1998 Texas Rangers | ||
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American League West Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 88–74 (.543) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
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 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]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | — | 48–33 | 40–41 |
Anaheim Angels | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 3 | 42–39 | 43–38 |
Seattle Mariners | 76 | 85 | 0.472 | 11½ | 42–39 | 34–46 |
Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 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 |
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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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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 |
1998 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AL Division Series: vs. New York Yankees 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)
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Legend: = Win = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member |
Game | Date | Opponent | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | SP |
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30 | May 5 | NYY | ||||||||||
31 | May 6 | NYY | ||||||||||
38 | May 13 | @ NYY | ||||||||||
39 | May 14 | @ NYY | ||||||||||
59 | June 5 | SD | ||||||||||
60 | June 6 | SD | ||||||||||
61 | June 7 | SD | ||||||||||
119 | August 13 | @ NYY | ||||||||||
120 | August 14 | @ NYY | ||||||||||
121 | August 15 | @ NYY | ||||||||||
122 | August 16 | @ NYY | ||||||||||
127 | August 21 | NYY | ||||||||||
128 | August 22 | NYY | ||||||||||
129 | August 23 | NYY |
Game | Round | Date | Opponent | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | SP |
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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 2 | NYY | #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 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | R | H | E |
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Opponents | 114 | 97 | 109 | 88 | 145 | 89 | 81 | 82 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 871 | ||
Rangers | 103 | 121 | 116 | 106 | 111 | 102 | 116 | 79 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 940 |
Game | Date | Opponent | HP | 1B | 2B | 3B |
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30 | 5–5–1998 | Yankees | #25 Mark Johnson (AL) | #32 Chuck Meriwether (AL) | #3 Jim Evans (AL) | #10 Larry McCoy (AL) |
31 | 5–6–1998 | Yankees | #32 Chuck Meriwether (AL) | Ted Barrett (AL) | #10 Larry McCoy (AL) | #3 Jim Evans (AL) |
38 | 5–13–1998 | @ Yankees | #4 Tim Tschida (AL) | #11 Don Denkinger (AL) | #23 Rick Reed (AL) | Brian O'Nora (AL) |
39 | 5–14–1998 | @ Yankees | #11 Don Denkinger (AL) | #23 Rick Reed (AL) | #4 Tim Tschida (AL) | Brian O'Nora (AL) |
59 | 6–5–1998 | Padres | #35 Ted Hendry (AL) | #28 Larry Young (AL) | #37 Drew Coble (AL) | #20 Dale Ford (AL) |
60 | 6–6–1998 | Padres | #28 Larry Young (AL) | #37 Drew Coble (AL) | #20 Dale Ford (AL) | #35 Ted Hendry (AL) |
61 | 6–7–1998 | Padres | #37 Drew Coble (AL) | #20 Dale Ford (AL) | #35 Ted Hendry (AL) | #28 Larry Young (AL) |
119 | 8–13–1998 | @ Yankees | #20 Dale Ford (AL) | Ed Hickox (AL) | #28 Larry Young (AL) | #37 Drew Coble (AL) |
120 | 8–14–1998 | @ Yankees | Ed Hickox (AL) | #37 Drew Coble (AL) | #28 Larry Young (AL) | #20 Dale Ford (AL) |
121 | 8–15–1998 | @ Yankees | #37 Drew Coble (AL) | #28 Larry Young (AL) | #20 Dale Ford (AL) | Ed Hickox (AL) |
122 | 8–16–1998 | @ Yankees | #28 Larry Young (AL) | #20 Dale Ford (AL) | Ed Hickox (AL) | #37 Drew Coble (AL) |
127 | 8–21–1998 | Yankees | #36 Tim McClelland (AL) | Brian O'Nora (AL) | #31 Mike Reilly (AL) | #19 Rich Garcia (AL) |
128 | 8–22–1998 | Yankees | Brian O'Nora (AL) | #19 Rich Garcia (AL) | #31 Mike Reilly (AL) | #36 Tim McClelland (AL) |
129 | 8–23–1998 | Yankees | #19 Rich Garcia (AL) | #31 Mike Reilly (AL) | #36 Tim McClelland (AL) | Brian O'Nora (AL) |
Game | Round | Date | Opponent | HP | 1B | 2B | 3B | LF | RF |
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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 | 10–2–1998 | Yankees | #17 John Hirschbeck | #10 Larry McCoy | #7 Dave Phillips | #5 Dale Scott | #15 Joe Brinkman | (none) |
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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa, GCL Rangers