The 1999 Kansas City Royals season was the 31st season for the franchise, and their 27th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fourth in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses and missed the postseason for the 14th consecutive season.

Offseason October 30, 1998: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent by the Royals.Rico Rossy at Baseball Reference

Regular season Mark Quinn hit two home runs in his major league debut.Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions July 31, 1999: Kevin Appier was traded by the Royals to the Oakland Athletics for Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein.Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference

Roster

1999 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

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 Chad Kreuter 107 324 73 .225 5 35 1B Jeremy Giambi 90 288 82 .285 3 34 2B Carlos Febles 123 453 116 .256 10 53 SS Rey Sánchez 134 479 141 .294 2 56 3B Joe Randa 156 628 197 .314 16 84 LF Johnny Damon 145 583 179 .307 14 77 CF Carlos Beltrán 156 663 194 .293 22 108 RF Jermaine Dye 158 608 179 .294 27 119 DH Mike Sweeney 150 575 185 .322 22 102

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 Tim Spehr 60 155 32 .206 9 26 Scott Pose 86 137 39 .285 0 12 Larry Sutton 43 102 23 .225 2 15 Ray Holbert 34 100 28 .280 0 5 Jed Hansen 49 79 16 .203 3 5 Scott Leius 37 74 15 .203 1 10 Jeff King 21 72 17 .236 3 11 Steve Scarsone 46 68 14 .206 0 6 Sal Fasano 23 60 14 .233 5 16 Mark Quinn 17 60 20 .333 6 18 Joe Vitiello 13 41 6 .146 1 4 Dee Brown 12 25 2 .080 0 0 Mendy López 7 20 8 .400 0 3 Félix Martínez 6 7 1 .143 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 Jeff Suppan 32 208.2 10 12 4.53 103 José Rosado 33 208.0 10 14 3.85 141 Jay Witasick 32 158.1 9 12 5.57 102 Kevin Appier 22 140.1 9 9 4.87 78 Blake Stein 12 70.1 1 2 4.09 43 Dan Reichert 8 36.2 2 2 9.08 20 Jim Pittsley 5 23.1 1 2 6.94 7

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 Mac Suzuki 22 68.0 2 3 5.16 36 Chris Fussell 17 56.0 0 5 7.39 37 Brian Barber 8 18.2 1 3 9.64 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 Jeff Montgomery 49 1 4 12 6.84 27 Scott Service 68 5 5 8 6.09 68 Alvin Morman 49 2 4 1 4.05 31 Matt Whisenant 48 4 4 1 6.35 27 José Santiago 34 3 4 2 3.42 15 Tim Byrdak 33 0 3 1 7.60 17 Terry Mathews 24 2 1 1 4.38 19 Brad Rigby 20 1 2 0 7.17 10 Ken Ray 13 1 0 0 8.74 0 Don Wengert 11 0 1 0 9.25 10 Derek Wallace 8 0 1 0 3.24 5 Marc Pisciotta 8 0 2 0 8.64 3 Orber Moreno 7 0 0 0 5.63 7 Lance Carter 6 0 1 0 5.06 3 Dan Murray 4 0 0 0 6.48 8 Glendon Rusch 3 0 1 0 15.75 4 Chad Durbin 1 0 0 0 0.00 3

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita, Spokane; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: WilmingtonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

1999 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference 1999 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac