1999 Toronto Blue Jays season

1999 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
East Division (since 1977)
Location
SkyDome (since 1989)
Toronto (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Interbrew, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)	Gord Ash
Manager(s)	Jim Fregosi
Local television	CBC Television (Brian Williams, John Cerutti) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez) CTV Sportsnet (Rod Black, Joe Carter)
Local radio	CHUM (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1999 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's twenty-third season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. The team set a franchise record for most runs scored in a season (883) and hits in a season (1,580). The previous Blue Jays records for most runs scored and most hits in a season were set in 1993 when the Jays scored 847 runs and collected 1,556 hits. Conversely, the Blue Jays pitching staff gave up the most runs of any Blue Jays team since 1979.

Offseason

• October 27, 1998: Craig Grebeck was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
• December 23, 1998: Rob Butler signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
• February 18, 1999: Roger Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for former Blue Jay David Wells and second baseman Homer Bush.
• March 14, 1999: Norberto Martin was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
• March 17, 1999: Felipe Crespo was released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	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

1999 American League Records 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

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1999: Doug Bochtler was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
• May 5, 1999: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Robert Person.
• May 7, 1999: Jacob Brumfield was selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• May 19, 1999: Doug Bochtler was purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
• June 2, 1999: Brandon Lyon was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed May 31, 2000.
• June 12, 1999: Dan Plesac was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Tony Batista and John Frascatore.
• August 9, 1999: Brian McRae was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Pat Lynch (minors) (August 23, 1999) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

Roster

1999 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 49 John Bale 26 Chris Carpenter 43 Tom Davey 47 Kelvim Escobar 52 John Frascatore 51 Gary Glover 32 Roy Halladay 50 Joey Hamilton 41 Pat Hentgen 43 John Hudek 44 Billy Koch 37 Graeme Lloyd 40 Eric Ludwick 69,13 Peter Munro 31 Robert Person 19 Dan Plesac 48 Paul Quantrill 39 Nerio Rodríguez 46 Mike Romano 46 Steve Sinclair 40 Paul Spoljaric 33 David Wells		Catchers 29,10 Pat Borders 14 Kevin Brown  5 Mark Dalesandro  9 Darrin Fletcher 22,11 Mike Matheny Infielders  7 Tony Batista 28 Casey Blake 18 Homer Bush 25 Carlos Delgado  1 Tony Fernández  8 Alex Gonzalez  4 Craig Grebeck 12 Willie Greene  7 Pat Kelly 38,3 Norberto Martin 21 Willis Otañez 19 David Segui 31 Chris Woodward		Outfielders  2 Jacob Brumfield 29 Gerónimo Berroa 20 Rob Butler 23 José Cruz, Jr. 17 Curtis Goodwin 15 Shawn Green 20 Patrick Lennon 56 Brian McRae 27 Anthony Sanders 24 Shannon Stewart  3 Vernon Wells Other batters 17 Dave Hollins  6 Kevin Witt		Manager 11 Jim Fregosi Coaches 35 Terry Bevington (Third Base) 10 Jim Lett (Bench) 36 Gary Matthews (Hitting) 16 Lloyd Moseby (First Base) 34 Mel Queen (Pitching) 30 Marty Pevey (Bullpen)

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

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
Alex Gonzalez	38	154	45	.292	2	12

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

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

Award winners

• Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
• Shawn Green, Gold Glove Award
• Shawn Green, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

• Tony Fernández, 3B
• Shawn Green, OF

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

• 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by 1998 Toronto Blue Jays season

1999 Toronto Blue Jays Season 1999

Succeeded by 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season