World Series 1999
|
||||||||||
Period: | October 23 - October 27, 1999 | |||||||||
MVP: | Mariano Rivera (New York) | |||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
The 1999 World Series was the 95th edition of the final of Major League Baseball between the defending champions New York Yankees from the American League and the Atlanta Braves from the National League . The Yankees won the series with a 4-0 sweep and celebrated their second win in a row and their 25th title win overall.
The series started on 23 October 1999 and ended on 27 October 1999. The MVP of the World Series was Mariano Rivera excellent.
The way to the World Series
League Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||||||
Ea | New York Yankees | 3 | |||||||||||
We | Texas Rangers | 0 | |||||||||||
Ea | New York Yankees | 4th | |||||||||||
American League | |||||||||||||
WC | Boston Red Sox | 1 | |||||||||||
WC | Boston Red Sox | 3 | |||||||||||
Ce | Cleveland Indians | 2 | |||||||||||
AL | New York Yankees | 4th | |||||||||||
NL | Atlanta Braves | 0 | |||||||||||
Ea | Atlanta Braves | 3 | |||||||||||
Ce | Houston Astros | 1 | |||||||||||
Ea | Atlanta Braves | 4th | |||||||||||
National League | |||||||||||||
WC | New York Mets | 2 | |||||||||||
WC | New York Mets | 3 | |||||||||||
We | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 |
Ea = East Division
We = West Division
Ce = Central Division
WC = Wildcard
Games
game | date | guest | Score | home | Score | Total status
(NYY-ATL) |
spectator | Ball park |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | October 23, 1999 | Yankees | 4th | Braves | 1 | 1-0 | 51,342 | Turner Field |
2 | October 24, 1999 | Yankees | 7th | Braves | 2 | 2-0 | 51,226 | Turner Field |
3 * | October 26, 1999 | Braves | 5 | Yankees | 6th | 3-0 | 56,794 | Yankee Stadium |
4th | October 27, 1999 | Braves | 1 | Yankees | 4th | 4-0 | 56,752 | Yankee Stadium |
Yankees win 4-0 |
* Game 3 went over 10 innings
Game summaries
Game 1
October 23, 1999, Turner Field , Atlanta , Georgia
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 4th | 6th | 0 |
Atlanta Braves | 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)
HRs : ATL - Chipper Jones (1)Game 2
October 24, 1999, Turner Field , Atlanta , Georgia
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th | 14th | 1 |
Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Game 3
October 26, 1999, Yankee Stadium , Bronx , New York
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | R. | H | E. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlanta Braves | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14th | 1 |
New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6th | 9 | 0 |
WP : Mariano Rivera (1-0) LP : Mike Remlinger (0-1)
HRs : NYY - Chad Curtis (2), Tino Martinez (1), Chuck Knoblauch (1)Game 4
October 27, 1999, Yankee Stadium , Bronx , New York
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4th | 8th | 0 |
WP : Roger Clemens (1-0) LP : John Smoltz (0-1) SV : Mariano Rivera (2)
HRs : NYY - Jim Leyritz (1)summary of results
WS 1999 (4–0): New York Yankees defeat Atlanta Braves
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | R. | H | E. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Yankees | 4th | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 21st | 37 | 1 |
Atlanta Braves | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 26th | 4th |
Total viewers : 216 114 Average number of audience : 54029