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1998 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
league	American League
name	Texas Rangers
season	1998
misc	American League West champions
division	Western Division
divisional_place	1st
ballpark	The Ballpark in Arlington
city	Arlington, Texas
owners	Tom Hicks
general_manager	Doug Melvin
managers	Johnny Oates
record	88–74 (.543)
television	KXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
Fox Sports Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
radio	KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KMRT
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)

KXAS-TV Fox Sports Southwest (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones) (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KMRT (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)

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.
November 20, 1997: Scott Sheldon was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
December 7, 1997: Scott Bailes was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
December 8, 1997: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
December 9, 1997: Roberto Kelly was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
December 15, 1997: Scott Podsednik was drafted by the Rangers from the Florida Marlins in the 1997 rule 5 draft.
December 23, 1997: Scott Cooper was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
March 14, 1998: Kevin Brown was traded by the Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tim Crabtree.

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1998 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers

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

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
	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
	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

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	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

Juan González, AL MVP
Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa, GCL Rangers

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leyriji01.shtml Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheldsc01.shtml Scott Sheldon page at Baseball Reference]
"Scott Bailes Stats".
"Kevin Elster Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyro01.shtml Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/podsesc01.shtml Scott Podsednik page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coopesc01.shtml Scott Cooper page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crabtti01.shtml 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
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vanpoto01.shtml Todd Van Poppel page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference]
"1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".

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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)

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

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