1999 Atlanta Braves season
1999 Atlanta Braves | ||
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National League Champions National League East Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Turner Field | |
City | Atlanta | |
Record | 103–59 (.636) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Time Warner | |
General managers | John Schuerholz | |
Managers | Bobby Cox | |
Television | WTBS WUPA TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun) | |
Radio | WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) | |
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The 1999 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 34th season in Atlanta and its 129th season overall. The Braves commenced the season as consecutive National League runner-ups and clinched their eighth successive division title with a record of 103–59, holding a 6-game lead over the New York Mets. During the 1990s, the Braves reached the World Series for the fifth time. However, they were swept in all four games of the 1999 World Series by the New York Yankees. This marked their second World Series appearance against the Yankees in a span of four years, with the previous one occurring in 1996, which they lost in six games. The Braves wouldn't return to the World Series until 22 years later.
Two pivotal figures on the 1999 Braves roster were Chipper Jones and John Rocker. Jones earned the National League's Most Valuable Player award, boasting a .310 batting average, 45 home runs, and 110 RBIs. He solidified his claim to the award with his remarkable performances in September against the New York Mets. John Rocker, functioning as Atlanta's closer, notched 38 saves. However, he ignited controversy due to his racist and homophobic remarks in a December 27, 1999, Sports Illustrated article.
This season marked the concluding campaign for John Smoltz as a starting pitcher, including the final full season for the pitching trio referred to as the Big Three. Smoltz would sit out the subsequent season due to Tommy John surgery but returned in 2001 in a closer role, a position he would uphold for the remainder of his career.
Offseason
[edit]- November 10, 1998: Bret Boone was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Mike Remlinger to the Atlanta Braves for Rob Bell, Denny Neagle, and Michael Tucker.[1]
- December 1, 1998: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[2]
- December 1, 1998: Curtis Pride was released by the Atlanta Braves.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Opening Day starters
[edit]- Otis Nixon – LF
- Bret Boone – 2B
- Chipper Jones – 3B
- Brian Jordan – RF
- Javy López – C
- Ryan Klesko – 1B
- Andruw Jones – CF
- Walt Weiss – SS
- Tom Glavine – P
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 56–25 | 47–34 |
New York Mets | 97 | 66 | .595 | 6½ | 49–32 | 48–34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 85 | .475 | 26 | 41–40 | 36–45 |
Montreal Expos | 68 | 94 | .420 | 35 | 35–46 | 33–48 |
Florida Marlins | 64 | 98 | .395 | 39 | 35–45 | 29–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | 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
[edit]Roster
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Game log
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April: 15–7 (Home: 7–4; Away: 8–3)
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May: 16–13 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–7)
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June: 16–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 8–5)
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July: 16–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–8)
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August: 21–7 (Home: 12–1; Away: 9–6)
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September: 17–8 (Home: 9–3; Away: 8–5)
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October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = Braves team member |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Eddie Pérez | 104 | 309 | 77 | .249 | 7 | 30 |
1B | Ryan Klesko | 133 | 404 | 120 | .297 | 21 | 80 |
2B | Bret Boone | 152 | 608 | 153 | .252 | 20 | 63 |
SS | Walt Weiss | 110 | 279 | 63 | .226 | 2 | 29 |
3B | Chipper Jones | 157 | 567 | 181 | .319 | 45 | 110 |
LF | Gerald Williams | 143 | 422 | 116 | .275 | 17 | 68 |
CF | Andruw Jones | 162 | 592 | 163 | .275 | 26 | 84 |
RF | Brian Jordan | 153 | 576 | 163 | .283 | 23 | 115 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Javy López | 65 | 246 | 78 | .317 | 11 | 45 |
Ozzie Guillén | 92 | 232 | 56 | .241 | 1 | 20 |
Randall Simon | 90 | 218 | 69 | .317 | 5 | 25 |
Brian Hunter | 114 | 181 | 45 | .249 | 6 | 30 |
José Hernández | 48 | 166 | 42 | .253 | 4 | 19 |
Keith Lockhart | 108 | 161 | 42 | .261 | 1 | 21 |
Otis Nixon | 84 | 151 | 31 | .205 | 0 | 8 |
Greg Myers | 34 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 2 | 9 |
Howard Battle | 15 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 1 | 5 |
Pascual Matos | 6 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Mark DeRosa | 7 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jorge Fábregas | 6 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Lombard | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Freddy García | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 1 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Glavine | 35 | 234.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.12 | 138 |
Kevin Millwood | 33 | 228.0 | 18 | 7 | 2.68 | 205 |
Greg Maddux | 33 | 219.1 | 19 | 9 | 3.57 | 136 |
John Smoltz | 29 | 186.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.19 | 156 |
Odalis Pérez | 18 | 93.0 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 | 82 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Terry Mulholland | 16 | 60.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.98 | 39 |
Bruce Chen | 16 | 51.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.47 | 45 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Rocker | 74 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 2.49 | 104 |
Mike Remlinger | 73 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2.37 | 81 |
Kevin McGlinchy | 64 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.82 | 67 |
Rudy Seánez | 56 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3.35 | 41 |
Russ Springer | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.42 | 49 |
Justin Speier | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 22 |
John Hudek | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.48 | 18 |
Sean Bergman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 6 |
Derrin Ebert | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.63 | 4 |
David Cortés | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
Mike Cather | 4 | 1` | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
Micah Bowie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
Mark Wohlers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Everett Stull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Joe Winkelsas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
Postseason
[edit]Game log
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World Series: 0–4
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Postseason rosters
[edit]Award winners
[edit]- Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove for center field
- Chipper Jones, National League Most Valuable Player Award
- Chipper Jones, 3B, Silver Slugger Award
- Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove Award
- John Smoltz, Pitcher of the Month Award, April
1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Brian Jordan, OF, reserve
- Kevin Millwood, P, reserve
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Richmond Braves | International League | Randy Ingle |
AA | Greenville Braves | Southern League | Paul Runge |
A | Myrtle Beach Pelicans | Carolina League | Brian Snitker |
A | Macon Braves | South Atlantic League | Jeff Treadway |
A-Short Season | Jamestown Jammers | New York–Penn League | Jim Saul |
Rookie | Danville Braves | Appalachian League | J. J. Cannon |
Rookie | GCL Braves | Gulf Coast League | Rick Albert |
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Myrtle Beach[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bret Boone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Otis Nixon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Curtis Pride Stats".
- ^ Pete Orr Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- 1999 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference
- Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac
- 1999 Atlanta Braves at Retrosheet