1998 Texas Rangers season

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.

1998 Texas Rangers
1998 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersTom Hicks
General managersDoug Melvin
ManagersJohnny Oates
Local televisionKXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
Fox Sports Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
Local radioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KMRT
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
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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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 8874 0.543 — 48–33 40–41
Anaheim Angels 8577 0.525 3 42–39 43–38
Seattle Mariners 7685 0.472 11½ 42–39 34–46
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 14 39–42 35–46

Record vs. opponents
1998 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
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
Pitchers Catchers

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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April: 18–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 8–4)
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May: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)
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June: 13–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–7)
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July: 11–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–9)
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69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
August: 16–13 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–8)
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September: 15–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 8–6)
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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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Bold = Rangers team member

Player stats

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

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. Slg. SB
CIván Rodríguez145579881862191.321.5139
1BWill Clark1495549816923102.305.5071
2BMark McLemore12646179114553.247.31712
3BFernando Tatís953304189332.270.4426
SSKevin Elster842973369837.232.3540
LFRusty Greer15559810718316108.306.4052
CFTom Goodwin154520102151233.290.33838
RFJuan González15460611019345157.318.6302
DHLee Stevens12034452912059.265.5120

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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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Luis Alicea10125971.274683
Roberto Kelly7525783.3231646
Mike Simms8618655.2961646
Royce Clayton5218653.285524
Todd Zeile5218047.261628
Domingo Cedeño6114137.262221
Bill Haselman4010533.314617
Warren Newson10214.19002
Scott Sheldon7162.12501
Milt Cuyler763.50013
Chris Tremie231.33300
Rob Sasser110.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Helling33216.12074.41164
Aaron Sele33212.219114.23167
John Burkett32195.09135.68131
Darren Oliver19103.1676.5358
Esteban Loaiza1479.1365.9055
Bobby Witt1469.1547.6630
Todd Stottlemyre1060.1544.3357
Todd Van Poppel419.1128.8410
Matt Perisho25.00227.002
Jonathan Johnson14.1008.313

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Wetteland6331422.0372
Eric Gunderson680305.1941
Tim Crabtree646103.5960
Danny Patterson562524.4533
Xavier Hernandez466613.5741
Scott Bailes461006.4730
Al Levine300104.5019
Greg Cadaret110004.705
Tony Fossas101000.007
Roger Pavlik51113.868
Julio Santana30008.441

New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers
Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas 000 000 000 050
New York 020 000 000 260
W: David Wells (1-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)  S: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas 000 010 000 150
New York 010 200 000 380
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)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 004 000 491
Texas 000 000 000 031
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
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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. "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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