# 1999 Boston Red Sox season

The 1999 Boston Red Sox season was the 99th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 94–68, four games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, and defeated the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. The Red Sox then lost to the Yankees in the ALCS.
Pedro Martínez won the American League Cy Young Award, becoming the second pitcher to win the award in both leagues. Additionally, Jimy Williams was named the American League Manager of the Year.

## Offseason

* November 16, 1998: José Offerman was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* November 20, 1998: Purchased Tomo Ohka from the Yokohama Bay Stars.
* December 11, 1998: Mark Portugal was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* December 18, 1998: Brian Daubach was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* December 19, 1998: Mark Guthrie was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* January 11, 1999: Pat Rapp was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* March 11, 1999: Ramón Martínez was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* March 30, 1999: Midre Cummings was released by the Red Sox.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Boston Red Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 4 | 49‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 84 | 78 | .519 | 14 | 40‍–‍41 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 41‍–‍40 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29 | 33‍–‍48 | 36‍–‍45 |

### 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 |
Red Sox vs. National League East :
| Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
| Boston | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |

### Opening Day Lineup

| 30 | José Offerman | DH |
| 20 | Darren Lewis | CF |
| 13 | John Valentin | 3B |
| 5 | Nomar Garciaparra | SS |
| 25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
| 24 | Mike Stanley | 1B |
| 10 | Scott Hatteberg | C |
| 3 | Jeff Frye | 2B |
| 7 | Trot Nixon | RF |
| 45 | Pedro Martínez | P |
Source

### All-Star Game

The 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 70th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL). Red Sox legend Ted Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch. Three members of the Red Sox played in the game. Pitcher Pedro Martínez and shortstop Nomar Garciaparra were starters, while second baseman José Offerman was a reserve. The game, won by the American League 4–1, was held on July 13, 1999, at Fenway Park.

### Notable transactions

* June 2, 1999: Casey Fossum was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st Round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed July 19, 1999.
* June 2, 1999: Lew Ford was drafted by the Red Sox in the 12th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 7, 1999.
* July 26, 1999: Robert Ramsay was traded by the Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Butch Huskey.
* July 31, 1999: Mike Maroth was traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Bryce Florie.
* August 24, 1999: Dave Benham and Mike Matthews were traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kent Mercker.
* August 31, 1999: Mark Guthrie and a player to be named later (Cole Liniak) were traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Rod Beck.
* September 27, 1999: Mark Portugal was released by the Red Sox.

### Roster
## Player statistics
### 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 | Jason Varitek | 144 | 483 | 130 | .269 | 20 | 76 |
| 1B | Mike Stanley | 136 | 427 | 120 | .281 | 19 | 72 |
| 2B | José Offerman | 149 | 586 | 172 | .294 | 8 | 69 |
| SS | Nomar Garciaparra | 135 | 532 | 190 | .357 | 27 | 104 |
| 3B | John Valentin | 113 | 450 | 114 | .253 | 12 | 70 |
| LF | Troy O'Leary | 157 | 596 | 167 | .280 | 28 | 103 |
| CF | Darren Lewis | 135 | 470 | 113 | .240 | 2 | 40 |
| RF | Trot Nixon | 124 | 381 | 103 | .270 | 15 | 52 |
| DH | Reggie Jefferson | 83 | 206 | 57 | .277 | 5 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Damon Buford | 91 | 297 | 72 | .242 | 6 | 38 |
| Michael Coleman | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Daubach | 110 | 381 | 112 | .294 | 21 | 73 |
| Chad Fonville | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Frye | 41 | 114 | 32 | .281 | 1 | 12 |
| Creighton Gubanich | 18 | 47 | 13 | .277 | 1 | 11 |
| Scott Hatteberg | 30 | 80 | 22 | .275 | 1 | 11 |
| Butch Huskey | 45 | 124 | 33 | .266 | 7 | 28 |
| Steve Lomasney | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Merloni | 43 | 126 | 32 | .254 | 1 | 13 |
| Jon Nunnally | 10 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Donnie Sadler | 49 | 107 | 30 | .280 | 0 | 4 |
| Wilton Veras | 36 | 118 | 34 | .288 | 2 | 13 |
| Lenny Webster | 6 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting rotation

Note: G = Games pitched (GS) = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G (GS) | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Pedro Martínez | 31 (29) | 213.1 | 23 | 4 | 2.07 | 303 |
| Mark Portugal | 31 (27) | 150.1 | 7 | 12 | 5.51 | 79 |
| Pat Rapp | 37 (26) | 146.1 | 6 | 7 | 4.12 | 90 |
| Bret Saberhagen | 22 (22) | 119.0 | 10 | 6 | 2.95 | 81 |
| Brian Rose | 22 (18) | 98.0 | 7 | 6 | 4.87 | 51 |

#### Relief, spot starters, and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched (GS) = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G (GS) | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tim Wakefield | 49 (17) | 140.0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5.08 | 104 |
| Derek Lowe | 74 (0) | 109.1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2.63 | 80 |
| John Wasdin | 45 (0) | 74.1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4.12 | 57 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 60 (0) | 63.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.69 | 39 |
| Mark Guthrie | 46 (0) | 46.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.83 | 36 |
| Rich Garcés | 30 (0) | 40.2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1.55 | 33 |
| Jin Ho Cho | 9 (7) | 39.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.72 | 16 |
| Bryce Florie | 14 (2) | 30.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 25 |
| Kent Mercker | 5 (5) | 25.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.51 | 17 |
| Jim Corsi | 23 (0) | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 | 14 |
| Ramón Martínez | 4 (4) | 20.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.05 | 15 |
| Tom Gordon | 21 (0) | 17.2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.60 | 24 |
| Rod Beck | 12 (0) | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.93 | 12 |
| Tim Harikkala | 7 (0) | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 7 |
| Juan Peña | 2 (2) | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.69 | 15 |
| Tomo Ohka | 8 (2) | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.23 | 8 |
| Kip Gross | 11 (1) | 12.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.82 | 9 |
| Bob Wolcott | 4 (0) | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |
| Marino Santana | 3 (0) | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 4 |
| Kirk Bullinger | 4 (0) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Source

## Playoffs
### Division Series

Boston wins the series, 3-2
| Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Series |
| 1 | Cleveland | 3 | Boston | 2 | October 6 | 1–0 (CLE) |
| 2 | Cleveland | 11 | Boston | 1 | October 7 | 2–0 (CLE) |
| 3 | Boston | 9 | Cleveland | 3 | October 9 | 2–1 (CLE) |
| 4 | Boston | 23 | Cleveland | 7 | October 10 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Cleveland | 8 | Boston | 12 | October 11 | 3–2 (BOS) |

### League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-1
| Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Series |
| 1 | New York | 4 | Boston | 3 | October 13 | 1–0 (NYY) |
| 2 | New York | 3 | Boston | 2 | October 14 | 2–0 (NYY) |
| 3 | Boston | 13 | New York | 1 | October 16 | 2–1 (NYY) |
| 4 | Boston | 2 | New York | 9 | October 17 | 3–1 (NYY) |
| 5 | Boston | 1 | New York | 6 | October 18 | 4–1 (NYY) |

## Game log

| Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed | Clinched Playoff Spot |
1999 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 94–68 (Home: 49–32; Away: 45–36) :
April: 11–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5@ Royals5–3P. Martínez (1–0)Appier (0–1)Gordon (1)Kauffman Stadium40,2571–0W1
2April 7@ Royals6–0Saberhagen (1–0)Rosado (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium13,9032–0W2
3April 8@ Royals4–1Wakefield (1–0)Suppan (0–1)Gordon (2)Kauffman Stadium13,3563–0W3
4April 9@ Devil Rays4–1Portugal (1–0)Arrojo (0–1)—Tropicana Field40,5254–0W4
5April 10@ Devil Rays5–3P. Martínez (2–0)Santana (0–1)Gordon (3)Tropicana Field28,5525–0W5
6April 11@ Devil Rays4–5Aldred (1–0)Lowe (0–1)Hernández (2)Tropicana Field23,4045–1L1
7April 13White Sox6–0Saberhagen (2–0)Parque (1–1)—Fenway Park31,8746–1W1
8April 15White Sox0–4Snyder (1–1)P. Martínez (2–1)—Fenway Park22,4616–2L1
9April 16Devil Rays6–2Rekar (1–0)Wakefield (1–1)—Fenway Park18,8096–3L2
10April 17Devil Rays8–5Portugal (2–0)Saunders (1–2)—Fenway Park26,7997–3W1
11April 18Devil Rays1–5Witt (2–0)Rapp (0–1)—Fenway Park27,5897–4L1
12April 19Devil Rays5–4Arrojo (1–1)Saberhagen (2–1)Hernández (4)Fenway Park33,1677–5L2
13April 20@ Tigers1–0P. Martínez (3–1)Weaver (1–1)Lowe (1)Tiger Stadium12,5588–5W1
14April 21@ Tigers2–9Moehler (2–2)Wakefield (1–2)—Tiger Stadium13,0498–6L1
15April 22@ Tigers0–1Thompson (2–2)Portugal (2–1)Jones (2)Tiger Stadium32,9758–7L2
16April 23Indians6–7Karsay (2–1)Corsi (0–1)Jackson (3)Fenway Park29,9218–8L3
17April 24Indians9–4Harikkala (1–0)DeLucia (0–1)—Fenway Park29,4819–8W1
18April 25Indians3–2P. Martínez (4–1)Shuey (2–1)—Fenway Park30,47210–8W2
19April 26@ Twins2–6Radke (2–2)Wakefield (1–3)Trombley (1)Metrodome9,67410–9L1
20April 27@ Twins5–6Guardado (1–1)Corsi (0–2)Aguilera (4)Metrodome10,68110–10L2
21April 28@ Twins9–4Rapp (1–1)Lincoln (0–4)—Metrodome11,09711–10W1
22April 30@ Athletics9–13Mathews (3–0)Lowe (0–2)—Network Associates Coliseum10,06311–11L1 :
May: 20–8
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
23May 1@ Athletics7–2P. Martínez (5–1)Heredia (1–2)—Network Associates Coliseum30,35312–11W1
24May 2@ Athletics5–7Jones (1–0)Harikkala (1–1)Taylor (6)Network Associates Coliseum17,38812–12L1
25May 3@ Athletics11–12 (10)Mathews (4–0)Gross (0–1)—Network Associates Coliseum8,22112–13L2
26May 5Rangers3–8Helling (3–3)Rapp (1–2)—Fenway Park20,96012–14L3
27May 6Rangers3–2Cormier (1–0)Sele (3–3)Wakefield (1)Fenway Park21,41213–14W1
28May 7Angels6–0P. Martínez (6–1)Olivares (3–3)—Fenway Park32,22014–14W2
29May 8Angels6–1Peña (1–0)Belcher (1–3)Lowe (2)Fenway Park29,38515–14W3
30May 9Angels4–2Portugal (3–1)Hill (1–2)Wakefield (2)Fenway Park23,71016–14W4
31May 10Mariners12–4Wasdin (1–0)Hinchliffe (0–2)—Fenway Park21,66017–14W5
32May 11Mariners5–8Moyer (2–4)Wakefield (1–4)—Fenway Park24,41617–15L1
33May 12Mariners9–2P. Martínez (7–1)Suzuki (0–2)—Fenway Park28,17718–15W1
34May 14@ Blue Jays5–0Peña (2–0)Wells (4–3)—SkyDome22,18619–15W2
35May 15@ Blue Jays6–5Wasdin (2–0)Plesac (0–3)Gordon (4)SkyDome24,57920–15W3
36May 16@ Blue Jays6–9Lloyd (3–1)Gross (0–2)—SkyDome21,09420–16L1
37May 17@ Blue Jays8–7Wasdin (3–0)Lloyd (3–2)—SkyDome20,39521–16W1
38May 18Yankees6–3P. Martínez (8–1)Cone (4–2)Gordon (5)Fenway Park33,62022–16W2
39May 19Yankees6–0Rose (1–0)Irabu (1–2)—Fenway Park32,09123–16W3
40May 20Yankees1–3Hernández (4–4)Portugal (3–2)Rivera (11)Fenway Park33,13923–17L1
41May 21Blue Jays5–2Rapp (2–2)Escobar (3–2)—Fenway Park27,28424–17W1
42May 22Blue Jays6–4Wakefield (2–4)Carpenter (3–4)Gordon (6)Fenway Park32,03825–17W2
43May 23Blue Jays10–8P. Martínez (9–1)Hentgen (4–2)Gordon (7)Fenway Park28,55926–17W3
—May 24@ YankeesPostponed (rain). Makeup date May 27.
44May 25@ Yankees5–2Rose (2–0)Irabu (1–3)Gordon (8)Yankee Stadium37,71527–17W4
45May 26@ Yankees3–8Hernández (5–4)Portugal (3–3)Rivera (12)Yankee Stadium45,80027–18L1
46May 27@ Yankees1–4Clemens (4–0)Rapp (2–3)Rivera (13)Yankee Stadium55,67127–19L2
47May 28@ Indians12–5Wakefield (3–4)Wright (4–3)Lowe (3)Jacobs Field43,28728–19W1
48May 29@ Indians4–2P. Martínez (10–1)Colón (6–2)Gordon (9)Jacobs Field43,25529–19W2
49May 30@ Indians4–2Rose (3–0)Gooden (2–2)Gordon (10)Jacobs Field43,20730–19W3
50May 31Tigers8–7Wasdin (4–0)Anderson (1–1)Gordon (11)Fenway Park27,88331–19W4 :
June: 14–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
51June 1Tigers5–4Wasdin (5–0)Brocail (1–2)Lowe (4)Fenway Park26,45632–19W5
52June 2Tigers2–4Thompson (5–6)Wakefield (3–5)Jones (9)Fenway Park22,19432–20L1
53June 4Braves5–1P. Martínez (11–1)Glavine (3–7)—Fenway Park33,41133–20W1
54June 5Braves5–6Maddux (5–3)Gordon (0–1)Rocker (11)Fenway Park32,79333–21L1
55June 6Braves2–3 (10)Seánez (4–0)Portugal (3–4)Rocker (12)Fenway Park32,18433–22L2
56June 7@ Expos2–8Pavano (4–5)Saberhagen (2–2)—Olympic Stadium7,00333–23L3
57June 8@ Expos1–5Smith (1–0)Wakefield (3–6)—Olympic Stadium7,23333–24L4
58June 9@ Expos1–13Thurman (2–3)P. Martínez (11–2)—Olympic Stadium19,01233–25L5
59June 11@ Mets3–2 (12)Corsi (1–2)Franco (0–2)Wasdin (1)Shea Stadium36,70034–25W1
60June 12@ Mets2–4Leiter (4–5)Rapp (2–4)Franco (15)Shea Stadium43,81934–26L1
61June 13@ Mets4–5Hershiser (6–5)Portugal (3–5)Wendell (2)Shea Stadium46,47334–27L2
62June 14Twins4–3Wasdin (6–0)Trombley (1–3)—Fenway Park30,09935–27W1
63June 15Twins4–2P. Martínez (12–2)Milton (2–6)Wakefield (3)Fenway Park31,80536–27W2
64June 16Twins5–1Rose (4–0)Perkins (1–4)Guthrie (1)Fenway Park30,08537–27W3
65June 17Twins7–8Hawkins (3–7)Rapp (2–5)Trombley (8)Fenway Park31,44637–28L1
66June 18Rangers1–4Morgan (7–5)Portugal (3–6)Zimmerman (1)Fenway Park31,42737–29L2
67June 19Rangers7–4Cho (1–0)Clark (3–7)Wakefield (4)Fenway Park31,95038–29W1
68June 20Rangers5–2P. Martínez (13–2)Glynn (0–2)Wakefield (5)Fenway Park31,50139–29W2
69June 21Rangers5–4Wasdin (7–0)Helling (6–7)Wakefield (6)Fenway Park27,62740–29W3
70June 22@ Orioles3–5Rhodes (3–2)Guthrie (0–1)Timlin (9)Camden Yards43,32940–30L1
71June 23@ Orioles5–0Saberhagen (3–2)Guzmán (3–6)—Camden Yards45,08641–30W1
72June 24@ Orioles2–1Portugal (4–6)Mussina (9–4)Wakefield (7)Camden Yards47,38842–30W2
73June 25White Sox6–1Cho (2–0)Snyder (7–6)—Fenway Park31,09743–30W3
74June 26White Sox17–1P. Martínez (14–2)Baldwin (3–8)Wasdin (2)Fenway Park32,75844–30W4
75June 27White Sox6–7Simas (2–2)Wakefield (3–7)—Fenway Park30,62744–31L1
76June 28White Sox14–1Saberhagen (4–2)Sirotka (6–8)—Fenway Park24,61645–31W1
77June 30Devil Rays10–11 (10)Hernández (1–3)Wasdin (7–1)—Fenway Park27,96145–32L1 :
July: 11–15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
78July 1Devil Rays3–12Álvarez (4–5)Cho (2–1)—Fenway Park29,27045–33L1
79July 2@ White Sox6–1P. Martínez (15–2)Parque (8–6)—Comiskey Park23,22646–33W1
80July 3@ White Sox2–11Sirotka (7–8)Rose (4–1)—Comiskey Park18,02846–34L1
81July 4@ White Sox5–2Saberhagen (5–2)Navarro (6–7)Wakefield (8)Comiskey Park16,49547–34W1
82July 5@ Devil Rays4–2Portugal (5–6)Rekar (5–4)Wakefield (9)Tropicana Field21,96748–34W2
83July 6@ Devil Rays4–6Lopez (1–1)Wasdin (7–2)Hernández (23)Tropicana Field17,30948–35L1
84July 7@ Devil Rays2–3Eiland (1–4)P. Martínez (15–3)Hernández (24)Tropicana Field20,95948–36L2
85July 8@ Devil Rays2–3Witt (5–5)Rose (4–2)Hernández (25)Tropicana Field21,16048–37L3
86July 9@ Braves5–4Saberhagen (6–2)Chen (0–1)Wakefield (10)Turner Field49,63649–37W1
87July 10@ Braves1–2 (11)Seánez (5–0)Wasdin (7–3)—Turner Field47,87149–38L1
88July 11@ Braves1–8Maddux (10–5)Cho (2–2)—Turner Field46,68049–39L2
89July 15Phillies6–4Rose (5–2)Byrd (11–6)Wakefield (11)Fenway Park32,39750–39W1
90July 16Phillies4–5Person (3–4)Saberhagen (6–3)Gomes (13)Fenway Park32,89950–40L1
91July 17Phillies3–11Wolf (5–0)Portugal (5–7)—Fenway Park32,22850–41L2
92July 18Marlins11–9Lowe (1–2)Núñez (3–3)Wakefield (12)Fenway Park30,28851–41W1
93July 19Marlins7–10Meadows (7–10)Ohka (0–1)Alfonseca (4)Fenway Park23,28251–42L1
94July 20Marlins7–1Rose (6–2)Hernández (5–9)—Fenway Park25,34652–42W1
95July 21Orioles1–6Mussina (13–4)Saberhagen (6–4)—Fenway Park33,69052–43L1
96July 22Orioles2–5Erickson (6–8)Cho (2–3)Timlin (10)Fenway Park33,38452–44L2
97July 23@ Tigers5–14Moehler (8–9)Ohka (0–2)—Tiger Stadium35,24552–45L3
98July 24@ Tigers11–4Portugal (6–7)Weaver (6–6)Lowe (5)Tiger Stadium37,14953–45W1
99July 25@ Tigers1–9Mlicki (5–10)Rose (6–3)—Tiger Stadium34,95953–46L1
100July 27@ Blue Jays11–9Guthrie (1–1)Halladay (7–4)Wakefield (13)SkyDome38,63154–46W1
101July 28@ Blue Jays8–0Rapp (3–5)Hamilton (3–6)—SkyDome36,19055–46W2
102July 30Yankees3–13Irabu (8–3)Portugal (6–8)—Fenway Park33,77755–47L1
103July 31Yankees6–5Lowe (2–2)Mendoza (4–7)—Fenway Park33,17956–47W1 :
August: 18–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
104August 1Yankees5–4Saberhagen (7–4)Hernández (12–7)Wakefield (13)Fenway Park33,55357–47W2
105August 2Indians5–7Karsay (8–1)Garcés (0–1)Jackson (23)Fenway Park33,21857–48L1
106August 3Indians4–5Shuey (7–4)Wakefield (3–8)Jackson (24)Fenway Park33,65057–49L2
107August 4Indians7–2Portugal (7–8)Colón (10–4)—Fenway Park33,28258–49W1
108August 5@ Angels0–8Finley (6–10)Rose (6–4)—Edison Field26,17558–50L1
109August 6@ Angels5–1Saberhagen (8–4)Sparks (5–8)—Edison Field36,36059–50W1
110August 7@ Angels14–3Rapp (4–5)Belcher (5–7)—Edison Field36,57760–50W2
111August 8@ Angels9–3P. Martínez (16–3)McDowell (0–4)—Edison Field31,66461–50W3
112August 9@ Royals2–5Suppan (7–6)Portugal (7–9)—Kauffman Stadium18,24861–51L1
113August 10@ Royals9–6 (10)Wakefield (4–8)Wakefield (6–7)Garcés (1)Kauffman Stadium15,90962–51W1
114August 11@ Royals9–3Saberhagen (9–4)Rosado (7–9)—Kauffman Stadium15,15763–51W2
115August 13Mariners11–6Lowe (3–2)Fassero (4–14)—Fenway Park33,65364–51W3
116August 14Mariners13–2P. Martínez (17–3)Halama (9–4)—Fenway Park33,25865–51W4
117August 15Mariners3–4Meche (4–2)Portugal (7–10)Mesa (25)Fenway Park32,46065–52L1
118August 16Athletics6–5Lowe (4–2)Jones (3–5)—Fenway Park30,59766–52W1
119August 17Athletics1–12Heredia (10–5)Saberhagen (9–5)—Fenway Park31,24666–53L1
120August 18Athletics7–4Garcés (1–1)Appier (12–10)Lowe (6)Fenway Park32,40567–53W1
121August 19Athletics2–6Hudson (8–1)P. Martínez (17–4)Mathews (3)Fenway Park33,39367–54L1
122August 20@ Rangers3–4Loaiza (6–1)Portugal (7–11)Wetteland (34)The Ballpark in Arlington35,03667–55L2
123August 21@ Rangers2–9Helling (10–7)Rose (6–5)—The Ballpark in Arlington45,64167–56L3
124August 22@ Rangers0–6Sele (14–7)Wakefield (4–9)—The Ballpark in Arlington28,09967–57L4
125August 23@ Twins4–1Rapp (5–5)Hawkins (8–11)Lowe (7)Metrodome14,33168–57W1
126August 24@ Twins7–1P. Martínez (18–4)Ryan (0–1)—Metrodome12,33269–57W2
127August 25@ Twins3–6Radke (10–12)Portugal (7–12)—Metrodome11,18569–58L1
128August 27Angels4–3Garcés (2–1)Percival (3–3)Lowe (8)Fenway Park32,92170–58W1
129August 28Angels7–6Lowe (5–2)Pote (0–1)—Fenway Park33,06071–58W2
130August 29Angels7–4Rapp (6–5)Belcher (5–8)Lowe (9)Fenway Park32,25372–58W3
131August 30Royals9–1P. Martínez (19–4)Suppan (8–8)—Fenway Park32,70573–58W4
132August 31Royals6–3Garcés (3–1)Witasick (5–11)Lowe (10)Fenway Park32,17774–58W5 :
September/October: 20–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
133September 1Royals4–3Mercker (7–5)Rosado (7–13)Beck (8)Fenway Park31,74375–58W6
134September 2Royals2–4Suzuki (1–4)R. Martínez (0–1)Fussell (1)Fenway Park31,38775–59L1
135September 3@ Mariners1–2Moyer (13–6)Lowe (5–3)—Safeco Field44,47175–60L2
136September 4@ Mariners4–0P. Martínez (20–4)Abbott (5–2)—Safeco Field44,59776–60W1
137September 5@ Mariners9–7Garcés (4–1)Paniagua (6–11)Lowe (11)Safeco Field44,01977–60W2
138September 6@ Mariners3–2Florie (3–1)Halama (11–6)Lowe (12)Safeco Field44,24678–60W3
139September 7@ Athletics5–3Wakefield (5–9)Heredia (11–7)Lowe (13)Newtowrk Associates Coliseum21,19579–60W4
140September 8@ Athletics2–6Appier (14–12)Rapp (6–6)—Newtowrk Associates Coliseum20,25179–61L1
141September 10@ Yankees3–1P. Martínez (21–4)Pettitte (12–11)—Yankee Stadium55,23980–61W1
142September 11@ Yankees11–10Garcés (5–1)Irabu (10–6)Beck (9)Yankee Stadium55,42281–61W2
143September 12@ Yankees4–1Cormier (2–0)Clemens (12–9)Beck (10)Yankee Stadium56,02882–61W3
144September 13@ Indians7–11Nagy (16–9)Wakefield (5–10)Shuey (6)Jacobs Field43,26482–62L1
145September 14@ Indians12–3Lowe (6–3)Gooden (3–4)—Jacobs Field43,20383–62W1
146September 15@ Indians6–4 (13)Wasdin (8–3)Brower (1–1)—Jacobs Field43,22484–62W2
147September 17Tigers14–3Florie (4–1)Blair (2–11)—Fenway Park29,03885–62W3
148September 18Tigers9–1Saberhagen (10–5)Weaver (8–12)—Fenway Park32,38286–62W4
149September 19Tigers7–3Wakefield (6–10)Mlicki (13–12)Lowe (14)Fenway Park30,77787–62W5
150September 21Blue Jays3–0P. Martínez (22–4)Hentgen (10–12)—Fenway Park27,79988–62W6
151September 22Blue Jays9–14Escobar (13–11)Rapp (6–7)—Fenway Park25,34588–63L1
152September 23Blue Jays5–7Wells (15–10)Beck (2–5)Koch (29)Fenway Park30,78088–64L2
153September 24Orioles0–1Mussina (17–7)Saberhagen (10–6)Timlin (27)Fenway Park32,93088–65L3
154September 25Orioles4–1R. Martínez (1–1)Linton (1–3)Garcés (2)Fenway Park32,10789–65W1
155September 26Orioles5–8Johnson (8–7)Wakefield (6–11)Orosco (1)Fenway Park32,11589–66L1
156September 27Orioles5–3P. Martínez (23–4)Erickson (15–12)Lowe (15)Fenway Park33,47790–66W1
—September 28@ White SoxPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 29.
157September 29 (1)@ White Sox6–2Mercker (8–5)Parque (9–15)—Comiskey Park—91–66W2
158September 29 (2)@ White Sox2–4Foulke (3–3)Gordon (0–2)Howry (26)Comiskey Park12,97491–67L1
159September 30@ White Sox2–5Lowe (4–1)Rose (6–6)Howry (27)Comiskey Park12,78891–68L2
160October 1@ Orioles6–2Ohka (1–2)Linton (1–4)—Camden Yards43,08192–68W1
161October 2@ Orioles8–0R. Martínez (2–1)Johns (6–4)—Camden Yards48,33893–68W2
162October 3@ Orioles1–0Rose (7–6)Timlin (3–9)Wakefield (15)Camden Yards47,56794–68W3 :
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### Postseason game log

Boston Red Sox 1999 Postseason Game Log (4–6) :
American League Division Series vs. Cleveland Indians (3–2)
#/DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesStreak
1October 6@ Indians2–3Shuey (1–0)Lowe (0–1)—Jacobs Field45,1820–1L1
2October 7@ Indians1–11Nagy (1–0)Saberhagen (0–1)—Jacobs Field45,1840–2L2
3October 9Indians9–3Lowe (1–1)Wright (0–1)—Fenway Park33,5391–2W1
4October 10Indians23–7Garcés (1–0)Colón (0–1)—Fenway Park33,8982–2W2
5October 11@ Indians12–8P. Martínez (1–0)Shuey (1–1)—Jacobs Field45,1143–2W3
Red Sox Win Series 3–2 :
American League Championship Series vs. New York Yankees (1–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesStreak
1October 13@ Yankees3–4Rivera (1–0)Beck (0–1)—Yankee Stadium57,1810–1L1
2October 14@ Yankees2–3Cone (1–0)R. Martínez (0–1)Rivera (3)Yankee Stadium57,1800–2L2
3October 16Yankees13–1P. Martínez (2–0)Clemens (1–1)—Fenway Park33,1901–2W1
4October 17Yankees2–9Pettitte (2–0)Saberhagen (0–2)Rivera (4)Fenway Park33,8561–3L1
5October 18Yankees1–6Hernández (2–0)Mercker (0–1)Mendoza (1)Fenway Park33,5891–4L2
Red Sox Lose Series 1–4 :

## Awards and honors

* Nomar Garciaparra – AL Player of the Month (May)
* Pedro Martínez – American League Cy Young Award, AL Pitcher of the Month (April, May, June, September)

### All-Star Game

* Nomar Garciaparra, starting SS
* Pedro Martínez, starting P
* José Offerman, reserve 2B

## Farm system

The Augusta GreenJackets replaced the Michigan Battle Cats as the Red Sox' Class A affiliate.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Gary Jones |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | DeMarlo Hale |
| A-Advanced | Sarasota Red Sox | Florida State League | Butch Hobson |
| A | Augusta GreenJackets | South Atlantic League | Billy Gardner Jr. |
| A-Short Season | Lowell Spinners | New York–Penn League | Luis Aguayo |
| Rookie | GCL Red Sox | Gulf Coast League | John Sanders |
| Rookie | DSL Red Sox | Dominican Summer League | Nelson Norman |
| Rookie | VSL Red Sox (cooperative) | Venezuelan Summer League | |
VSL cooperative was with the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta
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