The 1999 Boston Red Sox season was the 99th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 94–68, four games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, and defeated the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. The Red Sox then lost to the Yankees in the ALCS. The Red Sox hosted the All-Star Game on July 13.

Pedro Martínez won the American League Cy Young Award, becoming the second pitcher to win the award in both leagues.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.236, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, Additionally, Jimy Williams was named the American League Manager of the Year.

Offseason November 16, 1998: José Offerman was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. November 20, 1998: Purchased Tomo Ohka from the Yokohama Bay Stars. December 11, 1998: Mark Portugal was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.Mark Portugal page at Baseball Reference December 18, 1998: Brian Daubach was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. December 19, 1998: Mark Guthrie was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. January 11, 1999: Pat Rapp was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. March 11, 1999: Ramón Martínez was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.Ramón Martínez page at Baseball Reference March 30, 1999: Midre Cummings was released by the Red Sox.Midre Cummings page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

+Red Sox vs. National League East TeamATLFLAMONNYMPHIBoston2–42–10–31–21–2

Opening Day Lineup 30 José Offerman DH20 Darren Lewis CF13 John Valentin 3B  5 Nomar Garciaparra     SS25 Troy O'Leary LF24 Mike Stanley 1B10 Scott Hatteberg C   3 Jeff Frye 2B  7 Trot Nixon RF45 Pedro Martínez P Source

All-Star Game

The 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 70th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL). Red Sox legend Ted Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch. Three members of the Red Sox played in the game. Pitcher Pedro Martínez and shortstop Nomar Garciaparra were starters, while second baseman José Offerman was a reserve. The game, won by the American League 4–1, was held on July 13, 1999, at Fenway Park.

Notable transactions June 2, 1999: Casey Fossum was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st Round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 19, 1999. June 2, 1999: Lew Ford was drafted by the Red Sox in the 12th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 7, 1999.Lew Ford page at Baseball reference July 26, 1999: Robert Ramsay was traded by the Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Butch Huskey.Robert Ramsay page at Baseball Reference July 31, 1999: Mike Maroth was traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Bryce Florie.Mike Maroth page at Baseball Reference August 24, 1999: Dave Benham and Mike Matthews were traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kent Mercker.Mike Matthews page at Baseball Reference August 31, 1999: Mark Guthrie and a player to be named later (Cole Liniak) were traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Rod Beck.Mark Guthrie page at Baseball Reference September 27, 1999: Mark Portugal was released by the Red Sox.Mark Mortugal page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1999 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

InfieldersOutfielders Manager

Coaches (Bullpen) (First base) (Pitching) (Bullpen catcher) (Third base) (Bench) (Hitting)

Player statistics

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 Jason Varitek 144 483 130 .269 20 76 1B Mike Stanley 136 427 120 .281 19 72 2B José Offerman 149 586 172 .294 8 69 SS Nomar Garciaparra 135 532 190 .357 27 104 3B John Valentin 113 450 114 .253 12 70 LF Troy O'Leary 157 596 167 .280 28 103 CF Darren Lewis 135 470 113 .240 2 40 RF Trot Nixon 124 381 103 .270 15 52 DH Reggie Jefferson 83 206 57 .277 5 17

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 Damon Buford 91 297 72 .242 6 38 Michael Coleman 2 5 1 .200 0 0 Brian Daubach 110 381 112 .294 21 73 Chad Fonville 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Jeff Frye 41 114 32 .281 1 12 Creighton Gubanich 18 47 13 .277 1 11 Scott Hatteberg 30 80 22 .275 1 11 Butch Huskey 45 124 33 .266 7 28 Steve Lomasney 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Lou Merloni 43 126 32 .254 1 13 Jon Nunnally 10 14 4 .286 0 1 Donnie Sadler 49 107 30 .280 0 4 Wilton Veras 36 118 34 .288 2 13 Lenny Webster 6 14 0 .000 0 1

Pitching

Starting rotation Note: G = Games pitched (GS) = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G (GS) IP W L ERA SO Pedro Martínez 31 (29) 213.1 23 4 2.07 303 Mark Portugal 31 (27) 150.1 7 12 5.51 79 Pat Rapp 37 (26) 146.1 6 7 4.12 90 Bret Saberhagen 22 (22) 119.0 10 6 2.95 81 Brian Rose 22 (18) 98.0 7 6 4.87 51

Relief, spot starters, and other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched (GS) = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G (GS) IP W L SV ERA SO Tim Wakefield 49 (17) 140.0 6 11 15 5.08 104 Derek Lowe 74 (0) 109.1 6 3 15 2.63 80 John Wasdin 45 (0) 74.1 8 3 2 4.12 57 Rhéal Cormier 60 (0) 63.1 2 0 0 3.69 39 Mark Guthrie 46 (0) 46.1 1 1 2 5.83 36 Rich Garcés 30 (0) 40.2 5 1 2 1.55 33 Jin Ho Cho 9 (7) 39.1 2 3 0 5.72 16 Bryce Florie 14 (2) 30.0 2 0 0 4.80 25 Kent Mercker 5 (5) 25.2 2 0 0 3.51 17 Jim Corsi 23 (0) 24.0 1 2 0 5.25 14 Ramón Martínez 4 (4) 20.2 2 1 0 3.05 15 Tom Gordon 21 (0) 17.2 0 2 11 5.60 24 Rod Beck 12 (0) 14.0 0 1 3 1.93 12 Tim Harikkala 7 (0) 13.0 1 1 0 6.23 7 Juan Peña 2 (2) 13.0 2 0 0 0.69 15 Tomo Ohka 8 (2) 13.0 1 2 0 6.23 8 Kip Gross 11 (1) 12.2 0 2 0 7.82 9 Bob Wolcott 4 (0) 6.2 0 0 0 8.10 2 Marino Santana 3 (0) 4.0 0 0 0 15.75 4 Kirk Bullinger 4 (0) 2.0 0 0 0 4.50 0

Source

Playoffs

Division Series

Boston wins the series, 3-2

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries1Cleveland3Boston2October 61–0 (CLE)2Cleveland11Boston1October 72–0 (CLE)3Boston9Cleveland3October 92–1 (CLE)4Boston23Cleveland7October 102–25Cleveland8Boston12October 113–2 (BOS)

League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-1

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries1New York4Boston3October 131–0 (NYY)2New York3Boston2October 142–0 (NYY)3Boston13New York1October 162–1 (NYY)4Boston2New York9October 173–1 (NYY)5Boston1New York6October 184–1 (NYY)

Game log Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game postponed Clinched Playoff Spot

|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 1 || April 5 || @ Royals || 5–3 || P. Martínez (1–0) || Appier (0–1) || Gordon (1) || Kauffman Stadium || 40,257 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 2 || April 7 || @ Royals || 6–0 || Saberhagen (1–0) || Rosado (0–1) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 13,903 || 2–0 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 3 || April 8 || @ Royals || 4–1 || Wakefield (1–0) || Suppan (0–1) || Gordon (2) || Kauffman Stadium || 13,356 || 3–0 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 4 || April 9 || @ Devil Rays || 4–1 || Portugal (1–0) || Arrojo (0–1) || — || Tropicana Field || 40,525 || 4–0 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 5 || April 10 || @ Devil Rays || 5–3 || P. Martínez (2–0) || Santana (0–1) || Gordon (3) || Tropicana Field || 28,552 || 5–0 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 6 || April 11 || @ Devil Rays || 4–5 || Aldred (1–0) || Lowe (0–1) || Hernández (2) || Tropicana Field || 23,404 || 5–1 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 7 || April 13 || White Sox || 6–0 || Saberhagen (2–0) || Parque (1–1) || — || Fenway Park || 31,874 || 6–1 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 8 || April 15 || White Sox || 0–4 || Snyder (1–1) || P. Martínez (2–1) || — || Fenway Park || 22,461 || 6–2 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 9 || April 16 || Devil Rays || 6–2 || Rekar (1–0) || Wakefield (1–1) || — || Fenway Park || 18,809 || 6–3 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 10 || April 17 || Devil Rays || 8–5 || Portugal (2–0) || Saunders (1–2) || — || Fenway Park || 26,799 || 7–3 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 11 || April 18 || Devil Rays || 1–5 || Witt (2–0) || Rapp (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 27,589 || 7–4 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 12 || April 19 || Devil Rays || 5–4 || Arrojo (1–1) || Saberhagen (2–1) || Hernández (4) || Fenway Park || 33,167 || 7–5 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 13 || April 20 || @ Tigers || 1–0 || P. Martínez (3–1) || Weaver (1–1) || Lowe (1) || Tiger Stadium || 12,558 || 8–5 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 14 || April 21 || @ Tigers || 2–9 || Moehler (2–2) || Wakefield (1–2) || — || Tiger Stadium || 13,049 || 8–6 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 15 || April 22 || @ Tigers || 0–1 || Thompson (2–2) || Portugal (2–1) || Jones (2) || Tiger Stadium || 32,975 || 8–7 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 16 || April 23 || Indians || 6–7 || Karsay (2–1) || Corsi (0–1) || Jackson (3) || Fenway Park || 29,921 || 8–8 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 17 || April 24 || Indians || 9–4 || Harikkala (1–0) || DeLucia (0–1) || — || Fenway Park || 29,481 || 9–8 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 18 || April 25 || Indians || 3–2 || P. Martínez (4–1) || Shuey (2–1) || — || Fenway Park || 30,472 || 10–8 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 19 || April 26 || @ Twins || 2–6 || Radke (2–2) || Wakefield (1–3) || Trombley (1) || Metrodome || 9,674 || 10–9 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 20 || April 27 || @ Twins || 5–6 || Guardado (1–1) || Corsi (0–2) || Aguilera (4) || Metrodome || 10,681 || 10–10 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 21 || April 28 || @ Twins || 9–4 || Rapp (1–1) || Lincoln (0–4) || — || Metrodome || 11,097 || 11–10 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 22 || April 30 || @ Athletics || 9–13 || Mathews (3–0) || Lowe (0–2) || — || Network Associates Coliseum || 10,063 || 11–11 || L1

|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" | 23 || May 1 || @ Athletics || 7–2 || P. Martínez (5–1) || Heredia (1–2) || — || Network Associates Coliseum || 30,353 || 12–11 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" | 24 || May 2 || @ Athletics || 5–7 || Jones (1–0) || Harikkala (1–1) || Taylor (6) || Network Associates Coliseum || 17,388 || 12–12 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 25 || May 3 || @ Athletics || 11–12 (10)|| Mathews (4–0) || Gross (0–1) || — || Network Associates Coliseum || 8,221 || 12–13 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" | 26 || May 5 || Rangers || 3–8 || Helling (3–3) || Rapp (1–2) || — || Fenway Park || 20,960 || 12–14 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 27 || May 6 || Rangers || 3–2 || Cormier (1–0) || Sele (3–3) || Wakefield (1) || Fenway Park || 21,412 || 13–14 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 28 || May 7 || Angels || 6–0 || P. Martínez (6–1) || Olivares (3–3) || — || Fenway Park || 32,220 || 14–14 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" | 29 || May 8 || Angels || 6–1 || Peña (1–0) || Belcher (1–3) || Lowe (2) || Fenway Park || 29,385 || 15–14 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;"