1999 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks 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]

1999 Arizona Diamondbacks
1999 NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry Colangelo
General manager(s)Joe Garagiola Jr.
Manager(s)Buck Showalter
Local televisionFSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Bob Brenly, Joe Garagiola)
Local radioKTAR (620 AM)
(Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte)
KSUN (Spanish)
(Jose Tolentino, Ivan Lara)
StatsESPN.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 Martínez 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 271​2⁄3 innings pitched.[10]

Opening Day starters

[11]

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
Arizona Diamondbacks 10062 0.617 — 52–29 48–33
San Francisco Giants 8676 0.531 14 49–32 37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7785 0.475 23 37–44 40–41
San Diego Padres 7488 0.457 26 46–35 28–53
Colorado Rockies 7290 0.444 28 39–42 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1999 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —4–57–21–86–78–15–47–65–46–37–28–15–211–29–34–47–8
Atlanta 5–4—2–58–15–49–46–15–45–29–49–38–56–35–44–58–19–9
Chicago 2–75–2—5–84–56–33–92–76–62–53–62–77–66–31–77–56–9
Cincinnati 8–11–88–5—7–26–19–44–36–64–35–56–37–66–34–58–47-8
Colorado 7–64–55–42–7—5–42–68–56–36–34–55–42–74–94–94–54–8
Florida 1–84–93–61–64–5—2–77–25–48–43–102–113–43–64–53–411–7
Houston 4–51–69–34–96–27-2—6–38–57–24–56–15–78–15–45–712–3
Los Angeles 6–74–57–23–45–82–73–6—7–25–44–46–33–63–98–53–68–7
Milwaukee 4–52–56–66–63–64–55–82–7—5–42–55–48–43–54–57–68–6
Montreal 3–64–95–23–43–64–82–74–54–5—5–86–63–65–34–55–48–10
New York 2–73–96–35–55–410–35–44–45–28–5—6–67–27–27–25–212–6
Philadelphia 1-85–87–23–64–511–21–63–64–56–66–6—3–46–32–64–511–7
Pittsburgh 2–53–66–76–77–24–37–56–34–86–32–74–3—3–64–57–57–8
San Diego 2–114–53–63–69–46–31–89–35–33–52–73–66–3—5–72–711–4
San Francisco 3–95–47–15–49–45–44–55–85–45–42–76–25–47–5—6–37–8
St. Louis 4–41–85–74–85–44–37–56–36–74–52–55–45–77–23–6—7–8

Game log
Legend
Diamondbacks Win Diamondbacks Loss Game Postponed
1999 Regular Season Game Log (100–62) (Home: 52–29; Road: 48–33)

Roster
1999 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  2 Hanley Frias
 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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.
Damian Miller86296801147.270
Travis Lee12037589950.237
Jay Bell15158917038112.289
Matt Williams15462719035142.303
Andy Fox9927470633.255
Luis Gonzalez15361420626111.336
Steve Finley15659015634103.264
Tony Womack144614170441.277

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Other batters
Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
Kelly Stinnett88284661438.232
Bernard Gilkey9420460839.294
Erubiel Durazo52155511130.329
Hanley Frias6915041116.273
Tony Batista4414437521.257
Greg Colbrunn6713544524.326
Turner Ward1023827.348
Rod Barajas516413.250
Randy Johnson33971206.124

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson35271.71792.48364
Omar Daal32214.71693.65148
Todd Stottlemyre17101.3634.0974

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Frascatore2633.0144.0915
Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Matt Mantei3029.001222.7949
Greg Swindell6364.74012.5151
Gregg Olson6160.794143.7145
Dan Plesac3421.72113.3227

NLDS
Main article: 1999 National League Division Series

New York wins series, 3-1

GameScoreDate
1New York 8, Arizona 4October 5
2Arizona 7, New York 1October 6
3New York 9, Arizona 2October 8
4New York 4, Arizona 3 (10 innings)October 9

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Sidewinders Pacific Coast League Chris Speier
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Don Wakamatsu
A High Desert Mavericks California League Derek Bryant
A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Mike Brumley
Rookie AZL Diamondbacks Arizona League Roly de Armas
Rookie Missoula Osprey Pioneer League Joe Almaraz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Missoula[15][16]

References
  1. 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
  2. Izzy Molina Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Dante Powell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
  6. Randy Johnson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml
  10. "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  11. 1999 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster by Baseball Almanac
  12. Lyle Overbay Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. Dan Plesac Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/1999.shtml
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=ARI&year=1999
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