1999 Milwaukee Brewers season

1999 Milwaukee Brewers
1999 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1998) Central Division (since 1998); ;
Location
	Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970); Milwaukee (since 1970);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Sal Bando, Dean Taylor
Manager(s)	Phil Garner, Jim Lefebvre
Local television	WCGV-TV; Midwest SC; (Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) ; (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1999 season involved the Brewers' finishing 5th in the National League Central with a record of 74 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason[]

November 11, 1998: Bob Hamelin was released by the Brewers.^[1]
November 20, 1998: Héctor Ramírez was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[2]
December 1, 1999: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
December 2, 1999: Dave Weathers was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[4]
December 14, 1998: The Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Alex Ochoa. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Darrell Nicholas (minors) to the Twins on December 15.^[5]
December 18, 1998: Marc Newfield was released by the Brewers.^[6]
January 27, 1999: Jim Abbott was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[7]

Regular season[]

July 14, 1999: "Big Blue", a massive crane that was used to put the roof panels on soon to be completed Miller Park, collapsed while attempting to place one of the panels. Ultimately, this accident delayed the opening of Miller Park a full season and it wasn't opened until April 2001.

(1999) Paul Molitor 3B: 1978–92

Opening Day Starters[]

Sean Berry
Jeromy Burnitz
Jeff Cirillo
Marquis Grissom
Geoff Jenkins
Mark Loretta
Dave Nilsson
Bill Pulsipher
Fernando Viña

^[8]

Season standings[]

v t NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	97	65	0.599	—	50–32	47–33
Cincinnati Reds	96	67	0.589	1½	45–37	51–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	83	0.484	18½	45–36	33–47
St. Louis Cardinals	75	86	0.466	21½	38–42	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	74	87	0.460	22½	32–48	42–39
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	34–47	33–48

Record vs. opponents[]

1999 National League Records v t 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

Notable transactions[]

April 12, 1999: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[9]
May 23, 1999: Aaron Small was released by the Brewers.^[9]
June 2, 1999: Ben Sheets was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 30, 1999.^[10]
August 12, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[11]
August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Carl Dale to the Brewers on August 20.^[12]

Roster[]

1999 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

25 Jim Abbott
47 Jason Bere
32 Rocky Coppinger
13 Jeff D'Amico
51 Carl Dale
58 Valerio de los Santos
21 Cal Eldred
51 Horacio Estrada
48 Steve Falteisek
40 Chad Fox
45 Reggie Harris
42 Scott Karl
28 Mike Myers
11 Hideo Nomo
41 Kyle Peterson
43 Jim Pittsley
38 Eric Plunk
46 Bill Pulsipher
54 Héctor Ramírez
47 Al Reyes
52 Rafael Roque
49 David Weathers
27 Bob Wickman
37 Steve Woodard

Catchers

50 Robinson Cancel
18 Charlie Greene
31 Bobby Hughes
14 Dave Nilsson

Infielders

23 Brian Banks
22 Kevin Barker
10 Ronnie Belliard
7 Sean Berry
26 Jeff Cirillo
16 Lou Collier
8 Mark Loretta
2 José Valentín
1 Fernando Viña
45,47 Eddie Zosky

Outfielders

Manager

3 Phil Garner
29 Jim Lefebvre

Coaches

39 Bill Campbell (Pitching)
35 Bill Castro (Bullpen)
? Ron Jackson (First Base), (Hitting)
29 Jim Lefebvre (Hitting)
36 Doug Mansolino(Third Base)
12 Bob Melvin (Bench)

Player stats[]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
C	Dave Nilsson	115	343	56	106	21	62	.309	1
1B	Mark Loretta	153	587	93	170	5	67	.290	4
2B	Ron Belliard	124	457	60	135	8	58	.295	4
3B	Jeff Cirillo	157	607	98	198	15	88	.326	7
SS	José Valentín	89	256	45	58	10	38	.227	3
CF	Marquis Grissom	154	603	92	161	20	83	.267	24
RF	Jeromy Burnitz	130	467	87	126	33	103	.270	7
LF	Geoff Jenkins	135	447	70	140	21	82	.313	5

^[13]

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
Alex Ochoa	119	277	47	83	8	40	.300	6

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Hideo Nomo	28	176.3	12	8	4.54	161	78

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Héctor Ramírez	15	1	2	0	3.43	9

Farm system[]

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 1999.^[14]^[15] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants.^[15]

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Louisville RiverBats	International League	Gary Allenson
Double-A	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Darrell Evans
Class A-Advanced	Stockton Ports	California League	Bernie Moncallo and Carlos Ponce
Class A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Don Money
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Carlos Lezcano
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Jon Pont and Ed Sedar
Rookie	DSL Brewers	Dominican Summer League	—
Rookie		Venezuelan Summer League	—

References[]

^ Bob Hamelin at Baseball-Reference
^ Héctor Ramírez at Baseball-Reference
^ Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml^{[bare URL]}
^ Alex Ochoa at Baseball-Reference
^ Marc Newfield at Baseball-Reference
^ Jim Abbott at Baseball-Reference
^ 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac
^ ^a ^b Aaron Small at Baseball-Reference
^ Ben Sheets at Baseball-Reference
^ Jason Bere at Baseball-Reference
^ Rich Becker at Baseball-Reference
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1999.shtml^{[bare URL]}
^ "1999 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

1999 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
1999 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com

[1] Bob Hamelin at Baseball-Reference

[2] Héctor Ramírez at Baseball-Reference

[3] Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference

[4] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml^{[bare URL]}

[5] Alex Ochoa at Baseball-Reference

[6] Marc Newfield at Baseball-Reference

[7] Jim Abbott at Baseball-Reference

[8] 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac

[small-9] Aaron Small at Baseball-Reference

[10] Ben Sheets at Baseball-Reference

[11] Jason Bere at Baseball-Reference

[12] Rich Becker at Baseball-Reference

[13] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1999.shtml^{[bare URL]}

[14] "1999 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

[Bullpen1999-15] "Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

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1999 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998) Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970) Milwaukee (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Sal Bando, Dean Taylor
Manager(s)	Phil Garner, Jim Lefebvre
Local television	WCGV-TV Midwest SC (Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper)
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