1999 Florida Marlins season

1999 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993)
Eastern Division (since 1993)
Location
Pro Player Stadium (since 1993)
Miami Gardens, Florida (since 1993)
Results
Record	64–98 (.333)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Henry
General manager(s)	Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)	John Boles
Local television	Sports Channel Florida WAMI-TV (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Local radio	WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz)
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The Florida Marlins' 1999 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64-98, 5th in the NL East.

Offseason

• October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians.^[1]
• December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.^[2]
• December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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 Sources:
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

• June 15, 1999: Craig Counsell was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Ryan Moskau (minors) (July 15, 1999) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.^[4]

Citrus Series

1999 Marlins win series 5-1

• June 4- Marlins 10- @ Devil Rays 0
• June 5- Marlins 9- @ Devil Rays 7
• June 6- Marlins 11- @ Devil Rays 6
• July 9- @ Marlins 11- Devil Rays 4
• July 10- Devil Rays 9- @ Marlins 8
• July 11- @ Marlins 3- Devil Rays 2

Roster

1999 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 55 Armando Almanza 59 Héctor Almonte 48 Brent Billingsley 43 A. J. Burnett 43,50 Archie Corbin 38 Reid Cornelius 40 Vic Darensbourg 50 Ryan Dempster 20 Brian Edmondson 32 Alex Fernandez 61 Liván Hernández 41 Braden Looper 33 Matt Mantei 34 Brian Meadows 47 Rafael Medina 39,36 Vladimir Núñez 24 Kirt Ojala 21 Jesús Sánchez 49 Dennis Springer 58 Michael Tejera		Catchers  6 Ramón Castro 14 Jorge Fábregas  9 Guillermo Garcia 52 Mike Redmond 19 John Roskos Infielders 10 Dave Berg  1 Luis Castillo 30 Chris Clapinski 30 Craig Counsell 45 Amaury García 11 Álex González 25 Derrek Lee 28 Mike Lowell 18 Kevin Millar 27 Kevin Orie		Outfielders 29,46 Bruce Aven 23 Danny Bautista 17 Todd Dunwoody 15 Cliff Floyd 26 Tim Hyers  7 Mark Kotsay 37 Julio Ramírez 44 Preston Wilson		Manager 13 John Boles Coaches 12 Joe Breeden (bench) 31 Rich Dubee (pitching) 37,33 Fredi González (third base) 22 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 16 Jack Maloof (hitting)  8 Tony Taylor (bullpen)

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
SS	González, ÁlexÁlex González	136	560	155	.277	14	59

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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Lynn Jones
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Frank Cacciatore
A	Brevard County Manatees	Florida State League	Dave Huppert
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Rick Renteria
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Ken Joyce
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Jon Deeble

^[5]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteed01.shtml
3. Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. Craig Counsell 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

External links

• 1999 Marlins
• 1999 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac