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1999 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1999
league	National League
division	Central
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	Bud Selig
general_managers	Sal Bando, Dean Taylor
managers	Phil Garner, Jim Lefebvre
television	WCGV-TV
Midwest SC
(Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder)
radio	WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper)

Midwest SC (Matt Vasgersian, Len Kasper, Bill Schroeder) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell, Len Kasper) |}} The 1999 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 30th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 2nd in the National League, and their 31st overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 74 wins and 87 losses, failing to improve by one game from the season prior and were eliminated from postseason contention for the 17th consecutive season.

Offseason

November 11, 1998: Bob Hamelin was released by the Brewers.
November 20, 1998: Héctor Ramírez was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
December 1, 1999: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
December 2, 1999: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
December 14, 1998: The Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Alex Ochoa. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Darrell Nicholas (minors) to the Twins on December 15.
December 18, 1998: Marc Newfield was released by the Brewers.
January 27, 1999: Jim Abbott was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.

Regular season

July 14, 1999: "Big Blue", a massive crane that was used to put the roof panels on soon to be completed Miller Park, collapsed while attempting to place one of the panels. Ultimately, this accident delayed the opening of Miller Park a full season and it wasn't opened until April 2001.

Opening day starters

Sean Berry
Jeromy Burnitz
Jeff Cirillo
Marquis Grissom
Geoff Jenkins
Mark Loretta
Dave Nilsson
Bill Pulsipher
Fernando Viña

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 12, 1999: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
May 23, 1999: Aaron Small was released by the Brewers.
June 2, 1999: Ben Sheets was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 30, 1999.
August 12, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Carl Dale to the Brewers on August 20.

Roster

1999 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
C	Dave Nilsson	115	343	56	106	21	62	.309	1
1B	Mark Loretta	153	587	93	170	5	67	.290	4
2B	Ron Belliard	124	457	60	135	8	58	.295	4
3B	Jeff Cirillo	157	607	98	198	15	88	.326	7
SS	José Valentín	89	256	45	58	10	38	.227	3
CF	Marquis Grissom	154	603	92	161	20	83	.267	24
RF	Jeromy Burnitz	130	467	87	126	33	103	.270	7
LF	Geoff Jenkins	135	447	70	140	21	82	.313	5

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
Alex Ochoa	119	277	47	83	8	40	.300	6
Sean Berry	106	259	26	59	2	23	.228	0
Brian Banks	105	219	34	53	5	22	.242	6
Fernando Viña	37	154	17	41	1	16	.266	5
Rich Becker	89	139	15	35	5	16	.252	5
Lou Collier	74	135	18	35	2	21	.259	3
Kevin Barker	38	117	13	33	3	23	.282	1
Bobby Hughes	48	101	10	26	3	8	.257	0
Robinson Cancel	15	44	5	8	0	5	.182	0
Charlie Greene	32	42	4	8	0	1	.190	0
Lyle Mouton	14	17	2	3	1	3	.176	0
Eddie Zosky	8	7	1	1	0	0	.143	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Scott Karl	33	197.2	11	11	4.78	74	69
Steve Woodard	31	185.0	11	8	4.52	119	36
Hideo Nomo	28	176.1	12	8	4.54	161	78
Bill Pulsipher	19	87.1	5	6	5.98	42	36
Cal Eldred	20	82.0	2	8	7.79	60	46
Jim Abbott	20	82.0	2	8	6.91	37	42
Jason Bere	5	23.1	2	0	4.63	19	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Inning pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rafael Roque	43	84.1	1	6	5.34	66
Kyle Peterson	17	77.0	4	7	4.56	34

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
Bob Wickman	71	3	8	37	3.39	60
Mike Myers	71	2	1	0	5.23	35
Eric Plunk	68	4	4	0	5.02	63
David Weathers	63	7	4	2	4.65	74
Rocky Coppinger	29	5	3	0	3.68	39
Al Reyes	26	2	0	0	4.25	39
Héctor Ramírez	15	1	2	0	3.43	9
Jim Pittsley	15	0	1	0	4.82	13
Steve Falteisek	10	0	0	0	7.50	5
Reggie Harris	8	0	0	0	3.00	11
Valerio De Los Santos	7	0	1	0	6.48	5
Chad Fox	6	0	0	0	10.80	12
Horacio Estrada	4	0	0	0	7.36	5
Carl Dale	4	0	1	0	20.25	4
Jeff D'Amico	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 1999. The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants.

References

1999 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
1999 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamelbo01.shtml Bob Hamelin] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirhe01.shtml Héctor Ramírez] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martino01.shtml Norberto Martin] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"David Weathers Stats {{!".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml Alex Ochoa] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newfima01.shtml Marc Newfield] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=ML4 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml Aaron Small] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheetbe01.shtml Ben Sheets] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml Jason Bere] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckeri01.shtml Rich Becker] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1999 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics {{!".
"1999 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.

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