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.

1999 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	78–83 (.484)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Cam Bonifay
Managers	Gene Lamont
Television	WPGH-TV & WCWB-TV Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
Seasons

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

NL 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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 Expos 2–9 Hermanson Cordova (0–1) — 43,405 0–1 2 April 6 Expos 8–2 Schmidt (1–0) Pavano — 10,051 1–1 3 April 7 Expos 3–4 Urbina Loiselle (0–1) — 11,377 1–2 4 April 9 Cubs 2–1 Benson (1–0) Sanders Williams (1) 19,721 2–2 5 April 10 Cubs 9–3 Sauerbeck (1–0) Woodall — 22,479 3–2 6 April 11 Cubs 9–6 Schmidt (2–0) Trachsel — 19,384 4–2 7 April 13 Cardinals 2–4 Bottenfield Schourek (0–1) Acevedo 19,724 4–3 8 April 14 Cardinals 5–9 Aybar Benson (1–1) — 18,780 4–4 9 April 16 @ Reds 5–6 Graves Christiansen (0–1) — 17,974 4–5 10 April 17 @ Reds 7–6 (10) Christiansen (1–1) White — 15,697 5–5 11 April 18 @ Reds 4–2 Loiselle (1–1) Graves Williams (2) 16,667 6–5 12 April 19 @ Padres 3–0 Schourek (1–1) Spencer Christiansen (1) 33,616 7–5 13 April 20 @ Padres 7–3 (10) Williams (1–0) Hoffman — 15,439 8–5 14 April 21 @ Padres 0–2 Ashby Schmidt (2–1) Hoffman 13,928 8–6 15 April 23 Brewers 1–9 Woodard Peters (0–1) — 13,850 8–7 16 April 24 Brewers 3–5 Reyes Ritchie (0–1) Wickman 15,809 8–8 17 April 25 Brewers 2–4 Karl Benson (1–2) Wickman 17,268 8–9 18 April 27 @ Braves 5–3 Schmidt (3–1) Perez Williams (3) 26,990 9–9 19 April 28 @ Braves 4–5 Glavine Christiansen (1–2) — 29,615 9–10 20 April 29 @ Braves 1–8 Maddux Silva (0–1) — 32,017 9–11 21 April 30 Rockies 2–7 Astacio Schourek (1–2) — 17,466 9–12
May: 17–12 (Home: 12–3; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 Rockies 9–3 Ritchie (1–1) Wright — 18,599 10–12 23 May 2 Rockies 8–5 Schmidt (4–1) Thomson Williams (4) 19,215 11–12 24 May 3 Giants 9–8 Loiselle (2–1) Nen — 11,099 12–12 25 May 4 Giants 4–7 Ortiz Silva (0–2) — 10,532 12–13 26 May 5 Giants 4–3 (12) Loiselle (3–1) Rodriguez — 14,358 13–13 27 May 6 @ Cardinals 13–3 Ritchie (2–1) Osborne — 36,615 14–13 28 May 7 @ Cardinals 2–4 Radinsky Loiselle (3–2) — 39,620 14–14 29 May 8 @ Cardinals 7–0 Benson (2–2) Jimenez — 45,790 15–14 30 May 9 @ Cardinals 12–9 Peters (1–1) Aybar Williams (5) 45,458 16–14 31 May 10 @ Astros 0–6 Hampton Schourek (1–3) — 17,064 16–15 32 May 11 @ Astros 8–19 Bergman Ritchie (2–2) — 18,450 16–16 33 May 12 @ Astros 2–6 Lima Schmidt (4–2) — 19,792 16–17 34 May 14 Expos 5–3 Benson (3–2) Hermanson Williams (6) 24,644 17–17 35 May 15 Expos 17–6 Silva (1–2) Pavano — 27,017 18–17 36 May 16 Expos 9–4 Schourek (2–3) Vazquez — 28,882 19–17 37 May 17 @ Braves 1–2 Millwood Ritchie (2–3) Rocker 30,673 19–18 38 May 18 @ Braves 4–12 Perez Schmidt (4–3) — 30,858 19–19 39 May 19 @ Braves 3–7 Glavine Cordova (0–2) — 34,106 19–20 40 May 20 @ Marlins 3–4 (14) Alfonseca Williams (1–1) — 11,473 19–21 41 May 21 @ Marlins 1–8 Hernandez Schourek (2–4) — 16,782 19–22 42 May 22 @ Marlins 11–4 Ritchie (3–3) Springer — 23,121 20–22 43 May 23 @ Marlins 6–5 Wallace (1–0) Darensbourg Williams (7) 19,321 21–22 44 May 24 Mets 7–4 Silva (2–2) Isringhausen Williams (8) 11,880 22–22 45 May 25 Mets 3–8 Yoshii Benson (3–3) — 12,029 22–23 46 May 26 Mets 2–5 Hershiser Schourek (2–5) Franco 13,681 22–24 47 May 28 Astros 6–5 Ritchie (4–3) Lima Williams (9) 17,309 23–24 48 May 29 Astros 5–1 Cordova (1–2) Reynolds — 32,426 24–24 49 May 30 Astros 7–3 Benson (4–3) Hampton — 28,905 25–24 50 May 31 Dodgers 5–4 Wilkins (1–0) Arnold Williams (10) 15,924 26–24
June: 13–13 (Home: 6–2; Away: 7–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Dodgers 4–2 Schmidt (5–3) Valdez Williams (11) 10,962 27–24 52 June 2 Dodgers 8–4 Ritchie (5–3) Dreifort — 20,807 28–24 53 June 4 @ White Sox 6–3 (11) Wilkins (2–0) Simas — 12,238 29–24 54 June 5 @ White Sox 5–6 Parque Benson (4–4) Foulke 20,066 29–25 55 June 6 @ White Sox 3–4 Sirotka Silva (2–3) Howry 26,827 29–26 56 June 7 @ Tigers 4–9 Brunson Schmidt (5–4) — 14,280 29–27 57 June 8 @ Tigers 4–11 Cruz Ritchie (5–4) — 15,270 29–28 58 June 9 @ Tigers 15–3 Cordova (2–2) Moehler — 15,747 30–28 59 June 11 Royals 3–10 Rosado Benson (4–5) — 31,052 30–29 60 June 12 Royals 9–8 Christiansen (2–2) Whisenant — 29,569 31–29 61 June 13 Royals 8–4 Schmidt (6–4) Whisenant Williams (12) 28,261 32–29 62 June 15 @ Dodgers 11–1 Ritchie (6–4) Brown — 26,284 33–29 63 June 16 @ Dodgers 5–6 Borbon Clontz (0–1) Shaw 25,384 33–30 64 June 17 @ Dodgers 8–3 Benson (5–5) Park — 30,888 34–30 65 June 18 @ Padres 2–4 Boehringer Silva (2–4) Hoffman 60,799 34–31 66 June 19 @ Padres 4–5 Cunnane Schmidt (6–5) Hoffman 33,803 34–32 67 June 20 @ Padres 3–6 Clement Ritchie (6–5) Hoffman 25,819 34–33 68 June 22 @ Phillies 2–3 Wolf Cordova (2–3) Gomes 18,835 34–34 69 June 23 @ Phillies 8–6 Benson (6–5) Byrd Williams (13) 20,256 35–34 70 June 24 @ Phillies 5–7 Schilling Silva (2–5) Gomes 25,848 35–35 71 June 25 @ Brewers 5–3 Schmidt (7–5) Abbott Christiansen (2) 23,958 36–35 72 June 26 @ Brewers 4–7 Nomo Ritchie (6–6) Wickman 26,590 36–36 73 June 27 @ Brewers 6–5 Cordova (3–3) Karl Christiansen (3) 23,788 37–36 74 June 28 Phillies 3–2 (10) Hansell (1–0) Montgomery — 14,144 38–36 75 June 29 Phillies 4–7 Schilling Silva (2–6) — 16,343 38–37 76 June 30 Phillies 9–1 Schmidt (8–5) Ogea — 14,526 39–37
July: 11–16 (Home: 7–9; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 Phillies 12–7 Ritchie (7–6) Person — 11,174 40–37 78 July 2 Brewers 2–5 Karl Cordova (3–4) Wickman 20,332 40–38 79 July 3 Brewers 4–9 Pulsipher Benson (6–6) — 28,893 40–39 80 July 4 Brewers 3–4 Weathers Clontz (0–2) Wickman 16,553 40–40 81 July 5 Cubs 2–5 Lieber Schmidt (8–6) Aguilera 19,762 40–41 82 July 6 Cubs 6–1 Ritchie (8–6) Trachsel — 14,367 41–41 83 July 7 Cubs 4–1 Cordova (4–4) Mulholland — 28,258 42–41 84 July 8 Cubs 4–9 Serafini Benson (6–7) Sanders 17,711 42–42 85 July 9 @ Twins 4–5 Radke Silva (2–7) Trombley 13,427 42–43 86 July 10 @ Twins 4–5 Guardado Williams (1–2) — 14,865 42–44 87 July 11 @ Twins 10–2 Ritchie (9–6) Mays — 18,587 43–44 88 July 15 Indians 0–2 Colon Schmidt (8–7) Jackson 39,620 43–45 89 July 16 Indians 11–3 Cordova (5–4) Burba — 43,519 44–45 90 July 17 Indians 13–10 Benson (7–7) Nagy Williams (14) 43,299 45–45 91 July 18 Dodgers 6–5 (10) Sauerbeck (2–0) Mills — 23,855 46–45 92 July 19 Dodgers 7–12 Dreifort Silva (2–8) — 14,805 46–46 93 July 20 Dodgers 4–8 Brown Clontz (0–3) — 16,921 46–47 94 July 21 @ Cubs 1–2 Aguilera Christiansen (2–3) — 37,006 46–48 95 July 22 @ Cubs 3–5 Mulholland Benson (7–8) Adams 37,112 46–49 96 July 23 @ Expos 1–5 Vazquez Ritchie (9–7) — 7,510 46–50 97 July 24 @ Expos 7–2 Schourek (3–5) Powell — 13,396 47–50 98 July 25 @ Expos 6–1 Schmidt (9–7) Kline — 12,244 48–50 99 July 26 @ Mets 5–7 Reed Cordova (5–5) Wendell 32,010 48–51 100 July 27 @ Mets 5–1 Benson (8–8) Hershiser — 36,337 49–51 101 July 28 @ Mets 2–9 Cook Wilkins (2–1) — 42,920 49–52 102 July 30 Marlins 7–8 Edmondson Hansell (1–1) Alfonseca 25,163 49–53 103 July 31 Marlins 4–2 Schmidt (10–7) Edmondson Williams (15) 33,862 50–53
August: 16–14 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 Marlins 2–1 Cordova (6–5) Fernandez — 19,071 51–53 105 August 3 Braves 7–1 Benson (9–8) Millwood — 17,154 52–53 106 August 4 Braves 3–2 Ritchie (10–7) Smoltz Williams (16) 17,625 53–53 107 August 5 Braves 3–6 Remlinger Hansell (1–2) Rocker 19,078 53–54 108 August 6 Cardinals 5–1 Anderson (1–0) Jimenez Silva (1) — 54–54 109 August 6 Cardinals 1–5 Stephenson Schmidt (10–8) Croushore 35,521 54–55 110 August 7 Cardinals 3–1 Cordova (7–5) Bottenfield Williams (17) 41,063 55–55 111 August 8 Cardinals 5–1 Benson (10–8) Oliver — 31,780 56–55 112 August 9 Reds 2–4 Neagle Ritchie (10–8) Williamson 13,423 56–56 113 August 10 Reds 1–6 Guzman Schourek (3–6) — 13,306 56–57 114 August 11 Reds 5–4 Williams (2–2) Williamson — 23,728 57–57 115 August 13 @ Astros 6–5 (13) Clontz (1–3) Miller Williams (18) 39,829 58–57 116 August 14 @ Astros 1–7 Holt Benson (10–9) — 44,868 58–58 117 August 15 @ Astros 2–0 Ritchie (11–8) Reynolds Williams (19) 36,231 59–58 118 August 16 @ Reds 2–9 Guzman Schourek (3–7) — 19,693 59–59 119 August 17 @ Reds 4–7 (12) Graves Williams (2–3) — 19,118 59–60 120 August 18 @ Reds 12–6 Cordova (8–5) Tomko — 19,733 60–60 121 August 19 @ Reds 0–1 Harnisch Benson (10–10) Williamson 17,904 60–61 122 August 20 Diamondbacks 5–4 Ritchie (12–8) Stottlemyre Williams (20) 23,934 61–61 123 August 21 Diamondbacks 2–4 Johnson Anderson (1–1) — 31,364 61–62 124 August 22 Diamondbacks 5–7 Daal Schmidt (10–9) Mantei 25,112 61–63 125 August 23 Diamondbacks 1–2 Reynoso Cordova (8–6) Mantei 11,768 61–64 126 August 24 Rockies 2–3 Leskanic Williams (2–4) Veres 13,221 61–65 127 August 25 Rockies 9–3 Peters (2–1) Kile — 12,535 62–65 128 August 26 Rockies 8–4 Anderson (2–1) Astacio — 12,649 63–65 129 August 27 @ Giants 4–1 Schmidt (11–9) Nathan Williams (21) 16,390 64–65 130 August 28 @ Giants 2–6 Gardner Cordova (8–7) — 32,783 64–66 131 August 29 @ Giants 3–5 Estes Benson (10–11) Nen 34,020 64–67 132 August 30 @ Rockies 11–8 Peters (3–1) Ramirez Williams (22) 41,872 65–67 133 August 31 @ Rockies 9–8 (10) Williams (3–4) Lee Silva (2) 41,729 66–67
September: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 @ Rockies 9–8 Sauerbeck (3–0) Veres Clontz (1) 40,529 67–67 135 September 3 Giants 2–12 Estes Cordova (8–8) — 16,478 67–68 136 September 4 Giants 2–9 Ortiz Benson (10–12) — 19,949 67–69 137 September 5 Giants 8–4 Peters (4–1) Rueter — 17,901 68–69 138 September 6 Padres 3–4 Ashby Ritchie (12–9) Hoffman 16,663 68–70 139 September 7 Padres 3–1 Schmidt (12–9) Hitchcock Silva (3) 11,058 69–70 140 September 8 Padres 4–7 (10) Hoffman Wilkins (2–2) — 10,133 69–71 141 September 10 @ Cardinals 5–11 Bottenfield Benson (10–13) — 36,590 69–72 142 September 11 @ Cardinals 8–5 Peters (5–1) Jimenez Silva (4) 46,011 70–72 143 September 13 @ Diamondbacks 1–5 Daal Schmidt (12–10) Chouinard 32,147 70–73 144 September 14 @ Diamondbacks 1–2 Swindell Wilkins (2–3) Mantei 30,372 70–74 145 September 15 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Benson (11–13) Reynoso — 31,294 71–74 146 September 17 Reds 3–1 Ritchie (13–9) Villone Sauerbeck (1) 21,853 72–74 147 September 18 Reds 0–3 Parris Peters (5–2) — 21,253 72–75 148 September 19 Reds 8–5 Schmidt (13–10) Harnisch Clontz (2) 21,183 73–75 149 September 20 Astros 11–5 Schourek (4–7) Reynolds — 10,256 74–75 150 September 21 Astros 3–6 Elarton Benson (11–14) Henry 12,745 74–76 151 September 22 Astros 3–2 Ritchie (14–9) Lima — 16,647 75–76 152 September 23 @ Cubs 5–8 Bowie Peters (5–3) Aguilera 36,736 75–77 153 September 24 @ Cubs 0–9 Farnsworth Schmidt (13–11) — 29,267 75–78 154 September 25 @ Cubs 1–3 Lieber Cordova (8–9) — 39,035 75–79 155 September 26 @ Cubs 8–4 (11) Sauerbeck (4–0) Guthrie — 39,663 76–79 156 September 29 @ Brewers 7–5 Ritchie (15–9) Woodard Williams (23) — 77–79 157 September 29 @ Brewers 2–5 Bere Peters (5–4) Wickman 12,464 77–80 158 September 30 @ Brewers 3–2 Garcia (1–0) Nomo Sauerbeck (2) 12,319 78–80
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 @ Mets 2–3 (11) Mahomes Sauerbeck (4–1) — 29,528 78–81 160 October 2 @ Mets 0–7 Reed Cordova (8–10) — 36,878 78–82 161 October 3 @ Mets 1–2 Benitez Hansell (1–3) — 50,111 78–83
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pittsburgh Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League record 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

1999 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 55 Jimmy Anderson 34 Kris Benson 60 Jason Boyd 41 Jason Christiansen 59 Brad Clontz 67 Francisco Córdova 68 Jim Dougherty 64 Mike Garcia 57 Greg Hansell 51 Rich Loiselle 38 Chris Peters 26 Jason Phillips 48 Todd Ritchie 47 Scott Sauerbeck 22 Jason Schmidt 46 Pete Schourek 56 José Silva 39 Jeff Wallace 35 Marc Wilkins 43 Mike Williams		Catchers 31 Yamid Haad 18 Jason Kendall 63 Tim Laker 17 Joe Oliver 15 Keith Osik 66 Chris Tremie Infielders  6 Mike Benjamin 25 Iván Cruz  2 Pat Meares 30 Warren Morris 10 Abraham Núñez 16 Aramis Ramírez  5 Ed Sprague Jr. 11 Dale Sveum 29 Kevin Young		Outfielders 13 Adrian Brown 37 Brant Brown 19 Emil Brown 14 Freddy García 24 Brian Giles 11 José Guillén  3 Chad Hermansen 28 Al Martin 12 Turner Ward  7 John Wehner		Manager 32 Gene Lamont Coaches 70 Jeff Banister (bench) 37 Joe Jones (first base) 45 Jack Lind (third base) 23 Lloyd McClendon (hitting) 44 Rick Renick (bench) 50 Pete Vuckovich (pitching) 54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

References

• 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.