# 1999 New York Yankees season

The 1999 New York Yankees season was the 97th season for the Bronx-based Major League Baseball team. The team finished with a record of 98–64 finishing 4 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they got to the World Series and defeated the Atlanta Braves in 4 games to win their 25th World Series title. By winning their 25th World Series, the New York Yankees became the most successful team in North America, a record previously held by the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. In that year, free-to-air broadcasts returned to WNYW, which had been the first Yankees television broadcaster in 1947, while cable broadcasts continued on MSG.

## Offseason

* November 10, 1998: Scott Brosius resigned as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* November 11, 1998: David Cone resigned as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* November 25, 1998: Bernie Williams resigned as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* February 5, 1999: Jeff Juden was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* February 18, 1999: Roger Clemens was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Homer Bush, Graeme Lloyd, and David Wells.
* March 30, 1999: Izzy Molina was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Ben Ford to the New York Yankees for Darren Holmes and cash.

### Notable transactions

* April 5, 1999: Darryl Strawberry signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* July 31, 1999: Jim Leyritz was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Geraldo Padua (minors).

## Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Boston Red Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 4 | 49‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 84 | 78 | .519 | 14 | 40‍–‍41 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 41‍–‍40 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29 | 33‍–‍48 | 36‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1999 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 |
| Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
| Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
| Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 |
| Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 |
| New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 |
| Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 |

## Season summary
### David Cone's perfect game

* July 18, 1999 – The Yankees won 6-0 in Interleague Play against the Montreal Expos, which was also pitcher David Cone's perfect game. The perfect game was the last shutout he would throw in his career.

#### Line score

July 18, Yankee Stadium, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: David Cone LP: Javier Vázquez Home runs: Away: None NYY: Ledee (3), Jeter (16) Attendance: 41,930 Umpires: HP: Ted Barrett, 1B: Larry McCoy, 2B: Jim Evans, 3B: Chuck Meriwether Notes: Duration: 2:16 |||||||||||||

#### Box score
##### Batting

| Montreal Expos | AB | R | H | RBI | New York Yankees | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Wilton Guerrero, dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Knoblauch, 2b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Jones, cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Derek Jeter, ss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| James Mouton, cf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul O'Neill | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rondell White, lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bernie Williams, cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vladimir Guerrero, rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tino Martinez, 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Vidro, 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chili Davis, dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad Fullmer, 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ricky Ledée, lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Widger, c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Brosius, 3b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Andrews, 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Girardi, c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan McGuire, ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Cone, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Cabrera, ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Vázquez, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Ayala, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Totals | 30 | 6 | 8 | 6 |

##### Pitching

| Montreal Expos | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | New York Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Javier Vázquez | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | David Cone | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bobby Ayala | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | Totals | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Record vs. opponents

1999 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 |
| Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
| Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
| Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 |
| Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 |
| New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 |
| Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 |

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 9 | 4 | 0.692 | 82 | 70 |
| Boston Red Sox | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 54 | 54 |
| New York Yankees | | | | | |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 67 | 50 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 10 | 2 | 0.833 | 72 | 42 |
| Total | 31 | 18 | 0.633 | 275 | 216 |
| AL West |||||||
| Anaheim Angels | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 41 | 41 |
| Oakland Athletics | 6 | 4 | 0.600 | 51 | 43 |
| Seattle Mariners | 9 | 1 | 0.900 | 70 | 37 |
| Texas Rangers | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 76 | 47 |
| Total | 27 | 15 | 0.643 | 238 | 168 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 49 | 58 |
| Cleveland Indians | 7 | 3 | 0.700 | 84 | 53 |
| Detroit Tigers | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 58 | 45 |
| Kansas City Royals | 4 | 5 | 0.444 | 44 | 54 |
| Minnesota Twins | 6 | 4 | 0.600 | 51 | 39 |
| Total | 31 | 22 | 0.585 | 286 | 249 |
| National League |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 20 | 20 |
| Florida Marlins | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 15 | 16 |
| Montreal Expos | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 17 | 10 |
| New York Mets | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 28 | 30 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 21 | 22 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 0.500 | 101 | 98 |
| Season Total | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 900 | 731 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0.667 | 121 | 92 |
| May | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0.536 | 136 | 136 |
| June | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0.654 | 147 | 113 |
| July | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0.593 | 155 | 130 |
| August | 29 | 19 | 10 | 0.655 | 169 | 108 |
| September | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0.536 | 156 | 137 |
| October | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 16 | 15 |
| Total | 162 | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 900 | 731 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 48 | 33 | 0.593 | 411 | 323 |
| Away | 81 | 50 | 31 | 0.617 | 489 | 408 |
| Total | 162 | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 900 | 731 |

### Roster
## Game log

Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
1999 Game Log (98–64 (Home: 48–33 Away: 50–31)) :
April (14–7) Home: 10–1 Away: 4–6
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Athletics3–5 (8)Mathews (1–0)Stanton (0–1)Network Associates Coliseum46,3800–1
2April 6@ Athletics7–4Hernandez (1–0)Candiotti (0–1)Rivera (1)Network Associates Coliseum15,5791–1
3April 7@ Athletics4–0Mendoza (1–0)Haynes (0–1)Network Associates Coliseum18,8462–1
4April 9Tigers12–3 (7)Cone (1–0)Graterol (0–1)Yankee Stadium56,5833–1
5April 10Tigers5–0Clemens (1–0)Moehler (1–1)Yankee Stadium42,0584–1
6April 11Tigers11–2Hernandez (2–0)Thompson (0–2)Yankee Stadium32,3985–1
7April 13Orioles6–3Nelson (1–0)Rhodes (0–1)Yankee Stadium25,2546–1
8April 14Orioles14–7Cone (2–0)Erickson (0–2)Yankee Stadium26,8987–1
9April 15Orioles7–9Rhodes (1–1)Rivera (0–1)Timlin (3)Yankee Stadium30,9587–2
10April 16@ Tigers1–8Thompson (1–2)Hernandez (2–1)Tiger Stadium14,8167–3
11April 17@ Tigers1–3Anderson (1–0)Nelson (1–1)Jones (1)Tiger Stadium17,8217–4
12April 18@ Tigers1–5Mlicki (1–1)Mendoza (1–1)Tiger Stadium16,5037–5
13April 20Rangers4–0Cone (3–0)Burkett (0–2)Yankee Stadium24,5148–5
14April 21Rangers4–2Clemens (2–0)Helling (0–3)Rivera (2)Yankee Stadium23,9849–5
15April 23Blue Jays6–4Hernandez (3–1)Wells (3–1)Rivera (3)Yankee Stadium36,52910–5
16April 24Blue Jays7–4Mendoza (2–1)Plesac (0–1)Rivera (4)Yankee Stadium46,92411–5
17April 25Blue Jays4–3 (11)Grimsley (1–0)Person (0–1)Yankee Stadium51,90312–5
18April 27@ Rangers7–6Stanton (1–1)Wetteland (0–1)Rivera (5)The Ballpark in Arlington42,69013–5
19April 28@ Rangers6–8Munoz (1–0)Stanton (1–2)Wetteland (7)The Ballpark in Arlington33,03813–6
20April 29@ Rangers5–3Mendoza (3–1)Morgan (4–1)Rivera (6)The Ballpark in Arlington35,57314–6
21April 30@ Royals6–13Morman (1–0)Pettitte (0–1)Kauffman Stadium29,05414–7 :
May (15–13) Home: 5–7 Away: 10–6
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Royals8–4Cone (4–0)Pittsley (1–1)Kauffman Stadium29,69215–7
23May 2@ Royals9–8Grimsley (2–0)Santiago (1–2)Rivera (7)Kauffman Stadium24,66616–7
24May 3@ Royals3–9Service (1–0)Hernandez (3–2)Kauffman Stadium18,02116–8
25May 4@ Twins5–8Lincoln (1–4)Mendoza (3–2)Aguilera (5)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome15,92316–9
26May 5@ Twins5–3Pettitte (1–1)Hawkins (1–5)Rivera (8)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome17,85917–9
27May 6@ Twins4–3 (10)Grimsley (3–0)Aguilera (3–1)Rivera (9)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome16,46518–9
28May 7Mariners10–1Irabu (1–0)Suzuki (0–1)Yankee Stadium38,47619–9
29May 8Mariners5–14Garcia (4–1)Hernandez (3–3)Yankee Stadium41,78619–10
30May 9Mariners6–1Grimsley (4–0)Fassero (1–4)Yankee Stadium49,62220–10
31May 11Angels7–9Petkovsek (3–1)Mendoza (3–3)Percival (6)Yankee Stadium25,31320–11
32May 12Angels0–1Finley (2–3)Cone (4–1)Percival (7)Yankee Stadium23,54020–12
33May 13Angels0–2Olivares (4–3)Irabu (1–1)Percival (8)Yankee Stadium26,70220–13
34May 14White Sox2–8Parque (5–2)Hernandez (3–4)Simas (1)Yankee Stadium33,79320–14
35May 15White Sox4–12Snyder (6–1)Mendoza (3–4)Yankee Stadium45,82420–15
36May 16White Sox2–1Pettitte (2–1)Sirotka (1–5)Rivera (10)Yankee Stadium51,04621–15
37May 18@ Red Sox3–6Martinez (8–1)Cone (4–2)Gordon (5)Fenway Park33,62021–16
38May 19@ Red Sox0–6Rose (1–0)Irabu (1–2)Fenway Park32,09121–17
39May 20@ Red Sox3–1Hernandez (4–4)Portugal (3–2)Rivera (11)Fenway Park33,13922–17
40May 22 (1)@ White Sox10–2Clemens (3–0)Snyder (6–2)Comiskey Park II23–17
41May 22 (2)@ White Sox1–2Sirotka (2–5)Pettitte (2–2)Simas (2)Comiskey Park II35,31023–18
42May 23@ White Sox8–7 (10)Rivera (1–1)Simas (0–1)Comiskey Park II22,84524–18
43May 25Red Sox2–5Rose (2–0)Irabu (1–3)Gordon (8)Yankee Stadium37,71524–19
44May 26Red Sox8–3Hernandez (5–4)Portugal (3–3)Rivera (12)Yankee Stadium45,80025–19
45May 27Red Sox4–1Clemens (4–0)Rapp (2–3)Rivera (13)Yankee Stadium27,63126–19
46May 28@ Blue Jays10–6Pettitte (3–2)Carpenter (3–5)SkyDome30,35527–19
47May 29@ Blue Jays8–3Cone (5–2)Hentgen (4–3)SkyDome40,17528–19
48May 30@ Blue Jays8–3Irabu (2–3)Wells (5–5)SkyDome39,11129–19
49May 31Indians1–7Nagy (6–3)Hernandez (5–5)Yankee Stadium46,60529–20 :
June (17–9) Home: 8–6 Away: 9–3
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1Indians11–5Clemens (5–0)Burba (5–2)Yankee Stadium32,75930–20
51June 2Indians7–10Karsay (5–1)Pettitte (3–3)Jackson (11)Yankee Stadium36,95530–21
52June 4Mets4–3Grimsley (5–0)Reed (3–3)Rivera (14)Yankee Stadium56,17531–21
53June 5Mets6–3Hernandez (6–5)Yoshii (5–5)Rivera (15)Yankee Stadium55,93532–21
54June 6Mets2–7Leiter (3–5)Clemens (5–1)Yankee Stadium56,29432–22
55June 7@ Phillies5–6Byrd (8–3)Pettitte (3–4)Veterans Stadium37,18032–23
56June 8@ Phillies5–11Perez (3–1)Grimsley (5–1)Veterans Stadium44,44432–24
57June 9@ Phillies11–5Cone (6–2)Ogea (3–4)Veterans Stadium42,04733–24
58June 11@ Marlins8–4Hernandez (7–5)Meadows (5–6)Rivera (16)Pro Player Stadium40,16134–24
59June 12@ Marlins5–4Clemens (6–1)Hernandez (3–6)Rivera (17)Pro Player Stadium42,11035–24
60June 13@ Marlins2–8Fernandez (2–3)Pettitte (3–5)Pro Player Stadium39,63935–25
61June 14Rangers8–2Irabu (3–3)Clark (3–6)Yankee Stadium27,81236–25
62June 15Rangers6–2Cone (7–2)Glynn (0–1)Yankee Stadium28,20037–25
63June 16Rangers0–3Helling (6–6)Hernandez (7–6)Wetteland (22)Yankee Stadium28,55537–26
64June 17Rangers2–4Sele (7–5)Clemens (6–2)Wetteland (23)Yankee Stadium30,15737–27
65June 18Angels4–1Pettitte (4–5)Finley (4–7)Rivera (18)Yankee Stadium39,99638–27
66June 19Angels6–2Irabu (4–3)Olivares (6–5)Mendoza (1)Yankee Stadium49,40839–27
67June 20Angels2–4Belcher (5–6)Cone (7–3)Percival (19)Yankee Stadium55,62639–28
68June 22@ Devil Rays7–0Hernandez (8–6)Witt (3–4)Tropicana Field30,29040–28
69June 23@ Devil Rays12–4Clemens (7–2)Eiland (0–3)Tropicana Field30,47441–28
70June 24@ Devil Rays7–3Pettitte (5–5)Rekar (5–3)Mendoza (2)Tropicana Field30,49942–28
71June 25@ Orioles9–8Naulty (1–0)Timlin (3–6)Rivera (19)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,93643–28
72June 26@ Orioles7–4Cone (8–3)Johnson (1–2)Rivera (20)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,84144–28
73June 27@ Orioles6–2Hernandez (9–6)Ponson (7–5)Oriole Park at Camden Yards48,02045–28
74June 29Tigers3–0Clemens (8–2)Thompson (6–8)Yankee Stadium31,33846–28
75June 30Tigers2–8Moehler (7–8)Pettitte (5–6)Yankee Stadium39,74946–29 :
July (16–11) Home: 11–5 Away: 5–6
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 1Tigers6–0Irabu (5–3)Mlicki (3–9)Yankee Stadium26,31147–29
77July 2Orioles2–1Cone (9–3)Johnson (1–3)Rivera (21)Yankee Stadium37,51848–29
78July 3Orioles6–5Grimsley (6–1)Rhodes (3–4)Yankee Stadium42,85949–29
79July 4Orioles3–7Guzman (4–6)Mendoza (3–5)Kamieniecki (2)Yankee Stadium37,04649–30
80July 5Orioles1–9Mussina (10–4)Pettitte (5–7)Yankee Stadium29,93449–31
81July 6@ Tigers9–8 (10)Rivera (2–1)Jones (1–3)Mendoza (3)Tiger Stadium23,78550–31
82July 7@ Tigers4–6Mlicki (4–9)Cone (9–4)Brocail (2)Tiger Stadium28,84450–32
83July 8@ Tigers3–2Hernandez (10–6)Nitkowski (1–3)Rivera (22)Tiger Stadium34,41751–32
84July 9@ Mets2–5Leiter (8–6)Clemens (8–3)Benitez (6)Shea Stadium53,82051–33
85July 10@ Mets8–9Mahomes (3–0)Rivera (2–2)Shea Stadium53,79251–34
86July 11@ Mets6–3Irabu (6–3)Hershiser (9–6)Rivera (23)Shea Stadium53,86952–34
70th All-Star Game in Boston, Massachusetts
87July 15Braves2–6Glavine (8–8)Clemens (8–4)Yankee Stadium49,08752–35
88July 16Braves7–10Springer (1–1)Rivera (2–3)Rocker (18)Yankee Stadium50,46952–36
89July 17Braves11–4Pettitte (6–7)Perez (4–6)Grimsley (1)Yankee Stadium55,78553–36
90July 18Expos6–0Cone (10–4)Vazquez (2–5)Yankee Stadium41,93054–36
91July 19Expos4–6Kline (4–2)Mendoza (3–6)Urbina (20)Yankee Stadium23,40454–37
92July 20Expos7–4Clemens (9–4)Thurman (3–7)Rivera (24)Yankee Stadium28,80155–37
93July 21Devil Rays4–3Hernandez (11–6)Witt (5–6)Rivera (25)Yankee Stadium27,56656–37
94July 22Devil Rays5–4Pettitte (7–7)Rekar (6–6)Rivera (26)Yankee Stadium40,55757–37
95July 23Indians9–8 (10)Grimsley (7–1)Jackson (3–4)Yankee Stadium52,70458–37
96July 24Indians21–1Irabu (7–3)Langston (1–1)Yankee Stadium54,87059–37
97July 25Indians2–1Mendoza (4–6)Rincon (0–2)Yankee Stadium54,94460–37
98July 27@ White Sox5–3Hernandez (12–6)Baldwin (4–11)Rivera (27)Comiskey Park II21,36461–37
99July 28@ White Sox3–11Castillo (1–0)Pettitte (7–8)Comiskey Park II22,52361–38
100July 29@ White Sox1–5Snyder (8–6)Cone (10–5)Foulke (5)Comiskey Park II24,05661–39
101July 30@ Red Sox13–3Irabu (8–3)Portugal (6–8)Fenway Park33,77762–39
102July 31@ Red Sox5–6Lowe (2–2)Mendoza (4–7)Fenway Park33,17962–40 :
August (19–10) Home: 9–6 Away: 10–4
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1@ Red Sox4–5Saberhagen (7–4)Hernandez (12–7)Wakefield (14)Fenway Park33,55362–41
104August 2Blue Jays3–1Pettitte (8–8)Wells (11–7)Rivera (28)Yankee Stadium40,82563–41
105August 3Blue Jays1–3Hamilton (4–6)Cone (10–6)Koch (22)Yankee Stadium43,11063–42
106August 4Blue Jays8–3Irabu (9–3)Escobar (9–8)Yankee Stadium52,83364–42
107August 5@ Mariners7–4Clemens (10–4)Moyer (10–6)Rivera (29)Safeco Field45,19065–42
108August 6@ Mariners11–8Watson (3–3)Fassero (4–13)Rivera (30)Safeco Field45,26266–42
109August 7@ Mariners1–0Pettitte (9–8)Garcia (11–7)Rivera (31)Safeco Field45,20267–42
110August 8@ Mariners9–3Cone (11–6)Halama (9–3)Safeco Field45,19568–42
111August 9@ Athletics12–8Mendoza (5–7)Haynes (7–11)Network Associates Coliseum24,89669–42
112August 10@ Athletics1–6Olivares (10–9)Clemens (10–5)Jones (6)Network Associates Coliseum32,47469–43
113August 11@ Athletics5–3Watson (4–3)Jones (3–4)Rivera (32)Network Associates Coliseum43,68370–43
114August 13Twins14–2Pettitte (10–8)Hawkins (8–9)Yankee Stadium44,56871–43
115August 14Twins3–6Wells (7–1)Cone (11–7)Trombley (20)Yankee Stadium55,17971–44
116August 15Twins3–5Radke (9–11)Irabu (9–4)Trombley (21)Yankee Stadium56,18071–45
117August 16Twins2–0Clemens (11–5)Milton (4–10)Rivera (33)Yankee Stadium36,50372–45
118August 17Royals5–2Hernandez (13–7)Rosado (7–10)Rivera (34)Yankee Stadium31,63173–45
119August 18Royals0–3Reichert (2–1)Pettitte (10–9)Montgomery (6)Yankee Stadium38,94773–46
120August 19Royals1–4 (10)Rigby (4–6)Grimsley (7–2)Montgomery (7)Yankee Stadium42,32573–47
121August 20@ Twins9–3Irabu (10–4)Radke (9–12)Nelson (1)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome23,59574–47
122August 21@ Twins1–6Milton (5–10)Clemens (11–6)Guardado (2)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome32,17074–48
123August 22@ Twins5–3Hernandez (14–7)Mays (5–6)Rivera (35)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome26,15075–48
124August 23@ Rangers21–3Pettitte (11–9)Burkett (4–7)The Ballpark in Arlington38,02476–48
125August 24@ Rangers10–7 (11)Mendoza (6–7)Lee (0–1)Rivera (36)The Ballpark in Arlington39,72777–48
126August 25@ Rangers3–7Loaiza (7–1)Irabu (10–5)The Ballpark in Arlington38,34577–49
127August 27Mariners8–0Clemens (12–6)Meche (4–4)Yankee Stadium51,98578–49
128August 28Mariners2–1Rivera (3–3)Paniagua (6–10)Yankee Stadium54,78779–49
129August 29Mariners11–5Pettitte (12–9)Abbott (5–1)Rivera (37)Yankee Stadium52,49380–49
130August 30Athletics7–4Nelson (2–1)Mathews (8–4)Rivera (38)Yankee Stadium32,71281–49
131August 31Athletics2–3 (11)Jones (5–5)Mendoza (6–8)Isringhausen (3)Yankee Stadium33,74681–50 :
September (15–13) Home: 5–7 Away: 10–6
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1Athletics1–7Olivares (13–9)Clemens (12–7)Yankee Stadium34,46881–51
133September 2Athletics9–3Hernandez (15–7)Heredia (11–6)Yankee Stadium33,14782–51
134September 3@ Angels2–8Belcher (6–8)Pettitte (12–10)Edison Field35,78282–52
135September 4@ Angels9–6Watson (5–3)Alvarez (0–1)Rivera (39)Edison Field30,58983–52
136September 5@ Angels8–3Yarnall (1–0)Fyhrie (0–4)Edison Field35,48184–52
137September 6@ Angels3–5Washburn (1–3)Clemens (12–8)Percival (27)Edison Field31,74984–53
138September 7@ Royals3–6Rosado (8–13)Cone (11–8)Montgomery (9)Kauffman Stadium14,20784–54
139September 8@ Royals9–5Hernandez (16–7)Rusch (0–1)Rivera (40)Kauffman Stadium15,24785–54
140September 10Red Sox1–3Martinez (21–4)Pettitte (12–11)Yankee Stadium55,23985–55
141September 11Red Sox10–11Garces (5–1)Irabu (10–6)Beck (9)Yankee Stadium55,42285–56
142September 12Red Sox1–4Cormier (2–0)Clemens (12–9)Beck (10)Yankee Stadium56,02885–57
143September 13@ Blue Jays1–2Wells (14–10)Hernandez (16–8)SkyDome30,11885–58
144September 14@ Blue Jays10–6Mendoza (7–8)Koch (0–4)SkyDome29,14086–58
145September 15@ Blue Jays6–4Pettitte (13–11)Hentgen (10–11)Rivera (41)SkyDome29,46087–58
146September 16@ Indians9–5Irabu (11–6)Burba (14–8)Jacobs Field43,05488–58
147September 17@ Indians9–4Clemens (13–9)Wright (7–9)Jacobs Field43,02989–58
148September 18@ Indians4–5Nagy (17–9)Hernandez (16–9)Jackson (37)Jacobs Field43,00289–59
149September 19@ Indians11–7Watson (6–3)Martin (0–1)Jacobs Field42,96990–59
150September 21White Sox3–1Pettitte (14–11)Baldwin (10–13)Rivera (42)Yankee Stadium29,24891–59
151September 22White Sox5–4Rivera (4–3)Navarro (8–13)Yankee Stadium27,54992–59
152September 23White Sox5–2Clemens (14–9)Parque (9–14)Rivera (43)Yankee Stadium33,58693–59
153September 24Devil Rays4–3 (11)Stanton (2–2)Charlton (2–3)Yankee Stadium44,93294–59
154September 25Devil Rays1–2Arrojo (7–11)Cone (11–9)Hernandez (41)Yankee Stadium50,40394–60
155September 26Devil Rays5–6Lidle (1–0)Mendoza (7–9)Hernandez (42)Yankee Stadium49,45894–61
156September 27Devil Rays6–10Duvall (1–1)Irabu (11–7)Sparks (1)Yankee Stadium41,35594–62
157September 28@ Orioles9–5Mendoza (8–9)Ponson (12–12)Oriole Park at Camden Yards44,71195–62
158September 30 (1)@ Orioles0–5Mussina (18–7)Clemens (14–10)Oriole Park at Camden Yards44,56895–63
159September 30 (2)@ Orioles12–5Hernandez (17–9)Corsi (1–3)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,44696–63 :
October (2–1) Home: 0–0 Away: 2–1
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Devil Rays11–7Mendoza (9–9)Arrojo (7–12)Rivera (44)Tropicana Field27,24897–63
161October 2@ Devil Rays3–2Cone (12–9)Alvarez (9–9)Rivera (45)Tropicana Field40,75698–63
162October 3@ Devil Rays2–6Gaillard (1–0)Juden (0–1)Hernandez (43)Tropicana Field31,29298–64 :

### Postseason Game log

Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
1999 Postseason Game Log (11–1) :
ALDS vs Rangers (3–0)
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 5Rangers8–0Hernandez (1–0)Sele (0–1)Yankee Stadium57,0991–0
2October 7Rangers3–1Pettitte (1–0)Helling (0–1)Rivera (1)Yankee Stadium57,4852–0
3October 9@ Rangers3–0Clemens (1–0)Loaiza (0–1)Rivera (2)The Ballpark in Arlington50,2693–0 :
ALCS vs Red Sox (4–1)
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 13Red Sox4–3Rivera (1–0)Beck (0–1)Yankee Stadium57,1811–0
2October 14Red Sox3–2Cone (1–0)Martinez (0–1)Rivera (3)Yankee Stadium57,1802–0
3October 16@ Red Sox1–13Martinez (2–0)Clemens (1–1)Fenway Park33,1902–1
4October 17@ Red Sox9–2Pettitte (2–0)Saberhagen (0–2)Rivera (4)Fenway Park33,5863–1
5October 18@ Red Sox6–1Hernandez (2–0)Mercker (0–1)Mendoza (1)Fenway Park33,5894–1 :
WS vs Braves (4–0)
#DateOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 23@ Braves4–1Hernandez (3–0)Maddux (1–2)Rivera (5)Turner Field51,3421–0
2October 24@ Braves7–2Cone (2–0)Millwood (2–1)Turner Field51,2262–0
3October 26Braves6–5 (10)Rivera (2–0)Remlinger (0–2)Yankee Stadium56,7943–0
4October 27Braves4–1Clemens (2–1)Smoltz (1–1)Rivera (6)Yankee Stadium56,7524–0 :

## 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 | Jorge Posada | 112 | 379 | 93 | .245 | 12 | 57 |
| 1B | Tino Martinez | 159 | 589 | 155 | .263 | 28 | 105 |
| 2B | Chuck Knoblauch | 150 | 603 | 176 | .292 | 18 | 68 |
| 3B | Scott Brosius | 133 | 473 | 117 | .247 | 18 | 71 |
| SS | Derek Jeter | 158 | 627 | 219 | .349 | 25 | 102 |
| LF | Ricky Ledée | 88 | 250 | 69 | .276 | 9 | 40 |
| CF | Bernie Williams | 158 | 591 | 202 | .342 | 25 | 115 |
| RF | Paul O'Neill | 153 | 597 | 170 | .285 | 19 | 110 |
| DH | Chili Davis | 146 | 476 | 128 | .269 | 19 | 78 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Girardi | 65 | 209 | 50 | .239 | 2 | 27 |
| Shane Spencer | 71 | 205 | 48 | .234 | 8 | 20 |
| Chad Curtis | 96 | 195 | 51 | .262 | 5 | 24 |
| Luis Sojo | 49 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 2 | 16 |
| Jim Leyritz | 31 | 66 | 15 | .227 | 0 | 5 |
| Darryl Strawberry | 24 | 49 | 16 | .327 | 3 | 6 |
| Clay Bellinger | 32 | 45 | 9 | .200 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Tarasco | 14 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 3 |
| D'Angelo Jiménez | 7 | 20 | 8 | .400 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeff Manto | 6 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 9 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Figga | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Orlando Hernández | 33 | 214.1 | 17 | 9 | 4.12 | 157 |
| David Cone | 31 | 193.1 | 12 | 9 | 3.44 | 177 |
| Andy Pettitte | 31 | 191.2 | 14 | 11 | 4.70 | 121 |
| Roger Clemens | 30 | 187.2 | 14 | 10 | 4.60 | 163 |
| Hideki Irabu | 32 | 169.1 | 11 | 7 | 4.84 | 133 |

#### 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 |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 53 | 123.2 | 9 | 9 | 4.29 | 80 |
| Ed Yarnall | 5 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 | 13 |
| Jeff Juden | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 9 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Mariano Rivera | 66 | 69.0 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 1.83 | 52 |
| Mike Stanton | 73 | 62.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.33 | 59 |
| Jason Grimsley | 55 | 75.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3.60 | 49 |
| Jeff Nelson | 39 | 30.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 35 |
| Dan Naulty | 33 | 49.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | 25 |
| Allen Watson | 21 | 34.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.10 | 30 |
| Jay Tessmer | 6 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.85 | 3 |
| Todd Erdos | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 |
| Mike Buddie | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Tony Fossas | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 0 |

## ALDS

Series Summary:
* Game 1 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Rangers 0
* Game 2 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Rangers 1
* Game 3 @ The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 3, Rangers 0

## ALCS

New York wins the series, 4-1
| Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Series |
| 1 | New York | 4 | Boston | 3 | October 13 | 1-0 (NYY) |
| 2 | New York | 3 | Boston | 2 | October 14 | 2-0 (NYY) |
| 3 | Boston | 13 | New York | 1 | October 16 | 2-1 (NYY) |
| 4 | Boston | 2 | New York | 9 | October 17 | 3-1 (NYY) |
| 5 | Boston | 1 | New York | 6 | October 18 | 4-1 (NYY) |

## World series
### Game 1

October 23, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0) LP: Greg Maddux (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: NYY: None ATL: Chipper Jones (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 24, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: David Cone (1-0) LP: Kevin Millwood (0-1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 26, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0) LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1) Home runs: ATL: None NYY: Chad Curtis 2 (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1) ||||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 27, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Roger Clemens (1-0) LP: John Smoltz (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: ATL: None NYY: Jim Leyritz (1) |||||||||||||

## Awards and honors

* Orlando Hernández, Pitcher, ALCS MVP
* Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitcher, World Series MVP
* Derek Jeter, American League Leader in Hits, 219 Hits
1999 All-Star Game
* David Cone, pitcher, reserve
* Derek Jeter, shortstop, reserve
* Mariano Rivera, relief pitcher, reserve
* Bernie Williams, outfield, reserve

## In popular culture

* In the 1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Past Tense", a character from the 2020s called the 1999 New York Yankees the best team he had ever seen. While it could be argued the 1998 team was better, it is considered remarkable that a television program that aired in 1995 could have even predicted such a successful season for a specific team.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | Trey Hillman |
| AA | Norwich Navigators | Eastern League | Lee Mazzilli |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Tom Nieto |
| A | Greensboro Bats | South Atlantic League | Stan Hough |
| A-Short Season | Staten Island Yankees | New York–Penn League | Joe Arnold |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees | Gulf Coast League | Ken Dominguez |