1999 Atlanta Braves
National League Champions National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	103–59 (.636)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Time Warner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	WTBS WUPA TBS Superstation ( Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South ( Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun)
Radio	WSB (AM) ( Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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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

• November 10, 1998: Bret Boone was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Mike Remlinger to the Atlanta Braves for Rob Bell, Denny Neagle, and Michael Tucker. ^[1]
• December 1, 1998: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves. ^[2]
• December 1, 1998: Curtis Pride was released by the Atlanta Braves. ^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Otis Nixon – LF
• Bret Boone – 2B
• Chipper Jones – 3B
• Brian Jordan – RF
• Javy López – C
• Ryan Klesko – 1B
• Andruw Jones – CF
• Walt Weiss – SS
• Tom Glavine – P

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	103	59	0.636	—	56–25	47–34
New York Mets	97	66	0.595	6½	49–32	48–34
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	0.475	26	41–40	36–45
Montreal Expos	68	94	0.420	35	35–46	33–48
Florida Marlins	64	98	0.395	39	35–45	29–53

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League record v t 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

• July 3, 1999: Pete Orr was signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent. ^[4]

Roster

1999 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 38 Sean Bergman 42 Micah Bowie 38 Mike Cather 48 Bruce Chen 51 David Cortés 50 Derrin Ebert 47 Tom Glavine 28 John Hudek 31 Greg Maddux 30 Kevin McGlinchy 34 Kevin Millwood 43,45 Terry Mulholland 45 Odalis Pérez 37 Mike Remlinger 49 John Rocker 40 Rudy Seánez 29 John Smoltz 32 Justin Speier 36 Russ Springer 56 Everett Stull 51 Joe Winkelsas 43 Mark Wohlers		Catchers  4 Jorge Fábregas  8 Javy López 11 Pascual Matos 28 Greg Myers 12 Eddie Pérez Infielders 9,51 Howard Battle 24 Bret Boone  2 Mark DeRosa 20 Freddy García 13 Ozzie Guillén 16 José Hernández 19 Brian Hunter 10 Chipper Jones 18 Ryan Klesko  7 Keith Lockhart 15 Randall Simon 22 Walt Weiss		Outfielders 25 Andruw Jones 33 Brian Jordan 26 George Lombard  1 Otis Nixon 27 Gerald Williams		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 23 Don Baylor (hitting) 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 52 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 16,17 Glenn Hubbard (1st base) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching)  5 Ned Yost (3rd base)

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

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

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

Starting pitchers

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

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

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

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

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

Game 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Game 1

October 23, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta.

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

October 24, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta

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

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

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

• Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove for center field
• Chipper Jones, National League Most Valuable Player Award
• Chipper Jones, 3B, Silver Slugger Award
• Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove Award
• John Smoltz, Pitcher of the Month Award, April

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Brian Jordan, OF, reserve
• Kevin Millwood, P, reserve

Farm system

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

• 1999 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference
• Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac