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1999 Baltimore Orioles season

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1999 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersFrank Wren
ManagersRay Miller
TelevisionWJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
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The 1999 Baltimore Orioles season was the 98th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 46th in Baltimore, and the 8th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

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  • December 1, 1998: Charles Johnson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Armando Benítez.[1]
  • December 1, 1998: Albert Belle signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • December 7, 1998: Will Clark signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[3]
  • December 7, 1998: B. J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[4]
  • December 11, 1998: Rich Becker was released by the Baltimore Orioles.[5]
  • December 17, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[6]
  • December 21, 1998: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[7]
  • January 15, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[8]

Cuban exhibition series

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In a rare event on March 28, 1999, the Orioles staged an exhibition series against the Cuban national team in Havana. The Orioles won the game 3–2 in 11 innings. They were the first Major League team to play in Cuba since 1959, when the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Orioles in an exhibition. The Cuban team visited Baltimore in May 1999. Cuba won the second game 10–6.

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 64 .605 — 48‍–‍33 50‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox 94 68 .580 4 49‍–‍32 45‍–‍36
Toronto Blue Jays 84 78 .519 14 40‍–‍41 44‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles 78 84 .481 20 41‍–‍40 37‍–‍44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69 93 .426 29 33‍–‍48 36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

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1999 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 3–9 1–9 5–5 1–9 5–5 7–5 6–4 6–4 8–4 6–6 7–5 6–6 3–9 6–12
Baltimore 9–3 — 5–7 7–3 1–9 5–5 6–4 8–1 4–9 5–7 5–5 5–7 6–6 1–11 11–7
Boston 9–1 7–5 — 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–2 6–4 8–4 4–6 7–3 4–9 4–5 9–3 6–12
Chicago 5–5 3–7 5–7 — 3–9 7–5 6–6 8–3–1 5–7 3–7 4–8 6–4 5–5 6–4 9–9
Cleveland 9–1 9–1 4–8 9–3 — 8–5 7–5 9–3 3–7 10–2 7–3 5–4 3–7 5–7 9–9
Detroit 5–5 5–5 5–7 5–7 5–8 — 7–4 6–6 5–7 4–6 3–7 4–5 5–5 2–10 8–10
Kansas City 5–7 4–6 2–8 6–6 5–7 4–7 — 5–8 5–4 6–6 7–5 2–8 4–6 3–7 6–12
Minnesota 4–6 1–8 4–6 3–8–1 3–9 6–6 8–5 — 4–6 7–5 4–8 5–5 0–12 4–6 10–7
New York 4–6 9–4 4–8 7–5 7–3 7–5 4–5 6–4 — 6–4 9–1 8–4 8–4 10–2 9–9
Oakland 4–8 7–5 6–4 7–3 2–10 6–4 6–6 5–7 4–6 — 6–6 9–1 5–7 8–2 12–6
Seattle 6–6 5–5 3–7 8–4 3–7 7–3 5–7 8–4 1–9 6–6 — 8–4 5–8 7–2 7–11
Tampa Bay 5–7 7–5 9–4 4–6 4–5 5–4 8–2 5–5 4–8 1–9 4–8 — 4–8 5–8 4–14
Texas 6–6 6–6 5–4 5–5 7–3 5–5 6–4 12–0 4–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 — 6–4 10–8
Toronto 9–3 11–1 3–9 4–6 7–5 10–2 7–3 6–4 2–10 2–8 2–7 8–5 4–6 — 9–9


Notable transactions

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  • April 30, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was released by the Baltimore Orioles.[8]
  • June 2, 1999: Brian Roberts was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1999.[9]
  • June 2, 1999: Érik Bédard was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.[10]

Roster

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1999 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Charles Johnson 135 426 107 .251 16 54
1B Jeff Conine 139 444 129 .291 13 75
2B Delino DeShields 96 330 87 .264 6 34
SS Mike Bordick 160 631 175 .277 10 77
3B Cal Ripken Jr. 86 332 113 .340 18 57
LF B.J. Surhoff 162 673 207 .308 28 107
CF Brady Anderson 150 564 159 .282 24 81
RF Albert Belle 161 610 181 .297 37 117
DH Harold Baines 107 345 111 .322 24 81

Other batters

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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
Will Clark 77 251 76 .303 10 29
Jerry Hairston Jr. 50 175 47 .269 4 17
Jeff Reboulet 99 154 25 .162 0 4
Rich Amaral 91 137 38 .277 0 11
Ryan Minor 46 124 24 .194 3 10
Mike Figga 41 86 19 .221 1 5
Gene Kingsale 28 85 21 .247 0 7
Willis Otañez 29 80 17 .213 2 11
Derrick May 26 49 13 .265 4 12
Calvin Pickering 23 40 5 .125 1 5
Lenny Webster 16 36 6 .167 0 3
Jesse Garcia 17 29 6 .207 2 2
Tommy Davis 5 6 1 .167 0 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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Erickson 34 230.1 15 12 4.81 106
Sidney Ponson 32 210.0 12 12 4.71 112
Mike Mussina 31 203.1 18 7 3.50 172
Juan Guzmán 21 122.2 5 9 4.18 95
Jason Johnson 22 115.1 8 7 5.46 71
Matt Riley 3 11.0 0 0 7.36 6

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Doug Johns 32 86.2 6 4 4.47 50
Doug Linton 14 59.0 1 4 5.95 31
Rocky Coppinger 11 21.2 0 1 8.31 17

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
Mike Timlin 62 3 9 27 3.57 50
Jesse Orosco 65 0 2 1 5.34 35
Scott Kamieniecki 43 2 4 2 4.95 39
Arthur Rhodes 43 3 4 3 5.43 59
Ricky Bones 30 0 3 0 5.98 26
Mike Fetters 27 1 0 0 5.81 22
Al Reyes 27 2 3 0 4.85 28
Gabe Molina 20 1 2 0 6.65 14
B.J. Ryan 13 1 0 0 2.95 28
Jim Corsi 13 0 1 0 2.70 8
Heathcliff Slocumb 10 0 0 0 12.46 12
Brian Falkenborg 2 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Dave Machemer
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Andy Etchebarren
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Butch Davis
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Duffy Dyer
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

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References

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  1. ^ Charles Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Albert Belle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Will Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Rich Becker Stats".
  6. ^ "Doug Linton Stats".
  7. ^ "Rich Amaral Stats".
  8. ^ a b Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ Brian Roberts Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ Érik Bédard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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