1999 Florida Marlins season
1999 Florida Marlins | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Pro Player Stadium | |
City | Miami Gardens, Florida | |
Record | 64–98 (.395) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | John W. Henry | |
General managers | Dave Dombrowski | |
Managers | John Boles | |
Television | Sports Channel Florida WAMI-TV (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton) | |
Radio | WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz) | |
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The Florida Marlins' 1999 season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64–98, fifth in the National League East.
Offseason
[edit]- October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians.[1]
- December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.[2]
- December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Opening Day starters
[edit]1 | Luis Castillo | 2B |
8 | Alex Gonzalez | SS |
7 | Mark Kotsay | RF |
25 | Derrek Lee | 1B |
17 | Todd Dunwoody | CF |
44 | Preston Wilson | LF |
27 | Kevin Orie | 3B |
52 | Mike Redmond | C |
32 | Alex Fernandez | P |
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 56–25 | 47–34 |
New York Mets | 97 | 66 | .595 | 6½ | 49–32 | 48–34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 85 | .475 | 26 | 41–40 | 36–45 |
Montreal Expos | 68 | 94 | .420 | 35 | 35–46 | 33–48 |
Florida Marlins | 64 | 98 | .395 | 39 | 35–45 | 29–53 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Transactions
[edit]- June 15, 1999: Craig Counsell was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Ryan Moskau (minors) (July 15, 1999) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.[4]
Citrus Series
[edit]The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1.
- June 4 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 10 – 0
- June 5 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 9 – 7
- June 6 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 11 – 6
- July 9 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 11 – 4
- July 10 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 8 – 9
- July 11 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 3 – 2
Roster
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Mike Redmond | 84 | 242 | 73 | .302 | 1 | 27 |
1B | Kevin Millar | 105 | 351 | 100 | .285 | 9 | 67 |
2B | Luis Castillo | 128 | 487 | 147 | .302 | 0 | 28 |
SS | Álex González | 136 | 560 | 155 | .277 | 14 | 59 |
3B | Mike Lowell | 97 | 308 | 78 | .253 | 12 | 47 |
LF | Bruce Aven | 137 | 381 | 110 | .289 | 12 | 70 |
CF | Preston Wilson | 149 | 482 | 135 | .280 | 26 | 71 |
RF | Mark Kotsay | 148 | 495 | 134 | .271 | 8 | 50 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Dave Berg | 109 | 304 | 87 | .286 | 3 | 25 |
Cliff Floyd | 69 | 251 | 76 | .303 | 11 | 49 |
Kevin Orie | 77 | 240 | 61 | .254 | 6 | 29 |
Jorge Fábregas | 82 | 223 | 46 | .206 | 3 | 21 |
Derrek Lee | 70 | 218 | 45 | .206 | 5 | 20 |
Danny Bautista | 70 | 205 | 59 | .288 | 5 | 24 |
Todd Dunwoody | 64 | 186 | 41 | .220 | 2 | 20 |
Tim Hyers | 58 | 81 | 18 | .222 | 2 | 12 |
Ramón Castro | 24 | 67 | 12 | .179 | 2 | 4 |
Craig Counsell | 37 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 0 | 2 |
Chris Clapinski | 36 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 2 |
Amaury García | 10 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 2 | 2 |
Julio Ramírez | 15 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
John Roskos | 13 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Guillermo Garcia | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Dennis Springer | 38 | 196.1 | 6 | 16 | 4.86 | 83 |
Brian Meadows | 31 | 178.1 | 11 | 15 | 5.60 | 72 |
Ryan Dempster | 25 | 147.0 | 7 | 8 | 4.71 | 126 |
Alex Fernandez | 24 | 141.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.38 | 91 |
Liván Hernández | 20 | 136.0 | 5 | 9 | 4.76 | 97 |
A.J. Burnett | 7 | 41.1 | 4 | 2 | 3.48 | 33 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Jesús Sánchez | 59 | 76.1 | 5 | 7 | 6.01 | 62 |
Vladimir Núñez | 17 | 74.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.58 | 58 |
Reid Cornelius | 5 | 19.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 | 12 |
Kirt Ojala | 8 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 14.34 | 5 |
Michael Tejera | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 11.37 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Antonio Alfonseca | 73 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 3.24 | 46 |
Braden Looper | 72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.80 | 50 |
Brian Edmondson | 68 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5.84 | 58 |
Vic Darensbourg | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.83 | 16 |
Matt Mantei | 35 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.72 | 50 |
Rafael Medina | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 16 |
Archie Corbin | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.29 | 30 |
Héctor Almonte | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 | 8 |
Armando Almanza | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.72 | 20 |
Brent Billingsley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.43 | 3 |
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bruce Aven Stats".
- ^ "Edgar Renteria Stats".
- ^ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
[edit]- 1999 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference
- 1999 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac