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1998 Texas Rangers Roster (40-man)

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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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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	pr PR	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	us US	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	-0.5	$210,000
John Burkett	33	us US	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	0.4	$4,000,000
Greg Cadaret	36	us US	L	L	6' 3"	210	Feb 27, 1962	10	11	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$330,000
Domingo Cedeño	29	do DO	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	us US	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	us US	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	1.1
Tim Crabtree	28	us US	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	1.1	$290,000
Milt Cuyler	29	us US	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	us US	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	cu CU	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	0.4	$170,000
Juan González	28	pr PR	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	4.9	$7,800,000	All-Star
Tom Goodwin	29	us US	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	us US	L	L	6' 0"	190	Jan 21, 1969	5	155	151	155	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	2	0	154	0	3	0	3.8	$1,025,000
Eric Gunderson	32	us US	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	-0.1	$510,000
Bill Haselman	32	us US	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	0.5	$625,000
Rick Helling	27	us US	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	3.6	$216,500
Xavier Hernandez	32	us US	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	0.9	$1,000,000
Jonathan Johnson	23	us US	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	pa PA	R	R	6' 2"	180	Oct 1, 1964	12	75	57	75	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	41	31	71	2	12	2	2.2	$1,625,000
Al Levine	30	us US	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	0.5	$180,000
Esteban Loaiza	26	mx MX	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	-0.2
Mark McLemore	33	us US	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	2.4	$2,300,000
Warren Newson	33	us US	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	us US	R	L	6' 3"	250	Oct 6, 1970	6	19	19	2	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$3,050,000
Danny Patterson	27	us US	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	0.7	$208,000
Roger Pavlik	30	us US	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	0.1	$1,600,000
Matt Perisho	23	us US	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	-0.7
Iván Rodríguez HOF	26	pr PR	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	6.4	$6,700,000	All-Star
Julio Santana	25	do DO	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	us US	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	us US	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	3.0	$2,850,000	All-Star
Scott Sheldon	29	us US	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	-0.4
Mike Simms	31	us US	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	1.4	$275,000
Lee Stevens	30	us US	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	us US	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 Tatís	23	do DO	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	0.1	$170,000
Chris Tremie	28	us US	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	0.0
Todd Van Poppel	26	us US	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	-0.5
John Wetteland	31	us US	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	us US	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	-1.2	$3,250,000
Todd Zeile	32	us US	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	0.9
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Johnny Oates	52	us US	Jan 21, 1946	Manager	Mar 31	Sep 27
Rudy Jaramillo	47	us US	Sep 20, 1950	Hitting	Mar 31	Sep 27
Dick Bosman	54	us US	Feb 17, 1944	Pitching	Mar 31	Sep 27
Jerry Narron	42	us US	Jan 15, 1956	Third base	Mar 31	Sep 27
Larry Hardy	50	us US	Jan 10, 1948		Mar 31	Sep 27
Ed Napoleon	60	us US	Sep 13, 1937		Mar 31	Sep 27
Bucky Dent	46	us US	Nov 25, 1951	Coach	Mar 31	Sep 27
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date