1999 Montreal Expos season

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1999  Montreal Expos
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Olympic Stadium
City Montreal
Record68–94
Divisional place4th
Owners Claude Brochu
General managers Jim Beattie
Managers Felipe Alou
Television The Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Gary Carter)

SRC
(Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte, Marc Griffin, Alain Chantelois)
Radio CIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Elliott Price, Joe Cannon)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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The 1999 Montreal Expos season was the 31st season in franchise history.

Contents

Offseason

Future Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams was taken by the Montreal Expos in the 1998 Rule 5 draft. The Expos sold his rights to the Texas Rangers. [1]

Spring training

In 1999, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their second season there.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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
Expos vs. American League
TeamAL East
BALBOSNYYTBTOR
Montreal0–33–01–22–12–4

Transactions

Roster

1999 Montreal Expos
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 Chris Widger 124383101.2641456
1B Brad Fullmer 10034796.277947
2B José Vidro 140494150.3041259
SS Orlando Cabrera 10438297.254839
3B Shane Andrews 9828151.1811137
LF Rondell White 138539168.3122264
CF Manny Martínez 13733181.245226
RF Vladimir Guerrero 160610193.31642131

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Michael Barrett 126433127.293852
Wilton Guerrero 13231592.292231
Mike Mordecai 10922653.235525
Orlando Merced 9319452.268826
Ryan McGuire 8814031.221218
Geoff Blum 4513332.241818
James Mouton 9512232.262213
Fernando Seguignol 3510527.257510
Terry Jones 176317.27003
Trace Coquillette 174913.26504
Peter Bergeron 164511.24401
Darron Cox 15256.24012
José Fernández 8245.20801
Robert Machado 17224.18200
Chris Stowers 420.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dustin Hermanson 34216.19144.20145
Javier Vázquez 26154.2985.00113
Mike Thurman 29146.27114.0585
Carl Pavano 19104.0685.6370
Jeremy Powell 1797.0484.7344
Dan Smith 2089.2496.0272
Tony Armas Jr. 16.0011.502

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Miguel Batista 39134.2874.8895
Ted Lilly 923.2017.6128
Shayne Bennett 511.10114.294
Mike Johnson 38.1008.646

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ugueth Urbina 7166413.69100
Steve Kline 827403.7569
Anthony Telford 795423.9469
Bobby Ayala 531603.6864
Guillermo Mota 512402.9327
J.D. Smart 290105.0221
Scott Strickland 170104.5023
Mike Maddux 40009.004
Mel Rojas 300016.881
Rick DeHart 300021.601

Award winners

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Jeff Cox
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Doug Sisson and Rick Sweet
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Cape Fear Crocs South Atlantic League Frank Kremblas
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Tony Barbone
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Bill Masse

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ricky Williams Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos from Netglimse.com". Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
  2. 1 2 Mel Rojas Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Brandon Phillips Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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