The 1999 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 117th season in the history of the franchise. Offseason November 5, 1998: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. November 9, 1998: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mark Leiter. November 19, 1998: Ricky Bottalico was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte. December 22, 1998: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. Regular season The Phillies were early contenders for the wild card, going a season-high 13 games over .500 on August 6 (61–48), but injuries to pitching staff ace Curt Schilling and third baseman Scott Rolen, as well as a struggling bullpen, proved too tough to overcome. In one particularly bad stretch from August 28 to September 14, the Phillies went 1–18. Season standings Record vs. opponents Transactions May 5, 1999: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Robert Person. June 2, 1999: Brett Myers was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1999. June 2, 1999: Marlon Byrd was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999. 1999 Game Log |- style="background:#bfb" | 1 || April 5 || @ Braves || 7–4 || Curt Schilling (1–0) || Tom Glavine (0–1) || Jeff Brantley (1) || 47,522 || 1–0 |- style="background:#fbb" | 2 || April 6 || @ Braves || 3–11 || Greg Maddux (1–0) || Chad Ogea (0–1) || Derrin Ebert (1) || 29,183 || 1–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 3 || April 7 || @ Braves || 0–4 || John Smoltz (1–0) || Carlton Loewer (0–1) || None || 32,164 || 1–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 4 || April 8 || @ Braves || 6–3 || Paul Byrd (1–0) || Kevin Millwood (0–1) || Jeff Brantley (2) || 47,225 || 2–2 |- style="background:#fbb" | 5 || April 9 || @ Marlins || 4–7 || Brian Meadows (1–0) || Paul Spoljaric (0–1) || None || 13,229 || 2–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 6 || April 10 || @ Marlins || 5–2 || Curt Schilling (2–0) || Dennis Springer (0–1) || Jeff Brantley (3) || 22,776 || 3–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 7