1999 Chicago Cubs

67-95 • .414 Win% • 6th in NL C

The 1999 Chicago Cubs went 67-95 (.414) finishing 6th in the NL C division. The club scored 747 runs, allowed 920, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Sammy Sosa (63 HR, 141 RBI) and Jon Lieber (10-11, 4.07 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

67 Wins
95 Losses
.414 Win %
6th Rank
747 R 920 RA
Diff -173

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747 Runs Scored
920 Runs Allowed
-173 Run Diff
2,813K Attendance

📈 vs. 1999 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 4% below the 1999 league average (.268)
OBP .329 4% below the 1999 league average (.342)
SLG .420 2% below the 1999 league average (.429)
Team ERA 5.27 15% worse than the 1999 league average (4.56)
Runs Scored 747 8% below the 1999 league average (810 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,813,854
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Avg per Game 34,738

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1999

Batting Avg

1 Mark Grace 0.309 2 Henry Rodriguez 0.304 3 Glenallen Hill 0.300 4 Sammy Sosa 0.288 5 Jose Hernandez 0.272

Home Runs

1 Sammy Sosa 63 2 Henry Rodriguez 26 3 Glenallen Hill 20 4 Mark Grace 16 5 Jose Hernandez 15

RBI

1 Sammy Sosa 141 2 Mark Grace 91 3 Henry Rodriguez 87 4 Glenallen Hill 55 5 Gary Gaetti 46
1999 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sammy Sosa 162 625 114 180 24 2 63 141 78 171 7 0.288
Mark Grace 161 593 107 183 44 5 16 91 83 44 3 0.309
Mickey Morandini 144 456 60 110 18 5 4 37 48 61 6 0.241
Henry Rodriguez 130 447 72 136 29 0 26 87 56 113 2 0.304
Benito Santiago 109 350 28 87 18 3 7 36 32 71 1 0.249
Jose Hernandez 99 342 57 93 12 2 15 43 40 101 7 0.272
Lance Johnson 95 335 46 87 11 6 1 21 37 20 13 0.260
Gary Gaetti 113 280 22 57 9 1 9 46 21 51 0 0.204
Glenallen Hill 99 253 43 76 9 1 20 55 22 61 5 0.300
Tyler Houston 100 249 26 58 9 1 9 27 28 67 1 0.233
Jeff Blauser 104 200 41 48 5 2 9 26 26 52 2 0.240
Jose Nieves 54 181 16 45 9 1 2 18 8 25 0 0.249
Manny Alexander 90 177 17 48 11 2 0 15 10 38 4 0.271
Curtis Goodwin 89 157 15 38 6 1 0 9 13 38 2 0.242
Jeff Reed 57 150 18 39 11 2 1 17 28 34 1 0.260
Chad Meyers 43 142 17 33 9 0 0 4 9 27 4 0.232
Shane Andrews 19 67 13 17 4 0 5 14 7 21 0 0.254
Roosevelt Brown 33 64 6 14 6 1 1 10 2 14 1 0.219
Steve Trachsel 34 63 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 25 1 0.111
Jon Lieber 31 58 8 7 1 0 0 2 5 23 0 0.121
Kevin Tapani 23 39 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 21 0 0.051
Kyle Farnsworth 27 35 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.086
Terry Mulholland 26 32 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 0.094
Sandy Martinez 17 30 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 0.167
Cole Liniak 12 29 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.241
Bo Porter 24 26 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.192
Jose Molina 10 19 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.263
Scott Sanders 67 18 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.278
Andrew Lorraine 12 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.133
Micah Bowie 11 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0.214
Dan Serafini 42 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0.083
Rodney Myers 46 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.429
Robin Jennings 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Felix Heredia 69 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Terry Adams 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Brian McNichol 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brad Woodall 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.500
Rick Aguilera 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray King 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bobby Ayala 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Richie Barker 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rod Beck 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Creek 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Guthrie 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Karchner 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kurt Miller 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Rain 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1999

ERA

1 Rick Aguilera 3.69 2 Terry Adams 4.02 3 Jon Lieber 4.07 4 Rodney Myers 4.38 5 Kevin Tapani 4.83

Wins

1 Jon Lieber 10 2 Steve Trachsel 8 3 Terry Adams 6 4 Rick Aguilera 6 5 Terry Mulholland 6

Strikeouts

1 Jon Lieber 186 2 Steve Trachsel 149 3 Scott Sanders 89 4 Kevin Tapani 73 5 Kyle Farnsworth 70
1999 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Trachsel 8 18 5.56 34 34 0 205.2 226 127 64 149
Jon Lieber 10 11 4.07 31 31 0 203.1 226 92 46 186
Kevin Tapani 6 12 4.83 23 23 0 136.0 151 73 33 73
Kyle Farnsworth 5 9 5.05 27 21 0 130.0 140 73 52 70
Terry Mulholland 6 6 5.15 26 16 0 110.0 137 63 32 44
Scott Sanders 4 7 5.52 67 6 2 104.1 112 64 53 89
Terry Adams 6 3 4.02 52 0 13 65.0 60 29 28 57
Rodney Myers 3 1 4.38 46 0 0 63.2 71 31 25 41
Dan Serafini 3 2 6.93 42 4 1 62.1 86 48 32 17
Andrew Lorraine 2 5 5.55 11 11 0 61.2 71 38 22 40
Felix Heredia 3 1 4.85 69 0 1 52.0 56 28 25 50
Micah Bowie 2 6 9.96 11 11 0 47.0 73 52 30 39
Rick Aguilera 6 3 3.69 44 0 8 46.1 44 19 10 32
Rod Beck 2 4 7.80 31 0 7 30.0 41 26 13 13
Matt Karchner 1 0 2.50 16 0 0 18.0 16 5 9 9
Bobby Ayala 0 1 2.81 13 0 0 16.0 11 5 5 15
Brad Woodall 0 1 5.63 6 3 0 16.0 17 10 6 7
Steve Rain 0 1 9.20 16 0 0 14.2 28 15 7 12
Mark Guthrie 0 2 3.65 11 0 0 12.1 7 5 4 9
Ray King 0 0 5.91 10 0 0 10.2 11 7 10 5
Brian McNichol 0 2 6.75 4 2 0 10.2 15 8 7 12
Doug Creek 0 0 10.50 3 0 0 6.0 6 7 8 6
Richie Barker 0 0 7.20 5 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 3
Kurt Miller 0 0 18.00 4 0 0 3.0 6 6 3 1
Gary Gaetti 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 1

👥 Roster (47)

Terry Adams Rick Aguilera Manny Alexander Shane Andrews Bobby Ayala Richie Barker Rod Beck Jeff Blauser Micah Bowie Roosevelt Brown Doug Creek Kyle Farnsworth +35 more

47 players

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The 1999 Chicago Cubs in brief

The record for the 1999 Chicago Cubs reads 67 wins and 95 losses, good for 6th in the NL Central. Runs came in at 747 scored against 920 allowed (-173). The team batting average of .257 was 4% below the 1999 league mark of .268. The Chicago Cubs staff finished with a 5.27 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.56. The 747 runs scored compare with a league average of 810 per club, 8% fewer.

Attendance at Wrigley Field totaled 2,813,854 for the year. Sammy Sosa topped the Chicago Cubs with 63 home runs. The hits leader was Mark Grace with 183. Jon Lieber was the top winner, with 10 victories. Terry Adams closed out 13 saves. The 1999 roster runs to 47 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1999 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1999 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1999 Chicago Cubs finished 67-95 (.414 win pct).
Who led the 1999 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Sammy Sosa led the 1999 Chicago Cubs with 63 home runs.
What was the 1999 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1999 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 5.27.
Did the 1999 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 1999 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1999 Chicago Cubs play?
The 1999 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 1999 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Sammy Sosa (63 HR, 141 RBI) and Jon Lieber (10-11, 4.07 ERA).
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