1999 Oakland Athletics season explained

Oakland Athletics
Season:	1999
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Network Associates Coliseum
City:	Oakland, California
Record:	87–75 (.537)
Divisional Place:	2nd
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)

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.^[1]
• December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[2]
• January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[3]
• January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
• January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[5]
• February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[6]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• July 23, 1999: Kenny Rogers was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• July 31, 1999: Billy Taylor was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.^[9]
• July 31, 1999: Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Appier.^[10]
• 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.^[11]

Roster

1999 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (First Base) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (Bench) (Pitching) (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		76	205	44	.215	7	24
1B		158	575	181	.315	33	123
2B		61	255	85	.333	7	28
SS		159	593	149	.251	21	84
3B		115	356	88	.247	13	50
LF		148	486	129	.265	28	86
CF		106	268	56	.209	4	24
RF		146	531	137	.258	38	102
DH		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
	106	406	99	.244	15	49
	97	255	70	.275	11	41
	89	247	60	.243	8	33
	81	226	55	.243	4	31
	100	187	37	.209	3	8
	40	136	38	.279	3	21
	58	135	29	.215	4	17
	40	125	33	.264	1	10
	63	48	9	.188	0	2
	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
	33	200.1	13	8	4.81	117
	30	142.0	7	12	6.34	93
	28	140.2	9	10	5.37	89
	21	136.1	11	2	3.23	132
	19	119.1	5	3	4.30	68
	12	74.2	7	2	4.34	36
	12	68.2	7	5	5.77	53
	11	56.2	3	5	6.35	30
	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
	6	19.1	2	0	1.86	15
	4	14.0	0	1	11.57	11
	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
	43	1	5	26	3.98	38
	76	3	2	0	5.09	32
	70	5	5	10	3.55	63
	53	2	2	0	4.15	62
	50	9	5	3	3.81	42
	29	3	4	0	4.33	26
	20	0	1	8	2.13	20
	17	0	0	0	5.40	3
	15	0	2	0	6.91	15
	14	0	0	0	5.84	7
	1	0	0	0	5.40	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics

References

1. Web site: Tony Phillips Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Rafael Bournigal Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
3. Web site: Marc Newfield Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
4. Web site: Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
5. Web site: Tim Raines Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
6. Web site: John Jaha Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
7. Web site: The Mets obtain P Kenny Rogers from the Athletics for OF Terrence Long and P Leoner Vasquez. ThisDayInBaseball.com.
8. Web site: Randy Velarde Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
9. Web site: Jason Isringhausen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
10. Web site: Jeff D'Amico Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
11. Web site: Rich Becker Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.

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