1999_San_Francisco_Giants_season Knowpia

1999 San Francisco Giants
1999 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	3Com Park at Candlestick Point
City	San Francisco, California
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Peter Magowan
General managers	Brian Sabean
Managers	Dusty Baker
Television	KTVU; (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller); Fox Sports Bay Area; (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Radio	KNBR; (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller ); KZSF; (Erwin Higueros,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)

The 1999 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 117th season in Major League Baseball, their 42nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 40th and final season at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 86–76 record, 14 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Offseason edit

November 10, 1998: Dante Powell was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Alan Embree.^[1]
January 15, 1999: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[2]

Regular season edit

Opening Day starters edit

Season standings edit

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	100	62	0.617	—	52–29	48–33
San Francisco Giants	86	76	0.531	14	49–32	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	77	85	0.475	23	37–44	40–41
San Diego Padres	74	88	0.457	26	46–35	28–53
Colorado Rockies	72	90	0.444	28	39–42	33–48

Record vs. opponents edit

1999 National League record v t e 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

Notable transactions edit

April 27, 1999: Felipe Crespo was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[4]

Roster edit

1999 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Dusty Baker

Coaches

17 Carlos Alfonso (first base)
20 Gene Clines (hitting)
15 Sonny Jackson (third base)
59 Juan Lopez (bullpen)
16 Ron Perranoski (pitching)
10 Ron Wotus (bench)

Player stats edit

Batting 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
C	Brent Mayne	117	322	97	.301	2	39
1B	J.T. Snow	161	570	156	.274	24	98
2B	Jeff Kent	138	511	148	.290	23	101
SS	Rich Aurilia	152	558	157	.281	22	80
3B	Bill Mueller	116	414	120	.290	2	36
LF	Barry Bonds	102	355	93	.262	34	83
CF	Marvin Benard	149	562	163	.290	16	64
RF	Ellis Burks	120	390	110	.282	31	96

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
Stan Javier	112	333	92	.276	3	30
Charlie Hayes	95	264	54	.205	6	48
F.P. Santangelo	113	254	66	.260	3	26
Scott Servais	69	198	54	.273	5	21
Armando Ríos	72	150	49	.327	7	29
Ramón Martínez	61	144	38	.264	5	19
Doug Mirabelli	33	87	22	.253	1	10
Wilson Delgado	35	71	18	.254	0	3
Calvin Murray	15	19	5	.263	0	5
Jay Canizaro	12	18	8	.444	1	9
Edwards Guzmán	14	15	0	.000	0	0

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
Russ Ortiz	33	207.2	18	9	3.81	164
Shawn Estes	32	203.0	11	11	4.92	159
Kirk Rueter	33	184.2	15	10	5.41	94
Chris Brock	19	106.2	6	8	5.48	76
Liván Hernández	10	63.2	3	3	4.38	47

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
Mark Gardner	29	139.0	5	11	6.47	86
Joe Nathan	19	90.1	7	4	4.18	54

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
Robb Nen	72	3	8	37	3.98	77
Alan Embree	68	3	2	0	3.38	53
John Johnstone	62	4	6	3	2.60	56
Rich Rodriguez	62	3	0	0	5.24	44
Jerry Spradlin	59	3	1	0	4.19	52
Félix Rodríguez	47	2	3	0	3.80	55
Julián Tavárez	47	2	0	0	5.93	33
Miguel Del Toro	14	0	0	0	4.18	20
Bronswell Patrick	6	1	0	1	10.13	6

Award winners edit

Marvin Benard CF, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	Ron Roenicke
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Shane Turner
A	Bakersfield Blaze	California League	Keith Comstock
A	San Jose Giants	California League	Lenn Sakata
A-Short Season	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	Northwest League	Frank Reberger

^[5]

References edit

^ Dante Powell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Jalal Leach Stats".
^ "1999 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
^ Felipe Crespo Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007