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1998 Texas Rangers Statistics

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 88-74-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to New York Yankees

Manager: Johnny Oates (88-74)

General Manager: Douglas Melvin

Scouting Director: Chuck McMichael

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 87-75, 940 Runs, 871 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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1. Mar 31, TEX (0-1) lost to CHW, 2-9

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Iván Rodríguez	26	145	617	579	88	186	40	4	21	91	9	0	32	88	.321	.358	.513	.871	120	297	18	3	0	3	4
2	1B	Will Clark*	34	149	636	554	98	169	41	1	23	102	1	0	72	97	.305	.384	.507	.891	126	281	15	3	0	7	5
3	2B	Mark McLemore#	33	126	567	461	79	114	15	1	5	53	12	4	89	64	.247	.369	.317	.686	79	146	15	2	12	3	1
4	SS	Kevin Elster	33	84	336	297	33	69	10	1	8	37	0	2	33	66	.232	.311	.354	.665	70	105	7	2	2	2	0
5	3B	Fernando Tatís	23	95	350	330	41	89	17	2	3	32	6	2	12	66	.270	.303	.361	.664	70	119	10	4	4	0	2
6	LF	Rusty Greer*	29	155	691	598	107	183	31	5	16	108	2	4	80	93	.306	.386	.455	.841	115	272	18	4	0	9	1
7	CF	Tom Goodwin*	29	154	608	520	102	151	13	3	2	33	38	20	73	90	.290	.378	.338	.716	86	176	2	2	10	3	0
8	RF	Juan González	28	154	669	606	110	193	50	2	45	157	2	1	46	126	.318	.366	.630	.997	149	382	20	6	0	11	9
9	DH	Lee Stevens*	30	120	376	344	52	91	17	4	20	59	0	2	31	93	.265	.324	.512	.836	110	176	6	0	0	1	4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	IF	Luis Alicea#	32	101	308	259	51	71	15	3	6	33	4	3	37	40	.274	.372	.425	.796	104	110	1	5	4	3	0
11	OF	Roberto Kelly	33	75	270	257	48	83	7	3	16	46	0	2	8	46	.323	.349	.560	.910	128	144	4	3	1	1	0
12	RF	Mike Simms	31	86	215	186	36	55	11	0	16	46	0	1	24	47	.296	.381	.613	.994	150	114	4	3	0	2	0
13	3B	Todd Zeile	32	52	213	180	26	47	14	1	6	28	1	0	28	32	.261	.358	.450	.808	106	81	3	1	1	3	0
14	SS	Royce Clayton	28	52	206	186	30	53	12	1	5	24	5	5	13	32	.285	.330	.441	.771	96	82	6	1	3	3	0
15	SS	Domingo Cedeño#	29	61	153	141	19	37	9	1	2	21	2	1	10	32	.262	.309	.383	.692	77	54	4	0	1	1	0
16	C	Bill Haselman	32	40	110	105	11	33	6	0	6	17	0	0	3	17	.314	.327	.543	.870	118	57	2	0	0	2	0
17	DH	Warren Newson*	33	10	22	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.190	.227	.238	.465	20	5	1	0	0	0	1
18	IF	Scott Sheldon	29	7	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.125	.176	.125	.301	-21	2	1	0	0	0	0
19	DH	Milt Cuyler#	29	7	7	6	3	3	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	1.333	1.905	368	8	0	0	0	0	0
20	DH	Chris Tremie	28	2	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	196	2	0	0	0	0	0
21		Rob Sasser	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	Rick Helling	27	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
23	P	Darren Oliver	27	2	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	24	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Aaron Sele	28	2	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	86	2	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Todd Van Poppel	26	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
26	P	John Burkett	33	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Tim Crabtree	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Bobby Witt	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Danny Patterson	27	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Greg Cadaret*	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Roger Pavlik	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Matt Perisho*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Xavier Hernandez*	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Al Levine*	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Scott Bailes*	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	John Wetteland	31	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Esteban Loaiza	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Julio Santana	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Jonathan Johnson	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Eric Gunderson	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Tony Fossas*	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Todd Stottlemyre*	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.0	162	6401	5672	940	1637	314	32	201	894	82	47	595	1045	.289	.357	.462	.819	108	2618	137	39	41	54	27
		Rank in 14 AL teams				1	2	1	5	5	6		13	5	4	7	1	2	3	2		2		13		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.0	162	6376	5650	937	1634	312	32	201	893	82	47	595	1041	.289	.358	.462	.820	109	2613	137	39	38	54	27
		Pitcher Totals	26.0	162	25	22	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.136	.136	.227	.364	-9	5	0	0	3	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Rick Helling	27	20	7	.741	4.41	33	33	0	4	2	0	216.1	209	109	106	27	78	6	164	1	0	10	922	109	4.34	1.327	8.7	1.1	3.2	6.8	2.10
2	SP	Aaron Sele	28	19	11	.633	4.23	33	33	0	3	2	0	212.2	239	116	100	14	84	6	167	13	0	4	954	113	3.79	1.519	10.1	0.6	3.6	7.1	1.99
3	SP	John Burkett	33	9	13	.409	5.68	32	32	0	0	0	0	195.0	230	131	123	19	46	1	131	8	0	3	854	85	3.89	1.415	10.6	0.9	2.1	6.0	2.85
4	SP	Darren Oliver*	27	6	7	.462	6.53	19	19	0	2	0	0	103.1	140	84	75	11	43	1	58	10	1	6	493	74	4.94	1.771	12.2	1.0	3.7	5.1	1.35
5	SP	Esteban Loaiza	26	3	6	.333	5.90	14	14	0	1	0	0	79.1	103	57	52	15	22	3	55	2	0	3	357	82	5.12	1.576	11.7	1.7	2.5	6.2	2.50
6	SP	Bobby Witt	34	5	4	.556	7.66	14	13	0	0	0	0	69.1	95	62	59	14	33	1	30	0	1	2	329	63	6.33	1.846	12.3	1.8	4.3	3.9	0.91
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	John Wetteland	31	3	1	.750	2.03	63	0	59	0	0	42	62.0	47	17	14	6	14	1	72	0	0	1	249	237	2.75	0.984	6.8	0.9	2.0	10.5	5.14
8	RP	Tim Crabtree	28	6	1	.857	3.59	64	0	14	0	0	0	85.1	86	40	34	3	35	2	60	3	0	6	371	134	3.53	1.418	9.1	0.3	3.7	6.3	1.71
9	RP	Eric Gunderson*	32	0	3	.000	5.19	68	1	13	0	0	0	67.2	88	43	39	13	19	4	41	1	0	4	303	93	5.31	1.581	11.7	1.7	2.5	5.5	2.16
10	RP	Danny Patterson	27	2	5	.286	4.45	56	0	21	0	0	2	60.2	64	31	30	11	19	2	33	2	0	3	257	108	5.45	1.368	9.5	1.6	2.8	4.9	1.74
11	RP	Xavier Hernandez	32	6	6	.500	3.57	46	0	15	0	0	1	58.0	43	27	23	5	30	1	41	1	0	4	243	135	4.45	1.259	6.7	0.8	4.7	6.4	1.37
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Todd Stottlemyre	33	5	4	.556	4.33	10	10	0	0	0	0	60.1	68	33	29	5	30	1	57	0	0	1	275	111	3.82	1.624	10.1	0.7	4.5	8.5	1.90
13		Al Levine	30	0	1	.000	4.50	30	0	11	0	0	0	58.0	68	30	29	6	16	1	19	0	0	5	251	107	4.66	1.448	10.6	0.9	2.5	2.9	1.19
14		Scott Bailes*	36	1	0	1.000	6.47	46	0	13	0	0	0	40.1	61	33	29	5	11	0	30	0	0	3	187	75	4.08	1.785	13.6	1.1	2.5	6.7	2.73
15		Todd Van Poppel	26	1	2	.333	8.84	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	26	20	19	5	10	0	10	1	0	2	95	55	7.17	1.862	12.1	2.3	4.7	4.7	1.00
16		Roger Pavlik	30	1	1	.500	3.86	5	0	2	0	0	1	14.0	16	8	6	2	5	1	8	1	0	1	63	127	5.14	1.500	10.3	1.3	3.2	5.1	1.60
17		Greg Cadaret*	36	0	0		4.70	11	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	11	4	4	1	3	0	5	0	0	3	36	106	4.70	1.826	12.9	1.2	3.5	5.9	1.67
18		Tony Fossas*	40	1	0	1.000	0.00	10	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	3	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	1	29		2.87	0.955	3.7	0.0	4.9	8.6	1.75
19		Julio Santana	25	0	0		8.44	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	5	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	27	60	5.01	2.063	11.8	0.0	6.8	1.7	0.25
20		Matt Perisho*	23	0	2	.000	27.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	15	17	15	2	8	0	2	2	0	0	40	19	13.54	4.600	27.0	3.6	14.4	3.6	0.25
21		Jonathan Johnson	23	0	0		8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	22	62	5.22	2.308	10.4	0.0	10.4	6.2	0.60
		Team Totals	29.6	88	74	.543	4.99	162	162	152	10	4	46	1431.1	1624	871	794	164	519	32	994	45	2	62	6357	96	4.42	1.497	10.2	1.0	3.3	6.3	1.92
		Rank in 14 AL teams		4	10		12				5	4	6	12	14	12	12	2	4		10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W