1999 Texas Rangers season

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1999  Texas Rangers
American League West Champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record95–67 (.586)
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 )
KESS-FM
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
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The 1999 Texas Rangers season was the 39th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 28th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 6th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished first in the American League West with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, registering the best winning percentage (.586) in franchise history until 2011.

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Winning their third division title in four years, the Rangers repeated their 1998 postseason performance, again being swept by the New York Yankees in three games. This was the Rangers' last postseason appearance until 2010.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening day starters

Source:

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9567.586—51‍–‍3044‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics 8775.537852‍–‍2935‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 7983.4881643‍–‍3836‍–‍45
Anaheim Angels 7092.4322537‍–‍4433‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1999 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 44–37)
April: 13–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–4)
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May: 17–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–5)
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June: 15–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 10–10)
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July: 16–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–5)
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70th All-Star Game in Boston, Massachusetts
August: 18–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 7–6)
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September: 16–10 (Home: 12–6; Away: 4–4)
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October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)
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Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Postseason Game log

1999 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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Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Iván Rodríguez 144600199.33235113
1B Lee Stevens 146517146.2822481
2B Mark McLemore 144566155.274645
SS Royce Clayton 133465134.2881452
3B Todd Zeile 156588172.2932498
LF Rusty Greer 147556167.30020101
CF Tom Goodwin 109405105.259333
RF Juan González 144562183.32639128
DH Rafael Palmeiro 158565183.32447148

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Roberto Kelly 8729087.300837
Luis Alicea 6816433.201317
Rubén Mateo 3212229.238518
Greg Zaun 439323.247112
Jon Shave 437321.28809
Kelly Dransfeldt 165310.18915
Scarborough Green 18134.30800
Mike Simms 421.50000
Scott Sheldon 210.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rick Helling 35219.113114.84131
Aaron Sele 33205.01894.79186
John Burkett 30147.1985.6296
Mike Morgan 34140.013106.2461
Mark Clark 1574.1378.6044

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Esteban Loaiza 30120.1954.5677
Ryan Glynn 1354.2247.2439
Jeff Fassero 717.1105.7113
Matt Perisho 410.1002.6117
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Wetteland 6244433.6860
Tim Crabtree 685103.4654
Jeff Zimmerman 659332.3667
Mike Venafro 653203.2937
Mike Munoz 562113.9327
Danny Patterson 532005.6743
Danny Kolb 162104.6515
Eric Gunderson 110007.206
Doug Davis 200033.753
Jonathan Johnson 100015.003
Corey Lee 101027.000

ALDS

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

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References

  1. ↑ Mark Clark page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Gregg Zaun page at Baseball Reference
  3. 1 2 Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Hank Blalock page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference
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