The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the

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West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

Offseason

* December 14, 1998:

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was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. *December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics. * January 7, 1999:

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was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. *January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. * January 26, 1999:

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was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. * February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* July 23, 1999:

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was traded by the Athletics to the

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for

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and Leo Vasquez. * July 29, 1999:

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, Nathan Haynes, and Elvin Nina (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the

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for

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and Omar Olivares. * July 31, 1999:

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was traded by the Athletics to the

for

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and

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. * July 31, 1999:

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, Brad Rigby and

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were traded by the Athletics to the Kansas City Royals for

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. *August 18, 1999: Rich Becker was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Carl Dale (August 20, 1999) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

Roster

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

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References

1999 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference1999 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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