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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
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record88–74 (.543)
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)
KMRT
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
← 1997 Seasons 1999 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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During the season, Rick Helling became the final pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Rangers during the 1990s.[9]

Season standings

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    • 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

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    1998 American League record
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    • 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

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    Roster

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    1998 Texas Rangers
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    Infielders

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    Other batters

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    Game log

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    Regular season

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    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/
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    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/
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    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/
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    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/
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    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

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    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/
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    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

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    Regular season

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    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

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    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

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    Composite Box

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    Caption text
    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

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    Regular season

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    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

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    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

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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

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    Other batters

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    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

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    Starting pitchers

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    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

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    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

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    Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

    Game 1

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    All-Star Game

    Farm system

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    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

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    1. ^ Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Scott Sheldon page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  • ^ a b "Kevin Elster Stats".
  • ^ Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Scott Podsednik page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Scott Cooper page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ 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
  • ^ Todd Van Poppel page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".

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