1999 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1999 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1999

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Atlanta Braves

Most Valuable Players

AL: Ivan Rodriguez NL: Chipper Jones

Cy Young Winners

AL: Pedro Martinez NL: Randy Johnson

Rookies of the Year

AL: Carlos Beltran NL: Scott Williamson

Managers of the Year

AL: Jimy Williams NL: Jack McKeon

#1 Draft Pick

Josh Hamilton (Tampa Bay Rays)

All-Star Game

Boston,Massachusetts

Teams

Players

1207

Attendance

70,103,204

Payroll

$1,445,119,433

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1999 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	1009	860	149	Lost in 1st Round (Red Sox)	3,468,436	1	$ 73,853,962	3	John Hart	Mike Hargrove	Jacobs Field
2	9	19	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	161	75	86	.466	21.5	777	870	-93	dnq	1,349,151	28	$ 24,550,000	11	Ron Schueler	Jerry Manuel	Comiskey Park II
3	11	24	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	161	69	92	.429	27.5	747	882	-135	dnq	2,026,491	20	$ 34,959,666	10	Randy Smith	Larry Parrish	Tiger Stadium
4	13	28	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	161	64	97	.398	32.5	856	921	-65	dnq	1,506,068	25	$ 16,527,000	13	Herk Robinson	Tony Muser	Kauffman Stadium
5	14	30	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	160	63	97	.394	33.0	686	845	-159	dnq	1,202,829	29	$ 16,355,000	14	Terry Ryan	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	900	731	169	Won World Series (Braves)	3,293,659	3	$ 88,130,709	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	4	9	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	4.0	836	718	118	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	2,446,277	15	$ 71,720,000	4	Dan Duquette	Jimy Williams	Fenway Park
3	6	12	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	14.0	883	862	21	dnq	2,163,486	17	$ 48,165,333	7	Gord Ash	Jim Fregosi	SkyDome
4	8	15	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	20.0	851	815	36	dnq	3,432,099	2	$ 70,818,363	5	Frank Wren	Ray Miller	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	12	25	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	29.0	772	913	-141	dnq	1,749,657	22	$ 37,812,500	9	Chuck Lamar	Larry Rothschild	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	8	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	945	859	86	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	2,774,501	11	$ 81,301,598	2	Douglas Melvin	Johnny Oates	The Ballpark in Arlington
2	5	10	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	8.0	893	846	47	dnq	1,434,632	26	$ 24,150,333	12	Billy Beane	Art Howe	Network Associates Coliseum
3	7	13	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	16.0	859	905	-46	dnq	2,915,908	9	$ 44,371,336	8	Woody Woodward	Lou Piniella	Safeco Field
4	10	23	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	25.0	711	826	-115	dnq	2,253,040	16	$ 49,893,166	6	Bill Bavasi	Terry Collins, Joe Maddon	Edison International Field
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	823	675	148	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)	2,706,017	13	$ 55,289,000	6	Gerry Hunsicker	Larry Dierker	Astrodome
2	5	7	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	163	96	67	.589	1.5	865	711	154	dnq	2,061,324	19	$ 42,142,761	12	Jim Bowden	Jack McKeon	Cinergy Field
3	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	78	83	.484	18.5	775	782	-7	dnq	1,638,023	24	$ 24,217,666	14	Cam Bonifay	Gene Lamont	Three Rivers Stadium
4	10	18	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	161	75	86	.466	21.5	809	838	-29	dnq	3,235,833	5	$ 46,248,195	8	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
5	11	20	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	74	87	.460	22.5	815	886	-71	dnq	1,701,790	23	$ 42,927,395	11	Sal Bando	Phil Garner, Jim Lefebvre	County Stadium
6	15	27	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	30.0	747	920	-173	dnq	2,813,854	10	$ 55,368,500	5	Ed Lynch	Jim Riggleman	Wrigley Field
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	103	59	.636	--	840	661	179	Lost World Series (Yankees)	3,284,901	4	$ 75,065,000	1	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	4	6	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	163	97	66	.595	6.5	853	711	142	Lost NLCS (Braves)	2,726,008	12	$ 71,331,425	2	Steve Phillips	Bobby Valentine	Shea Stadium
3	9	17	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	26.0	841	846	-5	dnq	1,825,337	21	$ 30,516,500	13	Ed Wade	Terry Francona	Veterans Stadium
4	14	26	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	35.0	718	853	-135	dnq	772,737	30	$ 16,363,000	15	Jim Beattie	Felipe Alou	Olympic Stadium
5	16	29	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	39.0	691	852	-161	dnq	1,369,420	27	$ 15,150,000	16	Dave Dombrowski	John Boles	Pro Player Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	100	62	.617	--	908	676	232	Lost in 1st Round (Mets)	3,015,948	8	$ 70,370,999	4	Joe Garagiola	Buck Showalter	Bank One Ballpark
2	6	11	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	14.0	872	831	41	dnq	2,078,365	18	$ 46,059,557	9	Brian Sabean	Dusty Baker	3Com Park
3	8	16	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	23.0	793	787	6	dnq	3,098,042	7	$ 71,135,786	3	Kevin Malone	Davey Johnson	Dodger Stadium
4	12	21	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	26.0	710	781	-71	dnq	2,523,538	14	$ 45,932,179	10	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Qualcomm Stadium
5	13	22	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	28.0	906	1028	-122	dnq	3,235,833	5	$ 54,392,504	7	Bob Gebhard	Jim Leyland	Coors Field
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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