1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1999 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	78–83 (.484)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
Local television	WPGH-TV/WCWB-TV Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 118th season of the franchise; the 113th in the National League. 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.^[2]
November 17, 1998: Mike Benjamin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
November 18, 1998: Ricardo Rincón was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Brian Giles.^[4]
December 22, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[5]
March 31, 1999: Elmer Dessens was released by the Pirates.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	97	65	0.599	—	50–32	47–33
Cincinnati Reds	96	67	0.589	1½	45–37	51–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	83	0.484	18½	45–36	33–47
St. Louis Cardinals	75	86	0.466	21½	38–42	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	74	87	0.460	22½	32–48	42–39
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	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)

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)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pittsburgh Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League Records Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	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

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

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

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
Jason Kendall	C
Warren Morris	2B
Brian Giles	LF
Kevin Young	1B
Brant Brown	CF
Ed Sprague	3B
José Guillén	RF
Mike Benjamin	SS
Francisco Córdova	SP

Player stats

Batting

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

Pitching

Regular Season^[8]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
García, F.F. García	7	7	1	0	1.29	9
Sauerbeck, S.S. Sauerbeck	65	67.666666666667 !67²⁄₃	4	1	2.00	55
Clontz, B.B. Clontz	56	49.333333333333 !49¹⁄₃	1	3	2.74	40
Boyd, J.J. Boyd	4	5.3333333333333 !5¹⁄₃	0	0	3.38	4
Ritchie, T.T. Ritchie	28	172.66666666667 !172²⁄₃	15	9	3.49	107
Wallace, J.J. Wallace	41	39	1	0	3.69	41
Hansell, G.G. Hansell	33	39.333333333333 !39¹⁄₃	1	3	3.89	34
Anderson, J.J. Anderson	13	29.333333333333 !29¹⁄₃	2	1	3.99	13
Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen	39	37.666666666667 !37²⁄₃	2	3	4.06	35
Benson, K.K. Benson	31	196.66666666667 !196²⁄₃	11	14	4.07	139
Schmidt, J.J. Schmidt	33	212.66666666667 !212²⁄₃	13	11	4.19	148
Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins	46	51	2	3	4.24	44
Córdova, F.F. Córdova	27	160.66666666667 !160²⁄₃	8	10	4.43	98
Williams, M.M. Williams	58	58.333333333333 !58¹⁄₃	3	4	5.09	76
Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle	13	15.333333333333 !15¹⁄₃	3	2	5.28	14
Schourek, P.P. Schourek	30	113	4	7	5.34	94
Silva, J.J. Silva	34	97.333333333333 !97¹⁄₃	2	8	5.73	77
Peters, C.C. Peters	19	71	5	4	6.59	46
Dougherty, J.J. Dougherty	2	2	0	0	9.00	1
Phillips, J.J. Phillips	6	7	0	0	11.57	7
Osik, K.K. Osik	1	1	0	0	36.00	1

Awards and honors

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Ed Spague, 3B, Reserve

Notable transactions

May 17, 1999: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[9]
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.^[10]

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

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfoch01.shtml
↑ Mike Benjamin at Baseball Reference
↑ Brian Giles at Baseball Reference
↑ Rafael Bournigal at Baseball Reference
↑ Elmer Dessens at Baseball Reference
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ Dale Sveum at Baseball Reference
↑ Joe Oliver at Baseball Reference

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.

1999 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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