1999 Oakland Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1999 Oakland Athletics

League| American League
Division| West
Ballpark| Network Associates Coliseum
City| Oakland, California
Record| 87–75 (.537)
Divisional place| 2nd
Owners| Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managers| Billy Beane
Managers| Art Howe
Television| KICU-TV
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
Radio| KABL
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
| <- 1998 | Seasons | 2000 ->

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The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

## Offseason

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* December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[1]
* December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics.[2]
* January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[3]
* January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[4]
* January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[5]
* February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[6]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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AL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Texas Rangers | 95 | 67  | .586  | —  | 51‍–‍30  | 44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics | 87 | 75  | .537  | 8  | 52‍–‍29  | 35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners | 79 | 83  | .488  | 16  | 43‍–‍38  | 36‍–‍45
Anaheim Angels | 70 | 92  | .432  | 25  | 37‍–‍44  | 33‍–‍48

### Record vs. opponents

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1999 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team  | ANA  | BAL  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | KC  | MIN  | NYY  | OAK  | SEA  | TB  | TEX  | TOR  | NL
Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12
Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7
Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12
Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9
Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9
Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10
Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12
Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7
New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9
Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6
Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11
Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14
Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8
Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9

### Notable transactions

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* July 23, 1999: Kenny Rogers was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez.[7]
* July 29, 1999: Jeff Davanon, Nathan Haynes, and Elvin Nina (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Anaheim Angels for Randy Velarde and Omar Olivares.[8]
* July 31, 1999: Billy Taylor was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.[9]
* July 31, 1999: Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Appier.[10]
* August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Carl Dale (August 20, 1999) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.[11]

### Roster

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1999 Oakland Athletics

Roster
Pitchers

* 19 Kevin Appier
* 49 Tom Candiotti
* 29 Buddy Groom
* 56 Chad Harville
* 51 Jimmy Haynes
* 31 Gil Heredia
* 52 Tim Hudson
* 48 Jason Isringhausen
* 20 Kevin Jarvis
* 24 Doug Jones
* 58 Tim Kubinski
* 58 Brett Laxton
* 17 Ron Mahay
* 33 T.J. Mathews
* 49 Greg McMichael
* 40 Omar Olivares
* 44 Mike Oquist
* 57 Brad Rigby
* 37 Kenny Rogers
* 59 Blake Stein
* 22 Billy Taylor
* 61 Luis Vizcaíno
* 36 Tim Worrell

|  | Catchers

* 55 Ramón Hernández
* 23 A. J. Hinch
* 15 Mike Macfarlane

Infielders

* 3 Eric Chavez
* 16 Jason Giambi
* 5 John Jaha
* 7 Frank Menechino
* 6 Tony Phillips
* 9 Olmedo Sáenz
* 21 Scott Spiezio
* 4 Miguel Tejada
* 13 Jorge Velandia
* 8 Randy Velarde

|  | Outfielders

* 22 Rich Becker
* 28 Ryan Christenson
* 14 Ben Grieve
* 2 Jason McDonald
* 30 Tim Raines
* 12 Matt Stairs

|  | Manager

* 18 Art Howe

Coaches

* 41 Thad Bosley (First Base)
* 35 Brad Fischer (Bullpen)
* 45 Dave Hudgens (Hitting)
* 39 Ken Macha (Bench)
* 47 Rick Peterson (Pitching)
* 38 Ron Washington (Third Base)

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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 | A. J. Hinch | 76 | 205 | 44 | .215 | 7 | 24
1B | Jason Giambi | 158 | 575 | 181 | .315 | 33 | 123
2B | Randy Velarde | 61 | 255 | 85 | .333 | 7 | 28
SS | Miguel Tejada | 159 | 593 | 149 | .251 | 21 | 84
3B | Eric Chavez | 115 | 356 | 88 | .247 | 13 | 50
LF | Ben Grieve | 148 | 486 | 129 | .265 | 28 | 86
CF | Ryan Christenson | 106 | 268 | 56 | .209 | 4 | 24
RF | Matt Stairs | 146 | 531 | 137 | .258 | 38 | 102
DH | John Jaha | 142 | 457 | 126 | .276 | 35 | 111

#### Other batters

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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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Tony Phillips | 106 | 406 | 99 | .244 | 15 | 49
Olmedo Sáenz | 97 | 255 | 70 | .275 | 11 | 41
Scott Spiezio | 89 | 247 | 60 | .243 | 8 | 33
Mike Macfarlane | 81 | 226 | 55 | .243 | 4 | 31
Jason McDonald | 100 | 187 | 37 | .209 | 3 | 8
Ramón Hernández | 40 | 136 | 38 | .279 | 3 | 21
Tim Raines | 58 | 135 | 29 | .215 | 4 | 17
Rich Becker | 40 | 125 | 33 | .264 | 1 | 10
Jorge Velandia | 63 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 2
Frank Menechino | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Gil Heredia | 33 | 200.1 | 13 | 8 | 4.81 | 117
Jimmy Haynes | 30 | 142.0 | 7 | 12 | 6.34 | 93
Mike Oquist | 28 | 140.2 | 9 | 10 | 5.37 | 89
Tim Hudson | 21 | 136.1 | 11 | 2 | 3.23 | 132
Kenny Rogers | 19 | 119.1 | 5 | 3 | 4.30 | 68
Omar Olivares | 12 | 74.2 | 7 | 2 | 4.34 | 36
Kevin Appier | 12 | 68.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.77 | 53
Tom Candiotti | 11 | 56.2 | 3 | 5 | 6.35 | 30
Blake Stein | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 4

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Ron Mahay | 6 | 19.1 | 2 | 0 | 1.86 | 15
Kevin Jarvis | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 11
Brett Laxton | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.45 | 9

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Billy Taylor | 43 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 3.98 | 38
Buddy Groom | 76 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.09 | 32
Doug Jones | 70 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3.55 | 63
Tim Worrell | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.15 | 62
T.J. Mathews | 50 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3.81 | 42
Brad Rigby | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.33 | 26
Jason Isringhausen | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.13 | 20
Greg McMichael | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3
Chad Harville | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.91 | 15
Tim Kubinski | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 | 7
Luis Vizcaíno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Vancouver Canadians | Pacific Coast League | Mike Quade
AA | Midland RockHounds | Texas League | Tony DeFrancesco
A | Modesto A's | California League | Bob Geren
A | Visalia Oaks | California League | Juan Navarrette
A-Short Season | Southern Oregon Timberjacks | Northwest League | Greg Sparks
Rookie | AZL Athletics | Arizona League | John Kuehl

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics

## References

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1. ^ "Tony Phillips Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
2. ^ "Rafael Bournigal Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
3. ^ "Marc Newfield Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
4. ^ "Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
5. ^ "Tim Raines Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
6. ^ "John Jaha Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
7. ^ "The Mets obtain P Kenny Rogers from the Athletics for OF Terrence Long and P Leoner Vasquez". ThisDayInBaseball.com.
8. ^ "Randy Velarde Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
9. ^ "Jason Isringhausen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
10. ^ "Jeff D'Amico Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
11. ^ "Rich Becker Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.

* 1999 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
* 1999 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
* Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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1999 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* New York
* Tampa Bay
* Toronto

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AL Central|

* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Minnesota

AL West|

* Anaheim
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Florida
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia

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NL Central|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

NL West|

* Arizona
* Colorado
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1999 MLB draft
* 1999 All-Star Game
* 1999 World Series

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Oakland Athletics

* Established in 1901
* Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
* Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise|

* History
* in Philadelphia
* in Kansas City
* in Oakland
* pending relocation to Las Vegas
* Seasons
* Records
* No-hitters
* Players
* Owners and executives
* Managers
* Broadcasters
* Radio network
* Award winners and league leaders
* First-round draft picks
* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* Columbia Park
* Shibe Park
* Municipal Stadium
* Oakland Coliseum
* Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
* New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training
Latta Park Baseball Field
Barrs Field
Cramton Bowl
Terry Park Ballfield
Wilmington Park
McCurdy Field
Connie Mack Field
McKechnie Field
Rendezvous Park
Scottsdale Stadium I
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Hohokam Stadium

Culture|

* Philadelphia Athletics (football)
* Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
* The Baseball Bug
* Champagne and Baloney
* Charlie-O
* Dick Callahan
* Stomper
* $100,000 infield
* "Holy Toledo!"
* Swingin' A's
* Billyball
* Big Three
* Highway to Heaven
* Moneyball
* book
* film
* Mount Davis
* Hal the Hot Dog Guy
* The Mustache Gang
* Oakland Ballpark

Lore|

* The Mack Attack
* Grandstand Managers Night
* Perfect games
* Catfish Hunter
* Dallas Braden
* Bash Brothers
* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
* 20 game win streak
* MLB Japan Opening Series 2008
* Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Angels
* Philadelphia Phillies
* San Francisco Giants

Key personnel|

* Owners: John Fisher
* President: Dave Kaval
* Executive vice president: Billy Beane
* General manager: David Forst
* Manager: Mark Kotsay

Important figures|

| Hall of Fame
members|

* Home Run Baker
* Chief Bender
* Mickey Cochrane
* Eddie Collins
* Dennis Eckersley
* Rollie Fingers
* Jimmie Foxx
* Lefty Grove
* Rickey Henderson
* Catfish Hunter
* Reggie Jackson
* Nap Lajoie
* Connie Mack
* Eddie Plank
* Al Simmons
* Rube Waddell
* Dick Williams

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Wall of Fame
members|

* Sam Chapman
* Jack Coombs
* Jimmy Dykes
* George Earnshaw
* Ferris Fain
* Bob Johnson
* Eddie Joost
* Bing Miller
* Wally Moses
* Rube Oldring
* Bobby Shantz
* Eddie Rommel
* Elmer Valo
* Rube Walberg
* Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1929
* 1930
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1989

American League
Championships (15)|

* 1902
* 1905
* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1914
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

AL West Division
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* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1981
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1992
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2006
* 2012
* 2013
* 2020

AL Wild Card (4)|

* 2001
* 2014
* 2018
* 2019

Minors|

Triple-A
Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A
Midland RockHounds
High-A
Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A
Stockton Ports
Rookie
ACL Athletics
DSL Athletics

Seasons (125)

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