1999 Philadelphia Phillies season

1999 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Veterans Stadium (since 1971)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Giles
General manager(s)	Ed Wade
Manager(s)	Terry Francona
Local television	WPSG CSN Philadelphia
Local radio	WPHT (Harry Kalas, Larry Andersen, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Scott Graham)
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Offseason

• November 5, 1998: Torey Lovullo was signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
• November 9, 1998: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mark Leiter.
• November 19, 1998: Ricky Bottalico was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte.
• March 27, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

The Phillies were early contenders for the Wild Card, going a season-high 13 games over .500 on August 6 (61–48), but injuries to pitching staff ace Curt Schilling and third baseman Scott Rolen, as well as a struggling bullpen, proved too tough to overcome. In one particularly bad stretch from August 28 to September 14, the Phillies went 1–18.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	103	59	0.636	—	56–25	47–34
New York Mets	97	66	0.595	6½	49–32	48–34
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	0.475	26	41–40	36–45
Montreal Expos	68	94	0.420	35	35–46	33–48
Florida Marlins	64	98	0.395	39	35–45	29–53

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	4–5	7–2	1–8	6–7	8–1	5–4	7–6	5–4	6–3	7–2	8–1	5–2	11–2	9–3	4–4	7–8
Atlanta	5–4	—	2–5	8–1	5–4	9–4	6–1	5–4	5–2	9–4	9–3	8–5	6–3	5–4	4–5	8–1	9–9
Chicago	2–7	5–2	—	5–8	4–5	6–3	3–9	2–7	6–6	2–5	3–6	2–7	7–6	6–3	1–7	7–5	6–9
Cincinnati	8–1	1–8	8–5	—	7–2	6–1	9–4	4–3	6–6	4–3	5–5	6–3	7–6	6–3	4–5	8–4	7-8
Colorado	7–6	4–5	5–4	2–7	—	5–4	2–6	8–5	6–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	2–7	4–9	4–9	4–5	4–8
Florida	1–8	4–9	3–6	1–6	4–5	—	2–7	7–2	5–4	8–4	3–10	2–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	3–4	11–7
Houston	4–5	1–6	9–3	4–9	6–2	7-2	—	6–3	8–5	7–2	4–5	6–1	5–7	8–1	5–4	5–7	12–3
Los Angeles	6–7	4–5	7–2	3–4	5–8	2–7	3–6	—	7–2	5–4	4–4	6–3	3–6	3–9	8–5	3–6	8–7
Milwaukee	4–5	2–5	6–6	6–6	3–6	4–5	5–8	2–7	—	5–4	2–5	5–4	8–4	3–5	4–5	7–6	8–6
Montreal	3–6	4–9	5–2	3–4	3–6	4–8	2–7	4–5	4–5	—	5–8	6–6	3–6	5–3	4–5	5–4	8–10
New York	2–7	3–9	6–3	5–5	5–4	10–3	5–4	4–4	5–2	8–5	—	6–6	7–2	7–2	7–2	5–2	12–6
Philadelphia	1-8	5–8	7–2	3–6	4–5	11–2	1–6	3–6	4–5	6–6	6–6	—	3–4	6–3	2–6	4–5	11–7
Pittsburgh	2–5	3–6	6–7	6–7	7–2	4–3	7–5	6–3	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–3	—	3–6	4–5	7–5	7–8
San Diego	2–11	4–5	3–6	3–6	9–4	6–3	1–8	9–3	5–3	3–5	2–7	3–6	6–3	—	5–7	2–7	11–4
San Francisco	3–9	5–4	7–1	5–4	9–4	5–4	4–5	5–8	5–4	5–4	2–7	6–2	5–4	7–5	—	6–3	7–8
St. Louis	4–4	1–8	5–7	4–8	5–4	4-3	7–5	6–3	6–7	4–5	2–5	5–4	5–7	7–2	3–6	—	7–8

Transactions

• May 5, 1999: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Robert Person.
• June 2, 1999: Brett Myers was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1999.
• June 2, 1999: Marlon Byrd was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999.

1999 Game Log

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

Roster

1999 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 30 Scott Aldred 37 Joel Bennett 45 Jeff Brantley 49 Billy Brewer 34 Paul Byrd 61 Wayne Gomes 44 Mike Grace 50 Joe Grahe 46 Carlton Loewer 57 Steve Montgomery 33 Chad Ogea 48 Yorkis Pérez 31 Robert Person 35 Cliff Politte 41 Jim Poole 51 Ken Ryan 38 Curt Schilling 52 Steve Schrenk 37 Anthony Shumaker 50 Paul Spoljaric 47 Amaury Telemaco 54 Randy Wolf		Catchers 14 Gary Bennett 27 Bobby Estalella 24 Mike Lieberthal 12 Tom Prince Infielders 16 Marlon Anderson 26 Alex Arias  2 Rico Brogna 19 Domingo Cedeño 15 David Doster 23 Kevin Jordan  4 Torey Lovullo  8 Desi Relaford 17 Scott Rolen		Outfielders 53 Bobby Abreu 25 Rob Ducey  5 Ron Gant  6 Doug Glanville 29 Wendell Magee 11 Kevin Sefcik		Manager  7 Terry Francona Coaches 43 Galen Cisco (Pitching)  3 Chuck Cottier 59 Ramon Henderson (Bullpen) 56 Hal McRae (Batting)  9 Brad Mills (First Base) 18 John Vukovich

Player stats

Batting

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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	International League	Marc Bombard
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Gary Varsho
A	Clearwater Phillies	Florida State League	Bill Dancy
A	Piedmont Boll Weevils	South Atlantic League	Ken Oberkfell
A-Short Season	Batavia Muckdogs	New York–Penn League	Greg Legg
Rookie	GCL Phillies	Gulf Coast League	Ramón Avilés

References

• 1999 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference