1999 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1999
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Sal Bando, Dean Taylor
Managers:	Phil Garner, Jim Lefebvre
Television:	WCGV-TV Midwest SC (Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder)
Radio:	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper)

The Milwaukee Brewers' 1999 season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the National League Central with a record of 74 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

• November 11, 1998: Bob Hamelin was released by the Brewers.^[1]
• November 20, 1998: Héctor Ramírez was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[2]
• December 1, 1999: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• December 2, 1999: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[4]
• December 14, 1998: The Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Alex Ochoa. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Darrell Nicholas (minors) to the Twins on December 15.^[5]
• December 18, 1998: Marc Newfield was released by the Brewers.^[6]
• January 27, 1999: Jim Abbott was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[7]

Regular season

• July 14, 1999: "Big Blue", a massive crane that was used to put the roof panels on soon to be completed Miller Park, collapsed while attempting to place one of the panels. Ultimately, this accident delayed the opening of Miller Park a full season and it wasn't opened until April 2001.

Opening Day Starters

• Sean Berry
• Jeromy Burnitz
• Jeff Cirillo
• Marquis Grissom
• Geoff Jenkins
• Mark Loretta
• Dave Nilsson
• Bill Pulsipher
• Fernando Viña

^[8]

Notable transactions

• April 12, 1999: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[9]
• May 23, 1999: Aaron Small was released by the Brewers.
• June 2, 1999: Ben Sheets was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 30, 1999.^[10]
• August 12, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[11]
• August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Carl Dale to the Brewers on August 20.^[12]

Roster

1999 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
C		115	343	56	106	21	62	.309	1
1B		153	587	93	170	5	67	.290	4
2B		124	457	60	135	8	58	.295	4
3B		157	607	98	198	15	88	.326	7
SS		89	256	45	58	10	38	.227	3
CF		154	603	92	161	20	83	.267	24
RF		130	467	87	126	33	103	.270	7
LF		135	447	70	140	21	82	.313	5

^[13]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
	119	277	47	83	8	40	.300	6
	106	259	26	59	2	23	.228	0
	105	219	34	53	5	22	.242	6
	37	154	17	41	1	16	.266	5
	89	139	15	35	5	16	.252	5
	74	135	18	35	2	21	.259	3
	38	117	13	33	3	23	.282	1
	48	101	10	26	3	8	.257	0
	15	44	5	8	0	5	.182	0
	32	42	4	8	0	1	.190	0
	14	17	2	3	1	3	.176	0
	8	7	1	1	0	0	.143	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
	33	197.2	11	11	4.78	74	69
	31	185.0	11	8	4.52	119	36
	28	176.1	12	8	4.54	161	78
	19	87.1	5	6	5.98	42	36
	20	82.0	2	8	7.79	60	46
	20	82.0	2	8	6.91	37	42
	5	23.1	2	0	4.63	19	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Inning pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	43	84.1	1	6	5.34	66
	17	77.0	4	7	4.56	34

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
	71	3	8	37	3.39	60
	71	2	1	0	5.23	35
	68	4	4	0	5.02	63
	63	7	4	2	4.65	74
	29	5	3	0	3.68	39
	26	2	0	0	4.25	39
	15	1	2	0	3.43	9
	15	0	1	0	4.82	13
	10	0	0	0	7.50	5
	8	0	0	0	3.00	11
	7	0	1	0	6.48	5
	6	0	0	0	10.80	12
	4	0	0	0	7.36	5
	4	0	1	0	20.25	4
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 1999.^[14] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants.

References

• 1999 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1999 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamelbo01.shtml Bob Hamelin
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirhe01.shtml Héctor Ramírez
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martino01.shtml Norberto Martin
4. Web site: David Weathers Stats Baseball-Reference.com.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml Alex Ochoa
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newfima01.shtml Marc Newfield
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott
8. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=ML4 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml Aaron Small
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheetbe01.shtml Ben Sheets
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml Jason Bere
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckeri01.shtml Rich Becker
13. Web site: 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics Baseball-Reference.com.
14. Web site: 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.