1999 San Francisco Giants season

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1999  San Francisco Giants
League National League
Division West
Ballpark 3Com Park at Candlestick Point
City San Francisco, California
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Peter Magowan
General managers Brian Sabean
Managers Dusty Baker
Television KTVU
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller)
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Radio KNBR
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 1999 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 117th season in Major League Baseball, their 42nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 40th and final season at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 86–76 record, 14 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 100620.617—52–2948–33
San Francisco Giants 86760.5311449–3237–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 77850.4752337–4440–41
San Diego Padres 74880.4572646–3528–53
Colorado Rockies 72900.4442839–4233–48

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 San Francisco Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Brent Mayne 11732297.301239
1B J.T. Snow 161570156.2742498
2B Jeff Kent 138511148.29023101
SS Rich Aurilia 152558157.2812280
3B Bill Mueller 116414120.290236
LF Barry Bonds 10235593.2623483
CF Marvin Benard 149562163.2901664
RF Ellis Burks 120390110.2823196

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Stan Javier 11233392.276330
Charlie Hayes 9526454.205648
F.P. Santangelo 11325466.260326
Scott Servais 6919854.273521
Armando Ríos 7215049.327729
Ramón Martínez 6114438.264519
Doug Mirabelli 338722.253110
Wilson Delgado 357118.25403
Calvin Murray 15195.26305
Jay Canizaro 12188.44419
Edwards Guzmán 14150.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Russ Ortiz 33207.21893.81164
Shawn Estes 32203.011114.92159
Kirk Rueter 33184.215105.4194
Chris Brock 19106.2685.4876
Liván Hernández 1063.2334.3847

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mark Gardner 29139.05116.4786
Joe Nathan 1990.1744.1854
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Robb Nen 7238373.9877
Alan Embree 683203.3853
John Johnstone 624632.6056
Rich Rodriguez 623005.2444
Jerry Spradlin 593104.1952
Félix Rodríguez 472303.8055
Julián Tavárez 472005.9333
Miguel Del Toro 140004.1820
Bronswell Patrick 610110.136

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Ron Roenicke
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Shane Turner
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Keith Comstock
A San Jose Giants California League Lenn Sakata
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Frank Reberger

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References

  1. ↑ Dante Powell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Jalal Leach Stats".
  3. ↑ "1999 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ Felipe Crespo Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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