1999 Major League Baseball season

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The 1999 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. The previous record of most home runs hit in a season, set at 5,064 in 1998, was broken once again as the American League and National League combined to hit 5,528 home runs. Moreover, it was the first season in 49 years to feature a team that scored 1,000 runs in a season, as the Cleveland Indians led the Majors with 1,009 runs scored. Only 193 shutouts were recorded in 2,427 regular-season games. The 1999 season was the first season in which the two current New York City-area MLB teams, the Yankees and Mets, qualified for the playoffs together in the same season. The following season, both teams reached the World Series and the Yankees won four games to one.

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

Bracket

<section begin=Bracket/> <section end=Bracket/> Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.

Awards and honors

Other awards

Player of the Month

Pitcher of the Month

MLB statistical leaders

1American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner

Managers

American League

National League

Home field attendance and payroll

The Seattle Mariners played their home games at The Kingdome from the start of the season until June 27. They then played the remainder of the season at T-Mobile Park (then Safeco Field)

Television coverage

This was the fourth season under the five-year rights agreements with ESPN, Fox, and NBC. ESPN continued to air Sunday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball. Fox's coverage included Fox Saturday Baseball broadcasts, Thursday night games on Fox Sports Net, Saturday primetime games on FX, and the All-Star Game. During the postseason, ESPN, Fox, and NBC split the four Division Series. Fox then televised the American League Championship Series while NBC aired both the National League Championship Series and the World Series.

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

January–April

May–August

September–December

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