1999 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
Record65–97 (.401)
Divisional place6th
OwnersTribune Company
General managersEd Lynch
ManagersJim Riggleman
TelevisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN/Fox Sports Chicago
(Chip Caray, Steve Stone)
RadioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Andy Masur)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1999 Chicago Cubs season was the 128th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 124th in the National League and the 84th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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 record

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 — 4–5 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


Transactions

Roster

1999 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
C Benito Santiago 109 350 87 .249 7 36
1B Mark Grace 161 593 183 .309 16 91
2B Mickey Morandini 144 456 110 .241 4 37
SS José Hernández 99 342 93 .272 15 43
3B Gary Gaetti 113 280 57 .204 9 46
LF Henry Rodríguez 130 447 136 .304 26 87
CF Lance Johnson 95 335 87 .260 1 21
RF Sammy Sosa 162 625 180 .288 63 141

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
Glenallen Hill 99 253 76 .300 20 55
Tyler Houston 100 249 58 .233 9 27
Jeff Blauser 104 200 48 .240 9 26
José Nieves 54 181 45 .249 2 18
Manny Alexander 90 177 48 .271 0 15
Curtis Goodwin 89 157 38 .242 0 9
Jeff Reed 57 150 39 .260 1 17
Chad Meyers 43 142 33 .232 0 4
Shane Andrews 19 67 17 .254 5 14
Roosevelt Brown 33 64 14 .219 1 10
Sandy Martínez 17 30 5 .167 1 1
Cole Liniak 12 29 7 .241 0 2
Bo Porter 24 26 5 .192 0 0
José Molina 10 19 5 .263 0 1
Robin Jennings 5 5 1 .200 0 0

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
Steve Trachsel 34 205.2 8 18 5.56 149
Jon Lieber 31 203.1 10 11 4.07 186
Kevin Tapani 23 136.0 6 12 4.83 73
Kyle Farnsworth 27 130.0 5 9 5.05 70
Andrew Lorraine 11 61.2 2 5 5.55 40
Micah Bowie 11 47.0 2 6 9.96 39

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
Terry Mulholland 26 110.0 6 6 5.15 44
Brad Woodall 6 16.0 0 1 5.63 7
Brian McNichol 4 10.2 0 2 6.75 12

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
Terry Adams 52 6 3 13 4.02 57
Félix Heredia 69 3 1 1 4.85 50
Scott Sanders 67 4 7 2 5.52 89
Rodney Myers 46 3 1 0 4.38 41
Rick Aguilera 44 6 3 8 3.69 32
Dan Serafini 42 3 2 1 6.93 17
Rod Beck 31 2 4 7 7.80 13
Matt Karchner 16 1 0 0 2.50 9
Steve Rain 16 0 1 0 9.20 12
Bobby Ayala 13 0 1 0 2.81 15
Mark Guthrie 11 0 2 0 3.65 9
Ray King 10 0 0 0 5.91 5
Richie Barker 5 0 0 0 7.20 3
Kurt Miller 4 0 0 0 18.00 1
Doug Creek 3 0 0 0 10.50 6
Gary Gaetti 1 0 0 0 18.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Terry Kennedy
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Dave Trembley
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Nate Oliver
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Oscar Acosta
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Bobby Ralston
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo Martínez

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References

  1. ^ "Henry Rodriguez Stats".
  2. ^ Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Carlos Marmol Stats".
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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