1999 Milwaukee Brewers season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Milwaukee Brewers

| season = 1999

| misc =

| league = National League

| division = Central

| ballpark = Milwaukee County Stadium

| city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

| record = {{winpct|74|87|record=y}}

| 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)

|}}

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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamelbo01.shtml Bob Hamelin] at Baseball-Reference
November 20, 1998: Héctor Ramírez was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirhe01.shtml Héctor Ramírez] at Baseball-Reference
December 1, 1999: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martino01.shtml Norberto Martin] at Baseball-Reference
December 2, 1999: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.{{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml| title = David Weathers Stats {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com}}
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml Alex Ochoa] at Baseball-Reference
December 18, 1998: Marc Newfield was released by the Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newfima01.shtml Marc Newfield] at Baseball-Reference
January 27, 1999: Jim Abbott was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott] at Baseball-Reference

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.

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Paul Molitor
3B: 1978–92

=Opening day starters=

[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=ML4 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac]

=Season standings=

=Record vs. opponents=

=Notable transactions=

April 12, 1999: Aaron Small was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml Aaron Small] at Baseball-Reference
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheetbe01.shtml Ben Sheets] at Baseball-Reference
August 12, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml Jason Bere] at Baseball-Reference
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckeri01.shtml Rich Becker] at Baseball-Reference

=Roster=

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #c9b074; color: #0a2351; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|25\|Jim Abbott}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Jason Bere}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Rocky Coppinger}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Jeff D'Amico}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Carl Dale}} {{MLBplayer\|58\|Valerio de los Santos}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Cal Eldred}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Horacio Estrada}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Steve Falteisek}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Chad Fox}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Reggie Harris}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Scott Karl}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Mike Myers}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Hideo Nomo}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Kyle Peterson}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Jim Pittsley}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Eric Plunk}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Bill Pulsipher}} {{MLBplayer\|54\|Héctor Ramírez}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Al Reyes}} {{MLBplayer\|52\|Rafael Roque}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|David Weathers}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Bob Wickman}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Steve Woodard}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|50\|Robinson Cancel}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Charlie Greene}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Bobby Hughes}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Dave Nilsson}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|23\|Brian Banks}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Kevin Barker}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Ronnie Belliard}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Sean Berry}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Jeff Cirillo}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Lou Collier}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Mark Loretta}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|José Valentín}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Fernando Viña}} {{MLBplayer\|45,47\|Eddie Zosky}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|22\|Rich Becker}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Jeromy Burnitz}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Marquis Grissom}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Geoff Jenkins}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Lyle Mouton}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Alex Ochoa}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Phil Garner}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Jim Lefebvre }} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|39\|Bill Campbell (Pitching)}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Bill Castro (Bullpen)}} {{MLBplayer\|?\|Ron Jackson (First Base), (Hitting)}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Jim Lefebvre (Hitting)}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Doug Mansolino(Third Base)}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Bob Melvin (Bench)}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #c9b074; color: #0a2351; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

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| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

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| valign="top" | Outfielders

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| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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| = 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

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="5%" \| Pos ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| AB ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| R ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| H ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| HR ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| RBI ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SB
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align="center" \| C	Dave Nilsson	115	343	56	106	21	62	.309	1
align="center" \| 1B	Mark Loretta	153	587	93	170	5	67	.290	4
align="center" \| 2B	Ron Belliard	124	457	60	135	8	58	.295	4
align="center" \| 3B	Jeff Cirillo	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|157	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|607	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|98	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|198	15	88	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|.326	7
align="center" \| SS	José Valentín	89	256	45	58	10	38	.227	3
align="center" \| CF	Marquis Grissom	154	603	92	161	20	83	.267	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|24
align="center" \| RF	Jeromy Burnitz	130	467	87	126	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|33	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|103	.270	7
align="center" \| LF	Geoff Jenkins	135	447	70	140	21	82	.313	5
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{{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1999.shtml| title = 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com}}

==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

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| AB ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| R ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| H ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| HR ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| RBI ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Alex Ochoa	119	277	47	83	8	40	.300	6
align="center" \| Sean Berry	106	259	26	59	2	23	.228	0
align=center \| Brian Banks	105	219	34	53	5	22	.242	6
align=center \| Fernando Viña	37	154	17	41	1	16	.266	5
align=center \| Rich Becker	89	139	15	35	5	16	.252	5
align=center \| Lou Collier	74	135	18	35	2	21	.259	3
align=center \| Kevin Barker	38	117	13	33	3	23	.282	1
align=center \| Bobby Hughes	48	101	10	26	3	8	.257	0
align=center \| Robinson Cancel	15	44	5	8	0	5	.182	0
align=center \| Charlie Greene	32	42	4	8	0	1	.190	0
align=center \| Lyle Mouton	14	17	2	3	1	3	.176	0
align=center \| 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

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| IP ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| W ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| L ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SO ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| BB
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align="center" \| Scott Karl	33	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|197.2	11	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|11	4.78	74	69
align=center \| Steve Woodard	31	185.0	11	8	bgcolor="#FFCC00\|4.52	119	36
align=center \| Hideo Nomo	28	176.1	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|12	8	4.54	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|161	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|78
align="center" \| Bill Pulsipher	19	87.1	5	6	5.98	42	36
align=center \| Cal Eldred	20	82.0	2	8	7.79	60	46
align=center \| Jim Abbott	20	82.0	2	8	6.91	37	42
align=center \| 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

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style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| IP ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| W ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| L ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SO
align=center \| Rafael Roque	43	84.1	1	6	5.34	66
align=center \| Kyle Peterson	17	77.0	4	7	4.56	34

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style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" | Player

! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" | G

! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" | IP

! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" | W

! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" | L

! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" | ERA

! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" | SO

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| Rafael Roque

84.1

5.34

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| Kyle Peterson

77.0

4.56

== Relief pitchers ==

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

style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="16%" \| Player ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| G ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| W ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| L ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SV ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style=" background:#0a2351; color:#CBA140;" width="9%" \| SO
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align="center" \| Bob Wickman	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|71	3	8	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|37	3.39	60
align=center \| Mike Myers	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|71	2	1	0	5.23	35
align=center \| Eric Plunk	68	4	4	0	5.02	63
align=center \| David Weathers	63	7	4	2	4.65	74
align=center \| Rocky Coppinger	29	5	3	0	3.68	39
align=center \| Al Reyes	26	2	0	0	4.25	39
align=center \| Héctor Ramírez	15	1	2	0	3.43	9
align="center" \| Jim Pittsley	15	0	1	0	4.82	13
align=center \| Steve Falteisek	10	0	0	0	7.50	5
align=center \| Reggie Harris	8	0	0	0	3.00	11
align=center \| Valerio De Los Santos	7	0	1	0	6.48	5
align=center \| Chad Fox	6	0	0	0	10.80	12
align=center \| Horacio Estrada	4	0	0	0	7.36	5
align=center \| Carl Dale	4	0	1	0	20.25	4
align=center \| Jeff D'Amico	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 1999.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1999|title=1999 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=December 30, 2020}} The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

{{MLB Farm System

|level1=Triple-A |team1=Louisville RiverBats |league1=International League |manager1=Gary Allenson

|level2=Double-A |team2=Huntsville Stars |league2=Southern League |manager2=Darrell Evans

|level3=Class A-Advanced |team3=Stockton Ports| league3=California League |manager3=Bernie Moncallo and Carlos Ponce

|level4=Class A |team4=Beloit Snappers |league4=Midwest League |manager4=Don Money

|level5=Rookie |team5=Helena Brewers |league5=Pioneer League |manager5=Carlos Lezcano

|level6=Rookie |team6=Ogden Raptors |league6=Pioneer League |manager6=Jon Pont and Ed Sedar

|level7=Rookie |team7=DSL Brewers |league7=Dominican Summer League |manager7={{Center|—}}

|level8=Rookie |team8=VSL La Victoria |league8=Venezuelan Summer League |manager8={{Center|—}}

}}

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1999.shtml 1999 Milwaukee Brewers team] at Baseball-Reference
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=ML4 1999 Milwaukee Brewers team page] at baseball-almanac.com

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