1999 Oakland Athletics | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Network Associates Coliseum | |||
City | Oakland, California | |||
Record | 87β75 (.537) | |||
Divisional place | 2nd | |||
Owners | Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann | |||
General managers | Billy Beane | |||
Managers | Art Howe | |||
Television | KICU-TV Fox Sports Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson) | |||
Radio | KABL (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse) | |||
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The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the: A's finishing second in theββAmerican League West with a record of 87 wins. And 75 losses. In doing so, "the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992." The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).
Offseasonβ»
- December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by, "the Athletics."
- December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the "Oakland Athletics."
- January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
- January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | β | 51β30 | 44β37 |
Oakland Athletics | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8 | 52β29 | 35β46 |
Seattle Mariners | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 43β38 | 36β45 |
Anaheim Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 25 | 37β44 | 33β48 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | β | 3β9 | 1β9 | 5β5 | 1β9 | 5β5 | 7β5 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 6β12 |
Baltimore | 9β3 | β | 5β7 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 5β5 | 6β4 | 8β1 | 4β9 | 5β7 | 5β5 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 1β11 | 11β7 |
Boston | 9β1 | 7β5 | β | 7β5 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 8β2 | 6β4 | 8β4 | 4β6 | 7β3 | 4β9 | 4β5 | 9β3 | 6β12 |
Chicago | 5β5 | 3β7 | 5β7 | β | 3β9 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 8β3β1 | 5β7 | 3β7 | 4β8 | 6β4 | 5β5 | 6β4 | 9β9 |
Cleveland | 9β1 | 9β1 | 4β8 | 9β3 | β | 8β5 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 3β7 | 10β2 | 7β3 | 5β4 | 3β7 | 5β7 | 9β9 |
Detroit | 5β5 | 5β5 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 5β8 | β | 7β4 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 4β6 | 3β7 | 4β5 | 5β5 | 2β10 | 8β10 |
Kansas City | 5β7 | 4β6 | 2β8 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 4β7 | β | 5β8 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 2β8 | 4β6 | 3β7 | 6β12 |
Minnesota | 4β6 | 1β8 | 4β6 | 3β8β1 | 3β9 | 6β6 | 8β5 | β | 4β6 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 5β5 | 0β12 | 4β6 | 10β7 |
New York | 4β6 | 9β4 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 7β3 | 7β5 | 4β5 | 6β4 | β | 6β4 | 9β1 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 10β2 | 9β9 |
Oakland | 4β8 | 7β5 | 6β4 | 7β3 | 2β10 | 6β4 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 4β6 | β | 6β6 | 9β1 | 5β7 | 8β2 | 12β6 |
Seattle | 6β6 | 5β5 | 3β7 | 8β4 | 3β7 | 7β3 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 1β9 | 6β6 | β | 8β4 | 5β8 | 7β2 | 7β11 |
Tampa Bay | 5β7 | 7β5 | 9β4 | 4β6 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 8β2 | 5β5 | 4β8 | 1β9 | 4β8 | β | 4β8 | 5β8 | 4β14 |
Texas | 6β6 | 6β6 | 5β4 | 5β5 | 7β3 | 5β5 | 6β4 | 12β0 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 8β5 | 8β4 | β | 6β4 | 10β8 |
Toronto | 9β3 | 11β1 | 3β9 | 4β6 | 7β5 | 10β2 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 2β10 | 2β8 | 2β7 | 8β5 | 4β6 | β | 9β9 |
Notable transactionsβ»
- July 23, 1999: Kenny Rogers was traded by the Athleticsββto the New York Mets for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez.
- July 29, 1999: Jeff Davanon, Nathan Haynes, and Elvin Nina (minors) were traded by the Athleticsββto the Anaheim Angels for Randy Velarde and Omar Olivares.
- July 31, 1999: Billy Taylor was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.
- July 31, 1999: Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Appier.
- August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be, named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Carl Dale (August 20, 1999) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | A. J. Hinch | 76 | 205 | 44 | .215 | 7 | 24 |
1B | Jason Giambi | 158 | 575 | 181 | .315 | 33 | 123 |
2B | Randy Velarde | 61 | 255 | 85 | .333 | 7 | 28 |
SS | Miguel Tejada | 159 | 593 | 149 | .251 | 21 | 84 |
3B | Eric Chavez | 115 | 356 | 88 | .247 | 13 | 50 |
LF | Ben Grieve | 148 | 486 | 129 | .265 | 28 | 86 |
CF | Ryan Christenson | 106 | 268 | 56 | .209 | 4 | 24 |
RF | Matt Stairs | 146 | 531 | 137 | .258 | 38 | 102 |
DH | John Jaha | 142 | 457 | 126 | .276 | 35 | 111 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Tony Phillips | 106 | 406 | 99 | .244 | 15 | 49 |
Olmedo SΓ‘enz | 97 | 255 | 70 | .275 | 11 | 41 |
Scott Spiezio | 89 | 247 | 60 | .243 | 8 | 33 |
Mike Macfarlane | 81 | 226 | 55 | .243 | 4 | 31 |
Jason McDonald | 100 | 187 | 37 | .209 | 3 | 8 |
RamΓ³n HernΓ‘ndez | 40 | 136 | 38 | .279 | 3 | 21 |
Tim Raines | 58 | 135 | 29 | .215 | 4 | 17 |
Rich Becker | 40 | 125 | 33 | .264 | 1 | 10 |
Jorge Velandia | 63 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
Frank Menechino | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gil Heredia | 33 | 200.1 | 13 | 8 | 4.81 | 117 |
Jimmy Haynes | 30 | 142.0 | 7 | 12 | 6.34 | 93 |
Mike Oquist | 28 | 140.2 | 9 | 10 | 5.37 | 89 |
Tim Hudson | 21 | 136.1 | 11 | 2 | 3.23 | 132 |
Kenny Rogers | 19 | 119.1 | 5 | 3 | 4.30 | 68 |
Omar Olivares | 12 | 74.2 | 7 | 2 | 4.34 | 36 |
Kevin Appier | 12 | 68.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.77 | 53 |
Tom Candiotti | 11 | 56.2 | 3 | 5 | 6.35 | 30 |
Blake Stein | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 4 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ron Mahay | 6 | 19.1 | 2 | 0 | 1.86 | 15 |
Kevin Jarvis | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 11 |
Brett Laxton | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.45 | 9 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Billy Taylor | 43 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 3.98 | 38 |
Buddy Groom | 76 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.09 | 32 |
Doug Jones | 70 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3.55 | 63 |
Tim Worrell | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.15 | 62 |
T.J. Mathews | 50 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3.81 | 42 |
Brad Rigby | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.33 | 26 |
Jason Isringhausen | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.13 | 20 |
Greg McMichael | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
Chad Harville | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.91 | 15 |
Tim Kubinski | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 | 7 |
Luis VizcaΓno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Tony Phillips Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Rafael Bournigal Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Marc Newfield Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Tim Raines Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "John Jaha Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "The Mets obtain P Kenny Rogers from the Athletics for OF Terrence Long and P Leoner Vasquez". ThisDayInBaseball.com.
- ^ "Randy Velarde Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Jason Isringhausen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Jeff D'Amico Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Rich Becker Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- 1999 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1999 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.