1999 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

1999 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record87–75 (.537)
Other information
Owner(s)Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)Billy Beane
Manager(s)Art Howe
Local televisionKICU-TV
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
Local radioKABL
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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Offseason
  • December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[1]
  • December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics.[2]
  • January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[3]
  • January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.[4]
  • January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[5]
  • February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[6]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Oakland Athletics 8775 0.537 8 52–29 35–46
Seattle Mariners 7983 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Anaheim Angels 7092 0.432 25 37–44 33–48

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

Notable transactions

Roster
1999 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers
  • 33 T.J. Mathews
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Billy Taylor4315263.9838

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mike Quade
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Tony DeFrancesco
A Modesto A's California League Bob Geren
A Visalia Oaks California League Juan Navarrette
A-Short Season Southern Oregon Timberjacks Northwest League Greg Sparks
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League John Kuehl

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics

References
  1. "Tony Phillips Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. "Rafael Bournigal Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Marc Newfield Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. "Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. "Tim Raines Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. "John Jaha Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. "Randy Velarde Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. "Jason Isringhausen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. "Jeff D'Amico Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. "Rich Becker Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
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