1999 Boston Red Sox season

The 1999 Boston Red Sox season was the 99th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, four games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1999 World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, and defeated the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. The Red Sox then lost to the Yankees in the ALCS.

1999 Boston Red Sox
AL Wild Card Winner
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place2nd (4 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)JRY Trust
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Jimy Williams
Local televisionWLVI-TV
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez, Juan Pedro Villamán)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Pedro Martínez won the American League Cy Young Award, becoming the second pitcher to win the award in both leagues.[1] Additionally, Jimy Williams was named the American League Manager of the Year.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9864 0.605 — 48–33 50–31
Boston Red Sox 9468 0.580 4 49–32 45–36
Toronto Blue Jays 8478 0.519 14 40–41 44–37
Baltimore Orioles 7884 0.481 20 41–40 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6993 0.426 29 33–48 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1999 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9
Red Sox vs. National League East
Team ATL FLA MON NYM PHI
Boston 2–4 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–2

Opening Day Line Up
30José OffermanDH
20Darren LewisCF
13John Valentin3B
  5Nomar Garciaparra    SS
25Troy O'LearyLF
24Mike Stanley1B
10Scott HattebergC
  3Jeff Frye2B
  7Trot NixonRF
45Pedro MartínezP

Source[10]

All-Star Game

The 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 70th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL). Red Sox legend Ted Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch. Three members of the Red Sox played in the game. Pitcher Pedro Martínez and shortstop Nomar Garciaparra were starters, while second baseman José Offerman was a reserve. The game, won by the American League 4-1, was held on July 13, 1999, at Fenway Park.[11]

Notable transactions

Roster
1999 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

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
Jason Varitek
144
483
130
.269
20
76
1B
Mike Stanley
136
427
120
.281
19
72
2B
José Offerman
149
586
172
.294
8
69
SS
Nomar Garciaparra
135
532
190
.357
27
104
3B
John Valentin
113
450
114
.253
12
70
LF
Troy O'Leary
157
596
167
.280
28
103
CF
Darren Lewis
135
470
113
.240
2
40
RF
Trot Nixon
124
381
103
.270
15
52
DH
Reggie Jefferson
83
206
57
.277
5
17

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
Damon Buford
91
297
72
.242
6
38
Michael Coleman
2
5
1
.200
0
0
Brian Daubach
110
381
112
.294
21
73
Chad Fonville
3
2
0
.000
0
0
Jeff Frye
41
114
32
.281
1
12
Creighton Gubanich
18
47
13
.277
1
11
Scott Hatteberg
30
80
22
.275
1
11
Butch Huskey
45
124
33
.266
7
28
Steve Lomasney
1
2
0
.000
0
0
Lou Merloni
43
126
32
.254
1
13
Jon Nunnally
10
14
4
.286
0
1
Donnie Sadler
49
107
30
.280
0
4
Wilton Veras
36
118
34
.288
2
13
Lenny Webster
6
14
0
.000
0
1

Starting rotation
Player G (GS) IP W L ERA SO
Pedro Martínez
31 (29)
213.1
23
4
2.07
303
Mark Portugal
31 (27)
150.1
7
12
5.51
79
Pat Rapp
37 (26)
146.1
6
7
4.12
90
Bret Saberhagen
22 (22)
119.0
10
6
2.95
81
Brian Rose
22 (18)
98.0
7
6
4.87
51

Other pitchers
Player G (GS) IP W L S ERA SO
Tim Wakefield
49 (17)
140.0
6
11
15
5.08
104
Derek Lowe
74 (0)
109.1
6
3
15
2.63
80
John Wasdin
45 (0)
74.1
8
3
2
4.12
57
Rheal Cormier
60 (0)
63.1
2
0
0
3.69
39
Mark Guthrie
46 (0)
46.1
1
1
2
5.83
36
Rich Garcés
30 (0)
40.2
5
1
2
1.55
33
Jin Ho Cho
9 (7)
39.1
2
3
0
5.72
16
Bryce Florie
14 (2)
30.0
2
0
0
4.80
25
Kent Mercker
5 (5)
25.2
2
0
0
3.51
17
Jim Corsi
23 (0)
24.0
1
2
0
5.25
14
Ramón Martínez
4 (4)
20.2
2
1
0
3.05
15
Tom Gordon
21 (0)
17.2
0
2
11
5.60
24
Rod Beck
12 (0)
14.0
0
1
3
1.93
12
Tim Harikkala
7 (0)
13.0
1
1
0
6.23
7
Juan Peña
2 (2)
13.0
2
0
0
0.69
15
Tomo Ohka
8 (2)
13.0
1
2
0
6.23
8
Kip Gross
11 (1)
12.2
0
2
0
7.82
9
Bob Wolcott
4 (0)
6.2
0
0
0
8.10
2
Marino Santana
3 (0)
4.0
0
0
0
15.75
4
Kirk Bullinger
4 (0)
2.0
0
0
0
4.50
0

Source[19]

Playoffs

Division Series
Main article: 1999 American League Division Series

Boston wins the series, 3-2[20]

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Cleveland3Boston2October 61-0 (CLE)
2Cleveland11Boston1October 72-0 (CLE)
3Boston9Cleveland3October 92-1 (CLE)
4Boston23Cleveland7October 102-2
5Cleveland8Boston12October 113-2 (BOS)

League Championship Series
Main article: 1999 American League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-1[21]

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1New York4Boston3October 131-0 (NYY)
2New York3Boston2October 142-0 (NYY)
3Boston13New York1October 162-1 (NYY)
4Boston2New York9October 173-1 (NYY)
5Boston1New York6October 184-1 (NYY)

Game log
Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed Clinched Playoff Spot
1999 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 94–68 (Home: 49–32; Away: 45–36)

Reference:[22]

Postseason game log
Boston Red Sox 1999 Postseason Game Log (4–6)

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Augusta GreenJackets replaced the Michigan Battle Cats as the Red Sox' Class A affiliate.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Gary Jones
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League DeMarlo Hale
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Butch Hobson
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Billy Gardner Jr.
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Luis Aguayo
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League John Sanders
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Norman
Rookie cooperative Venezuelan Summer League  

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta[23]

References
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  13. Lew Ford page at Baseball reference
  14. Robert Ramsay page at Baseball Reference
  15. Mike Maroth page at Baseball Reference
  16. Mike Matthews page at Baseball Reference
  17. Mark Guthrie page at Baseball Reference
  18. Mark Mortugal page at Baseball Reference
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