1999 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 1999 season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64-98, 5th in the NL East.

1999 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)John W. Henry
General manager(s)Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)John Boles
Local televisionSports Channel Florida
WAMI-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
Local radioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz)
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Offseason
  • October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians.[1]
  • December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.[2]
  • December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters
1Luis Castillo2B
8Alex GonzalezSS
7Mark KotsayRF
25Derrek Lee1B
17Todd DunwoodyCF
44Preston WilsonLF
27Kevin Orie3B
52Mike RedmondC
32Alex FernandezP

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
  • June 15, 1999: Craig Counsell was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Ryan Moskau (minors) (July 15, 1999) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.[4]

Citrus Series

The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1.

  • June 4 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 10 – 0
  • June 5 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 9 – 7
  • June 6 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 11 – 6
  • July 9 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 11 – 4
  • July 10 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 8 – 9
  • July 11 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 3 – 2

Roster
1999 Florida Marlins
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
SSÁlex González136560155.2771459

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

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

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

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Lynn Jones
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Frank Cacciatore
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Dave Huppert
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Rick Renteria
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Ken Joyce
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jon Deeble

[5]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteed01.shtml
  3. Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Craig Counsell 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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