1999 Milwaukee Brewers season

1999 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee
OwnersBud Selig
General managersSal Bando, Dean Taylor
ManagersPhil Garner, Jim Lefebvre
TelevisionWCGV-TV
Midwest SC
(Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder)
RadioWTMJ (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.

Offseason

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  • November 11, 1998: Bob Hamelin was released by the Brewers.[1]
  • November 20, 1998: Héctor Ramírez was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[2]
  • December 1, 1999: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[3]
  • December 2, 1999: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]
  • December 14, 1998: The Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Alex Ochoa. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Darrell Nicholas (minors) to the Twins on December 15.[5]
  • December 18, 1998: Marc Newfield was released by the Brewers.[6]
  • January 27, 1999: Jim Abbott was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[7]

Regular season

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  • July 14, 1999: "Big Blue", a massive crane that was used to put the roof panels on soon to be completed Miller Park, collapsed while attempting to place one of the panels. Ultimately, this accident delayed the opening of Miller Park a full season and it wasn't opened until April 2001.
(1999)

Paul Molitor
3B: 1978–92

Opening day starters

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Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 97 65 .599 — 50‍–‍32 47‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 96 67 .589 1½ 45‍–‍37 51‍–‍30
Pittsburgh Pirates 78 83 .484 18½ 45‍–‍36 33‍–‍47
St. Louis Cardinals 75 86 .466 21½ 38‍–‍42 37‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 74 87 .460 22½ 32‍–‍48 42‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs 67 95 .414 30 34‍–‍47 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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1999 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 4–5 7–2 1–8 6–7 8–1 5–4 7–6 5–4 6–3 7–2 8–1 5–2 11–2 9–3 4–4 7–8
Atlanta 5–4 — 2–5 8–1 5–4 9–4 6–1 5–4 5–2 9–4 9–3 8–5 6–3 5–4 4–5 8–1 9–9
Chicago 2–7 5–2 — 5–8 4–5 6–3 3–9 2–7 6–6 2–5 3–6 2–7 7–6 6–3 1–7 7–5 6–9
Cincinnati 8–1 1–8 8–5 — 7–2 6–1 9–4 4–3 6–6 4–3 5–5 6–3 7–6 6–3 4–5 8–4 7–8
Colorado 7–6 4–5 5–4 2–7 — 5–4 2–6 8–5 6–3 6–3 4–5 5–4 2–7 4–9 4–9 4–5 4–8
Florida 1–8 4–9 3–6 1–6 4–5 — 2–7 7–2 5–4 8–4 3–10 2–11 3–4 3–6 4–5 3–4 11–7
Houston 4–5 1–6 9–3 4–9 6–2 7–2 — 6–3 8–5 7–2 4–5 6–1 5–7 8–1 5–4 5–7 12–3
Los Angeles 6–7 4–5 7–2 3–4 5–8 2–7 3–6 — 7–2 5–4 4–4 6–3 3–6 3–9 8–5 3–6 8–7
Milwaukee 4–5 2–5 6–6 6–6 3–6 4–5 5–8 2–7 — 5–4 2–5 5–4 8–4 3–5 4–5 7–6 8–6
Montreal 3–6 4–9 5–2 3–4 3–6 4–8 2–7 4–5 4–5 — 5–8 6–6 3–6 5–3 4–5 5–4 8–10
New York 2–7 3–9 6–3 5–5 5–4 10–3 5–4 4–4 5–2 8–5 — 6–6 7–2 7–2 7–2 5–2 12–6
Philadelphia 1–8 5–8 7–2 3–6 4–5 11–2 1–6 3–6 4–5 6–6 6–6 — 3–4 6–3 2–6 4–5 11–7
Pittsburgh 2–5 3–6 6–7 6–7 7–2 4–3 7–5 6–3 4–8 6–3 2–7 4–3 — 3–6 4–5 7–5 7–8
San Diego 2–11 4–5 3–6 3–6 9–4 6–3 1–8 9–3 5–3 3–5 2–7 3–6 6–3 — 5–7 2–7 11–4
San Francisco 3–9 5–4 7–1 5–4 9–4 5–4 4–5 5–8 5–4 5–4 2–7 6–2 5–4 7–5 — 6–3 7–8
St. Louis 4–4 1–8 5–7 4–8 5–4 4–3 7–5 6–3 6–7 4–5 2–5 5–4 5–7 7–2 3–6 — 7–8


Notable transactions

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  • April 12, 1999: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[9]
  • May 23, 1999: Aaron Small was released by the Brewers.[9]
  • June 2, 1999: Ben Sheets was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 30, 1999.[10]
  • August 12, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[11]
  • August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Carl Dale to the Brewers on August 20.[12]

Roster

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1999 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
C Dave Nilsson 115 343 56 106 21 62 .309 1
1B Mark Loretta 153 587 93 170 5 67 .290 4
2B Ron Belliard 124 457 60 135 8 58 .295 4
3B Jeff Cirillo 157 607 98 198 15 88 .326 7
SS José Valentín 89 256 45 58 10 38 .227 3
CF Marquis Grissom 154 603 92 161 20 83 .267 24
RF Jeromy Burnitz 130 467 87 126 33 103 .270 7
LF Geoff Jenkins 135 447 70 140 21 82 .313 5

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Other batters

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

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Alex Ochoa 119 277 47 83 8 40 .300 6
Sean Berry 106 259 26 59 2 23 .228 0
Brian Banks 105 219 34 53 5 22 .242 6
Fernando Viña 37 154 17 41 1 16 .266 5
Rich Becker 89 139 15 35 5 16 .252 5
Lou Collier 74 135 18 35 2 21 .259 3
Kevin Barker 38 117 13 33 3 23 .282 1
Bobby Hughes 48 101 10 26 3 8 .257 0
Robinson Cancel 15 44 5 8 0 5 .182 0
Charlie Greene 32 42 4 8 0 1 .190 0
Lyle Mouton 14 17 2 3 1 3 .176 0
Eddie Zosky 8 7 1 1 0 0 .143 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO BB
Scott Karl 33 197.2 11 11 4.78 74 69
Steve Woodard 31 185.0 11 8 4.52 119 36
Hideo Nomo 28 176.1 12 8 4.54 161 78
Bill Pulsipher 19 87.1 5 6 5.98 42 36
Cal Eldred 20 82.0 2 8 7.79 60 46
Jim Abbott 20 82.0 2 8 6.91 37 42
Jason Bere 5 23.1 2 0 4.63 19 10

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rafael Roque 43 84.1 1 6 5.34 66
Kyle Peterson 17 77.0 4 7 4.56 34

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Wickman 71 3 8 37 3.39 60
Mike Myers 71 2 1 0 5.23 35
Eric Plunk 68 4 4 0 5.02 63
David Weathers 63 7 4 2 4.65 74
Rocky Coppinger 29 5 3 0 3.68 39
Al Reyes 26 2 0 0 4.25 39
Héctor Ramírez 15 1 2 0 3.43 9
Jim Pittsley 15 0 1 0 4.82 13
Steve Falteisek 10 0 0 0 7.50 5
Reggie Harris 8 0 0 0 3.00 11
Valerio De Los Santos 7 0 1 0 6.48 5
Chad Fox 6 0 0 0 10.80 12
Horacio Estrada 4 0 0 0 7.36 5
Carl Dale 4 0 1 0 20.25 4
Jeff D'Amico 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

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]

Level Team League Manager
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

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  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. ^ a b 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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