# 1999 Chicago Cubs season

The 1999 Chicago Cubs season was the 128th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 124th in the National League and the 84th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

## Offseason

* December 2, 1998: Henry Rodriguez was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
* December 7, 1998: Glenallen Hill was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.

## 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 |

### 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 |

### Transactions

* July 3, 1999: Carlos Mármol was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

### 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 | Benito Santiago | 109 | 350 | 87 | .249 | 7 | 36 |
| 1B | Mark Grace | 161 | 593 | 183 | .309 | 16 | 91 |
| 2B | Mickey Morandini | 144 | 456 | 110 | .241 | 4 | 37 |
| SS | José Hernández | 99 | 342 | 93 | .272 | 15 | 43 |
| 3B | Gary Gaetti | 113 | 280 | 57 | .204 | 9 | 46 |
| LF | Henry Rodríguez | 130 | 447 | 136 | .304 | 26 | 87 |
| CF | Lance Johnson | 95 | 335 | 87 | .260 | 1 | 21 |
| RF | Sammy Sosa | 162 | 625 | 180 | .288 | 63 | 141 |

#### 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 |
| Glenallen Hill | 99 | 253 | 76 | .300 | 20 | 55 |
| Tyler Houston | 100 | 249 | 58 | .233 | 9 | 27 |
| Jeff Blauser | 104 | 200 | 48 | .240 | 9 | 26 |
| José Nieves | 54 | 181 | 45 | .249 | 2 | 18 |
| Manny Alexander | 90 | 177 | 48 | .271 | 0 | 15 |
| Curtis Goodwin | 89 | 157 | 38 | .242 | 0 | 9 |
| Jeff Reed | 57 | 150 | 39 | .260 | 1 | 17 |
| Chad Meyers | 43 | 142 | 33 | .232 | 0 | 4 |
| Shane Andrews | 19 | 67 | 17 | .254 | 5 | 14 |
| Roosevelt Brown | 33 | 64 | 14 | .219 | 1 | 10 |
| Sandy Martínez | 17 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 1 | 1 |
| Cole Liniak | 12 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 2 |
| Bo Porter | 24 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 0 |
| José Molina | 10 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
| Robin Jennings | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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 |
| Steve Trachsel | 34 | 205.2 | 8 | 18 | 5.56 | 149 |
| Jon Lieber | 31 | 203.1 | 10 | 11 | 4.07 | 186 |
| Kevin Tapani | 23 | 136.0 | 6 | 12 | 4.83 | 73 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 27 | 130.0 | 5 | 9 | 5.05 | 70 |
| Andrew Lorraine | 11 | 61.2 | 2 | 5 | 5.55 | 40 |
| Micah Bowie | 11 | 47.0 | 2 | 6 | 9.96 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Terry Mulholland | 26 | 110.0 | 6 | 6 | 5.15 | 44 |
| Brad Woodall | 6 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.63 | 7 |
| Brian McNichol | 4 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Terry Adams | 52 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4.02 | 57 |
| Félix Heredia | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.85 | 50 |
| Scott Sanders | 67 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5.52 | 89 |
| Rodney Myers | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 41 |
| Rick Aguilera | 44 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3.69 | 32 |
| Dan Serafini | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.93 | 17 |
| Rod Beck | 31 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7.80 | 13 |
| Matt Karchner | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 9 |
| Steve Rain | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.20 | 12 |
| Bobby Ayala | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 | 15 |
| Mark Guthrie | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.65 | 9 |
| Ray King | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.91 | 5 |
| Richie Barker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 |
| Kurt Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Doug Creek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 6 |
| Gary Gaetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Terry Kennedy |
| AA | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx | Southern League | Dave Trembley |
| A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Nate Oliver |
| A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | Oscar Acosta |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Bobby Ralston |
| Rookie | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Carmelo Martínez |