1999 Atlanta Braves season
| 1999 Atlanta Braves | |
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| 1999 NL East Champions 1999 NL Champions |
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| Record | 103–59 (.636) |
| Divisional place | 1st |
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| Owner(s) | Time Warner |
| General manager(s) | John Schuerholz |
| Manager(s) | Bobby Cox |
| Local television |
WTBS WUPA TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun) |
| Local 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. The Braves won their eighth consecutive division title with a 103-59 record and 6 game lead over the New York Mets. The Braves appeared in the World Series for the fifth time during the 1990s. The Braves lost all four games of the 1999 World Series to the New York, resulting in a dominant sweep. The Braves suffered their 2nd World Series elimination to the Yankees in 4 years. The first being in 1996 in six games.
Two key players on the 1999 Braves were Chipper Jones & John Rocker. Jones won the National League's Most Valuable Player award with a .310 average, 45 HRs, 110 RBIs, and sealed the award with his September heroics against the New York Mets. Rocker recorded 38 saves as Atlanta's closer, but later created controversy due to his racist and homophobic comments in a December 27, 1999, Sports Illustrated article.
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Atlanta wins series, 3-1
October 12: Turner Field, Atlanta
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 Lopez, 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.
October 13: Turner Field, Atlanta
October 15: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
October 16: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
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