1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1999 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Central Division (since 1994);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907);
Results
Record	78–83 (.484)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
Local television	WPGH-TV/WCWB-TV; Steve Blass; Lanny Frattare; Greg Brown; Bob Walk; Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh; Steve Blass; Lanny Frattare; Greg Brown; Bob Walk
Local radio	KDKA; Steve Blass; Lanny Frattare; Greg Brown; Bob Walk
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The 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 118th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 113th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the National League Central with a record of 78–83.

Offseason

October 15, 1998: Chance Sanford was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
November 17, 1998: Mike Benjamin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
November 18, 1998: Ricardo Rincón was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Brian Giles.^[4]
December 22, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[5]
March 31, 1998: Elmer Dessens was released by the Pirates.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	97	65	0.599	—	50–32	47–33
Cincinnati Reds	96	67	0.589	1½	45–37	51–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	83	0.484	18½	45–36	33–47
St. Louis Cardinals	75	86	0.466	21½	38–42	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	74	87	0.460	22½	32–48	42–39
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	34–47	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	4–5	7–2	1–8	6–7	8–1	5–4	7–6	5–4	6–3	7–2	8–1	5–2	11–2	9–3	4–4	7–8
Atlanta	5–4	—	2–5	8–1	5–4	9–4	6–1	5–4	5–2	9–4	9–3	8–5	6–3	5–4	4–5	8–1	9–9
Chicago	2–7	5–2	—	5–8	4–5	6–3	3–9	2–7	6–6	2–5	3–6	2–7	7–6	6–3	1–7	7–5	6–9
Cincinnati	8–1	1–8	8–5	—	7–2	6–1	9–4	4–3	6–6	4–3	5–5	6–3	7–6	6–3	4–5	8–4	7-8
Colorado	7–6	4–5	5–4	2–7	—	5–4	2–6	8–5	6–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	2–7	4–9	4–9	4–5	4–8
Florida	1–8	4–9	3–6	1–6	4–5	—	2–7	7–2	5–4	8–4	3–10	2–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	3–4	11–7
Houston	4–5	1–6	9–3	4–9	6–2	7-2	—	6–3	8–5	7–2	4–5	6–1	5–7	8–1	5–4	5–7	12–3
Los Angeles	6–7	4–5	7–2	3–4	5–8	2–7	3–6	—	7–2	5–4	4–4	6–3	3–6	3–9	8–5	3–6	8–7
Milwaukee	4–5	2–5	6–6	6–6	3–6	4–5	5–8	2–7	—	5–4	2–5	5–4	8–4	3–5	4–5	7–6	8–6
Montreal	3–6	4–9	5–2	3–4	3–6	4–8	2–7	4–5	4–5	—	5–8	6–6	3–6	5–3	4–5	5–4	8–10
New York	2–7	3–9	6–3	5–5	5–4	10–3	5–4	4–4	5–2	8–5	—	6–6	7–2	7–2	7–2	5–2	12–6
Philadelphia	1-8	5–8	7–2	3–6	4–5	11–2	1–6	3–6	4–5	6–6	6–6	—	3–4	6–3	2–6	4–5	11–7
Pittsburgh	2–5	3–6	6–7	6–7	7–2	4–3	7–5	6–3	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–3	—	3–6	4–5	7–5	7–8
San Diego	2–11	4–5	3–6	3–6	9–4	6–3	1–8	9–3	5–3	3–5	2–7	3–6	6–3	—	5–7	2–7	11–4
San Francisco	3–9	5–4	7–1	5–4	9–4	5–4	4–5	5–8	5–4	5–4	2–7	6–2	5–4	7–5	—	6–3	7–8
St. Louis	4–4	1–8	5–7	4–8	5–4	4-3	7–5	6–3	6–7	4–5	2–5	5–4	5–7	7–2	3–6	—	7–8

Game Log

1999 Game Log (78–83)

April (9–12)

May (17–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
22	May 1	Rockies	9–3	Ritchie (1–1)	Wright	—	18,599	10–12
23	May 2	Rockies	8–5	Schmidt (4–1)	Thomson	Thomson (4)	19,215	11–12
24	May 3	Giants	9–8	Loiselle (2–1)	Nen	—	11,099	12–12
25	May 4	Giants	4–7	Ortiz	Silva (0–2)	—	10,532	12–13
26	May 5	Giants	4–3 (12)	Loiselle (3–1)	Rodriguez	—	14,358	13–13
27	May 6	@ Cardinals	13–3	Ritchie (2–1)	Osborne	—	36,615	14–13
28	May 7	@ Cardinals	2–4	Radinsky	Loiselle (3–2)	—	39,620	14–14
29	May 8	@ Cardinals	7–0	Benson (2–2)	Jimenez	—	45,790	15–14
30	May 9	@ Cardinals	12–9	Peters (1–1)	Aybar	Aybar (5)	45,458	16–14
31	May 10	@ Astros	0–6	Hampton	Schourek (1–3)	—	17,064	16–15
32	May 11	@ Astros	8–19	Bergman	Ritchie (2–2)	—	18,450	16–16
33	May 12	@ Astros	2–6	Lima	Schmidt (4–2)	—	19,792	16–17
34	May 14	Expos	5–3	Benson (3–2)	Hermanson	Hermanson (6)	24,644	17–17
35	May 15	Expos	17–6	Silva (1–2)	Pavano	—	27,017	18–17
36	May 16	Expos	9–4	Schourek (2–3)	Vazquez	—	28,882	19–17
37	May 17	@ Braves	1–2	Millwood	Ritchie (2–3)	Rocker	30,673	19–18
38	May 18	@ Braves	4–12	Perez	Schmidt (4–3)	—	30,858	19–19
39	May 19	@ Braves	3–7	Glavine	Cordova (0–2)	—	34,106	19–20
40	May 20	@ Marlins	3–4 (14)	Alfonseca	Williams (1–1)	—	11,473	19–21
41	May 21	@ Marlins	1–8	Hernandez	Schourek (2–4)	—	16,782	19–22
42	May 22	@ Marlins	11–4	Ritchie (3–3)	Springer	—	23,121	20–22
43	May 23	@ Marlins	6–5	Wallace (1–0)	Darensbourg	Darensbourg (7)	19,321	21–22
44	May 24	Mets	7–4	Silva (2–2)	Isringhausen	Isringhausen (8)	11,880	22–22
45	May 25	Mets	3–8	Yoshii	Benson (3–3)	—	12,029	22–23
46	May 26	Mets	2–5	Hershiser	Schourek (2–5)	Franco	13,681	22–24
47	May 28	Astros	6–5	Ritchie (4–3)	Lima	Lima (9)	17,309	23–24
48	May 29	Astros	5–1	Cordova (1–2)	Reynolds	—	32,426	24–24
49	May 30	Astros	7–3	Benson (4–3)	Hampton	—	28,905	25–24
50	May 31	Dodgers	5–4	Wilkins (1–0)	Arnold	Arnold (10)	15,924	26–24

June (13–13)

July (11–16)

August (16–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Marlins	2–1	Cordova (6–5)	Fernandez	—	19,071	51–53
105	August 3	Braves	7–1	Benson (9–8)	Millwood	—	17,154	52–53
106	August 4	Braves	3–2	Ritchie (10–7)	Smoltz	Smoltz (16)	17,625	53–53
107	August 5	Braves	3–6	Remlinger	Hansell (1–2)	Rocker	19,078	53–54
108	August 6	Cardinals	5–1	Anderson (1–0)	Jimenez	Jimenez (1)	—	54–54
109	August 6	Cardinals	1–5	Stephenson	Schmidt (10–8)	Croushore	35,521	54–55
110	August 7	Cardinals	3–1	Cordova (7–5)	Bottenfield	Bottenfield (17)	41,063	55–55
111	August 8	Cardinals	5–1	Benson (10–8)	Oliver	—	31,780	56–55
112	August 9	Reds	2–4	Neagle	Ritchie (10–8)	Williamson	13,423	56–56
113	August 10	Reds	1–6	Guzman	Schourek (3–6)	—	13,306	56–57
114	August 11	Reds	5–4	Williams (2–2)	Williamson	—	23,728	57–57
115	August 13	@ Astros	6–5 (13)	Clontz (1–3)	Miller	Miller (18)	39,829	58–57
116	August 14	@ Astros	1–7	Holt	Benson (10–9)	—	44,868	58–58
117	August 15	@ Astros	2–0	Ritchie (11–8)	Reynolds	Reynolds (19)	36,231	59–58
118	August 16	@ Reds	2–9	Guzman	Schourek (3–7)	—	19,693	59–59
119	August 17	@ Reds	4–7 (12)	Graves	Williams (2–3)	—	19,118	59–60
120	August 18	@ Reds	12–6	Cordova (8–5)	Tomko	—	19,733	60–60
121	August 19	@ Reds	0–1	Harnisch	Benson (10–10)	Williamson	17,904	60–61
122	August 20	Diamondbacks	5–4	Ritchie (12–8)	Stottlemyre	Stottlemyre (20)	23,934	61–61
123	August 21	Diamondbacks	2–4	Johnson	Anderson (1–1)	—	31,364	61–62
124	August 22	Diamondbacks	5–7	Daal	Schmidt (10–9)	Mantei	25,112	61–63
125	August 23	Diamondbacks	1–2	Reynoso	Cordova (8–6)	Mantei	11,768	61–64
126	August 24	Rockies	2–3	Leskanic	Williams (2–4)	Veres	13,221	61–65
127	August 25	Rockies	9–3	Peters (2–1)	Kile	—	12,535	62–65
128	August 26	Rockies	8–4	Anderson (2–1)	Astacio	—	12,649	63–65
129	August 27	@ Giants	4–1	Schmidt (11–9)	Nathan	Nathan (21)	16,390	64–65
130	August 28	@ Giants	2–6	Gardner	Cordova (8–7)	—	32,783	64–66
131	August 29	@ Giants	3–5	Estes	Benson (10–11)	Nen	34,020	64–67
132	August 30	@ Rockies	11–8	Peters (3–1)	Ramirez	Ramirez (22)	41,872	65–67
133	August 31	@ Rockies	9–8 (10)	Williams (3–4)	Lee	Lee (2)	41,729	66–67

September (12–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	@ Rockies	9–8	Sauerbeck (3–0)	Veres	Veres (1)	40,529	67–67
135	September 3	Giants	2–12	Estes	Cordova (8–8)	—	16,478	67–68
136	September 4	Giants	2–9	Ortiz	Benson (10–12)	—	19,949	67–69
137	September 5	Giants	8–4	Peters (4–1)	Rueter	—	17,901	68–69
138	September 6	Padres	3–4	Ashby	Ritchie (12–9)	Hoffman	16,663	68–70
139	September 7	Padres	3–1	Schmidt (12–9)	Hitchcock	Hitchcock (3)	11,058	69–70
140	September 8	Padres	4–7 (10)	Hoffman	Wilkins (2–2)	—	10,133	69–71
141	September 10	@ Cardinals	5–11	Bottenfield	Benson (10–13)	—	36,590	69–72
142	September 11	@ Cardinals	8–5	Peters (5–1)	Jimenez	Jimenez (4)	46,011	70–72
143	September 13	@ Diamondbacks	1–5	Daal	Schmidt (12–10)	Chouinard	32,147	70–73
144	September 14	@ Diamondbacks	1–2	Swindell	Wilkins (2–3)	Mantei	30,372	70–74
145	September 15	@ Diamondbacks	5–1	Benson (11–13)	Reynoso	—	31,294	71–74
146	September 17	Reds	3–1	Ritchie (13–9)	Villone	Villone (1)	21,853	72–74
147	September 18	Reds	0–3	Parris	Peters (5–2)	—	21,253	72–75
148	September 19	Reds	8–5	Schmidt (13–10)	Harnisch	Harnisch (2)	21,183	73–75
149	September 20	Astros	11–5	Schourek (4–7)	Reynolds	—	10,256	74–75
150	September 21	Astros	3–6	Elarton	Benson (11–14)	Henry	12,745	74–76
151	September 22	Astros	3–2	Ritchie (14–9)	Lima	—	16,647	75–76
152	September 23	@ Cubs	5–8	Bowie	Peters (5–3)	Aguilera	36,736	75–77
153	September 24	@ Cubs	0–9	Farnsworth	Schmidt (13–11)	—	29,267	75–78
154	September 25	@ Cubs	1–3	Lieber	Cordova (8–9)	—	39,035	75–79
155	September 26	@ Cubs	8–4 (11)	Sauerbeck (4–0)	Guthrie	—	39,663	76–79
156	September 29	@ Brewers	7–5	Ritchie (15–9)	Woodard	Woodard (23)	—	77–79
157	September 29	@ Brewers	2–5	Bere	Peters (5–4)	Wickman	12,464	77–80
158	September 30	@ Brewers	3–2	Garcia (1–0)	Nomo	Nomo (2)	12,319	78–80

October (0–3)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

May 17, 1999: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[7]
July 23, 1999: José Guillén and Jeff Sparks were traded by the Pirates to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Joe Oliver and Humberto Cota.^[8]

Roster

1999 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

31 Yamid Haad

Manager

32 Gene Lamont

Coaches

70 Jeff Banister (bench)
37 Joe Jones (first base)
45 Jack Lind (third base)
23 Lloyd McClendon (hitting)
44 Rick Renick (bench)
50 Pete Vuckovich (pitching)
54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day starters

C – Kendall
2B – Morris
LF – Giles
1B – Young
CF – Brown
3B – Sprague
RF – Guillen
SS – Benjamin
P – Cordova

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
I. Cruz	5	10	4	0.400	1	2
J. Anderson	13	9	3	0.333	0	1
T. Laker	6	9	3	0.333	0	0
J. Kendall	78	280	93	0.332	8	41
B. Giles	141	521	164	0.315	39	115
P. Meares	21	91	28	0.308	0	7
K. Young	156	584	174	0.298	26	106
W. Morris	147	511	147	0.288	15	73
A. Martin	143	541	150	0.277	24	63
C. Peters	19	22	6	0.273	0	1
A. Brown	115	226	61	0.270	4	17
E. Sprague	137	490	131	0.267	22	81
J. Guillén	40	120	32	0.267	1	18
M. Benjamin	110	368	91	0.247	1	37
C. Hermansen	19	60	14	0.233	1	1
B. Brown	130	341	79	0.232	16	58
M. Garcia	55	130	30	0.231	6	23
A. Núñez	90	259	57	0.220	0	17
D. Sveum	49	71	15	0.211	3	13
T. Ward	49	91	19	0.209	0	8
J. Oliver	45	134	27	0.201	1	13
K. Osik	66	167	31	0.186	2	13
J. Wehner	39	65	12	0.185	1	4
A. Ramírez	18	56	10	0.179	0	7
F. Córdova	25	49	8	0.163	0	2
K. Benson	30	65	10	0.154	0	7
T. Ritchie	27	53	8	0.151	0	1
E. Brown	6	14	2	0.143	0	0
J. Silva	32	20	2	0.100	0	3
J. Schmidt	31	60	5	0.083	0	1
C. Tremie	9	14	1	0.071	0	1
J. Boyd	4	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Christiansen	36	1	0	0.000	0	0
B. Clontz	51	3	0	0.000	0	0
Y. Haad	1	1	0	0.000	0	0
G. Hansell	32	2	0	0.000	0	0
S. Sauerbeck	62	1	0	0.000	0	0
P. Schourek	28	25	0	0.000	0	1
M. Wilkins	44	1	0	0.000	0	0
M. Williams	55	2	0	0.000	0	0
J. Dougherty	2	0	0	—	0	0
F. García	7	0	0	—	0	0
R. Loiselle	13	0	0	—	0	0
J. Phillips	6	0	0	—	0	0
J. Wallace	39	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[10]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
F. García	7	7	1	0	1.29	9
S. Sauerbeck	65	67²⁄₃	4	1	2.00	55
B. Clontz	56	49¹⁄₃	1	3	2.74	40
J. Boyd	4	5¹⁄₃	0	0	3.38	4
T. Ritchie	28	172²⁄₃	15	9	3.49	107
J. Wallace	41	39	1	0	3.69	41
G. Hansell	33	39¹⁄₃	1	3	3.89	34
J. Anderson	13	29¹⁄₃	2	1	3.99	13
J. Christiansen	39	37²⁄₃	2	3	4.06	35
K. Benson	31	196²⁄₃	11	14	4.07	139
J. Schmidt	33	212²⁄₃	13	11	4.19	148
M. Wilkins	46	51	2	3	4.24	44
F. Córdova	27	160²⁄₃	8	10	4.43	98
M. Williams	58	58¹⁄₃	3	4	5.09	76
R. Loiselle	13	15¹⁄₃	3	2	5.28	14
P. Schourek	30	113	4	7	5.34	94
J. Silva	34	97¹⁄₃	2	8	5.73	77
C. Peters	19	71	5	4	6.59	46
J. Dougherty	2	2	0	0	9.00	1
J. Phillips	6	7	0	0	11.57	7
K. Osik	1	1	0	0	36.00	1

Awards and honors

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Ed Spague, 3B, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Marty Brown
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Scott Little
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Tracy Woodson
Short-Season A	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York-Penn League	Curtis Wilkerson
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfoch01.shtml
↑ Mike Benjamin page at Baseball Reference
↑ Brian Giles page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
↑ Elmer Dessens page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dale Sveum page at Baseball Reference
↑ Joe Oliver page at Baseball Reference
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1999 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1999 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfoch01.shtml

[3] Mike Benjamin page at Baseball Reference

[4] Brian Giles page at Baseball Reference

[5] Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference

[6] Elmer Dessens page at Baseball Reference

[7] Dale Sveum page at Baseball Reference

[8] Joe Oliver page at Baseball Reference

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1999 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	78–83 (.484)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
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