1990s – Page 16 – Society for American Baseball Research

September 27, 1999: Tears and cheers: Tiger Stadium hosts final game

October 2, 1999: Vlad Guerrero impales his 40th home run of season

Howard Battle (COURTESY OF THE ATLANTA BRAVES)

October 3, 1999: ‘This was the whole zoo’: Braves end regular season with 18-0 whitewash of Marlins

October 3, 1999: Astros clinch third consecutive NL Central title in Astrodome’s last regular-season game

October 3, 1999: Win or go home: Mets stay alive for NL wild card

Al Leiter (Trading Card DB)

October 4, 1999: Al Leiter, Mets blank Reds in NL wild-card tiebreaker

October 5, 1999: Back from the brink, resourceful Mets win Game 1 of NLDS

October 9, 1999: Astros send the Dome out with a whimper, not a bang, in NLDS loss

October 9, 1999: Journeyman Todd Pratt slams Mets into NLCS

John Valentin (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1999: Red Sox score postseason record 23 runs to smash Cleveland in ALDS Game 4

Pedro Martinez (TRADING CARD DB)

October 11, 1999: Pedro Martinez’s six no-hit innings in relief lifts Red Sox to ALDS comeback

October 17, 1999: Robin Ventura’s ‘grand slam single’ sends Mets to win in Game 5

October 19, 1999: Braves win NL pennant as Mets’ Rogers walks in winning run

October 26, 1999: Chad Curtis whacks a World Series walk-off home run for Yankees

Mariano Rivera: Trading Card Database

October 27, 1999: Clemens, Rivera shut down Braves to sweep World Series

November 14, 1999: Australia’s baseball dreams become reality by winning gold medal in Intercontinental Cup