The 1999 Cleveland Indians are the only team in Major League Baseball since 1950 to score over 1,000 runs during the regular season.[1] They were shut out only three times in 162 games. Five Indians scored at least 100 runs and four drove in at least 100 runs. Right fielder Manny Ramirez drove in 165 runs, the most by any MLB player since Jimmie Foxx in 1938.
1999 Cleveland Indians | ||
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American League Central Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Jacobs Field | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Record | 97–65 (.599) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Richard Jacobs | |
General managers | John Hart | |
Managers | Mike Hargrove | |
Television | WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning | |
Radio | WTAM Tom Hamilton, Dave Nelson, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan | |
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Offseason
edit- October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians.[2]
- November 18, 1998: Brian Giles was traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ricardo Rincón.[3]
- December 1, 1998: Roberto Alomar was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[4]
- December 8, 1998: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[5]
Regular season
editJuly 3, 1999: Against the Kansas City Royals, Jim Thome hit a 511 ft home run, the longest ever in Cleveland Indians history. It was hit to center field and cleared the outer gates onto Eagle Avenue outside of Jacobs Field.
Season standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 47–34 | 50–31 |
Chicago White Sox | 75 | 86 | .466 | 21½ | 38–42 | 37–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 27½ | 38–43 | 31–49 |
Kansas City Royals | 64 | 97 | .398 | 32½ | 33–47 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 63 | 97 | .394 | 33 | 31–50 | 32–47 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 |
Transactions
edit- April 14, 1999: Jhonny Peralta was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.[6]
Roster
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American League Division Series
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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C | Einar Díaz | 119 | 392 | 43 | 110 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 32 | .281 | 11 |
1B | Jim Thome | 146 | 494 | 101 | 137 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 108 | .277 | 0 |
2B | Roberto Alomar | 159 | 563 | 138 | 182 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 120 | .323 | 37 |
3B | Travis Fryman | 85 | 322 | 45 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 48 | .255 | 2 |
SS | Omar Vizquel | 144 | 574 | 112 | 191 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 66 | .333 | 42 |
LF | David Justice | 133 | 429 | 75 | 123 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 88 | .287 | 1 |
CF | Kenny Lofton | 120 | 465 | 110 | 140 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 39 | .301 | 25 |
RF | Manny Ramirez | 147 | 522 | 131 | 174 | 34 | 3 | 44 | 165 | .333 | 2 |
DH | Wil Cordero | 54 | 194 | 35 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .299 | 2 |
Other batters
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Sandy Alomar Jr. | 37 | 137 | 19 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .307 | 0 |
Carlos Baerga | 22 | 57 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .228 | 1 |
Harold Baines | 28 | 85 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .271 | 0 |
Pat Borders | 6 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .300 | 0 |
Russell Branyan | 11 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .211 | 0 |
Jolbert Cabrera | 30 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | 3 |
Jacob Cruz | 32 | 88 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .330 | 0 |
Tyler Houston | 13 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .148 | 0 |
Jesse Levis | 10 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 | 0 |
Jeff Manto | 12 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
John McDonald | 18 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
Alex Ramírez | 48 | 97 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | .299 | 1 |
Dave Roberts | 41 | 143 | 26 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .238 | 11 |
Richie Sexson | 134 | 479 | 72 | 122 | 17 | 7 | 31 | 116 | .255 | 3 |
Chris Turner | 12 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | 1 |
Mark Whiten | 8 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .160 | 0 |
Enrique Wilson | 113 | 332 | 41 | 87 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .262 | 5 |
Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Dave Burba | 15 | 9 | 4.25 | 34 | 34 | 220.0 | 211 | 113 | 104 | 96 | 174 |
Bartolo Colón | 18 | 5 | 3.95 | 32 | 32 | 205.0 | 185 | 97 | 90 | 76 | 161 |
Charles Nagy | 17 | 11 | 4.95 | 33 | 32 | 202.0 | 238 | 120 | 111 | 59 | 126 |
Jaret Wright | 8 | 10 | 6.06 | 26 | 26 | 133.2 | 144 | 99 | 90 | 77 | 91 |
Dwight Gooden | 3 | 4 | 6.26 | 26 | 22 | 115.0 | 127 | 90 | 80 | 67 | 88 |
Other pitchers
editNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Mark Langston | 1 | 2 | 5.25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 61.2 | 69 | 40 | 36 | 29 | 43 |
Chris Haney | 0 | 2 | 4.69 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 40.1 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 22 |
Jim Brower | 3 | 1 | 4.56 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25.2 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 18 |
Tom Candiotti | 1 | 1 | 11.05 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14.2 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 11 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Mike Jackson | 3 | 4 | 4.06 | 72 | 39 | 68.2 | 60 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 55 |
Paul Shuey | 8 | 5 | 3.53 | 72 | 6 | 81.2 | 68 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 103 |
Steve Reed | 3 | 2 | 4.23 | 63 | 0 | 61.2 | 69 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 44 |
Ricardo Rincón | 2 | 3 | 4.43 | 59 | 0 | 44.2 | 41 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 30 |
Paul Assenmacher | 2 | 1 | 8.18 | 55 | 0 | 33.0 | 50 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 29 |
Steve Karsay | 10 | 2 | 2.97 | 50 | 1 | 78.2 | 71 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 68 |
David Riske | 1 | 1 | 8.36 | 12 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 16 |
Sean DePaula | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 11 | 0 | 11.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
Rich DeLucia | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 6 | 0 | 9.1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
Tom Martin | 0 | 1 | 8.68 | 6 | 0 | 9.1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
Dave Stevens | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Paul Wagner | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Jerry Spradlin | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Jason Rakers | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Poole | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Jeff Tam | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Award winners
editMinor league affiliates
editNotes
edit- ^ Rochford, Jeremy (September 9, 2014). "The Last 1,000 Run Team". Striking Out Looking.
- ^ "Bruce Aven Stats".
- ^ Brian Giles at Baseball Reference
- ^ Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jhonny Peralta at Baseball Reference
References
edit- 1999 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
- 1999 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac