1999 Atlanta Braves | |
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NL Champions NL East Champions | |
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Record | 103–59 (.636) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Time Warner |
General manager(s) | John Schuerholz |
Manager(s) | Bobby Cox |
Local television | WTBS WUPA TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun) |
Local radio | WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) |
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The 1999 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 34th season in Atlanta and 129th overall. The Braves won their eighth consecutive division title with a 103-59 record and 6 game lead over the New York Mets. The Braves appeared in the World Series for the fifth time during the 1990s. The Braves lost all four games of the 1999 World Series to the New York Yankees, resulting in a sweep. The Braves played their 2nd World Series against the Yankees in 4 years, with the first being in 1996, which they played in six games. Until 2021, this represented the Braves last National League pennant they have won. They would not return to the World Series until 22 years later.
Two key players on the 1999 Braves were Chipper Jones & John Rocker. Jones won the National League's Most Valuable Player award with a .310 average, 45 HRs, 110 RBIs, and sealed the award with his September heroics against the New York Mets. Rocker recorded 38 saves as Atlanta's closer, but later created controversy due to his racist and homophobic comments in a December 27, 1999, Sports Illustrated article.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 103 | 59 | 0.636 | — | 56–25 | 47–34 |
New York Mets | 97 | 66 | 0.595 | 6½ | 49–32 | 48–34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 26 | 41–40 | 36–45 |
Montreal Expos | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 35 | 35–46 | 33–48 |
Florida Marlins | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 39 | 35–45 | 29–53 |
Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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C | Eddie Pérez | 104 | 309 | 77 | .249 | 7 | 30 |
1B | Ryan Klesko | 133 | 404 | 120 | .297 | 21 | 80 |
2B | Bret Boone | 152 | 608 | 153 | .252 | 20 | 63 |
SS | Walt Weiss | 110 | 279 | 63 | .226 | 2 | 29 |
3B | Chipper Jones | 157 | 567 | 181 | .319 | 45 | 110 |
LF | Gerald Williams | 143 | 422 | 116 | .275 | 17 | 68 |
CF | Andruw Jones | 162 | 592 | 163 | .275 | 26 | 84 |
RF | Brian Jordan | 153 | 576 | 163 | .283 | 23 | 115 |
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 |
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Javy López | 65 | 246 | 78 | .317 | 11 | 45 |
Ozzie Guillén | 92 | 232 | 56 | .241 | 1 | 20 |
Randall Simon | 90 | 218 | 69 | .317 | 5 | 25 |
Brian Hunter | 114 | 181 | 45 | .249 | 6 | 30 |
José Hernández | 48 | 166 | 42 | .253 | 4 | 19 |
Keith Lockhart | 108 | 161 | 42 | .261 | 1 | 21 |
Otis Nixon | 84 | 151 | 31 | .205 | 0 | 8 |
Greg Myers | 34 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 2 | 9 |
Howard Battle | 15 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 1 | 5 |
Pascual Matos | 6 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Mark DeRosa | 7 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jorge Fábregas | 6 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Lombard | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Freddy García | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 1 |
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Glavine | 35 | 234.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.12 | 138 |
Kevin Millwood | 33 | 228.0 | 18 | 7 | 2.68 | 205 |
Greg Maddux | 33 | 219.1 | 19 | 9 | 3.57 | 136 |
John Smoltz | 29 | 186.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.19 | 156 |
Odalis Pérez | 18 | 93.0 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 | 82 |
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Terry Mulholland | 16 | 60.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.98 | 39 |
Bruce Chen | 16 | 51.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.47 | 45 |
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Rocker | 74 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 2.49 | 104 |
Mike Remlinger | 73 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2.37 | 81 |
Kevin McGlinchy | 64 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.82 | 67 |
Rudy Seánez | 56 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3.35 | 41 |
Russ Springer | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.42 | 49 |
Justin Speier | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 22 |
John Hudek | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.48 | 18 |
Sean Bergman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 6 |
Derrin Ebert | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.63 | 4 |
David Cortés | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
Mike Cather | 4 | 1` | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
Mark Wohlers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Everett Stull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Joe Winkelsas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
Main article: 1999 National League Division Series |
Atlanta wins series, 3-1
Game | Score | Date |
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1 | Houston 6, Atlanta 1 | October 5 |
2 | Atlanta 5, Houston 1 | October 6 |
3 | Atlanta 5, Houston 3 (12 innings) | October 8 |
4 | Atlanta 7, Houston 5 | October 9 |
Main article: 1999 National League Championship Series |
October 12: Turner Field, Atlanta
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Greg Maddux (1-0) LP: Masato Yoshii (0-1) Sv: John Rocker (1) Home runs: NYM: None ATL: Eddie Pérez (1) |
The Braves began their eighth consecutive NLCS with a 4-2 victory over the Mets, defeating a team they left for dead two weeks earlier. Greg Maddux tossed seven solid innings, and future NLCS MVP Eddie Pérez who came up big for the absence of Javy López, homered. Light-hitting shortstop Walt Weiss went 3-for-4 with a run scored and RBI for the Braves.
John Rocker recorded the final four outs for the save, his second of the postseason, to seal Atlanta's fourth straight win.
October 13: Turner Field, Atlanta
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kevin Millwood (1-0) LP: Kenny Rogers (0-1) Sv: John Smoltz (1) Home runs: NYM: Melvin Mora (1) ATL: Brian Jordan (1); Eddie Pérez (2) |
October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0) LP: Al Leiter (0-1) Sv: John Rocker (2) Home runs: ATL: None NYM: None |
October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Turk Wendell (1-0) LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1) Sv: Armando Benítez (1) Home runs: ATL: Brian Jordan (2); Ryan Klesko (1) NYM: John Olerud (1) |
October 17: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||
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Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
New York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
WP: Octavio Dotel (1-0) LP: Kevin McGlinchy (0-1) Home runs: ATL: None NYM: John Olerud (2) |
October 19: Turner Field, Atlanta
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Atlanta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
WP: Russ Springer (1-0) LP: Kenny Rogers (0-2) Home runs: NYM: Mike Piazza (1) ATL: None |
Main article: 1999 World Series |
October 23, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0) LP: Greg Maddux (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: NYY: None ATL: Chipper Jones (1) |
October 24, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: David Cone (1-0) LP: Kevin Millwood (0-1) |
October 26, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0) LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1) Home runs: ATL: None NYY: Chad Curtis 2 (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1) |
October 27, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Roger Clemens (1-0) LP: John Smoltz (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: ATL: None NYY: Jim Leyritz (1) |
1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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