1999 San Diego Padres season

1999 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Qualcomm Stadium (since 1967)
San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	John Moores
General manager(s)	Kevin Towers
Manager(s)	Bruce Bochy
Local television	KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe)
Local radio	KFMB (AM) (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 1999 San Diego Padres finished fourth in the National League West. They had lost several key players after their 1998 pennant-winning season, most notably pitching ace Kevin Brown.

Offseason

Acquisitions

November 13, 1998: John Vander Wal was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.^[1]
November 17, 1998: Archi Cianfrocco was released by the San Diego Padres.^[2]
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).^[3]
Starting pitcher Joey Hamilton traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for starting pitchers Woody Williams and reliever Carlos Almanzar^[4]

Free agent losses

Regular season

The Padres played in the first game ever at Safeco Field on July 15, 1999. The Mariners lost to the Padres by a score of 3 to 2. It was the first park in Major League history to host an interleague game on its inaugural day.^[5]

Opening Day starters

George Arias
Andy Ashby
Chris Gomez
Tony Gwynn
Wally Joyner
Greg Myers
Rubén Rivera
Reggie Sanders
Quilvio Veras ^[6]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	100	62	0.617	—	52–29	48–33
San Francisco Giants	86	76	0.531	14	49–32	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	77	85	0.475	23	37–44	40–41
San Diego Padres	74	88	0.457	26	46–35	28–53
Colorado Rockies	72	90	0.444	28	39–42	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

Notable transactions

July 31, 1999: Jim Leyritz was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Geraldo Padua (minors).^[7]

Roster

1999 San Diego Padres

Roster

Pitchers

40 Carlos Almanzar

43 Andy Ashby

37 Brian Boehringer

58 Buddy Carlyle

31 Matt Clement

39 Will Cunnane

46 Domingo Guzmán

41 Sterling Hitchcock

51 Trevor Hoffman

33 Dan Miceli

27 Heath Murray

44 Carlos Reyes

32 Roberto Rivera

34 Stan Spencer

52 Ed Vosberg

36 Donne Wall

50 Matt Whisenant

49 Matt Whiteside

18 Woody Williams

Catchers

25 Ben Davis

7 Wiki González

13 Jim Leyritz

20 Greg Myers

Infielders

14 George Arias

1 Carlos Baerga

1 Carlos García

17 Ed Giovanola

10 Chris Gomez

2 Damian Jackson

22 Wally Joyner

12 Dave Magadan

23 Phil Nevin

24 David Newhan

4 Quilvio Veras

Outfielders

26 Mike Darr

19 Tony Gwynn

21 Gary Matthews, Jr.

3 Eric Owens

28 Rubén Rivera

16 Reggie Sanders

29 John Vander Wal

Manager

15 Bruce Bochy

Coaches

38 Greg Booker (bullpen)

11 Tim Flannery (third Base)

30 Davey Lopes (first base)

5 Rob Picciolo (bench)

16 Merv Rettenmund (hitting)

45 Dave Smith (pitching)

Tony Gwynn's 3000th Hit

August 6, 1999: Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got the 3,000th Hit of his career. After the hit, first base umpire Kerwin Danley personally congratulated Tony Gwynn after the hit because they were teammates at San Diego State. Gwynn had four singles in the game. Gwynn became the twenty-second member of the three-thousand hit club and accomplished the feat on his mother's birthday.

Line Score

August 6, Olympic Stadium, Montréal, Québec

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	12	17	3
Montreal	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	10	9	3
W: Sterling Hitchcock L: Dan Smith SV: Trevor Hoffman
HRs: Phil Nevin (6), Vladimir Guerrero (15), Chris Widger (23), Orlando Cabrera (7)
Attendance: 13,540 Time:3:18

Batting

San Diego Padres	AB	R	H	RBI	Montreal Expos	AB	R	H	RBI
Quilvio Veras, 2b	5	4	3	0	Manny Martínez	4	0	0	0
Carlos Reyes, p	0	0	0	0	Guillermo Mota, p	0	0	0	0
Trevor Hoffman, p	0	0	0	0	Anthony Telford, p	0	0	0	0
Tony Gwynn, lf	5	1	4	0	Wilton Guerrero, ph	1	0	1	2
Rubén Rivera, pr-cf	0	1	0	0	Michael Barrett, 3b	5	1	1	0
Reggie Sanders, lf-rf	5	1	2	1	Rondell White, lf	3	0	0	1
Phil Nevin, 3b	5	2	2	4	Vladimir Guerrero, rf	4	2	2	1
Wally Joyner, 1b	4	0	1	0	Chris Widger, c	4	2	2	1
Eric Owens, cf-lf	5	2	2	1	Brad Fullmer, 1b	2	0	0	0
Ben Davis	5	1	2	1	Bobby Ayala	0	0	0	0
Damian Jackson, ss	4	0	1	0	James Mouton, ph-cf	2	2	2	1
Damian Jackson, ss	4	0	1	0	Orlando Cabrera, ss	3	1	1	3
Damian Jackson, ss	4	0	1	0	Mike Mordecai, 2b	3	0	0	0
Sterling Hitchcock, p	3	0	0	0	Orlando Merced, ph	1	1	0	0
Will Cunnane, p	0	0	0	0	Dan Smith	0	0	0	0
John Vander Wal, ph	1	0	0	0	J.D. Smart, p	1	0	0	0
Dan Miceli, p	0	0	0	0	Shane Andrews, 1b	3	1	0	0
Dave Magadan, ph	0	0	0	1	NONE	0	0	0	0
Ed Giovanola, 2b	0	0	0	0	NONE	0	0	0	0
Totals	42	12	17	9	Totals	36	10	9	9

Pitching

San Diego Padres	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Hitchcock, W	6.0	6	6	6	0	5
Cunnane	1.0	1	1	1	0	1
Miceli	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Reyes	0.2	1	3	0	1	0
Hoffman, SV	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	9	10	7	1	6

Montreal Expos	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Smith, L	0.2	5	4	4	1	0
J.D. Smart	3.1	6	3	3	1	1
Ayala	3.0	2	1	0	0	3
Mota	1.2	4	4	4	1	3
Telford	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	15	12	11	3	7

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	Davis, BenBen Davis	76	266	65	.244	5	30
1B	Joyner, WallyWally Joyner
2B	Veras, QuilvioQuilvio Veras
3B	Nevin, PhilPhil Nevin
SS	Jackson, DamianDamian Jackson
LF	Sanders, ReggieReggie Sanders
CF	Rivera, RubénRubén Rivera
RF	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn

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
Vander Wal, JohnJohn Vander Wal	132	246	67	.272	6	41
Owens, EricEric Owens

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hitchcock, SterlingSterling Hitchcock
Williams, WoodyWoody Williams
Ashby, AndyAndy Ashby
Clement, MattMatt Clement

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Boehringer, BrianBrian Boehringer

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hoffman, TrevorTrevor Hoffman
Miceli, DanDan Miceli
Reyes, CarlosCarlos Reyes
Wall, DonneDonne Wall
Almanzar, CarlosCarlos Almanzar	28	0	0	0	7.47	30
Rivera, RobertoRoberto Rivera	12	1	2	0	3.86	3

Award winners

Tony Gwynn, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas Stars	Pacific Coast League	Mike Ramsey
AA	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	Mike Basso
A	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	California League	Tom LeVasseur
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Dan Simonds
Rookie	AZL Padres	Arizona League	Randy Whisler
Rookie	Idaho Falls Braves	Pioneer League	Don Werner

References

↑ John Vander Wal Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cianfar01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml
1 2 3 4 Fleming, David (March 29, 1999). "San Diego Padres: After heavy losses the league champs face a fate sadder than a Garth Brooks ballad". Sports Illustrated. pp. 152–3. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011.
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.70, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=SDN
↑ Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1999 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
1999 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

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

San Diego Padres

Based in San Diego, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Qualcomm Stadium
Petco Park
Spring training
- Desert Sun Stadium
- Peoria Sports Complex

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Ron Fowler
General Manager: A. J. Preller
Sr. VP of Baseball Operations: Omar Minaya
Manager: Andy Green

League pennants (2)

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1998

Division titles (5)

Minor league affiliates

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