1999 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 1999 season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting 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.

1999 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersJohn W. Henry
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersJohn Boles
Local televisionSports Channel Florida
WAMI-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Local radioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz)
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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

Opening Day starters
1Luis Castillo2B
8Alex GonzalezSS
7Mark KotsayRF
25Derrek Lee1B
17Todd DunwoodyCF
44Preston WilsonLF
27Kevin Orie3B
52Mike RedmondC
32Alex FernandezP

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10359 0.636 — 56–25 47–34
New York Mets 9766 0.595 6½ 49–32 48–34
Philadelphia Phillies 7785 0.475 26 41–40 36–45
Montreal Expos 6894 0.420 35 35–46 33–48
Florida Marlins 6498 0.395 39 35–45 29–53

Record vs. opponents
1999 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —4–57–21–86–78–15–47–65–46–37–28–15–211–29–34–47–8
Atlanta 5–4—2–58–15–49–46–15–45–29–49–38–56–35–44–58–19–9
Chicago 2–75–2—5–84–56–33–92–76–62–53–62–77–66–31–77–56–9
Cincinnati 8–11–88–5—7–26–19–44–36–64–35–56–37–66–34–58–47-8
Colorado 7–64–55–42–7—5–42–68–56–36–34–55–42–74–94–94–54–8
Florida 1–84–93–61–64–5—2–77–25–48–43–102–113–43–64–53–411–7
Houston 4–51–69–34–96–27-2—6–38–57–24–56–15–78–15–45–712–3
Los Angeles 6–74–57–23–45–82–73–6—7–25–44–46–33–63–98–53–68–7
Milwaukee 4–52–56–66–63–64–55–82–7—5–42–55–48–43–54–57–68–6
Montreal 3–64–95–23–43–64–82–74–54–5—5–86–63–65–34–55–48–10
New York 2–73–96–35–55–410–35–44–45–28–5—6–67–27–27–25–212–6
Philadelphia 1-85–87–23–64–511–21–63–64–56–66–6—3–46–32–64–511–7
Pittsburgh 2–53–66–76–77–24–37–56–34–86–32–74–3—3–64–57–57–8
San Diego 2–114–53–63–69–46–31–89–35–33–52–73–66–3—5–72–711–4
San Francisco 3–95–47–15–49–45–44–55–85–45–42–76–25–47–5—6–37–8
St. Louis 4–41–85–74–85–44–37–56–36–74–52–55–45–77–23–6—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

The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1.

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

Roster
1999 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CMike Redmond8424273.302127
1BKevin Millar105351100.285967
2BLuis Castillo128487147.302028
SSÁlex González136560155.2771459
3BMike Lowell9730878.2531247
LFBruce Aven137381110.2891270
CFPreston Wilson149482135.2802671
RFMark Kotsay148495134.271850

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
Dave Berg10930487.286325
Cliff Floyd6925176.3031149
Kevin Orie7724061.254629
Jorge Fábregas8222346.206321
Derrek Lee7021845.206520
Danny Bautista7020559.288524
Todd Dunwoody6418641.220220
Tim Hyers588118.222212
Ramón Castro246712.17924
Craig Counsell376610.15202
Chris Clapinski365613.23202
Amaury García10246.25022
Julio Ramírez15213.14302
John Roskos13122.16701
Guillermo Garcia441.25000

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
Dennis Springer38196.16164.8683
Brian Meadows31178.111155.6072
Ryan Dempster25147.0784.71126
Alex Fernandez24141.0783.3891
Liván Hernández20136.0594.7697
A.J. Burnett741.1423.4833

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
Jesús Sánchez5976.1576.0162
Vladimir Núñez1774.2484.5858
Reid Cornelius519.1103.2612
Kirt Ojala810.20114.345
Michael Tejera36.10011.377

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
Antonio Alfonseca7345213.2446
Braden Looper723303.8050
Brian Edmondson685815.8458
Vic Darensbourg560108.8316
Matt Mantei3512102.7250
Rafael Medina201105.7916
Archie Corbin170107.2930
Héctor Almonte150204.208
Armando Almanza140101.7220
Brent Billingsley800016.433

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. "Bruce Aven Stats".
  2. "Edgar Renteria Stats".
  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
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