1999 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1999 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

1999 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Angelos
General manager(s)Frank Wren
Manager(s)Ray Miller
Local televisionWJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)
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Offseason
  • December 1, 1998: Charles Johnson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Armando Benítez.[1]
  • December 1, 1998: Albert Belle signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • December 7, 1998: Will Clark signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[3]
  • December 7, 1998: B. J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[4]
  • December 11, 1998: Rich Becker was released by the Baltimore Orioles.[5]
  • December 17, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[6]
  • December 21, 1998: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[7]
  • January 15, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[8]

Cuban exhibition series

In a rare event on March 28, 1999, the Orioles staged an exhibition series against the Cuban national team in Havana. The Orioles won the game 3–2 in 11 innings. They were the first Major League team to play in Cuba since 1959, when the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Orioles in an exhibition. The Cuban team visited Baltimore in May 1999. Cuba won the second game 10–6.

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9864 0.605 — 48–33 50–31
Boston Red Sox 9468 0.580 4 49–32 45–36
Toronto Blue Jays 8478 0.519 14 40–41 44–37
Baltimore Orioles 7884 0.481 20 41–40 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6993 0.426 29 33–48 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1999 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions
  • April 30, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was released by the Baltimore Orioles.[8]
  • June 2, 1999: Brian Roberts was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1999.[9]
  • June 2, 1999: Érik Bédard was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.[10]

Roster
1999 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CCharles Johnson135426107.2511654
SSMike Bordick160631175.2771077

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

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 Rochester Red Wings International League Dave Machemer
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Andy Etchebarren
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Butch Davis
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Duffy Dyer
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

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References
  1. Charles Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Albert Belle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Will Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckeri01.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amarari01.shtml
  8. Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. Brian Roberts Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. Érik Bédard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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