1999 SJL championship
MOLINE BEATS KANSAS CITY,
CLAIMS FIRST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Clemens strong, Delgado homers twice in 4-3 series clincher
Wait. Wait and till. After last year's crushing championship series loss to Kansas City, Moline manager Joe Morgan had prayed for redemption, a chance to prove that this team he lead as a manager was every bit as good as the Big Red Machine of his playing days, a team which won back-to-back championships in 1975 and 1976 on the back and flapping left elbow of its diminutive MVP second baseman. When the Whirlwind and the Greens met in the Shoeless Joe League Championship for the third straight year, Morgan and Moline got another chance to push the Green Combine through the playing fields and bring in the crops.
Moline made the most of its last strike. Led by two homers by Carlos Delgado and strong pitching from starter Roger Clemens, Moline won game six, 4-3, and claimed the 1999 SJL championship four games to two. The win gave the franchise its first championship and wrested the SJL bronze shoe from Kansas City for the first time in three years. It was the third 4-3 win of the series for Moline, reversing a year-long trend of losing close games. During the regular season the Greens played less than .500 ball in games decided by one or two runs. "Sure, it was luck," said veteran reserve shortstop Jeff Blauser in a beer-soaked clubhouse after the finale. "One-run ball games are decided by luck. But this year, the luck went our way. Yes, I thought we'd lose. But I was wrong," he grinned, "and it feels okay."
As it did last year, Moline outhit their Midwestern rivals, clobbering 12 homers to KC's 4 and posting a .261 .320 .478 line to KC's .211 .288 .320. But the run difference in the series was slight. Moline outscored KC only 24-23. Still, the Wind proved last year that it's not the total run difference that matters so much as when the runs come. And this year the close wins all belonged to the Greens, whose 4-3 win in game six matched their winning score of games two and five.
The championship culminated a long rebuilding period for the Greens, who lost 62 games in 1995. In Moline, fans walked the streets with torches, chanting, cheering, exchanging hugs and handshakes, and damaging foreign cars. Fred Clark, an out-of-work line assembly worker from Milan, summed up the feeling among many of the milling mob. "It's about time, about fucking time. This is the best thing to happen in this city in a long time. Best thing to happen to me since the negative results of that paternity test." East Moline secretary and unwed mother Debbie Brown said she hoped the Greens' win would "help the people of the Quad Cities feel better about themselves and their future."
A confidence game
Before the series the confidence resided squarely in the KC camp. Moline began the season 12-12 and didn't gain the lead in the Northern division until late in the year. Kansas City played well from the start and would have run away with the division if not for the powerful Panthers of Florida, who lost the division in the last month of the season, as KC streaked to a third straight Southern crown. In March, Moline looked strong enough to challenge the league mark for wins, but it was Kansas City who rewrote the league record book. KC broke the team and league record for slugging with a .484 mark, paced by a record 166 home runs. The team also paced the league in hitting at .285, fifteen points higher than the second place Greens and the Panthers. And the Whirlwind set a league record with 76 wins to best their own league mark, also broken by the runner up Florida Panthers, who won 75. Despite the best pitching in the league and hitting second only to KC's, Moline could only duplicate last year's win total of 73, easily enough to win the division over New York but hardly record setting.
Beyond the numbers, the attitude of the two teams favored Kansas City. In the Deere city before the series the mood was somber, grim, desperate, hardly the stance of a team that had won its division handily. Still, the Greens had lost the season series to KC, 5 games to 3, and their previous championship series losses to the Whirlwind had begun to gnaw away at their remaining faith. Morgan predicted "another tight series, games decided by one or two runs. We didn't do well in those contests this season, but you never know. That's the best I can hope for." Third baseman Chipper Jones was tightlipped. "You have to have some confidence; I mean, we are a good team. We lost too many close games this year but we still won the division pretty convincingly. We are a good team, we are. Aren't we?" Starting pitchers Pedro Martinez and Roger Clemens refused to speak to the media, leaving only a note that read, in part, "whether we win or lose, we still have had a good run and we still have the support of our wives, kids, and paramours. And lots of money." Fellow starter Kevin Brown saw things more narrowly. "I vacillate between rage and fatalism. We could win, we might win, we won't, we're doomed. Fuck." Star right fielder Manny Ramirez tried to be optimistic, saying that this year would be "a whole new ball game, man. It don't matter what happened last year, we can still win." "No, no we can't," moaned Charles Johnson. "We're gonna lose, we're gonna lose, and we're gonna lose bad, gonna lose ugly, stinky." Blauser, the senior position player on the team, was more blunt. "KC in five. But Jehovah God puts such failure into perspective. There'll be no humiliation in paradise on earth. God, I hope Suzann is right on that."
Moline front office personnel had their own opinions. Team ethicist Suzann Moertl was out of town at a Jehovah's Witness convention but released a statement that spoke of "signs and wonders," "the last days," and "daily submission to the will of Jehovah." The championship itself was not mentioned. The club's team atheist, Liane Luckman, did offer a prediction and was caustic in her assessment. She called the Greens "paper tigers," who couldn't "win shit off the page, out where real arguments are decided. They'll be taking it up the ass in the next few days. KC in four." Fate Norris, director of scouting and player development, said he hoped for the best in the series but would be "a darn sight happier if [minor leaguers] Ozuna and Roward could learn the god damn strike zone." Club general manager Rolf Samuels, whose personnel decisions have engineered the franchise's current run of success, saw little reason for optimism as Moline opened the series in Kansas City. Said Samuels, "God help us." Through a hooded spokesman, Greens' owner John Deere, Inc. "refused to speculate on the outcome of the series," though Deere endorsed the club's perseverence in the face of "consecutive failures to bring in the crops."
The Whirlwind came in confident but not overly so, aware of the Greens' strengths but as sure of their own. Manager Shoals Alabama said, "Our hitting's been the same for years now, and we're not going to change anything just because we're facing the Greens. We did it before and we can do it again. Dust and Wake got us here, and we're riding them as our #1 and #2. Sterling and Jose [Silva] will round it out. If we can get a lead, our bullpen's comfortable saddling the task of getting the save." " Ken Griffey, Jr, who led the team in home runs and RBIs despite hitting only .262, explained, "It's nice to be back after all those years of missing out on the postseason. I didn't hit as well this year, yeah, but the team did better, and that's what's counts." Craig Biggio, who again led the team in runs and led the league in hits and at bats, reflected a calm confidence. "We've got sluggers, but we also can play Little Ball. Look at our stolen base totals. We stole over 80% as a team. We don't make many mistakes. And that's why we're here year after year."
Tim Wakefield, who led the team in wins and innings and shut down the Greens in last year's championship series was cautious. "I've had good luck against the Greens, but I don't want to jinx it by giving them a sound bite." Left fielder Johnny Damon was already looking beyond the series. "I didn't know about the hedges in left, but I kinda grew to like them. I'm even going to Cambodia with Sachio [Kinugasa] in the off season. The Whirls are good, but the Khmer, now there was a dynasty."
The Whirlwind coaching staff and front office spoke with a steady confidence and an eye on the bottom line. Pitching coach Alabaster Alabama said, "Before the season, I was a little hesitant, but I am pleased, especially with the relievers. We've had troubles in previous years from the bullpen, but that obviously has been our real strength from the hill this year." Dugout coach Sachio Kinugasa explained, "This is a good chance to see my good friends Randy [Bass] and Rohit [Roshon]. The games are for the young ones." Asked about the harlequin coloring of the team brought about by corporate uniforms for individual ballplayers, general manager Nils Samuels said that he had heard "talk about the corporate sponsorship hurting our solidarity, but I think it helped. Each player had his own rooting section. It instilled confidence. You could especially see that in the bench players. And it made players easier to pick out on the field for the fan." Owner Sali Sahid Alabama was concerned about profits more than wins. "I had hopes that the success of the team would generate better attendance figures [KC drew just less than 400,000 for its 54 home games]. That last near sellout series against the Panthers helped measurably. The corporate sponsorship obviously makes a difference, given the escalating salaries in the league." Publicist Mike Veeck promoted the home portion of the coming series. "Good seats are still available, folks. And we're running a great promotion in honor of the Whirlwind's attempt at four straight championships: Fourplay: To the Brink of Ecstasy. If that doesn't bring 'em in, I don't know Kansas City."
In response to the Kansas City Star listing the Greens as slight favorites, GM Nils Samuels said: "I think that's right, actually. I know we've won it a lot around here, and we won more [games] this year, but that pitching staff of Brown, Clemens, and Martinez has got to be the best ever. And we can only hope that Delgado doesn't hit like he has during the regular season for them."
Game 1
The series opener confirmed the Greens' fears and the Whirlwind's confidence. Moline built an early 2-0 lead on RBI singles from Charles Johnson and Manny Ramirez, but Griffey's two-run shot off Moline starter Pedro Martinez knotted the contest in the third, and the rest of the scoring belonged to the home team. KC first baseman Jim Thome was 3-3 with two RBI, and the first five hitters in the KC lineup scored all the team runs. Whirlwind starter Dustin Hermanson allowed nine hits in six innings, but they were all singles. KC relievers Donnie Wall and Rod Beck held Moline to just one hit in three relief innings. Martinez, who got the game one start over pitching coach Roger Clemens, was not as ineffective as he was in the same slot a year before, but allowing 6 runs in 6 innings was hardly a quality start.
"I did not pitch well," explained Martinez after the game. "But they also hit well. They are a good team." Manager Morgan refused to second guess his choice of Martinez as opening-game starter. "He's a great pitcher who didn't have a good game. Look, we only scored two runs and didn't have an extra-base hit. You want to find a reason for the loss, look there."
Star of the game Thome said that Martinez "was tough. I fouled off some good pitches. But he was finding too much of the plate tonight." Kansas City manager Shoals Alabama praised his team's effort. "We took what [Martinez] gave and everybody chipped in. I'm happiest about the job our pitching did. It's tough to hold that lineup to two runs."
Game 2
With a 1-0 series lead, in the second game Kansas City started knuckler Tim Wakefield, a pitcher whose stuff baffled Moline hitters in last year's series. Moline countered with Clemens, who led the club with 15 regular season wins. Both starters pitched well. Clemens allowed just four hits in seven innings, fanning 11. Wakefield gave up just five hits in 6.2 innings, but two of them were home runs, a solo shot by shortstop Derek Jeter in the fifth and a two-run job from the bat of CF Andruw Jones in a three-run sixth that chased Wakefield. Down 4-1 in the 8th Kansas City scored a run on a groundout by Pudge Rodriguez. Then in the bottom of the ninth, Jason Kendall led off with a pinch-hit double against Moline closer Troy Percival, scoring one out later on a Tim Salmon single. But Percival, wobbly in two straight championships, got game one hero Thome to ground out to second to even the series at one game apiece.
After the game, Percival was confident and relieved. "That Salmon single, that was a good pitch, so I didn't worry too much." Clemens was more anxious. "After Kendall doubled, I couldn't bear to watch." Centerfielder Jones said he hit his home run off a "dead knuckler." "It was a mistake, and I'm paid to take care of those." About his groundout in the 9th, Thome shook his head. "You think it's easy to hit off that guy? He throws hard. There's a reason they're here, and it's not just to roll over and play dead."
Game 3
After an off day for travel, the series resumed in Moline, as Sterling Hitchcock squared off against the Greens' Kevin Brown under cloudy skies. The Greens jumped on Hitchcock early, scoring four in the first, two on Manny Ramirez's first home run of the series. But four singles and walk scored three runs for Kansas City in the top of the fourth. Mike Sweeney's leadoff homer in the bottom of the frame gave the Greens a 5-3 lead into the fifth. That's when the rains came hard, delaying the contest for more than an hour and spelling the end of the night for both starters. In the battle of the bullpens, Moline prevailed. Vladimir Guerrero and John Valentin homered off Donnie Wall in the 8th, and Moline went on to a 8-4 win. Kansas City couldn't get an extra base hit off Moline pitching but profited from two Moline errors, scoring two unearned runs.
Ramirez was happy. "This is the team that I expect to come out. We hit the ball hard tonight. You hit the ball like that, you gonna win." Said KC second baseman Craig Biggio, "once Brown was out of the game, I liked our chances, but their relievers shut us down."
Game 4
In game four, it was Kansas City's turn to score early, as the Whirls tallied single runs in the first three innings, two on solo homers from Thome and Salmon. Moline hitters threatened but failed to come up with a key two-out hit, as KC starter Jose Silva scattered 8 hits in 6 plus innings of work. Moline starter Darren Dreifort allowed just four hits in 7 innings, but it was not enough for the home Greens. KC closer Ugeth Urbina loaded the bases in the 9th inning but then struck out Carlos Delgado to seal the win and even the series at two games each.
"Fastball," said Delgado. "I was looking for it, but I didn't catch it." Dreifort refused to speak to reporters after the game. "He's upset," said pitching coach Clemens, "and I can understand that. We had our chances to score and we didn't do much with them."
Game 5
Kansas City had to like its chances after a half inning of game five. Facing their favorite toy, Pedro Martinez, the Whirlwind scored three runs in the first frame, two of them coming on a two-out, bases-loaded single by Willie Greene. Moline second baseman Todd Walker led off the bottom of the first with a home run, and when third baseman Chipper Jones did the same in the third inning, the visitors' lead was cut to 3-2. It stayed that way, as Martinez grew stingy, surrendering no more runs. Game one winner Dustin Hermanson pitched well, but walked Chipper Jones leading off the home 8th. KC manager Shoals Alabama brought in Donnie Wall, who promptly gave up a two-run homer to Delgado. Given a 4-3 lead, Troy Percival retired the side in the top of the 9th to give Moline the surprising win and a 4-2 series advantage.
"Until that happened," said an elated Delgado after the game, "I didn't think we could win the series, I really didn't. When I hit it, I didn't know if it'd go. Then when it did, I thought maybe it's finally our year." Said Chipper Jones, 2-3 with a double and a homer, "Damn. We finally won one of these come from behind games. I am a happy camper."
Game 6
A game from their first SJL championship, the Greens returned to Kansas City more hopeful than when they first arrived. "We had Roger on the mound," said manager Joe Morgan. "I liked our chances, despite our history." When Moline scored twice in the first off their nemesis Tim Wakefield, the possibility of winning seemed even more real. But the Whirlwind scraped together two runs in the third on a ground out and a sacrifice fly to tie the score at two heading into the 5th. Todd Walker homered leading off that frame, and Delgado hit his second homer of the game in the 7th, again off Donnie Wall, to increase the Greens' lead to 4-2. Clemens surrendered a lead-off triple to Johnny Damon in the 8th, but Kansas City scored just once in the inning. With a second straight 4-3 lead to protect, Troy Percival made it interesting in the bottom of the 9th, allowing a two-out single to Alex Rodriguez and walking Ivan Rodriguez. Pinch hitter Edgar Alfonzo hit a long ball to deep center, but it was knocked down by the wind and Andruw Jones made the catch to give the Greens the 4-3 win, the series victory, and its first SJL shoe.
"I hit that ball good," said Alfonzo after the game. "I thought it had a chance, I thought we were going to game seven." Outfielder Tim Salmon said, "Of course, I'm disappointed. We're a great team and we could have won this thing. But couldn't they have said the same thing last year?"
Midwesterner Jim Thome shared Salmon's opinion. "Some gotta win, some gotta lose. Gosh, I sure miss Charlie Rich."
Perspective
The Moline clubhouse celebrated with pride and surprise. "We played well all year long, but not in close games," said an exuberant and exhausted Joe Morgan. "In this series, our starting pitching kept us in it, and we won the close games. I haven't been this happy in a long time." Carlos Delgado had just four hits in the series but three of them left the park. And that eighth inning homer in game five? "It looks real good from here."
Clemens was named MVP of the championship series. The Moline pitching coach won games two and six for the Greens and allowed the mighty Whirlwind just 8 hits in 15 innings of work, while striking out 17. "When you work hard and prepare carefully, sometimes things work out. I'm happy for my teammates. Everybody on this squad made this happen. I'm just the guy holding the trophy. Everybody gets a ring."
Moline general manager Rolf Samuels was dumbfounded but grateful. "I know that God doesn't care, but thank God we killed that monkey. I can't believe we didn't lose. I am so tired."
Third baseman Chipper Jones, there for the bulk of the rebuilding years, shared that relief. "Been a long time coming. We've had our chances. This time we cashed them in and sold that monkey down the river. Don't eat meat. Hi, Mom. Peace, all."
The series' closing thoughts belonged to the suddenly humble Troy Percival, whose failures in the last two postseasons contributed to Kansas City triumphs. This year, Percival wavered but held onto every lead given him. Still, he understands the thin line between failure and success. "A ball gets caught on the warning track, another goes over the fence. And how much difference is there between them? Not much: a millisecond of timing, a degree of the swing, a different ballpark, more wind, less. It's not losing that teaches humility; it's winning."
One time
"What's it prove?" said Morgan the next day. "I don't know. We already thought we were as good as they are, despite the outcomes of the last two series. Maybe it shows only that we did win, that we pushed past could to did. I don't know that this year's team is better than those we had before. But this year we won our last game."
Last year, Whirls outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr., had consoled a dispirited Morgan. This year, Joe talked with his old friend after the two teams had celebrated, mourned, showered, and gone home. "We went out to a late dinner at a blues club downtown. And we talked about what those Reds teams had meant to each of us, to me as a veteran, to Kenny as the son of one of our key players. You know, for me, it had been so long. By '75, I had been in the majors for a dozen years. I was tired of waiting, tired of coming close and losing. As a kid, though, Kenny didn't understand about waiting, why would he? He said that he thought his dad won every year, if he thought about it at all. It's different now, and not just because we're older. We've got families, other priorities. It's not that we don't care about winning, we do. But we know that the world is bigger than that, the world and our lives. It's good to win, I won't lie to you. But it's better just to play. And to have a home to go to afterwards."
No hand of fate shapes the outcome. Like a Midwestern farmer watching summer skies, nothing is certain. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes the crops fail, the bank calls in your loan, and you lose your land.
All Morgan and his team had wanted was another chance. They got one. And this time, there was no dust storm to blind their path. This time there was no mud in the fields, no water in the tank, no locust attack. This time, the luck of the one-run game fell their way. This time the Greens came through, the Wind was broken, and the crops were harvested. This time Kansas City lost. This time Moline won. This time. One time.
"I don't know about next year," said Morgan. "I'll take this year. And now I'm going home to get some sleep."
Championship Boxes
9/3/1999 -- Game 1 of 2, Kauffman Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Greens 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 9 1
99 Whirlwind 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 x 6 11 1 6 1
Greens AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Walker 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 0 0
Jones,C 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0
Guerrero,V rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 1 0 0
Jeter ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 2 1 0
Ramirez,M lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0
Jones,A cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 13 0 0 0
Martinez p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0
Radinsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
37 2 10 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 6 1 0
Whirlwind AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Biggio 2b 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 3 0 0
Salmon lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0
Thome 1b 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 2 1 0
Griffey cf 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 4 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 6 0 0 0
Greene,W 3b 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1 0 0
Damon rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 0 0 0
Hermanson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Kendall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
33 6 11 6 3 0 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 10 1 0
Greens INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Martinez L 0-1 6.0 10 6 5 2 11 119 73 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.50
Radinsky 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 23 14 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
8.0 11 6 5 2 12 142 87 36 1 0 0 1 1 0
Whirlwind INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Hermanson W 1-0 6.0 9 2 2 1 5 99 62 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00
Wall 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 25 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Beck 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 10 2 2 1 6 133 85 38 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mol: Palmeiro batted for Radinsky in the 9th
KC : Kendall batted for Hermanson in the 6th
Clark batted for Wall in the 8th
GWRBI: Thome
Temperature: 73, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 13 MPH.
.Series 1 9/3/1999 -- Game 1 of 2, Kauffman Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Greens 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 9 1
99 Whirlwind 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 x 6 11 1 6 1
Greens 1 10 19 28 37
Walker 2b 1>9 6 e3.B-1 31 9
Jones,C 3b S 3>W 64/f 7>Wall 31
S
Delgado 1b 643/gdp 7 5>63 k
Guerrero,V rf 2>63 S.1-2 43 8
Jeter ss S k S 9
Ramirez,M lf k S.2-H;1-3 S.1-3 8>4/L
Jones,A cf S.1-3 43 4/L 8
Johnson c S.3-H;1-2 4>k 6>k 7
Martinez p S.2-3;1-2 k 53
Radinsky p 9>Beck
Palmeiro ph
8
Whirlwind 1 10 19 28 37
Biggio 2b 1>k 3>8 5>D 7>W
Salmon lf 6 k k S.1-2
Thome 1b W S note 1 S.2-H;1-3
Griffey cf S.1-2 HR.1-H k Radinsky
8/SF.3-H
Rodriguez ss 64/f k 6>e6/th.B-2 2/fl
Rodriguez c 2>D 4>7 k 9
Greene,W 3b k D S.2-H;B-2 8>k
Damon rf k 31.2-3 9 S
Hermanson p wp.2-3 k
k
Kendall ph k
Wall p
Clark ph 643/gdp
Beck p
1: S.2-H;BX2(936)
Greens IN OUT ER Whirlwind IN OUT ER
Martinez 1 30 5 L 0-1 Hermanson 1 28 2 W 1-0
Radinsky 31 36 0 Wall 29 35 0
Beck 36 38 0
1999 SJL Championship Game 2
9/4/1999 -- Game 2 of 2, Kauffman Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Greens 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 6 1 9 0
99 Whirlwind 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 2 9 0
Greens AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Walker 2b 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 4 1 0
Jones,C 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0
Guerrero,V rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 2 0 0 0
Jeter ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 1 1 0 0
Ramirez,M lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 1 0 0 0
Jones,A cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 11 0 0 0
Radinsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Clemens p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Sweeney c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 0
34 4 6 4 2 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 27 7 1 0
Whirlwind AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .286 3 1 0 0
Salmon lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 7 1 0 0
Griffey cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 2 1 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 11 0 0 0
Greene,W 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 2 0 0
Damon rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 1 0 1 0
Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Kendall ph 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0
Wakefield p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Rivera rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Raines ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
34 3 7 3 2 0 1 4 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 6 2 0
Greens INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Clemens W 1-0 7.0 4 2 2 4 11 114 69 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.57
Radinsky 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Percival S 1 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 23 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
9.0 7 3 3 4 13 145 89 39 1 0 1 0 0 0
Whirlwind INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Wakefield L 0-1 6.2 5 4 4 2 7 106 66 31 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.40
Beck 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 26 20 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 6 4 4 2 9 132 86 40 2 0 3 0 0 0
Mol: Sweeney inserted at c in the 8th
KC : Rivera inserted at rf in the 7th
Kendall batted for Beck in the 9th
Raines batted for Rivera in the 9th
GWRBI: Jeter
Temperature: 80, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 20 MPH.
.Series 1 9/3/1999 -- Game 2 of 2, Kauffman Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Greens 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 6 1 9 0
99 Whirlwind 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 2 9 0
Greens 1 10 19 28 37
Walker 2b 1>8 S D.2-H 63 5
Jones,C 3b 7 k e9.2-3;B-1 7>2/fl 53.1-2
Delgado 1b 3 43 k k HP
Guerrero,V rf 2>k 4>9 7 HP 5/f
Jeter ss W 2/fl 6>HR Beck
64/f
Ramirez,M lf k W D 8>k
Jones,A cf e6.1-2;B-1 3 HR.2-H k
Johnson c 4 5>HP 53 3/g
Radinsky p
Percival p
Clemens p 3>k 34/SH.1-2 k
Sweeney c 9>S
Whirlwind 1 10 19 28 37
Biggio 2b 1>S 3>HP 5>k k k
Salmon lf SB2 k k k S.2-H
W
Thome 1b k k D 8>W 43
Griffey cf k 8 k Radinsky
7
Rodriguez ss W.2-3;1-2 4>k 6>8 S.1-3
Rodriguez c 9 HR e4/fl Percival
W 46/f.3-H
Greene,W 3b 2>43 8 43.1-2 k
Damon rf 53 S 5/fl
Beck p
Kendall ph 9>D
Wakefield p 53 k
Rivera rf 7>63
Raines ph 9
Greens IN OUT ER Whirlwind IN OUT ER
Clemens 1 30 2 W 1-0 Wakefield 1 31 4 L 0-1
Radinsky 31 32 0 Beck 32 40 0
Percival 33 39 1 S
1999 SJL Championship Game 3
9/6/1999 -- Game 1 of 3, Neutral Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Whirlwind 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 2 5 0
99 Greens 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 x 8 12 1 6 1
Whirlwind AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2 0 0
Salmon lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0
Thome 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0
Elarton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Rivera rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Griffey cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 3 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 7 0 0 0
Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Greene 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0
Alfonzo ph 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2 0 0
Damon rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0
Raines ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Hitchcock p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Avery ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 1 0 0
33 4 8 2 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 8 2 0
Greens AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Jeter ss 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 5 0 0
Rolen 3b 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 3 0 0
Jones,A cf 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 2 1 0 0
Ramirez,M lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 11 0 0 0
Guerrero,V rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 1 0
Sweeney c 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 10 0 0 0
Valentin 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 5 0 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Delgado ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Bohanon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Radinsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Becker ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Mercker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
35 8 12 7 4 0 4 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 14 1 0
Whirlwind INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Hitchcock L 0-1 4.0 7 5 4 0 4 63 45 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Beck 1.0 2 1 0 0 2 24 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Elarton 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 14 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wall 1.1 3 2 2 1 0 32 17 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50
Baldwin 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
8.0 12 8 6 2 7 140 90 38 4 0 0 0 0 0
.Greens INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Brown 4.1 4 3 3 1 4 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.23
Guzman W 1-0 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 21 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bohanon 0.0 2 1 1 1 0 15 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Radinsky 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 22 12 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Percival 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mercker 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 8 4 4 3 10 131 83 36 0 0 0 0 1 0
KC : Avery batted for Hitchcock in the 5th
Clark inserted at 1b in the 6th
Alfonzo batted for Greene in the 7th
Raines batted for Damon in the 7th
Alfonzo moved to 3b in the 7th
Rivera inserted at rf in the 7th
Kendall inserted at c in the 8th
Mol: Delgado batted for Guzman in the 6th
Becker batted for Percival in the 8th
GWRBI: Jones,A
Sterling Hitchcock was removed after a rain delay
Kevin Brown was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 57, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: right to left at 8 MPH,
Rain Delays: 74 minutes.
.Series 1 9/6/1999 -- Game 1 of 3, Neutral Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Whirlwind 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 2 5 0
99 Greens 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 x 8 12 1 6 1
Whirlwind 1 10 19 28 37
Biggio 2b 1>43 4>S k 53
Salmon lf 63 note 1 54/f 8>W
Thome 1b k W 6>9
Elarton p
Rivera rf k
Griffey cf 2>63 note 2 8 k
Rodriguez ss k 53.1-2 k S.1-2
Rodriguez c 63 S.2-H;B-2 7>Bohanon Percival
W k
Baldwin p
Greene 3b 3>43 43
Alfonzo ph S.1-2 9>Mercker
43
Damon rf 63 5>k
Raines ph S.2-3;1-2
Wall p
Kendall c 8
Hitchcock p k Guzman
Avery ph
S
Beck p
Clark 1b Radinsky k
note 3
1: S.1-H(e9/th);B-2 2: S.2-H;1X3(85) 3: 463/gdp.3-H;2-3
Greens 1 10 19 28 37
Jeter ss 1>D 63 43 9 Baldwin
46/f
Rolen 3b 9 D 5>Beck 7>Wall 8
k S
Jones,A cf D.2-H k e5/fl 53/SH.1-2
D
Ramirez,M lf HR.2-H 3>k k 9
Palmeiro 1b S 8 S.2-H 63
Guerrero,V rf S.1-2 7 SB2 8>HR
7
Sweeney c note 1 4>HR 6>Elarton 53
31
Valentin 2b 6 k W HR
Brown p 2>63 k
Guzman p
Delgado ph k
Bohanon p
Radinsky p
Percival p
Becker ph W
Mercker p
.
1: 8.2-H(e8/th);1-2
Whirlwind IN OUT ER Greens IN OUT ER
Hitchcock 1 19 4 L 0-1 Brown 1 17 3
Beck 20 24 0 Guzman 18 23 0 W 1-0
Elarton 25 28 0 Bohanon 24 26 1
Wall 29 36 2 Radinsky 27 32 0
Baldwin 37 38 0 Percival 33 33 0
Mercker 34 36 0
1999 SJL Championship Game 4
9/7/1999 -- Game 2 of 3, Neutral Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Whirlwind 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 5 1
99 Greens 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 10 1
Whirlwind AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Biggio 2b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 3 2 0 0
Salmon lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 3 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 6 1 1 0
Griffey cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 1 0 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 4 2 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 7 0 0 0
Greene 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 1 0 0
Damon rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Silva p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0
Elarton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Urbina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
31 4 4 3 1 0 2 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 1 0
Greens AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Walker 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 2 0 0
Jones,C 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2 0 0
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0
Guerrero,V rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 1 0 1 0
Justice lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0
Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1 4 0 0
Jones,A cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 1 0 0
Becker ph 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Dreifort p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Ramirez,M ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0
35 2 9 2 1 0 0 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 11 1 0
Whirlwind INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Silva W 1-0 6.2 8 1 1 3 2 109 61 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.35
Elarton 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 21 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Urbina S 1 1.0 1 1 0 1 2 26 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 9 2 1 4 7 156 90 39 0 0 0 0 1 0
Greens INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Dreifort L 0-1 7.0 4 3 3 3 8 102 61 27 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.86
Guzman 2.0 0 1 0 2 1 35 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 4 4 3 5 9 137 80 36 2 0 0 0 1 0
KC : Clark batted for Elarton in the 9th
Mol: Palmeiro batted for Dreifort in the 7th
Becker batted for Johnson in the 9th
Ramirez,M batted for Guzman in the 9th
GWRBI: Salmon
Temperature: 67, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to left at 3 MPH.
.Series 1 9/6/1999 -- Game 2 of 3, Neutral Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Whirlwind 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 5 1
99 Greens 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 10 1
Whirlwind 1 10 19 28 37
Biggio 2b 1>63 3>W 7 8>Guzman
W
Salmon lf HR 643/gdp k 13.1-2
Thome 1b k HR 6>k e9.2-H;B-2
Griffey cf 6 W k(23) 13
Rodriguez ss 2>k 9 W k
Rodriguez c S 4>8 8 9>8
Greene 3b D.1-3 3/g 7>53 W
Damon rf 53.3-H 63 7 43.1-2
Silva p k 5>k k
Elarton p
Clark ph 63
Urbina p
Greens 1 10 19 28 37
Walker 2b 1>S S 7 5 note 1
Jones,C 3b 9 4 S.1-2 S W
Delgado 1b 361/gdp W.1-2 W.2-3;1-2 Elarton k
k
Guerrero,V rf 2>k note 2 64/f 8>k
Justice lf W 4>143 6>S 3
Jeter ss k 43 7 k
Jones,A cf S.1-2 53 6 9>Urbina
e3.B-1
Johnson c 13 5>6/L SB2
6
Becker ph D.1-3
Dreifort p 3>7 S
Palmeiro ph 7>8
Guzman p
Ramirez,M ph k
1: 3/g.3-H;2-3 2: S.2-H;1-3;BX2(84)
Whirlwind IN OUT ER Greens IN OUT ER
Silva 1 29 1 W 1-0 Dreifort 1 27 3 L 0-1
Elarton 30 33 0 Guzman 28 36 0
Urbina 34 39 0 S 1
1999 SJL Championship Game 5
9/8/1999 -- Game 3 of 3, Neutral Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Whirlwind 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 7 0
99 Greens 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 x 4 9 0 6 0
Whirlwind AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Biggio 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 0 0 0 0
Salmon lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 1 1 0 0
Thome 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 8 1 0 0
Griffey cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 6 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 8 0 0 0
Greene 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 1 0 0
Damon rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 4 0 0 0
Hermanson p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 0 1 0 0
Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
32 3 6 3 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 24 10 0 0
Greens AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Walker 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 1 0 0
Jones,C 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 0 2 0 0
Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 4 0 0 0
Guerrero,V rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 3 0 0 0
Justice lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 4 0 0 0
Jeter ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 1 0 0 0
Jones,A cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 10 0 0 0
Martinez p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Rolen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0
32 4 9 4 1 0 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 0 0
Whirlwind INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Hermanson 7.0 6 3 3 2 7 104 69 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
Wall L 0-1 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 21 13 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.57
8.0 9 4 4 2 7 125 82 34 3 0 0 1 0 0
Greens INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Martinez W 1-0 8.0 6 3 3 3 9 127 80 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.38
Percival S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 6 3 3 3 9 133 84 37 0 0 1 0 0 0
KC : Clark batted for Wall in the 9th
Mol: Rolen inserted at 3b in the 9th
GWRBI: Delgado
Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 1 MPH.
.Series 1 9/6/1999 -- Game 3 of 3, Neutral Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Whirlwind 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 7 0
99 Greens 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 x 4 9 0 6 0
Whirlwind 1 10 19 28 37
Biggio 2b 1>S S 9 7 7
Salmon lf S.1-2 8 k 7>7
Thome 1b 6/L W.1-2 5>53 8
Griffey cf W.2-3;1-2 k k k
Rodriguez ss note 1 3>8 3/g 8>k
Rodriguez c note 2 k 6>3 k
Greene 3b note 3 43 4/fl k
Damon rf 7 4>W S 9>Percival
9
Hermanson p 2>k 14/SH.1-2 S.1-2
Wall p
Clark ph 9
1: 52/f.2-3;1-2 2: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2 3: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Greens 1 10 19 28 37
Walker 2b 1>HR k 5>k 63
Jones,C 3b D 3>HR 63 8>W
Percival p
Delgado 1b 63 7 9 Wall
HR.1-H
Guerrero,V rf 63.2-3 6/L 6>S S
Justice lf 13 W k 31.1-2
Jeter ss 2>63 k 53.1-2 note 1
Jones,A cf S 4>9 k wp.2-3
9
Johnson c S.1-3 k 7>8
Martinez p 9 63 k
Rolen 3b
1: S.2XH(72);B-2
Whirlwind IN OUT ER Greens IN OUT ER
Hermanson 1 29 3 Martinez 1 34 3 W 1-0
Wall 30 34 1 L 0-1 Percival 35 37 0 S 1
1999 SJL Championship Game 6
9/10/1999 -- Game 1 of 2, Kauffman Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Greens 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 0 7 0
99 Whirlwind 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 4 1
Greens AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Walker 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 4 0 0
Jones,C 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 4 0 0
Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 10 0 0 0
Guerrero,V rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 0 0 0
Jeter ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 1 0 0
Ramirez,M lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 1 0 0 0
Jones,A cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182 6 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 6 0 0 0
Clemens p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
34 4 8 4 1 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 9 0 0
Whirlwind AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 1 2 0 0
Salmon lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 9 1 0 0
Griffey cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 2 5 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 6 0 0 1
Greene,W 3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 1 0 0
Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Damon rf 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 0 0 0
Wakefield p 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Kendall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0
Elarton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
31 3 5 3 1 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 9 0 1
Greens INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Clemens W 2-0 8.0 4 3 3 1 6 114 70 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
Percival S 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 16 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
9.0 5 3 3 2 6 130 79 34 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whirlwind INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA
Wakefield L 0-2 6.0 6 3 3 3 3 109 58 27 2 0 1 1 1 0 4.97
Wall 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 32 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.25
Elarton 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 8 4 4 3 6 157 90 38 3 0 1 1 1 0
Mol: Palmeiro batted for Clemens in the 9th
Rolen inserted at 3b in the 9th
KC : Kendall batted for Wall in the 8th
Alfonzo batted for Greene,W in the 9th
GWRBI: Walker
Temperature: 67, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from right at 17 MPH.
.Series 2 9/10/1999 -- Game 1 of 2, Kauffman Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
99 Greens 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 0 7 0
99 Whirlwind 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 4 1
Greens 1 10 19 28 37
Walker 2b 1>53 W 5>HR 7>Wall S
43
Jones,C 3b 8 SB2 k k 8
5/fl
Percival p
Delgado 1b HR pb.2-3 D HR
9
Guerrero,V rf S 3>S 63 6
Jeter ss S.1-2 63/gdp W 8>k
Ramirez,M lf wp.2-3;1-2 3 8 4
W
Jones,A cf note 1 4>k 6>63 k
Johnson c 31 7 43 9>Elarton
8
Clemens p 2>k 63 8
Palmeiro ph 63
Rolen 3b
1: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Whirlwind 1 10 19 28 37
Biggio 2b 1>k 9/SF.3-H 63 53.3-H
Salmon lf 8 S 6>8 8
Thome 1b k k k 9>Percival
9
Griffey cf 2>43 4>6 7 8
Rodriguez ss 43 43 7>k S
Rodriguez c 53 S 8 W.1-2
Greene,W 3b 3>W k 53
Alfonzo ph 8
Damon rf D.1-3 5>3/g 8>T
Wakefield p 43.3-H;2-3 53
Wall p
Kendall ph 9
Elarton p
Greens IN OUT ER Whirlwind IN OUT ER
Clemens 1 29 3 W 2-0 Wakefield 1 27 3 L 0-2
Percival 30 34 0 S 2 Wall 28 34 1
Elarton 35 38 0