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1999 Florida Marlins season

Field	Value
name	Florida Marlins
season	1999
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Pro Player Stadium
city	Miami Gardens, Florida
record	64–98 (.395)
divisional_place	5th
owners	John W. Henry
general_managers	Dave Dombrowski
managers	John Boles
television	Sports Channel Florida
WAMI-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
radio	WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz)

WAMI-TV (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton) (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Jesús Díaz) |}} The 1999 Florida Marlins season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64–98, fifth in the National League East.

Offseason

October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians.
December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.
December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

32	Alex Fernandez	P

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

June 15, 1999: Craig Counsell was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Ryan Moskau (minors) (July 15, 1999) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

Citrus Series

The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1.

June 4 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 10 – 0
June 5 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 9 – 7
June 6 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 11 – 6
July 9 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 11 – 4
July 10 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 8 – 9
July 11 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 3 – 2

Roster

1999 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers

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	Mike Redmond	84	242	73	.302	1	27
1B	Kevin Millar	105	351	100	.285	9	67
2B	Luis Castillo	128	487	147	.302	0	28
SS		136	560	155	.277	14	59
3B	Mike Lowell	97	308	78	.253	12	47
LF	Bruce Aven	137	381	110	.289	12	70
CF	Preston Wilson	149	482	135	.280	26	71
RF	Mark Kotsay	148	495	134	.271	8	50

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
Dave Berg	109	304	87	.286	3	25
Cliff Floyd	69	251	76	.303	11	49
Kevin Orie	77	240	61	.254	6	29
Jorge Fábregas	82	223	46	.206	3	21
Derrek Lee	70	218	45	.206	5	20
Danny Bautista	70	205	59	.288	5	24
Todd Dunwoody	64	186	41	.220	2	20
Tim Hyers	58	81	18	.222	2	12
Ramón Castro	24	67	12	.179	2	4
Craig Counsell	37	66	10	.152	0	2
Chris Clapinski	36	56	13	.232	0	2
Amaury García	10	24	6	.250	2	2
Julio Ramírez	15	21	3	.143	0	2
John Roskos	13	12	2	.167	0	1
Guillermo Garcia	4	4	1	.250	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
Dennis Springer	38	196.1	6	16	4.86	83
Brian Meadows	31	178.1	11	15	5.60	72
Ryan Dempster	25	147.0	7	8	4.71	126
Alex Fernandez	24	141.0	7	8	3.38	91
Liván Hernández	20	136.0	5	9	4.76	97
A.J. Burnett	7	41.1	4	2	3.48	33

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
Jesús Sánchez	59	76.1	5	7	6.01	62
Vladimir Núñez	17	74.2	4	8	4.58	58
Reid Cornelius	5	19.1	1	0	3.26	12
Kirt Ojala	8	10.2	0	1	14.34	5
Michael Tejera	3	6.1	0	0	11.37	7

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
Antonio Alfonseca	73	4	5	21	3.24	46
Braden Looper	72	3	3	0	3.80	50
Brian Edmondson	68	5	8	1	5.84	58
Vic Darensbourg	56	0	1	0	8.83	16
Matt Mantei	35	1	2	10	2.72	50
Rafael Medina	20	1	1	0	5.79	16
Archie Corbin	17	0	1	0	7.29	30
Héctor Almonte	15	0	2	0	4.20	8
Armando Almanza	14	0	1	0	1.72	20
Brent Billingsley	8	0	0	0	16.43	3

Farm system

References

"Bruce Aven Stats".
"Edgar Renteria Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zaungr01.shtml Gregg Zaun Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/counscr01.shtml Craig Counsell Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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