1999 Montreal Expos season

The 1999 Montreal Expos season was the 31st season in franchise history.

1999 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record68–94
Divisional place4th
OwnersClaude Brochu
General managersJim Beattie
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionThe Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Gary Carter)

SRC
(Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte, Marc Griffin, Alain Chantelois)
RadioCIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Elliott Price, Joe Cannon)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Offseason

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Future Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams was taken by the Montreal Expos in the 1998 Rule 5 draft. The Expos sold his rights to the Texas Rangers.[1]

Spring training

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In 1999, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their second season there.

Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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NL EastWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Atlanta Braves103590.63656–2547–34
New York Mets97660.59549–3248–34
Philadelphia Phillies77850.4752641–4036–45
Montreal Expos68940.4203535–4633–48
Florida Marlins64980.3953935–4529–53

Record vs. opponents

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Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona4–57–21–86–78–15–47–65–46–37–28–15–211–29–34–47–8
Atlanta5–42–58–15–49–46–15–45–29–49–38–56–35–44–58–19–9
Chicago2–75–25–84–56–33–92–76–62–53–62–77–66–31–77–56–9
Cincinnati8–11–88–57–26–19–44–36–64–35–56–37–66–34–58–47-8
Colorado7–64–55–42–75–42–68–56–36–34–55–42–74–94–94–54–8
Florida1–84–93–61–64–52–77–25–48–43–102–113–43–64–53–411–7
Houston4–51–69–34–96–27-26–38–57–24–56–15–78–15–45–712–3
Los Angeles6–74–57–23–45–82–73–67–25–44–46–33–63–98–53–68–7
Milwaukee4–52–56–66–63–64–55–82–75–42–55–48–43–54–57–68–6
Montreal3–64–95–23–43–64–82–74–54–55–86–63–65–34–55–48–10
New York2–73–96–35–55–410–35–44–45–28–56–67–27–27–25–212–6
Philadelphia1-85–87–23–64–511–21–63–64–56–66–63–46–32–64–511–7
Pittsburgh2–53–66–76–77–24–37–56–34–86–32–74–33–64–57–57–8
San Diego2–114–53–63–69–46–31–89–35–33–52–73–66–35–72–711–4
San Francisco3–95–47–15–49–45–44–55–85–45–42–76–25–47–56–37–8
St. Louis4–41–85–74–85–44–37–56–36–74–52–55–45–77–23–67–8
Expos vs. American League
TeamAL East
BALBOSNYYTBTOR
Montreal0–33–01–22–12–4

Transactions

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  • May 17, 1999: Mel Rojas was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[2]
  • June 2, 1999: Brandon Phillips was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999.[3]
  • July 3, 1999: Mel Rojas was released by the Montreal Expos.[2]

Roster

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1999 Montreal Expos
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CChris Widger124383101.2641456
1BBrad Fullmer10034796.277947
2BJosé Vidro140494150.3041259
SSOrlando Cabrera10438297.254839
3BShane Andrews9828151.1811137
LFRondell White138539168.3122264
CFManny Martínez13733181.245226
RFVladimir Guerrero160610193.31642131

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Michael Barrett126433127.293852
Wilton Guerrero13231592.292231
Mike Mordecai10922653.235525
Orlando Merced9319452.268826
Ryan McGuire8814031.221218
Geoff Blum4513332.241818
James Mouton9512232.262213
Fernando Seguignol3510527.257510
Terry Jones176317.27003
Trace Coquillette174913.26504
Peter Bergeron164511.24401
Darron Cox15256.24012
José Fernández8245.20801
Robert Machado17224.18200
Chris Stowers420.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dustin Hermanson34216.19144.20145
Javier Vázquez26154.2985.00113
Mike Thurman29146.27114.0585
Carl Pavano19104.0685.6370
Jeremy Powell1797.0484.7344
Dan Smith2089.2496.0272
Tony Armas Jr.16.0011.502

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Miguel Batista39134.2874.8895
Ted Lilly923.2017.6128
Shayne Bennett511.10114.294
Mike Johnson38.1008.646

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ugueth Urbina7166413.69100
Steve Kline827403.7569
Anthony Telford795423.9469
Bobby Ayala531603.6864
Guillermo Mota512402.9327
J.D. Smart290105.0221
Scott Strickland170104.5023
Mike Maddux40009.004
Mel Rojas300016.881
Rick DeHart300021.601

Award winners

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1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAOttawa LynxInternational LeagueJeff Cox
AAHarrisburg SenatorsEastern LeagueDoug Sisson and Rick Sweet
AJupiter HammerheadsFlorida State LeagueLuis Dorante
ACape Fear CrocsSouth Atlantic LeagueFrank Kremblas
A-Short SeasonVermont ExposNew York–Penn LeagueTony Barbone
RookieGCL ExposGulf Coast LeagueBill Masse

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ricky Williams Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos from Netglimse.com". Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Mel Rojas Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Brandon Phillips Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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