1999 Arizona Diamondbacks season
The 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 2nd season in Major League Baseball and their 2nd season at Bank One Ballpark and in Phoenix, Arizona. They began the season on April 5 at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and looked to improve on their 1998 expansion season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League West Division. They finished the season with a highly surprising record of 100-62, good enough for the NL West division title. In the NLDS, however, they fell in four games to the New York Mets on Todd Pratt's infamous home run. Randy Johnson would win the NL Cy Young Award and become the third pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues.[1]
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Record | 100β62 (.617) |
Divisional place | 2nd |
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Owner(s) | Jerry Colangelo |
General manager(s) | Joe Garagiola Jr. |
Manager(s) | Buck Showalter |
Local television | FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Bob Brenly, Joe Garagiola) |
Local radio | KTAR (620 AM) (Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte) KSUN (Spanish) (Jose Tolentino, Ivan Lara) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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Offseason
- October 26, 1998: Izzy Molina was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2]
- November 10, 1998: Dante Powell was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Alan Embree.[3]
- November 13, 1998: Greg Swindell signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[4]
- December 2, 1998: Ernie Young was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[5]
- December 10, 1998: Randy Johnson signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[6]
- January 22, 1999: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[7]
- February 18, 1999: Dale Sveum was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[8]
- March 30, 1999: Izzy Molina was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Ben Ford to the New York Yankees for Darren Holmes and cash.[2]
- March 30, 1999: Aaron Small was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[9]
Regular season
- In his first season with the club, Randy Johnson helped the second-year franchise win the NL West title. He joined Gaylord Perry and Pedro MartΓnez as the only pitchers to win Cy Young Awards in both leagues.[10] Johnson led the NL with a 2.48 ERA and led both leagues with 364 strikeouts, 12 complete games and 2712β3 innings pitched.[10]
Opening Day starters
Notable transactions
- May 9, 1999: Dale Sveum was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[8]
- June 2, 1999: Lyle Overbay was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.[12]
- June 12, 1999: Dan Plesac was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Tony Batista and John Frascatore.[13]
Season standings
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Arizona Diamondbacks | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | β | 52β29 | 48β33 |
San Francisco Giants | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 14 | 49β32 | 37β44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 23 | 37β44 | 40β41 |
San Diego Padres | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 26 | 46β35 | 28β53 |
Colorado Rockies | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 28 | 39β42 | 33β48 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
Arizona | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 1β8 | 6β7 | 8β1 | 5β4 | 7β6 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 8β1 | 5β2 | 11β2 | 9β3 | 4β4 | 7β8 |
Atlanta | 5β4 | β | 2β5 | 8β1 | 5β4 | 9β4 | 6β1 | 5β4 | 5β2 | 9β4 | 9β3 | 8β5 | 6β3 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 8β1 | 9β9 |
Chicago | 2β7 | 5β2 | β | 5β8 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β9 | 2β7 | 6β6 | 2β5 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 7β6 | 6β3 | 1β7 | 7β5 | 6β9 |
Cincinnati | 8β1 | 1β8 | 8β5 | β | 7β2 | 6β1 | 9β4 | 4β3 | 6β6 | 4β3 | 5β5 | 6β3 | 7β6 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 8β4 | 7-8 |
Colorado | 7β6 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 | 2β6 | 8β5 | 6β3 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 2β7 | 4β9 | 4β9 | 4β5 | 4β8 |
Florida | 1β8 | 4β9 | 3β6 | 1β6 | 4β5 | β | 2β7 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 8β4 | 3β10 | 2β11 | 3β4 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 3β4 | 11β7 |
Houston | 4β5 | 1β6 | 9β3 | 4β9 | 6β2 | 7-2 | β | 6β3 | 8β5 | 7β2 | 4β5 | 6β1 | 5β7 | 8β1 | 5β4 | 5β7 | 12β3 |
Los Angeles | 6β7 | 4β5 | 7β2 | 3β4 | 5β8 | 2β7 | 3β6 | β | 7β2 | 5β4 | 4β4 | 6β3 | 3β6 | 3β9 | 8β5 | 3β6 | 8β7 |
Milwaukee | 4β5 | 2β5 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 5β8 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 | 2β5 | 5β4 | 8β4 | 3β5 | 4β5 | 7β6 | 8β6 |
Montreal | 3β6 | 4β9 | 5β2 | 3β4 | 3β6 | 4β8 | 2β7 | 4β5 | 4β5 | β | 5β8 | 6β6 | 3β6 | 5β3 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 8β10 |
New York | 2β7 | 3β9 | 6β3 | 5β5 | 5β4 | 10β3 | 5β4 | 4β4 | 5β2 | 8β5 | β | 6β6 | 7β2 | 7β2 | 7β2 | 5β2 | 12β6 |
Philadelphia | 1-8 | 5β8 | 7β2 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 11β2 | 1β6 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 6β6 | 6β6 | β | 3β4 | 6β3 | 2β6 | 4β5 | 11β7 |
Pittsburgh | 2β5 | 3β6 | 6β7 | 6β7 | 7β2 | 4β3 | 7β5 | 6β3 | 4β8 | 6β3 | 2β7 | 4β3 | β | 3β6 | 4β5 | 7β5 | 7β8 |
San Diego | 2β11 | 4β5 | 3β6 | 3β6 | 9β4 | 6β3 | 1β8 | 9β3 | 5β3 | 3β5 | 2β7 | 3β6 | 6β3 | β | 5β7 | 2β7 | 11β4 |
San Francisco | 3β9 | 5β4 | 7β1 | 5β4 | 9β4 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 5β8 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 2β7 | 6β2 | 5β4 | 7β5 | β | 6β3 | 7β8 |
St. Louis | 4β4 | 1β8 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 5β4 | 4β3 | 7β5 | 6β3 | 6β7 | 4β5 | 2β5 | 5β4 | 5β7 | 7β2 | 3β6 | β | 7β8 |
Game log
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October (2β1) (Home: 0β0; Road: 0β0)
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Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
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Damian Miller | 86 | 296 | 80 | 11 | 47 | .270 |
Travis Lee | 120 | 375 | 89 | 9 | 50 | .237 |
Jay Bell | 151 | 589 | 170 | 38 | 112 | .289 |
Matt Williams | 154 | 627 | 190 | 35 | 142 | .303 |
Andy Fox | 99 | 274 | 70 | 6 | 33 | .255 |
Luis Gonzalez | 153 | 614 | 206 | 26 | 111 | .336 |
Steve Finley | 156 | 590 | 156 | 34 | 103 | .264 |
Tony Womack | 144 | 614 | 170 | 4 | 41 | .277 |
Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
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Kelly Stinnett | 88 | 284 | 66 | 14 | 38 | .232 |
Bernard Gilkey | 94 | 204 | 60 | 8 | 39 | .294 |
Erubiel Durazo | 52 | 155 | 51 | 11 | 30 | .329 |
Hanley Frias | 69 | 150 | 41 | 1 | 16 | .273 |
Tony Batista | 44 | 144 | 37 | 5 | 21 | .257 |
Greg Colbrunn | 67 | 135 | 44 | 5 | 24 | .326 |
Turner Ward | 10 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 7 | .348 |
Rod Barajas | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
Randy Johnson | 33 | 97 | 12 | 0 | 6 | .124 |
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Randy Johnson | 35 | 271.7 | 17 | 9 | 2.48 | 364 |
Omar Daal | 32 | 214.7 | 16 | 9 | 3.65 | 148 |
Todd Stottlemyre | 17 | 101.3 | 6 | 3 | 4.09 | 74 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Frascatore | 26 | 33.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.09 | 15 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Matt Mantei | 30 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2.79 | 49 |
Greg Swindell | 63 | 64.7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2.51 | 51 |
Gregg Olson | 61 | 60.7 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 3.71 | 45 |
Dan Plesac | 34 | 21.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.32 | 27 |
NLDS
New York wins series, 3-1
Game | Score | Date |
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1 | New York 8, Arizona 4 | October 5 |
2 | Arizona 7, New York 1 | October 6 |
3 | New York 9, Arizona 2 | October 8 |
4 | New York 4, Arizona 3 (10 innings) | October 9 |
Farm system
References
- Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.236, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- Izzy Molina Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- Dante Powell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- "Ernie Young Stats".
- Randy Johnson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- "Dale Sveum Stats".
- "Aaron Small Stats".
- "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster by Baseball Almanac
- Lyle Overbay Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- Dan Plesac Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- "1999 Arizona Diamondbacks Statistics".
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- "1999 Arizona Diamondbacks Minor League Affiliates".