1999 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 1999 season was the 97th season for the Bronx-based professional baseball team. The team finished with a record of 98–64 finishing 4 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they got to the World Series and defeated the Atlanta Braves in 4 games to win their 25th World Series title. In that year, FTA broadcasts returned to where they all started in 1947—Fox-owned WNYW, the network's flagship channel, while cable broadcasts continued on MSG.

1999 New York Yankees
1999 AL East Champions
1999 AL Champions
1999 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWNYW
(Bobby Murcer, Tim McCarver)
MSG
(Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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Offseason
Major figures in the 1999 Yankees season included (clockwise from top left) Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez, David Cone, and Bernie Williams.
  • November 10, 1998: Scott Brosius resigned as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[1]
  • November 11, 1998: David Cone resigned as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[2]
  • November 25, 1998: Bernie Williams resigned as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[3]
  • February 5, 1999: Jeff Juden was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[4]
  • February 18, 1999: Roger Clemens was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Homer Bush, Graeme Lloyd, and David Wells.[5]
  • March 30, 1999: Izzy Molina was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Ben Ford to the New York Yankees for Darren Holmes and cash.[6]

Notable transactions
  • April 5, 1999: Darryl Strawberry signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[7]
  • July 31, 1999: Jim Leyritz was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Geraldo Padua (minors).[8]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9864 0.605 — 48–33 50–31
Boston Red Sox 9468 0.580 4 49–32 45–36
Toronto Blue Jays 8478 0.519 14 40–41 44–37
Baltimore Orioles 7884 0.481 20 41–40 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6993 0.426 29 33–48 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1999 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Season summary

David Cone's perfect game
  • July 18, 1999 – The Yankees won 6-0 in Interleague Play against the Montreal Expos, which was also pitcher David Cone's perfect game. The perfect game was the last shutout he would throw in his career.[9]

Line score

July 18, Yankee Stadium, New York

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WP: David Cone   LP: Javier Vázquez
Home runs:
Away: None
NYY: Ledee (3), Jeter (16)
Attendance: 41,930
Umpires: HP: Ted Barrett, 1B: Larry McCoy, 2B: Jim Evans, 3B: Chuck Meriwether
Notes: Duration: 2:16

Box score
Batting
Montreal Expos AB R H RBI New York Yankees AB R H RBI
Wilton Guerrero, dh 3 0 0 0 Chuck Knoblauch, 2b 2 1 1 0
Terry Jones, cf 2 0 0 0 Derek Jeter, ss 4 1 1 2
James Mouton, cf 1 0 0 0 Paul O'Neill 4 1 1 0
Rondell White, lf 3 0 0 0 Bernie Williams, cf 4 0 1 1
Vladimir Guerrero, rf 3 0 0 0 Tino Martinez, 1b 4 0 1 0
Jose Vidro, 2b 3 0 0 0 Chili Davis, dh 3 1 1 0
Brad Fullmer, 1b 3 0 0 0 Ricky Ledée, lf 4 1 1 2
Chris Widger, c 3 0 0 0 Scott Brosius, 3b 2 1 0 0
Shane Andrews, 3b 2 0 0 0 Joe Girardi, c 3 0 1 1
Ryan McGuire, ph 1 0 0 0 David Cone, p 0 0 0 0
Orlando Cabrera, ss 3 0 0 0 NONE 0 0 0 0
Javier Vázquez, p 0 0 0 0 NONE 0 0 0 0
Bobby Ayala, p 0 0 0 0 NONE 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 0 0 Totals 30 6 8 6
Pitching
Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Javier Vázquez 7.0 7 6 6 2 3 David Cone 9.0 0 0 0 0 10
Bobby Ayala 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 NONE 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 8 6 6 2 3 Totals 9.0 0 0 0 0 10

Record vs. opponents
1999 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Detailed records

Roster
1999 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers
  • 43 Jeff Nelson
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
1999 game log (98–64 (Home: 48–33 Away: 50–31))
April (14–7) Home: 10–1 Away: 4–6
May (15–13) Home: 5–7 Away: 10–6
June (17–9) Home: 8–6 Away: 9–3
July (16–11) Home: 11–5 Away: 5–6
August (19–10) Home: 9–6 Away: 10–4
September (15–13) Home: 5–7 Away: 10–6
October (2–1) Home: 0–0 Away: 2–1

Postseason Game log
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
1999 Postseason game log (11–1)
ALDS vs Rangers (3–0)
ALCS vs Red Sox (4–1)
WS vs Braves (4–0)

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
CJorge Posada11237993.2451257
1BTino Martinez159589155.26328105
2BChuck Knoblauch1506031762921868
3BScott Brosius133473117.2471871
SSDerek Jeter158627219.34925102
LFRicky Ledée8825069.276940
CFBernie Williams158591202.34225115
RFPaul O'Neill153597170.28519110
DHChili Davis146476128.2691978

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joe Girardi6520950.239227
Shane Spencer7120548.234820
Chad Curtis9619551.262524
Luis Sojo4912732.252216
Jim Leyritz316615.22705
Darryl Strawberry244916.32736
Clay Bellinger32459.20012
Tony Tarasco14315.16103
D'Angelo Jiménez7208.40004
Jeff Manto681.12500
Alfonso Soriano981.12511
Mike Figga200---00

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Orlando Hernández33214.11794.12157
David Cone31193.11293.44177
Andy Pettitte31191.214114.70121
Roger Clemens30187.214104.60163
Hideki Irabu32169.11174.84133

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Naulty3349.1104.3825
Allen Watson2134.1402.1030
Ed Yarnall517.0103.7113
Todd Erdos47.0003.864
Jay Tessmer66.20014.853
Jeff Juden25.2011.599
Mike Buddie22.0004.501
Tony Fossas51.00036.000

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Mariano Rivera6669.043451.8352
Mike Stanton7362.12204.3359
Jason Grimsley5575.07213.6049
Ramiro Mendoza53123.29934.2980
Jeff Nelson3930.12114.1535

ALDS
Main article: 1999 American League Division Series

Series Summary:

  • Game 1 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Rangers 0
  • Game 2 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Rangers 1
  • Game 3 @ The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 3, Rangers 0

ALCS
Main article: 1999 American League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-1

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1New York4Boston3October 131-0 (NYY)
2New York3Boston2October 142-0 (NYY)
3Boston13New York1October 162-1 (NYY)
4Boston2New York9October 173-1 (NYY)
5Boston1New York6October 184-1 (NYY)

World series
Main article: 1999 World Series

Game 1

October 23, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta.

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WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Greg Maddux (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
NYY: None
ATL: Chipper Jones (1)

Game 2

October 24, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta

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WP: David Cone (1-0)   LP: Kevin Millwood (0-1)

Game 3

October 26, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

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Atlanta10310000005141
New York1000101201690
WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0)   LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYY: Chad Curtis 2 (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1)

Game 4

October 27, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York city

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WP: Roger Clemens (1-0)   LP: John Smoltz (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
ATL: None
NYY: Jim Leyritz (1)

Awards and honors

1999 All-Star Game

  • David Cone, Pitcher, Reserve
  • Derek Jeter, Shortstop, Reserve
  • Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitcher, Reserve
  • Bernie Williams, Outfield, Reserve
  • In the 1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Past Tense", a character from the 2020s called the 1999 New York Yankees the best team he had ever seen. While it could be argued the 1998 team was better, it is considered remarkable that a television program that aired in 1995 could have even predicted such a successful season for a specific team.

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Trey Hillman
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Lee Mazzilli
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Tom Nieto
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Stan Hough
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Joe Arnold
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Ken Dominguez

[10]

References
  1. Scott Brosius Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. David Cone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Bernie Williams Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Roger Clemens Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Izzy Molina Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Darryl Strawberry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. The Yankee Years, pp.74-75, Joe Torre and Tom Verducci, Doubleday Publishing, New York, ISBN 978-0-385-52740-8
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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