1998 Texas Rangers season

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1998  Texas Rangers
1998 AL West Champions
Division Western Division
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record88–74 (.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)
  1997 Seasons 1999  

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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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]

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 8874.54348334041
Anaheim Angels 8577.525342394338
Seattle Mariners 7685.47211½42393446
Oakland Athletics 7488.4571439423546

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim 5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–56–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–65–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–56–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–69–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–96–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–67–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–74–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–48–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–85–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–56–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–64–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–47–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–79–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.Slg.SB
C Iván Rodríguez 145579881862191.321.5139
1B Will Clark 1495549816923102.305.5071
2B Mark McLemore 12646179114553.247.31712
3B Fernando Tatís 953304189332.270.4426
SS Kevin Elster 842973369837.232.3540
LF Rusty Greer 15559810718316108.306.4052
CF Tom Goodwin 154520102151233.290.33838
RF Juan González 15460611019345157.318.6302
DH Lee Stevens 12034452912059.265.5120

[12]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Luis Alicea 10125971.274683
Roberto Kelly 7525783.3231646
Mike Simms 8618655.2961646
Royce Clayton 5218653.285524
Todd Zeile 5218047.261628
Domingo Cedeño 6114137.262221
Bill Haselman 4010533.314617
Warren Newson 10214.19002
Scott Sheldon 7162.12501
Milt Cuyler 763.50013
Chris Tremie 231.33300
Rob Sasser 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rick Helling 33216.12074.41164
Aaron Sele 33212.219114.23167
John Burkett 32195.09135.68131
Darren Oliver 19103.1676.5358
Esteban Loaiza 1479.1365.9055
Bobby Witt 1469.1547.6630
Todd Stottlemyre 1060.1544.3357
Todd Van Poppel 419.1128.8410
Matt Perisho 25.00227.002
Jonathan Johnson 14.1008.313

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Wetteland 6331422.0372
Eric Gunderson 680305.1941
Tim Crabtree 646103.5960
Danny Patterson 562524.4533
Xavier Hernandez 466613.5741
Scott Bailes 461006.4730
Al Levine 300104.5019
Greg Cadaret 110004.705
Tony Fossas 101000.007
Roger Pavlik 51113.868
Julio Santana 30008.441

New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

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New York020000000260
W: David Wells (1-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)  S: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team123456789RHE
Texas000010000150
New York010200000380
W: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   L: Rick Helling (0-1)    S: Mariano Rivera (2)
HR: NYY Shane Spencer, Scott Brosius   

Game 3

October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (Texas Rangers)

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New York000004000491
Texas000000000031
W: David Cone (1-0)   L: Aaron Sele (0-1)  
HR: NYY Shane Spencer, Paul O'Neill   

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Greg Biagini
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Jim Byrd
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Paul Carey
Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Bruce Crabbe
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Darryl Kennedy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa, GCL Rangers

References

  1. Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference
  2. Scott Sheldon page at Baseball Reference
  3. "Scott Bailes Stats".
  4. 1 2 "Kevin Elster Stats".
  5. Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
  6. Scott Podsednik page at Baseball Reference
  7. Scott Cooper page at Baseball Reference
  8. Tim Crabtree page at Baseball Reference
  9. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  10. Todd Van Poppel page at Baseball Reference
  11. Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
  12. "1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".