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.

1 Offseason
2 Cuban exhibition series
3 Regular season
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Batting
  - 4.1.1 Starters by position
  - 4.1.2 Other batters
- 4.2 Pitching
5 Farm system
6 References
7 External links

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
New York Yankees	98	64	.605	--
Boston Red Sox	94	68	.580	4.0
Toronto Blue Jays	84	78	.519	14.0
Baltimore Orioles	78	84	.481	20.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	69	93	.426	29.0

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

23 Tommy Davis
13 Mike Figga
21 Charles Johnson
42 Lenny Webster

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

3 Harold Baines

Manager

31 Ray Miller

Coaches

48 Terry Crowley (Hitting)
34 Marv Foley (First Base)
44 Elrod Hendricks (Bullpen)
54 Bruce Kison (Pitching)
33 Eddie Murray (Bench)
2 Sam Perlozzo (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
C	Johnson, CharlesCharles Johnson	135	426	107	.251	16	54
SS	Bordick, MikeMike Bordick	160	631	175	.277	10	77

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	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

^[11]

References

External links

1999 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1999 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

1999 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

History in St. Louis
History in Baltimore
Seasons
No-hitters
Records
Players
Managers
Owners and executives
Broadcasters
Opening Day starting pitchers
First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Jeffrey Maier
Miracle Mets
1910 Chalmers Award
Wild Bill Hagy
1999 Cuban national baseball team exhibition

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (8)

American League Wild Card
(2)

1996
2012

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

Seasons (114)

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