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1998 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

88-74, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Johnny Oates (88-74)
Scored 940 runs, Allowed 871 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75

Ballparks: The Ballpark in Arlington · Attendance: 2,927,399 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106

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1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Luis Alicea 32 B R 5' 9" 165 Jul 29, 1965 9 101 61 101 72 0 0 0 45 26 0 2 0 0 2 18 28 4 1.8 $750,000
Scott Bailes 36 L L 6' 2" 170 Dec 18, 1961 9 46 0 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $210,000
John Burkett 33 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 28, 1964 10 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $4,000,000
Greg Cadaret 36 L L 6' 3" 200 Feb 27, 1962 10 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $330,000
Domingo Cedeno 29 B R 6' 1" 170 Nov 4, 1968 6 61 29 61 40 0 0 0 7 0 35 0 0 0 0 15 22 5 0.1 $500,000
Will Clark 34 L L 6' 2" 190 Mar 13, 1964 13 149 148 149 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 2.9 $5,812,595
Royce Clayton 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 2, 1970 8 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Tim Crabtree 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Oct 13, 1969 4 64 0 2 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $290,000
Milt Cuyler 29 B R 5' 10" 175 Oct 7, 1968 8 7 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 4 0.2 $
Kevin Elster 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 3, 1964 12 84 84 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $1,500,000
Tony Fossas 40 L L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1957 11 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $170,000
Juan Gonzalez 28 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 20, 1969 10 154 153 154 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 116 38 1 0 5.1 $7,800,000 All-Star
Tom Goodwin 29 L R 6' 1" 165 Jul 27, 1968 8 154 129 154 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 1 9 4 3.0 $2,350,000
Rusty Greer 29 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 21, 1969 5 155 151 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 2 0 156 0 3 0 3.8 $1,025,000
Eric Gunderson 32 R L 6' 0" 175 Mar 29, 1966 8 68 1 3 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $510,000
Bill Haselman 32 R R 6' 3" 205 May 25, 1966 8 40 26 40 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.6 $625,000
Rick Helling 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 15, 1970 5 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $216,500
Xavier Hernandez 32 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 16, 1965 10 46 0 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $1,000,000
Jonathan Johnson 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 16, 1974 1st 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Roberto Kelly 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 1, 1964 12 75 57 75 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 41 31 86 2 12 2 2.1 $1,625,000
Al Levine 30 L R 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1968 3 30 0 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $180,000
Esteban Loaiza 26 R R 6' 2" 230 Dec 31, 1971 4 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mark McLemore 33 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 4, 1964 13 126 123 126 122 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2.2 $2,300,000
Warren Newson 33 L L 5' 7" 190 Jul 3, 1964 8 10 4 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 1 1 -0.4 $
Darren Oliver 27 R L 6' 2" 200 Oct 6, 1970 6 19 19 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $3,050,000
Danny Patterson 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 17, 1971 3 56 0 7 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $208,000
Roger Pavlik 30 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 4, 1967 7 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $1,600,000
Matt Perisho 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 8, 1975 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Ivan Rodriguez 26 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 8 145 143 145 139 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 6.6 $6,700,000 All-Star
Julio Santana 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 20, 1973 2 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $182,500
Rob Sasser 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1975 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Aaron Sele 28 R R 6' 5" 205 Jun 25, 1970 6 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $2,850,000 All-Star
Scott Sheldon 29 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 28, 1968 2 7 2 7 6 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 -0.3 $
Mike Simms 31 R R 6' 4" 185 Jan 12, 1967 8 86 54 86 57 0 0 16 0 0 0 3 0 40 43 24 20 0 1.5 $275,000
Lee Stevens 30 L L 6' 4" 205 Jul 10, 1967 6 120 88 120 43 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 71 23 0 0.8 $1,250,000
Todd Stottlemyre 33 L R 6' 3" 195 May 20, 1965 11 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Fernando Tatis 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 1, 1975 2 95 93 95 94 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $170,000
Chris Tremie 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Oct 17, 1969 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.1 $
Todd Van Poppel 26 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 9, 1971 6 4 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
John Wetteland 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 21, 1966 10 63 0 8 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $5,800,000 All-Star
Bobby Witt 34 R R 6' 2" 190 May 11, 1964 13 15 13 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.4 $3,250,000
Todd Zeile 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 9, 1965 10 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Domingo Cedeno

Mark McLemore

Milt Cuyler
Fernando Tatis

Ivan Rodriguez

Lee Stevens

Luis Alicea

Royce Clayton
Lee Stevens

Rob Sasser
Scott Sheldon

Mike Simms

Kevin Elster
Chris Tremie

Juan Gonzalez

Warren Newson

Will Clark

Tim Crabtree

Tom Goodwin

Esteban Loaiza

Todd Zeile

Darren Oliver

Rusty Greer

Aaron Sele

Xavier Hernandez

Rick Helling

John Burkett

John Wetteland

Greg Cadaret
Bobby Witt

Bill Haselman

Roberto Kelly

Matt Perisho

Al Levine

Todd Stottlemyre

Jonathan Johnson

Tony Fossas

Todd Van Poppel

Eric Gunderson

Esteban Loaiza

Danny Patterson

Scott Bailes

Roger Pavlik

Julio Santana

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers