1999 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1999
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City:	Baltimore
Record:	78–84 (.481)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Peter Angelos
General Managers:	Frank Wren
Managers:	Ray Miller
Television:	WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC Home Team Sports (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Mike Flanagan)
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Chuck Thompson)

The 1999 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 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.^[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

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.^[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		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (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		139	444	129	.291	13	75
2B		96	330	87	.264	6	34
SS		160	631	175	.277	10	77
3B		86	332	113	.340	18	57
LF		162	673	207	.308	28	107
CF		150	564	159	.282	24	81
RF		161	610	181	.297	37	117
DH		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
	77	251	76	.303	10	29
	50	175	47	.269	4	17
	99	154	25	.162	0	4
	91	137	38	.277	0	11
	46	124	24	.194	3	10
	41	86	19	.221	1	5
	28	85	21	.247	0	7
	29	80	17	.213	2	11
	26	49	13	.265	4	12
	23	40	5	.125	1	5
	16	36	6	.167	0	3
	17	29	6	.207	2	2
	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
	34	230.1	15	12	4.81	106
	32	210.0	12	12	4.71	112
	31	203.1	18	7	3.50	172
	21	122.2	5	9	4.18	95
	22	115.1	8	7	5.46	71
	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
	32	86.2	6	4	4.47	50
	14	59.0	1	4	5.95	31
	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
	62	3	9	27	3.57	50
	65	0	2	1	5.34	35
	43	2	4	2	4.95	39
	43	3	4	3	5.43	59
	30	0	3	0	5.98	26
	27	1	0	0	5.81	22
	27	2	3	0	4.85	28
	20	1	2	0	6.65	14
	13	1	0	0	2.95	28
	13	0	1	0	2.70	8
	10	0	0	0	12.46	12
	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

^[11]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsch04.shtml Charles Johnson Statistics
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belleal01.shtml Albert Belle Statistics
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkwi02.shtml Will Clark Statistics
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/surhob.01.shtml B. J. Surhoff Statistics
5. Web site: Rich Becker Stats.
6. Web site: Doug Linton Stats.
7. Web site: Rich Amaral Stats.
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slocuhe01.shtml Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roberbr01.shtml Brian Roberts Statistics
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bedarer01.shtml Érik Bédard Statistics
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007