1999 Oakland Athletics season

1999 Oakland Athletics
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Network Associates Coliseum
City	Oakland, California
Record	87–75 (.537)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managers	Billy Beane
Managers	Art Howe
Television	KICU-TV Fox Sports Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
Radio	KABL (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
Seasons

The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

Offseason

• December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
• December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics.
• January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
• January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
• January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
• February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	95	67	.586	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics	87	75	.537	8	52‍–‍29	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	79	83	.488	16	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Anaheim Angels	70	92	.432	25	37‍–‍44	33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	3–9	1–9	5–5	1–9	5–5	7–5	6–4	6–4	8–4	6–6	7–5	6–6	3–9	6–12
Baltimore	9–3	—	5–7	7–3	1–9	5–5	6–4	8–1	4–9	5–7	5–5	5–7	6–6	1–11	11–7
Boston	9–1	7–5	—	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–2	6–4	8–4	4–6	7–3	4–9	4–5	9–3	6–12
Chicago	5–5	3–7	5–7	—	3–9	7–5	6–6	8–3–1	5–7	3–7	4–8	6–4	5–5	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	9–1	9–1	4–8	9–3	—	8–5	7–5	9–3	3–7	10–2	7–3	5–4	3–7	5–7	9–9
Detroit	5–5	5–5	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	7–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	3–7	4–5	5–5	2–10	8–10
Kansas City	5–7	4–6	2–8	6–6	5–7	4–7	—	5–8	5–4	6–6	7–5	2–8	4–6	3–7	6–12
Minnesota	4–6	1–8	4–6	3–8–1	3–9	6–6	8–5	—	4–6	7–5	4–8	5–5	0–12	4–6	10–7
New York	4–6	9–4	4–8	7–5	7–3	7–5	4–5	6–4	—	6–4	9–1	8–4	8–4	10–2	9–9
Oakland	4–8	7–5	6–4	7–3	2–10	6–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	—	6–6	9–1	5–7	8–2	12–6
Seattle	6–6	5–5	3–7	8–4	3–7	7–3	5–7	8–4	1–9	6–6	—	8–4	5–8	7–2	7–11
Tampa Bay	5–7	7–5	9–4	4–6	4–5	5–4	8–2	5–5	4–8	1–9	4–8	—	4–8	5–8	4–14
Texas	6–6	6–6	5–4	5–5	7–3	5–5	6–4	12–0	4–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	—	6–4	10–8
Toronto	9–3	11–1	3–9	4–6	7–5	10–2	7–3	6–4	2–10	2–8	2–7	8–5	4–6	—	9–9

Notable transactions

• July 23, 1999: Kenny Rogers was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez.
• July 29, 1999: Jeff Davanon, Nathan Haynes, and Elvin Nina (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Anaheim Angels for Randy Velarde and Omar Olivares.
• July 31, 1999: Billy Taylor was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.
• July 31, 1999: Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Appier.
• August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Carl Dale (August 20, 1999) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

Roster

1999 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 19 Kevin Appier 49 Tom Candiotti 29 Buddy Groom 56 Chad Harville 51 Jimmy Haynes 31 Gil Heredia 52 Tim Hudson 48 Jason Isringhausen 20 Kevin Jarvis 24 Doug Jones 58 Tim Kubinski 58 Brett Laxton 17 Ron Mahay 33 T.J. Mathews 49 Greg McMichael 40 Omar Olivares 44 Mike Oquist 57 Brad Rigby 37 Kenny Rogers 59 Blake Stein 22 Billy Taylor 61 Luis Vizcaíno 36 Tim Worrell		Catchers 55 Ramón Hernández 23 A. J. Hinch 15 Mike Macfarlane Infielders  3 Eric Chavez 16 Jason Giambi  5 John Jaha  7 Frank Menechino  6 Tony Phillips  9 Olmedo Sáenz 21 Scott Spiezio  4 Miguel Tejada 13 Jorge Velandia  8 Randy Velarde		Outfielders 22 Rich Becker 28 Ryan Christenson 14 Ben Grieve  2 Jason McDonald 30 Tim Raines 12 Matt Stairs		Manager 18 Art Howe Coaches 41 Thad Bosley (First Base) 35 Brad Fischer (Bullpen) 45 Dave Hudgens (Hitting) 39 Ken Macha (Bench) 47 Rick Peterson (Pitching) 38 Ron Washington (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	A. J. Hinch	76	205	44	.215	7	24
1B	Jason Giambi	158	575	181	.315	33	123
2B	Randy Velarde	61	255	85	.333	7	28
SS	Miguel Tejada	159	593	149	.251	21	84
3B	Eric Chavez	115	356	88	.247	13	50
LF	Ben Grieve	148	486	129	.265	28	86
CF	Ryan Christenson	106	268	56	.209	4	24
RF	Matt Stairs	146	531	137	.258	38	102
DH	John Jaha	142	457	126	.276	35	111

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
Tony Phillips	106	406	99	.244	15	49
Olmedo Sáenz	97	255	70	.275	11	41
Scott Spiezio	89	247	60	.243	8	33
Mike Macfarlane	81	226	55	.243	4	31
Jason McDonald	100	187	37	.209	3	8
Ramón Hernández	40	136	38	.279	3	21
Tim Raines	58	135	29	.215	4	17
Rich Becker	40	125	33	.264	1	10
Jorge Velandia	63	48	9	.188	0	2
Frank Menechino	9	9	2	.222	0	0

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
Gil Heredia	33	200.1	13	8	4.81	117
Jimmy Haynes	30	142.0	7	12	6.34	93
Mike Oquist	28	140.2	9	10	5.37	89
Tim Hudson	21	136.1	11	2	3.23	132
Kenny Rogers	19	119.1	5	3	4.30	68
Omar Olivares	12	74.2	7	2	4.34	36
Kevin Appier	12	68.2	7	5	5.77	53
Tom Candiotti	11	56.2	3	5	6.35	30
Blake Stein	1	2.2	0	0	16.88	4

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
Ron Mahay	6	19.1	2	0	1.86	15
Kevin Jarvis	4	14.0	0	1	11.57	11
Brett Laxton	3	9.2	0	1	7.45	9

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
Billy Taylor	43	1	5	26	3.98	38
Buddy Groom	76	3	2	0	5.09	32
Doug Jones	70	5	5	10	3.55	63
Tim Worrell	53	2	2	0	4.15	62
T.J. Mathews	50	9	5	3	3.81	42
Brad Rigby	29	3	4	0	4.33	26
Jason Isringhausen	20	0	1	8	2.13	20
Greg McMichael	17	0	0	0	5.40	3
Chad Harville	15	0	2	0	6.91	15
Tim Kubinski	14	0	0	0	5.84	7
Luis Vizcaíno	1	0	0	0	5.40	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Mike Quade
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Tony DeFrancesco
A	Modesto A's	California League	Bob Geren
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Juan Navarrette
A-Short Season	Southern Oregon Timberjacks	Northwest League	Greg Sparks
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	John Kuehl

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics

References

• 1999 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1999 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.