# 1999 Kansas City Royals season

The 1999 Kansas City Royals season was the 31st season for the franchise, and their 27th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fourth in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses and missed the postseason for the 14th consecutive season.

## Offseason

* October 30, 1998: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent by the Royals.

## Regular season

* Mark Quinn hit two home runs in his major league debut.

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 47‍–‍34 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Chicago White Sox | 75 | 86 | .466 | 21½ | 38‍–‍42 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 27½ | 38‍–‍43 | 31‍–‍49 |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 97 | .398 | 32½ | 33‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Minnesota Twins | 63 | 97 | .394 | 33 | 31‍–‍50 | 32‍–‍47 |

### 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 31, 1999: Kevin Appier was traded by the Royals to the Oakland Athletics for Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein.

### 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 | Chad Kreuter | 107 | 324 | 73 | .225 | 5 | 35 |
| 1B | Jeremy Giambi | 90 | 288 | 82 | .285 | 3 | 34 |
| 2B | Carlos Febles | 123 | 453 | 116 | .256 | 10 | 53 |
| SS | Rey Sánchez | 134 | 479 | 141 | .294 | 2 | 56 |
| 3B | Joe Randa | 156 | 628 | 197 | .314 | 16 | 84 |
| LF | Johnny Damon | 145 | 583 | 179 | .307 | 14 | 77 |
| CF | Carlos Beltrán | 156 | 663 | 194 | .293 | 22 | 108 |
| RF | Jermaine Dye | 158 | 608 | 179 | .294 | 27 | 119 |
| DH | Mike Sweeney | 150 | 575 | 185 | .322 | 22 | 102 |

#### 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 |
| Tim Spehr | 60 | 155 | 32 | .206 | 9 | 26 |
| Scott Pose | 86 | 137 | 39 | .285 | 0 | 12 |
| Larry Sutton | 43 | 102 | 23 | .225 | 2 | 15 |
| Ray Holbert | 34 | 100 | 28 | .280 | 0 | 5 |
| Jed Hansen | 49 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 3 | 5 |
| Scott Leius | 37 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 1 | 10 |
| Jeff King | 21 | 72 | 17 | .236 | 3 | 11 |
| Steve Scarsone | 46 | 68 | 14 | .206 | 0 | 6 |
| Sal Fasano | 23 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 5 | 16 |
| Mark Quinn | 17 | 60 | 20 | .333 | 6 | 18 |
| Joe Vitiello | 13 | 41 | 6 | .146 | 1 | 4 |
| Dee Brown | 12 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 0 |
| Mendy López | 7 | 20 | 8 | .400 | 0 | 3 |
| Félix Martínez | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Jeff Suppan | 32 | 208.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.53 | 103 |
| José Rosado | 33 | 208.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.85 | 141 |
| Jay Witasick | 32 | 158.1 | 9 | 12 | 5.57 | 102 |
| Kevin Appier | 22 | 140.1 | 9 | 9 | 4.87 | 78 |
| Blake Stein | 12 | 70.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.09 | 43 |
| Dan Reichert | 8 | 36.2 | 2 | 2 | 9.08 | 20 |
| Jim Pittsley | 5 | 23.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.94 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Mac Suzuki | 22 | 68.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.16 | 36 |
| Chris Fussell | 17 | 56.0 | 0 | 5 | 7.39 | 37 |
| Brian Barber | 8 | 18.2 | 1 | 3 | 9.64 | 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 |
| Jeff Montgomery | 49 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6.84 | 27 |
| Scott Service | 68 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6.09 | 68 |
| Alvin Morman | 49 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.05 | 31 |
| Matt Whisenant | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.35 | 27 |
| José Santiago | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.42 | 15 |
| Tim Byrdak | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.60 | 17 |
| Terry Mathews | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.38 | 19 |
| Brad Rigby | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.17 | 10 |
| Ken Ray | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.74 | 0 |
| Don Wengert | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.25 | 10 |
| Derek Wallace | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.24 | 5 |
| Marc Pisciotta | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.64 | 3 |
| Orber Moreno | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 7 |
| Lance Carter | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 | 3 |
| Dan Murray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 8 |
| Glendon Rusch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 4 |
| Chad Durbin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Omaha Golden Spikes | Pacific Coast League | Ron Johnson |
| AA | Wichita Wranglers | Texas League | John Mizerock |
| A | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Carolina League | Jeff Garber |
| A | Charleston Alley Cats | South Atlantic League | Tom Poquette |
| A-Short Season | Spokane Indians | Northwest League | Kevin Long |
| Rookie | GCL Royals | Gulf Coast League | Andre David |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita, Spokane; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Wilmington