# 1999 San Diego Padres season

The 1999 San Diego Padres season was the 31st season in franchise history. They 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.
* November 17, 1998: Archi Cianfrocco was released by the San Diego Padres.
* 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).
* Starting pitcher Joey Hamilton traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for starting pitchers Woody Williams and reliever Carlos Almanzar

### Free agent losses

* Kevin Brown
* Ken Caminiti
* Steve Finley

## 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.

### Opening Day starters

* George Arias
* Andy Ashby
* Chris Gomez
* Tony Gwynn
* Wally Joyner
* Greg Myers
* Rubén Rivera
* Reggie Sanders
* Quilvio Veras

### 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

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

### 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 22nd member of the 3,000 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 | Ben Davis | 76 | 266 | 65 | .244 | 5 | 30 |
| 1B | Wally Joyner | 110 | 323 | 80 | .248 | 5 | 43 |
| 2B | Quilvio Veras | 132 | 475 | 133 | .280 | 6 | 41 |
| 3B | Phil Nevin | 128 | 383 | 103 | .269 | 24 | 85 |
| SS | Damian Jackson | 133 | 388 | 87 | .224 | 9 | 39 |
| LF | Reggie Sanders | 133 | 478 | 136 | .285 | 26 | 72 |
| CF | Rubén Rivera | 147 | 411 | 80 | .195 | 23 | 48 |
| RF | Tony Gwynn | 111 | 411 | 139 | .338 | 10 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Eric Owens | 149 | 440 | 117 | .266 | 9 | 61 |
| Dave Magadan | 116 | 248 | 68 | .274 | 2 | 30 |
| John Vander Wal | 132 | 246 | 67 | .272 | 6 | 41 |
| Chris Gomez | 76 | 234 | 59 | .252 | 1 | 15 |
| George Arias | 55 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 7 | 20 |
| Jim Leyritz | 50 | 134 | 32 | .239 | 8 | 21 |
| Greg Myers | 50 | 128 | 37 | .289 | 3 | 15 |
| Wiki González | 30 | 83 | 21 | .253 | 3 | 12 |
| Carlos Baerga | 33 | 80 | 20 | .250 | 2 | 5 |
| Ed Giovanola | 56 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Darr | 25 | 48 | 13 | .271 | 2 | 3 |
| David Newhan | 32 | 43 | 6 | .140 | 2 | 6 |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | 23 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 7 |
| Carlos García | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 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 |
| Woody Williams | 33 | 208.1 | 12 | 12 | 4.41 | 137 |
| Andy Ashby | 31 | 206.0 | 14 | 10 | 3.80 | 132 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 33 | 205.2 | 12 | 14 | 4.11 | 194 |
| Matt Clement | 31 | 180.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.48 | 135 |
| Stan Spencer | 9 | 38.1 | 0 | 7 | 9.16 | 36 |
| Buddy Carlyle | 7 | 37.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.97 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Brian Boehringer | 33 | 94.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.24 | 64 |
| Heath Murray | 22 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 5.76 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 64 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 2.14 | 73 |
| Dan Miceli | 66 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4.46 | 59 |
| Carlos Reyes | 65 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.72 | 57 |
| Donne Wall | 55 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3.07 | 53 |
| Carlos Almanzar | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.47 | 30 |
| Will Cunnane | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.23 | 22 |
| Matt Whisenant | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.68 | 10 |
| Ed Vosberg | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 6 |
| Roberto Rivera | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
| Matt Whiteside | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.91 | 9 |
| Domingo Guzmán | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.60 | 4 |
| Ed Giovanola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Tony Gwynn, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award
1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Tony Gwynn
* Andy Ashby
* Trevor Hoffman

## 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 |