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
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

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

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543	—	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Anaheim Angels	85	77	.525	3	42‍–‍39	43‍–‍38
Seattle Mariners	76	85	.472	11½	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	14	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record 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

• 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 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

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

Starting Lineups

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	SP
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

Playoffs

Game	Round	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	SP
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

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

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
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

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

Composite Box

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	R	H	E
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 umpires

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B
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)

Playoffs

Game	Round	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
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)

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
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

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

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

• 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.