1998 Texas Rangers | ||
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1998 AL West Champions | ||
Division | Western Division | |
Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 88–74 (.543) | |
Owners | Tom Hicks | |
Managers | Johnny Oates | |
Television | KXTX-TV KXAS-TV Fox Sports Southwest (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones) | |
Radio | KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KMRT (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez) | |
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The 1998 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing first in the American League West with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. It was the team's second post-season appearance, the first having been in 1996, but the team was eliminated in a three-game sweep by the New York Yankees in the Division Series.
During the season, Rick Helling became the final pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Rangers during the 1990s. [9]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 48–33 | 40–41 |
Anaheim Angels | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 | 42–39 | 43–38 |
Seattle Mariners | 76 | 85 | .472 | 11½ | 42–39 | 34–46 |
Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14 | 39–42 | 35–46 |
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 10–6 |
Baltimore | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–9 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 5–6 | 7–3 | 3–9 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
Boston | 5–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–6 | 8–3 | 5–5 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 9–2 | 7–4 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–7 |
Chicago | 6–5 | 9–2 | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 4–6–1 | 7–9 |
Cleveland | 7–4 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 9–2 | 7–3 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 10–6 |
Detroit | 3–8 | 1–10 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 7–9 |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 0–10 | 7–4 | 4–6 | 8–3 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 9–7 |
Minnesota | 5–6 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
New York | 5–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 10–0 | 7–4 | — | 8–3 | 8–3 | 11–1 | 8–3 | 6–6 | 13–3 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 3–8 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 3–8 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–8 |
Seattle | 3–9 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 6–4 | 9–2 | 3–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
Tampa Bay | 5–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–5 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 6–5 | 5–6 | — | 4–7 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
Texas | 7–5 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | — | 7–4 | 8–8 |
Toronto | 7–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–4–1 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 4–7 | — | 9–7 |
1998 Texas Rangers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Other batters
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Coaches
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Note: Pos= Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging Average; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | Slg. | SB |
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C | Iván Rodríguez | 145 | 579 | 88 | 186 | 21 | 91 | .321 | .513 | 9 |
1B | Will Clark | 149 | 554 | 98 | 169 | 23 | 102 | .305 | .507 | 1 |
2B | Mark McLemore | 126 | 461 | 79 | 114 | 5 | 53 | .247 | .317 | 12 |
3B | Fernando Tatís | 95 | 330 | 41 | 89 | 3 | 32 | .270 | .442 | 6 |
SS | Kevin Elster | 84 | 297 | 33 | 69 | 8 | 37 | .232 | .354 | 0 |
LF | Rusty Greer | 155 | 598 | 107 | 183 | 16 | 108 | .306 | .405 | 2 |
CF | Tom Goodwin | 154 | 520 | 102 | 151 | 2 | 33 | .290 | .338 | 38 |
RF | Juan González | 154 | 606 | 110 | 193 | 45 | 157 | .318 | .630 | 2 |
DH | Lee Stevens | 120 | 344 | 52 | 91 | 20 | 59 | .265 | .512 | 0 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Luis Alicea | 101 | 259 | 71 | .274 | 6 | 83 |
Roberto Kelly | 75 | 257 | 83 | .323 | 16 | 46 |
Mike Simms | 86 | 186 | 55 | .296 | 16 | 46 |
Royce Clayton | 52 | 186 | 53 | .285 | 5 | 24 |
Todd Zeile | 52 | 180 | 47 | .261 | 6 | 28 |
Domingo Cedeño | 61 | 141 | 37 | .262 | 2 | 21 |
Bill Haselman | 40 | 105 | 33 | .314 | 6 | 17 |
Warren Newson | 10 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
Scott Sheldon | 7 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Milt Cuyler | 7 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 1 | 3 |
Chris Tremie | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Sasser | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rick Helling | 33 | 216.1 | 20 | 7 | 4.41 | 164 |
Aaron Sele | 33 | 212.2 | 19 | 11 | 4.23 | 167 |
John Burkett | 32 | 195.0 | 9 | 13 | 5.68 | 131 |
Darren Oliver | 19 | 103.1 | 6 | 7 | 6.53 | 58 |
Esteban Loaiza | 14 | 79.1 | 3 | 6 | 5.90 | 55 |
Bobby Witt | 14 | 69.1 | 5 | 4 | 7.66 | 30 |
Todd Stottlemyre | 10 | 60.1 | 5 | 4 | 4.33 | 57 |
Todd Van Poppel | 4 | 19.1 | 1 | 2 | 8.84 | 10 |
Matt Perisho | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 27.00 | 2 |
Jonathan Johnson | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Wetteland | 63 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 2.03 | 72 |
Eric Gunderson | 68 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.19 | 41 |
Tim Crabtree | 64 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.59 | 60 |
Danny Patterson | 56 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4.45 | 33 |
Xavier Hernandez | 46 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3.57 | 41 |
Scott Bailes | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.47 | 30 |
Al Levine | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 19 |
Greg Cadaret | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 5 |
Tony Fossas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 |
Roger Pavlik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 8 |
Julio Santana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 1 |
September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
New York | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
W: David Wells (1-0) L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1) S: Mariano Rivera (1) | ||||||||||||
September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
W: Andy Pettitte (1-0) L: Rick Helling (0-1) S: Mariano Rivera (2) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYY– Shane Spencer, Scott Brosius |
October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (Texas Rangers)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |
Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
W: David Cone (1-0) L: Aaron Sele (0-1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYY– Shane Spencer, Paul O'Neill |
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