1999 Florida Marlins season

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1999  Florida Marlins
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Pro Player Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place5th
Owners John W. Henry
General managers Dave Dombrowski
Managers John Boles
Television Sports Channel Florida
WAMI-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz)
←  1998 Seasons 2000  →

The Florida Marlins' 1999 season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64–98, fifth in the National League East.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

1 Luis Castillo 2B
8 Alex Gonzalez SS
7 Mark Kotsay RF
25 Derrek Lee 1B
17 Todd Dunwoody CF
44 Preston Wilson LF
27 Kevin Orie 3B
52 Mike Redmond C
32 Alex Fernandez P

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 103590.636—56–2547–34
New York Mets 97660.5956½49–3248–34
Philadelphia Phillies 77850.4752641–4036–45
Montreal Expos 68940.4203535–4633–48
Florida Marlins 64980.3953935–4529–53

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —4–57–21–86–78–15–47–65–46–37–28–15–211–29–34–47–8
Atlanta 5–4—2–58–15–49–46–15–45–29–49–38–56–35–44–58–19–9
Chicago 2–75–2—5–84–56–33–92–76–62–53–62–77–66–31–77–56–9
Cincinnati 8–11–88–5—7–26–19–44–36–64–35–56–37–66–34–58–47-8
Colorado 7–64–55–42–7—5–42–68–56–36–34–55–42–74–94–94–54–8
Florida 1–84–93–61–64–5—2–77–25–48–43–102–113–43–64–53–411–7
Houston 4–51–69–34–96–27-2—6–38–57–24–56–15–78–15–45–712–3
Los Angeles 6–74–57–23–45–82–73–6—7–25–44–46–33–63–98–53–68–7
Milwaukee 4–52–56–66–63–64–55–82–7—5–42–55–48–43–54–57–68–6
Montreal 3–64–95–23–43–64–82–74–54–5—5–86–63–65–34–55–48–10
New York 2–73–96–35–55–410–35–44–45–28–5—6–67–27–27–25–212–6
Philadelphia 1-85–87–23–64–511–21–63–64–56–66–6—3–46–32–64–511–7
Pittsburgh 2–53–66–76–77–24–37–56–34–86–32–74–3—3–64–57–57–8
San Diego 2–114–53–63–69–46–31–89–35–33–52–73–66–3—5–72–711–4
San Francisco 3–95–47–15–49–45–44–55–85–45–42–76–25–47–5—6–37–8
St. Louis 4–41–85–74–85–44–37–56–36–74–52–55–45–77–23–6—7–8

Transactions

Citrus Series

The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1.

Roster

1999 Florida Marlins
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 Mike Redmond 8424273.302127
1B Kevin Millar 105351100.285967
2B Luis Castillo 128487147.302028
SS Álex González 136560155.2771459
3B Mike Lowell 9730878.2531247
LF Bruce Aven 137381110.2891270
CF Preston Wilson 149482135.2802671
RF Mark Kotsay 148495134.271850

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Berg 10930487.286325
Cliff Floyd 6925176.3031149
Kevin Orie 7724061.254629
Jorge Fábregas 8222346.206321
Derrek Lee 7021845.206520
Danny Bautista 7020559.288524
Todd Dunwoody 6418641.220220
Tim Hyers 588118.222212
Ramón Castro 246712.17924
Craig Counsell 376610.15202
Chris Clapinski 365613.23202
Amaury García 10246.25022
Julio Ramírez 15213.14302
John Roskos 13122.16701
Guillermo Garcia 441.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Springer 38196.16164.8683
Brian Meadows 31178.111155.6072
Ryan Dempster 25147.0784.71126
Alex Fernandez 24141.0783.3891
Liván Hernández 20136.0594.7697
A.J. Burnett 741.1423.4833

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jesús Sánchez 5976.1576.0162
Vladimir Núñez 1774.2484.5858
Reid Cornelius 519.1103.2612
Kirt Ojala 810.20114.345
Michael Tejera 36.10011.377

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Antonio Alfonseca 7345213.2446
Braden Looper 723303.8050
Brian Edmondson 685815.8458
Vic Darensbourg 560108.8316
Matt Mantei 3512102.7250
Rafael Medina 201105.7916
Archie Corbin 170107.2930
Héctor Almonte 150204.208
Armando Almanza 140101.7220
Brent Billingsley 800016.433

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Lynn Jones
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Frank Cacciatore
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Dave Huppert
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Rick Renteria
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Ken Joyce
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jon Deeble

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References

  1. ↑ "Bruce Aven Stats".
  2. ↑ "Edgar Renteria Stats".
  3. ↑ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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