1999 Oakland Athletics season

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1999 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Network Associates Coliseum (since 1968)
  • Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)Billy Beane
Manager(s)Art Howe
Local televisionKICU-TV
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
Local radioKABL
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

Offseason[]

  • December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[1]
  • December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics.[2]
  • January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[3]
  • January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.[4]
  • January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[5]
  • February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[6]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

  • v
  • t
AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 95 67 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Oakland Athletics 87 75 0.537 8 52–29 35–46
Seattle Mariners 79 83 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Anaheim Angels 70 92 0.432 25 37–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents[]

1999 American League Records
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  • t

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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


Notable transactions[]

  • July 23, 1999: Kenny Rogers was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez.[7]
  • July 29, 1999: Jeff Davanon, Nathan Haynes, and Elvin Nina (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Anaheim Angels for Randy Velarde and Omar Olivares.[8]
  • July 31, 1999: Billy Taylor was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.[9]
  • July 31, 1999: Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Appier.[10]
  • August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Carl Dale (August 20, 1999) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.[11]

Roster[]

1999 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • 18 Art Howe

Coaches

  • 41 Thad Bosley (First Base)
  • 35 Brad Fischer (Bullpen)
  • 45 Dave Hudgens (Hitting)
  • 39 Ken Macha (Bench)
  • 47 Rick Peterson (Pitching)
  • 38 Ron Washington (Third 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

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

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Billy Taylor 43 1 5 26 3.98 38

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mike Quade
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Tony DeFrancesco
A Modesto A's California League Bob Geren
A Visalia Oaks California League
A-Short Season Southern Oregon Timberjacks Northwest League Greg Sparks
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics

References[]

  1. ^ "Tony Phillips Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Rafael Bournigal Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Marc Newfield Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "Tim Raines Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "John Jaha Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ^ "The Mets obtain P Kenny Rogers from the Athletics for OF Terrence Long and P Leoner Vasquez". ThisDayInBaseball.com.
  8. ^ "Randy Velarde Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ^ "Jason Isringhausen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. ^ "Jeff D'Amico Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ^ "Rich Becker Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
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