1999 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1999 throughout the world.

Champions

Major League Baseball

  Division Series
NBC/Fox/ESPN
League Championship Series
NBC/Fox
World Series
NBC
                           
  East  New York Yankees 3  
West  Texas Rangers 0  
  East  New York Yankees 4  
American League
  WC  Boston Red Sox 1  
WC  Boston Red Sox 3
  Cent.  Cleveland Indians 2  
    AL  New York Yankees 4
  NL  Atlanta Braves 0
  East  Atlanta Braves 3  
Cent.  Houston Astros 1  
  East  Atlanta Braves 4
National League
  WC  New York Mets 2  
WC  New York Mets 3
  West  Arizona D-backs 1  

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Nomar Garciaparra BOS .357 Larry Walker COL .379
HR Ken Griffey, Jr. SEA 48 Mark McGwire STL 65
RBI Manny Ramírez CLE 165 Mark McGwire STL 147
Wins Pedro Martínez1 BOS 23 Mike Hampton HOU 22
ERA Pedro Martínez1 BOS 2.07 Randy Johnson ARI 2.48
Ks Pedro Martínez1 BOS 313 Randy Johnson ARI 364

1American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner

Major League Baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st New York Yankees   98   64 .605    --
2nd Boston Red Sox *   94   68 .580   4.0
3rd Toronto Blue Jays   84   78 .519 14.0
4th Baltimore Orioles   78   84 .481 20.0
5th Tampa Bay Devil Rays   69   93 .426 29.0
Central Division
1st Cleveland Indians   97   65 .599    --
2nd Chicago White Sox   75   86 .466 21.5
3rd Detroit Tigers   69   92 .429 27.5
4th Kansas City Royals   64   97 .398 32.5
5th Minnesota Twins   63   97 .394 33.0
West Division
1st Texas Rangers   95   67 .586    --
2nd Oakland Athletics   87   75 .537   8.0
3rd Seattle Mariners   79   83 .488 16.0
4th Anaheim Angels   70   92 .432 25.0

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Atlanta Braves 103   59 .636    --
2nd New York Mets *   97   66 .595   6.5
3rd Philadelphia Phillies   77   85 .475 26.0
4th Montreal Expos   68   94 .420 35.0
5th Florida Marlins   64   98 .395 39.0
Central Division
1st Houston Astros   97   65 .599    --
2nd Cincinnati Reds   96   67 .589   1.5
3rd Pittsburgh Pirates   78   83 .484 18.5
4th St. Louis Cardinals   75   86 .466 21.5
5th Milwaukee Brewers   74   87 .460 22.5
6th Chicago Cubs   67   95 .414 30.0
West Division
1st Arizona Diamondbacks 100   62 .617    --
2nd San Francisco Giants   86   76 .531 14.0
3rd Los Angeles Dodgers   77   85 .475 23.0
4th San Diego Padres   74   88 .457 26.0
5th Colorado Rockies   72   90 .444 28.0

Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

In a 12-11, 10-inning loss to the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox rookie Creighton Gubanich becomes only the fourth player to hit a grand slam for his first major league hit.
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the San Francisco Giants, 9–8. In a lost effort, Jeff Kent collects five hits for the Giants while hitting for the cycle. Kent is just the second player to do so in Three Rivers Stadium, joining Joe Torre, who does it on June 27, 1973.
The New York Yankees defeat the Seattle Mariners 6–1. Reliever Mike Stanton makes his first major league start for the Yankees, ending his major league record streak of 552 consecutive relief appearances prior to his first start. The previous record of 443 is set by San Francisco Giants pitcher Gary Lavelle.
Florida St. junior second baseman Marshall McDougall goes 7-for-7, with an NCAA-record six consecutive home runs and 16 runs batted in, as the Seminoles defeat Maryland 26-2. McDougall opens the game with a single. His mark breaks the home run record set by Henry Rochelle of Campbell, who hits five homers in a game in 1985. The RBI mark would have been held by Jim LaFountain of Louisville, who scores 14 runs batted in against Western Kentucky in 1976.
Pedro Martínez strikes out 15 batters for the second consecutive game in a Boston Red Sox 9–2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
The Anaheim Angels shut out the New York Yankees, 1–0, behind the combined three-hit pitching of Chuck Finley and Troy Percival. Finley strikes out 11 Yankees in his eight innings of work, including four in the third inning. He is the 33rd pitcher in major league history to strike out four batters in a single frame.

July–August

September–October

November–December

Movies

Deaths

January–April

May–August

September–December

September 27- Last game at Detroit Tiger Stadium

See also

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