1999 Serie A1

Serie A1
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The 1999 Serie A1 season saw a return to wood bats and with them a drop-off in offence. 169 HR's were hit in 1999 compared with 449 the previous year. Italeri Bologna RHP Elcilio De Leon pitched a 5 inning, rain-shortened no-hitter on April 17 then on July 3 former major league LHP Tom Urbani pitched a perfect game for Rimini against T&A San Marino.

Semenzato Rimini dominated the regular season finishing nine games ahead of second-placed Caffe Danesi Nettuno then beat Nettuno in the Italian Series to win their eighth scudetto.

Standings

1. Semenzato Rimini, 40-8 (Mauro Mazzotti)
2. Caffe Danesi Nettuno, 31-17, (Giampiero Faraone)
3. Papalini Grosseto, 29-19 (Luis Lunar)
4. Cariparma, 29-19 (Luigi Ugolotti)
5. Italeri Bologna, 23-25 (Volfango Valbonesi)
6. Auriga Caserta, 23-25
7. GB Ricambi Modena, 19-29 (Leonel Carrion)
8. T&A San Marino, 14-34 (Doriano Bindi)
9. Storci Collecchio, 8-40

Semi Finals: Rimini beat Parma, Nettuno beat Grosseto

• 1999 Italian Series: Rimini beat Nettuno

Leaders

• AVG: Orlando Munoz, MOD .385
• HR: Cris Colón, CAS 8
• RBI: David Sheldon, RIM 51
• ERA: Tom Urbani, RIM 1.35
• Wins: Tom Urbani and Battista Perri, both RIM 12
• SO: Cipriano Ventura, NET 120

Awards

• MVP: David Sheldon, Rimini 3B (retroactively awarded in 2015)