The 1999 Oakland Athletics season was the 99th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 32nd season in Oakland. The Athletics finished 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 December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics. January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions July 23, 1999: Kenny Rogers was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez. 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. July 31, 1999: Billy Taylor was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael. July 31, 1999: Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Appier. 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.

Roster 1999 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (First Base) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (Bench) (Pitching) (Third Base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 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 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 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

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game John Jaha, Designated Hitter, Reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics

References

1999 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1999 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com