The 1999 Florida Marlins season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64–98, fifth in the National League East.

Offseason October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians. December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna. December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Regular season

Opening Day starters 1 Luis Castillo 2B 8 Alex Gonzalez SS 7 Mark Kotsay RF 25 Derrek Lee 1B 17 Todd Dunwoody CF 44 Preston Wilson LF 27 Kevin Orie 3B 52 Mike Redmond C 32 Alex Fernandez P

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions June 15, 1999: Craig Counsell was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Ryan Moskau (minors) (July 15, 1999) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Citrus Series The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1. June 4 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 10 – 0 June 5 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 9 – 7 June 6 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 11 – 6 July 9 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 11 – 4 July 10 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 8 – 9 July 11 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 3 – 2

Roster 1999 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (bench) (pitching) (third base) (first base) (hitting) (bullpen)

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 Mike Redmond 84 242 73 .302 1 27 1B Kevin Millar 105 351 100 .285 9 67 2B Luis Castillo 128 487 147 .302 0 28 SS 136 560 155 .277 14 59 3B Mike Lowell 97 308 78 .253 12 47 LF Bruce Aven 137 381 110 .289 12 70 CF Preston Wilson 149 482 135 .280 26 71 RF Mark Kotsay 148 495 134 .271 8 50

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 Dave Berg 109 304 87 .286 3 25 Cliff Floyd 69 251 76 .303 11 49 Kevin Orie 77 240 61 .254 6 29 Jorge Fábregas 82 223 46 .206 3 21 Derrek Lee 70 218 45 .206 5 20 Danny Bautista 70 205 59 .288 5 24 Todd Dunwoody 64 186 41 .220 2 20 Tim Hyers 58 81 18 .222 2 12 Ramón Castro 24 67 12 .179 2 4 Craig Counsell 37 66 10 .152 0 2 Chris Clapinski 36 56 13 .232 0 2 Amaury García 10 24 6 .250 2 2 Julio Ramírez 15 21 3 .143 0 2 John Roskos 13 12 2 .167 0 1 Guillermo Garcia 4 4 1 .250 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 Dennis Springer 38 196.1 6 16 4.86 83 Brian Meadows 31 178.1 11 15 5.60 72 Ryan Dempster 25 147.0 7 8 4.71 126 Alex Fernandez 24 141.0 7 8 3.38 91 Liván Hernández 20 136.0 5 9 4.76 97 A.J. Burnett 7 41.1 4 2 3.48 33

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 Jesús Sánchez 59 76.1 5 7 6.01 62 Vladimir Núñez 17 74.2 4 8 4.58 58 Reid Cornelius 5 19.1 1 0 3.26 12 Kirt Ojala 8 10.2 0 1 14.34 5 Michael Tejera 3 6.1 0 0 11.37 7

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 Antonio Alfonseca 73 4 5 21 3.24 46 Braden Looper 72 3 3 0 3.80 50 Brian Edmondson 68 5 8 1 5.84 58 Vic Darensbourg 56 0 1 0 8.83 16 Matt Mantei 35 1 2 10 2.72 50 Rafael Medina 20 1 1 0 5.79 16 Archie Corbin 17 0 1 0 7.29 30 Héctor Almonte 15 0 2 0 4.20 8 Armando Almanza 14 0 1 0 1.72 20 Brent Billingsley 8 0 0 0 16.43 3

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1999 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference 1999 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac