1999 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1999
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	3Com Park at Candlestick Point
City:	San Francisco, California
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Peter Magowan
General Managers:	Brian Sabean
Managers:	Dusty Baker
Television:	KTVU (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller) Fox Sports Bay Area (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Radio:	KNBR (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller) KZSF (Erwin Higueros,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)

The 1999 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 117th season in Major League Baseball, their 42nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 40th and final season at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 86–76 record, 14 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Offseason

• November 10, 1998: Dante Powell was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Alan Embree.^[1]
• January 15, 1999: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Rich Aurilia
• Marvin Benard
• Barry Bonds
• Ellis Burks
• Mark Gardner
• Jeff Kent
• Brent Mayne
• Bill Mueller
• J. T. Snow^[3]

Notable transactions

• April 27, 1999: Felipe Crespo was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[4]

Roster

1999 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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		117	322	97	.301	2	39
1B		161	570	156	.274	24	98
2B		138	511	148	.290	23	101
SS		152	558	157	.281	22	80
3B		116	414	120	.290	2	36
LF		102	355	93	.262	34	83
CF		149	562	163	.290	16	64
RF		120	390	110	.282	31	96

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
	112	333	92	.276	3	30
	95	264	54	.205	6	48
	113	254	66	.260	3	26
	69	198	54	.273	5	21
	72	150	49	.327	7	29
	61	144	38	.264	5	19
	33	87	22	.253	1	10
	35	71	18	.254	0	3
	15	19	5	.263	0	5
	12	18	8	.444	1	9
	14	15	0	.000	0	0

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	207.2	18	9	3.81	164
	32	203.0	11	11	4.92	159
	33	184.2	15	10	5.41	94
	19	106.2	6	8	5.48	76
	10	63.2	3	3	4.38	47

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
	29	139.0	5	11	6.47	86
	19	90.1	7	4	4.18	54

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
	72	3	8	37	3.98	77
	68	3	2	0	3.38	53
	62	4	6	3	2.60	56
	62	3	0	0	5.24	44
	59	3	1	0	4.19	52
	47	2	3	0	3.80	55
	47	2	0	0	5.93	33
	14	0	0	0	4.18	20
	6	1	0	1	10.13	6

Award winners

• Marvin Benard CF, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1999 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1999 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/powelda01.shtml Dante Powell Statistics
2. Web site: Jalal Leach Stats.
3. Web site: 1999 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crespfe01.shtml Felipe Crespo Statistics
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007