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)
Seasons

The 1999 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

  • 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

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

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9864 0.605 — 48–33 50–31
Boston Red Sox 9468 0.580 4 49–32 45–36
Toronto Blue Jays 8478 0.519 14 40–41 44–37
Baltimore Orioles 7884 0.481 20 41–40 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6993 0.426 29 33–48 36–45

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

  • 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

1999 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CCharles Johnson135426107.2511654
1BJeff Conine139444129.2911375
2BDelino DeShields9633087.264634
SSMike Bordick160631175.2771077
3BCal Ripken Jr.86332113.3401857
LFB.J. Surhoff162673207.30828107
CFBrady Anderson150564159.2822481
RFAlbert Belle161610181.29737117
DHHarold Baines107345111.3222481

Other batters

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 Clark7725176.3031029
Jerry Hairston Jr.5017547.269417
Jeff Reboulet9915425.16204
Rich Amaral9113738.277011
Ryan Minor4612424.194310
Mike Figga418619.22115
Gene Kingsale288521.24707
Willis Otañez298017.213211
Derrick May264913.265412
Calvin Pickering23405.12515
Lenny Webster16366.16703
Jesse Garcia17296.20722
Tommy Davis561.16700

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Erickson34230.115124.81106
Sidney Ponson32210.012124.71112
Mike Mussina31203.11873.50172
Juan Guzmán21122.2594.1895
Jason Johnson22115.1875.4671
Matt Riley311.0007.366

Other pitchers

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 Johns3286.2644.4750
Doug Linton1459.0145.9531
Rocky Coppinger1121.2018.3117

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Timlin6239273.5750
Jesse Orosco650215.3435
Scott Kamieniecki432424.9539
Arthur Rhodes433435.4359
Ricky Bones300305.9826
Mike Fetters271005.8122
Al Reyes272304.8528
Gabe Molina201206.6514
B.J. Ryan131002.9528
Jim Corsi130102.708
Heathcliff Slocumb1000012.4612
Brian Falkenborg20000.001

Farm system

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

  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. 1 2 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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