1999 Atlanta Braves season

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1999 Atlanta Braves
NL Champions
NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record103–59 (.636)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Time Warner
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Bobby Cox
Local televisionWTBS
WUPA
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun)
Local radioWSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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The 1999 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 34th season in Atlanta and 129th overall. The Braves won their fifth consecutive division title with a 103-59 record and 6 game lead over the New York Mets. The Braves appeared in the World Series for the fifth time during the 1990s. The Braves lost all four games of the 1999 World Series to the New York Yankees, resulting in a sweep. The Braves played their 2nd World Series against the Yankees in 4 years, with the first being in 1996, which they played in six games. Until 2021, this represented the Braves last National League pennant they have won. They would not return to the World Series until 22 years later.

Two key players on the 1999 Braves were Chipper Jones & John Rocker. Jones won the National League's Most Valuable Player award with a .310 average, 45 HRs, 110 RBIs, and sealed the award with his September heroics against the New York Mets. Rocker recorded 38 saves as Atlanta's closer, but later created controversy due to his racist and homophobic comments in a December 27, 1999, Sports Illustrated article.

Offseason[]

  • November 10, 1998: Bret Boone was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Mike Remlinger to the Atlanta Braves for Rob Bell, Denny Neagle, and Michael Tucker.[1]
  • December 1, 1998: Otis Nixon was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • December 1, 1998: Curtis Pride was released by the Atlanta Braves.[3]

Regular season[]

Opening Day starters[]

  • Otis Nixon – LF
  • Bret Boone – 2B
  • Chipper Jones – 3B
  • Brian Jordan – RF
  • Javy López – C
  • Ryan Klesko – 1B
  • Andruw Jones – CF
  • Walt Weiss – SS
  • Tom Glavine – P

Season standings[]

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NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 103 59 0.636 — 56–25 47–34
New York Mets 97 66 0.595 6½ 49–32 48–34
Philadelphia Phillies 77 85 0.475 26 41–40 36–45
Montreal Expos 68 94 0.420 35 35–46 33–48
Florida Marlins 64 98 0.395 39 35–45 29–53

Record vs. opponents[]

1999 National League Records
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Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON 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[]

  • July 3, 1999: Pete Orr was signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.[4]

Roster[]

1999 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders
  • 25 Andruw Jones
  • 33 Brian Jordan
  • 26 George Lombard
  •  1 Otis Nixon
  • 27 Gerald Williams

Manager

  •  6 Bobby Cox

Coaches

  • 23 Don Baylor (hitting)
  • 39 Pat Corrales (bench)
  • 52 Bobby Dews (bullpen)
  • 16,17 Glenn Hubbard (1st base)
  • 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching)
  •  5 Ned Yost (3rd base)

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
C Eddie Pérez 104 309 77 .249 7 30
1B Ryan Klesko 133 404 120 .297 21 80
2B Bret Boone 152 608 153 .252 20 63
SS Walt Weiss 110 279 63 .226 2 29
3B Chipper Jones 157 567 181 .319 45 110
LF Gerald Williams 143 422 116 .275 17 68
CF Andruw Jones 162 592 163 .275 26 84
RF Brian Jordan 153 576 163 .283 23 115

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
Javy López 65 246 78 .317 11 45
Ozzie Guillén 92 232 56 .241 1 20
Randall Simon 90 218 69 .317 5 25
Brian Hunter 114 181 45 .249 6 30
José Hernández 48 166 42 .253 4 19
Keith Lockhart 108 161 42 .261 1 21
Otis Nixon 84 151 31 .205 0 8
Greg Myers 34 72 16 .222 2 9
Howard Battle 15 17 6 .353 1 5
Pascual Matos 6 8 1 .125 0 2
Mark DeRosa 7 8 0 .000 0 0
Jorge Fábregas 6 8 0 .000 0 0
George Lombard 6 6 2 .333 0 0
Freddy García 2 2 1 .500 1 1

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Glavine 35 234 14 11 4.12 138
Kevin Millwood 33 228 18 7 2.68 205
Greg Maddux 33 219.1 19 9 3.57 136
John Smoltz 29 186.1 11 8 3.19 156
Odalis Pérez 18 93 4 6 6.00 82

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Terry Mulholland 16 60.1 4 2 2.98 39
Bruce Chen 16 51 2 2 5.47 45

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Rocker 74 4 5 38 2.49 104
Mike Remlinger 73 10 1 1 2.37 81
Kevin McGlinchy 64 7 3 0 2.82 67
Rudy Seánez 56 6 1 3 3.35 41
Russ Springer 49 2 1 1 3.42 49
Justin Speier 19 0 0 0 5.65 22
John Hudek 15 0 1 0 6.48 18
Sean Bergman 6 1 0 0 2.84 6
Derrin Ebert 5 0 1 1 5.63 4
David Cortés 4 0 0 0 4.91 2
Mike Cather 4 1` 0 0 10.13 0
Mark Wohlers 2 0 0 0 27.00 0
Everett Stull 1 0 0 0 13.50 0
Joe Winkelsas 1 0 0 0 54.00 0

National League Division Series[]

Main article: 1999 National League Division Series

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros[]

Atlanta wins series, 3-1

Game Score Date
1 Houston 6, Atlanta 1 October 5
2 Atlanta 5, Houston 1 October 6
3 Atlanta 5, Houston 3 (12 innings) October 8
4 Atlanta 7, Houston 5 October 9

National League Championship Series[]

Main article: 1999 National League Championship Series

Game 1[]

October 12: Turner Field, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2
Atlanta 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 4 8 2
WP: Greg Maddux (1-0)   LP: Masato Yoshii (0-1)   Sv: John Rocker (1)
Home runs:
NYM: None
ATL: Eddie Pérez (1)

The Braves began their eighth consecutive NLCS with a 4-2 victory over the Mets, defeating a team they left for dead two weeks earlier. Greg Maddux tossed seven solid innings, and future NLCS MVP Eddie Pérez who came up big for the absence of Javy López, homered. Light-hitting shortstop Walt Weiss went 3-for-4 with a run scored and RBI for the Braves.

John Rocker recorded the final four outs for the save, his second of the postseason, to seal Atlanta's fourth straight win.

Game 2[]

October 13: Turner Field, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 1
Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4 9 1
WP: Kevin Millwood (1-0)   LP: Kenny Rogers (0-1)   Sv: John Smoltz (1)
Home runs:
NYM: Melvin Mora (1)
ATL: Brian Jordan (1); Eddie Pérez (2)

Game 3[]

October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0)   LP: Al Leiter (0-1)   Sv: John Rocker (2)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYM: None

Game 4[]

October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0
New York 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 3 5 0
WP: Turk Wendell (1-0)   LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1)   Sv: Armando Benítez (1)
Home runs:
ATL: Brian Jordan (2); Ryan Klesko (1)
NYM: John Olerud (1)

Game 5[]

October 17: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E
Atlanta 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13 2
New York 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 1
WP: Octavio Dotel (1-0)   LP: Kevin McGlinchy (0-1)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYM: John Olerud (2)

Game 6[]

October 19: Turner Field, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 9 15 2
Atlanta 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 10 10 1
WP: Russ Springer (1-0)   LP: Kenny Rogers (0-2)
Home runs:
NYM: Mike Piazza (1)
ATL: None

World Series[]

Main article: 1999 World Series

Game 1[]

October 23, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 0
Atlanta 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Greg Maddux (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
NYY: None
ATL: Chipper Jones (1)

Game 2[]

October 24, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 14 1
Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1
WP: David Cone (1-0)   LP: Kevin Millwood (0-1)

Game 3[]

October 26, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Atlanta 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 1
New York 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 6 9 0
WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0)   LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYY: Chad Curtis 2 (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1)

Game 4[]

October 27, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
New York 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 8 0
WP: Roger Clemens (1-0)   LP: John Smoltz (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYY: Jim Leyritz (1)

Award winners[]

  • Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove for center field
  • Chipper Jones, National League Most Valuable Player Award
  • Chipper Jones, 3B, Silver Slugger Award
  • Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove Award
  • John Smoltz, Pitcher of the Month Award, April

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Brian Jordan, OF, Reserve
  • Kevin Millwood, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Paul Runge
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Brian Snitker
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Jeff Treadway
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Jim Saul
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rick Albert

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Myrtle Beach[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Bret Boone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Otis Nixon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Curtis Pride Stats".
  4. ^ Pete Orr 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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