1999 Montreal Expos season

The 1999 Montreal Expos season was the 31st season in franchise history.

1999 Montreal Expos
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Olympic Stadium
City	Montreal
Record	68–94
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Claude Brochu
General managers	Jim Beattie
Managers	Felipe Alou
Television	The Sports Network (Dave Van Horne, Gary Carter) SRC (Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier) RDS Network (Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte, Marc Griffin, Alain Chantelois)
Radio	CIQC (Dave Van Horne, Joe Cannon, Elliott Price) CKAC (AM) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Offseason

Future Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams was taken by the Montreal Expos in the 1998 Rule 5 draft. The Expos sold his rights to the Texas Rangers.^[1]

Spring training

In 1999, the Expos held spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, a facility they shared with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their second season there.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Shane Andrews
• Miguel Batista
• Orlando Cabrera
• Brad Fullmer
• Vladimir Guerrero
• Wilton Guerrero
• Manny Martínez
• Rondell White
• Chris Widger

Season standings

• v
• t
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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	103	59	.636	—	56‍–‍25	47‍–‍34
New York Mets	97	66	.595	6½	49‍–‍32	48‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	.475	26	41‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
Montreal Expos	68	94	.420	35	35‍–‍46	33‍–‍48
Florida Marlins	64	98	.395	39	35‍–‍45	29‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1999 v t e
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	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

Expos vs. American League

Team	AL East
	BAL	BOS	NYY	TB	TOR
Montreal	0–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–4

Transactions

• May 17, 1999: Mel Rojas was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.^[2]
• June 2, 1999: Brandon Phillips was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999.^[3]
• July 3, 1999: Mel Rojas was released by the Montreal Expos.^[2]

Roster

1999 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers 51 Tony Armas Jr. 36 Bobby Ayala 48 Miguel Batista 21 Shayne Bennett 34 Rick DeHart 30 Dustin Hermanson 47 Mike Johnson 44 Steve Kline 28 Ted Lilly 51 Mike Maddux 40 Guillermo Mota 45 Carl Pavano 49 Jeremy Powell 51 Mel Rojas 56 J. D. Smart 43 Dan Smith 52 Scott Strickland 32 Anthony Telford 35 Mike Thurman 41 Ugueth Urbina 23 Javier Vázquez		Catchers 37 Darron Cox 55 Robert Machado 16 Chris Widger Infielders 11 Shane Andrews  5 Michael Barrett 50 Geoff Blum 18 Orlando Cabrera 53 Trace Coquillette 14 José Fernández 20 Brad Fullmer  4 Wilton Guerrero  6 Ryan McGuire 12 Mike Mordecai 19 Fernando Seguignol  3 José Vidro		Outfielders 33 Peter Bergeron 27 Vladimir Guerrero  9 Terry Jones 31 Manny Martínez  7 Orlando Merced 24 James Mouton 34 Chris Stowers 22 Rondell White		Manager 17 Felipe Alou Coaches 67 Pierre Arsenault (Bullpen) 26 Bobby Cuellar (Pitching)  2 Gene Glynn (First base)  1 Tommy Harper (Hitting) 25 Pete Mackanin (Third base) 55 Luis Pujols (Bench)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chris Widger	124	383	101	.264	14	56
1B	Brad Fullmer	100	347	96	.277	9	47
2B	José Vidro	140	494	150	.304	12	59
SS	Orlando Cabrera	104	382	97	.254	8	39
3B	Shane Andrews	98	281	51	.181	11	37
LF	Rondell White	138	539	168	.312	22	64
CF	Manny Martínez	137	331	81	.245	2	26
RF	Vladimir Guerrero	160	610	193	.316	42	131

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Michael Barrett	126	433	127	.293	8	52
Wilton Guerrero	132	315	92	.292	2	31
Mike Mordecai	109	226	53	.235	5	25
Orlando Merced	93	194	52	.268	8	26
Ryan McGuire	88	140	31	.221	2	18
Geoff Blum	45	133	32	.241	8	18
James Mouton	95	122	32	.262	2	13
Fernando Seguignol	35	105	27	.257	5	10
Terry Jones	17	63	17	.270	0	3
Trace Coquillette	17	49	13	.265	0	4
Peter Bergeron	16	45	11	.244	0	1
Darron Cox	15	25	6	.240	1	2
José Fernández	8	24	5	.208	0	1
Robert Machado	17	22	4	.182	0	0
Chris Stowers	4	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dustin Hermanson	34	216.1	9	14	4.20	145
Javier Vázquez	26	154.2	9	8	5.00	113
Mike Thurman	29	146.2	7	11	4.05	85
Carl Pavano	19	104.0	6	8	5.63	70
Jeremy Powell	17	97.0	4	8	4.73	44
Dan Smith	20	89.2	4	9	6.02	72
Tony Armas Jr.	1	6.0	0	1	1.50	2

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Miguel Batista	39	134.2	8	7	4.88	95
Ted Lilly	9	23.2	0	1	7.61	28
Shayne Bennett	5	11.1	0	1	14.29	4
Mike Johnson	3	8.1	0	0	8.64	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ugueth Urbina	71	6	6	41	3.69	100
Steve Kline	82	7	4	0	3.75	69
Anthony Telford	79	5	4	2	3.94	69
Bobby Ayala	53	1	6	0	3.68	64
Guillermo Mota	51	2	4	0	2.93	27
J.D. Smart	29	0	1	0	5.02	21
Scott Strickland	17	0	1	0	4.50	23
Mike Maddux	4	0	0	0	9.00	4
Mel Rojas	3	0	0	0	16.88	1
Rick DeHart	3	0	0	0	21.60	1

Award winners

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Vladimir Guerrero, outfield, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Ottawa Lynx	International League	Jeff Cox
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Doug Sisson and Rick Sweet
A	Jupiter Hammerheads	Florida State League	Luis Dorante
A	Cape Fear Crocs	South Atlantic League	Frank Kremblas
A-Short Season	Vermont Expos	New York–Penn League	Tony Barbone
Rookie	GCL Expos	Gulf Coast League	Bill Masse

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg^[4]