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1999 San Diego Padres Season
The 1999 San Diego Padres season was the 31st season in franchise history. They finished fourth in the National League West. They had lost several key players after their 1998 pennant-winning season, most notably pitching ace Kevin Brown. Offseason Acquisitions *November 13, 1998: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. *November 17, 1998: Archi Cianfrocco was released by the San Diego Padres. *February 2, 1999: Mark Sweeney was traded by the San Diego Padres with Greg Vaughn to the Cincinnati Reds for Damian Jackson, Reggie Sanders, and Josh Harris (minors). *Starting pitcher Joey Hamilton traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for starting pitchers Woody Williams and reliever Carlos Almanzar Free agent losses *Kevin Brown *Ken Caminiti *Steve Finley Regular season The Padres played in the first game ever at Safeco Field on July 15, 1999. The Mariners lost to the Padres by a score of 3 to 2. It was the first park in Major League history to host an interl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League West
The National League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was formed for the 1969 season when the National League expanded to 12 teams by adding the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos. For purpose of keeping a regular-season of 162 games, half of the teams were put into the new National League East, East Division and half into the new West Division. Within each division, the teams played 18 games each against their five division mates (90 games), and also 12 games against the teams in the opposite division (72 games), totaling 162 games. Geography Despite the geography, the owners of the Chicago Cubs insisted that their team be placed into the East Division along with the teams in New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Also, the owners of the St. Louis Cardinals wanted that team to be in the same division with their natural rivals of the Cubs. The league could have insisted on a purely geographical alignment like the American League did. But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Hamilton
Johns Joseph Hamilton (born September 9, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played professionally for nine seasons, recording a 74–73 win–loss record, a 4.44 earned run average (ERA) and 894 strikeouts. He attended Statesboro High School in Georgia. Following high school, Hamilton attended Georgia Southern University for three years. He started his professional career in 1991 when he was drafted by the San Diego Padres, and pitched for three major league teams during his career. As a rookie with San Diego in 1994 he finished fifth in the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award voting for the National League. Following the 1998 season, San Diego traded Hamilton to the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2001, after two seasons with the Blue Jays, he was released. Hamilton signed with the Cincinnati Reds shortly afterward. Hamilton had stints in training camps and the minor leagues with some of the Padres and Reds affiliates. In March 2005, two days after signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sterling Hitchcock
Sterling Alex Hitchcock (born April 29, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played from to , mostly with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. Early life Hitchcock was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He attended Armwood High School in Seffner, Florida. Professional career The Yankees selected Hitchcock in the ninth round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. Though he committed to attend the University of South Florida, the Yankees signed Hitchcock with a $50,000 signing bonus. He made his Major League debut in 1992, pitching his first full season in 1994. He was traded to the Mariners after the 1995 season with Russ Davis for Tino Martinez, Jeff Nelson, and Jim Mecir. The following winter, the Mariners sent him to San Diego for Scott Sanders. Hitchcock is best remembered for his performance in the playoffs with the Padres, in which he was named the NLCS MVP. He was the winning pitcher in both of his starts with a 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Guzmán
Domingo Guzmán (born April 5, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball player. He made his major league debut with the San Diego Padres in 1999, and played in 8 games from 1999 to 2000. He traveled to Taiwan, and played one season in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Chinatrust Whales. He was signed by the Yokohama BayStars in 2002, and marked 5 wins to become a part of the starting rotation. He was re-signed for the following season, but was inconsistent throughout the season, marking an 8–12 record with a 4.69 ERA. He was released at the end of 2003, despite leading the last-place BayStars in wins. He was picked up by the Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ... in 2004, and marked a respectable 10–5 record with a 3.76 ERA. He missed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Cunnane
William Joseph Cunnane (born April 24, 1974) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. He graduated from Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York in 1992, where he played baseball and ran cross country. He is 6'2" and he weighs 175 pounds. Career Florida Marlins Originally signed by the Florida Marlins as an undrafted free agent in 1992, Cunnane spent four seasons mostly as a starter in the minors before making his major league debut. Perhaps his best season was 1994 with the Kane County Cougars when he went 11–3 with a 1.43 ERA in 139 innings pitched. San Diego Padres On December 9, 1996, Cunnane was selected by the San Diego Padres in the Rule 5 Draft. He made his big league debut on April 3, 1997, against the New York Mets at the age of 23. He pitched two innings that game, surrendering two hits, two walks, and no earned runs. The rest of his rookie season was average-in 54 games, he had an ERA of 5.81. Between 1998 and 2000, Cunnane made frequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Clement
Matthew Paul Clement (born August 12, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Clement played for the San Diego Padres (–), Florida Marlins (), Chicago Cubs (–) and Boston Red Sox (–). While on the Red Sox active roster, he was injured all of the 2007 season. He batted and threw right-handed. Clement had a sinking fastball in the low 90s and a hard slider he mixed with a four-seamer and a changeup. In nine seasons, Clement won 87 games and lost 86, and was 1–2 in post-season play, going 1–1 with the Cubs in 2003 and 0–1 with Boston in 2005. His win in Game 4 of the 2003 National League Championship Series at Florida brought the Cubs within one game of the pennant. He held opposing batters to a .233 batting average from 2002 to 2005, while posting a 47–42 record and a 3.99 ERA. Baseball career In 2000, Clement led the major leagues in walks (125), and led the National League and wild pitches three times between 2000 and 2003. In June 2004, Cleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Carlyle
Earl Lester "Buddy" Carlyle (born December 21, 1977) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and New York Mets. He also played for the LG Twins of the KBO League, and the Hanshin Tigers and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Early years Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Carlyle attended Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska, Bellevue. In addition to baseball, he also lettered in basketball for the Chieftains and graduated in 1996. Professional career Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres Originally selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft, Carlyle spent two years in the Reds organization before being traded to the San Diego Padres for Marc Kroon on April 8, 1998. He played for the Mobile BayBears and Las Vegas Stars (baseball), Las Vegas Stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Boehringer
Brian Edward Boehringer (born January 8, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He won the 1996 World Series with the New York Yankees over the Atlanta Braves. Early life and career He is a 1987 graduate of Northwest High School in House Springs, Missouri. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Boehringer was drafted by the Houston Astros in the tenth round of the MLB draft in 1990, but did not sign. Instead he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox the following year and was traded to the Yankees in 1994. Career New York Yankees (1995-1997) Boehringer made his major league debut in 1995, going 0-3 with a 13.75 ERA over just seven games. The following year, he went 2-4 with a 5.44 ERA in 33 games. He made two appearances in the 1996 ALDS, winning game two. He made no appearances in the Championship Series, but pitched in two games of the 1996 World Series, to the tune of a 5.40 ERA. He won a World Series ring with the Yankees when they defeated the Atlanta B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ashby
Andrew Jason Ashby (born July 11, 1967) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, and Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 1", 180 lb., Ashby batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Andy is the uncle to professional player Aaron Ashby. Career Ashby attended Park Hill High School in Kansas City and played baseball with the Crowder Roughriders at Crowder College. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in by the Phillies, with whom he made his Major League debut in 1991. On June 15, 1991, Ashby threw an immaculate inning, striking out all three batters on nine total pitches, in the fourth inning of a 3–1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds; he became the 15th National League pitcher and the 24th pitcher in major-league history to accomplish the feat. Ashby was acquired by the Colorado Rockies in the 1993 expansion draft, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Finley
Steven Allen Finley (born March 12, 1965) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for eight teams between 1989 and 2007, most notably the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks; he is one of only two players, along with Matt Herges, to play for all five National League West teams. An outstanding all-around player with power, speed and defensive skill, he is one of only four players since 1945 with 300 home runs and 100 triples, along with Stan Musial, Willie Mays and George Brett. He is also one of three players, along with Mays and Ken Griffey Jr., to have 2,500 hits and win five Gold Glove Awards in center field. A two-time All-Star (1997, 2000), Finley led the National League (NL) in triples twice, and helped the Diamondbacks win the 2001 World Series title, batting average, batting .368 in the Series. His walk-off home run, walk-off grand slam (baseball), grand slam in an October game against the San Francisco Giants clinched the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti (April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004) was an American third baseman who spent 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Houston Astros (1987–1994, 1999–2000), San Diego Padres (1995–1998), Texas Rangers (2001) and Atlanta Braves (2001). He was named the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) with San Diego in 1996, and is a member of the Padres Hall of Fame. He died of a cocaine and heroin (a '' speedball'') drug overdose on October 10, 2004. Early years Caminiti was born in Hanford, California on April 21, 1963 to Yvonne and Lee Caminiti who had another son, Glenn and a daughter, Carrie. He starred in football and baseball at Leigh High School in San Jose, California, where he graduated in 1981."Ken Caminiti timeline" ''The San Diego Union-Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
