1999 Atlanta Braves season

The 1999 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 34th season in Atlanta and 129th overall. The Braves won their fifth consecutive division title with a 103-59 record and 6 game lead over the New York Mets. The Braves appeared in the World Series for the fifth time during the 1990s. The Braves lost all four games of the 1999 World Series to the New York Yankees, resulting in a sweep. The Braves played their 2nd World Series against the Yankees in 4 years, with the first being in 1996, which they played in six games. This is to date their last National League pennant.

1999 Atlanta Braves
NL East Champions
NL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record103–59 (.636)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Time Warner
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Bobby Cox
Local televisionWTBS
WUPA
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun)
Local radioWSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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Two key players on the 1999 Braves were Chipper Jones & John Rocker. Jones won the National League's Most Valuable Player award with a .310 average, 45 HRs, 110 RBIs, and sealed the award with his September heroics against the New York Mets. Rocker recorded 38 saves as Atlanta's closer, but later created controversy due to his racist and homophobic comments in a December 27, 1999, Sports Illustrated article.

Offseason
  • November 10, 1998: Bret Boone was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Mike Remlinger to the Atlanta Braves for Rob Bell, Denny Neagle, and Michael Tucker.[1]
  • December 1, 1998: Otis Nixon was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • December 1, 1998: Curtis Pride was released by the Atlanta Braves.[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10359 0.636 — 56–25 47–34
New York Mets 9766 0.595 6½ 49–32 48–34
Philadelphia Phillies 7785 0.475 26 41–40 36–45
Montreal Expos 6894 0.420 35 35–46 33–48
Florida Marlins 6498 0.395 39 35–45 29–53

Record vs. opponents
1999 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —4–57–21–86–78–15–47–65–46–37–28–15–211–29–34–47–8
Atlanta 5–4—2–58–15–49–46–15–45–29–49–38–56–35–44–58–19–9
Chicago 2–75–2—5–84–56–33–92–76–62–53–62–77–66–31–77–56–9
Cincinnati 8–11–88–5—7–26–19–44–36–64–35–56–37–66–34–58–47-8
Colorado 7–64–55–42–7—5–42–68–56–36–34–55–42–74–94–94–54–8
Florida 1–84–93–61–64–5—2–77–25–48–43–102–113–43–64–53–411–7
Houston 4–51–69–34–96–27-2—6–38–57–24–56–15–78–15–45–712–3
Los Angeles 6–74–57–23–45–82–73–6—7–25–44–46–33–63–98–53–68–7
Milwaukee 4–52–56–66–63–64–55–82–7—5–42–55–48–43–54–57–68–6
Montreal 3–64–95–23–43–64–82–74–54–5—5–86–63–65–34–55–48–10
New York 2–73–96–35–55–410–35–44–45–28–5—6–67–27–27–25–212–6
Philadelphia 1-85–87–23–64–511–21–63–64–56–66–6—3–46–32–64–511–7
Pittsburgh 2–53–66–76–77–24–37–56–34–86–32–74–3—3–64–57–57–8
San Diego 2–114–53–63–69–46–31–89–35–33–52–73–66–3—5–72–711–4
San Francisco 3–95–47–15–49–45–44–55–85–45–42–76–25–47–5—6–37–8
St. Louis 4–41–85–74–85–44–37–56–36–74–52–55–45–77–23–6—7–8

Transactions
  • July 3, 1999: Pete Orr was signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.[4]

Roster
1999 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CEddie Pérez10430977.249730
1BRyan Klesko133404120.2972180
2BBret Boone152608153.2522063
SSWalt Weiss11027963.226229
3BChipper Jones157567181.31945110
LFGerald Williams143422116.2751768
CFAndruw Jones162592163.2752684
RFBrian Jordan153576163.28323115

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
Javy López6524678.3171145
Ozzie Guillén9223256.241120
Randall Simon9021869.317525
Brian Hunter11418145.249630
José Hernández4816642.253419
Keith Lockhart10816142.261121
Otis Nixon8415131.20508
Greg Myers347216.22229
Howard Battle15176.35315
Pascual Matos681.12502
Mark DeRosa780.00000
Jorge Fábregas680.00000
George Lombard662.33300
Freddy García221.50011

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Glavine3523414114.12138
Kevin Millwood332281872.68205
Greg Maddux33219.11993.57136
John Smoltz29186.11183.19156
Odalis Pérez1893466.0082

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Terry Mulholland1660.1422.9839
Bruce Chen1651225.4745

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Rocker7445382.49104
Mike Remlinger7310112.3781
Kevin McGlinchy647302.8267
Rudy Seánez566133.3541
Russ Springer492113.4249
Justin Speier190005.6522
John Hudek150106.4818
Sean Bergman61002.846
Derrin Ebert50115.634
David Cortés40004.912
Mike Cather41`0010.130
Mark Wohlers200027.000
Everett Stull100013.500
Joe Winkelsas100054.000

National League Division Series
Main article: 1999 National League Division Series

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

Atlanta wins series, 3-1

GameScoreDate
1Houston 6, Atlanta 1October 5
2Atlanta 5, Houston 1October 6
3Atlanta 5, Houston 3 (12 innings)October 8
4Atlanta 7, Houston 5October 9

National League Championship Series
Main article: 1999 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 12: Turner Field, Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
New York000100001262
Atlanta10001101X482
WP: Greg Maddux (1-0)   LP: Masato Yoshii (0-1)   Sv: John Rocker (1)
Home runs:
NYM: None
ATL: Eddie Pérez (1)

The Braves began their eighth consecutive NLCS with a 4-2 victory over the Mets, defeating a team they left for dead two weeks earlier. Greg Maddux tossed seven solid innings, and future NLCS MVP Eddie Pérez who came up big for the absence of Javy López, homered. Light-hitting shortstop Walt Weiss went 3-for-4 with a run scored and RBI for the Braves.

John Rocker recorded the final four outs for the save, his second of the postseason, to seal Atlanta's fourth straight win.

Game 2

October 13: Turner Field, Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
New York010010010351
Atlanta00000400X491
WP: Kevin Millwood (1-0)   LP: Kenny Rogers (0-1)   Sv: John Smoltz (1)
Home runs:
NYM: Melvin Mora (1)
ATL: Brian Jordan (1); Eddie Pérez (2)

Game 3

October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta100000000131
New York000000000072
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0)   LP: Al Leiter (0-1)   Sv: John Rocker (2)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYM: None

Game 4

October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta000000020230
New York00000102X350
WP: Turk Wendell (1-0)   LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1)   Sv: Armando Benítez (1)
Home runs:
ATL: Brian Jordan (2); Ryan Klesko (1)
NYM: John Olerud (1)

Game 5

October 17: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team123456789101112131415RHE
Atlanta0002000000000013132
New York2000000000000024111
WP: Octavio Dotel (1-0)   LP: Kevin McGlinchy (0-1)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYM: John Olerud (2)

Game 6

October 19: Turner Field, Atlanta

Team1234567891011RHE
New York000003410109152
Atlanta5000020101110101
WP: Russ Springer (1-0)   LP: Kenny Rogers (0-2)
Home runs:
NYM: Mike Piazza (1)
ATL: None

World Series
Main article: 1999 World Series

Game 1

October 23, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Team123456789RHE
New York000000040460
Atlanta000100000122
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Greg Maddux (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
NYY: None
ATL: Chipper Jones (1)

Game 2

October 24, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
New York3021100007141
Atlanta000000002251
WP: David Cone (1-0)   LP: Kevin Millwood (0-1)

Game 3

October 26, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team12345678910RHE
Atlanta10310000005141
New York1000101201690
WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0)   LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYY: Chad Curtis 2 (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1)

Game 4

October 27, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta000000010150
New York00300001X480
WP: Roger Clemens (1-0)   LP: John Smoltz (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYY: Jim Leyritz (1)

Award winners

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Randy Ingle
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Paul Runge
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Brian Snitker
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Jeff Treadway
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Jim Saul
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rick Albert

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Myrtle Beach[5]

References
  1. Bret Boone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Otis Nixon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml
  4. Pete Orr Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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