# 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1999 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 110th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 42nd season in Los Angeles, California. The season started with a new management team; Kevin Malone became the team's General Manager and Davey Johnson was selected to be the new Dodgers Manager. Looking to make a splash, Malone exclaimed "There is a new Sheriff in town" as he took over the reins and made a splash by signing starting pitcher Kevin Brown to a huge long contract. However, the team struggled to a third-place finish in the National League West.

## Offseason

* October 12, 1998: Acquired Scott Prouty from the Seattle Mariners for Eric Weaver.
* November 11, 1998: Acquired Mel Rojas from the New York Mets for Bobby Bonilla.
* December 1, 1998: Acquired Todd Hundley and Arnold Gooch from the New York Mets for Charles Johnson and Roger Cedeño.
* January 11, 1999: Doug Bochtler was released by the Dodgers.
* January 12, 1999: Acquired Joe Sutton from the Chicago White Sox for Darren Hall.

## Regular season
### 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 |

### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Eric Young | Second baseman |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Shortstop |
| Gary Sheffield | Left fielder |
| Raúl Mondesí | Right fielder |
| Devon White | Center fielder |
| Eric Karros | First baseman |
| Todd Hundley | Catcher |
| Adrián Beltré | Third baseman |
| Kevin Brown | Starting pitcher |

### Notable transactions

* April 16, 1999: Acquired Robinson Checo, Apostol Garcia and Rick Roberts from the Detroit Tigers for Dave Mlicki and Mel Rojas.
* May 19, 1999: Acquired Doug Bochtler from the Toronto Blue Jays for cash.

### Roster
## Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Kevin Brown | 35 | 35 | 252.1 | 13-6 | 3.00 | 59 | 221 | 5 |
| Ismael Valdez | 32 | 32 | 203.1 | 9-14 | 3.98 | 58 | 143 | 2 |
| Chan Ho Park | 33 | 33 | 194.1 | 12-11 | 5.23 | 100 | 174 | 0 |
| Darren Dreifort | 30 | 29 | 178.2 | 13-13 | 4.79 | 76 | 140 | 1 |
| Carlos Perez | 17 | 16 | 89.2 | 2-10 | 7.43 | 39 | 40 | 0 |
| Éric Gagné | 5 | 5 | 30.0 | 1-1 | 2.10 | 15 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Judd | 7 | 4 | 28.0 | 3-1 | 5.46 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
| Jeff Williams | 5 | 3 | 17.2 | 2-0 | 4.08 | 9 | 7 | 0 |

## Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
| Jeff Shaw | 64 | 0 | 68.0 | 2-4 | 2.78 | 15 | 43 | 34 |
| Pedro Borbón, Jr. | 70 | 0 | 50.2 | 4-3 | 4.09 | 29 | 33 | 1 |
| Alan Mills | 68 | 0 | 72.2 | 3-4 | 3.73 | 43 | 49 | 0 |
| Onan Masaoka | 54 | 0 | 66.2 | 2-4 | 4.32 | 47 | 61 | 1 |
| Mike Maddux | 49 | 0 | 54.2 | 1-1 | 3.29 | 19 | 41 | 0 |
| Jamie Arnold | 36 | 3 | 69.0 | 2-4 | 5.48 | 34 | 26 | 1 |
| Matt Herges | 17 | 0 | 24.1 | 0-2 | 4.07 | 8 | 18 | 0 |
| Robinson Checo | 9 | 2 | 15.2 | 2-2 | 10.34 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Bochtler | 12 | 0 | 13.0 | 0-0 | 5.54 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Kubenka | 6 | 0 | 7.2 | 0-1 | 11.74 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Mlicki | 2 | 0 | 7.1 | 0-1 | 4.91 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mel Rojas | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0-0 | 12.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Antonio Osuna | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0-0 | 7.71 | 3 | 5 | 0 |

## Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
| Todd Hundley | C | 114 | 376 | .207 | 49 | 78 | 24 | 55 | 3 |
| Ángel Peña | C | 43 | 120 | .208 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Paul Lo Duca | C | 36 | 95 | .232 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Rick Wilkins | C | 3 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Karros | 1B | 153 | 578 | .304 | 74 | 176 | 34 | 112 | 8 |
| Eric Young | 2B | 119 | 456 | .281 | 73 | 128 | 2 | 41 | 51 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | SS | 123 | 488 | .326 | 72 | 159 | 7 | 46 | 6 |
| Adrián Beltré | 3B | 152 | 538 | .275 | 84 | 148 | 15 | 67 | 18 |
| José Vizcaíno | SS/3B/2B/LF | 94 | 266 | .252 | 27 | 67 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| Craig Counsell | 2B/SS | 50 | 108 | .259 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Dave Hansen | 1B/3B/RF | 100 | 107 | .252 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Tripp Cromer | IF/OF | 33 | 52 | .192 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Alex Cora | SS/2B | 11 | 30 | .167 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chance Sanford | 2B | 5 | 8 | .250 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Juan Castro | 2B/SS | 2 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl Mondesí | RF/CF | 159 | 601 | .253 | 98 | 152 | 33 | 99 | 36 |
| Devon White | CF | 134 | 474 | .268 | 60 | 127 | 14 | 68 | 19 |
| Gary Sheffield | LF | 152 | 549 | .301 | 103 | 165 | 34 | 101 | 11 |
| Todd Hollandsworth | CF/LF/RF | 92 | 261 | .284 | 39 | 74 | 9 | 32 | 5 |
| Trenidad Hubbard | CF/LF/RF/2B/C | 82 | 105 | .314 | 23 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Jacob Brumfield | CF/LF | 18 | 17 | .294 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Cookson | LF/RF | 3 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 1999 Awards

* 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
** Gary Sheffield reserve
* NL Player of the Week
** Raúl Mondesí (April 5–11)
** Eric Karros (Sep. 20–26)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Albuquerque Dukes | Pacific Coast League | Mike Scioscia |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Jimmy Johnson |
| High A | San Bernardino Stampede | California League | Rick Burleson |
| High A | Vero Beach Dodgers | Florida State League | Álvaro Espinoza |
| A-Short Season | Yakima Bears | Northwest League | Dino Ebel |
| Rookie | Great Falls Dodgers | Pioneer League | Tony Harris |
| Rookie | DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2 | Dominican Summer League | |

## Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They lost their first round pick to the San Diego Padres and their third round pick to the Baltimore Orioles as a result of their signing free agent pitchers Kevin Brown and Alan Mills. They also gained a supplemental first round pick and a second round pick as compensation for losing pitcher Scott Radinsky to free agency and a supplemental second round pick as compensation for pitcher Brian Bohanon.
The first round pick was shortstop Jason Repko from Hanford High School. He was transitioned to the outfield and played seven seasons in the majors (four with the Dodgers). He had several serious injuries in his career and was relegated primarily to a backup position. Repko hit .224 in 360 MLB games. The draft class also included outfielder Shane Victorino, who was drafted in the sixth round out of St. Anthony High School in Hawaii. He was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2004 Rule 5 draft and proceeded to become a two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion.
1999 Draft Picks :
| Round | Name | Position | School | Signed | Career span | Highest level |
| 1s | Jason Repko | SS | Hanford High School | Yes | 1999–2016 | MLB |
| 2 | Brennan King | SS | Oakland High School | Yes | 1999–2008 | AAA |
| 2s | Drew Meyer | SS | Bishop England High School | No Rangers-2002 | 2002–2010 | MLB |
| 4 | Joe Thurston | SS | Sacramento City College | Yes | 1999–2014 | MLB |
| 5 | Phil Devey | LHP | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Yes | 1999–2005 | AAA |
| 6 | Shane Victorino | OF | St. Anthony High School | Yes | 1999–2015 | MLB |
| 7 | Jose Escalera | OF | Carlos Escobar Lopez High School | Yes | 1999–2002 | A |
| 8 | T. J. Nail | RHP | Schaumburg High School | Yes | 1999–2008 | AAA |
| 9 | Jon Berry | RHP | Newberry College | Yes | 1999–2003 | A+ |
| 10 | Lamont Matthews | OF | Oklahoma State University | Yes | 1999–2003 | AAA |
| 11 | Eric Junge | RHP | Bucknell University | Yes | 1999–2012 | MLB |
| 12 | Josh Dalton | SS | Louisiana State University | Yes | 1999 | A- |
| 13 | Jonathan Hale | C | Missouri State University | No | | |
| 14 | Randy Hadden | RHP | University of South Carolina | Yes | 1999–2001 | A+ |
| 15 | Wade Parrish | LHP | Washington State University | Yes | 1999–2003 | AAA |
| 16 | Tymber Lee | RHP | Wichita State University | No Angels-2000 | 2000–2002 | A- |
| 17 | Scott Martin | RHP | Central Connecticut State University | Yes | 1999–2002 | A+ |
| 18 | John Rozich | C | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Yes | 1999 | A- |
| 19 | Harold Eckert | RHP | Florida International University | No Mets-2001 | 2001–2009 | AAA |
| 20 | Ryan Hamilton | RHP | University of California, San Diego | No Astros-2000 | 2000–2001 | A- |
| 21 | Chris Snow | OF | Desert Vista High School | Yes | 1999 | Rookie |
| 22 | Tim Cunningham | LHP | Rocklin High School | No Rangers-2003 | 2003–2004 | A |
| 23 | Reggie Abercrombie | OF | Columbus High School | Yes | 2000–2019 | MLB |
| 24 | Shane Nance | LHP | University of Houston | Yes | 2000–2005 | MLB |
| 25 | Clint Chauncey | C | Terry Parker High School | No Yankees-2000 | 2000–2007 | AA |
| 26 | Traviss Hodge | 1B | Los Angeles Pierce College | No | | |
| 27 | Luke Robertson | RHP | Butler County Community College | No Athletics-2002 | 2002–2014 | AAA |
| 28 | Mike Keristead | RHP | St. Malachy's High School | Yes | 2000–2003 | A+ |
| 29 | Zach Cates | 1B | Mesa Community College | No Cardinals-2002 | 2002–2004 | A+ |
| 30 | Ryan Brnardic | RHP | Sandwich Secondary School | No Orioles-2003 | 2003–2008 | Rookie |
| 31 | Justin Glenn | OF | Sheridan High School | No | | |
| 32 | Nolan McManus | RHP | Sierra College | No | | |
| 33 | Cliff Wren | C | Mississippi State University | Yes | 1999–2003 | A+ |
| 34 | Norm Siriveaw | OF | East Oklahoma State College | No Blue Jays-2000 | 2000–2003 | A |
| 35 | Kegan O'Toole | C | Henry M. Jackson High School | No | | |
| 36 | Ryan Harris | RHP | Woodstock High School | No | | |
| 37 | Miguel Heredia | RHP | East Oklahoma State College | No | | |
| 38 | Chris Hunter | RHP | Mountain View High School | No Angels -2004 | 2004–2008 | AAA |
| 39 | Christopher Hanne | LHP | Duluth High School | No | | |
| 40 | Michael Pelsnik | RHP | Horizon High School | No | | |
| 41 | Keith Godbolt | OF | Hillsborough High School | Yes | 1999–2000 | Rookie |
| 42 | Rob Harrand | RHP | | No Phillies-2002 | 2002–2003 | A- |
| 43 | Kyle Bateman | RHP | Coconino High School | No | | - |
| 44 | Robert Sumner | 1B | Pace High School | No | | |
| 45 | Erik Lohse | RHP | Butte College | No Twins-2001 | 2001–2005 | AA |
| 46 | Chris Bell | RHP | Christopher Columbus High School | No Reds-2002 | 2002 | Rookie |
| 47 | Joey Black | RHP | Bonneville High School | No | | |
| 48 | Scott Wilson | C | Ellensburg High School | No | | |
| 49 | Jayson Casiano | 1B | Monserrate Leon High School | No | | |
| 50 | Jonathan Morel | 1B | Colegio San Agustin High School | No | | |