1999 Boston Red Sox season

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1999  Boston Red Sox
American League Wild Card Winners
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place2nd (4 GB)
Owners JRY Trust
President John Harrington
General manager Dan Duquette
Manager Jimy Williams
Television WLVI-TV
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Radio WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez, Juan Pedro Villamán)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1999 Boston Red Sox season was the 99th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, four games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, and defeated the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. The Red Sox then lost to the Yankees in the ALCS.

Contents

Pedro Martínez won the American League Cy Young Award, becoming the second pitcher to win the award in both leagues. [1] Additionally, Jimy Williams was named the American League Manager of the Year.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98640.605—48–3350–31
Boston Red Sox 94680.580449–3245–36
Toronto Blue Jays 84780.5191440–4144–37
Baltimore Orioles 78840.4812041–4037–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69930.4262933–4836–45

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9
Red Sox vs. National League East
TeamATLFLAMONNYMPHI
Boston2–42–10–31–21–2

Opening Day Lineup

30 José Offerman DH
20 Darren Lewis CF
13 John Valentin 3B
  5 Nomar Garciaparra   SS
25 Troy O'Leary LF
24 Mike Stanley 1B
10 Scott Hatteberg C
  3 Jeff Frye 2B
  7 Trot Nixon RF
45 Pedro Martínez P

Source [10]

All-Star Game

The 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 70th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL). Red Sox legend Ted Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch. Three members of the Red Sox played in the game. Pitcher Pedro Martínez and shortstop Nomar Garciaparra were starters, while second baseman José Offerman was a reserve. The game, won by the American League 4-1, was held on July 13, 1999, at Fenway Park. [11]

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player statistics

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 Jason Varitek 144483130.2692076
1B Mike Stanley 136427120.2811972
2B José Offerman 149586172.294869
SS Nomar Garciaparra 135532190.35727104
3B John Valentin 113450114.2531270
LF Troy O'Leary 157596167.28028103
CF Darren Lewis 135470113.240240
RF Trot Nixon 124381103.2701552
DH Reggie Jefferson 8320657.277517

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Damon Buford 9129772.242638
Michael Coleman 251.20000
Brian Daubach 110381112.2942173
Chad Fonville 320.00000
Jeff Frye 4111432.281112
Creighton Gubanich 184713.277111
Scott Hatteberg 308022.275111
Butch Huskey 4512433.266728
Steve Lomasney 120.00000
Lou Merloni 4312632.254113
Jon Nunnally 10144.28601
Donnie Sadler 4910730.28004
Wilton Veras 3611834.288213
Lenny Webster 6140.00001

Pitching

Starting rotation

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

PlayerG (GS)IPWLERASO
Pedro Martínez 31 (29)213.12342.07303
Mark Portugal 31 (27)150.17125.5179
Pat Rapp 37 (26)146.1674.1290
Bret Saberhagen 22 (22)119.01062.9581
Brian Rose 22 (18)98.0764.8751

Relief, spot starters, and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched (GS) = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerG (GS)IPWLSVERASO
Tim Wakefield 49 (17)140.0611155.08104
Derek Lowe 74 (0)109.163152.6380
John Wasdin 45 (0)74.18324.1257
Rhéal Cormier 60 (0)63.12003.6939
Mark Guthrie 46 (0)46.11125.8336
Rich Garcés 30 (0)40.25121.5533
Jin Ho Cho 9 (7)39.12305.7216
Bryce Florie 14 (2)30.02004.8025
Kent Mercker 5 (5)25.22003.5117
Jim Corsi 23 (0)24.01205.2514
Ramón Martínez 4 (4)20.22103.0515
Tom Gordon 21 (0)17.202115.6024
Rod Beck 12 (0)14.00131.9312
Tim Harikkala 7 (0)13.01106.237
Juan Peña 2 (2)13.02000.6915
Tomo Ohka 8 (2)13.01206.238
Kip Gross 11 (1)12.20207.829
Bob Wolcott 4 (0)6.20008.102
Marino Santana 3 (0)4.000015.754
Kirk Bullinger 4 (0)2.00004.500

Source [19]

Playoffs

Division Series

Boston wins the series, 3-2 [20]

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries
1Cleveland3Boston2October 61–0 (CLE)
2Cleveland11Boston1October 72–0 (CLE)
3Boston9Cleveland3October 92–1 (CLE)
4Boston23Cleveland7October 102–2
5Cleveland8Boston12October 113–2 (BOS)

League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-1 [21]

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries
1New York4Boston3October 131–0 (NYY)
2New York3Boston2October 142–0 (NYY)
3Boston13New York1October 162–1 (NYY)
4Boston2New York9October 173–1 (NYY)
5Boston1New York6October 184–1 (NYY)

Game log

Red Sox WinRed Sox LossGame PostponedClinched Playoff Spot
1999 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 94–68 (Home: 49–32; Away: 45–36)
April: 11–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5@ Royals 5–3 P. Martínez (1–0) Appier (0–1) Gordon (1) Kauffman Stadium 40,2571–0W1
2April 7@ Royals 6–0 Saberhagen (1–0) Rosado (0–1)— Kauffman Stadium 13,9032–0W2
3April 8@ Royals 4–1 Wakefield (1–0) Suppan (0–1) Gordon (2) Kauffman Stadium 13,3563–0W3
4April 9@ Devil Rays 4–1 Portugal (1–0) Arrojo (0–1)— Tropicana Field 40,5254–0W4
5April 10@ Devil Rays 5–3 P. Martínez (2–0) Santana (0–1) Gordon (3) Tropicana Field 28,5525–0W5
6April 11@ Devil Rays 4–5 Aldred (1–0) Lowe (0–1) Hernández (2) Tropicana Field 23,4045–1L1
7April 13 White Sox 6–0 Saberhagen (2–0) Parque (1–1)— Fenway Park 31,8746–1W1
8April 15 White Sox 0–4 Snyder (1–1) P. Martínez (2–1)— Fenway Park 22,4616–2L1
9April 16 Devil Rays 6–2 Rekar (1–0) Wakefield (1–1)— Fenway Park 18,8096–3L2
10April 17 Devil Rays 8–5 Portugal (2–0) Saunders (1–2)— Fenway Park 26,7997–3W1
11April 18 Devil Rays 1–5 Witt (2–0) Rapp (0–1)— Fenway Park 27,5897–4L1
12April 19 Devil Rays 5–4 Arrojo (1–1) Saberhagen (2–1) Hernández (4) Fenway Park 33,1677–5L2
13April 20@ Tigers 1–0 P. Martínez (3–1) Weaver (1–1) Lowe (1) Tiger Stadium 12,5588–5W1
14April 21@ Tigers 2–9 Moehler (2–2) Wakefield (1–2)— Tiger Stadium 13,0498–6L1
15April 22@ Tigers 0–1 Thompson (2–2) Portugal (2–1) Jones (2) Tiger Stadium 32,9758–7L2
16April 23 Indians 6–7 Karsay (2–1) Corsi (0–1) Jackson (3) Fenway Park 29,9218–8L3
17April 24 Indians 9–4 Harikkala (1–0) DeLucia (0–1)— Fenway Park 29,4819–8W1
18April 25 Indians 3–2 P. Martínez (4–1) Shuey (2–1)— Fenway Park 30,47210–8W2
19April 26@ Twins 2–6 Radke (2–2) Wakefield (1–3) Trombley (1) Metrodome 9,67410–9L1
20April 27@ Twins 5–6 Guardado (1–1) Corsi (0–2) Aguilera (4) Metrodome 10,68110–10L2
21April 28@ Twins 9–4 Rapp (1–1) Lincoln (0–4)— Metrodome 11,09711–10W1
22April 30@ Athletics 9–13 Mathews (3–0) Lowe (0–2)— Network Associates Coliseum 10,06311–11L1
May: 20–8
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
23May 1@ Athletics 7–2 P. Martínez (5–1) Heredia (1–2)— Network Associates Coliseum 30,35312–11W1
24May 2@ Athletics 5–7 Jones (1–0) Harikkala (1–1) Taylor (6) Network Associates Coliseum 17,38812–12L1
25May 3@ Athletics 11–12 (10) Mathews (4–0) Gross (0–1)— Network Associates Coliseum 8,22112–13L2
26May 5 Rangers 3–8 Helling (3–3) Rapp (1–2)— Fenway Park 20,96012–14L3
27May 6 Rangers 3–2 Cormier (1–0) Sele (3–3) Wakefield (1) Fenway Park 21,41213–14W1
28May 7 Angels 6–0 P. Martínez (6–1) Olivares (3–3)— Fenway Park 32,22014–14W2
29May 8 Angels 6–1 Peña (1–0) Belcher (1–3) Lowe (2) Fenway Park 29,38515–14W3
30May 9 Angels 4–2 Portugal (3–1) Hill (1–2) Wakefield (2) Fenway Park 23,71016–14W4
31May 10 Mariners 12–4 Wasdin (1–0) Hinchliffe (0–2)— Fenway Park 21,66017–14W5
32May 11 Mariners 5–8 Moyer (2–4) Wakefield (1–4)— Fenway Park 24,41617–15L1
33May 12 Mariners 9–2 P. Martínez (7–1) Suzuki (0–2)— Fenway Park 28,17718–15W1
34May 14@ Blue Jays 5–0 Peña (2–0) Wells (4–3)— SkyDome 22,18619–15W2
35May 15@ Blue Jays 6–5 Wasdin (2–0) Plesac (0–3) Gordon (4) SkyDome 24,57920–15W3
36May 16@ Blue Jays 6–9 Lloyd (3–1) Gross (0–2)— SkyDome 21,09420–16L1
37May 17@ Blue Jays 8–7 Wasdin (3–0) Lloyd (3–2)— SkyDome 20,39521–16W1
38May 18 Yankees 6–3 P. Martínez (8–1) Cone (4–2) Gordon (5) Fenway Park 33,62022–16W2
39May 19 Yankees 6–0 Rose (1–0) Irabu (1–2)— Fenway Park 32,09123–16W3
40May 20 Yankees 1–3 Hernández (4–4) Portugal (3–2) Rivera (11) Fenway Park 33,13923–17L1
41May 21 Blue Jays 5–2 Rapp (2–2) Escobar (3–2)— Fenway Park 27,28424–17W1
42May 22 Blue Jays 6–4 Wakefield (2–4) Carpenter (3–4) Gordon (6) Fenway Park 32,03825–17W2
43May 23 Blue Jays 10–8 P. Martínez (9–1) Hentgen (4–2) Gordon (7) Fenway Park 28,55926–17W3
—May 24@ Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup date May 27.
44May 25@ Yankees 5–2 Rose (2–0) Irabu (1–3) Gordon (8) Yankee Stadium 37,71527–17W4
45May 26@ Yankees 3–8 Hernández (5–4) Portugal (3–3) Rivera (12) Yankee Stadium 45,80027–18L1
46May 27@ Yankees 1–4 Clemens (4–0) Rapp (2–3) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 55,67127–19L2
47May 28@ Indians 12–5 Wakefield (3–4) Wright (4–3) Lowe (3) Jacobs Field 43,28728–19W1
48May 29@ Indians 4–2 P. Martínez (10–1) Colón (6–2) Gordon (9) Jacobs Field 43,25529–19W2
49May 30@ Indians 4–2 Rose (3–0) Gooden (2–2) Gordon (10) Jacobs Field 43,20730–19W3
50May 31 Tigers 8–7 Wasdin (4–0) Anderson (1–1) Gordon (11) Fenway Park 27,88331–19W4
June: 14–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
51June 1 Tigers 5–4 Wasdin (5–0) Brocail (1–2) Lowe (4) Fenway Park 26,45632–19W5
52June 2 Tigers 2–4 Thompson (5–6) Wakefield (3–5) Jones (9) Fenway Park 22,19432–20L1
53June 4 Braves 5–1 P. Martínez (11–1) Glavine (3–7)— Fenway Park 33,41133–20W1
54June 5 Braves 5–6 Maddux (5–3) Gordon (0–1) Rocker (11) Fenway Park 32,79333–21L1
55June 6 Braves 2–3 (10) Seánez (4–0) Portugal (3–4) Rocker (12) Fenway Park 32,18433–22L2
56June 7@ Expos 2–8 Pavano (4–5) Saberhagen (2–2)— Olympic Stadium 7,00333–23L3
57June 8@ Expos 1–5 Smith (1–0) Wakefield (3–6)— Olympic Stadium 7,23333–24L4
58June 9@ Expos 1–13 Thurman (2–3) P. Martínez (11–2)— Olympic Stadium 19,01233–25L5
59June 11@ Mets 3–2 (12) Corsi (1–2) Franco (0–2) Wasdin (1) Shea Stadium 36,70034–25W1
60June 12@ Mets 2–4 Leiter (4–5) Rapp (2–4) Franco (15) Shea Stadium 43,81934–26L1
61June 13@ Mets 4–5 Hershiser (6–5) Portugal (3–5) Wendell (2) Shea Stadium 46,47334–27L2
62June 14 Twins 4–3 Wasdin (6–0) Trombley (1–3)— Fenway Park 30,09935–27W1
63June 15 Twins 4–2 P. Martínez (12–2) Milton (2–6) Wakefield (3) Fenway Park 31,80536–27W2
64June 16 Twins 5–1 Rose (4–0) Perkins (1–4) Guthrie (1) Fenway Park 30,08537–27W3
65June 17 Twins 7–8 Hawkins (3–7) Rapp (2–5) Trombley (8) Fenway Park 31,44637–28L1
66June 18 Rangers 1–4 Morgan (7–5) Portugal (3–6) Zimmerman (1) Fenway Park 31,42737–29L2
67June 19 Rangers 7–4 Cho (1–0) Clark (3–7) Wakefield (4) Fenway Park 31,95038–29W1
68June 20 Rangers 5–2 P. Martínez (13–2) Glynn (0–2) Wakefield (5) Fenway Park 31,50139–29W2
69June 21 Rangers 5–4 Wasdin (7–0) Helling (6–7) Wakefield (6) Fenway Park 27,62740–29W3
70June 22@ Orioles 3–5 Rhodes (3–2) Guthrie (0–1) Timlin (9) Camden Yards 43,32940–30L1
71June 23@ Orioles 5–0 Saberhagen (3–2) Guzmán (3–6)— Camden Yards 45,08641–30W1
72June 24@ Orioles 2–1 Portugal (4–6) Mussina (9–4) Wakefield (7) Camden Yards 47,38842–30W2
73June 25 White Sox 6–1 Cho (2–0) Snyder (7–6)— Fenway Park 31,09743–30W3
74June 26 White Sox 17–1 P. Martínez (14–2) Baldwin (3–8) Wasdin (2) Fenway Park 32,75844–30W4
75June 27 White Sox 6–7 Simas (2–2) Wakefield (3–7)— Fenway Park 30,62744–31L1
76June 28 White Sox 14–1 Saberhagen (4–2) Sirotka (6–8)— Fenway Park 24,61645–31W1
77June 30 Devil Rays 10–11 (10) Hernández (1–3) Wasdin (7–1)— Fenway Park 27,96145–32L1
July: 11–15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
78July 1 Devil Rays 3–12 Álvarez (4–5) Cho (2–1)— Fenway Park 29,27045–33L1
79July 2@ White Sox 6–1 P. Martínez (15–2) Parque (8–6)— Comiskey Park 23,22646–33W1
80July 3@ White Sox 2–11 Sirotka (7–8) Rose (4–1)— Comiskey Park 18,02846–34L1
81July 4@ White Sox 5–2 Saberhagen (5–2) Navarro (6–7) Wakefield (8) Comiskey Park 16,49547–34W1
82July 5@ Devil Rays 4–2 Portugal (5–6) Rekar (5–4) Wakefield (9) Tropicana Field 21,96748–34W2
83July 6@ Devil Rays 4–6 Lopez (1–1) Wasdin (7–2) Hernández (23) Tropicana Field 17,30948–35L1
84July 7@ Devil Rays 2–3 Eiland (1–4) P. Martínez (15–3) Hernández (24) Tropicana Field 20,95948–36L2
85July 8@ Devil Rays 2–3 Witt (5–5) Rose (4–2) Hernández (25) Tropicana Field 21,16048–37L3
86July 9@ Braves 5–4 Saberhagen (6–2) Chen (0–1) Wakefield (10) Turner Field 49,63649–37W1
87July 10@ Braves 1–2 (11) Seánez (5–0) Wasdin (7–3)— Turner Field 47,87149–38L1
88July 11@ Braves 1–8 Maddux (10–5) Cho (2–2)— Turner Field 46,68049–39L2
89July 15 Phillies 6–4 Rose (5–2) Byrd (11–6) Wakefield (11) Fenway Park 32,39750–39W1
90July 16 Phillies 4–5 Person (3–4) Saberhagen (6–3) Gomes (13) Fenway Park 32,89950–40L1
91July 17 Phillies 3–11 Wolf (5–0) Portugal (5–7)— Fenway Park 32,22850–41L2
92July 18 Marlins 11–9 Lowe (1–2) Núñez (3–3) Wakefield (12) Fenway Park 30,28851–41W1
93July 19 Marlins 7–10 Meadows (7–10) Ohka (0–1) Alfonseca (4) Fenway Park 23,28251–42L1
94July 20 Marlins 7–1 Rose (6–2) Hernández (5–9)— Fenway Park 25,34652–42W1
95July 21 Orioles 1–6 Mussina (13–4) Saberhagen (6–4)— Fenway Park 33,69052–43L1
96July 22 Orioles 2–5 Erickson (6–8) Cho (2–3) Timlin (10) Fenway Park 33,38452–44L2
97July 23@ Tigers 5–14 Moehler (8–9) Ohka (0–2)— Tiger Stadium 35,24552–45L3
98July 24@ Tigers 11–4 Portugal (6–7) Weaver (6–6) Lowe (5) Tiger Stadium 37,14953–45W1
99July 25@ Tigers 1–9 Mlicki (5–10) Rose (6–3)— Tiger Stadium 34,95953–46L1
100July 27@ Blue Jays 11–9 Guthrie (1–1) Halladay (7–4) Wakefield (13) SkyDome 38,63154–46W1
101July 28@ Blue Jays 8–0 Rapp (3–5) Hamilton (3–6)— SkyDome 36,19055–46W2
102July 30 Yankees 3–13 Irabu (8–3) Portugal (6–8)— Fenway Park 33,77755–47L1
103July 31 Yankees 6–5 Lowe (2–2) Mendoza (4–7)— Fenway Park 33,17956–47W1
August: 18–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
104August 1 Yankees 5–4 Saberhagen (7–4) Hernández (12–7) Wakefield (13) Fenway Park 33,55357–47W2
105August 2 Indians 5–7 Karsay (8–1) Garcés (0–1) Jackson (23) Fenway Park 33,21857–48L1
106August 3 Indians 4–5 Shuey (7–4) Wakefield (3–8) Jackson (24) Fenway Park 33,65057–49L2
107August 4 Indians 7–2 Portugal (7–8) Colón (10–4)— Fenway Park 33,28258–49W1
108August 5@ Angels 0–8 Finley (6–10) Rose (6–4)— Edison Field 26,17558–50L1
109August 6@ Angels 5–1 Saberhagen (8–4) Sparks (5–8)— Edison Field 36,36059–50W1
110August 7@ Angels 14–3 Rapp (4–5) Belcher (5–7)— Edison Field 36,57760–50W2
111August 8@ Angels 9–3 P. Martínez (16–3) McDowell (0–4)— Edison Field 31,66461–50W3
112August 9@ Royals 2–5 Suppan (7–6) Portugal (7–9)— Kauffman Stadium 18,24861–51L1
113August 10@ Royals 9–6 (10) Wakefield (4–8) Wakefield (6–7) Garcés (1) Kauffman Stadium 15,90962–51W1
114August 11@ Royals 9–3 Saberhagen (9–4) Rosado (7–9)— Kauffman Stadium 15,15763–51W2
115August 13 Mariners 11–6 Lowe (3–2) Fassero (4–14)— Fenway Park 33,65364–51W3
116August 14 Mariners 13–2 P. Martínez (17–3) Halama (9–4)— Fenway Park 33,25865–51W4
117August 15 Mariners 3–4 Meche (4–2) Portugal (7–10) Mesa (25) Fenway Park 32,46065–52L1
118August 16 Athletics 6–5 Lowe (4–2) Jones (3–5)— Fenway Park 30,59766–52W1
119August 17 Athletics 1–12 Heredia (10–5) Saberhagen (9–5)— Fenway Park 31,24666–53L1
120August 18 Athletics 7–4 Garcés (1–1) Appier (12–10) Lowe (6) Fenway Park 32,40567–53W1
121August 19 Athletics 2–6 Hudson (8–1) P. Martínez (17–4) Mathews (3) Fenway Park 33,39367–54L1
122August 20@ Rangers 3–4 Loaiza (6–1) Portugal (7–11) Wetteland (34) The Ballpark in Arlington 35,03667–55L2
123August 21@ Rangers 2–9 Helling (10–7) Rose (6–5)— The Ballpark in Arlington 45,64167–56L3
124August 22@ Rangers 0–6 Sele (14–7) Wakefield (4–9)— The Ballpark in Arlington 28,09967–57L4
125August 23@ Twins 4–1 Rapp (5–5) Hawkins (8–11) Lowe (7) Metrodome 14,33168–57W1
126August 24@ Twins 7–1 P. Martínez (18–4) Ryan (0–1)— Metrodome 12,33269–57W2
127August 25@ Twins 3–6 Radke (10–12) Portugal (7–12)— Metrodome 11,18569–58L1
128August 27 Angels 4–3 Garcés (2–1) Percival (3–3) Lowe (8) Fenway Park 32,92170–58W1
129August 28 Angels 7–6 Lowe (5–2) Pote (0–1)— Fenway Park 33,06071–58W2
130August 29 Angels 7–4 Rapp (6–5) Belcher (5–8) Lowe (9) Fenway Park 32,25372–58W3
131August 30 Royals 9–1 P. Martínez (19–4) Suppan (8–8)— Fenway Park 32,70573–58W4
132August 31 Royals 6–3 Garcés (3–1) Witasick (5–11) Lowe (10) Fenway Park 32,17774–58W5
September/October: 20–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
133September 1 Royals 4–3 Mercker (7–5) Rosado (7–13) Beck (8) Fenway Park 31,74375–58W6
134September 2 Royals 2–4 Suzuki (1–4) R. Martínez (0–1) Fussell (1) Fenway Park 31,38775–59L1
135September 3@ Mariners 1–2 Moyer (13–6) Lowe (5–3)— Safeco Field 44,47175–60L2
136September 4@ Mariners 4–0 P. Martínez (20–4) Abbott (5–2)— Safeco Field 44,59776–60W1
137September 5@ Mariners 9–7 Garcés (4–1) Paniagua (6–11) Lowe (11) Safeco Field 44,01977–60W2
138September 6@ Mariners 3–2 Florie (3–1) Halama (11–6) Lowe (12) Safeco Field 44,24678–60W3
139September 7@ Athletics 5–3 Wakefield (5–9) Heredia (11–7) Lowe (13) Newtowrk Associates Coliseum 21,19579–60W4
140September 8@ Athletics 2–6 Appier (14–12) Rapp (6–6)— Newtowrk Associates Coliseum 20,25179–61L1
141September 10@ Yankees 3–1 P. Martínez (21–4) Pettitte (12–11)— Yankee Stadium 55,23980–61W1
142September 11@ Yankees 11–10 Garcés (5–1) Irabu (10–6) Beck (9) Yankee Stadium 55,42281–61W2
143September 12@ Yankees 4–1 Cormier (2–0) Clemens (12–9) Beck (10) Yankee Stadium 56,02882–61W3
144September 13@ Indians 7–11 Nagy (16–9) Wakefield (5–10) Shuey (6) Jacobs Field 43,26482–62L1
145September 14@ Indians 12–3 Lowe (6–3) Gooden (3–4)— Jacobs Field 43,20383–62W1
146September 15@ Indians 6–4 (13) Wasdin (8–3) Brower (1–1)— Jacobs Field 43,22484–62W2
147September 17 Tigers 14–3 Florie (4–1) Blair (2–11)— Fenway Park 29,03885–62W3
148September 18 Tigers 9–1 Saberhagen (10–5) Weaver (8–12)— Fenway Park 32,38286–62W4
149September 19 Tigers 7–3 Wakefield (6–10) Mlicki (13–12) Lowe (14) Fenway Park 30,77787–62W5
150September 21 Blue Jays 3–0 P. Martínez (22–4) Hentgen (10–12)— Fenway Park 27,79988–62W6
151September 22 Blue Jays 9–14 Escobar (13–11) Rapp (6–7)— Fenway Park 25,34588–63L1
152September 23 Blue Jays 5–7 Wells (15–10) Beck (2–5) Koch (29) Fenway Park 30,78088–64L2
153September 24 Orioles 0–1 Mussina (17–7) Saberhagen (10–6) Timlin (27) Fenway Park 32,93088–65L3
154September 25 Orioles 4–1 R. Martínez (1–1) Linton (1–3) Garcés (2) Fenway Park 32,10789–65W1
155September 26 Orioles 5–8 Johnson (8–7) Wakefield (6–11) Orosco (1) Fenway Park 32,11589–66L1
156September 27 Orioles 5–3 P. Martínez (23–4) Erickson (15–12) Lowe (15) Fenway Park 33,47790–66W1
—September 28@ White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 29.
157September 29 (1) @ White Sox 6–2 Mercker (8–5) Parque (9–15)— Comiskey Park —91–66W2
158September 29 (2)@ White Sox 2–4 Foulke (3–3) Gordon (0–2) Howry (26) Comiskey Park 12,97491–67L1
159September 30@ White Sox 2–5 Lowe (4–1) Rose (6–6) Howry (27) Comiskey Park 12,78891–68L2
160October 1@ Orioles 6–2 Ohka (1–2) Linton (1–4)— Camden Yards 43,08192–68W1
161October 2@ Orioles 8–0 R. Martínez (2–1) Johns (6–4)— Camden Yards 48,33893–68W2
162October 3@ Orioles 1–0 Rose (7–6) Timlin (3–9) Wakefield (15) Camden Yards 47,56794–68W3
Reference: [22]

Postseason game log

Boston Red Sox 1999 Postseason Game Log (4–6)
#/DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesStreak
1October 6@ Indians 2–3 Shuey (1–0) Lowe (0–1)— Jacobs Field 45,1820–1L1
2October 7@ Indians 1–11 Nagy (1–0) Saberhagen (0–1)— Jacobs Field 45,1840–2L2
3October 9 Indians 9–3 Lowe (1–1) Wright (0–1)— Fenway Park 33,5391–2W1
4October 10 Indians 23–7 Garcés (1–0) Colón (0–1)— Fenway Park 33,8982–2W2
5October 11@ Indians 12–8 P. Martínez (1–0) Shuey (1–1)— Jacobs Field 45,1143–2W3
Red Sox Win Series 3–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesStreak
1October 13@ Yankees 3–4 Rivera (1–0) Beck (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 57,1810–1L1
2October 14@ Yankees 2–3 Cone (1–0) R. Martínez (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 57,1800–2L2
3October 16 Yankees 13–1 P. Martínez (2–0) Clemens (1–1)— Fenway Park 33,1901–2W1
4October 17 Yankees 2–9 Pettitte (2–0) Saberhagen (0–2) Rivera (4) Fenway Park 33,8561–3L1
5October 18 Yankees 1–6 Hernández (2–0) Mercker (0–1) Mendoza (1) Fenway Park 33,5891–4L2
Red Sox Lose Series 1–4

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

The Augusta GreenJackets replaced the Michigan Battle Cats as the Red Sox' Class A affiliate.

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Gary Jones
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League DeMarlo Hale
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Butch Hobson
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Billy Gardner Jr.
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Luis Aguayo
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League John Sanders
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Norman
Rookie VSL Red Sox (cooperative) Venezuelan Summer League  

VSL cooperative was with the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.[ citation needed ]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta
Source: [23] [24]

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