# 1999 San Francisco Giants season

The 1999 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 117th season in Major League Baseball, their 42nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 40th and final season at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 86–76 record, 14 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

## Offseason

* November 10, 1998: Dante Powell was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Alan Embree.
* January 15, 1999: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Rich Aurilia
* Marvin Benard
* Barry Bonds
* Ellis Burks
* Mark Gardner
* Jeff Kent
* Brent Mayne
* Bill Mueller
* J. T. Snow

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 52‍–‍29 | 48‍–‍33 |
| San Francisco Giants | 86 | 76 | .531 | 14 | 49‍–‍32 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 23 | 37‍–‍44 | 40‍–‍41 |
| San Diego Padres | 74 | 88 | .457 | 26 | 46‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Colorado Rockies | 72 | 90 | .444 | 28 | 39‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1999 National League recordvte Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | 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

* April 27, 1999: Felipe Crespo was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

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 | Brent Mayne | 117 | 322 | 97 | .301 | 2 | 39 |
| 1B | J.T. Snow | 161 | 570 | 156 | .274 | 24 | 98 |
| 2B | Jeff Kent | 138 | 511 | 148 | .290 | 23 | 101 |
| SS | Rich Aurilia | 152 | 558 | 157 | .281 | 22 | 80 |
| 3B | Bill Mueller | 116 | 414 | 120 | .290 | 2 | 36 |
| LF | Barry Bonds | 102 | 355 | 93 | .262 | 34 | 83 |
| CF | Marvin Benard | 149 | 562 | 163 | .290 | 16 | 64 |
| RF | Ellis Burks | 120 | 390 | 110 | .282 | 31 | 96 |

#### 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 |
| Stan Javier | 112 | 333 | 92 | .276 | 3 | 30 |
| Charlie Hayes | 95 | 264 | 54 | .205 | 6 | 48 |
| F.P. Santangelo | 113 | 254 | 66 | .260 | 3 | 26 |
| Scott Servais | 69 | 198 | 54 | .273 | 5 | 21 |
| Armando Ríos | 72 | 150 | 49 | .327 | 7 | 29 |
| Ramón Martínez | 61 | 144 | 38 | .264 | 5 | 19 |
| Doug Mirabelli | 33 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 1 | 10 |
| Wilson Delgado | 35 | 71 | 18 | .254 | 0 | 3 |
| Calvin Murray | 15 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 5 |
| Jay Canizaro | 12 | 18 | 8 | .444 | 1 | 9 |
| Edwards Guzmán | 14 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Russ Ortiz | 33 | 207.2 | 18 | 9 | 3.81 | 164 |
| Shawn Estes | 32 | 203.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.92 | 159 |
| Kirk Rueter | 33 | 184.2 | 15 | 10 | 5.41 | 94 |
| Chris Brock | 19 | 106.2 | 6 | 8 | 5.48 | 76 |
| Liván Hernández | 10 | 63.2 | 3 | 3 | 4.38 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Gardner | 29 | 139.0 | 5 | 11 | 6.47 | 86 |
| Joe Nathan | 19 | 90.1 | 7 | 4 | 4.18 | 54 |

##### 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 |
| Robb Nen | 72 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 3.98 | 77 |
| Alan Embree | 68 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 53 |
| John Johnstone | 62 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2.60 | 56 |
| Rich Rodriguez | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.24 | 44 |
| Jerry Spradlin | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.19 | 52 |
| Félix Rodríguez | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.80 | 55 |
| Julián Tavárez | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 33 |
| Miguel Del Toro | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.18 | 20 |
| Bronswell Patrick | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 6 |

## Award winners

* Marvin Benard CF, Willie Mac Award
All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Ron Roenicke |
| AA | Shreveport Captains | Texas League | Shane Turner |
| A | Bakersfield Blaze | California League | Keith Comstock |
| A | San Jose Giants | California League | Lenn Sakata |
| A-Short Season | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | Northwest League | Frank Reberger |