The 1999 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.
1999 Baltimore Orioles | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Oriole Park at Camden Yards | |
City | Baltimore | |
Record | 78–84 (.481) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Peter Angelos | |
General managers | Frank Wren | |
Managers | Ray Miller | |
Television | WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC Home Team Sports (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan) | |
Radio | WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson) | |
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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.
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 48–33 | 50–31 |
Boston Red Sox | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | 4 | 49–32 | 45–36 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 14 | 40–41 | 44–37 |
Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 20 | 41–40 | 37–44 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 29 | 33–48 | 36–45 |
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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 |
1999 Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |