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1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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Record
  
78–83 (.484)

Owner(s)
  
Kevin McClatchy

Manager(s)
  
Gene Lamont

Divisional place
  
3rd

General manager(s)
  
Cam Bonifay

Local television
  
WPGH-TV & WCWB-TV Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh

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.

Contents

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 31, 1999: Elmer Dessens was released by the Pirates.

    • Player stats

    Batting
    Pitching

    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.
  • 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.

    • References

    1999 Pittsburgh Pirates season Wikipedia
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