1999 Toronto Blue Jays season
Radio | CHUM (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek) | |
---|---|---|
|
The 1999 BJ Birdy.
Transactions
Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1999 season.[1]
October 1998
October 15 | Ben Van Ryn granted free agency. |
October 16 | Alex Delgado granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on November 18, 1998). José Herrera granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on January 2, 1999). |
October 22 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a two-year, $5.025 million contract on December 11, 1998).
|
October 23 | Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $1.35 million contract on October 27, 1998). Benito Santiago granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on December 9, 1998). |
October 26 | Dave Stieb granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1998). |
October 27 | Re-signed free agent Craig Grebeck to a two-year, $1.35 million contract. |
November 1998
November 5 | Juan Samuel granted free agency. |
November 18 | Re-signed free agent Alex Delgado to a one-year contract. Released Shannon Withem. |
December 1998
December 7 | Re-signed free agent Dave Stieb to a one-year contract. |
December 12 | Acquired Joey Hamilton from the San Diego Padres for Woody Williams, Carlos Almanzar and Pete Tucci. |
December 14 | Signed free agent Gerónimo Berroa from the Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $500,000 contract. Acquired Eric Ludwick from the Detroit Tigers for Beiker Graterol. |
December 16 | Signed free agent Walt McKeel from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |
December 23 | Signed free agent Rob Butler from the Houston Astros to a one-year, $275,000 contract. Signed free agent Mike Matheny from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $600,000 contract. |
January 1999
January 6 | Signed free agent Wayne Kirby from the New York Mets to a contract. |
January 11 | Signed amateur free agent Francisco Rosario to a contract. |
January 18 | Signed free agent Cleveland Indians to a contract.
|
January 19 | Signed free agent Willie Greene from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $1 million contract. Signed free agent Vicente Palacios to a contract. |
February 1999
February 9 | Released Patrick Lennon. |
February 18 | Acquired David Wells, Homer Bush and Graeme Lloyd from the New York Yankees for Roger Clemens. |
February 28 | Re-signed free agent Patrick Lennon to a one-year contract. |
March 1999
March 14 | Signed free agent Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.
|
March 17 | Released Felipe Crespo. |
March 21 | Released Vicente Palacios. |
March 30 | Acquired Anaheim Angels for Tomás Pérez .
|
Regular season
Season standings
W
|
L
|
Pct. | GB | Home | Road | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Yankees | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 48–33 | 50–31 |
Boston Red Sox | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | 4 | 49–32 | 45–36 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 14 | 40–41 | 44–37 |
Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 20 | 41–40 | 37–44 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 29 | 33–48 | 36–45 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 |
Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 |
Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 |
Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 |
New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 |
Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 |
Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 |
Transactions
Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1999 regular season.[2]
April 1999
April 1 | Signed free agent Doug Bochtler from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract. Released Walt McKeel. |
April 2 | Released Adam Melhuse. Tom Evans selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers. |
April 5 | Signed free agent Chris Jones from the San Diego Padres to a one-year contract. Re-signed free agent Adam Melhuse to a one-year contract. |
April 15 | Signed free agent Pat Kelly from the St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year contract. |
April 16 | Returned Florida Marlins .
|
May 1999
May 5 | Acquired Paul Spoljaric from the Philadelphia Phillies for Robert Person. |
May 7 | Selected Jacob Brumfield off of waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
May 19 | Player rights of Doug Bochtler sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
May 28 | Selected Willis Otáñez off of waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. |
June 1999
June 9 | Released Patrick Lennon. Released Pat Kelly. |
June 12 | Acquired Tony Batista and John Frascatore from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dan Plesac. |
June 21 | Released Dave Hollins. |
July 1999
July 3 | Signed amateur free agent Davis Romero to a contract. |
July 8 | Acquired Juan Melo from the San Diego Padres for Isabel Giron. |
July 28 | Acquired David Segui from the Seattle Mariners for Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair. |
July 31 | Signed free agent John Hudek from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |
August 1999
August 6 | Selected Curtis Goodwin off of waivers from the Chicago Cubs. |
August 7 | Signed amateur free agent Kevin Cash to a contract. |
August 9 | Acquired Brian McRae from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later (Pat Lynch on August 23, 1999). |
August 26 | Signed free agent Brendan Donnelly from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract. |
August 30 | Released Gerónimo Berroa. |
August 31 | Signed free agent Cleveland Indians to a one-year contract.
|
September 1999
September 3 | Traded Juan Melo to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later (Jaime Goudie on September 13, 1999). |
Roster
Game log
1999 Game Log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
May
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Darrin Fletcher | 115 | 412 | 120 | .291 | 18 | 80 |
1B | Carlos Delgado | 152 | 573 | 156 | .272 | 44 | 134 |
2B | Homer Bush | 128 | 485 | 155 | .320 | 5 | 55 |
SS | Tony Batista | 98 | 375 | 107 | .285 | 26 | 79 |
3B | Tony Fernández | 142 | 485 | 159 | .328 | 6 | 75 |
LF | Shannon Stewart | 145 | 608 | 185 | .304 | 11 | 67 |
CF | José Cruz Jr. | 106 | 349 | 84 | .241 | 14 | 45 |
RF | Shawn Green | 158 | 614 | 190 | .309 | 42 | 123 |
DH | Willie Greene | 81 | 226 | 46 | .204 | 12 | 41 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacob Brumfield | 62 | 170 | 40 | .235 | 2 | 19 |
Mike Matheny | 57 | 163 | 35 | .215 | 3 | 17 |
Alex Gonzalez | 38 | 154 | 45 | .292 | 2 | 12 |
Willis Otáñez | 42 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 5 | 13 |
Pat Kelly | 37 | 116 | 31 | .267 | 6 | 20 |
Craig Grebeck | 34 | 113 | 41 | .363 | 0 | 10 |
Dave Hollins | 27 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 2 | 6 |
David Segui | 31 | 95 | 30 | .316 | 5 | 13 |
Vernon Wells | 24 | 88 | 23 | .261 | 1 | 8 |
Brian McRae | 31 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 3 | 11 |
Gerónimo Berroa | 22 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 1 | 6 |
Casey Blake | 14 | 39 | 10 | .256 | 1 | 1 |
Kevin Witt | 15 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 1 | 5 |
Patrick Lennon | 9 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 1 | 6 |
Norberto Martin | 9 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Dalesandro | 16 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Woodward | 14 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
Pat Borders | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 3 |
Kevin Brown | 2 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 1 |
Curtis Goodwin | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Butler | 8 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Anthony Sanders | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Wells | 34 | 231.2 | 17 | 10 | 4.82 | 169 |
Pat Hentgen | 34 | 199.0 | 11 | 12 | 4.79 | 118 |
Kelvim Escobar | 33 | 174.0 | 14 | 11 | 5.69 | 129 |
Chris Carpenter | 24 | 150.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.38 | 106 |
Joey Hamilton | 22 | 98.0 | 7 | 8 | 6.52 | 56 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Halladay | 36 | 149.1 | 8 | 7 | 3.92 | 82 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Koch | 56 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 3.39 | 57 |
Graeme Lloyd | 74 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.63 | 47 |
Paul Quantrill | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.33 | 28 |
Paul Spoljaric | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.65 | 63 |
John Frascatore | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3.41 | 22 |
Pete Munro | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.02 | 38 |
Dan Plesac | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.34 | 26 |
Tom Davey | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 42 |
Robert Person | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.82 | 12 |
Steve Sinclair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 3 |
Mike Romano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.81 | 3 |
John Hudek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 2 |
Nerio Rodriguez |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
John Bale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 |
Eric Ludwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Gary Glover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Award winners
- Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
- Shawn Green, Gold Glove Award
- Shawn Green, Silver Slugger Award
- Tony Fernández, 3B
- Shawn Green, OF[3]
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
---|---|---|---|
AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs
|
International League | Pat Kelly |
AA | Knoxville Smokies
|
Southern League
|
Omar Malavé |
A
|
Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Rocket Wheeler |
A
|
Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Rolando Pino |
A-Short Season
|
St. Catharines Stompers
|
New York–Penn League | Eddie Rodríguez |
Rookie
|
Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Paul Elliott |
References
- ^ "1999 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
- ^ "1999 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac