The 1999 Baltimore Orioles season was the 99th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 46th in Baltimore, and the 8th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.
Offseason December 1, 1998: Charles Johnson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Armando Benítez.Charles Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 1, 1998: Albert Belle signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.Albert Belle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 1998: Will Clark signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.Will Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 1998: B. J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.B. J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 11, 1998: Rich Becker was released by the Baltimore Orioles. December 17, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. December 21, 1998: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. January 15, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 30, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was released by the Baltimore Orioles. 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.Brian Roberts Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.Érik Bédard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 1999 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (Hitting) (First Base) (Bullpen) (Pitching) (Bench) (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 135 426 107 .251 16 54 1B Jeff Conine 139 444 129 .291 13 75 2B Delino DeShields 96 330 87 .264 6 34 SS 160 631 175 .277 10 77 3B Cal Ripken Jr. 86 332 113 .340 18 57 LF B.J. Surhoff 162 673 207 .308 28 107 CF Brady Anderson 150 564 159 .282 24 81 RF Albert Belle 161 610 181 .297 37 117 DH Harold Baines 107 345 111 .322 24 81
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 Will Clark 77 251 76 .303 10 29 Jerry Hairston Jr. 50 175 47 .269 4 17 Jeff Reboulet 99 154 25 .162 0 4 Rich Amaral 91 137 38 .277 0 11 Ryan Minor 46 124 24 .194 3 10 Mike Figga 41 86 19 .221 1 5 Gene Kingsale 28 85 21 .247 0 7 Willis Otañez 29 80 17 .213 2 11 Derrick May 26 49 13 .265 4 12 Calvin Pickering 23 40 5 .125 1 5 Lenny Webster 16 36 6 .167 0 3 Jesse Garcia 17 29 6 .207 2 2 Tommy Davis 5 6 1 .167 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 Scott Erickson 34 230.1 15 12 4.81 106 Sidney Ponson 32 210.0 12 12 4.71 112 Mike Mussina 31 203.1 18 7 3.50 172 Juan Guzmán 21 122.2 5 9 4.18 95 Jason Johnson 22 115.1 8 7 5.46 71 Matt Riley 3 11.0 0 0 7.36 6
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 Doug Johns 32 86.2 6 4 4.47 50 Doug Linton 14 59.0 1 4 5.95 31 Rocky Coppinger 11 21.2 0 1 8.31 17
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 Mike Timlin 62 3 9 27 3.57 50 Jesse Orosco 65 0 2 1 5.34 35 Scott Kamieniecki 43 2 4 2 4.95 39 Arthur Rhodes 43 3 4 3 5.43 59 Ricky Bones 30 0 3 0 5.98 26 Mike Fetters 27 1 0 0 5.81 22 Al Reyes 27 2 3 0 4.85 28 Gabe Molina 20 1 2 0 6.65 14 B.J. Ryan 13 1 0 0 2.95 28 Jim Corsi 13 0 1 0 2.70 8 Heathcliff Slocumb 10 0 0 0 12.46 12 Brian Falkenborg 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1999 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 1999 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com