# 1999 Anaheim Angels season

The 1999 Anaheim Angels season was the 39th season of the Anaheim Angels franchise in the American League, the 34th in Anaheim, and their 34th season playing their home games at Edison International Field of Anaheim. The Angels finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

## Offseason

* November 16, 1998: Jeff Juden was released by the Anaheim Angels.
* November 18, 1998: Steve Decker was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.
* December 7, 1998: Jack McDowell signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.
* December 7, 1998: Randy Velarde was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.
* December 23, 1998: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.

## 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

* April 19, 1999: Dave Silvestri was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.
* July 29, 1999: Randy Velarde was traded by the Anaheim Angels with Omar Olivares to the Oakland Athletics for Jeff Davanon, Nathan Haynes, and Elvin Nina (minors).
* August 6, 1999: Charlie O'Brien was released by the Anaheim Angels.

### 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 | Matt Walbeck | 107 | 288 | 69 | .240 | 3 | 22 |
| 1B | Darin Erstad | 142 | 585 | 148 | .253 | 13 | 53 |
| 2B | Randy Velarde | 95 | 376 | 115 | .306 | 9 | 48 |
| SS | Gary Disarcina | 81 | 271 | 62 | .229 | 1 | 29 |
| 3B | Troy Glaus | 154 | 551 | 132 | .240 | 29 | 79 |
| LF | Orlando Palmeiro | 109 | 317 | 88 | .278 | 1 | 23 |
| CF | Garret Anderson | 157 | 620 | 188 | .303 | 21 | 80 |
| RF | Tim Salmon | 98 | 353 | 94 | .266 | 17 | 69 |
| DH | Mo Vaughn | 134 | 524 | 147 | .281 | 33 | 108 |

#### 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 |
| Todd Greene | 97 | 321 | 78 | .243 | 14 | 42 |
| Andy Sheets | 87 | 244 | 48 | .197 | 3 | 29 |
| Jeff Huson | 97 | 225 | 59 | .262 | 0 | 18 |
| Jim Edmonds | 55 | 204 | 51 | .250 | 5 | 23 |
| Trent Durrington | 43 | 122 | 22 | .180 | 0 | 2 |
| Bengie Molina | 31 | 101 | 26 | .257 | 1 | 10 |
| Steve Decker | 28 | 63 | 15 | .238 | 0 | 5 |
| Reggie Williams | 30 | 63 | 14 | .222 | 1 | 6 |
| Charlie O'Brien | 27 | 62 | 6 | .097 | 1 | 4 |
| Tim Unroe | 27 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 1 | 6 |
| Chris Pritchett | 20 | 45 | 7 | .156 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Luke | 18 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 3 | 6 |
| Bret Hemphill | 12 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeff DaVanon | 7 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Silvestri | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Colangelo | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |

### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Name | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Chuck Finley | 33 | 213.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.43 | 200 |
| Steve Sparks | 28 | 147.2 | 5 | 11 | 5.42 | 73 |
| Tim Belcher | 24 | 132.1 | 6 | 8 | 6.73 | 52 |
| Omar Olivares | 20 | 131.0 | 8 | 9 | 4.05 | 49 |
| Ken Hill | 26 | 128.1 | 4 | 11 | 4.77 | 76 |
| Ramón Ortiz | 9 | 48.1 | 2 | 3 | 6.52 | 44 |
| Brian Cooper | 5 | 27.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.88 | 15 |
| Jack McDowell | 4 | 19.0 | 0 | 4 | 8.05 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Jarrod Washburn | 16 | 61.2 | 4 | 5 | 5.25 | 39 |
| Mike Fyhrie | 16 | 51.2 | 0 | 4 | 5.05 | 26 |

##### 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 |
| Troy Percival | 60 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 3.79 | 58 |
| Mark Petkovsek | 64 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3.47 | 43 |
| Shigetoshi Hasegawa | 64 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4.91 | 44 |
| Mike Magnante | 53 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 44 |
| Al Levine | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.39 | 37 |
| Scott Schoeneweis | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.49 | 22 |
| Mike Holtz | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8.06 | 17 |
| Lou Pote | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.15 | 20 |
| Juan Alvarez | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
| Steve Mintz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Carney Lansford |
| AA | Erie SeaWolves | Eastern League | Garry Templeton |
| A | Lake Elsinore Storm | California League | Mario Mendoza |
| A | Cedar Rapids Kernels | Midwest League | Mitch Seoane |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Tom Kotchman |
| Rookie | Butte Copper Kings | Pioneer League | Joe Urso |