1999 Cincinnati Reds season

1999 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Cinergy Field (since 1970)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Marge Schott, Carl Lindner
General manager(s)	Jim Bowden
Manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Local television	Fox Sports Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Local radio	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The Cincinnati Reds' 1999 season was a season in American baseball. During the season the Reds became a surprising contender in the National League Central, winning 96 games and narrowly losing the division to the Houston Astros, ultimately missing the playoffs after losing a one game playoff with the New York Mets.^[1]

Offseason

November 5, 1998: Melvin Nieves was released by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
November 10, 1998: Bret Boone was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Mike Remlinger to the Atlanta Braves for Rob Bell, Denny Neagle, and Michael Tucker.^[3]
November 11, 1998: Paul Konerko was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Cameron.^[4]
December 21, 1998: Steve Avery was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[5]
February 2, 1999: Mark Sweeney was traded by the San Diego Padres with Greg Vaughn to the Cincinnati Reds for Damian Jackson, Reggie Sanders, and Josh Harris (minors).^[6]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Pos	Player
CF	Mike Cameron
SS	Barry Larkin
1B	Sean Casey
LF	Greg Vaughn
RF	Dmitri Young
C	Eddie Taubensee
3B	Aaron Boone
2B	Pokey Reese
P	Brett Tomko

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	97	65	0.599	—	50–32	47–33
Cincinnati Reds	96	67	0.589	1½	45–37	51–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	83	0.484	18½	45–36	33–47
St. Louis Cardinals	75	86	0.466	21½	38–42	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	74	87	0.460	22½	32–48	42–39
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	34–47	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	—	4–5	7–2	1–8	6–7	8–1	5–4	7–6	5–4	6–3	7–2	8–1	5–2	11–2	9–3	4–4	7–8
Atlanta	5–4	—	2–5	8–1	5–4	9–4	6–1	5–4	5–2	9–4	9–3	8–5	6–3	5–4	4–5	8–1	9–9
Chicago	2–7	5–2	—	5–8	4–5	6–3	3–9	2–7	6–6	2–5	3–6	2–7	7–6	6–3	1–7	7–5	6–9
Cincinnati	8–1	1–8	8–5	—	7–2	6–1	9–4	4–3	6–6	4–3	5–5	6–3	7–6	6–3	4–5	8–4	7-8
Colorado	7–6	4–5	5–4	2–7	—	5–4	2–6	8–5	6–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	2–7	4–9	4–9	4–5	4–8
Florida	1–8	4–9	3–6	1–6	4–5	—	2–7	7–2	5–4	8–4	3–10	2–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	3–4	11–7
Houston	4–5	1–6	9–3	4–9	6–2	7-2	—	6–3	8–5	7–2	4–5	6–1	5–7	8–1	5–4	5–7	12–3
Los Angeles	6–7	4–5	7–2	3–4	5–8	2–7	3–6	—	7–2	5–4	4–4	6–3	3–6	3–9	8–5	3–6	8–7
Milwaukee	4–5	2–5	6–6	6–6	3–6	4–5	5–8	2–7	—	5–4	2–5	5–4	8–4	3–5	4–5	7–6	8–6
Montreal	3–6	4–9	5–2	3–4	3–6	4–8	2–7	4–5	4–5	—	5–8	6–6	3–6	5–3	4–5	5–4	8–10
New York	2–7	3–9	6–3	5–5	5–4	10–3	5–4	4–4	5–2	8–5	—	6–6	7–2	7–2	7–2	5–2	12–6
Philadelphia	1-8	5–8	7–2	3–6	4–5	11–2	1–6	3–6	4–5	6–6	6–6	—	3–4	6–3	2–6	4–5	11–7
Pittsburgh	2–5	3–6	6–7	6–7	7–2	4–3	7–5	6–3	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–3	—	3–6	4–5	7–5	7–8
San Diego	2–11	4–5	3–6	3–6	9–4	6–3	1–8	9–3	5–3	3–5	2–7	3–6	6–3	—	5–7	2–7	11–4
San Francisco	3–9	5–4	7–1	5–4	9–4	5–4	4–5	5–8	5–4	5–4	2–7	6–2	5–4	7–5	—	6–3	7–8
St. Louis	4–4	1–8	5–7	4–8	5–4	4-3	7–5	6–3	6–7	4–5	2–5	5–4	5–7	7–2	3–6	—	7–8

Transactions

June 2, 1999: Ben Broussard was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1999.^[7]
August 4, 1999: Jason Bere was released by the Cincinnati Reds.^[8]

Roster

1999 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

33 Steve Avery

37 Stan Belinda

46 Jason Bere

32 Danny Graves

57 Rick Greene

57 Juan Guzmán

38 Pete Harnisch

26 John Hudek

15 Denny Neagle

58 Steve Parris

49 Dennys Reyes

43 B. J. Ryan

56 Scott Sullivan

40 Brett Tomko

41 Ron Villone

36 Gabe White

48 Scott Williamson

Catchers

29 Brian Johnson

26 Jason LaRue

10 Eddie Taubensee

Infielders

17 Aaron Boone

21 Sean Casey

6 Gookie Dawkins

11 Barry Larkin

28 Mark Lewis

11 Hal Morris

3 Pokey Reese

12 Chris Stynes

7 Mark Sweeney

Outfielders

44 Mike Cameron

4 Jeffrey Hammonds

00 Kerry Robinson

34 Michael Tucker

23 Greg Vaughn

25 Dmitri Young

Manager

31 Jack McKeon

Coaches

2 Harry Dunlop (assistant)

30 Ken Griffey, Sr. (hitting)

35 Don Gullett (pitching)

47 Tom Hume (bullpen)

19 Denis Menke (bench)

7 Ron Oester (third base)

22 Dave Collins (first base)

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
C	Eddie Taubensee	126	424	132	.311	21	87
1B	Sean Casey	151	594	197	.332	25	99
2B	Pokey Reese	149	585	167	.285	10	52
3B	Aaron Boone	139	472	132	.280	14	72
SS	Barry Larkin	161	583	171	.293	12	75
LF	Greg Vaughn	153	550	135	.245	45	118
CF	Mike Cameron	146	542	139	.256	21	66
RF	Michael Tucker	133	296	75	.253	11	44

Other batters

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
OF	Dmitri Young	127	373	112	.300	14	56
OF	Jeffrey Hammonds	123	262	73	.279	17	41
3B	Mark Lewis	88	173	44	.254	6	28
C	Brian Johnson	45	117	27	.231	5	18
IF	Chris Stynes	73	113	27	.239	2	14
1B	Hal Morris	80	102	29	.284	0	16
C	Jason LaRue	36	90	19	.211	3	10
1B	Mark Sweeney	37	31	11	.355	2	7

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	K	ERA	WHIP
Harnisch, Pete	33	33	198.1	16	10	120	3.68	1.24
Tomko, Brett	33	26	172.0	5	7	132	4.78	1.36
Villone, Ron	29	22	142.2	9	7	97	4.23	1.31
Parris, Steve	22	21	128.2	11	4	86	3.50	1.36
Neagle, Denny	20	19	111.2	9	5	76	4.27	1.20
Avery, Steve	19	19	96.0	6	7	51	5.16	1.59

Other pitchers

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Guzman, Juan	12	12	77.1	6	3	3.03	60
Bere, Jason	12	10	43.1	3	0	6.85	28
Belinda, Stan	29	0	42.2	3	1	5.27	40
Greene, Rick	1	0	5.2	0	0	4.76	3
Ryan, B.J.	1	0	2.0	0	0	4.50	1
Hudek, John	2	0	1.0	0	1	27.00	0

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Sullivan, Scott	79	5	4	3	3.01	78
Graves, Danny	75	8	7	27	3.08	69
Williamson, Scott	62	12	7	19	2.41	107
Reyes, Dennys	65	2	2	2	3.79	72
White, Gabe	50	1	2	0	4.43	61

Awards and honors

Legacy

The 96 wins by the 1999 Cincinnati Reds were the most since the 1976 Big Red Machine who compiled 102 victories en route to their second consecutive World Series title. The Reds would not reach the 90-win plateau again until the 2010 season, when the team won the National League Central title with 91 victories.^[10]

The 1999 team is regarded as one of the best teams not to make the playoffs. Since the switch to 162 game season in 1963, the Reds have the sixth-best record, only to not make the playoffs at 96-67.^[11]

Notable Records

The team scored 865 runs, which still stands as the franchise record for runs scored in a season. The team also set franchise highs in most runs batted in (820), most total bases (2,549), and highest slugging percentage (.451)^[10]

On May 19, 1999 the Reds set three franchise records when they collected 28 hits, 15 extra base hits, and 55 total bases in a 24-12 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Sean Casey and Jeffrey Hammonds also set individual franchise records with each scoring five runs.^[12]

On September 4, 1999 the Reds set a franchise record when they clubbed nine home runs in a 22-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.^[12]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Phillip Wellman
A	Clinton Lumber Kings	Midwest League	Freddie Benavides
A	Rockford Reds	Midwest League	Mike Rojas
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Donnie Scott
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Russ Nixon

References

↑ Reds Fan says:. "Teams That Were Almost Great: The 1999 Cincinnati Reds | UmpBump.com | A baseball fan blog". UmpBump.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ "Melvin Nieves Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ Bret Boone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "Paul Konerko Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ Steve Avery Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "Mark Sweeney Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ Ben Broussard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "Jason Bere Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ "Hutch Award". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
1 2 "Reds Season Records".
↑ "Best baseball teams to not make the playoffs".
1 2 "Reds Single Game Records".
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1999 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

1999 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Walt Jocketty
General Manager: Dick Williams
Manager: Bryan Price

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Louisville Bats (AAA)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA)
Daytona Tortugas (A Adv.)
Dayton Dragons (A)
Billings Mustangs (Rookie Adv.)
AZL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Rojos (Rookie)

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