# 1999 Florida Marlins season

The 1999 Florida Marlins season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64–98, fifth in the National League East.

## Offseason

* October 28, 1998: Bruce Aven was selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Cleveland Indians.
* December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.
* December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

| 1 | Luis Castillo | 2B |
| 8 | Alex Gonzalez | SS |
| 7 | Mark Kotsay | RF |
| 25 | Derrek Lee | 1B |
| 17 | Todd Dunwoody | CF |
| 44 | Preston Wilson | LF |
| 27 | Kevin Orie | 3B |
| 52 | Mike Redmond | C |
| 32 | Alex Fernandez | P |

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 56‍–‍25 | 47‍–‍34 |
| New York Mets | 97 | 66 | .595 | 6½ | 49‍–‍32 | 48‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 85 | .475 | 26 | 41‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Montreal Expos | 68 | 94 | .420 | 35 | 35‍–‍46 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Florida Marlins | 64 | 98 | .395 | 39 | 35‍–‍45 | 29‍–‍53 |

### 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 |

### Transactions

* June 15, 1999: Craig Counsell was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Ryan Moskau (minors) (July 15, 1999) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

### Citrus Series

The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1.
* June 4 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 10 – 0
* June 5 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 9 – 7
* June 6 - Marlins @ Devil Rays: 11 – 6
* July 9 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 11 – 4
* July 10 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 8 – 9
* July 11 - Marlins vs Devil Rays: 3 – 2

### 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 | Mike Redmond | 84 | 242 | 73 | .302 | 1 | 27 |
| 1B | Kevin Millar | 105 | 351 | 100 | .285 | 9 | 67 |
| 2B | Luis Castillo | 128 | 487 | 147 | .302 | 0 | 28 |
| SS | Álex González | 136 | 560 | 155 | .277 | 14 | 59 |
| 3B | Mike Lowell | 97 | 308 | 78 | .253 | 12 | 47 |
| LF | Bruce Aven | 137 | 381 | 110 | .289 | 12 | 70 |
| CF | Preston Wilson | 149 | 482 | 135 | .280 | 26 | 71 |
| RF | Mark Kotsay | 148 | 495 | 134 | .271 | 8 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Berg | 109 | 304 | 87 | .286 | 3 | 25 |
| Cliff Floyd | 69 | 251 | 76 | .303 | 11 | 49 |
| Kevin Orie | 77 | 240 | 61 | .254 | 6 | 29 |
| Jorge Fábregas | 82 | 223 | 46 | .206 | 3 | 21 |
| Derrek Lee | 70 | 218 | 45 | .206 | 5 | 20 |
| Danny Bautista | 70 | 205 | 59 | .288 | 5 | 24 |
| Todd Dunwoody | 64 | 186 | 41 | .220 | 2 | 20 |
| Tim Hyers | 58 | 81 | 18 | .222 | 2 | 12 |
| Ramón Castro | 24 | 67 | 12 | .179 | 2 | 4 |
| Craig Counsell | 37 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Clapinski | 36 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 2 |
| Amaury García | 10 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 2 | 2 |
| Julio Ramírez | 15 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| John Roskos | 13 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Guillermo Garcia | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Dennis Springer | 38 | 196.1 | 6 | 16 | 4.86 | 83 |
| Brian Meadows | 31 | 178.1 | 11 | 15 | 5.60 | 72 |
| Ryan Dempster | 25 | 147.0 | 7 | 8 | 4.71 | 126 |
| Alex Fernandez | 24 | 141.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.38 | 91 |
| Liván Hernández | 20 | 136.0 | 5 | 9 | 4.76 | 97 |
| A.J. Burnett | 7 | 41.1 | 4 | 2 | 3.48 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Jesús Sánchez | 59 | 76.1 | 5 | 7 | 6.01 | 62 |
| Vladimir Núñez | 17 | 74.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.58 | 58 |
| Reid Cornelius | 5 | 19.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 | 12 |
| Kirt Ojala | 8 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 14.34 | 5 |
| Michael Tejera | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 11.37 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Antonio Alfonseca | 73 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 3.24 | 46 |
| Braden Looper | 72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.80 | 50 |
| Brian Edmondson | 68 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5.84 | 58 |
| Vic Darensbourg | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.83 | 16 |
| Matt Mantei | 35 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.72 | 50 |
| Rafael Medina | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 16 |
| Archie Corbin | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.29 | 30 |
| Héctor Almonte | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 | 8 |
| Armando Almanza | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.72 | 20 |
| Brent Billingsley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.43 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Calgary Cannons | Pacific Coast League | Lynn Jones |
| AA | Portland Sea Dogs | Eastern League | Frank Cacciatore |
| A | Brevard County Manatees | Florida State League | Dave Huppert |
| A | Kane County Cougars | Midwest League | Rick Renteria |
| A-Short Season | Utica Blue Sox | New York–Penn League | Ken Joyce |
| Rookie | GCL Marlins | Gulf Coast League | Jon Deeble |