1999 Texas Rangers season

1999 Texas Rangers
1999 Texas Rangers
American League West Champions
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	The Ballpark in Arlington
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	95–67 (.586)
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 ); KESS-FM; (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)

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

December 10, 1998: Mark Clark was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.^[2]
March 30, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[3]

Regular season

Opening day starters

Source:[1]

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	95	67	.586	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics	87	75	.537	8	52‍–‍29	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	79	83	.488	16	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Anaheim Angels	70	92	.432	25	37‍–‍44	33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record v t e 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

April 27, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was purchased from the Rangers by the Seattle Mariners.^[3]
June 2, 1999: 1999 Major League Baseball Draft
- Hank Blalock was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round. Player signed June 4, 1999.^[4]
- Aaron Harang was drafted by the Rangers in the 6th round. Player signed June 7, 1999.^[5]

Roster

1999 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

7 Iván Rodríguez
6 Gregg Zaun

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

26 Johnny Oates

Coaches

17 Dick Bosman (Pitching)
20 Bucky Dent (Bench)
48 Larry Hardy (Bullpen)
8 Rudy Jaramillo (Hitting)
12 Ed Napoleon (First Base)
5 Jerry Narron (Third Base)

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/ Streak

June: 15–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 10–10)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

July: 16–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–5)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
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/ Streak

October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

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

Game 1 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Rangers 0
Game 2 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Rangers 1
Game 3 @ The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 3, Rangers 0

Awards and honors

Rafael Palmeiro, 1B, AL Gold Glove
Rafael Palmeiro, 1B, Silver Slugger Award
Iván Rodríguez, AL MVP
Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

1999 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
1999 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.

[1] Mark Clark page at Baseball Reference

[2] Gregg Zaun page at Baseball Reference

[bournigal-3] Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference

[4] Hank Blalock page at Baseball Reference

[5] Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference

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