1999

1999 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1999.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (PL) over the Chunichi Dragons (CL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Chunichi Dragons (Details)
    • Pacific League: Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Hanwha Eagles defeated the Lotte Giants in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated the Chinatrust Whales in the Taiwan Series (Details)
• Taiwan Major League: Taichung Agan over Taipei Gida, 4 - 2 in the championship series (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Gold Coast Cougars, Australian Baseball League (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: C.U.S. Cariparma, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Paderborn Untouchables
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam
    • Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the HCAW in the series, 3 - 1 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Semenzato Casa d'Aste Rimini

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Atlanta Braves (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Atlanta Braves (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Triple-A World Series: Vancouver Canadians (PCL) over the Charlotte Knights (IL), 3 - 2 (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Martinsville Astros
  • Arizona League: AZL Athletics
  • Atlantic League: Bridgeport Bluefish
  • California League: San Bernardino Stampede
  • Carolina League: Wilmington Blue Rocks
  • Eastern League: Harrisburg Senators
  • Florida State League: Kissimmee Cobras
  • Frontier League: London Werewolves
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Mets
  • International League: Charlotte Knights (Details)
  • Midwest League: Burlington Bees
  • New York-Penn League: Hudson Valley Renegades
  • Northern League: Winnipeg Goldeyes
  • Northern League East: Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs
  • Northwest League: Spokane Indians
  • Pacific Coast League: Vancouver Canadians (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Missoula Osprey
  • South Atlantic League: Augusta GreenJackets
  • Southern League: Orlando Rays
  • Texas League: Wichita Wranglers
  • Texas-Louisiana League: Amarillo Dillas
  • Western League: Tri-City Posse

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Tigres Capitalinos in the finals, 4 - 2

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Santiago de Cuba (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Leones del Escogido in the finals, 5 - 4
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Águilas de Mexicali
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez defeated the Leones de Ponce in the finals, 5 - 1
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Cardenales de Lara defeated the Leones del Caracas in the finals, 4 - 3

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Miami defeated Florida State University in the finals, 6 - 5 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: California State University, Chico over the Kennesaw State University, 11 - 5 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: North Carolina Wesleyan College over the the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), 1 - 0 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Albertson College of Idaho, 7 - 2 in the finals
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Grayson County College
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Kishwaukee College
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Gloucester County College
• Community College League of California: Sacramento City College over Cypress College 4 - 3 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Dallas Phillies (Details)
• Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: Brock University
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Aoyama Gakuin University defeated the Waseda University in the final, 6 - 2 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Okinawa Shougaku High School (Okinawa) defeat Mito Commercial High School (Ibaragi), 7 - 2 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Kiryu Daiichi High School (Gumma) defeat Okayama University of Science High School (Okayama), 14 - 1 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Hirakata (Osaka, Japan) defeat Phenix (Phenix City, AL), 5 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Australia (Details)
  • Australia (Gold); Cuba (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (Details)
  • United States (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Cuba (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Seoul, South Korea (Details)
  • South Korea (Gold); Japan (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• European Championship in Parma, Italy and Bologna, Italy (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); France (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Canada Canada (Bronze)
• All Africa Games in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Details)
  • South Africa (Gold); Nigeria (Silver); Zimbabwe (Bronze)
• South Pacific Games in Agana, Guam (Details)
  • Guam (Gold); American Samoa (Silver); Federated States of Micronesia (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball's Forgotten Heroes, by Tony Salin
• Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951, by Bill Marshall
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King
• Hanging Curve, by Troy Soos
• Owning a Piece of the Minors, by Jerry Klinkowitz
• Pray Ball!, by Rabbi James Gordon
• Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball, by Mark Rucker and Peter C. Bjarkman

Song

• Major Leagues, by Pavement

Film

• For Love of the Game

Births

Further information: Births in 1999

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1999