1999 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1999  Milwaukee Brewers
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Sal Bando, Dean Taylor
Managers Phil Garner, Jim Lefebvre
Television WCGV-TV
Midwest SC
(Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder)
Radio WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1999 season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the National League Central with a record of 74 wins and 87 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

(1999)
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Paul Molitor
3B: 1978–92

Opening day starters

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Season standings

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9765.599—50‍–‍3247‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 9667.5891½45‍–‍3751‍–‍30
Pittsburgh Pirates 7883.48418½45‍–‍3633‍–‍47
St. Louis Cardinals 7586.46621½38‍–‍4237‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 7487.46022½32‍–‍4842‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs 6795.4143034‍–‍4733‍–‍48

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
C Dave Nilsson 115343561062162.3091
1B Mark Loretta 15358793170567.2904
2B Ron Belliard 12445760135858.2954
3B Jeff Cirillo 157607981981588.3267
SS José Valentín 8925645581038.2273
CF Marquis Grissom 154603921612083.26724
RF Jeromy Burnitz 1304678712633103.2707
LF Geoff Jenkins 135447701402182.3135

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
Alex Ochoa 1192774783840.3006
Sean Berry 1062592659223.2280
Brian Banks 1052193453522.2426
Fernando Viña 371541741116.2665
Rich Becker 891391535516.2525
Lou Collier 741351835221.2593
Kevin Barker 381171333323.2821
Bobby Hughes 48101102638.2570
Robinson Cancel 15445805.1820
Charlie Greene 32424801.1900
Lyle Mouton 14172313.1760
Eddie Zosky 871100.1430

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASOBB
Scott Karl 33197.211114.787469
Steve Woodard 31185.01184.5211936
Hideo Nomo 28176.11284.5416178
Bill Pulsipher 1987.1565.984236
Cal Eldred 2082.0287.796046
Jim Abbott 2082.0286.913742
Jason Bere 523.1204.631910

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rafael Roque 4384.1165.3466
Kyle Peterson 1777.0474.5634

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bob Wickman 7138373.3960
Mike Myers 712105.2335
Eric Plunk 684405.0263
David Weathers 637424.6574
Rocky Coppinger 295303.6839
Al Reyes 262004.2539
Héctor Ramírez 151203.439
Jim Pittsley 150104.8213
Steve Falteisek 100007.505
Reggie Harris 80003.0011
Valerio De Los Santos 70106.485
Chad Fox 600010.8012
Horacio Estrada 40007.365
Carl Dale 401020.254
Jeff D'Amico 10000.001

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 1999. [14] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants.[ citation needed ]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Louisville RiverBats International League Gary Allenson
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Darrell Evans
Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Bernie Moncallo and Carlos Ponce
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Carlos Lezcano
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Jon Pont and Ed Sedar
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League
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Rookie VSL La Victoria Venezuelan Summer League
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References

  1. ↑ Bob Hamelin at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Héctor Ramírez at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ "David Weathers Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  5. ↑ Alex Ochoa at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Marc Newfield at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Jim Abbott at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  9. 1 2 Aaron Small at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ Ben Sheets at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ Jason Bere at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ Rich Becker at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ "1999 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com".
  14. ↑ "1999 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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