# 1999 Oakland Athletics season

The 1999 Oakland Athletics season was the 99th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 32nd season in Oakland. The Athletics finished second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

## Offseason

* December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
* December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics.
* January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
* January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
* January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
* February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Oakland Athletics | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8 | 52‍–‍29 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Seattle Mariners | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 43‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Anaheim Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 25 | 37‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |

### 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 |

### Notable transactions

* July 23, 1999: Kenny Rogers was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Terrence Long and Leo Vasquez.
* July 29, 1999: Jeff Davanon, Nathan Haynes, and Elvin Nina (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Anaheim Angels for Randy Velarde and Omar Olivares.
* July 31, 1999: Billy Taylor was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.
* July 31, 1999: Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Appier.
* August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Carl Dale (August 20, 1999) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

### Roster
## 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 | A. J. Hinch | 76 | 205 | 44 | .215 | 7 | 24 |
| 1B | Jason Giambi | 158 | 575 | 181 | .315 | 33 | 123 |
| 2B | Randy Velarde | 61 | 255 | 85 | .333 | 7 | 28 |
| SS | Miguel Tejada | 159 | 593 | 149 | .251 | 21 | 84 |
| 3B | Eric Chavez | 115 | 356 | 88 | .247 | 13 | 50 |
| LF | Ben Grieve | 148 | 486 | 129 | .265 | 28 | 86 |
| CF | Ryan Christenson | 106 | 268 | 56 | .209 | 4 | 24 |
| RF | Matt Stairs | 146 | 531 | 137 | .258 | 38 | 102 |
| DH | John Jaha | 142 | 457 | 126 | .276 | 35 | 111 |

#### 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 |
| Tony Phillips | 106 | 406 | 99 | .244 | 15 | 49 |
| Olmedo Sáenz | 97 | 255 | 70 | .275 | 11 | 41 |
| Scott Spiezio | 89 | 247 | 60 | .243 | 8 | 33 |
| Mike Macfarlane | 81 | 226 | 55 | .243 | 4 | 31 |
| Jason McDonald | 100 | 187 | 37 | .209 | 3 | 8 |
| Ramón Hernández | 40 | 136 | 38 | .279 | 3 | 21 |
| Tim Raines | 58 | 135 | 29 | .215 | 4 | 17 |
| Rich Becker | 40 | 125 | 33 | .264 | 1 | 10 |
| Jorge Velandia | 63 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Menechino | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 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 |
| Gil Heredia | 33 | 200.1 | 13 | 8 | 4.81 | 117 |
| Jimmy Haynes | 30 | 142.0 | 7 | 12 | 6.34 | 93 |
| Mike Oquist | 28 | 140.2 | 9 | 10 | 5.37 | 89 |
| Tim Hudson | 21 | 136.1 | 11 | 2 | 3.23 | 132 |
| Kenny Rogers | 19 | 119.1 | 5 | 3 | 4.30 | 68 |
| Omar Olivares | 12 | 74.2 | 7 | 2 | 4.34 | 36 |
| Kevin Appier | 12 | 68.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.77 | 53 |
| Tom Candiotti | 11 | 56.2 | 3 | 5 | 6.35 | 30 |
| Blake Stein | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Ron Mahay | 6 | 19.1 | 2 | 0 | 1.86 | 15 |
| Kevin Jarvis | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 11 |
| Brett Laxton | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.45 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Taylor | 43 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 3.98 | 38 |
| Buddy Groom | 76 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.09 | 32 |
| Doug Jones | 70 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3.55 | 63 |
| Tim Worrell | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.15 | 62 |
| T.J. Mathews | 50 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3.81 | 42 |
| Brad Rigby | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.33 | 26 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.13 | 20 |
| Greg McMichael | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
| Chad Harville | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.91 | 15 |
| Tim Kubinski | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 | 7 |
| Luis Vizcaíno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Vancouver Canadians | Pacific Coast League | Mike Quade |
| AA | Midland RockHounds | Texas League | Tony DeFrancesco |
| A | Modesto A's | California League | Bob Geren |
| A | Visalia Oaks | California League | Juan Navarrette |
| A-Short Season | Southern Oregon Timberjacks | Northwest League | Greg Sparks |
| Rookie | AZL Athletics | Arizona League | John Kuehl |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics