 10 – 4 Wright (3-0) Morgan (4-2) 31,181 18-7 26 May 5 Mariners 6 – 5 Fassero (1-3) Burba (2-1) Mesa (7) 42,991 18-8 27 May 6 Mariners 8 – 4 Colón (4-1) Weaver (0-1) 41,962 19-8 28 May 7 Devil Rays 20 – 11 Wagner (1-0) Mecir (0-1) 40,601 20-8 29 May 8 Devil Rays 7 – 6 Rekar (3-1) Nagy (3-3) Hernández (12) 40,590 20-9 30 May 9 Devil Rays 5 – 4 Wright (4-0) Álvarez (1-2) Jackson (8) 42,835 21-9 31 May 10 Orioles 6 – 4 Burba (3-1) Guzmán (1-4) Jackson (9) 40,615 22-9 32 May 11 Orioles 11 – 6 Colón (5-1) Ponson (2-3) 40,587 23-9 33 May 12 Orioles 6 – 5 Assenmacher (1-0) Timlin (1-2) Shuey (1) 42,939 24-9 34 May 14 @ Tigers 4 – 2 Karsay (4-1) Brocail (1-1) Shuey (2) 21,844 25-9 35 May 15 @ Tigers 12 – 7 Burba (4-1) Mlicki (1-3) 39,769 26-9 36 May 16 @ Tigers 9 – 3 Weaver (4-3) Wright (4-1) Kida (1) 29,731 26-10 37 May 17 @ White Sox 13 – 9 Colón (6-1) Navarro (2-4) 17,101 27-10 38 May 18 @ White Sox 13 – 0 Gooden (2-0) Baldwin (2-4) 13,429 28-10 39 May 19 @ White Sox 13 – 7 Nagy (4-3) Parque (5-3) 14,854 29-10 40 May 21 Tigers 9 – 6 Nitkowski (1-1) Shuey (2-2) Jones (7) 43,290 29-11 41 May 22 Tigers 6 – 2 Weaver (5-3) Wright (4-2) 40,991 29-12 42 May 23 Tigers 7 – 4 Shuey (3-2) Jones (0-1) 40,874 30-12 43 May 24 White Sox 10 – 3 Lowe (2-0) Gooden (2-1) 43,208 30-13 44 May 25 White Sox 3 – 1 Nagy (5-3) Parque (5-4) Jackson (10) 42,161 31-13 45 May 26 White Sox 6 – 2 Burba (5-1) Sirotka (2-6) Shuey (3) 43,228 32-13 46 May 28 Red Sox 12 – 5 Wakefield (3-4) Wright (4-3) Lowe (3) 43,287 32-14 47 May 29 Red Sox 4 – 2 Martínez (10-1) Colón (6-2) Gordon (9) 43,255 32-15 48 May 30 Red Sox 4 – 2 Rose (3-0) Gooden (2-2) Gordon (10) 43,207 32-16 49 May 31 @ Yankees 7 – 1 Nagy (6-3) Hernández (5-5) 46,605 33-16
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 1 @ Yankees 11 – 5 Clemens (5-0) Burba (5-2) 32,759 33-17 51 June 2 @ Yankees 10 – 7 Karsay (5-1) Pettitte (3-3) Jackson (11) 36,955 34-17 52 June 4 Cubs 5 – 4 Aguilera (2-1) Jackson (0-2) Adams (2) 43,011 34-18 53 June 5 Cubs 8 – 7 (11) John Cena (4-20) Sanders (1-4) 43,085 35-18 54 June 6 Cubs 4 – 2 Nagy (7-3) Trachsel (2-7) Shuey (4) 43,010 36-18 55 June 8 Brewers 2 – 1 (10) Roque (1-4) Assenmacher (1-1) Wickman (11) 42,300 36-19 56 June 9 Brewers 6 – 5 (10) Jackson (2-2) Roque (1-5) 43,160 37-19 57 June 10 Brewers 15 – 9 Nomo (3-1) Colón (6-3) 43,196 37-20 58 June 11 @ Reds 8 – 6 Shuey (4-2) Williamson (5-2) Jackson (12) 42,928 38-20 59 June 12 @ Reds 4 – 3 Nagy (8-3) Harnisch (5-6) Jackson (13) 52,804 39-20 60 June 13 @ Reds 7 – 3 Burba (6-2) Avery (3-6) Karsay (1) 45,593 40-20 61 June 15 Athletics 8 – 3 Wright (5-3) Haynes (4-6) 43,231 41-20 62 June 16 Athletics 9 – 8 Karsay (6-1) Taylor (0-4) 43,163 42-20 63 June 17 Athletics 10 – 6 Shuey (5-2) Worrell (1-1) 43,262 43-20 64 June 18 Mariners 9 – 4 Halama (5-2) Nagy (8-4) 43,126 43-21 65 June 19 Mariners 10 – 6 Burba (7-2) Watson (0-1) Jackson (14) 43,205 44-21 66 June 20 Mariners 13 – 5 Wright (6-3) Rodriguez (2-1) 43,070 45-21 67 June 21 Mariners 4 – 3 (12) Karsay (7-1) Mesa (0-2) 43,093 46-21 68 June 22 @ Blue Jays 4 – 3 Escobar (7-4) Gooden (2-3) Koch (7) 22,197 46-22 69 June 23 @ Blue Jays 9 – 6 Nagy (9-4) Quantrill (0-1) 23,271 47-22 70 June 24 @ Blue Jays 3 – 0 Halladay (6-3) Burba (7-3) Koch (8) 26,117 47-23 71 June 25 @ Royals 8 – 2 Suppan (4-4) Wright (6-4) 32,147 47-24 72 June 26 @ Royals 11 – 7 Montgomery (1-3) Rincón (0-1) 29,358 47-25 73 June 27 @ Royals 6 – 5 Reed (2-0) Byrdak (0-1) Jackson (15) 17,094 48-25 74 June 28 @ Royals 6 – 1 Nagy (10-4) Witasick (3-6) 23,429 49-25 75 June 29 Twins 5 – 4 Reed (3-0) Trombley (1-5) 43,159 50-25 76 June 30 Twins 5 – 3 Milton (3-7) Wright (6-5) Trombley (12) 43,061 50-26
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 Twins 7 – 5 Colón (7-3) Carrasco (0-1) Jackson (16) 43,010 51-26 78 July 2 Royals 9 – 7 (10) Whisenant (3-3) Shuey (5-3) 43,172 51-27 79 July 3 Royals 9 – 8 Candiotti (1-0) Pisciotta (0-2) Jackson (17) 43,086 52-27 80 July 3 Royals 9 – 5 Langston (1-0) Wengert (0-1) Jackson (18) 40,707 53-27 81 July 4 Royals 10 – 9 Appier (8-6) Burba (7-4) Byrdak (1) 43,018 53-28 82 July 6 @ Twins 3 – 1 Wright (7-5) Milton (3-8) Jackson (19) 12,579 54-28 83 July 7 @ Twins 4 – 3 Trombley (2-5) Reed (3-1) 12,710 54-29 84 July 8 @ Twins 9 – 2 Nagy (11-4) Lincoln (3-9) 14,118 55-29 85 July 9 Reds 3 – 2 Avery (6-7) Burba (7-5) Williamson (11) 43,208 55-30 86 July 10 Reds 11 – 10 Jackson (3-2) Williamson (7-4) 43,127 56-30 87 July 11 Reds 9 – 4 Graves (6-3) Shuey (5-4) 43,167 56-31 88 July 15 @ Pirates 2 – 0 Colón (8-3) Schmidt (8-7) Jackson (20) 39,620 57-31 89 July 16 @ Pirates 11 – 3 Córdova (5-4) Burba (7-6) 43,519 57-32 90 July 17 @ Pirates 13 – 10 Benson (7-7) Nagy (11-5) Williams (14) 43,299 57-33 91 July 18 @ Astros 2 – 0 Hampton (12-3) Wright (7-6) 50,299 57-34 92 July 19 @ Astros 3 – 2 (11) Cabrera (3-0) Candiotti (1-1) 34,276 57-35 93 July 20 @ Astros 7 – 1 Colón (9-3) Reynolds (11-7) 41,133 58-35 94 July 21 Blue Jays 4 – 3 Frascatore (5-0) Jackson (3-3) Koch (16) 43,218 58-36 95 July 22 Blue Jays 4 – 3 Wells (11-6) Nagy (11-6) Koch (17) 43,138 58-37 96 July 23 @ Yankees 9 – 8 (10) Grimsley (7-1) Jackson (3-4) 52,704 58-38 97 July 24 @ Yankees 21 – 1 Irabu (7-3) Langston (1-1) 54,870 58-39 98 July 25 @ Yankees 2 – 1 Mendoza (4-6) Rincón (0-2) 54,944 58-40 99 July 26 Tigers 6 – 3 Burba (8-6) Thompson (9-9) Jackson (21) 43,157 59-40 100 July 27 Tigers 14 – 5 Nagy (12-6) Borkowski (0-1) 43,042 60-40 101 July 28 Tigers 7 – 2 Gooden (3-3) Moehler (8-10) 43,162 61-40 102 July 30 White Sox 10 – 2 Colón (10-3) Sirotka (7-10) 43,181 62-40 103 July 31 White Sox 13 – 10 Shuey (6-4) Castillo (1-1) Jackson (22) 43,209 63-40
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 White Sox 6 – 3 Baldwin (5-11) Nagy (12-7) Howry (17) 43,067 63-41 105 August 2 @ Red Sox 7 – 5 Karsay (8-1) Garces (0-1) Jackson (23) 33,218 64-41 106 August 3 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Shuey (7-4) Wakefield (3-8) Jackson (24) 33,650 65-41 107 August 4 @ Red Sox 7 – 2 Portugal (7-8) Colón (10-4) 33,282 65-42 108 August 6 @ Devil Rays 4 – 2 Yan (3-2) Burba (8-7) Hernández (29) 34,623 65-43 109 August 7 @ Devil Rays 15 – 10 Nagy (13-7) Witt (6-8) 39,512 66-43 110 August 8 @ Devil Rays 5 – 3 Álvarez (6-6) Wright (7-7) Hernández (30) 33,052 66-44 111 August 9 @ Angels 4 – 0 Colón (11-4) Hill (4-11) 22,013 67-44 112 August 10 @ Angels 2 – 1 (10) Rincón (1-2) Petkovsek (9-4) Jackson (25) 25,777 68-44 113 August 11 @ Angels 4 – 3 Burba (9-7) Sparks (5-9) Jackson (26) 26,399 69-44 114 August 13 Orioles 6 – 3 Rincón (2-2) Erickson (8-10) Jackson (27) 43,073 70-44 115 August 14 Orioles 7 – 1 Karsay (9-1) Johnson (3-7) 43,103 71-44 116 August 15 Orioles 5 – 1 Colón (12-4) Ponson (11-8) 43,020 72-44 117 August 16 Rangers 13 – 5 Munoz (2-1) Rincón (2-3) 43,226 72-45 118 August 17 Rangers 15 – 4 Sele (13-7) Langston (1-2) 42,987 72-46 119 August 18 Rangers 6 – 1 Burkett (4-6) Nagy (13-8) 42,997 72-47 120 August 19 Rangers 8 – 0 Karsay (10-1) Morgan (12-8) 43,263 73-47 121 August 20 @ Mariners 7 – 4 Colón (13-4) Halama (9-5) Jackson (28) 44,915 74-47 122 August 21 @ Mariners 6 – 0 Burba (10-7) Meche (4-3) 44,891 75-47 123 August 22 @ Mariners 7 – 4 (10) Riske (1-0) Mesa (1-5) Jackson (29) 44,941 76-47 124 August 23 @ Mariners 4 – 1 Abbott (5-0) Nagy (13-9) Mesa (28) 44,689 76-48 125 August 24 @ Athletics 11 – 10 Mathews (8-3) Shuey (7-5) 17,417 76-49 126 August 25 @ Athletics 12 – 4 Colón (14-4) Oquist (9-9) 21,328 77-49 127 August 27 Devil Rays 2 – 1 Burba (11-7) Arrojo (4-9) Jackson (30) 43,303 78-49 128 August 28 Devil Rays 3 – 0 Nagy (14-9) Witt (7-11) Jackson (31) 43,190 79-49 129 August 29 Devil Rays 6 – 4 Álvarez (9-6) Haney (0-1) Hernández (36) 43,151 79-50 130 August 30 Angels 7 – 5 Colón (15-4) Levine (1-1) Jackson (32) 43,295 80-50 131 August 31 Angels 14 – 12 Poole (1-0) Percival (3-4) Shuey (5) 43,284 81-50
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Angels 8 – 1 Burba (12-7) Washburn (0-3) 43,399 82-50 133 September 2 Angels 6 – 5 Nagy (15-9) Sparks (5-11) Jackson (33) 43,369 83-50 134 September 3 @ Orioles 7 – 6 Assenmacher (2-1) Reyes (0-3) Jackson (34) 41,521 84-50 135 September 4 @ Orioles 3 – 1 Linton (1-2) Colón (15-5) Timlin (19) 47,095 84-51 136 September 5 @ Orioles 15 – 7 Brower (1-0) Ponson (11-11) 44,214 85-51 137 September 6 @ Orioles 7 – 6 Burba (13-7) Johns (4-3) Jackson (35) 40,540 86-51 138 September 7 @ Rangers 4 – 3 Sele (16-7) Reed (3-2) Wetteland (40) 26,011 86-52 139 September 8 @ Rangers 3 – 0 Burkett (7-7) Haney (0-2) Wetteland (41) 29,889 86-53 140 September 10 @ White Sox 14 – 6 Colón (16-5) Wells (2-1) 19,132 87-53 141 September 11 @ White Sox 4 – 3 Burba (14-7) Parque (9-13) Jackson (36) 34,400 88-53 142 September 12 @ White Sox 4 – 3 Sirotka (9-13) Wright (7-8) Howry (22) 20,481 88-54 143 September 13 Red Sox 11 – 7 Nagy (16-9) Wakefield (5-10) Shuey (6) 43,264 89-54 144 September 14 Red Sox 12 – 3 Lowe (6-3) Gooden (3-4) 43,203 89-55 145 September 15 Red Sox 6 – 4 (13) Wasdin (8-3) Brower (1-1) 43,224 89-56 146 September 16 Yankees 9 – 5 Irabu (11-6) Burba (14-8) 43,054 89-57 147 September 17 Yankees 9 – 4 Clemens (13-9) Wright (7-9) 43,029 89-58 148 September 18 Yankees 5 – 4 Nagy (17-9) Hernández (16-9) Jackson (37) 43,002 90-58 149 September 19 Yankees 11 – 7 Watson (4-1) Martin (0-1) 42,969 90-59 150 September 20 @ Tigers 4 – 3 (10) Jones (4-4) Riske (1-1) 26,106 90-60 151 September 21 @ Tigers 6 – 1 Burba (15-8) Borkowski (1-5) 24,155 91-60 152 September 22 @ Tigers 9 – 1 Wright (8-9) Moehler (9-16) 27,355 92-60 153 September 23 @ Tigers 7 – 5 Blair (3-11) Nagy (17-10) Jones (26) 34,970 92-61 154 September 24 @ Blue Jays 18 – 4 Brower (2-1) Munro (0-2) 26,620 93-61 155 September 25 @ Blue Jays 9 – 6 Colón (17-5) Spoljaric (2-1) Jackson (38) 32,029 94-61 156 September 26 @ Blue Jays 11 – 7 Shuey (8-5) Koch (0-5) 34,253 95-61 157 September 28 @ Royals 2 – 1 Brower (3-1) Witasick (9-12) Jackson (39) 11,009 96-61 158 September 29 @ Royals 5 – 2 Rosado (10-14) Nagy (17-11) 11,814 96-62 159 September 30 Blue Jays 9 – 2 Colón (18-5) Spoljaric (2-2) 43,201 97-62
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 Blue Jays 8 – 6 Quantrill (3-2) Karsay (10-2) Koch (30) 43,040 97-63 161 October 2 Blue Jays 7 – 3 Hentgen (11-12) Wright (8-10) Koch (31) 43,049 97-64 162 October 3 Blue Jays 9 – 2 Wells (17-10) Burba (15-9) 43,012 97-65
American League Division Series # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 6 Red Sox 3 – 2 Shuey (1-0) Lowe (0-1) 45,182 1-0 2 October 7 Red Sox 11 – 1 Nagy (1-0) Saberhagen (0-1) 45,184 2-0 3 October 9 @ Red Sox 9 – 3 Lowe (1-0) Wright (0-1) 33,539 2-1 4 October 10 @ Red Sox 23 – 7 Garces (1-0) Colón (0-1) 33,898 2-2 5 October 12 Red Sox 12 – 8 Martínez (1-0) Shuey (1-1) 45,114 2-3

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	119	392	43	110	21	1	3	32	.281	11
1B	Jim Thome	146	494	101	137	27	2	33	108	.277	0
2B	Roberto Alomar	159	563	138	182	40	3	24	120	.323	37
3B	Travis Fryman	85	322	45	82	16	2	10	48	.255	2
SS	Omar Vizquel	144	574	112	191	36	4	5	66	.333	42
LF	David Justice	133	429	75	123	18	0	21	88	.287	1
CF	Kenny Lofton	120	465	110	140	28	6	7	39	.301	25
RF	Manny Ramirez	147	522	131	174	34	3	44	165	.333	2
DH	Wil Cordero	54	194	35	58	15	0	8	32	.299	2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Sandy Alomar Jr.	37	137	19	42	13	0	6	25	.307	0
Carlos Baerga	22	57	4	13	0	0	1	5	.228	1
Harold Baines	28	85	5	23	2	0	1	22	.271	0
Pat Borders	6	20	2	6	0	1	0	3	.300	0
Russell Branyan	11	38	4	8	2	0	1	6	.211	0
Jolbert Cabrera	30	37	6	7	1	0	0	0	.189	3
Jacob Cruz	32	88	14	29	5	1	3	17	.330	0
Tyler Houston	13	27	2	4	1	0	1	3	.148	0
Jesse Levis	10	26	0	4	0	0	0	3	.154	0
Jeff Manto	12	25	5	5	0	0	1	2	.200	0
John McDonald	18	21	2	7	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Alex Ramírez	48	97	11	29	6	1	3	18	.299	1
Dave Roberts	41	143	26	34	4	0	2	12	.238	11
Richie Sexson	134	479	72	122	17	7	31	116	.255	3
Chris Turner	12	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	.190	1
Mark Whiten	8	25	2	4	1	0	1	4	.160	0
Enrique Wilson	113	332	41	87	22	1	2	24	.262	5

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Dave Burba	15	9	4.25	34	34	220.0	211	113	104	96	174
Bartolo Colón	18	5	3.95	32	32	205.0	185	97	90	76	161
Charles Nagy	17	11	4.95	33	32	202.0	238	120	111	59	126
Jaret Wright	8	10	6.06	26	26	133.2	144	99	90	77	91
Dwight Gooden	3	4	6.26	26	22	115.0	127	90	80	67	88

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Mark Langston	1	2	5.25	25	5	0	61.2	69	40	36	29	43
Chris Haney	0	2	4.69	13	4	0	40.1	43	22	21	16	22
Jim Brower	3	1	4.56	9	2	0	25.2	27	13	13	10	18
Tom Candiotti	1	1	11.05	7	2	0	14.2	19	18	18	7	11

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Mike Jackson	3	4	4.06	72	39	68.2	60	32	31	26	55
Paul Shuey	8	5	3.53	72	6	81.2	68	40	37	32	103
Steve Reed	3	2	4.23	63	0	61.2	69	33	29	20	44
Ricardo Rincón	2	3	4.43	59	0	44.2	41	22	22	24	30
Paul Assenmacher	2	1	8.18	55	0	33.0	50	32	30	17	29
Steve Karsay	10	2	2.97	50	1	78.2	71	29	26	30	68
David Riske	1	1	8.36	12	0	14.0	20	15	13	6	16
Sean DePaula	0	0	4.63	11	0	11.2	8	6	6	3	18
Rich DeLucia	0	1	6.75	6	0	9.1	13	7	7	9	7
Tom Martin	0	1	8.68	6	0	9.1	13	9	9	3	8
Dave Stevens	0	0	10.00	5	0	9.0	10	10	10	8	6
Paul Wagner	1	0	4.15	3	0	4.1	5	4	2	3	0
Jerry Spradlin	0	0	18.00	4	0	3.0	6	6	6	3	2
Jason Rakers	0	0	4.50	1	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0
Jim Poole	1	0	18.00	3	0	1.0	2	2	2	3	0
Jeff Tam	0	0	81.00	1	0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0

Award winners

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	1999 Buffalo Bisons season
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	1999 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

Notes

1. Rochford, Jeremy (September 9, 2014). "The Last 1,000 Run Team". Striking Out Looking.
2. "Bruce Aven Stats".
3. Brian Giles at Baseball Reference
4. Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference
5. Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
6. Jhonny Peralta at Baseball Reference

References

• 1999 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1999 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac