1999 Texas Rangers
American League West Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record95–67 (.586)
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 )
KESS-FM
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
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The 1999 Texas Rangers season saw the Texas Rangers finish first in the American League West with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, registering the best winning percentage (.586) in franchise history until 2011.

Winning their third division title in four years, the Rangers repeated their 1998 postseason performance, again being swept by the New York Yankees in three games. This was the Rangers' last postseason appearance until 2010.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening day starters

Source:[1]

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 95 67 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Oakland Athletics 87 75 0.537 8 52–29 35–46
Seattle Mariners 79 83 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Anaheim Angels 70 92 0.432 25 37–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 3–9 1–9 5–5 1–9 5–5 7–5 6–4 6–4 8–4 6–6 7–5 6–6 3–9 6–12
Baltimore 9–3 — 5–7 7–3 1–9 5–5 6–4 8–1 4–9 5–7 5–5 5–7 6–6 1–11 11–7
Boston 9–1 7–5 — 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–2 6–4 8–4 4–6 7–3 4–9 4–5 9–3 6–12
Chicago 5–5 3–7 5–7 — 3–9 7–5 6–6 8–3–1 5–7 3–7 4–8 6–4 5–5 6–4 9–9
Cleveland 9–1 9–1 4–8 9–3 — 8–5 7–5 9–3 3–7 10–2 7–3 5–4 3–7 5–7 9–9
Detroit 5–5 5–5 5–7 5–7 5–8 — 7–4 6–6 5–7 4–6 3–7 4–5 5–5 2–10 8–10
Kansas City 5–7 4–6 2–8 6–6 5–7 4–7 — 5–8 5–4 6–6 7–5 2–8 4–6 3–7 6–12
Minnesota 4–6 1–8 4–6 3–8–1 3–9 6–6 8–5 — 4–6 7–5 4–8 5–5 0–12 4–6 10–7
New York 4–6 9–4 4–8 7–5 7–3 7–5 4–5 6–4 — 6–4 9–1 8–4 8–4 10–2 9–9
Oakland 4–8 7–5 6–4 7–3 2–10 6–4 6–6 5–7 4–6 — 6–6 9–1 5–7 8–2 12–6
Seattle 6–6 5–5 3–7 8–4 3–7 7–3 5–7 8–4 1–9 6–6 — 8–4 5–8 7–2 7–11
Tampa Bay 5–7 7–5 9–4 4–6 4–5 5–4 8–2 5–5 4–8 1–9 4–8 — 4–8 5–8 4–14
Texas 6–6 6–6 5–4 5–5 7–3 5–5 6–4 12–0 4–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 — 6–4 10–8
Toronto 9–3 11–1 3–9 4–6 7–5 10–2 7–3 6–4 2–10 2–8 2–7 8–5 4–6 — 9–9


Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1999 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 44–37)
April: 13–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–4)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
May: 17–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–5)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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June: 15–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 10–10)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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July: 16–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–5)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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70th All-Star Game in Boston, Massachusetts
August: 18–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 7–6)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
September: 16–10 (Home: 12–6; Away: 4–4)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Postseason Game log

1999 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
Legend:        = Win        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Iván Rodríguez 144 600 199 .332 35 113
1B Lee Stevens 146 517 146 .282 24 81
2B Mark McLemore 144 566 155 .274 6 45
SS Royce Clayton 133 465 134 .288 14 52
3B Todd Zeile 156 588 172 .293 24 98
LF Rusty Greer 147 556 167 .300 20 101
CF Tom Goodwin 109 405 105 .259 3 33
RF Juan González 144 562 183 .326 39 128
DH Rafael Palmeiro 158 565 183 .324 47 148

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
Roberto Kelly 87 290 87 .300 8 37
Luis Alicea 68 164 33 .201 3 17
Rubén Mateo 32 122 29 .238 5 18
Greg Zaun 43 93 23 .247 1 12
Jon Shave 43 73 21 .288 0 9
Kelly Dransfeldt 16 53 10 .189 1 5
Scarborough Green 18 13 4 .308 0 0
Mike Simms 4 2 1 .500 0 0
Scott Sheldon 2 1 0 .000 0 0

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 35 219.1 13 11 4.84 131
Aaron Sele 33 205.0 18 9 4.79 186
John Burkett 30 147.1 9 8 5.62 96
Mike Morgan 34 140.0 13 10 6.24 61
Mark Clark 15 74.1 3 7 8.60 44

Other 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
Esteban Loaiza 30 120.1 9 5 4.56 77
Ryan Glynn 13 54.2 2 4 7.24 39
Jeff Fassero 7 17.1 1 0 5.71 13
Matt Perisho 4 10.1 0 0 2.61 17
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Wetteland 62 4 4 43 3.68 60
Tim Crabtree 68 5 1 0 3.46 54
Jeff Zimmerman 65 9 3 3 2.36 67
Mike Venafro 65 3 2 0 3.29 37
Mike Munoz 56 2 1 1 3.93 27
Danny Patterson 53 2 0 0 5.67 43
Danny Kolb 16 2 1 0 4.65 15
Eric Gunderson 11 0 0 0 7.20 6
Doug Davis 2 0 0 0 33.75 3
Jonathan Johnson 1 0 0 0 15.00 3
Corey Lee 1 0 1 0 27.00 0

ALDS

Main article: 1999 American League Division Series

Awards and honors

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

References

  1. ^ Mark Clark page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Gregg Zaun page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Hank Blalock page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference
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