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1999 Montreal Expos season

1999 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record68–94
Divisional place4th
OwnersClaude Brochu
General managersJim Beattie
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionThe Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Gary Carter)

SRC
(Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte, Marc Griffin, Alain Chantelois)
RadioCIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Elliott Price, Joe Cannon)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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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.[1]

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

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 103 59 .636 56‍–‍25 47‍–‍34
New York Mets 97 66 .595 49‍–‍32 48‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 77 85 .475 26 41‍–‍40 36‍–‍45
Montreal Expos 68 94 .420 35 35‍–‍46 33‍–‍48
Florida Marlins 64 98 .395 39 35‍–‍45 29‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents


Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona 4–5 7–2 1–8 6–7 8–1 5–4 7–6 5–4 6–3 7–2 8–1 5–2 11–2 9–3 4–4 7–8
Atlanta 5–4 2–5 8–1 5–4 9–4 6–1 5–4 5–2 9–4 9–3 8–5 6–3 5–4 4–5 8–1 9–9
Chicago 2–7 5–2 5–8 4–5 6–3 3–9 2–7 6–6 2–5 3–6 2–7 7–6 6–3 1–7 7–5 6–9
Cincinnati 8–1 1–8 8–5 7–2 6–1 9–4 4–3 6–6 4–3 5–5 6–3 7–6 6–3 4–5 8–4 7–8
Colorado 7–6 4–5 5–4 2–7 5–4 2–6 8–5 6–3 6–3 4–5 5–4 2–7 4–9 4–9 4–5 4–8
Florida 1–8 4–9 3–6 1–6 4–5 2–7 7–2 5–4 8–4 3–10 2–11 3–4 3–6 4–5 3–4 11–7
Houston 4–5 1–6 9–3 4–9 6–2 7–2 6–3 8–5 7–2 4–5 6–1 5–7 8–1 5–4 5–7 12–3
Los Angeles 6–7 4–5 7–2 3–4 5–8 2–7 3–6 7–2 5–4 4–4 6–3 3–6 3–9 8–5 3–6 8–7
Milwaukee 4–5 2–5 6–6 6–6 3–6 4–5 5–8 2–7 5–4 2–5 5–4 8–4 3–5 4–5 7–6 8–6
Montreal 3–6 4–9 5–2 3–4 3–6 4–8 2–7 4–5 4–5 5–8 6–6 3–6 5–3 4–5 5–4 8–10
New York 2–7 3–9 6–3 5–5 5–4 10–3 5–4 4–4 5–2 8–5 6–6 7–2 7–2 7–2 5–2 12–6
Philadelphia 1–8 5–8 7–2 3–6 4–5 11–2 1–6 3–6 4–5 6–6 6–6 3–4 6–3 2–6 4–5 11–7
Pittsburgh 2–5 3–6 6–7 6–7 7–2 4–3 7–5 6–3 4–8 6–3 2–7 4–3 3–6 4–5 7–5 7–8
San Diego 2–11 4–5 3–6 3–6 9–4 6–3 1–8 9–3 5–3 3–5 2–7 3–6 6–3 5–7 2–7 11–4
San Francisco 3–9 5–4 7–1 5–4 9–4 5–4 4–5 5–8 5–4 5–4 2–7 6–2 5–4 7–5 6–3 7–8
St. Louis 4–4 1–8 5–7 4–8 5–4 4–3 7–5 6–3 6–7 4–5 2–5 5–4 5–7 7–2 3–6 7–8
Expos vs. American League
Team AL East
BAL BOS NYY TB TOR
Montreal 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–4

Transactions

  • May 17, 1999: Mel Rojas was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • July 3, 1999: Mel Rojas was released by the Montreal Expos.[2]

Roster

1999 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 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
Dan Smith 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

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Jeff Cox
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Doug Sisson and Rick Sweet
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Cape Fear Crocs South Atlantic League Frank Kremblas
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Tony Barbone
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Bill Masse

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ricky Williams Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos from Netglimse.com". Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Mel Rojas Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Brandon Phillips Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007