1998 Texas Rangers season

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1998  Texas Rangers
American League West Champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place1st
Owners Tom Hicks
General managers Doug Melvin
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 was the 38th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 27th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 5th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished 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 8874.543—48‍–‍3340‍–‍41
Anaheim Angels 8577.525342‍–‍3943‍–‍38
Seattle Mariners 7685.47211½42‍–‍3934‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 7488.4571439‍–‍4235‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1998 regular season game log: 88–74 (Home: 48–33; Away: 40–41)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
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Streak
1 March 311:35 p.m. CST White Sox L 2–9 Navarro (1–0) Burkett (0–1)–2:4645,9090–1 L1
April: 18–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 8–4)
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2 April 27:35 p.m. CST White Sox W 20–4 Sele (1–0) Sirotka (0–1) Pavlik (1)3:2332,6631–1 W1
3 April 36:06 p.m. CST @ Blue Jays W 5–0 Helling (1–0) Guzmán (0–1)–3:2332,6632–1 W2
4 April 412:05 p.m. CST @ Blue Jays L 2–9 Williams (1–0) Oliver (0–1)–2:4425,5092–2 L1
5 April 512:05 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays W 6–5 Burkett (1–1) Risley (0–1) Wetteland (1)2:5128,1063–2 W1
6 April 61:05 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 4–5 Foulke (1–0) Pavlik (0–1) Karchner (1)3:0825,3583–3 L1
–April 8@ White Sox Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 28)
7 April 93:16 p.m. CDT @ White Sox W 11–0 Sele (2–0) Baldwin (1–1)–2:2810,6544–3 W1
8 April 107:35 p.m. CDT Blue Jays W 4–3 Helling (3–0) Plesac (0–1) Wetteland (2)2:5732,3145–3 W2
9 April 119:00 p.m. CDT Blue Jays L 8–9 Almanzar (1–0) Oliver (0–2) Myers (3)3:2737,5205–4 L1
10 April 122:05 p.m. CDT Blue Jays W 3–1 Wetteland (1–0) Quantrill (0–1)–2:3728,4356–4 W1
14 April 17 Orioles W 6–43:2437,41510–4 W5
15 April 18 Orioles L 8–10–3:3143,88310–5 L1
16 April 19 Orioles W 11–73:0743,03711–5 W1
May: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)
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27 May 16:07 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 3–5 Wasdin (3–0) Sele (5–1) Gordon (10)2:3724,16918–9 L2
28 May 212:06 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox W 7–6 Helling (6–0) Rose (1–2) Wetteland (7)2:5325,82719–9 W1
29 May 312:05 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 1–2 Martínez (3–0) Oliver (1–4) Gordon (11)2:3328,07519–10 L1
30 May 58:05 p.m. CDT Yankees L 2–7 Cone (4–1) Burkett (2–4)—3:2631,69319–11 L2
31 May 68:35 p.m. CDT Yankees L 13–15 Stanton (2–0) Patterson (0–1) Rivera (5)4:0633,27419–12 L3
32 May 78:35 p.m. CDT Indians L 2–7 Colón (3–1) Sele (5–2)–2:2128,50419–13 L4
33 May 87:35 p.m. CDT Indians W 6–3 Hernandez (1–0) Mesa (3–1) Wetteland (8)3:0538,06720–13 W1
34 May 97:37 p.m. CDT Indians W 7–3 Oliver (2–4) Nagy (3–2)–2:1946,35521–13 W2
35 May 107:07 p.m. CDT Indians W 5–3 Burkett (4–5) Wright (3–4) Wetteland (9)2:4531,23222–13 W3
36 May 116:35 p.m. CDT Red Sox W 8–2 Witt (4–1) Wasdin (3–1)–2:2540,27523–13 W4
37 May 121:35 p.m. CDT Red Sox W 6–3 Sele (6–2) Rose (1–4) Wetteland (10)2:4939,61424–13 W5
38 May 136:38 p.m. CDT @ Yankees L 6–8 Cone (5–1) Helling (6–1) Rivera (7)3:1323,14224–14 L1
39 May 146:36 p.m. CDT @ Yankees W 7–5 (13) Patterson (1–1) Banks (1–1) Wetteland (11)4:5320,69425–14 W1
40 May 156:06 p.m. CDT @ Indians L 2–3 (14) Krivda (2–0) Levine (0–1)–4:0041,12825–15 L1
41 May 1612:06 p.m. CDT @ Indians L 3–10 Burba (4–4) Witt (4–2)–2:4340,92525–16 L2
42 May 1712:08 p.m. CDT @ Indians W 1–0 Sele (7–2) Colón (3–2) Wetteland (12)2:2642,24726–16 W1
51 May 28@ Orioles L 2–52:4942,29431–20 L4
52 May 29@ Orioles L 3–62:5947,09131–21 L5
53 May 30@ Orioles W 10–83:4447,86632–21 W1
54 May 31@ Orioles W 9–53:2347,43733–21 W2
June: 13–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–7)
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59 June 57:36 p.m. CDT Padres W 8–7 Crabtree (3–0) Wall (2–2) Wetteland (15)3:0237,90336–23 W1
60 June 67:36 p.m. CDT Padres W 3–0 Burkett (4–5) Hitchcock (3–1) Wetteland (16)2:3646,02237–23 W2
61 June 72:05 p.m. CDT Padres L 8–17 Miceli (5–2) Patterson (1–2)—3:2846,37237–24 L1
62 June 8@ Rockies W 3–12:2748,07038–24 W1
63 June 9@ Rockies W 5–22:5748,06839–24 W2
64 June 10@ Rockies L 8–9 (10)–3:1048,06139–25 L1
65 June 127:35 p.m. CDT Angels L 1–5 Olivares (4–2) Burkett (4–6) Cadaret (1)2:3235,50539–26 L2
66 June 137:36 p.m. CDT Angels L 6–18 Washburn (2–0) Sele (10–4)–3:0846,28939–27 L3
67 June 147:05 p.m. CDT Angels W 4–2 Helling (9–3) Finley (7–3) Wetteland (19)2:2536,64840–27 W!
68 June 157:36 p.m. CDT Angels L 5–8 Sparks (1–0) Witt (5–4) Percival (20)3:0243,38040–28 L1
72 June 199:05 p.m. CDT @ Angels W 7–3 Helling (10–3) Finley (7–4)–2:5438,86642–30 W2
73 June 203:08 p.m. CDT @ Angels L 3–8 Sparks (2–0) Van Poppel (0–1)–3:2031,67142–31 L1
74 June 217:05 p.m. CDT @ Angels L 7–10 Dickson (8–4) Perisho (0–2) Percival (23)2:5438,86642–32 L2
79 June 269:35 p.m. CDT @ Giants W 7–3 Oliver (4–5) Hershiser (6–6) Wetteland (22)2:4718,18046–33 W4
80 June 273:06 p.m. CDT @ Giants L 5–6 (10) Nen (5–1) Patterson (1–3)–3:3028,75346–34 L1
81 June 283:05 p.m. CDT @ Giants L 0–7 Gardner (7–3) Sele (11–5)–2:0236,66446–35 L2
82 June 307:37 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 1–4 Dreifort (5–6) Helling (11–4) Osuna (5)2:3437,83746–36 L3
July: 11–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–9)
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83 July 17:36 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 5–7 Radinsky (3–4) Wetteland (2–1) Osuna (6)3:0728,92846–37 L4
84 July 27:35 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 1–4 Park (7–5) Oliver (4–6) Radinsky (12)2:4738,51446–38 L5
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
94 July 15 Orioles L 3–14–3:1246,68251–43 L4
95 July 16 Orioles L 3–9–3:1045,17151–44 L5
105 July 286:10 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays L 3–8 Clemens (13–6) Sele (12–8)–2:5329,17756–49 L4
106 July 296:07 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays W 9–6 Oliver (6–7) Carpenter (6–5) Wetteland (28)3:0228,22057–49 W1
107 July 306:06 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays L 0–1 Guzmán (6–12) Loaiza (6–7) Myers (26)2:1629,26457–50 L1
108 July 317:36 p.m. CDT White Sox L 2–10 Snyder (3–0) Burkett (6–11)–2:5738,84657–51 L2
August: 16–13 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–8)
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109 August 17:36 p.m. CDT White Sox W 8–1 Helling (14–6) Sirotka (10–10)–3:0442,42558–51 W1
110 August 27:06 p.m. CDT White Sox W 12–3 Sele (13–8) Navarro (8–13)–2:3928,17559–51 W2
111 August 47:36 p.m. CDT Blue Jays W 11–9 Stottlemyre (10–9) Carpenter (6–6) Wetteland (29)3:4045,21360–51 W3
112 August 57:38 p.m. CDT Blue Jays W 4–3 Wetteland (3–1) Myers (3–4)–2:5027,76661–51 W4
113 August 67:36 p.m. CDT Red Sox W 7–4 Burkett (7–11) Saberhagen (11–6) Wetteland (30)2:5032,13262–51 W5
114 August 77:35 p.m. CDT Red Sox W 4–3 Helling (15–6) Martínez (15–4) Wetteland (31)2:5734,90663–51 W6
115 August 87:35 p.m. CDT Red Sox L 1–11 Wakefield (14–5) Sele (13–9)–2:3344,24263–52 L1
116 August 97:06 p.m. CDT Red Sox L 8–14 Corsi (3–1) Stottlemyre (10–10)–3:1531,12763–53 L2
117 August 116:06 p.m. CDT @ Indians W 2–1 Loaiza (7–7) Karsay (0–2) Wetteland (32)2:3042,99264–53 W1
118 August 126:37 p.m. CDT @ Indians L 3–6 Colón (12–6) Burkett (7–12) Jackson (28)3:0743,24764–54 L1
119 August 136:37 p.m. CDT @ Yankees L 0–2 Hernández (8–3) Helling (15–7) Rivera (31)2:3053,83564–55 L2
120 August 146:36 p.m. CDT @ Yankees L 4–6 Pettitte (14–6) Sele (13–10) Rivera (32)2:4746,54764–56 L3
121 August 1512:18 p.m. CDT @ Yankees W 16–5 Stottlemyre (11–10) Irabu (11–6)—3:4853,11765–56 W1
122 August 1612:35 p.m. CDT @ Yankees L 5–6 Rivera (2–0) Hernandez (5–2)—3:1850,30465–57 L1
–August 17@ Red Sox Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 18)
123 August 18 (1)12:06 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 1–4 Martínez (16–4) Burkett (7–13) Gordon (35)2:3433,20165–58 L2
124 August 18 (2)6:07 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 4–5 Lowe (3–7) Patterson (1–5) Gordon (36)3:1326,67765–59 L3
125 August 197:36 p.m. CDT Indians W 3–1 Sele (14–10) Nagy (10–9) Wetteland (33)2:2726,14666–59 W1
126 August 207:36 p.m. CDT Indians W 8–2 Stottlemyre (12–10) Burba (10–9) Patterson (2)2:5537,09467–59 W2
127 August 217:35 p.m. CDT Yankees L 0–5 Wells (16–2) Loaiza (7–8)—2:4245,84167–60 L1
128 August 227:37 p.m. CDT Yankees L 9–12 Bradley (1–0) Hernandez (5–3) Rivera (33)3:5746,48367–61 L2
129 August 237:06 p.m. CDT Yankees W 12–10 Helling (16–7) Hernández (8–4) Wetteland (34)3:4037,28468–61 W1
133 August 28 (1)4:06 p.m. CDT @ White Sox W 6–5 (10) Hernandez (6–3) Howry (0–3) Wetteland (37)2:49–69–61 W2
134 August 28 (2)7:27 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 7–8 Ward (1–1) Gunderson (0–2) Howry (1)3:2114,28069–62 L1
135 August 2912:18 p.m. CDT @ White Sox W 5–3 Sele (16–10) Sirotka (12–13) Wetteland (38)2:4816,42070–62 W1
136 August 301:07 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 3–5 Castillo (6–4) Stottlemyre (12–12) Howry (2)2:4516,70170–63 L1
September: 15–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 8–6)
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149 September 14@ Orioles L 0–12:4841,03279–70 L2
150 September 15@ Orioles W 6–53:1041,36380–70 W1
151 September 167:05 p.m. CDT Angels W 5–3 Stottlemyre (13–13) Finley (11–8)–2:5637,48181–70 W2
152 September 177:06 p.m. CDT Angels W 7–6 Crabtree (6–1) Harris (3–1) Wetteland (41)3:2245,92882–70 W3
156 September 219:06 p.m. CDT @ Angels W 9–1 Stottlemyre (14–13) Sparks (9–4)–3:1533,84784–72 W1
157 September 229:04 p.m. CDT @ Angels W 9–1 Helling (20–7) Finley (11–9)–2:5738,98785–72 W2
158 September 239:35 p.m. CDT @ Angels W 7–1 Burkett (9–13) Hill (9–6)–3:0942,77686–72 W3
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Postseason Game log

1998 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)
AL Division Series: vs. New York Yankees 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)
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1 September 297:07 p.m. CDT @ Yankees L 0–2 Wells (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–1) Rivera (1)3:0257,362NYY 1–0 L1
2 September 307:07 p.m. CDT @ Yankees L 1–3 Pettitte (1–0) Helling (0–1) Rivera (2)2:5857,360NYY 2–0 L2
3 October 27:12 p.m. CDT Yankees L 0–4 Cone (1–0) Sele (0–1)—2:5849,450NYY 3–0 L3
Legend:       = Win       = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Starting Lineups

Regular season

GameDateOpponent1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9thSP
30May 5NYY
31May 6NYY
38May 13@ NYY
39May 14@ NYY
59June 5SD
60June 6SD
61June 7SD
119August 13@ NYY
120August 14@ NYY
121August 15@ NYY
122August 16@ NYY
127August 21NYY
128August 22NYY
129August 23NYY

Playoffs

GameRoundDateOpponent1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9thSP
1 ALDS September 29@ NYY#3 McLemore
(2B)		#39 Kelly
(CF)		#29 Greer
(LF)		#19 González
(RF)		#22 Clark
(1B)		#7 Rodríguez
(C)		#27 Zeile
(3B)		#16 Simms
(DH)		#18 Clayton
(SS)		#44 Stottlemyre
2 ALDS September 30@ NYY#3 McLemore
(2B)		#39 Kelly
(CF)		#29 Greer
(LF)		#19 González
(RF)		#22 Clark
(1B)		#7 Rodríguez
(C)		#27 Zeile
(3B)		#16 Simms
(DH)		#18 Clayton
(SS)		#32 Helling
3 ALDS October 2NYY#24 Goodwin
(CF)		#3 McLemore
(2B)		#29 Greer
(LF)		#19 González
(RF)		#22 Clark
(1B)		#7 Rodríguez
(C)		#11 Stevens
(DH)		#27 Zeile
(3B)		#18 Clayton
(SS)		#30 Sele

Detailed records

Composite Box

Caption text
Team1234567891011121314RHE
Opponents11497109881458981826320020871
Rangers103121116106111102116798220001940

Game umpires

Regular season

GameDateOpponentHP1B2B3B
305–5–1998Yankees#25 Mark Johnson (AL)#32 Chuck Meriwether (AL)#3 Jim Evans (AL)#10 Larry McCoy (AL)
315–6–1998Yankees#32 Chuck Meriwether (AL) Ted Barrett (AL)#10 Larry McCoy (AL)#3 Jim Evans (AL)
385–13–1998@ Yankees#4 Tim Tschida (AL)#11 Don Denkinger (AL)#23 Rick Reed (AL) Brian O'Nora (AL)
395–14–1998@ Yankees#11 Don Denkinger (AL)#23 Rick Reed (AL)#4 Tim Tschida (AL) Brian O'Nora (AL)
596–5–1998Padres#35 Ted Hendry (AL)#28 Larry Young (AL)#37 Drew Coble (AL)#20 Dale Ford (AL)
606–6–1998Padres#28 Larry Young (AL)#37 Drew Coble (AL)#20 Dale Ford (AL)#35 Ted Hendry (AL)
616–7–1998Padres#37 Drew Coble (AL)#20 Dale Ford (AL)#35 Ted Hendry (AL)#28 Larry Young (AL)
1198–13–1998@ Yankees#20 Dale Ford (AL) Ed Hickox (AL)#28 Larry Young (AL)#37 Drew Coble (AL)
1208–14–1998@ Yankees Ed Hickox (AL)#37 Drew Coble (AL)#28 Larry Young (AL)#20 Dale Ford (AL)
1218–15–1998@ Yankees#37 Drew Coble (AL)#28 Larry Young (AL)#20 Dale Ford (AL) Ed Hickox (AL)
1228–16–1998@ Yankees#28 Larry Young (AL)#20 Dale Ford (AL) Ed Hickox (AL)#37 Drew Coble (AL)
1278–21–1998Yankees#36 Tim McClelland (AL) Brian O'Nora (AL)#31 Mike Reilly (AL)#19 Rich Garcia (AL)
1288–22–1998Yankees Brian O'Nora (AL)#19 Rich Garcia (AL)#31 Mike Reilly (AL)#36 Tim McClelland (AL)
1298–23–1998Yankees#19 Rich Garcia (AL)#31 Mike Reilly (AL)#36 Tim McClelland (AL) Brian O'Nora (AL)

Playoffs

GameRoundDateOpponentHP1B2B3BLFRF
1 ALDS 9–29–1998@ Yankees#6 Jim Joyce #33 Durwood Merrill #19 Rich Garcia #4 Tim Tschida #37 Drew Coble #40 Terry Craft
2 ALDS 9–30–1998@ Yankees#33 Durwood Merrill #19 Rich Garcia #4 Tim Tschida #37 Drew Coble #40 Terry Craft #6 Jim Joyce
3 ALDS 10–2–1998Yankees#17 John Hirschbeck #10 Larry McCoy #7 Dave Phillips #5 Dale Scott #15 Joe Brinkman (none)

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

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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)

Team123456789RHE
Texas000000000050
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)

Team123456789RHE
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
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  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".
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