1999 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1999  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Fox Entertainment Group
President Bob Graziano
General managers Kevin Malone
Managers Davey Johnson
Television Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
Radio XTRA Sports 1150
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez
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The 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 110th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 42nd season in Los Angeles, California. The season started with a new management team; Kevin Malone became the team's General Manager and Davey Johnson was selected to be the new Dodgers Manager. Looking to make a splash, Malone exclaimed "There is a new Sheriff in town" [1] as he took over the reins and made a splash by signing starting pitcher Kevin Brown to a huge long contract. However, the team struggled to a third-place finish in the National League West.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 10062.617—52‍–‍2948‍–‍33
San Francisco Giants 8676.5311449‍–‍3237‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7785.4752337‍–‍4440‍–‍41
San Diego Padres 7488.4572646‍–‍3528‍–‍53
Colorado Rockies 7290.4442839‍–‍4233‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Eric Young Second baseman
Mark Grudzielanek Shortstop
Gary Sheffield Left fielder
Raúl Mondesí Right fielder
Devon White Center fielder
Eric Karros First baseman
Todd Hundley Catcher
Adrián Beltré Third baseman
Kevin Brown Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Kevin Brown 3535252.113-63.00592215
Ismael Valdez 3232203.19-143.98581432
Chan Ho Park 3333194.112-115.231001740
Darren Dreifort 3029178.213-134.79761401
Carlos Perez 171689.22-107.4339400
Éric Gagné 5530.01-12.1015300
Mike Judd 7428.03-15.4612220
Jeff Williams 5317.22-04.08970

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Jeff Shaw 64068.02-42.78154334
Pedro Borbón, Jr. 70050.24-34.0929331
Alan Mills 68072.23-43.7343490
Onan Masaoka 54066.22-44.3247611
Mike Maddux 49054.21-13.2919410
Jamie Arnold 36369.02-45.4834261
Matt Herges 17024.10-24.078180
Robinson Checo 9215.22-210.3413110
Doug Bochtler 12013.00-05.54670
Jeff Kubenka 607.20-111.74420
Dave Mlicki 207.10-14.91210
Mel Rojas 505.00-012.60330
Antonio Osuna 504.20-07.71350

Batting Stats

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

NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Todd Hundley C114376.207497824553
Ángel Peña C43120.20814254210
Paul Lo Duca C3695.23211223111
Rick Wilkins C34.00000000
Eric Karros 1B153578.30474176341128
Eric Young 2B119456.2817312824151
Mark Grudzielanek SS123488.326721597466
Adrián Beltré 3B152538.27584148156718
José Vizcaíno SS/3B/2B/LF94266.25227671292
Craig Counsell 2B/SS50108.2592028091
Dave Hansen 1B/3B/RF100107.25214272170
Tripp Cromer IF/OF3352.192510280
Alex Cora SS/2B1130.16725030
Chance Sanford 2B58.25012020
Juan Castro 2B/SS21.00000000
Raúl Mondesí RF/CF159601.25398152339936
Devon White CF134474.26860127146819
Gary Sheffield LF152549.3011031653410111
Todd Hollandsworth CF/LF/RF92261.28439749325
Trenidad Hubbard CF/LF/RF/2B/C82105.31423331134
Jacob Brumfield CF/LF1817.29445010
Brent Cookson LF/RF35.20001000

1999 Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Mike Scioscia
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Jimmy Johnson
High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Rick Burleson
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Álvaro Espinoza
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Dino Ebel
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Tony Harris
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2 		Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft

Jason Repko Jason Repko 2010 spring training.jpg
Jason Repko

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They lost their first round pick to the San Diego Padres and their third round pick to the Baltimore Orioles as a result of their signing free agent pitchers Kevin Brown and Alan Mills. They also gained a supplemental first round pick and a second round pick as compensation for losing pitcher Scott Radinsky to free agency and a supplemental second round pick as compensation for pitcher Brian Bohanon.

The first round pick was shortstop Jason Repko from Hanford High School. He was transitioned to the outfield and played seven seasons in the majors (four with the Dodgers). He had several serious injuries in his career and was relegated primarily to a backup position. Repko hit .224 in 360 MLB games. The draft class also included outfielder Shane Victorino, who was drafted in the sixth round out of St. Anthony High School in Hawaii. He was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2004 Rule 5 draft and proceeded to become a two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion.

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References

  1. ↑ "Embattled Dodgers GM Malone steps down". ESPN.com: MLB.
  2. ↑ "Doug Bochtler Stats".
  3. ↑ 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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