Durham Bulls/1999
1999 Durham Bulls | ||
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City: | Durham, NC | |
Class: | Triple-A | |
League: | International League | |
Division: | South | |
Ballpark: | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | |
Attendance: | 464,020 | |
Record: | 83-60 | (4-3 postseason) |
Division Champions | ||
Owner/Operator: | Jim Goodmon (Capitol Broadcasting) |
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General Manager: | Peter Anlyan | |
Manager: | Bill Evers | |
Coaches: | Pete Filson Steve Henderson Max Oliveras |
The Durham Bull's 1999 season was their second as Tampa Bay's Triple-A International League affiliate. Following a strong inaugural season at Triple-A, the Bulls expected, and received, a similarly strong effort, winning the South division on their last day of the regular season. Despite a high level of turnover on the team, the offense remained a bright spot throughout the season (setting International League records for runs scored, hits, hits per game and team batting average[1]), though the pitching was occasionally suspect.
Contents
Summary
Preseason
On January 7, 1999, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays announced that manager Bill Evers, pitching coach Pete Filson and trainer Paul Harker would return to Durham for their second season, along with new hitting coach George Foster (known primarily for his role with Cincinnatti's "Big Red Machine" dynasty in the 1970s).[2] Foster, however, left the Devil Rays' system (due to "personal reasons") before the season even started.[3] Just prior to the club's first game of the season, Steve Henderson (Tampa Bays' hitting coach the prior season) joined Durham's coaching staff to temporarily fill Foster's position.[4]
Season
The Bulls opened the season with a couple strong pitching performances: Dave Eiland started the first game by allowing only 1 unearned run over 6 innings[4] and Bryan Rekar pitched 7 perfect innings in the next game before being removed due to an early-season pitch count limit (for which Bill Evans was heartily chastised by the fans in attendance).[5] By April 12, Mako "Max" Oliveras had been named the permanent hitting coach[6] and Steve Henderson returned to his duties as Tampa Bay's minor league hitting coordinator.[7] Throughout the season, the Bulls weathered an extremely dynamic roster, registering 121 individual transactions through August 19, fueled in large part by a rash of injuries for the Devil Rays' Major League sqaud.[8]
By the end of the season, Durham was near the bottom of the league in pitching (averaging 5.71 runs per game allowed), but that deficit was more than made up for in offense (scoring an average of 6.45 runs per game, tops in the league)[9] paced by first baseman Steve Cox and third baseman Scott McClain, who were each either first or second on the team in games played, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, runs, RBI, and walks.[10]
After the season
Roster
Position Players
Note: This list does not include appearances as the designated hitter. |
Pitchers
Note: This list does not include pitching appearances by position players. |
Team Awards[11]
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League Awards
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Standings
North Division
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South Division
West Division
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Game Log
April
# | Date | Opponent | Result | RS | RA | Win | Loss | Save | Att. | Record | Link | Notes |
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1 | 8 | Richmond | W | 2 | 1 | B. Munoz (1-0) | M. Pisciotta (0-1) | E. Gaillard (1) | 9,938 | 1-0 | Box | |
2 | 9 | Richmond | W | 5 | 2 | B. Rekar (1-0) | R. Quevedo (0-1) | E. Gaillard (2) | 9,023 | 2-0 | Box | |
3 | 10 | Richmond | L | 6 | 10 | B. Chen (1-0) | T. Wade (0-1) | A. Butler (1) | 9,914 | 2-1 | Box | |
4 | 11 | Norfolk | W | 7 | 6 | E. Gaillard (1-0) | R. Turrentine | 4,164 | 3-1 | Box | ||
5 | 12 | Norfolk | W | 5 | 2 | R. Tatis (1-0) | S. Stewart (1-1) | E. Gaillard (3) | 3,906 | 4-1 | Box | |
6 | 14 | at Columbus | W | 6 | 3 | D. Eiland (1-0) | R. Bradley (0-1) | E. Gaillard (4) | 5-1 | Box | ||
Game of April 15 at Columbus postponed due to rain. Made up as part of a double-header on July 23. | ||||||||||||
Game of April 16 at Toledo postponed due to rain. Made up as part of a double-header on April 17. | ||||||||||||
7 | 17 (1) | at Toledo | W | 2 | 1 | A. Newman (1-0) | B. Reed (1-2) | B. Munoz (1) | — | 6-1 | Box | 10 inn. |
8 | 17 (2) | at Toledo | W | 6 | 5 | E. Plantenberg (1-0) | J. Alberro (1-1) | M. Nunez (1) | 1,628 | 7-1 | Box | |
9 | 18 | at Toledo | L | 2 | 8 | M. Drews (1-1) | R. Tatis (1-1) | 1,577 | 7-2 | Box | ||
10 | 19 | at Toledo | L | 2 | 4 | N. Cruz (1-1) | D. Eiland (1-1) | B. Reed (1) | 1,308 | 7-3 | Box | |
11 | 20 | Columbus | L | 5 | 10 | M. Buddie (1-0) | E. Gaillard (1-1) | 3,708 | 7-4 | Box | 11 inn. | |
12 | 21 | Columbus | W | 7 | 6 | N. Charlton (1-0) | M. Williams (0-1) | 4,341 | 8-4 | Box | ||
13 | 22 | Columbus | W | 8 | 6 | M. Callaway (1-0) | M. Buddie (1-1) | E. Gaillard (5) | 4,472 | 9-4 | Box | |
14 | 23 | Toledo | W | 12 | 5 | R. Tatis (2-1) | M. Drews (1-2) | J. Strong (1) | 10,049 | 10-4 | Box | |
15 | 24 | Toledo | L | 3 | 10 | D. Eiland (1-2) | N. Cruz (2-1) | 9,908 | 10-5 | Box | ||
16 | 25 | Toledo | W | 10 | 1 | E. Plantenberg (2-0) | B. Graterol (0-2) | 6,297 | 11-5 | Box | ||
17 | 26 | Toledo | L | 5 | 12 | D. Borkowski (1-1) | J. Strong (0-1) | 3,367 | 11-6 | Box | ||
18 | 27 | at Richmond | W | 4 | 3 | M. Callaway (2-0) | J. Ratliff (0-3) | E. Gaillard (6) | 3,790 | 12-6 | Box | |
19 | 28 | at Richmond | W | 7 | 3 | R. Tatis (3-1) | M. Cather (0-2) | 13-6 | Box | |||
20 | 29 | at Richmond | L | 0 | 2 | M. Bowie (3-1) | D. Eiland (1-3) | R. Springer | 3,501 | 13-7 | Box | |
21 | 30 | at Norfolk | L | 2 | 5 | O. Dotel (2-0) | E. Plantenberg (2-1) | O. Henriquez (5) | 4,937 | 13-8 | Box |
May
# | Date | Opponent | Result | RS | RA | Win | Loss | Save | Att. | Record | Link | Notes |
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22 | 1 | at Norfolk | W | 15 | 4 | A. Newman (2-0) | J. Treadwell (1-1) | 6,061 | 14-8 | Box | ||
Game of May 2 at Norfolk postponed due to rain. Made up as part of a double-header on June 30. | ||||||||||||
23 | 3 | Syracuse | W | 7 | 6 | M. Callaway (3-0) | J. Yennaco (1-1) | E. Gaillard (7) | 3,506 | 15-8 | Box | |
24 | 4 | Syracuse | L | 0 | 5 | M. Romano (2-3) | R. Tatis (3-2) | 4,347 | 15-9 | Box | ||
25 | 5 | Syracuse | W | 10 | 4 | D. Eiland (2-3) | M. Bovee (0-2) | 3,460 | 16-9 | Box | ||
26 | 6 | Syracuse | L | 2 | 22 | N. Rodriguez (2-1) | E. Plantenberg (2-2) | 4,133 | 16-10 | Box | ||
27 | 7 | Pawtucket | L | 8 | 9 | B. Wolcott (2-2) | S. Hernandez (0-1) | R. Garces (5) | 9,644 | 16-11 | Box | |
28 | 8 | Pawtucket | W | 8 | 7 | M. Nunez (1-0) | J. Farrell (0-2) | 10,021 | 17-11 | Box | 10 inn. | |
29 | 9 | Pawtucket | W | 8 | 4 | A. Newman (3-0) | J. Cho (4-1) | M. Duvall (1) | 5,463 | 18-11 | Box | |
30 | 10 | Pawtucket | L | 3 | 7 | J. Farrell (1-2) | R. Tatis (3-3) | 6,650 | 18-12 | Box | ||
31 | 11 | at Charlotte | W | 5 | 1 | D. Eiland (3-3) | S. Eyre (3-2) | M. Duvall (2) | 3,995 | 19-12 | Box | |
32 | 12 | at Charlotte | L | 9 | 14 | E. Plantenberg (2-3) | C. Castillo (4-2) | T. Rizzo (1) | 5,227 | 19-13 | Box | |
33 | 13 | Charlotte | W | 10 | 6 | M. Duvall (1-0) | T. Fordham | N. Charlton (1) | 5,272 | 20-13 | Box | |
Game of May 14 vs. Charlotte postponed due to rain. Made up as part of a double-header on July 12. | ||||||||||||
34 | 15 | at Syracuse | L | 3 | 7 | D. Bochtler (4-0) | M. Callaway (3-1) | 10,767 | 20-14 | Box | ||
35 | 16 | at Syracuse | W | 14 | 2 | R. Tatis (4-3) | N. Rodriguez (3-2) | 7,755 | 21-14 | Box | ||
36 | 17 | at Syracuse | W | 15 | 5 | D. Eiland (4-3) | J. Bradford (0-1) | 4,089 | 22-14 | Box | ||
37 | 18 | at Syracuse | L | 5 | 14 | J. Yennaco (2-3) | T. Wade (0-2) | 22-15 | Box | |||
38 | 19 | at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | W | 6 | 2 | E. Plantenberg (3-3) | D. Scott (1-3) | 4,440 | 23-15 | Box | ||
39 | 21 | at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | W | 4 | 3 | M. Duvall (2-0) | Steve Schrenk (2-1) | E. Gaillard (8) | 8,187 | 24-15 | Box | |
40 | 22 | at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | L | 5 | 6 | B. Johnson (2-1) | N. Charlton (1-1) | S. Montgomery (7) | 5,103 | 24-16 | Box | |
41 | 23 | at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | L | 7 | 10 | M. Welch (1-2) | M. Duvall (2-1) | J. Grahe (3) | 24-17 | Box | ||
42 | 24 | Buffalo | L | 6 | 8 | M. Walker (1-0) | N. Charlton (1-2) | D. Stevens (12) | 3,862 | 24-18 | Box | |
43 | 25 | Buffalo | L | 4 | 11 | D. Telgheder (3-5) | E. Plantenberg (3-4) | 5,381 | 24-19 | Box | ||
44 | 26 | Buffalo | W | 8 | 7 | B. Donnelly (1-0) | M. Walker (1-1) | 5,327 | 25-19 | Box | 12 inn. | |
45 | 27 | Buffalo | L | 8 | 14 | T. Driskill (4-2) | R. Tatis (4-4) | 6,826 | 25-20 | Box | ||
46 | 28 | at Ottawa | W | 6 | 1 | A. Small (1-0) | D. Smith (4-4) | 2,447 | 26-20 | Box | ||
47 | 29 | at Ottawa | W | 13 | 6 | A. Newman (4-0) | D. Moraga | 2,947 | 27-20 | Box | ||
48 | 30 | at Ottawa | W | 21 | 7 | D. Wheeler (1-0) | R. DeHart (2-4) | 4,137 | 28-20 | Box | ||
49 | 31 | at Ottawa | W | 8 | 3 | M. Callaway (4-1) | K. Evans (1-2) | 2,091 | 29-20 | Box |
June
# | Date | Opponent | Result | RS | RA | Win | Loss | Save | Att. | Record | Link | Notes |
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50 | 1 | at Buffalo | W | 10 | 2 | R. Tatis (5-4) | P. Wagner (3-1) | 6,699 | 30-20 | Box | ||
51 | 2 | at Buffalo | W | 10 | 6 | E. Plantenberg (4-4) | T. Driskill (4-3) | 7,844 | 31-20 | Box | 6 inn. (rain) | |
52 | 3 | at Buffalo | W | 10 | 7 | B. Donnelly (2-0) | M. Matthews (1-2) | E. Gaillard (9) | 6,729 | 32-20 | Box | |
53 | 4 | at Buffalo | W | 6 | 3 | D. Wheeler (2-0) | M. Langston (0-1) | E. Gaillard (10) | 13,365 | 33-20 | Box | |
54 | 5 | Louisville | W | 3 | 2 | N. Charlton (2-2) | S. Falteisek (1-3) | 10,056 | 34-20 | Box | ||
55 | 6 | Louisville | L | 7 | 8 | S. Falteisek (2-3) | B. Munoz (1-1) | 8,165 | 34-21 | Box | 10 inn. | |
56 | 7 | Louisville | W | 4 | 3 | N. Charlton (3-2) | S. Falteisek (2-4) | 5,319 | 35-21 | Box | 11 inn. | |
57 | 8 | at Indianapolis | W | 3 | 1 | T. Wade (1-2) | D. Harriger (5-4) | E. Gaillard (11) | 8,843 | 36-21 | Box | |
58 | 9 | at Indianapolis | L | 1 | 3 | M. Barrios (1-2) | D. Wheeler (2-1) | R. Greene (7) | 5,918 | 36-22 | Box | |
59 | 11 | at Louisville | W | 8 | 3 | R. Tatis (6-4) | B. Minor (2-2) | 4,222 | 37-22 | Box | ||
60 | 12 | at Louisville | L | 2 | 6 | S. Falteisek (3-4) | A. Small (1-1) | 12,008 | 37-23 | Box | ||
61 | 13 | at Louisville | L | 3 | 11 | K. Peterson (5-4) | T. Wade (1-3) | 7,291 | 37-24 | Box | ||
62 | 14 | Indianapolis | L | 2 | 6 | K. Glauber (2-0) | D. Wheeler (2-2) | 5,207 | 37-25 | Box | ||
63 | 15 | Indianapolis | W | 11 | 1 | A. Newman (5-0) | M. Thompson (0-4) | 4,518 | 38-25 | Box | ||
Game of June 16 vs. Indianapolis postponed due to rain. Made up as part of a double-header on June 17. | ||||||||||||
64 | 17 (1) | Indianapolis | W | 3 | 1 | R. Tatis (7-4) | G. Carrara (4-4) | E. Gaillard (12) | — | 39-25 | Box | 7 inn. |
65 | 17 (2) | Indianapolis | W | 2 | 1 | B. Donnelly (3-0) | E. Priest (5-5) | 7,079 | 40-25 | Box | 10 inn. | |
66 | 18 | Norfolk | L | 8 | 9 | R. Beltran | E. Gaillard (1-2) | O. Henriquez (14) | 40-26 | Box | ||
67 | 19 | Norfolk | W | 3 | 1 | D. Wheeler (3-2) | O. Dotel (5-2) | B. Donnelly (1) | 41-26 | Box | ||
68 | 20 | Norfolk | L | 5 | 10 | R. Lewis (5-1) | B. Munoz (1-2) | 6,922 | 41-27 | Box | ||
69 | 22 | at Rochester | L | 5 | 7 | C. Maduro (5-6) | R. Tatis (7-5) | G. Molina (7) | 41-28 | Box | ||
70 | 23 | at Rochester | W | 9 | 5 | A. Small (2-1) | J. McCommon (4-7) | 42-28 | Box | |||
71 | 24 | at Rochester | W | 43-28 | Box | |||||||
72 | 25 | at Rochester | W | 11 | 10 | P. Hartmann (0-2) | 44-28 | Box | ||||
73 | 26 | at Pawtucket | W | 9 | 7 | R. Bailey (1-0) | W. Adams (2-4) | B. Donnelly (2) | 45-28 | Box | ||
74 | 27 | at Pawtucket | W | 8 | 3 | R. Tatis | T. Baptist (0-1) | 46-28 | Box | |||
75 | 28 | at Pawtucket | W | 4 | 2 | A. Small (3-1) | 47-28 | Box | ||||
76 | 29 | at Pawtucket | L | 8 | 10 | J. Fernandez (4-2) | T. Wade (1-4) | K. Bullinger (7) | 47-29 | Box | ||
77 | 30 (1) | at Norfolk | W | 2 | 1 | D. Wheeler (4-2) | O. Henriquez (0-2) | — | 48-29 | Box | 7 inn. | |
78 | 30 (2) | at Norfolk | W | 5 | 4 | B. Donnelly (4-0) | M. Guerra (6-1) | E. Gaillard (16) | 49-29 | Box | 7 inn. |
July
# | Date | Opponent | Result | RS | RA | Win | Loss | Save | Att. | Record | Link | Notes |
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79 | 1 | at Norfolk | W | 12 | 1 | R. Lewis (5-3) | 50-29 | Box | ||||
80 | 2 | at Norfolk | W | 5 | 3 | A. Newman (6-0) | O. Henriquez (0-3) | E. Gaillard (17) | 51-29 | Box | ||
81 | 3 | Charlotte | L | 6 | 10 | J. Olsen (1-4) | E. Gaillard (1-3) | 10,006 | 51-30 | Box | ||
82 | 4 | at Charlotte | L | 7 | 9 | D. Hasselhoff (5-0) | T. Wade (1-5) | 51-31 | Box | |||
83 | 5 | Richmond | W | 7 | 1 | D. Wheeler (5-2) | R. Quevedo (4-4) | 5,268 | 52-31 | Box | ||
84 | 6 | Richmond | L | 9 | 10 | I. Villegas (4-3) | B. Donnelly (4-1) | D. Cortes (13) | 4,346 | 52-32 | Box | |
85 | 7 | Richmond | W | 10 | 9 | E. Gaillard (2-3) | D. Cortes (2-3) | 5,667 | 53-32 | Box | ||
86 | 8 | at Richmond | W | 6 | 5 | B. Donnelly (5-1) | M. Cather (1-7) | E. Gaillard (18) | 54-32 | Box | ||
87 | 9 | at Richmond | W | 22 | 9 | M. Callaway (5-1) | E. Stull (5-4) | 55-32 | Box | |||
88 | 10 | at Richmond | L | 55-33 | Box | |||||||
89 | 11 | Charlotte | L | 4 | 6 | M. Heathcott (6-5) | M. Valdes (0-1) | L. Andujar (7) | 5,314 | 55-34 | Box | |
90 | 12 (1) | Charlotte | L | 5 | 7 | J. Snyder (2-0) | R. Tatis (8-6) | B. VanRyn (5) | — | 55-35 | Box | 7 inn. |
91 | 12 (2) | Charlotte | L | 4 | 5 | J. Olsen (2-4) | M. Duvall (2-2) | L. Andujar (8) | 4,309 | 55-36 | Box | 7 inn. |
92 | 15 | Indianapolis | L | 4 | 12 | G. Carrara (9-4) | A. Small (4-3) | 6,934 | 55-37 | Box | ||
93 | 16 | Indianapolis | W | 4 | 3 | A. Newman (7-0) | R. Greene (1-4) | 56-37 | Box | |||
94 | 17 | Columbus | L | 2 | 3 | D. Zancanaro (3-1) | B. Donnelly (5-2) | J. Tessmer (17) | 10,060 | 56-38 | Box |
References
- ↑ Barnes, Steve (September 5, 1999). "Bulls' offense IL's best since 1968". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. D4.
- ↑ Potter, Mike (January 8, 1999). "Foster joins Bulls; Evers will return". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. B4.
- ↑ Potter, Mike (March 25, 1999). "Foster will not coach at Durham". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. D6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Potter, Mike (April 9, 1999). "Oliver's HR tops Braves - Eiland helps pitch Bulls to victory in season opener". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. B1.
- ↑ Potter, Mike (April 10, 1999). "Rekar can't be perfect - Bulls pitcher sets down 21 straight, then lifted because of pitch count". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. D1.
- ↑ Potter, Mike (April 13, 1999). "Bottom of order is tops". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. D1.
- ↑ Vaughn, Rick; Costello, Chris; Landy, Greg et al., eds (1999). Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1999 Information Guide. St. Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Devil Rays Public Relations Office. p. 374.
- ↑ "Rays GM scouts Bulls, but call-ups are unlikely". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. D3. August 22, 1999.
- ↑ "1999 International League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?id=d9bc916b. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ↑ "1999 Durham Bulls Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=09c2a70c. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ↑ Potter, Mike (September 3, 1999). "Tides too strong for Bulls - Durham gets another chance to clinch a playoff berth tonight against rival Charlotte". The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): p. B1.
External Links
- 1999 Durham Bulls on Baseball-Reference.com
- 1999 Durham Bulls on SABR Encyclopedia
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