- 1999 Boston Red Sox season
MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1999
misc = 1999 American League Runner-Up
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark =Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston,Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners =JRY Trust
managers =Jimy Williams
television =WLVI-TV
(Sean McDonough ,Jerry Remy )
NESN
(Bob Kurtz,Jerry Remy )
radio =WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano ,Joe Castiglione )WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez, J.P. Villiman)|The 1999Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in theAmerican League East with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses.Offseason
*December 11, 1998: Mark Portugal signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/portuma01.shtml Mark Portugal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 11, 1999: Ramon Martinez was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martira02.shtml]
*March 30, 1999: Midre Cummings was released by the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml]Regular season
eason standings
All-Star Game
The 1999
Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 70th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL). Red Sox legendTed Williams threw the ceremonial first pitch. Three members of the Red Sox played in the game. PitcherPedro Martínez and shortstopNomar Garciaparra were starters, while second basemanJose Offerman was a reserve. The game was held onJuly 13 ,1999 atFenway Park . The game resulted in a win for the American League by the final score of 4-1.Opening Day Line Up
Other batters
Relief pitchers
ALDS
Series Summary:
*Game 1 @Jacobs Field : Indians 3, Red Sox 2
*Game 2 @Jacobs Field : Indians 11, Red Sox 1
*Game 3 @Fenway Park : Red Sox 9, Indians 3
*Game 4 @Fenway Park : Red Sox 23, Indians 7
*Game 5 @Jacobs Field : Red Sox 12, Indians 8
*Red Sox win series: 3-2ALCS
New York wins the series, 4-1
Awards and Honors
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Pedro Martínez , Pitcher, American LeagueCy Young Award Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]* Class AAA:
Pawtucket Red Sox (International League ; Gary Jones, manager)
* Class AA:Trenton Thunder (Eastern League;DeMarlo Hale , manager)
* Class A:Sarasota Red Sox (Florida State League ;Butch Hobson , manager)
* Class A:Augusta GreenJackets (South Atlantic League ;Billy Gardner, Jr. , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class SS-A:Lowell Spinners (New York-Penn League ;Luis Aguayo , manager)
* Rookie:GCL Red Sox (Gulf Coast League ; John Sanders, manager)References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1999.shtml 1999 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=BOS 1999 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com] succession box
title = AL Wild Card
years = 1999
before = Boston Red Sox
1998
after = Seattle Mariners
2000
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