1999 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee
OwnersBud Selig
General managersSal Bando, Dean Taylor
ManagersPhil Garner, Jim Lefebvre
TelevisionWCGV-TV
Midwest SC
(Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1999 season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the National League Central with a record of 74 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

(1999)

Paul Molitor
3B: 1978–92

Opening Day Starters

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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


Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
C Dave Nilsson 115 343 56 106 21 62 .309 1
1B Mark Loretta 153 587 93 170 5 67 .290 4
2B Ron Belliard 124 457 60 135 8 58 .295 4
3B Jeff Cirillo 157 607 98 198 15 88 .326 7
SS José Valentín 89 256 45 58 10 38 .227 3
CF Marquis Grissom 154 603 92 161 20 83 .267 24
RF Jeromy Burnitz 130 467 87 126 33 103 .270 7
LF Geoff Jenkins 135 447 70 140 21 82 .313 5

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Alex Ochoa 119 277 47 83 8 40 .300 6
Sean Berry 106 259 26 59 2 23 .228 0
Brian Banks 105 219 34 53 5 22 .242 6
Fernando Viña 37 154 17 41 1 16 .266 5
Rich Becker 89 139 15 35 5 16 .252 5
Lou Collier 74 135 18 35 2 21 .259 3
Kevin Barker 38 117 13 33 3 23 .282 1
Bobby Hughes 48 101 10 26 3 8 .257 0
Robinson Cancel 15 44 5 8 0 5 .182 0
Charlie Greene 32 42 4 8 0 1 .190 0
Lyle Mouton 14 17 2 3 1 3 .176 0
Eddie Zosky 8 7 1 1 0 0 .143 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

Player G IP W L ERA SO BB
Scott Karl 33 197.2 11 11 4.78 74 69
Steve Woodard 31 185.0 11 8 4.52 119 36
Hideo Nomo 28 176.1 12 8 4.54 161 78
Bill Pulsipher 19 87.1 5 6 5.98 42 36
Cal Eldred 20 82.0 2 8 7.79 60 46
Jim Abbott 20 82.0 2 8 6.91 37 42
Jason Bere 5 23.1 2 0 4.63 19 10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Inning pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rafael Roque 43 84.1 1 6 5.34 66
Kyle Peterson 17 77.0 4 7 4.56 34

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
Bob Wickman 71 3 8 37 3.39 60
Mike Myers 71 2 1 0 5.23 35
Eric Plunk 68 4 4 0 5.02 63
David Weathers 63 7 4 2 4.65 74
Rocky Coppinger 29 5 3 0 3.68 39
Al Reyes 26 2 0 0 4.25 39
Héctor Ramírez 15 1 2 0 3.43 9
Jim Pittsley 15 0 1 0 4.82 13
Steve Falteisek 10 0 0 0 7.50 5
Reggie Harris 8 0 0 0 3.00 11
Valerio De Los Santos 7 0 1 0 6.48 5
Chad Fox 6 0 0 0 10.80 12
Horacio Estrada 4 0 0 0 7.36 5
Carl Dale 4 0 1 0 20.25 4
Jeff D'Amico 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 1999.[14] The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants.[citation needed]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Louisville RiverBats International League Gary Allenson
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Darrell Evans
Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Bernie Moncallo and Carlos Ponce
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Carlos Lezcano
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Jon Pont and Ed Sedar
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League
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Rookie VSL La Victoria Venezuelan Summer League
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References

  1. ^ Bob Hamelin at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Héctor Ramírez at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ "David Weathers Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  5. ^ Alex Ochoa at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Marc Newfield at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Jim Abbott at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  9. ^ a b Aaron Small at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Ben Sheets at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Jason Bere at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Rich Becker at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ "1999 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com".
  14. ^ "1999 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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