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1999 Philadelphia Phillies season

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Owner(s)
  
Bill Giles

Manager(s)
  
Terry Francona

General manager(s)
  
Ed Wade

Local television
  
WPSG CSN Philadelphia

Local radio
  
WPHT (Harry Kalas, Larry Andersen, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Scott Graham)

Offseason

  • November 5, 1998: Torey Lovullo was signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • November 9, 1998: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mark Leiter.
  • November 19, 1998: Ricky Bottalico was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte.
  • March 27, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

    • Regular season

    The Phillies were early contenders for the Wild Card, going a season-high 13 games over .500 on August 6 (61–48), but injuries to pitching staff ace Curt Schilling and third baseman Scott Rolen, as well as a struggling bullpen, proved too tough to overcome. In one particularly bad stretch from August 28 to September 14, the Phillies went 1–18.

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    Transactions

  • May 5, 1999: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Robert Person.
  • June 2, 1999: Brett Myers was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1999.
  • June 2, 1999: Marlon Byrd was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999.

    • Batting

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    References

    1999 Philadelphia Phillies season Wikipedia
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