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1999 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1999
misc	American League Central champions
league	American League
division	Central
record	97–65 ()
divisional_place	1st
ballpark	Jacobs Field
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Richard Jacobs
general_managers	John Hart
managers	Mike Hargrove
television	WUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
FSN Ohio
John Sanders, Rick Manning
radio	WTAM
Tom Hamilton, Dave Nelson, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan

Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning Tom Hamilton, Dave Nelson, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan |}}

The 1999 Cleveland Indians season was the 99th season for the franchise and the 6th season at Jacobs Field. They are the only team in Major League Baseball since 1950 to score over 1,000 runs during the regular season. They were shut out only three times in 162 games. Five Indians scored at least 100 runs and four drove in at least 100 runs. Right fielder Manny Ramirez drove in 165 runs, the most by any MLB player since Jimmie Foxx in 1938.

Offseason

October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians.
November 18, 1998: Brian Giles was traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ricardo Rincón.
December 1, 1998: Roberto Alomar was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
December 8, 1998: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

Regular season

July 3, 1999: Against the Kansas City Royals, Jim Thome hit a 511 ft home run, the longest ever in Cleveland Indians history. It was hit to center field and cleared the outer gates onto Eagle Avenue outside of Jacobs Field.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

April 14, 1999: Jhonny Peralta was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.

Roster

1999 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 6 || @ Angels || 6 – 5 |||| Karsay (0–1) || Percival (1) || 39,936 || 0–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || April 7 || @ Angels || 9 – 1 || Burba (1–0) || Hill (0–1) || || 21,689 || 1-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 8 || @ Angels || 9 – 1 || Colón (1–0) || Sparks (0–1) || || 25,084 || 2–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 9 || @ Twins || 14 – 5 || Nagy (1–0) || Hawkins (0–1) || || 16,348 || 3–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || April 10 || @ Twins || 12 – 7 || Karsay (1-1) || Lincoln (0–2) || || 18,829 || 4–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 11 || @ Twins || 9 – 8 || Wright (1–0) || Radke (1-1) || Jackson (1) || 12,430 || 5–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || April 12 || Royals || 5 – 2 (10) || Shuey (1–0) || Santiago (0–1) || || 42,798 || 6–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 14 || Royals || 11 – 4 || Colón (2–0) || Suppan (0–2) || || 42,926 || 7–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 17 || Twins || 5 – 1 || Nagy (2–0) || Radke (1–2) || || 40,582 || 8–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 17 || Twins || 13 – 8 (11) || Aguilera (2–0) || Jackson (0–1) || || 42,860 || 8–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 18 || Twins || 3 – 2 || Shuey (2–0) || Wells (1-1) || Jackson (2) || 42,317 || 9–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || April 20 || Athletics || 5 – 1 || Colón (3–0) || Rogers (0–2) || || 42,954 || 10–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 || April 21 || Athletics || 5 – 4 || Reed (1–0) || Taylor (0–1) || || 41,933 || 11–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 22 || Athletics || 4 – 1 || Candiotti (2-2) || Nagy (2–1) || Taylor (3) || 42,937 || 11–3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 || April 23 || @ Red Sox || 7 – 6 || Karsay (2–1) || Corsi (0–1) || Jackson (3) || 29,921 || 12–3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 24 || @ Red Sox || 9 – 4 || Harikkala (1–0) || DeLucia (0–1) || || 29,481 || 12–4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 25 || @ Red Sox || 3 – 2 || Martínez (4–1) || Shuey (2–1) || || 30,472 || 12–5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 || April 26 || @ Athletics || 5 – 4 (10) || Karsay (3–1) || Taylor (0–2) || Jackson (4) || 7,646 || 13–5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || April 27 || @ Athletics || 8 – 5 || Nagy (3–1) || Candiotti (2–3) || Jackson (5) || 7,161 || 14–5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 || April 28 || @ Athletics || 4 – 1 || Wright (2–0) || Haynes (1–4) || Jackson (6) || 9,555 || 15–5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 || April 29 || @ Athletics || 8 – 3 || Burba (2–0) || Oquist (2-2) || || 10,115 || 16–5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 30 || @ Rangers || 7 – 5 || Helling (2–3) || Colón (3–1) || Wetteland (8) || 36,556 || 16–6 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 || May 1 || @ Rangers || 5 – 3 || Gooden (1–0) || Sele (3–2) || Jackson (7) || 45,579 || 17–6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || May 2 || @ Rangers || 8 – 6 || Clark (2-2) || Nagy (3–2) || Wetteland (9) || 29,921 || 17–7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 || May 3 || @ Rangers || 10 – 4 || Wright (3–0) || Morgan (4–2) || || 31,181 || 18–7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || May 5 || Mariners || 6 – 5 || Fassero (1–3) || Burba (2–1) || Mesa (7) || 42,991 || 18–8 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 || May 6 || Mariners || 8 – 4 || Colón (4–1) || Weaver (0–1) || || 41,962 || 19–8 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 || May 7 || Devil Rays || 20 – 11 || Wagner (1–0) || Mecir (0–1) || || 40,601 || 20–8 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 8 || Devil Rays || 7 – 6 || Rekar (3–1) || Nagy (3-3) || Hernández (12) || 40,590 || 20–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 || May 9 || Devil Rays || 5 – 4 || Wright (4–0) || Álvarez (1–2) || Jackson (8) || 42,835 || 21–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 || May 10 || Orioles || 6 – 4 || Burba (3–1) || Guzmán (1–4) || Jackson (9) || 40,615 || 22–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 || May 11 || Orioles || 11 – 6 || Colón (5–1) || Ponson (2–3) || || 40,587 || 23–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 || May 12 || Orioles || 6 – 5 || Assenmacher (1–0) || Timlin (1–2) || Shuey (1) || 42,939 || 24–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || May 14 || @ Tigers || 4 – 2 || Karsay (4–1) || Brocail (1-1) || Shuey (2) || 21,844 || 25–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 || May 15 || @ Tigers || 12 – 7 || Burba (4–1) || Mlicki (1–3) || || 39,769 || 26–9 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 16 || @ Tigers || 9 – 3 || Weaver (4–3) || Wright (4–1) || Kida (1) || 29,731 || 26–10 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 || May 17 || @ White Sox || 13 – 9 || Colón (6–1) || Navarro (2–4) || || 17,101 || 27–10 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || May 18 || @ White Sox || 13 – 0 || Gooden (2–0) || Baldwin (2–4) || || 13,429 || 28–10 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || May 19 || @ White Sox || 13 – 7 || Nagy (4–3) || Parque (5–3) || || 14,854 || 29–10 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 21 || Tigers || 9 – 6 || Nitkowski (1-1) || Shuey (2-2) || Jones (7) || 43,290 || 29–11 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 22 || Tigers || 6 – 2 || Weaver (5–3) || Wright (4–2) || || 40,991 || 29–12 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 || May 23 || Tigers || 7 – 4 || Shuey (3–2) || Jones (0–1) || || 40,874 || 30–12 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 24 || White Sox || 10 – 3 || Lowe (2–0) || Gooden (2–1) || || 43,208 || 30–13 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 || May 25 || White Sox || 3 – 1 || Nagy (5–3) || Parque (5–4) || Jackson (10) || 42,161 || 31–13 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 || May 26 || White Sox || 6 – 2 || Burba (5–1) || Sirotka (2–6) || Shuey (3) || 43,228 || 32–13 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 28 || Red Sox || 12 – 5 || Wakefield (3–4) || Wright (4–3) || Lowe (3) || 43,287 || 32–14 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 29 || Red Sox || 4 – 2 || Martínez (10–1) || Colón (6–2) || Gordon (9) || 43,255 || 32–15 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 48 || May 30 || Red Sox || 4 – 2 || Rose (3–0) || Gooden (2-2) || Gordon (10) || 43,207 || 32–16 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 49 || May 31 || @ Yankees || 7 – 1 || Nagy (6–3) || Hernández (5-5) || || 46,605 || 33–16 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 50 || June 1 || @ Yankees || 11 – 5 || Clemens (5–0) || Burba (5–2) || || 32,759 || 33–17 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 || June 2 || @ Yankees || 10 – 7 || Karsay (5–1) || Pettitte (3-3) || Jackson (11) || 36,955 || 34–17 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 52 || June 4 || Cubs || 5 – 4 || Aguilera (2–1) || Jackson (0–2) || Adams (2) || 43,011 || 34–18 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || June 5 || Cubs || 8 – 7 (11) ||John Cena (4-20)|| Sanders (1–4) || || 43,085 || 35–18 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || June 6 || Cubs || 4 – 2 || Nagy (7–3) || Trachsel (2–7) || Shuey (4) || 43,010 || 36–18 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 55 || June 8 || Brewers || 2 – 1 (10) || Roque (1–4) || Assenmacher (1-1) || Wickman (11) || 42,300 || 36–19 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 56 || June 9 || Brewers || 6 – 5 (10) || Jackson (2-2) || Roque (1–5) || || 43,160 || 37–19 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 57 || June 10 || Brewers || 15 – 9 || Nomo (3–1) || Colón (6–3) || || 43,196 || 37–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 || June 11 || @ Reds || 8 – 6 || Shuey (4–2) || Williamson (5–2) || Jackson (12) || 42,928 || 38–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 || June 12 || @ Reds || 4 – 3 || Nagy (8–3) || Harnisch (5–6) || Jackson (13) || 52,804 || 39–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 60 || June 13 || @ Reds || 7 – 3 || Burba (6–2) || Avery (3–6) || Karsay (1) || 45,593 || 40–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 61 || June 15 || Athletics || 8 – 3 || Wright (5–3) || Haynes (4–6) || || 43,231 || 41–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 || June 16 || Athletics || 9 – 8 || Karsay (6–1) || Taylor (0–4) || || 43,163 || 42–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 || June 17 || Athletics || 10 – 6 || Shuey (5–2) || Worrell (1-1) || || 43,262 || 43–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 64 || June 18 || Mariners || 9 – 4 || Halama (5–2) || Nagy (8–4) || || 43,126 || 43–21 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 || June 19 || Mariners || 10 – 6 || Burba (7–2) || Watson (0–1) || Jackson (14) || 43,205 || 44–21 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 66 || June 20 || Mariners || 13 – 5 || Wright (6–3) || Rodriguez (2–1) || || 43,070 || 45–21 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 || June 21 || Mariners || 4 – 3 (12) || Karsay (7–1) || Mesa (0–2) || || 43,093 || 46–21 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 68 || June 22 || @ Blue Jays || 4 – 3 || Escobar (7–4) || Gooden (2–3) || Koch (7) || 22,197 || 46–22 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 || June 23 || @ Blue Jays || 9 – 6 || Nagy (9–4) || Quantrill (0–1) || || 23,271 || 47–22 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 70 || June 24 || @ Blue Jays || 3 – 0 || Halladay (6–3) || Burba (7–3) || Koch (8) || 26,117 || 47–23 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 71 || June 25 || @ Royals || 8 – 2 || Suppan (4-4) || Wright (6–4) || || 32,147 || 47–24 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 26 || @ Royals || 11 – 7 || Montgomery (1–3) || Rincón (0–1) || || 29,358 || 47–25 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 || June 27 || @ Royals || 6 – 5 || Reed (2–0) || Byrdak (0–1) || Jackson (15) || 17,094 || 48–25 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 || June 28 || @ Royals || 6 – 1 || Nagy (10–4) || Witasick (3–6) || || 23,429 || 49–25 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 || June 29 || Twins || 5 – 4 || Reed (3–0) || Trombley (1–5) || || 43,159 || 50–25 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || June 30 || Twins || 5 – 3 || Milton (3–7) || Wright (6–5) || Trombley (12) || 43,061 || 50–26 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 || July 1 || Twins || 7 – 5 || Colón (7–3) || Carrasco (0–1) || Jackson (16) || 43,010 || 51–26 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 78 || July 2 || Royals || 9 – 7 (10) || Whisenant (3-3) || Shuey (5–3) || || 43,172 || 51–27 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 || July 3 || Royals || 9 – 8 || Candiotti (1–0) || Pisciotta (0–2) || Jackson (17) || 43,086 || 52–27 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 || July 3 || Royals || 9 – 5 || Langston (1–0) || Wengert (0–1) || Jackson (18) || 40,707 || 53–27 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 81 || July 4 || Royals || 10 – 9 || Appier (8–6) || Burba (7–4) || Byrdak (1) || 43,018 || 53–28 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 82 || July 6 || @ Twins || 3 – 1 || Wright (7–5) || Milton (3–8) || Jackson (19) || 12,579 || 54–28 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 83 || July 7 || @ Twins || 4 – 3 || Trombley (2–5) || Reed (3–1) || || 12,710 || 54–29 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 84 || July 8 || @ Twins || 9 – 2 || Nagy (11–4) || Lincoln (3–9) || || 14,118 || 55–29 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 85 || July 9 || Reds || 3 – 2 || Avery (6–7) || Burba (7–5) || Williamson (11) || 43,208 || 55–30 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 86 || July 10 || Reds || 11 – 10 || Jackson (3–2) || Williamson (7–4) || || 43,127 || 56–30 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 87 || July 11 || Reds || 9 – 4 || Graves (6–3) || Shuey (5–4) || || 43,167 || 56–31 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 88 || July 15 || @ Pirates || 2 – 0 || Colón (8–3) || Schmidt (8–7) || Jackson (20) || 39,620 || 57–31 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 89 || July 16 || @ Pirates || 11 – 3 || Córdova (5–4) || Burba (7–6) || || 43,519 || 57–32 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 90 || July 17 || @ Pirates || 13 – 10 || Benson (7-7) || Nagy (11–5) || Williams (14) || 43,299 || 57–33 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 91 || July 18 || @ Astros || 2 – 0 || Hampton (12–3) || Wright (7–6) || || 50,299 || 57–34 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 92 || July 19 || @ Astros || 3 – 2 (11) || Cabrera (3–0) || Candiotti (1-1) || || 34,276 || 57–35 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 93 || July 20 || @ Astros || 7 – 1 || Colón (9–3) || Reynolds (11–7) || || 41,133 || 58–35 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 94 || July 21 || Blue Jays || 4 – 3 || Frascatore (5–0) || Jackson (3-3) || Koch (16) || 43,218 || 58–36 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 95 || July 22 || Blue Jays || 4 – 3 || Wells (11–6) || Nagy (11–6) || Koch (17) || 43,138 || 58–37 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 96 || July 23 || @ Yankees || 9 – 8 (10) || Grimsley (7–1) || Jackson (3–4) || || 52,704 || 58–38 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 97 || July 24 || @ Yankees || 21 – 1 || Irabu (7–3) || Langston (1-1) || || 54,870 || 58–39 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 98 || July 25 || @ Yankees || 2 – 1 || Mendoza (4–6) || Rincón (0–2) || || 54,944 || 58–40 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 99 || July 26 || Tigers || 6 – 3 || Burba (8–6) || Thompson (9-9) || Jackson (21) || 43,157 || 59–40 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 100 || July 27 || Tigers || 14 – 5 || Nagy (12–6) || Borkowski (0–1) || || 43,042 || 60–40 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 101 || July 28 || Tigers || 7 – 2 || Gooden (3-3) || Moehler (8–10) || || 43,162 || 61–40 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 102 || July 30 || White Sox || 10 – 2 || Colón (10–3) || Sirotka (7–10) || || 43,181 || 62–40 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 103 || July 31 || White Sox || 13 – 10 || Shuey (6–4) || Castillo (1-1) || Jackson (22) || 43,209 || 63–40 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 104 || August 1 || White Sox || 6 – 3 || Baldwin (5–11) || Nagy (12–7) || Howry (17) || 43,067 || 63–41 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 105 || August 2 || @ Red Sox || 7 – 5 || Karsay (8–1) || Garces (0–1) || Jackson (23) || 33,218 || 64–41 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 106 || August 3 || @ Red Sox || 5 – 4 || Shuey (7–4) || Wakefield (3–8) || Jackson (24) || 33,650 || 65–41 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 107 || August 4 || @ Red Sox || 7 – 2 || Portugal (7–8) || Colón (10–4) || || 33,282 || 65–42 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 108 || August 6 || @ Devil Rays || 4 – 2 || Yan (3–2) || Burba (8–7) || Hernández (29) || 34,623 || 65–43 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 109 || August 7 || @ Devil Rays || 15 – 10 || Nagy (13–7) || Witt (6–8) || || 39,512 || 66–43 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 110 || August 8 || @ Devil Rays || 5 – 3 || Álvarez (6-6) || Wright (7-7) || Hernández (30) || 33,052 || 66–44 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 111 || August 9 || @ Angels || 4 – 0 || Colón (11–4) || Hill (4–11) || || 22,013 || 67–44 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 112 || August 10 || @ Angels || 2 – 1 (10) || Rincón (1–2) || Petkovsek (9–4) || Jackson (25) || 25,777 || 68–44 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 113 || August 11 || @ Angels || 4 – 3 || Burba (9–7) || Sparks (5–9) || Jackson (26) || 26,399 || 69–44 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 114 || August 13 || Orioles || 6 – 3 || Rincón (2-2) || Erickson (8–10) || Jackson (27) || 43,073 || 70–44 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 115 || August 14 || Orioles || 7 – 1 || Karsay (9–1) || Johnson (3–7) || || 43,103 || 71–44 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 116 || August 15 || Orioles || 5 – 1 || Colón (12–4) || Ponson (11–8) || || 43,020 || 72–44 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 117 || August 16 || Rangers || 13 – 5 || Munoz (2–1) || Rincón (2–3) || || 43,226 || 72–45 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 118 || August 17 || Rangers || 15 – 4 || Sele (13–7) || Langston (1–2) || || 42,987 || 72–46 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 119 || August 18 || Rangers || 6 – 1 || Burkett (4–6) || Nagy (13–8) || || 42,997 || 72–47 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 120 || August 19 || Rangers || 8 – 0 || Karsay (10–1) || Morgan (12–8) || || 43,263 || 73–47 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 121 || August 20 || @ Mariners || 7 – 4 || Colón (13–4) || Halama (9–5) || Jackson (28) || 44,915 || 74–47 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 122 || August 21 || @ Mariners || 6 – 0 || Burba (10–7) || Meche (4–3) || || 44,891 || 75–47 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 123 || August 22 || @ Mariners || 7 – 4 (10) || Riske (1–0) || Mesa (1–5) || Jackson (29) || 44,941 || 76–47 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 124 || August 23 || @ Mariners || 4 – 1 || Abbott (5–0) || Nagy (13–9) || Mesa (28) || 44,689 || 76–48 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 125 || August 24 || @ Athletics || 11 – 10 || Mathews (8–3) || Shuey (7–5) || || 17,417 || 76–49 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 126 || August 25 || @ Athletics || 12 – 4 || Colón (14–4) || Oquist (9-9) || || 21,328 || 77–49 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 127 || August 27 || Devil Rays || 2 – 1 || Burba (11–7) || Arrojo (4–9) || Jackson (30) || 43,303 || 78–49 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 128 || August 28 || Devil Rays || 3 – 0 || Nagy (14–9) || Witt (7–11) || Jackson (31) || 43,190 || 79–49 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 129 || August 29 || Devil Rays || 6 – 4 || Álvarez (9–6) || Haney (0–1) || Hernández (36) || 43,151 || 79–50 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 130 || August 30 || Angels || 7 – 5 || Colón (15–4) || Levine (1-1) || Jackson (32) || 43,295 || 80–50 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 131 || August 31 || Angels || 14 – 12 || Poole (1–0) || Percival (3–4) || Shuey (5) || 43,284 || 81–50 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 132 || September 1 || Angels || 8 – 1 || Burba (12–7) || Washburn (0–3) || || 43,399 || 82–50 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 133 || September 2 || Angels || 6 – 5 || Nagy (15–9) || Sparks (5–11) || Jackson (33) || 43,369 || 83–50 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 134 || September 3 || @ Orioles || 7 – 6 || Assenmacher (2–1) || Reyes (0–3) || Jackson (34) || 41,521 || 84–50 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 135 || September 4 || @ Orioles || 3 – 1 || Linton (1–2) || Colón (15–5) || Timlin (19) || 47,095 || 84–51 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 136 || September 5 || @ Orioles || 15 – 7 || Brower (1–0) || Ponson (11-11) || || 44,214 || 85–51 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 137 || September 6 || @ Orioles || 7 – 6 || Burba (13–7) || Johns (4–3) || Jackson (35) || 40,540 || 86–51 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 138 || September 7 || @ Rangers || 4 – 3 || Sele (16–7) || Reed (3–2) || Wetteland (40) || 26,011 || 86–52 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 139 || September 8 || @ Rangers || 3 – 0 || Burkett (7-7) || Haney (0–2) || Wetteland (41) || 29,889 || 86–53 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 140 || September 10 || @ White Sox || 14 – 6 || Colón (16–5) || Wells (2–1) || || 19,132 || 87–53 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 141 || September 11 || @ White Sox || 4 – 3 || Burba (14–7) || Parque (9–13) || Jackson (36) || 34,400 || 88–53 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 142 || September 12 || @ White Sox || 4 – 3 || Sirotka (9–13) || Wright (7–8) || Howry (22) || 20,481 || 88–54 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 143 || September 13 || Red Sox || 11 – 7 || Nagy (16–9) || Wakefield (5–10) || Shuey (6) || 43,264 || 89–54 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 144 || September 14 || Red Sox || 12 – 3 || Lowe (6–3) || Gooden (3–4) || || 43,203 || 89–55 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 145 || September 15 || Red Sox || 6 – 4 (13) || Wasdin (8–3) || Brower (1-1) || || 43,224 || 89–56 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 146 || September 16 || Yankees || 9 – 5 || Irabu (11–6) || Burba (14–8) || || 43,054 || 89–57 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 147 || September 17 || Yankees || 9 – 4 || Clemens (13–9) || Wright (7–9) || || 43,029 || 89–58 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 148 || September 18 || Yankees || 5 – 4 || Nagy (17–9) || Hernández (16–9) || Jackson (37) || 43,002 || 90–58 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 149 || September 19 || Yankees || 11 – 7 || Watson (4–1) || Martin (0–1) || || 42,969 || 90–59 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 150 || September 20 || @ Tigers || 4 – 3 (10) || Jones (4-4) || Riske (1-1) || || 26,106 || 90–60 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 151 || September 21 || @ Tigers || 6 – 1 || Burba (15–8) || Borkowski (1–5) || || 24,155 || 91–60 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 152 || September 22 || @ Tigers || 9 – 1 || Wright (8–9) || Moehler (9–16) || || 27,355 || 92–60 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 153 || September 23 || @ Tigers || 7 – 5 || Blair (3–11) || Nagy (17–10) || Jones (26) || 34,970 || 92–61 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 154 || September 24 || @ Blue Jays || 18 – 4 || Brower (2–1) || Munro (0–2) || || 26,620 || 93–61 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 155 || September 25 || @ Blue Jays || 9 – 6 || Colón (17–5) || Spoljaric (2–1) || Jackson (38) || 32,029 || 94–61 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 156 || September 26 || @ Blue Jays || 11 – 7 || Shuey (8–5) || Koch (0–5) || || 34,253 || 95–61 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 157 || September 28 || @ Royals || 2 – 1 || Brower (3–1) || Witasick (9–12) || Jackson (39) || 11,009 || 96–61 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 158 || September 29 || @ Royals || 5 – 2 || Rosado (10–14) || Nagy (17–11) || || 11,814 || 96–62 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 159 || September 30 || Blue Jays || 9 – 2 || Colón (18–5) || Spoljaric (2-2) || || 43,201 || 97–62 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 160 || October 1 || Blue Jays || 8 – 6 || Quantrill (3–2) || Karsay (10–2) || Koch (30) || 43,040 || 97–63 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 161 || October 2 || Blue Jays || 7 – 3 || Hentgen (11–12) || Wright (8–10) || Koch (31) || 43,049 || 97–64 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 162 || October 3 || Blue Jays || 9 – 2 || Wells (17–10) || Burba (15–9) || || 43,012 || 97–65 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || October 6 || Red Sox || 3 – 2 || Shuey (1–0) || Lowe (0–1) || || 45,182 || 1–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || October 7 || Red Sox || 11 – 1 || Nagy (1–0) || Saberhagen (0–1) || || 45,184 || 2–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || October 9 || @ Red Sox || 9 – 3 || Lowe (1–0) || Wright (0–1) || || 33,539 || 2–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || October 10 || @ Red Sox || 23 – 7 || Garces (1–0) || Colón (0–1) || || 33,898 || 2-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || October 12 || Red Sox || 12 – 8 || Martínez (1–0) || Shuey (1-1) || || 45,114 || 2–3 |-

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	119	392	43	110	21	1	3	32	.281	11
1B	Jim Thome	146	494	101	137	27	2	33	108	.277	0
2B	Roberto Alomar	159	563	138	182	40	3	24	120	.323	37
3B	Travis Fryman	85	322	45	82	16	2	10	48	.255	2
SS	Omar Vizquel	144	574	112	191	36	4	5	66	.333	42
LF	David Justice	133	429	75	123	18	0	21	88	.287	1
CF	Kenny Lofton	120	465	110	140	28	6	7	39	.301	25
RF	Manny Ramirez	147	522	131	174	34	3	44	165	.333	2
DH	Wil Cordero	54	194	35	58	15	0	8	32	.299	2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Sandy Alomar Jr.	37	137	19	42	13	0	6	25	.307	0
Carlos Baerga	22	57	4	13	0	0	1	5	.228	1
Harold Baines	28	85	5	23	2	0	1	22	.271	0
Pat Borders	6	20	2	6	0	1	0	3	.300	0
Russell Branyan	11	38	4	8	2	0	1	6	.211	0
Jolbert Cabrera	30	37	6	7	1	0	0	0	.189	3
Jacob Cruz	32	88	14	29	5	1	3	17	.330	0
Tyler Houston	13	27	2	4	1	0	1	3	.148	0
Jesse Levis	10	26	0	4	0	0	0	3	.154	0
Jeff Manto	12	25	5	5	0	0	1	2	.200	0
John McDonald	18	21	2	7	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Alex Ramírez	48	97	11	29	6	1	3	18	.299	1
Dave Roberts	41	143	26	34	4	0	2	12	.238	11
Richie Sexson	134	479	72	122	17	7	31	116	.255	3
Chris Turner	12	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	.190	1
Mark Whiten	8	25	2	4	1	0	1	4	.160	0
Enrique Wilson	113	332	41	87	22	1	2	24	.262	5

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Dave Burba	15	9	4.25	34	34	220.0	211	113	104	96	174
Bartolo Colón	18	5	3.95	32	32	205.0	185	97	90	76	161
Charles Nagy	17	11	4.95	33	32	202.0	238	120	111	59	126
Jaret Wright	8	10	6.06	26	26	133.2	144	99	90	77	91
Dwight Gooden	3	4	6.26	26	22	115.0	127	90	80	67	88

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Mark Langston	1	2	5.25	25	5	61.2	69	40	36	29	43
Chris Haney	0	2	4.69	13	4	40.1	43	22	21	16	22
Jim Brower	3	1	4.56	9	2	25.2	27	13	13	10	18
Tom Candiotti	1	1	11.05	7	2	14.2	19	18	18	7	11

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Mike Jackson	3	4	4.06	72	39	68.2	60	32	31	26	55
Paul Shuey	8	5	3.53	72	6	81.2	68	40	37	32	103
Steve Reed	3	2	4.23	63	0	61.2	69	33	29	20	44
Ricardo Rincón	2	3	4.43	59	0	44.2	41	22	22	24	30
Paul Assenmacher	2	1	8.18	55	0	33.0	50	32	30	17	29
Steve Karsay	10	2	2.97	50	1	78.2	71	29	26	30	68
David Riske	1	1	8.36	12	0	14.0	20	15	13	6	16
Sean DePaula	0	0	4.63	11	0	11.2	8	6	6	3	18
Rich DeLucia	0	1	6.75	6	0	9.1	13	7	7	9	7
Tom Martin	0	1	8.68	6	0	9.1	13	9	9	3	8
Dave Stevens	0	0	10.00	5	0	9.0	10	10	10	8	6
Paul Wagner	1	0	4.15	3	0	4.1	5	4	2	3	0
Jerry Spradlin	0	0	18.00	4	0	3.0	6	6	6	3	2
Jason Rakers	0	0	4.50	1	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0
Jim Poole	1	0	18.00	3	0	1.0	2	2	2	3	0
Jeff Tam	0	0	81.00	1	0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0

Award winners

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	[1999 Buffalo Bisons season](1999-buffalo-bisons-season)
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	[1999 Akron Aeros season](1999-akron-aeros-season)
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

Notes

References

1999 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
1999 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

References

Rochford, Jeremy. (September 9, 2014). "The Last 1,000 Run Team".
"Bruce Aven Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gilesbr02.shtml Brian Giles] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alomaro01.shtml Roberto Alomar] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitema01.shtml Mark Whiten] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/peraljh01.shtml Jhonny Peralta] at ''Baseball Reference''

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