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    1998 Texas Rangers season

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    1998 Texas Rangers
    American League West Champions
    LeagueAmerican League
    DivisionWest
    BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
    CityArlington, Texas
    Record88–74 (.543)
    Divisional place1st
    OwnersTom Hicks
    General managersDoug Melvin
    ManagersJohnny Oates
    TelevisionKXTX-TV
    KXAS-TV
    Fox Sports Southwest
    (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
    RadioKRLD
    (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
    KMRT
    (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
    ← 1997 Seasons 1999 →

    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[edit]

    • 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[edit]

    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[edit]

    • v
    • t
    • e
    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[edit]

    1998 American League record
    • v
    • t
    • e

    Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    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[edit]

    • 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[edit]

    1998 Texas Rangers
    Roster
    Pitchers
    • 58 Scott Bailes
    • 33 John Burkett
    • 36 Greg Cadaret
    • 23 Tim Crabtree
    • 49 Tony Fossas
    • 53 Eric Gunderson
    • 32 Rick Helling
    • 31 Xavier Hernandez
    • 50 Jonathan Johnson
    • 43 Al Levine
    • 28 Esteban Loaiza
    • 28 Darren Oliver
    • 56 Danny Patterson
    • 59 Roger Pavlik
    • 40 Matt Perisho
    • 60 Julio Santana
    • 30 Aaron Sele
    • 44 Todd Stottlemyre
    • 51 Todd Van Poppel
    • 35 John Wetteland
    • 36 Bobby Witt
    		 Catchers
    • 37 Bill Haselman
    •  7 Iván Rodríguez

    Infielders

    • 10 Luis Alicea
    •  1 Domingo Cedeño
    • 22 Will Clark
    • 11,18 Royce Clayton
    • 18 Kevin Elster
    •  3 Mark McLemore
    •  4 Scott Sheldon
    • 9,11 Lee Stevens
    •  4 Fernando Tatís
    • 27 Todd Zeile
    		 Outfielders
    • 18 Milt Cuyler
    • 19 Juan González
    • 24 Tom Goodwin
    • 29 Rusty Greer
    • 39 Roberto Kelly
    • 21 Warren Newson
    • 16 Mike Simms

    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[edit]

    Regular season[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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

    [12]

    Other batters[edit]

    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[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

    Game 1[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    • Juan González, AL MVP
    • Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
    • Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
    • Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award

    All-Star Game

    Farm system[edit]

    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[edit]

    1. ^ Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference
    2. ^ Scott Sheldon page at Baseball Reference
    3. ^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
    4. ^ a b "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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