# 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 118th season of the franchise; the 113th in the National League. This was their 30th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished third in the National League Central with a record of 78–83.

## Offseason

* October 15, 1998: Chance Sanford was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* November 17, 1998: Mike Benjamin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
* November 18, 1998: Ricardo Rincón was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Brian Giles.
* December 22, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
* March 27, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* March 31, 1999: Elmer Dessens was released by the Pirates.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Houston Astros | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍32 | 47‍–‍33 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 96 | 67 | .589 | 1½ | 45‍–‍37 | 51‍–‍30 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 83 | .484 | 18½ | 45‍–‍36 | 33‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 21½ | 38‍–‍42 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 87 | .460 | 22½ | 32‍–‍48 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Cubs | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 | 34‍–‍47 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Game log

1999 Game Log: 78–83 (Home: 45–36; Away: 33–47) :
April: 9–12 (Home: 4–8; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5Expos2–9HermansonCordova (0–1)—43,4050–1
2April 6Expos8–2Schmidt (1–0)Pavano—10,0511–1
3April 7Expos3–4UrbinaLoiselle (0–1)—11,3771–2
4April 9Cubs2–1Benson (1–0)SandersWilliams (1)19,7212–2
5April 10Cubs9–3Sauerbeck (1–0)Woodall—22,4793–2
6April 11Cubs9–6Schmidt (2–0)Trachsel—19,3844–2
7April 13Cardinals2–4BottenfieldSchourek (0–1)Acevedo19,7244–3
8April 14Cardinals5–9AybarBenson (1–1)—18,7804–4
9April 16@ Reds5–6GravesChristiansen (0–1)—17,9744–5
10April 17@ Reds7–6 (10)Christiansen (1–1)White—15,6975–5
11April 18@ Reds4–2Loiselle (1–1)GravesWilliams (2)16,6676–5
12April 19@ Padres3–0Schourek (1–1)SpencerChristiansen (1)33,6167–5
13April 20@ Padres7–3 (10)Williams (1–0)Hoffman—15,4398–5
14April 21@ Padres0–2AshbySchmidt (2–1)Hoffman13,9288–6
15April 23Brewers1–9WoodardPeters (0–1)—13,8508–7
16April 24Brewers3–5ReyesRitchie (0–1)Wickman15,8098–8
17April 25Brewers2–4KarlBenson (1–2)Wickman17,2688–9
18April 27@ Braves5–3Schmidt (3–1)PerezWilliams (3)26,9909–9
19April 28@ Braves4–5GlavineChristiansen (1–2)—29,6159–10
20April 29@ Braves1–8MadduxSilva (0–1)—32,0179–11
21April 30Rockies2–7AstacioSchourek (1–2)—17,4669–12 :
May: 17–12 (Home: 12–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1Rockies9–3Ritchie (1–1)Wright—18,59910–12
23May 2Rockies8–5Schmidt (4–1)ThomsonWilliams (4)19,21511–12
24May 3Giants9–8Loiselle (2–1)Nen—11,09912–12
25May 4Giants4–7OrtizSilva (0–2)—10,53212–13
26May 5Giants4–3 (12)Loiselle (3–1)Rodriguez—14,35813–13
27May 6@ Cardinals13–3Ritchie (2–1)Osborne—36,61514–13
28May 7@ Cardinals2–4RadinskyLoiselle (3–2)—39,62014–14
29May 8@ Cardinals7–0Benson (2–2)Jimenez—45,79015–14
30May 9@ Cardinals12–9Peters (1–1)AybarWilliams (5)45,45816–14
31May 10@ Astros0–6HamptonSchourek (1–3)—17,06416–15
32May 11@ Astros8–19BergmanRitchie (2–2)—18,45016–16
33May 12@ Astros2–6LimaSchmidt (4–2)—19,79216–17
34May 14Expos5–3Benson (3–2)HermansonWilliams (6)24,64417–17
35May 15Expos17–6Silva (1–2)Pavano—27,01718–17
36May 16Expos9–4Schourek (2–3)Vazquez—28,88219–17
37May 17@ Braves1–2MillwoodRitchie (2–3)Rocker30,67319–18
38May 18@ Braves4–12PerezSchmidt (4–3)—30,85819–19
39May 19@ Braves3–7GlavineCordova (0–2)—34,10619–20
40May 20@ Marlins3–4 (14)AlfonsecaWilliams (1–1)—11,47319–21
41May 21@ Marlins1–8HernandezSchourek (2–4)—16,78219–22
42May 22@ Marlins11–4Ritchie (3–3)Springer—23,12120–22
43May 23@ Marlins6–5Wallace (1–0)DarensbourgWilliams (7)19,32121–22
44May 24Mets7–4Silva (2–2)IsringhausenWilliams (8)11,88022–22
45May 25Mets3–8YoshiiBenson (3–3)—12,02922–23
46May 26Mets2–5HershiserSchourek (2–5)Franco13,68122–24
47May 28Astros6–5Ritchie (4–3)LimaWilliams (9)17,30923–24
48May 29Astros5–1Cordova (1–2)Reynolds—32,42624–24
49May 30Astros7–3Benson (4–3)Hampton—28,90525–24
50May 31Dodgers5–4Wilkins (1–0)ArnoldWilliams (10)15,92426–24 :
June: 13–13 (Home: 6–2; Away: 7–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1Dodgers4–2Schmidt (5–3)ValdezWilliams (11)10,96227–24
52June 2Dodgers8–4Ritchie (5–3)Dreifort—20,80728–24
53June 4@ White Sox6–3 (11)Wilkins (2–0)Simas—12,23829–24
54June 5@ White Sox5–6ParqueBenson (4–4)Foulke20,06629–25
55June 6@ White Sox3–4SirotkaSilva (2–3)Howry26,82729–26
56June 7@ Tigers4–9BrunsonSchmidt (5–4)—14,28029–27
57June 8@ Tigers4–11CruzRitchie (5–4)—15,27029–28
58June 9@ Tigers15–3Cordova (2–2)Moehler—15,74730–28
59June 11Royals3–10RosadoBenson (4–5)—31,05230–29
60June 12Royals9–8Christiansen (2–2)Whisenant—29,56931–29
61June 13Royals8–4Schmidt (6–4)WhisenantWilliams (12)28,26132–29
62June 15@ Dodgers11–1Ritchie (6–4)Brown—26,28433–29
63June 16@ Dodgers5–6BorbonClontz (0–1)Shaw25,38433–30
64June 17@ Dodgers8–3Benson (5–5)Park—30,88834–30
65June 18@ Padres2–4BoehringerSilva (2–4)Hoffman60,79934–31
66June 19@ Padres4–5CunnaneSchmidt (6–5)Hoffman33,80334–32
67June 20@ Padres3–6ClementRitchie (6–5)Hoffman25,81934–33
68June 22@ Phillies2–3WolfCordova (2–3)Gomes18,83534–34
69June 23@ Phillies8–6Benson (6–5)ByrdWilliams (13)20,25635–34
70June 24@ Phillies5–7SchillingSilva (2–5)Gomes25,84835–35
71June 25@ Brewers5–3Schmidt (7–5)AbbottChristiansen (2)23,95836–35
72June 26@ Brewers4–7NomoRitchie (6–6)Wickman26,59036–36
73June 27@ Brewers6–5Cordova (3–3)KarlChristiansen (3)23,78837–36
74June 28Phillies3–2 (10)Hansell (1–0)Montgomery—14,14438–36
75June 29Phillies4–7SchillingSilva (2–6)—16,34338–37
76June 30Phillies9–1Schmidt (8–5)Ogea—14,52639–37 :
July: 11–16 (Home: 7–9; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Phillies12–7Ritchie (7–6)Person—11,17440–37
78July 2Brewers2–5KarlCordova (3–4)Wickman20,33240–38
79July 3Brewers4–9PulsipherBenson (6–6)—28,89340–39
80July 4Brewers3–4WeathersClontz (0–2)Wickman16,55340–40
81July 5Cubs2–5LieberSchmidt (8–6)Aguilera19,76240–41
82July 6Cubs6–1Ritchie (8–6)Trachsel—14,36741–41
83July 7Cubs4–1Cordova (4–4)Mulholland—28,25842–41
84July 8Cubs4–9SerafiniBenson (6–7)Sanders17,71142–42
85July 9@ Twins4–5RadkeSilva (2–7)Trombley13,42742–43
86July 10@ Twins4–5GuardadoWilliams (1–2)—14,86542–44
87July 11@ Twins10–2Ritchie (9–6)Mays—18,58743–44
88July 15Indians0–2ColonSchmidt (8–7)Jackson39,62043–45
89July 16Indians11–3Cordova (5–4)Burba—43,51944–45
90July 17Indians13–10Benson (7–7)NagyWilliams (14)43,29945–45
91July 18Dodgers6–5 (10)Sauerbeck (2–0)Mills—23,85546–45
92July 19Dodgers7–12DreifortSilva (2–8)—14,80546–46
93July 20Dodgers4–8BrownClontz (0–3)—16,92146–47
94July 21@ Cubs1–2AguileraChristiansen (2–3)—37,00646–48
95July 22@ Cubs3–5MulhollandBenson (7–8)Adams37,11246–49
96July 23@ Expos1–5VazquezRitchie (9–7)—7,51046–50
97July 24@ Expos7–2Schourek (3–5)Powell—13,39647–50
98July 25@ Expos6–1Schmidt (9–7)Kline—12,24448–50
99July 26@ Mets5–7ReedCordova (5–5)Wendell32,01048–51
100July 27@ Mets5–1Benson (8–8)Hershiser—36,33749–51
101July 28@ Mets2–9CookWilkins (2–1)—42,92049–52
102July 30Marlins7–8EdmondsonHansell (1–1)Alfonseca25,16349–53
103July 31Marlins4–2Schmidt (10–7)EdmondsonWilliams (15)33,86250–53 :
August: 16–14 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Marlins2–1Cordova (6–5)Fernandez—19,07151–53
105August 3Braves7–1Benson (9–8)Millwood—17,15452–53
106August 4Braves3–2Ritchie (10–7)SmoltzWilliams (16)17,62553–53
107August 5Braves3–6RemlingerHansell (1–2)Rocker19,07853–54
108August 6Cardinals5–1Anderson (1–0)JimenezSilva (1)—54–54
109August 6Cardinals1–5StephensonSchmidt (10–8)Croushore35,52154–55
110August 7Cardinals3–1Cordova (7–5)BottenfieldWilliams (17)41,06355–55
111August 8Cardinals5–1Benson (10–8)Oliver—31,78056–55
112August 9Reds2–4NeagleRitchie (10–8)Williamson13,42356–56
113August 10Reds1–6GuzmanSchourek (3–6)—13,30656–57
114August 11Reds5–4Williams (2–2)Williamson—23,72857–57
115August 13@ Astros6–5 (13)Clontz (1–3)MillerWilliams (18)39,82958–57
116August 14@ Astros1–7HoltBenson (10–9)—44,86858–58
117August 15@ Astros2–0Ritchie (11–8)ReynoldsWilliams (19)36,23159–58
118August 16@ Reds2–9GuzmanSchourek (3–7)—19,69359–59
119August 17@ Reds4–7 (12)GravesWilliams (2–3)—19,11859–60
120August 18@ Reds12–6Cordova (8–5)Tomko—19,73360–60
121August 19@ Reds0–1HarnischBenson (10–10)Williamson17,90460–61
122August 20Diamondbacks5–4Ritchie (12–8)StottlemyreWilliams (20)23,93461–61
123August 21Diamondbacks2–4JohnsonAnderson (1–1)—31,36461–62
124August 22Diamondbacks5–7DaalSchmidt (10–9)Mantei25,11261–63
125August 23Diamondbacks1–2ReynosoCordova (8–6)Mantei11,76861–64
126August 24Rockies2–3LeskanicWilliams (2–4)Veres13,22161–65
127August 25Rockies9–3Peters (2–1)Kile—12,53562–65
128August 26Rockies8–4Anderson (2–1)Astacio—12,64963–65
129August 27@ Giants4–1Schmidt (11–9)NathanWilliams (21)16,39064–65
130August 28@ Giants2–6GardnerCordova (8–7)—32,78364–66
131August 29@ Giants3–5EstesBenson (10–11)Nen34,02064–67
132August 30@ Rockies11–8Peters (3–1)RamirezWilliams (22)41,87265–67
133August 31@ Rockies9–8 (10)Williams (3–4)LeeSilva (2)41,72966–67 :
September: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Rockies9–8Sauerbeck (3–0)VeresClontz (1)40,52967–67
135September 3Giants2–12EstesCordova (8–8)—16,47867–68
136September 4Giants2–9OrtizBenson (10–12)—19,94967–69
137September 5Giants8–4Peters (4–1)Rueter—17,90168–69
138September 6Padres3–4AshbyRitchie (12–9)Hoffman16,66368–70
139September 7Padres3–1Schmidt (12–9)HitchcockSilva (3)11,05869–70
140September 8Padres4–7 (10)HoffmanWilkins (2–2)—10,13369–71
141September 10@ Cardinals5–11BottenfieldBenson (10–13)—36,59069–72
142September 11@ Cardinals8–5Peters (5–1)JimenezSilva (4)46,01170–72
143September 13@ Diamondbacks1–5DaalSchmidt (12–10)Chouinard32,14770–73
144September 14@ Diamondbacks1–2SwindellWilkins (2–3)Mantei30,37270–74
145September 15@ Diamondbacks5–1Benson (11–13)Reynoso—31,29471–74
146September 17Reds3–1Ritchie (13–9)VilloneSauerbeck (1)21,85372–74
147September 18Reds0–3ParrisPeters (5–2)—21,25372–75
148September 19Reds8–5Schmidt (13–10)HarnischClontz (2)21,18373–75
149September 20Astros11–5Schourek (4–7)Reynolds—10,25674–75
150September 21Astros3–6ElartonBenson (11–14)Henry12,74574–76
151September 22Astros3–2Ritchie (14–9)Lima—16,64775–76
152September 23@ Cubs5–8BowiePeters (5–3)Aguilera36,73675–77
153September 24@ Cubs0–9FarnsworthSchmidt (13–11)—29,26775–78
154September 25@ Cubs1–3LieberCordova (8–9)—39,03575–79
155September 26@ Cubs8–4 (11)Sauerbeck (4–0)Guthrie—39,66376–79
156September 29@ Brewers7–5Ritchie (15–9)WoodardWilliams (23)—77–79
157September 29@ Brewers2–5BerePeters (5–4)Wickman12,46477–80
158September 30@ Brewers3–2Garcia (1–0)NomoSauerbeck (2)12,31978–80 :
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Mets2–3 (11)MahomesSauerbeck (4–1)—29,52878–81
160October 2@ Mets0–7ReedCordova (8–10)—36,87878–82
161October 3@ Mets1–2BenitezHansell (1–3)—50,11178–83 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pittsburgh Pirates team member :

### 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 |

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 31 | 46 |
| Florida Marlins | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 34 | 32 |
| Montreal Expos | 6 | 3 | 0.667 | 58 | 36 |
| New York Mets | 2 | 7 | 0.222 | 27 | 46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 43 | 33 |
| Total | 19 | 22 | 0.463 | 193 | 193 |
| NL Central |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 54 | 57 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 53 | 60 |
| Houston Astros | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 54 | 65 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 42 | 63 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | | | | | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 68 | 53 |
| Total | 30 | 32 | 0.484 | 271 | 298 |
| NL West |||||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 20 | 25 |
| Colorado Rockies | 7 | 2 | 0.778 | 67 | 49 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 6 | 3 | 0.667 | 58 | 45 |
| San Diego Padres | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 29 | 32 |
| San Francisco Giants | 4 | 5 | 0.444 | 38 | 55 |
| Total | 22 | 21 | 0.512 | 212 | 206 |
| American League |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 14 | 13 |
| Cleveland Indians | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 24 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 23 | 23 |
| Kansas City Royals | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 20 | 22 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 18 | 12 |
| Total | 7 | 8 | 0.467 | 99 | 85 |
| Season Total | 78 | 83 | 0.484 | 775 | 782 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0.429 | 84 | 98 |
| May | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0.586 | 173 | 158 |
| June | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0.500 | 148 | 130 |
| July | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0.407 | 137 | 135 |
| August | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0.533 | 125 | 122 |
| September | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0.480 | 105 | 127 |
| October | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 3 | 12 |
| Total | 161 | 78 | 83 | 0.484 | 775 | 782 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 45 | 36 | 0.556 | 404 | 379 |
| Away | 80 | 33 | 47 | 0.413 | 371 | 403 |
| Total | 161 | 78 | 83 | 0.484 | 775 | 782 |

## Roster
### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 18 | Jason Kendall | C |
| 30 | Warren Morris | 2B |
| 24 | Brian Giles | LF |
| 29 | Kevin Young | 1B |
| 37 | Brant Brown | CF |
| 5 | Ed Sprague Jr. | 3B |
| 11 | José Guillén | RF |
| 6 | Mike Benjamin | SS |
| 67 | Francisco Córdova | SP |

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| I. Cruz | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0.400 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Anderson | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Laker | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Kendall | 78 | 280 | 93 | 0.332 | 8 | 41 |
| B. Giles | 141 | 521 | 164 | 0.315 | 39 | 115 |
| P. Meares | 21 | 91 | 28 | 0.308 | 0 | 7 |
| K. Young | 156 | 584 | 174 | 0.298 | 26 | 106 |
| W. Morris | 147 | 511 | 147 | 0.288 | 15 | 73 |
| A. Martin | 143 | 541 | 150 | 0.277 | 24 | 63 |
| C. Peters | 19 | 22 | 6 | 0.273 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Brown | 115 | 226 | 61 | 0.270 | 4 | 17 |
| E. Sprague | 137 | 490 | 131 | 0.267 | 22 | 81 |
| J. Guillén | 40 | 120 | 32 | 0.267 | 1 | 18 |
| M. Benjamin | 110 | 368 | 91 | 0.247 | 1 | 37 |
| C. Hermansen | 19 | 60 | 14 | 0.233 | 1 | 1 |
| B. Brown | 130 | 341 | 79 | 0.232 | 16 | 58 |
| M. Garcia | 55 | 130 | 30 | 0.231 | 6 | 23 |
| A. Núñez | 90 | 259 | 57 | 0.220 | 0 | 17 |
| D. Sveum | 49 | 71 | 15 | 0.211 | 3 | 13 |
| T. Ward | 49 | 91 | 19 | 0.209 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Oliver | 45 | 134 | 27 | 0.201 | 1 | 13 |
| K. Osik | 66 | 167 | 31 | 0.186 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Wehner | 39 | 65 | 12 | 0.185 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Ramírez | 18 | 56 | 10 | 0.179 | 0 | 7 |
| F. Córdova | 25 | 49 | 8 | 0.163 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Benson | 30 | 65 | 10 | 0.154 | 0 | 7 |
| T. Ritchie | 27 | 53 | 8 | 0.151 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Brown | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Silva | 32 | 20 | 2 | 0.100 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Schmidt | 31 | 60 | 5 | 0.083 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Tremie | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0.071 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Boyd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Christiansen | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Clontz | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Y. Haad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Hansell | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Sauerbeck | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Schourek | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Wilkins | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Williams | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Dougherty | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| F. García | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| R. Loiselle | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Phillips | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wallace | 39 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 5,468 | 1,417 | 0.259 | 171 | 735 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| M. García | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.29 | 9 |
| S. Sauerbeck | 65 | 672⁄3 | 4 | 1 | 2.00 | 55 |
| B. Clontz | 56 | 491⁄3 | 1 | 3 | 2.74 | 40 |
| J. Boyd | 4 | 51⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 4 |
| T. Ritchie | 28 | 1722⁄3 | 15 | 9 | 3.49 | 107 |
| J. Wallace | 41 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3.69 | 41 |
| G. Hansell | 33 | 391⁄3 | 1 | 3 | 3.89 | 34 |
| J. Anderson | 13 | 291⁄3 | 2 | 1 | 3.99 | 13 |
| J. Christiansen | 39 | 372⁄3 | 2 | 3 | 4.06 | 35 |
| K. Benson | 31 | 1962⁄3 | 11 | 14 | 4.07 | 139 |
| J. Schmidt | 33 | 2122⁄3 | 13 | 11 | 4.19 | 148 |
| M. Wilkins | 46 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 4.24 | 44 |
| F. Córdova | 27 | 1602⁄3 | 8 | 10 | 4.43 | 98 |
| M. Williams | 58 | 581⁄3 | 3 | 4 | 5.09 | 76 |
| R. Loiselle | 13 | 151⁄3 | 3 | 2 | 5.28 | 14 |
| P. Schourek | 30 | 113 | 4 | 7 | 5.34 | 94 |
| J. Silva | 34 | 971⁄3 | 2 | 8 | 5.73 | 77 |
| C. Peters | 19 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 6.59 | 46 |
| J. Dougherty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| J. Phillips | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 7 |
| K. Osik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 1,4331⁄3 | 78 | 83 | 4.33 | 1,083 |

## Awards and honors

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Ed Sprague Jr., 3B, reserve

## Notable transactions

* May 17, 1999: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
* July 23, 1999: José Guillén and Jeff Sparks were traded by the Pirates to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Joe Oliver and Humberto Cota.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Nashville Sounds | Pacific Coast League | Trent Jewett |
| AA | Altoona Curve | Eastern League | Marty Brown |
| A | Lynchburg Hillcats | Carolina League | Scott Little |
| A | Hickory Crawdads | South Atlantic League | Tracy Woodson |
| A-Short Season | Williamsport Crosscutters | New York–Penn League | Curtis Wilkerson |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Woody Huyke |