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1999 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkPro Player Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place5th
OwnersJohn W. Henry
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersJohn Boles
TelevisionSports Channel Florida
WAMI-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
RadioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz)
← 1998 Seasons 2000 →

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

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  • 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

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Opening Day starters

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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

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 103 59 .636 56‍–‍25 47‍–‍34
New York Mets 97 66 .595 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

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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


Transactions

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  • 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

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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

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1999 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Lynn Jones
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Frank Cacciatore
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Dave Huppert
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Rick Renteria
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Ken Joyce
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jon Deeble

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References

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  1. ^ "Bruce Aven Stats".
  2. ^ "Edgar Renteria Stats".
  3. ^ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Craig Counsell 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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