1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1999  Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Three Rivers Stadium
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Record78–83 (.484)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Kevin McClatchy
General managers Cam Bonifay
Managers Gene Lamont
Television WPGH-TV & WCWB-TV
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio KDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
  1998 Seasons 2000  

The 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 118th season of the franchise; the 113th in the National League. This was their 30th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished third in the National League Central with a record of 78–83.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 97650.59950–3247–33
Cincinnati Reds 96670.58945–3751–30
Pittsburgh Pirates 78830.48418½45–3633–47
St. Louis Cardinals 75860.46621½38–4237–44
Milwaukee Brewers 74870.46022½32–4842–39
Chicago Cubs 67950.4143034–4733–48

Game log

1999 Game Log: 78–83 (Home: 45–36; Away: 33–47)
April: 9–12 (Home: 4–8; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5 Expos 2–9HermansonCordova (0–1)43,4050–1
2April 6 Expos 8–2Schmidt (1–0)Pavano10,0511–1
3April 7 Expos 3–4UrbinaLoiselle (0–1)11,3771–2
4April 9 Cubs 2–1Benson (1–0)SandersWilliams (1)19,7212–2
5April 10 Cubs 9–3Sauerbeck (1–0)Woodall22,4793–2
6April 11 Cubs 9–6Schmidt (2–0)Trachsel19,3844–2
7April 13 Cardinals 2–4BottenfieldSchourek (0–1)Acevedo19,7244–3
8April 14 Cardinals 5–9AybarBenson (1–1)18,7804–4
9April 16@ Reds 5–6GravesChristiansen (0–1)17,9744–5
10April 17@ Reds 7–6 (10)Christiansen (1–1)White15,6975–5
11April 18@ Reds 4–2Loiselle (1–1)GravesWilliams (2)16,6676–5
12April 19@ Padres 3–0Schourek (1–1)SpencerChristiansen (1)33,6167–5
13April 20@ Padres 7–3 (10)Williams (1–0)Hoffman15,4398–5
14April 21@ Padres 0–2AshbySchmidt (2–1)Hoffman13,9288–6
15April 23 Brewers 1–9WoodardPeters (0–1)13,8508–7
16April 24 Brewers 3–5ReyesRitchie (0–1)Wickman15,8098–8
17April 25 Brewers 2–4KarlBenson (1–2)Wickman17,2688–9
18April 27@ Braves 5–3Schmidt (3–1)PerezWilliams (3)26,9909–9
19April 28@ Braves 4–5GlavineChristiansen (1–2)29,6159–10
20April 29@ Braves 1–8MadduxSilva (0–1)32,0179–11
21April 30 Rockies 2–7AstacioSchourek (1–2)17,4669–12
May: 17–12 (Home: 12–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1 Rockies 9–3Ritchie (1–1)Wright18,59910–12
23May 2 Rockies 8–5Schmidt (4–1)ThomsonWilliams (4)19,21511–12
24May 3 Giants 9–8Loiselle (2–1)Nen11,09912–12
25May 4 Giants 4–7OrtizSilva (0–2)10,53212–13
26May 5 Giants 4–3 (12)Loiselle (3–1)Rodriguez14,35813–13
27May 6@ Cardinals 13–3Ritchie (2–1)Osborne36,61514–13
28May 7@ Cardinals 2–4RadinskyLoiselle (3–2)39,62014–14
29May 8@ Cardinals 7–0Benson (2–2)Jimenez45,79015–14
30May 9@ Cardinals 12–9Peters (1–1)AybarWilliams (5)45,45816–14
31May 10@ Astros 0–6HamptonSchourek (1–3)17,06416–15
32May 11@ Astros 8–19BergmanRitchie (2–2)18,45016–16
33May 12@ Astros 2–6LimaSchmidt (4–2)19,79216–17
34May 14 Expos 5–3Benson (3–2)HermansonWilliams (6)24,64417–17
35May 15 Expos 17–6Silva (1–2)Pavano27,01718–17
36May 16 Expos 9–4Schourek (2–3)Vazquez28,88219–17
37May 17@ Braves 1–2MillwoodRitchie (2–3)Rocker30,67319–18
38May 18@ Braves 4–12PerezSchmidt (4–3)30,85819–19
39May 19@ Braves 3–7GlavineCordova (0–2)34,10619–20
40May 20@ Marlins 3–4 (14)AlfonsecaWilliams (1–1)11,47319–21
41May 21@ Marlins 1–8HernandezSchourek (2–4)16,78219–22
42May 22@ Marlins 11–4Ritchie (3–3)Springer23,12120–22
43May 23@ Marlins 6–5Wallace (1–0)DarensbourgWilliams (7)19,32121–22
44May 24 Mets 7–4Silva (2–2)IsringhausenWilliams (8)11,88022–22
45May 25 Mets 3–8YoshiiBenson (3–3)12,02922–23
46May 26 Mets 2–5HershiserSchourek (2–5)Franco13,68122–24
47May 28 Astros 6–5Ritchie (4–3)LimaWilliams (9)17,30923–24
48May 29 Astros 5–1Cordova (1–2)Reynolds32,42624–24
49May 30 Astros 7–3Benson (4–3)Hampton28,90525–24
50May 31 Dodgers 5–4Wilkins (1–0)ArnoldWilliams (10)15,92426–24
June: 13–13 (Home: 6–2; Away: 7–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1 Dodgers 4–2Schmidt (5–3)ValdezWilliams (11)10,96227–24
52June 2 Dodgers 8–4Ritchie (5–3)Dreifort20,80728–24
53June 4@ White Sox 6–3 (11)Wilkins (2–0)Simas12,23829–24
54June 5@ White Sox 5–6ParqueBenson (4–4)Foulke20,06629–25
55June 6@ White Sox 3–4SirotkaSilva (2–3)Howry26,82729–26
56June 7@ Tigers 4–9BrunsonSchmidt (5–4)14,28029–27
57June 8@ Tigers 4–11CruzRitchie (5–4)15,27029–28
58June 9@ Tigers 15–3Cordova (2–2)Moehler15,74730–28
59June 11 Royals 3–10RosadoBenson (4–5)31,05230–29
60June 12 Royals 9–8Christiansen (2–2)Whisenant29,56931–29
61June 13 Royals 8–4Schmidt (6–4)WhisenantWilliams (12)28,26132–29
62June 15@ Dodgers 11–1Ritchie (6–4)Brown26,28433–29
63June 16@ Dodgers 5–6BorbonClontz (0–1)Shaw25,38433–30
64June 17@ Dodgers 8–3Benson (5–5)Park30,88834–30
65June 18@ Padres 2–4BoehringerSilva (2–4)Hoffman60,79934–31
66June 19@ Padres 4–5CunnaneSchmidt (6–5)Hoffman33,80334–32
67June 20@ Padres 3–6ClementRitchie (6–5)Hoffman25,81934–33
68June 22@ Phillies 2–3WolfCordova (2–3)Gomes18,83534–34
69June 23@ Phillies 8–6Benson (6–5)ByrdWilliams (13)20,25635–34
70June 24@ Phillies 5–7SchillingSilva (2–5)Gomes25,84835–35
71June 25@ Brewers 5–3Schmidt (7–5)AbbottChristiansen (2)23,95836–35
72June 26@ Brewers 4–7NomoRitchie (6–6)Wickman26,59036–36
73June 27@ Brewers 6–5Cordova (3–3)KarlChristiansen (3)23,78837–36
74June 28 Phillies 3–2 (10)Hansell (1–0)Montgomery14,14438–36
75June 29 Phillies 4–7SchillingSilva (2–6)16,34338–37
76June 30 Phillies 9–1Schmidt (8–5)Ogea14,52639–37
July: 11–16 (Home: 7–9; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1 Phillies 12–7Ritchie (7–6)Person11,17440–37
78July 2 Brewers 2–5KarlCordova (3–4)Wickman20,33240–38
79July 3 Brewers 4–9PulsipherBenson (6–6)28,89340–39
80July 4 Brewers 3–4WeathersClontz (0–2)Wickman16,55340–40
81July 5 Cubs 2–5LieberSchmidt (8–6)Aguilera19,76240–41
82July 6 Cubs 6–1Ritchie (8–6)Trachsel14,36741–41
83July 7 Cubs 4–1Cordova (4–4)Mulholland28,25842–41
84July 8 Cubs 4–9SerafiniBenson (6–7)Sanders17,71142–42
85July 9@ Twins 4–5RadkeSilva (2–7)Trombley13,42742–43
86July 10@ Twins 4–5GuardadoWilliams (1–2)14,86542–44
87July 11@ Twins 10–2Ritchie (9–6)Mays18,58743–44
88July 15 Indians 0–2ColonSchmidt (8–7)Jackson39,62043–45
89July 16 Indians 11–3Cordova (5–4)Burba43,51944–45
90July 17 Indians 13–10Benson (7–7)NagyWilliams (14)43,29945–45
91July 18 Dodgers 6–5 (10)Sauerbeck (2–0)Mills23,85546–45
92July 19 Dodgers 7–12DreifortSilva (2–8)14,80546–46
93July 20 Dodgers 4–8BrownClontz (0–3)16,92146–47
94July 21@ Cubs 1–2AguileraChristiansen (2–3)37,00646–48
95July 22@ Cubs 3–5MulhollandBenson (7–8)Adams37,11246–49
96July 23@ Expos 1–5VazquezRitchie (9–7)7,51046–50
97July 24@ Expos 7–2Schourek (3–5)Powell13,39647–50
98July 25@ Expos 6–1Schmidt (9–7)Kline12,24448–50
99July 26@ Mets 5–7ReedCordova (5–5)Wendell32,01048–51
100July 27@ Mets 5–1Benson (8–8)Hershiser36,33749–51
101July 28@ Mets 2–9CookWilkins (2–1)42,92049–52
102July 30 Marlins 7–8EdmondsonHansell (1–1)Alfonseca25,16349–53
103July 31 Marlins 4–2Schmidt (10–7)EdmondsonWilliams (15)33,86250–53
August: 16–14 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1 Marlins 2–1Cordova (6–5)Fernandez19,07151–53
105August 3 Braves 7–1Benson (9–8)Millwood17,15452–53
106August 4 Braves 3–2Ritchie (10–7)SmoltzWilliams (16)17,62553–53
107August 5 Braves 3–6RemlingerHansell (1–2)Rocker19,07853–54
108August 6 Cardinals 5–1Anderson (1–0)JimenezSilva (1)54–54
109August 6 Cardinals 1–5StephensonSchmidt (10–8)Croushore35,52154–55
110August 7 Cardinals 3–1Cordova (7–5)BottenfieldWilliams (17)41,06355–55
111August 8 Cardinals 5–1Benson (10–8)Oliver31,78056–55
112August 9 Reds 2–4NeagleRitchie (10–8)Williamson13,42356–56
113August 10 Reds 1–6GuzmanSchourek (3–6)13,30656–57
114August 11 Reds 5–4Williams (2–2)Williamson23,72857–57
115August 13@ Astros 6–5 (13)Clontz (1–3)MillerWilliams (18)39,82958–57
116August 14@ Astros 1–7HoltBenson (10–9)44,86858–58
117August 15@ Astros 2–0Ritchie (11–8)ReynoldsWilliams (19)36,23159–58
118August 16@ Reds 2–9GuzmanSchourek (3–7)19,69359–59
119August 17@ Reds 4–7 (12)GravesWilliams (2–3)19,11859–60
120August 18@ Reds 12–6Cordova (8–5)Tomko19,73360–60
121August 19@ Reds 0–1HarnischBenson (10–10)Williamson17,90460–61
122August 20 Diamondbacks 5–4Ritchie (12–8)StottlemyreWilliams (20)23,93461–61
123August 21 Diamondbacks 2–4JohnsonAnderson (1–1)31,36461–62
124August 22 Diamondbacks 5–7DaalSchmidt (10–9)Mantei25,11261–63
125August 23 Diamondbacks 1–2ReynosoCordova (8–6)Mantei11,76861–64
126August 24 Rockies 2–3LeskanicWilliams (2–4)Veres13,22161–65
127August 25 Rockies 9–3Peters (2–1)Kile12,53562–65
128August 26 Rockies 8–4Anderson (2–1)Astacio12,64963–65
129August 27@ Giants 4–1Schmidt (11–9)NathanWilliams (21)16,39064–65
130August 28@ Giants 2–6GardnerCordova (8–7)32,78364–66
131August 29@ Giants 3–5EstesBenson (10–11)Nen34,02064–67
132August 30@ Rockies 11–8Peters (3–1)RamirezWilliams (22)41,87265–67
133August 31@ Rockies 9–8 (10)Williams (3–4)LeeSilva (2)41,72966–67
September: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Rockies 9–8Sauerbeck (3–0)VeresClontz (1)40,52967–67
135September 3 Giants 2–12EstesCordova (8–8)16,47867–68
136September 4 Giants 2–9OrtizBenson (10–12)19,94967–69
137September 5 Giants 8–4Peters (4–1)Rueter17,90168–69
138September 6 Padres 3–4AshbyRitchie (12–9)Hoffman16,66368–70
139September 7 Padres 3–1Schmidt (12–9)HitchcockSilva (3)11,05869–70
140September 8 Padres 4–7 (10)HoffmanWilkins (2–2)10,13369–71
141September 10@ Cardinals 5–11BottenfieldBenson (10–13)36,59069–72
142September 11@ Cardinals 8–5Peters (5–1)JimenezSilva (4)46,01170–72
143September 13@ Diamondbacks 1–5DaalSchmidt (12–10)Chouinard32,14770–73
144September 14@ Diamondbacks 1–2SwindellWilkins (2–3)Mantei30,37270–74
145September 15@ Diamondbacks 5–1Benson (11–13)Reynoso31,29471–74
146September 17 Reds 3–1Ritchie (13–9)VilloneSauerbeck (1)21,85372–74
147September 18 Reds 0–3ParrisPeters (5–2)21,25372–75
148September 19 Reds 8–5Schmidt (13–10)HarnischClontz (2)21,18373–75
149September 20 Astros 11–5Schourek (4–7)Reynolds10,25674–75
150September 21 Astros 3–6ElartonBenson (11–14)Henry12,74574–76
151September 22 Astros 3–2Ritchie (14–9)Lima16,64775–76
152September 23@ Cubs 5–8BowiePeters (5–3)Aguilera36,73675–77
153September 24@ Cubs 0–9FarnsworthSchmidt (13–11)29,26775–78
154September 25@ Cubs 1–3LieberCordova (8–9)39,03575–79
155September 26@ Cubs 8–4 (11)Sauerbeck (4–0)Guthrie39,66376–79
156September 29@ Brewers 7–5Ritchie (15–9)WoodardWilliams (23)77–79
157September 29@ Brewers 2–5BerePeters (5–4)Wickman12,46477–80
158September 30@ Brewers 3–2Garcia (1–0)NomoSauerbeck (2)12,31978–80
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Mets 2–3 (11)MahomesSauerbeck (4–1)29,52878–81
160October 2@ Mets 0–7ReedCordova (8–10)36,87878–82
161October 3@ Mets 1–2BenitezHansell (1–3)50,11178–83
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Pittsburgh Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents


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

Detailed records

Roster

1999 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
18 Jason Kendall C
30 Warren Morris 2B
24 Brian Giles LF
29 Kevin Young 1B
37 Brant Brown CF
5 Ed Sprague Jr. 3B
11 José Guillén RF
6 Mike Benjamin SS
67 Francisco Córdova SP

Player stats

Batting

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

Pitching

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

Awards and honors

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Notable transactions

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Trent Jewett
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League Marty Brown
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Scott Little
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Tracy Woodson
A-Short Season Williamsport Crosscutters New York–Penn League Curtis Wilkerson
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

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