1998 Texas Rangers season

1998 Texas Rangers
1998 Texas Rangers
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)
	Seasons
	Seasons

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.

Offseason

November 6, 1997: Jim Leyritz and Damon Buford were traded by the Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Brandenburg, Bill Haselman, and Aaron Sele.^[1]
November 20, 1997: Scott Sheldon was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[2]
December 7, 1997: Scott Bailes was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[3]
December 8, 1997: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[4]
December 9, 1997: Roberto Kelly was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[5]
December 15, 1997: Scott Podsednik was drafted by the Rangers from the Florida Marlins in the 1997 rule 5 draft.^[6]
December 23, 1997: Scott Cooper was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[7]
March 14, 1998: Kevin Brown was traded by the Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tim Crabtree.^[8]

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	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

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	—	5–6	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

Notable transactions

July 17, 1998: Todd Van Poppel and Warren Morris were traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Esteban Loaiza.^[10]
July 31, 1998: Kevin Elster was released by the Texas Rangers.^[4]
August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Rangers from the Anaheim Angels.^[11]

Roster

1998 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

37 Bill Haselman
7 Iván Rodríguez

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

14 Rob Sasser
18 Chris Tremie

Manager

26 Johnny Oates

Coaches

17 Dick Bosman (Pitching)
20 Bucky Dent (Bench)
25 Larry Hardy (Bullpen)
8 Rudy Jaramillo (Hitting)
12 Ed Napoleon (First Base)
5 Jerry Narron (Third Base)

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)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
1	March 31	1:35 p.m. CST	White Sox	L 2–9	Navarro (1–0)	Burkett (0–1)	–	2:46	45,909	0–1	L1

April: 18–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 8–4)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
2	April 2	7:35 p.m. CST	White Sox	W 20–4	Sele (1–0)	Sirotka (0–1)	Pavlik (1)	3:23	32,663	1–1	W1
3	April 3	6:06 p.m. CST	@ Blue Jays	W 5–0	Helling (1–0)	Guzmán (0–1)	–	3:23	32,663	2–1	W2
4	April 4	12:05 p.m. CST	@ Blue Jays	L 2–9	Williams (1–0)	Oliver (0–1)	–	2:44	25,509	2–2	L1
5	April 5	12:05 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	W 6–5	Burkett (1–1)	Risley (0–1)	Wetteland (1)	2:51	28,106	3–2	W1
6	April 6	1:05 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 4–5	Foulke (1–0)	Pavlik(0–1)	Karchner (1)	3:08	25,358	3–3	L1
–	April 8		@ White Sox	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 28)
7	April 9	3:16 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 11–0	Sele (2–0)	Baldwin (1–1)	–	2:28	10,654	4–3	W1
8	April 10	7:35 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	W 4–3	Helling (3–0)	Plesac (0–1)	Wetteland (2)	2:57	32,314	5–3	W2
9	April 11	9:00 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	L 8–9	Almanzar (1–0)	Oliver (0–2)	Myers (3)	3:27	37,520	5–4	L1
10	April 12	2:05 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	W 3–1	Wetteland (1–0)	Quantrill (0–1)	–	2:37	28,435	6–4	W1
14	April 17		Orioles	W 6–4				3:24	37,415	10–4	W5
15	April 18		Orioles	L 8–10			–	3:31	43,883	10–5	L1
16	April 19		Orioles	W 11–7				3:07	43,037	11–5	W1

May: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
27	May 1	6:07 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	L 3–5	Wasdin (3–0)	Sele (5–1)	Gordon (10)	2:37	24,169	18–9	L2
28	May 2	12:06 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	W 7–6	Helling (6–0)	Rose (1–2)	Wetteland (7)	2:53	25,827	19–9	W1
29	May 3	12:05 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	L 1–2	Martínez (3–0)	Oliver (1–4)	Gordon (11)	2:33	28,075	19–10	L1
30	May 5	8:05 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 2–7	Cone (4–1)	Burkett (2–4)	–	3:26	31,693	19–11	L2
31	May 6	8:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 13–15	Stanton (2–0)	Patterson (0–1)	Rivera (5)	4:06	33,274	19–12	L3
32	May 7	8:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	L 2–7	Colón (3–1)	Sele (5–2)	–	2:21	28,504	19–13	L4
33	May 8	7:35 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 6–3	Hernandez (1–0)	Mesa (3–1)	Wetteland (8)	3:05	38,067	20–13	W1
34	May 9	7:37 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 7–3	Oliver (2–4)	Nagy (3–2)	–	2:19	46,355	21–13	W2
35	May 10	7:07 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 5–3	Burkett (4–5)	Wright (3–4)	Wetteland (9)	2:45	31,232	22–13	W3
36	May 11	6:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 8–2	Witt (4–1)	Wasdin (3–1)	–	2:25	40,275	23–13	W4
37	May 12	1:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 6–3	Sele (6–2)	Rose (1–4)	Wetteland (10)	2:49	39,614	24–13	W5
38	May 13	6:38 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 6–8	Cone (5–1)	Helling (6–1)	Rivera (7)	3:13	23,142	24–14	L1
39	May 14	6:36 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 7–5 (13)	Patterson (1–1)	Banks (1–1)	Wetteland (11)	4:53	20,694	25–14	W1
40	May 15	6:06 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 2–3 (14)	Krivda (2–0)	Levine (0–1)	–	4:00	41,128	25–15	L1
41	May 16	12:06 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 3–10	Burba (4–4)	Witt (4–2)	–	2:43	40,925	25–16	L2
42	May 17	12:08 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 1–0	Sele (7–2)	Colón (3–2)	Wetteland (12)	2:26	42,247	26–16	W1
51	May 28		@ Orioles	L 2–5				2:49	42,294	31–20	L4
52	May 29		@ Orioles	L 3–6				2:59	47,091	31–21	L5
53	May 30		@ Orioles	W 10–8				3:44	47,866	32–21	W1
54	May 31		@ Orioles	W 9–5				3:23	47,437	33–21	W2

June: 13–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
59	June 5	7:36 p.m. CDT	Padres	W 8–7	Crabtree (3–0)	Wall (2–2)	Wetteland (15)	3:02	37,903	36–23	W1
60	June 6	7:36 p.m. CDT	Padres	W 3–0	Burkett (4–5)	Hitchcock (3–1)	Wetteland (16)	2:36	46,022	37–23	W2
61	June 7	2:05 p.m. CDT	Padres	L 8–17	Miceli (5–2)	Patterson (1–2)	–	3:28	46,372	37–24	L1
62	June 8		@ Rockies	W 3–1				2:27	48,070	38–24	W1
63	June 9		@ Rockies	W 5–2				2:57	48,068	39–24	W2
64	June 10		@ Rockies	L 8–9 (10)			–	3:10	48,061	39–25	L1
65	June 12	7:35 p.m. CDT	Angels	L 1–5	Olivares (4–2)	Burkett (4–6)	Cadaret (1)	2:32	35,505	39–26	L2
66	June 13	7:36 p.m. CDT	Angels	L 6–18	Washburn (2–0)	Sele (10–4)	–	3:08	46,289	39–27	L3
67	June 14	7:05 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 4–2	Helling (9–3)	Finley (7–3)	Wetteland (19)	2:25	36,648	40–27	W!
68	June 15	7:36 p.m. CDT	Angels	L 5–8	Sparks (1–0)	Witt (5–4)	Percival (20)	3:02	43,380	40–28	L1
72	June 19	9:05 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 7–3	Helling (10–3)	Finley (7–4)	–	2:54	38,866	42–30	W2
73	June 20	3:08 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 3–8	Sparks (2–0)	Van Poppel (0–1)	–	3:20	31,671	42–31	L1
74	June 21	7:05 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	L 7–10	Dickson (8–4)	Perisho (0–2)	Percival (23)	2:54	38,866	42–32	L2
79	June 26	9:35 p.m. CDT	@ Giants	W 7–3	Oliver (4–5)	Hershiser (6–6)	Wetteland (22)	2:47	18,180	46–33	W4
80	June 27	3:06 p.m. CDT	@ Giants	L 5–6 (10)	Nen (5–1)	Patterson (1–3)	–	3:30	28,753	46–34	L1
81	June 28	3:05 p.m. CDT	@ Giants	L 0–7	Gardner (7–3)	Sele (11–5)	–	2:02	36,664	46–35	L2
82	June 30	7:37 p.m. CDT	Dodgers	L 1–4	Dreifort (5–6)	Helling (11–4)	Osuna (5)	2:34	37,837	46–36	L3

July: 11–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
83	July 1	7:36 p.m. CDT	Dodgers	L 5–7	Radinsky (3–4)	Wetteland (2–1)	Osuna (6)	3:07	28,928	46–37	L4
84	July 2	7:35 p.m. CDT	Dodgers	L 1–4	Park (7–5)	Oliver (4–6)	Radinsky (12)	2:47	38,514	46–38	L5
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
94	July 15		Orioles	L 3–14			–	3:12	46,682	51–43	L4
95	July 16		Orioles	L 3–9			–	3:10	45,171	51–44	L5
105	July 28	6:10 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	L 3–8	Clemens (13–6)	Sele (12–8)	–	2:53	29,177	56–49	L4
106	July 29	6:07 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	W 9–6	Oliver (6–7)	Carpenter (6–5)	Wetteland (28)	3:02	28,220	57–49	W1
107	July 30	6:06 p.m. CDT	@ Blue Jays	L 0–1	Guzmán (6–12)	Loaiza (6–7)	Myers (26)	2:16	29,264	57–50	L1
108	July 31	7:36 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 2–10	Snyder (3–0)	Burkett (6–11)	–	2:57	38,846	57–51	L2

August: 16–13 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
109	August 1	7:36 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 8–1	Helling (14–6)	Sirotka (10–10)	–	3:04	42,425	58–51	W1
110	August 2	7:06 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 12–3	Sele (13–8)	Navarro (8–13)	–	2:39	28,175	59–51	W2
111	August 4	7:36 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	W 11–9	Stottlemyre (10–9)	Carpenter (6–6)	Wetteland (29)	3:40	45,213	60–51	W3
112	August 5	7:38 p.m. CDT	Blue Jays	W 4–3	Wetteland (3–1)	Myers (3–4)	–	2:50	27,766	61–51	W4
113	August 6	7:36 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 7–4	Burkett (7–11)	Saberhagen (11–6)	Wetteland (30)	2:50	32,132	62–51	W5
114	August 7	7:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	W 4–3	Helling (15–6)	Martínez (15–4)	Wetteland (31)	2:57	34,906	63–51	W6
115	August 8	7:35 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	L 1–11	Wakefield (14–5)	Sele (13–9)	–	2:33	44,242	63–52	L1
116	August 9	7:06 p.m. CDT	Red Sox	L 8–14	Corsi (3–1)	Stottlemyre (10–10)	–	3:15	31,127	63–53	L2
117	August 11	6:06 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	W 2–1	Loaiza (7–7)	Karsay (0–2)	Wetteland (32)	2:30	42,992	64–53	W1
118	August 12	6:37 p.m. CDT	@ Indians	L 3–6	Colón (12–6)	Burkett (7–12)	Jackson (28)	3:07	43,247	64–54	L1
119	August 13	6:37 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 0–2	Hernández (8–3)	Helling (15–7)	Rivera (31)	2:30	53,835	64–55	L2
120	August 14	6:36 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 4–6	Pettitte (14–6)	Sele (13–10)	Rivera (32)	2:47	46,547	64–56	L3
121	August 15	12:18 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	W 16–5	Stottlemyre (11–10)	Irabu (11–6)	–	3:48	53,117	65–56	W1
122	August 16	12:35 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 5–6	Rivera (2–0)	Hernandez (5–2)	–	3:18	50,304	65–57	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)	2:34	33,201	65–58	L2
124	August 18 (2)	6:07 p.m. CDT	@ Red Sox	L 4–5	Lowe (3–7)	Patterson (1–5)	Gordon (36)	3:13	26,677	65–59	L3
125	August 19	7:36 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 3–1	Sele (14–10)	Nagy (10–9)	Wetteland (33)	2:27	26,146	66–59	W1
126	August 20	7:36 p.m. CDT	Indians	W 8–2	Stottlemyre (12–10)	Burba (10–9)	Patterson (2)	2:55	37,094	67–59	W2
127	August 21	7:35 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 0–5	Wells (16–2)	Loaiza (7–8)	–	2:42	45,841	67–60	L1
128	August 22	7:37 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 9–12	Bradley (1–0)	Hernandez (5–3)	Rivera (33)	3:57	46,483	67–61	L2
129	August 23	7:06 p.m. CDT	Yankees	W 12–10	Helling (16–7)	Hernández (8–4)	Wetteland (34)	3:40	37,284	68–61	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)	3:21	14,280	69–62	L1
135	August 29	12:18 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 5–3	Sele (16–10)	Sirotka (12–13)	Wetteland (38)	2:48	16,420	70–62	W1
136	August 30	1:07 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 3–5	Castillo (6–4)	Stottlemyre (12–12)	Howry (2)	2:45	16,701	70–63	L1

September: 15–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
149	September 14		@ Orioles	L 0–1				2:48	41,032	79–70	L2
150	September 15		@ Orioles	W 6–5				3:10	41,363	80–70	W1
151	September 16	7:05 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 5–3	Stottlemyre (13–13)	Finley (11–8)	–	2:56	37,481	81–70	W2
152	September 17	7:06 p.m. CDT	Angels	W 7–6	Crabtree (6–1)	Harris (3–1)	Wetteland (41)	3:22	45,928	82–70	W3
156	September 21	9:06 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 9–1	Stottlemyre (14–13)	Sparks (9–4)	–	3:15	33,847	84–72	W1
157	September 22	9:04 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 9–1	Helling (20–7)	Finley (11–9)	–	2:57	38,987	85–72	W2
158	September 23	9:35 p.m. CDT	@ Angels	W 7–1	Burkett (9–13)	Hill (9–6)	–	3:09	42,776	86–72	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)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	September 29	7:07 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 0–2	Wells (1–0)	Stottlemyre (0–1)	Rivera (1)	3:02	57,362	NYY 1–0	L1
2	September 30	7:07 p.m. CDT	@ Yankees	L 1–3	Pettitte (1–0)	Helling (0–1)	Rivera (2)	2:58	57,360	NYY 2–0	L2
3	October 2	7:12 p.m. CDT	Yankees	L 0–4	Cone (1–0)	Sele (0–1)	–	2:58	49,450	NYY 3–0	L3

Legend: = Win = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	5	6	0.455	61	74
Boston Red Sox	5	6	0.455	50	59
New York Yankees	3	8	0.273	74	81
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	7	4	0.636	62	52
Toronto Blue Jays	7	4	0.636	55	54
Total	27	28	0.491	302	320
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	6	5	0.545	80	53
Cleveland Indians	7	4	0.636	42	39
Detroit Tigers	8	3	0.727	81	50
Kansas City Royals	8	3	0.727	91	66
Minnesota Twins	4	7	0.364	60	60
Total	33	22	0.600	354	268
AL West
Anaheim Angels	7	5	0.583	70	66
Oakland Athletics	6	6	0.500	53	55
Seattle Mariners	7	5	0.583	79	78
Texas Rangers
Total	20	16	0.556	202	199
League Total	80	66	0.548	858	787

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	1	0.750	28	17
Colorado Rockies	2	1	0.667	16	12
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	3	0.000	7	15
San Diego Padres	2	1	0.667	19	24
San Francisco Giants	1	2	0.333	12	16
Interleague Total	8	8	0.500	82	84
Season Total	88	74	0.543	940	871

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
March	1	0	1	0.000	2	9
April	25	18	7	0.720	180	114
May	28	15	13	0.536	161	161
June	28	13	15	0.464	146	164
July	26	11	15	0.423	127	154
August	29	16	13	0.552	177	155
September	25	15	10	0.600	147	114
Total	162	88	74	0.543	940	871

Total	162	88	74	0.543	940	871
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	48	33	0.593	502	468
Away	81	40	41	0.494	438	403

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
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

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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 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

Pitching

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 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

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 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

New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

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	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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

↑ Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference
↑ Scott Sheldon page at Baseball Reference
↑ "Scott Bailes Stats".
1 2 "Kevin Elster Stats".
↑ Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
↑ Scott Podsednik page at Baseball Reference
↑ Scott Cooper page at Baseball Reference
↑ Tim Crabtree page at Baseball Reference
↑ 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
↑ Todd Van Poppel page at Baseball Reference
↑ Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
↑ "1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".

1998 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
1998 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[1] Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference

[2] Scott Sheldon page at Baseball Reference

[3] "Scott Bailes Stats".

[baseball-reference.com-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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