1999 Toronto Blue Jays season

1999 Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	SkyDome
City	Toronto
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Interbrew, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers	Gord Ash
Managers	Jim Fregosi
Television	CBC Television (Brian Williams, John Cerutti) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez) CTV Sportsnet (Rod Black, Joe Carter)
Radio	CHUM (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
Seasons

The 1999 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 23rd season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. The team set a franchise record for most runs scored in a season (883) and hits in a season (1,580). The previous Blue Jays records for most runs scored and most hits in a season were set in 1993 when the Jays scored 847 runs and collected 1,556 hits. Conversely, the Blue Jays pitching staff gave up the most runs of any Blue Jays team since 1979. It was the team's final season with original mascot BJ Birdy.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1999 season.^[1]

October 1998

October 15	Ben Van Ryn granted free agency.
October 16	Alex Delgado granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on November 18, 1998). José Herrera granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on January 2, 1999).
October 22	José Canseco granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a two-year, $5.025 million contract on December 11, 1998).
October 23	Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $1.35 million contract on October 27, 1998). Benito Santiago granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on December 9, 1998).
October 26	Dave Stieb granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1998).
October 27	Re-signed free agent Craig Grebeck to a two-year, $1.35 million contract.

November 1998

November 5	Juan Samuel granted free agency.
November 18	Re-signed free agent Alex Delgado to a one-year contract. Released Shannon Withem.

December 1998

December 7	Re-signed free agent Dave Stieb to a one-year contract.
December 12	Acquired Joey Hamilton from the San Diego Padres for Woody Williams, Carlos Almanzar and Pete Tucci.
December 14	Signed free agent Gerónimo Berroa from the Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $500,000 contract. Acquired Eric Ludwick from the Detroit Tigers for Beiker Graterol.
December 16	Signed free agent Walt McKeel from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
December 23	Signed free agent Rob Butler from the Houston Astros to a one-year, $275,000 contract. Signed free agent Mike Matheny from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $600,000 contract.

January 1999

January 6	Signed free agent Wayne Kirby from the New York Mets to a contract.
January 11	Signed amateur free agent Francisco Rosario to a contract.
January 18	Signed free agent Joey Cora from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.
January 19	Signed free agent Willie Greene from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $1 million contract. Signed free agent Vicente Palacios to a contract.

February 1999

February 9	Released Patrick Lennon.
February 18	Acquired David Wells, Homer Bush and Graeme Lloyd from the New York Yankees for Roger Clemens.
February 28	Re-signed free agent Patrick Lennon to a one-year contract.

March 1999

March 14	Signed free agent Norberto Martín from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.
March 17	Released Felipe Crespo.
March 21	Released Vicente Palacios.
March 30	Acquired Dave Hollins and cash from the Anaheim Angels for Tomás Pérez.

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	64	.605	—	48‍–‍33	50‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox	94	68	.580	4	49‍–‍32	45‍–‍36
Toronto Blue Jays	84	78	.519	14	40‍–‍41	44‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles	78	84	.481	20	41‍–‍40	37‍–‍44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	69	93	.426	29	33‍–‍48	36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	3–9	1–9	5–5	1–9	5–5	7–5	6–4	6–4	8–4	6–6	7–5	6–6	3–9	6–12
Baltimore	9–3	—	5–7	7–3	1–9	5–5	6–4	8–1	4–9	5–7	5–5	5–7	6–6	1–11	11–7
Boston	9–1	7–5	—	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–2	6–4	8–4	4–6	7–3	4–9	4–5	9–3	6–12
Chicago	5–5	3–7	5–7	—	3–9	7–5	6–6	8–3–1	5–7	3–7	4–8	6–4	5–5	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	9–1	9–1	4–8	9–3	—	8–5	7–5	9–3	3–7	10–2	7–3	5–4	3–7	5–7	9–9
Detroit	5–5	5–5	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	7–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	3–7	4–5	5–5	2–10	8–10
Kansas City	5–7	4–6	2–8	6–6	5–7	4–7	—	5–8	5–4	6–6	7–5	2–8	4–6	3–7	6–12
Minnesota	4–6	1–8	4–6	3–8–1	3–9	6–6	8–5	—	4–6	7–5	4–8	5–5	0–12	4–6	10–7
New York	4–6	9–4	4–8	7–5	7–3	7–5	4–5	6–4	—	6–4	9–1	8–4	8–4	10–2	9–9
Oakland	4–8	7–5	6–4	7–3	2–10	6–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	—	6–6	9–1	5–7	8–2	12–6
Seattle	6–6	5–5	3–7	8–4	3–7	7–3	5–7	8–4	1–9	6–6	—	8–4	5–8	7–2	7–11
Tampa Bay	5–7	7–5	9–4	4–6	4–5	5–4	8–2	5–5	4–8	1–9	4–8	—	4–8	5–8	4–14
Texas	6–6	6–6	5–4	5–5	7–3	5–5	6–4	12–0	4–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	—	6–4	10–8
Toronto	9–3	11–1	3–9	4–6	7–5	10–2	7–3	6–4	2–10	2–8	2–7	8–5	4–6	—	9–9

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1999 regular season.^[2]

April 1999

April 1	Signed free agent Doug Bochtler from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract. Released Walt McKeel.
April 2	Released Adam Melhuse. Tom Evans selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers.
April 5	Signed free agent Chris Jones from the San Diego Padres to a one-year contract. Re-signed free agent Adam Melhuse to a one-year contract.
April 15	Signed free agent Pat Kelly from the St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year contract.
April 16	Returned Eric Ludwick to the Florida Marlins.

May 1999

May 5	Acquired Paul Spoljaric from the Philadelphia Phillies for Robert Person.
May 7	Selected Jacob Brumfield off of waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 19	Player rights of Doug Bochtler sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 28	Selected Willis Otáñez off of waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

June 1999

June 9	Released Patrick Lennon. Released Pat Kelly.
June 12	Acquired Tony Batista and John Frascatore from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dan Plesac.
June 21	Released Dave Hollins.

July 1999

July 3	Signed amateur free agent Davis Romero to a contract.
July 8	Acquired Juan Melo from the San Diego Padres for Isabel Giron.
July 28	Acquired David Segui from the Seattle Mariners for Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair.
July 31	Signed free agent John Hudek from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.

August 1999

August 6	Selected Curtis Goodwin off of waivers from the Chicago Cubs.
August 7	Signed amateur free agent Kevin Cash to a contract.
August 9	Acquired Brian McRae from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later (Pat Lynch on August 23, 1999).
August 26	Signed free agent Brendan Donnelly from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract.
August 30	Released Gerónimo Berroa.
August 31	Signed free agent Pat Borders from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year contract.

September 1999

September 3

Traded Juan Melo to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later (Jaime Goudie on September 13, 1999).

Roster

1999 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 49 John Bale 26 Chris Carpenter 43 Tom Davey 47 Kelvim Escobar 52 John Frascatore 51 Gary Glover 32 Roy Halladay 50 Joey Hamilton 41 Pat Hentgen 43 John Hudek 44 Billy Koch 37 Graeme Lloyd 40 Eric Ludwick 69,13 Peter Munro 31 Robert Person 19 Dan Plesac 48 Paul Quantrill 39 Nerio Rodríguez 46 Mike Romano 46 Steve Sinclair 40 Paul Spoljaric 33 David Wells		Catchers 29,10 Pat Borders 14 Kevin Brown  5 Mark Dalesandro  9 Darrin Fletcher 22,11 Mike Matheny Infielders  7 Tony Batista 28 Casey Blake 18 Homer Bush 25 Carlos Delgado  1 Tony Fernández  8 Alex Gonzalez  4 Craig Grebeck 12 Willie Greene  7 Pat Kelly 38,3 Norberto Martin 21 Willis Otañez 19 David Segui 31 Chris Woodward		Outfielders  2 Jacob Brumfield 29 Gerónimo Berroa 20 Rob Butler 23 José Cruz Jr. 17 Curtis Goodwin 15 Shawn Green 20 Patrick Lennon 56 Brian McRae 27 Anthony Sanders 24 Shannon Stewart  3 Vernon Wells Other batters 17 Dave Hollins  6 Kevin Witt		Manager 11 Jim Fregosi Coaches 35 Terry Bevington (Third Base) 10 Jim Lett (Bench) 36 Gary Matthews (Hitting) 16 Lloyd Moseby (First Base) 34 Mel Queen (Pitching) 30 Marty Pevey (Bullpen)

Game log

1999 Game Log
April: 13–11 (Home: 9–1; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Twins 6–1 Radke (1–0) Hentgen (0–1) 45,601 0–1 2 April 7 @ Twins 9–3 Wells (1–0) Lincoln (0–1) Halladay (1) 9,220 1–1 3 April 8 @ Twins 11–9 Trombley (1–0) Hamilton (0–1) Aguilera (1) 9,431 1–2 4 April 9 @ Orioles 7–4 Escobar (1–0) Ponson (0–1) 36,430 2–2 5 April 10 @ Orioles 1–0 Mussina (2–0) Carpenter (0–1) Timlin (2) 43,700 2–3 6 April 11 @ Orioles 9–5 Halladay (1–0) Orosco (0–1) 40,273 3–3 7 April 12 Devil Rays 7–1 Wells (2–0) Saunders (1–1) 37,160 4–3 8 April 13 Devil Rays 8–5 White (1–0) Hamilton (0–2) Hernández (3) 23,710 4–4 9 April 14 Devil Rays 7–6 (11) Lloyd (1–0) Lopez (0–1) 23,847 5–4 10 April 15 Devil Rays 11–1 Carpenter (1–1) Santana (0–2) 23,765 6–4 11 April 16 Orioles 7–6 Lloyd (2–0) Bones (0–1) Person (1) 25,281 7–4 12 April 17 Orioles 7–4 Wells (3–0) Linton (0–1) Lloyd (1) 30,739 8–4 13 April 18 Orioles 6–0 Halladay (2–0) Guzmán (0–2) 27,126 9–4 14 April 20 Angels 5–1 Escobar (2–0) Finley (1–2) 23,775 10–4 15 April 21 Angels 3–2 Carpenter (2–1) Olivares (2–1) Person (2) 23,749 11–4 16 April 22 Angels 8–7 Davey (1–0) Petkovsek (0–1) Lloyd (2) 28,212 12–4 17 April 23 @ Yankees 6–4 Hernández (3–1) Wells (3–1) Rivera (3) 36,529 12–5 18 April 24 @ Yankees 7–4 Mendoza (2–1) Plesac (0–1) Rivera (4) 46,924 12–6 19 April 25 @ Yankees 4–3 (11) Grimsley (1–0) Person (0–1) 51,903 12–7 20 April 26 @ Angels 4–3 (11) Percival (1–1) Rodríguez (0–1) 17,324 12–8 21 April 27 @ Angels 10–1 Hentgen (1–1) Olivares (2–2) 17,899 13–8 22 April 28 @ Angels 12–10 Petkovsek (1–1) Lloyd (2–1) Percival (3) 18,304 13–9 23 April 29 @ Angels 17–1 Hill (1–1) Halladay (2–1) 18,346 13–10 24 April 30 @ Mariners 11–9 Halama (1–2) Person (0–2) Mesa (6) 29,353 13–11
May: 11–17 (Home: 4–12; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 @ Mariners 9–3 Carpenter (3–1) Moyer (1–4) Davey (1) 35,628 14–11 26 May 2 @ Mariners 3–2 Cloude (3–1) Plesac (0–2) 31,355 14–12 27 May 3 @ Mariners 16–10 Wells (4–1) García (3–1) 22,304 15–12 28 May 4 Athletics 13–4 Oquist (3–2) Halladay (2–2) Jones (1) 20,258 15–13 29 May 5 Athletics 8–2 Rogers (1–2) Escobar (2–1) 20,314 15–14 30 May 6 Athletics 3–2 Heredia (2–2) Carpenter (3–2) Taylor (7) 20,310 15–15 31 May 7 Rangers 9–6 Hentgen (2–1) Clark (2–3) Koch (1) 22,110 16–15 32 May 8 Rangers 4–3 Morgan (5–2) Wells (4–2) Wetteland (10) 24,642 16–16 33 May 9 Rangers 11–6 Patterson (1–0) Munro (0–1) 20,374 16–17 34 May 11 @ Royals 8–2 Escobar (3–1) Pittsley (1–2) 12,141 17–17 35 May 12 @ Royals 7–1 Appier (4–2) Carpenter (3–3) 13,073 17–18 36 May 13 @ Royals 8–2 Hentgen (3–1) Rosado (2–2) 19,573 18–18 37 May 14 Red Sox 5–0 Peña (2–0) Wells (4–3) 22,186 18–19 38 May 15 Red Sox 6–5 Wasdin (2–0) Plesac (0–3) Gordon (4) 24,579 18–20 39 May 16 Red Sox 9–6 Lloyd (3–1) Gross (0–2) 21,094 19–20 40 May 17 Red Sox 8–7 Wasdin (3–0) Lloyd (3–2) 20,395 19–21 41 May 18 Tigers 7–5 Hentgen (4–1) Thompson (4–5) Koch (2) 20,310 20–21 42 May 19 Tigers 7–3 Moehler (4–3) Wells (4–4) 20,384 20–22 43 May 20 Tigers 7–0 Halladay (3–2) Mlicki (1–4) 21,137 21–22 44 May 21 @ Red Sox 5–2 Rapp (2–2) Escobar (3–2) 27,284 21–23 45 May 22 @ Red Sox 6–4 Wakefield (2–4) Carpenter (3–4) Gordon (6) 32,038 21–24 46 May 23 @ Red Sox 10–8 Martínez (9–1) Hentgen (4–2) Gordon (7) 28,559 21–25 47 May 24 @ Tigers 12–6 Wells (5–4) Moehler (4–4) 13,038 22–25 48 May 25 @ Tigers 5–3 Halladay (4–2) Mlicki (1–5) Koch (3) 13,087 23–25 49 May 26 @ Tigers 9–5 Escobar (4–2) Blair (1–5) Lloyd (3) 14,177 24–25 50 May 28 Yankees 10–6 Pettitte (3–2) Carpenter (3–5) 30,355 24–26 51 May 29 Yankees 8–3 Cone (5–2) Hentgen (4–3) 40,175 24–27 52 May 30 Yankees 8–3 Irabu (2–3) Wells (5–5) 39,111 24–28
June: 15–13 (Home: 12–5; Away: 3–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 White Sox 6–2 Sirotka (3–6) Escobar (4–3) 20,399 24–29 54 June 2 White Sox 9–7 Carpenter (4–5) Snyder (6–4) Koch (4) 22,197 25–29 55 June 3 White Sox 10–3 Navarro (4–4) Hentgen (4–4) 33,673 25–30 56 June 4 Expos 6–2 Wells (6–5) Ayala (0–5) 24,147 26–30 57 June 5 Expos 5–0 Batista (5–2) Hamilton (0–3) 28,112 26–31 58 June 6 Expos 9–2 Escobar (5–3) Hermanson (3–5) 24,392 27–31 59 June 7 @ Mets 8–2 Hershiser (5–5) Halladay (4–3) 21,457 27–32 60 June 8 @ Mets 11–3 Isringhausen (1–1) Hentgen (4–5) 18,984 27–33 61 June 9 @ Mets 4–3 (14) Mahomes (2–0) Davey (1–1) 18,254 27–34 62 June 11 @ Phillies 8–4 Wolf (1–0) Hamilton (0–4) 26,541 27–35 63 June 12 @ Phillies 7–2 Byrd (9–3) Escobar (5–4) 20,449 27–36 64 June 13 @ Phillies 7–2 Hentgen (5–5) Schilling (8–4) 28,459 28–36 65 June 15 Angels 13–2 Wells (7–5) Belcher (4–6) 21,165 29–36 66 June 16 Angels 3–2 Lloyd (4–2) Schoeneweis (0–1) Koch (5) 22,184 30–36 67 June 17 Angels 3–0 Escobar (6–4) Hill (3–6) Koch (6) 20,465 31–36 68 June 18 Royals 6–5 Witasick (2–5) Hentgen (5–6) Whisenant (1) 24,245 31–37 69 June 19 Royals 7–0 Halladay (5–3) Appier (6–6) 23,369 32–37 70 June 20 Royals 2–1 Wells (8–5) Service (3–2) 24,211 33–37 71 June 21 Royals 11–4 Hamilton (1–4) Fussell (0–4) 20,394 34–37 72 June 22 Indians 4–3 Escobar (7–4) Gooden (2–3) Koch (7) 22,197 35–37 73 June 23 Indians 9–6 Nagy (9–4) Quantrill (0–1) 23,271 35–38 74 June 24 Indians 3–0 Halladay (6–3) Burba (7–3) Koch (8) 26,117 36–38 75 June 25 @ Devil Rays 11–4 Álvarez (3–5) Wells (8–6) 18,633 36–39 76 June 26 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Rupe (4–3) Hamilton (1–5) Hernández (21) 22,062 36–40 77 June 27 @ Devil Rays 8–0 Witt (4–4) Escobar (7–5) 20,556 36–41 78 June 28 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Carpenter (5–5) Eiland (0–4) Koch (9) 17,727 37–41 79 June 29 Orioles 6–5 (10) Frascatore (1–0) Rhodes (3–3) 21,421 38–41 80 June 30 Orioles 10–9 (10) Frascatore (2–0) Orosco (0–2) 21,137 39–41
July: 19–7 (Home: 9–5; Away: 10–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Orioles 8–6 Frascatore (3–0) Timlin (3–7) Koch (10) 30,263 40–41 82 July 2 Devil Rays 8–7 Aldred (3–2) Escobar (7–6) Hernández (22) 23,109 40–42 83 July 3 Devil Rays 5–0 Carpenter (6–5) Witt (4–5) 25,344 41–42 84 July 4 Devil Rays 6–3 Hentgen (6–6) White (4–2) Koch (11) 24,639 42–42 85 July 6 @ Orioles 4–3 (10) Lloyd (5–2) Timlin (3–8) Koch (12) 37,939 43–42 86 July 7 @ Orioles 7–6 Spoljaric (1–0) Molina (0–1) Koch (13) 42,275 44–42 87 July 8 @ Orioles 11–6 Escobar (8–6) Ponson (7–6) 41,738 45–42 88 July 9 @ Expos 4–3 Urbina (5–4) Lloyd (5–3) 10,091 45–43 89 July 10 @ Expos 7–6 Quantrill (1–1) Telford (2–2) Koch (14) 15,005 46–43 90 July 11 @ Expos 1–0 Wells (9–6) Pavano (6–8) 15,201 47–43 91 July 15 Marlins 8–6 Looper (2–1) Koch (0–1) Alfonseca (2) 25,072 47–44 92 July 16 Marlins 4–2 Springer (4–10) Hentgen (6–7) Alfonseca (3) 22,449 47–45 93 July 17 Marlins 6–1 Wells (10–6) Edmondson (3–4) 27,159 48–45 94 July 18 Braves 3–2 Hamilton (2–5) Millwood (11–5) Koch (15) 31,137 49–45 95 July 19 Braves 8–7 (10) Frascatore (4–0) Hudek (0–2) 31,064 50–45 96 July 20 Braves 11–6 Halladay (7–3) Glavine (8–9) 28,366 51–45 97 July 21 @ Indians 4–3 Frascatore (5–0) Jackson (3–3) Koch (16) 43,218 52–45 98 July 22 @ Indians 4–3 Wells (11–6) Nagy (11–6) Koch (17) 43,138 53–45 99 July 23 @ White Sox 2–1 Hamilton (3–5) Parque (9–7) Koch (18) 14,166 54–45 100 July 24 @ White Sox 6–5 Eyre (1–0) Escobar (8–7) Howry (16) 25,674 54–46 101 July 25 @ White Sox 11–3 Carpenter (7–5) Sirotka (7–9) 18,299 55–46 102 July 26 @ White Sox 4–3 (11) Frascatore (6–0) Howry (2–2) Koch (19) 17,631 56–46 103 July 27 Red Sox 11–9 Guthrie (1–1) Halladay (7–4) Wakefield (13) 38,631 56–47 104 July 28 Red Sox 8–0 Rapp (3–5) Hamilton (3–6) 36,190 56–48 105 July 30 Tigers 8–2 Escobar (9–7) Weaver (6–7) 28,412 57–48 106 July 31 Tigers 7–6 Halladay (8–4) Mlicki (5–10) Koch (20) 29,527 58–48
August: 12–16 (Home: 2–10; Away: 10–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 Tigers 8–5 Hentgen (7–7) Borkowski (0–2) Koch (21) 30,105 59–48 108 August 2 @ Yankees 3–1 Pettitte (8–8) Wells (11–7) Rivera (28) 40,825 59–49 109 August 3 @ Yankees 3–1 Hamilton (4–6) Cone (10–6) Koch (22) 43,110 60–49 110 August 4 @ Yankees 8–3 Irabu (9–3) Escobar (9–8) 52,833 60–50 111 August 6 @ Rangers 5–4 Carpenter (8–5) Zimmerman (9–1) Koch (23) 31,664 61–50 112 August 7 @ Rangers 6–0 Sele (12–6) Hentgen (7–8) 40,329 61–51 113 August 8 @ Rangers 8–7 Frascatore (7–0) Venafro (3–2) Koch (24) 32,374 62–51 114 August 9 @ Rangers 19–4 Hamilton (5–6) Morgan (12–7) 23,235 63–51 115 August 10 @ Twins 10–6 Escobar (10–8) Radke (8–11) 15,842 64–51 116 August 11 @ Twins 6–3 Carpenter (9–5) Milton (4–9) 15,777 65–51 117 August 12 @ Twins 3–0 Mays (5–4) Hentgen (7–9) Trombley (19) 21,206 65–52 118 August 13 Athletics 9–8 Appier (12–9) Halladay (8–5) Jones (7) 34,150 65–53 119 August 14 Athletics 13–5 Hudson (7–1) Hamilton (5–7) 37,113 65–54 120 August 15 Athletics 9–5 Oquist (9–7) Escobar (10–9) 34,677 65–55 121 August 16 Mariners 7–5 Moyer (12–6) Carpenter (9–6) Mesa (26) 29,308 65–56 122 August 17 Mariners 8–5 Abbott (4–0) Hentgen (7–10) Mesa (27) 30,137 65–57 123 August 18 Mariners 5–1 García (12–7) Wells (11–8) Paniagua (3) 38,224 65–58 124 August 20 @ Athletics 11–0 Hamilton (6–7) Oquist (9–8) 13,335 66–58 125 August 21 @ Athletics 8–4 Olivares (11–9) Carpenter (9–7) 26,282 66–59 126 August 22 @ Athletics 4–3 Jones (4–5) Koch (0–2) 23,907 66–60 127 August 23 @ Athletics 9–4 Wells (12–8) Appier (12–11) 10,047 67–60 128 August 24 @ Angels 5–1 Hentgen (8–10) Ortiz (1–1) Koch (25) 21,492 68–60 129 August 25 @ Angels 7–2 Hamilton (7–7) Finley (8–11) 21,592 69–60 130 August 27 Rangers 8–2 Helling (11–7) Carpenter (9–8) 30,181 69–61 131 August 28 Rangers 9–7 Sele (15–7) Wells (12–9) Wetteland (35) 31,117 69–62 132 August 29 Rangers 4–2 Burkett (5–7) Halladay (8–6) Wetteland (36) 30,502 69–63 133 August 30 Twins 2–1 Hentgen (9–10) Ryan (0–2) Koch (26) 22,137 70–63 134 August 31 Twins 14–3 Radke (11–12) Hamilton (7–8) 23,136 70–64
September: 11–14 (Home: 3–8; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 Twins 4–0 Escobar (11–9) Milton (6–11) 23,145 71–64 136 September 2 Twins 6–1 Wells (13–9) Mays (5–7) 22,255 72–64 137 September 3 @ Royals 5–4 Quantrill (2–1) Morman (2–3) Koch (27) 13,857 73–64 138 September 4 @ Royals 6–3 (9) Hentgen (10–10) Suppan (8–9) Frascatore (1) 15,243 74–64 139 September 5 @ Royals 6–3 Witasick (6–11) Escobar (11–10) Fussell (2) 15,315 74–65 140 September 7 @ Mariners 7–4 Meche (6–4) Wells (13–10) Mesa (32) 39,709 74–66 141 September 8 @ Mariners 4–3 Mesa (2–5) Koch (0–3) 36,971 74–67 142 September 10 @ Tigers 7–6 Jones (3–4) Frascatore (7–1) 33,736 74–68 143 September 11 @ Tigers 9–5 Spoljaric (2–0) Cordero (1–2) 40,269 75–68 144 September 12 @ Tigers 5–3 Escobar (12–10) Weaver (8–11) Koch (28) 39,349 76–68 145 September 13 Yankees 2–1 Wells (14–10) Hernández (16–8) 30,118 77–68 146 September 14 Yankees 10–6 Mendoza (7–8) Koch (0–4) 29,140 77–69 147 September 15 Yankees 6–4 Pettitte (13–11) Hentgen (10–11) Rivera (41) 29,460 77–70 148 September 17 White Sox 7–3 Wells (3–1) Escobar (12–11) 30,743 77–71 149 September 18 White Sox 7–4 Navarro (8–12) Quantrill (2–2) Howry (23) 28,260 77–72 150 September 19 White Sox 3–2 Sirotka (10–13) Halladay (8–7) Howry (24) 27,120 77–73 151 September 21 @ Red Sox 3–0 Martínez (22–4) Hentgen (10–12) 27,799 77–74 152 September 22 @ Red Sox 14–9 Escobar (13–11) Rapp (6–7) 25,345 78–74 153 September 23 @ Red Sox 7–5 Wells (15–10) Beck (0–1) Koch (29) 30,780 79–74 154 September 24 Indians 18–4 Brower (2–1) Munro (0–2) 26,620 79–75 155 September 25 Indians 9–6 Colón (17–5) Spoljaric (2–1) Jackson (38) 32,029 79–76 156 September 26 Indians 11–7 Shuey (8–5) Koch (0–5) 34,253 79–77 157 September 28 @ Devil Rays 8–2 Wells (16–10) Wheeler (0–4) 19,781 80–77 158 September 29 @ Devil Rays 6–2 Escobar (14–11) Witt (7–15) 22,180 81–77 159 September 30 @ Indians 9–2 Colón (18–5) Spoljaric (2–2) 43,201 81–78
October: 3–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Indians 8–6 Quantrill (3–2) Karsay (10–2) Koch (30) 43,040 82–78 161 October 2 @ Indians 7–3 Hentgen (11–12) Wright (8–10) Koch (31) 43,049 83–78 162 October 3 @ Indians 9–2 Wells (17–10) Burba (15–9) 43,012 84–78

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	Darrin Fletcher	115	412	120	.291	18	80
1B	Carlos Delgado	152	573	156	.272	44	134
2B	Homer Bush	128	485	155	.320	5	55
SS	Tony Batista	98	375	107	.285	26	79
3B	Tony Fernández	142	485	159	.328	6	75
LF	Shannon Stewart	145	608	185	.304	11	67
CF	José Cruz Jr.	106	349	84	.241	14	45
RF	Shawn Green	158	614	190	.309	42	123
DH	Willie Greene	81	226	46	.204	12	41

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
Jacob Brumfield	62	170	40	.235	2	19
Mike Matheny	57	163	35	.215	3	17
Alex Gonzalez	38	154	45	.292	2	12
Willis Otáñez	42	127	32	.252	5	13
Pat Kelly	37	116	31	.267	6	20
Craig Grebeck	34	113	41	.363	0	10
Dave Hollins	27	99	22	.222	2	6
David Segui	31	95	30	.316	5	13
Vernon Wells	24	88	23	.261	1	8
Brian McRae	31	82	16	.195	3	11
Gerónimo Berroa	22	62	12	.194	1	6
Casey Blake	14	39	10	.256	1	1
Kevin Witt	15	34	7	.206	1	5
Patrick Lennon	9	29	6	.207	1	6
Norberto Martin	9	27	6	.222	0	0
Mark Dalesandro	16	27	5	.185	0	1
Chris Woodward	14	26	6	.231	0	2
Pat Borders	6	14	3	.214	1	3
Kevin Brown	2	9	4	.444	0	1
Curtis Goodwin	2	8	0	.000	0	0
Rob Butler	8	7	1	.143	0	1
Anthony Sanders	3	7	2	.286	0	2

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
David Wells	34	231.2	17	10	4.82	169
Pat Hentgen	34	199.0	11	12	4.79	118
Kelvim Escobar	33	174.0	14	11	5.69	129
Chris Carpenter	24	150.0	9	8	4.38	106
Joey Hamilton	22	98.0	7	8	6.52	56

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
Roy Halladay	36	149.1	8	7	3.92	82

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
Billy Koch	56	0	5	31	3.39	57
Graeme Lloyd	74	5	3	3	3.63	47
Paul Quantrill	41	3	2	0	3.33	28
Paul Spoljaric	37	2	2	0	4.65	63
John Frascatore	33	7	1	1	3.41	22
Pete Munro	31	0	2	0	6.02	38
Dan Plesac	30	0	3	0	3.34	26
Tom Davey	29	1	1	1	4.70	42
Robert Person	11	0	2	2	9.82	12
Steve Sinclair	3	0	0	0	12.71	3
Mike Romano	3	0	0	0	11.81	3
John Hudek	3	0	0	0	12.27	2
Nerio Rodriguez	2	0	1	0	13.50	2
John Bale	1	0	0	0	13.50	4
Eric Ludwick	1	0	0	0	27.00	0
Gary Glover	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

• Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
• Shawn Green, Gold Glove Award
• Shawn Green, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

• Tony Fernández, 3B
• Shawn Green, OF^[3]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse SkyChiefs	International League	Pat Kelly
AA	Knoxville Smokies	Southern League	Omar Malavé
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Rocket Wheeler
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	Rolando Pino
A-Short Season	St. Catharines Stompers	New York–Penn League	Eddie Rodríguez
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Paul Elliott

^[4]

References

1. "1999 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
2. "1999 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
3. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac