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1 Offseason  





2 Regular season  



2.1  Opening Day starters  





2.2  Season standings  





2.3  Record vs. opponents  





2.4  Transactions  





2.5  Roster  







3 Player stats  



3.1  Batting  



3.1.1  Starters by position  





3.1.2  Other batters  







3.2  Pitching  



3.2.1  Starting pitchers  





3.2.2  Other pitchers  





3.2.3  Relief pitchers  









4 National League Division Series  



4.1  Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros  







5 National League Championship Series  



5.1  Game 1  





5.2  Game 2  





5.3  Game 3  





5.4  Game 4  





5.5  Game 5  





5.6  Game 6  







6 World Series  



6.1  Game 1  





6.2  Game 2  





6.3  Game 3  





6.4  Game 4  







7 Award winners  





8 Farm system  





9 References  














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1999 Atlanta Braves
National League Champions
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkTurner Field
CityAtlanta
Record103–59 (.636)
Divisional place1st
OwnersTime Warner
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionWTBS
WUPA
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun)
RadioWSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
← 1998 Seasons 2000 →

The 1999 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 34th season in Atlanta and its 129th season overall. The Braves commenced the season as consecutive National League runner-ups and clinched their eighth successive division title with a record of 103–59, holding a 6-game lead over the New York Mets. During the 1990s, the Braves reached the World Series for the fifth time. However, they were swept in all four games of the 1999 World Series by the New York Yankees. This marked their second World Series appearance against the Yankees in a span of four years, with the previous one occurring in 1996, which they lost in six games. As of 2021, this still represents the last National League pennant the Braves have secured, and they wouldn't return to the World Series until 22 years later.

Two pivotal figures on the 1999 Braves roster were Chipper Jones and John Rocker. Jones earned the National League's Most Valuable Player award, boasting a .310 batting average, 45 home runs, and 110 RBIs. He solidified his claim to the award with his remarkable performances in September against the New York Mets. John Rocker, functioning as Atlanta's closer, notched 38 saves. However, he ignited controversy due to his racist and homophobic remarks in a December 27, 1999, Sports Illustrated article.

This season marked the concluding campaign for John Smoltz as a starting pitcher, including the final full season for the pitching trio referred to as the Big Three. Smoltz would sit out the subsequent season due to Tommy John surgery but returned in 2001 in a closer role, a position he would uphold for the remainder of his career.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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  • t
  • e
  • NL East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Atlanta Braves 103 59 .636 56‍–‍25 47‍–‍34
    New York Mets 97 66 .595 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

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  • e

  • Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
    Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA 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


    Transactions

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    Roster

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    1999 Atlanta Braves
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    Outfielders

    Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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 Eddie Pérez 104 309 77 .249 7 30
    1B Ryan Klesko 133 404 120 .297 21 80
    2B Bret Boone 152 608 153 .252 20 63
    SS Walt Weiss 110 279 63 .226 2 29
    3B Chipper Jones 157 567 181 .319 45 110
    LF Gerald Williams 143 422 116 .275 17 68
    CF Andruw Jones 162 592 163 .275 26 84
    RF Brian Jordan 153 576 163 .283 23 115

    Other batters

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    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
    Javy López 65 246 78 .317 11 45
    Ozzie Guillén 92 232 56 .241 1 20
    Randall Simon 90 218 69 .317 5 25
    Brian Hunter 114 181 45 .249 6 30
    José Hernández 48 166 42 .253 4 19
    Keith Lockhart 108 161 42 .261 1 21
    Otis Nixon 84 151 31 .205 0 8
    Greg Myers 34 72 16 .222 2 9
    Howard Battle 15 17 6 .353 1 5
    Pascual Matos 6 8 1 .125 0 2
    Mark DeRosa 7 8 0 .000 0 0
    Jorge Fábregas 6 8 0 .000 0 0
    George Lombard 6 6 2 .333 0 0
    Freddy García 2 2 1 .500 1 1

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Tom Glavine 35 234.0 14 11 4.12 138
    Kevin Millwood 33 228.0 18 7 2.68 205
    Greg Maddux 33 219.1 19 9 3.57 136
    John Smoltz 29 186.1 11 8 3.19 156
    Odalis Pérez 18 93.0 4 6 6.00 82

    Other pitchers

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Terry Mulholland 16 60.1 4 2 2.98 39
    Bruce Chen 16 51.0 2 2 5.47 45

    Relief pitchers

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

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    John Rocker 74 4 5 38 2.49 104
    Mike Remlinger 73 10 1 1 2.37 81
    Kevin McGlinchy 64 7 3 0 2.82 67
    Rudy Seánez 56 6 1 3 3.35 41
    Russ Springer 49 2 1 1 3.42 49
    Justin Speier 19 0 0 0 5.65 22
    John Hudek 15 0 1 0 6.48 18
    Sean Bergman 6 1 0 0 2.84 6
    Derrin Ebert 5 0 1 1 5.63 4
    David Cortés 4 0 0 0 4.91 2
    Mike Cather 4 1` 0 0 10.13 0
    Micah Bowie 3 0 1 0 13.50 2
    Mark Wohlers 2 0 0 0 27.00 0
    Everett Stull 1 0 0 0 13.50 0
    Joe Winkelsas 1 0 0 0 54.00 0

    National League Division Series

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    Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

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    Atlanta wins series, 3-1

    Game Score Date
    1 Houston 6, Atlanta 1 October 5
    2 Atlanta 5, Houston 1 October 6
    3 Atlanta 5, Houston 3 (12 innings) October 8
    4 Atlanta 7, Houston 5 October 9

    National League Championship Series

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    Game 1

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    October 12: Turner Field, Atlanta

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2
    Atlanta 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 4 8 2
    WP: Greg Maddux (1-0)   LP: Masato Yoshii (0-1)   Sv: John Rocker (1)
    Home runs:
    NYM: None
    ATL: Eddie Pérez (1)

    The Braves began their eighth consecutive NLCS with a 4-2 victory over the Mets, defeating a team they left for dead two weeks earlier. Greg Maddux tossed seven solid innings, and future NLCS MVP Eddie Pérez who came up big for the absence of Javy López, homered. Light-hitting shortstop Walt Weiss went 3-for-4 with a run scored and RBI for the Braves.

    John Rocker recorded the final four outs for the save, his second of the postseason, to seal Atlanta's fourth straight win.

    Game 2

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    October 13: Turner Field, Atlanta

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    New York 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 1
    Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4 9 1
    WP: Kevin Millwood (1-0)   LP: Kenny Rogers (0-1)   Sv: John Smoltz (1)
    Home runs:
    NYM: Melvin Mora (1)
    ATL: Brian Jordan (1); Eddie Pérez (2)

    Game 3

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    October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Atlanta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
    New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
    WP: Tom Glavine (1-0)   LP: Al Leiter (0-1)   Sv: John Rocker (2)
    Home runs:
    ATL: None
    NYM: None

    Game 4

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    October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0
    New York 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 3 5 0
    WP: Turk Wendell (1-0)   LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1)   Sv: Armando Benítez (1)
    Home runs:
    ATL: Brian Jordan (2); Ryan Klesko (1)
    NYM: John Olerud (1)

    Game 5

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    October 17: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E
    Atlanta 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13 2
    New York 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 1
    WP: Octavio Dotel (1-0)   LP: Kevin McGlinchy (0-1)
    Home runs:
    ATL: None
    NYM: John Olerud (2)

    Game 6

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    October 19: Turner Field, Atlanta

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
    New York 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 9 15 2
    Atlanta 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 10 10 1
    WP: Russ Springer (1-0)   LP: Kenny Rogers (0-2)
    Home runs:
    NYM: Mike Piazza (1)
    ATL: None

    World Series

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    Game 1

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    October 23, 1999, at Turner FieldinAtlanta.

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 0
    Atlanta 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
    WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Greg Maddux (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
    Home runs:
    NYY: None
    ATL: Chipper Jones (1)

    Game 2

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    October 24, 1999, at Turner FieldinAtlanta

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    New York 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 14 1
    Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1
    WP: David Cone (1-0)   LP: Kevin Millwood (0-1)

    Game 3

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    October 26, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
    Atlanta 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 1
    New York 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 6 9 0
    WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0)   LP: Mike Remlinger (0-1)
    Home runs:
    ATL: None
    NYY: Chad Curtis 2 (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1)

    Game 4

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    October 27, 1999, at Yankee Stadium in New York

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
    New York 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 8 0
    WP: Roger Clemens (1-0)   LP: John Smoltz (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
    Home runs:
    ATL: None
    NYY: Jim Leyritz (1)

    Award winners

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    1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

    Farm system

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    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Richmond Braves International League Randy Ingle
    AA Greenville Braves Southern League Paul Runge
    A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Brian Snitker
    A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Jeff Treadway
    A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Jim Saul
    Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League J. J. Cannon
    Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rick Albert

    LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Myrtle Beach[5]

    References

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    1. ^ Bret Boone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ Otis Nixon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ "Curtis Pride Stats".
  • ^ Pete Orr Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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