1999 Milwaukee Brewers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Milwaukee Brewers
season = 1999
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1998
division = Central Division
y2 = 1998
Uniform
ballpark = Milwaukee County Stadium
y4 = 1970
city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
y5 = 1970
owners = Bud Selig
managers = Phil Garner and Jim Lefebvre
television =WCGV-TV
Midwest SC
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder)
radio = WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)|The Milwaukee Brewers' 1999 season involved the Brewers' finishing 5th in the National League Central with a record of 74 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

*November 11, 1998: Bob Hamelin was released by the Milwaukee Brewers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamelbo01.shtml]
*December 1, 1999: Norberto Martin was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martino01.shtml]
*December 14, 1998: Alex Ochoa was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Darrell Nicholas (minors) (December 15, 1998) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml]
*December 18, 1998: Marc Newfield was released by the Milwaukee Brewers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newfima01.shtml]
*January 27, 1999: Jim Abbott signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

July 14, 1999: "Big Blue", a massive crane that was used to put the roof panels on soon to be completed Miller Park, collapsed while attempting to place one of the panels. Ultimately, this accident delayed the opening of Miller Park a full season and it wasn't opened until April of 2001.

Opening Day Starters

*Sean Berry
*Jeromy Burnitz
*Jeff Cirillo
*Marquis Grissom
*Geoff Jenkins
*Mark Loretta
*Dave Nilsson
*Bill Pulsipher
*Fernando Vina [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=ML4 1999 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 2, 1999: Ben Sheets was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 1999. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheetbe01.shtml Ben Sheets Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 12, 1999: Jason Bere was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1999.shtml 1999 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=ML4 1999 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]