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1999 San Diego Padres season

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Owner(s)
  
John Moores

Manager(s)
  
Bruce Bochy

General manager(s)
  
Kevin Towers

Local television
  
KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe)

Local radio
  
KFMB (AM) (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)

The 1999 San Diego Padres finished fourth in the National League West. They had lost several key players after their 1998 pennant-winning season, most notably pitching ace Kevin Brown.

Contents

Acquisitions

  • November 13, 1998: John Vander Wal was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
  • November 17, 1998: Archi Cianfrocco was released by the San Diego Padres.
  • February 2, 1999: Mark Sweeney was traded by the San Diego Padres with Greg Vaughn to the Cincinnati Reds for Damian Jackson, Reggie Sanders, and Josh Harris (minors).
  • Starting pitcher Joey Hamilton traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for starting pitchers Woody Williams and reliever Carlos Almanzar

    • Free agent losses

  • Kevin Brown
  • Ken Caminiti
  • Steve Finley

    • Regular season

    The Padres played in the first game ever at Safeco Field on July 15, 1999. The Mariners lost to the Padres by a score of 3 to 2. It was the first park in Major League history to host an interleague game on its inaugural day.

    Opening Day starters

  • George Arias
  • Andy Ashby
  • Chris Gomez
  • Tony Gwynn
  • Wally Joyner
  • Greg Myers
  • Rubén Rivera
  • Reggie Sanders
  • Quilvio Veras

    • Notable transactions

  • July 31, 1999: Jim Leyritz was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Geraldo Padua (minors).

    • Tony Gwynn's 3000th Hit

  • August 6, 1999: Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got the 3,000th Hit of his career. After the hit, first base umpire Kerwin Danley personally congratulated Tony Gwynn after the hit because they were teammates at San Diego State. Gwynn had four singles in the game. Gwynn became the twenty-second member of the three-thousand hit club and accomplished the feat on his mother's birthday.

    • Line Score

    August 6, Olympic Stadium, Montréal, Québec

    Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Award winners

  • Tony Gwynn, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award

    • 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

    References

    1999 San Diego Padres season Wikipedia
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