The 1999 Montreal Expos season was the 31st season in franchise history.

Offseason Future Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams was taken by the Montreal Expos in the 1998 Rule 5 draft. The Expos sold his rights to the Texas Rangers.

Spring training In 1999, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their second season there.

Regular season

Opening Day starters Shane Andrews Miguel Batista Orlando Cabrera Brad Fullmer Vladimir Guerrero Wilton Guerrero Manny Martínez Rondell White Chris Widger

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

+Expos vs. American LeagueTeamAL EastBALBOSNYYTBTORMontreal0–33–01–22–12–4

Transactions May 17, 1999: Mel Rojas was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.Mel Rojas Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 2, 1999: Brandon Phillips was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999. July 3, 1999: Mel Rojas was released by the Montreal Expos.

Roster 1999 Montreal Expos Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Chris Widger 124 383 101 .264 14 56 1B Brad Fullmer 100 347 96 .277 9 47 2B José Vidro 140 494 150 .304 12 59 SS Orlando Cabrera 104 382 97 .254 8 39 3B Shane Andrews 98 281 51 .181 11 37 LF Rondell White 138 539 168 .312 22 64 CF Manny Martínez 137 331 81 .245 2 26 RF Vladimir Guerrero 160 610 193 .316 42 131

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 Michael Barrett 126 433 127 .293 8 52 Wilton Guerrero 132 315 92 .292 2 31 Mike Mordecai 109 226 53 .235 5 25 Orlando Merced 93 194 52 .268 8 26 Ryan McGuire 88 140 31 .221 2 18 Geoff Blum 45 133 32 .241 8 18 James Mouton 95 122 32 .262 2 13 Fernando Seguignol 35 105 27 .257 5 10 Terry Jones 17 63 17 .270 0 3 Trace Coquillette 17 49 13 .265 0 4 Peter Bergeron 16 45 11 .244 0 1 Darron Cox 15 25 6 .240 1 2 José Fernández 8 24 5 .208 0 1 Robert Machado 17 22 4 .182 0 0 Chris Stowers 4 2 0 .000 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 Dustin Hermanson 34 216.1 9 14 4.20 145 Javier Vázquez 26 154.2 9 8 5.00 113 Mike Thurman 29 146.2 7 11 4.05 85 Carl Pavano 19 104.0 6 8 5.63 70 Jeremy Powell 17 97.0 4 8 4.73 44 20 89.2 4 9 6.02 72 Tony Armas Jr. 1 6.0 0 1 1.50 2

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 Miguel Batista 39 134.2 8 7 4.88 95 Ted Lilly 9 23.2 0 1 7.61 28 Shayne Bennett 5 11.1 0 1 14.29 4 Mike Johnson 3 8.1 0 0 8.64 6

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 Ugueth Urbina 71 6 6 41 3.69 100 Steve Kline 82 7 4 0 3.75 69 Anthony Telford 79 5 4 2 3.94 69 Bobby Ayala 53 1 6 0 3.68 64 Guillermo Mota 51 2 4 0 2.93 27 J.D. Smart 29 0 1 0 5.02 21 Scott Strickland 17 0 1 0 4.50 23 Mike Maddux 4 0 0 0 9.00 4 Mel Rojas 3 0 0 0 16.88 1 Rick DeHart 3 0 0 0 21.60 1

Award winners

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Vladimir Guerrero, outfield, reserve

Farm system

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

References

External links 1999 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference 1999 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac Boxscore of Tony Gwynn's 3000th Hit David Cone Perfect Game Box Score